Posted on 03/14/2019 2:29:18 PM PDT by outpostinmass2
The slew of criminal charges in the sweeping college cheating scam originated from an unrelated federal case in the Boston area — and a financial executive desperate for mercy, according to a new report. The feds were tipped off to what would be the biggest college admissions scheme ever prosecuted thanks to the businessman, who was under investigation in a securities fraud case, the Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday. In a bid for leniency, he told investigators that Rudolph “Rudy” Meredith, the head women’s soccer coach at Yale, solicited bribes from him in exchange for recommending his daughter for admission as an athletic recruit, a source told the Journal. The probe turned to Meredith — then widened to nearly 50 others as the feds learned the scam involved wealthy parents, other college athletic coaches, and crooked SAT and ACT test proctors. At the heart of the scheme was William “Rick” Singer, a college prep expert whose business in California was aimed at getting kids into some of the nation’s top schools. On Tuesday, Singer pleaded guilty to charges that he accepted more than $25 million in bribes to help students cheat on their college entrance exams or gain acceptance to schools as athletes — even when they didn’t play sports. Thirty-three parents are among those charged, including TV actresses Lori Loughlin and Felicity Huffman.
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Sounds like there was some serious dough (at least to a peon like myself) changing hands.
No one cares about this ‘look squirrel’ bust by the feds. I wish someone would tell the motored mouth mick.
Let the lawsuits from the actual students begin!
It has to the tune of $500 billion ... posted a while back
No one cares. Not even the college kids I spoke with. They know better than anyone what’s going on. Here in Texas when we were working on admissions we knew not having a z in our name meant forget getting into a good program. It was also the answer to ‘how did THAT average kid get into an engineering program at A&M??”
It’s a distraction
They certainly chose an actor who tries to put out decent films ( terrible writing but non offensive).
There can be alot more here:
TAX EVASION can cause the IRS to open up ALL your tax returns back to the day you ere born.
I am willing to bet that many of these celebs do not have squeaky clean tax returns.
Their CPAs better be ready to turn evidence over, also.
They could’ve paid people to tutor their kids.
Instead, they paid people to cheat for them.
Morrie Tobin is the tipster who flipped.
https://dealbreaker.com/2019/03/dumb-perfect-perfectio-morrie-tobin
With the main perp agreeing to be wired, I believe a case for entrapment could be made. I really don’t think anyone’s going to jail over this, at worst community service and hefty fines.
Should be a trove of evidence towards that: unreported income for the "coaches", deductions to "charities" that were not legal.
With the main perp agreeing to be wired, I believe a case for entrapment could be made. I really don’t think anyone’s going to jail over this, at worst community service and hefty fines.
Maybe but college admissions process is going to blown wide open. Not to mention more names are going to be dropping.
Not sure how this is illegal at a private school. State school? Yes, I can see how that would be a problem. I fully believe this story is a distraction.
Well, I tried from the first mention of this story to stay aloof. But as a lower middle class father who had a daughter that did the college thing in the town that mandated "every head of household residing in the city limits is required to maintain a firearm, together with ammunition therefore", and the Georgia Lottery proceeds subsidized her college tuition, while still living here at home, I have followed this with wonder and awe at how low the liberal leftist elite can go. I have maintained for some time now that the Left inevitably eats its own. After all, the Russian Revolution taught us this over a hundred years ago.
This amazing story nails it right down and you say "no one cares", but I care so much about the raw irony that unfolds every day.
This post for example, an indicted financial felon attempting to ameliorate his sorry situation uncovers a vast criminal education conspiracy. Hollywood could not dream of this. The elegant inherent mockery of the elite ivory tower that academia looks down from is deliciously inviting.
And you were compelled to jump on this thread and post a comment. If "no one cared" you might have passed it by.
Should be a trove of evidence towards that: unreported income for the "coaches", deductions to "charities" that were not legal.
$500 billion, lol. Seems a tad excessive. Some lawyers looking to “John Edwards” his lifestyle on the backs of the taxpayers and students.
First, how many students were admitted in total under this scheme? Second, how many went to, say, Yale by fraud but would have been able to go to USC by merit? So how many spots total were actually hindered by the scheme? Third, some of these Title IX “athletic” admissions may have never been filled with or without fraud in which cases nobody was denied. Fourth, the incoming classes always fluctuate in size. They admit a certain number, expecting a lesser number to accept, and the ultimate number could have a +/- 5% range. Hard to say with certainty that everyone who was rejected got shafted because of the fraud of a few 100 students/parents and a dozen or coaches/doctors/proctors and schemers.
There is some validity in the argument that a hypothetical abstract person’s admission may have been unduly filled by a fraud or bribe student, but it’s a hard case to prove in the specifics. And to put financial culpability on the University, if they were unaware of the fraud, is a stretch. As I read, the UCLA bribes went to the home of a UCLA coach. I don’t think anyone involved in taking bribes was silly enough to flaunt it so that the Admissions office would be aware of this scheme.
They are just that "privileged".
That's odd. Its my experience that Elis tell you they went to Yale within the first minute you meet them.
These are the very same people who think Trump runs his businesses like a criminal enterprise. Surely they will show their tax returns to the public. You know, to show their honesty.
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