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U.S. college admissions scandal sparks $500 billion lawsuit
Reuters ^ | March 14, 2019 | Staff

Posted on 03/14/2019 9:30:58 AM PDT by C19fan

The U.S. college admissions scandal that erupted this week has triggered private litigation accusing rich, well-connected parents of buying spots for their children at prestigious schools, and keeping children of less wealthy parents out.

A $500 billion civil lawsuit filed by a parent on Wednesday in San Francisco accused 45 defendants of defrauding and inflicting emotional distress on everyone whose "rights to a fair chance at entrance to college" were stolen through their alleged conspiracy.

In the largest known college admissions scandal in U.S. history, federal prosecutors on Tuesday said a California company made about $25 million by charging parents to secure spots for their children in elite schools, including Georgetown, Stanford and Yale, by cheating the admissions process.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: admissions; college; collegebribescandal; highereducation; loriloughlin; scandals; university
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To: LRoggy

still, these institutions are wide open for class action suits from disgruntled parents. It won’t happen tomorrow, but it will happen.


21 posted on 03/14/2019 9:42:42 AM PDT by proust (Justice delayed is injustice.)
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To: C19fan

Wow this lawyer is trying for the big bucks. He is thinking 1/3 of $500 Billion is big. An Engineer would be thinking $1.6 Billion is big. But Lawyers can’t do the math.


22 posted on 03/14/2019 9:46:29 AM PDT by poinq
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To: irishjuggler
"Hard to believe anyone with a 4.2 gpa is getting turned down at U. of Spoiled Children."

You have to recall that, last year, Harvard was litigating their limit to Orientals enrollment policy. Without it, Cambridge would look like downtown Hong Kong.

This is going to hurt the Ivy League, a lot...

23 posted on 03/14/2019 9:47:50 AM PDT by jonascord (First rule of the Dunning-Kruger Club is that you do not know you are in the Dunning-Kruger club.)
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To: ImJustAnotherOkie
The left is nothing but a house of cards.

Hopefully the majority will figure that out before they're actually in power.


24 posted on 03/14/2019 9:47:56 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: proust

wow that sounds like a lot of money!
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I was involved in a civil suit about 10 years ago due to a truck driver hitting my vehicle.

I asked about lawsuits I see where they say they are going to sue for a gazillion dollars. He said it is all just hype and is meaningless. You file the suit saying you are suing for in excess of fifty thousand dollars and that’s it. You don’t get to set your own reward amount.


25 posted on 03/14/2019 9:48:27 AM PDT by shelterguy
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To: C19fan
In the largest known college admissions scandal in U.S. history, federal prosecutors on Tuesday said....

What is the Federal crime here?
. Is it because taxpayer money is involved?
Crimes like robbery, rape, murder, assaults are not Federal crimes unless directed at the Govt or their agents. -Tom

26 posted on 03/14/2019 9:48:46 AM PDT by Capt. Tom
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To: C19fan

College admissions have been phony for years. Virtually all colleges have different admissions standards for different races, with Asians being rejected for qualifications that would get a white person accepted and a black person accepted with a full scholarship. This is needed, they argue, for diversity, the holy grail of academia.


27 posted on 03/14/2019 9:48:48 AM PDT by The people have spoken (Proud member of Hillary's basket of deplorables)
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To: jonascord

“Without it, Cambridge would look like downtown Hong Kong. “

It already does.

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28 posted on 03/14/2019 9:51:37 AM PDT by Mears
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To: C19fan

Money buys influence! Wow.

I know it’s more than that, but I’m surprised the run this is getting. If there weren’t 2 celebrities involved, this would be page 6 stuff.


29 posted on 03/14/2019 9:55:19 AM PDT by brownsfan (Behold, the power of government cheese.)
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To: C19fan
I hope this goes class-action. My son was in the top 0.1% (yeah, +99.9%, something like the 8th highest score nationally) on the MCAT exam and got exactly 1 invite for interview from a mid-tier school of 21 applications.

Competent just isn't the demographic they are looking for.

30 posted on 03/14/2019 9:59:12 AM PDT by Damifino (The true measure of a man is found in what he would do if he knew no one would ever find out.)
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To: Erik Latranyi
Democrats claim Trump University was a scam.

It wasn't Democrats claiming Trump University was a scam. In the lawsuit, there was no mention of a political party; and it was a scam. I read the depositions. I was surprised that Democrats didn't make a big deal about Trump University during the Presidential campaign. Trump may have just loaned his name in exchange for a fee, but his name was associated with it.

31 posted on 03/14/2019 9:59:19 AM PDT by WASCWatch
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To: WKUHilltopper
So, who paid for Always On Crack’s admission to Boston University?

Adapted from an earlier thread...

What about Chelsea Clinton?

She's gotten a pile of degrees from major univs, however to when one hears her speak, she does not come across as at all scholarly or "bookish" or at all a person of letters.

One would wager that if some TAs who graded some of Chelsea's essays were to come forward, some heavy influence in her favor might be exposed to daylight.

One doubts seriously that she earned her way into these institutions, and even more so that she earned the degrees conferred upon her.

32 posted on 03/14/2019 10:01:31 AM PDT by Seaplaner (Never give in-never, never,never...except to convictions of honour and good sense. Winston Churchill)
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To: Capt. Tom
What is the Federal crime here?

The parents involved parents took tax deductions on purported "donations" that were actually bribes.

33 posted on 03/14/2019 10:02:17 AM PDT by Kipp
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To: irishjuggler

Does it indicate anywhere that there were actually kids bumped? If there were hundreds and thousands of kids who got in this way and only this handfull of schools it would have more validity. But really 2 kids at USC?

Sue over perception.
Then the schools go broke (USC has enough lawsuits to bankrupt them) and the government takes over.
And everybody gets a free edumacayshun because by then it will be worth zip.


34 posted on 03/14/2019 10:02:27 AM PDT by Jaded (Pope Francis? Not really a fan... miss the last guy who recognized how Islam spread... the sword.ag)
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To: C19fan

They will settkle out of court for admission to the university of choice.


35 posted on 03/14/2019 10:02:54 AM PDT by Leep (It's.. (W)all or nothing..!)
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To: C19fan

For free of course.


36 posted on 03/14/2019 10:03:46 AM PDT by Leep (It's.. (W)all or nothing..!)
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To: Capt. Tom

“What is the Federal crime here?”

Good question. This is the smoke screen—the squirrel. What’s the DOJ trying to cover up besides their involvement in a coup to overthrow the POTUS?


37 posted on 03/14/2019 10:05:34 AM PDT by Electric Graffiti (Cocked, locked and ready to ROCK!)
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To: C19fan

Wonder how many they got in to college to date since the scam started.
Want to the ones who have benefitted identified and ridiculed for being
cheaters.


38 posted on 03/14/2019 10:08:41 AM PDT by Palio di Siena
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To: C19fan
Nothing nefarious about AOC’s admittance to BU. She just had the right last name.

One's skin color being black or brown, helping them get a seat at a college IS nefarious.

And it's systemic and much more wide spread.

39 posted on 03/14/2019 10:09:23 AM PDT by FreeReign
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To: Kipp

“The parents involved parents took tax deductions on purported “donations” that were actually bribes.”

Wow...That explains the FBI and guns drawn arrests /s

Compared to the complete corruption, republic ending, massive conspiracy of high treason we’ve seen with the DOJ/FIB/Stasi state this ranks where? How much media attention has it gotten? Why?


40 posted on 03/14/2019 10:11:45 AM PDT by Electric Graffiti (Cocked, locked and ready to ROCK!)
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