I mean — seriously ...
This family got one of the daughters admitted as a student-athlete by sending photos of the kid on a rowing machine? LMAO. If they had a son and sent photos of him in a football uniform, would USC have considered him a Heisman Trophy candidate?
The only “fraud” I see here is USC’s process for reviewing applicants and admitting new students.
You’re not familiar with how it happened.
University employees took the bribes to admit the students on false information.
The university got none of the money.
It was done without knowledge of the university administration.
The university employees committed the major crime.
And again, it’s not Al Capone, but it was fraud.