[Alberta's Child]

In those cases the parents got something of "monetary value" that they PAID for. If I lie on an application and get accepted to USC, and then go there and pay the full cost of $50,000+ per year (which is what happened in those cases), then nobody has been defrauded of anything.

It's also important to note that a fraud charge doesn't hold up to any scrutiny unless there's an alleged "victim" who has been deprived of something that rightfully belongs to him or her. There were no victims in any of these cases.

[Gay State Conservative]

don't know if you're a lawyer but I'm certainly not.Unless I'm very much mistaken a degree from USC is worth a whole lot more,monetarily and otherwise,that is a degree from North Deadhorse County Community College.

In Bridgegate the defendants may,or may not,have benefited politically but,according to the court,didn't benefit monetarily.

Assuming that you,like me,are not a lawyer (perhaps an unsafe assumption on my part),I think we should have a lawyer weigh in on this particular issue.

[mewzilla]

How about the kid who didn’t get in be a use his slot was taken by a kid who lied on his application?

Grant you it would likely be impossible to ID a specific vic, but there are losers or there wouldn’t be an incentive to lie on an application. Everybody who wants to can’t get in.