Posted on 03/15/2019 5:23:58 AM PDT by Liz
Scams for profit are illegal. Arrest them all.
lmao
Far too many are, sadly... including the author, starting out with "They're not so smug now." Class envy and hating the rich are at the foundation of Marxism. We should not indulge that nonsense.
They're wealthy idiots, spending far too much on nameplates over substance, both in clothing and in academics. That is always going to lead to poor results in the end. Their "crimes" do not warrant long sentences, despite the desperation of the Hate the Rich crowd. Keeping the cash and tossing the kids out, plus some solid hours of picking up trash on the highway, should suffice (with someone making sure it is them, and not a purchased proxy doing the cleanup).
Yeah right!!
These pompous know it all’s, who tell the rest of us how to live, are just a bunch of fake losers, who won the lottery on looks, and very little skill.
Asshats, who run on emotion, and VERY little deep thinking.
Most of em would like to keep the sheep in check, and be able to gloat over their underlings while yachting with USC board members.
I hope a bunch more of these phonies get roasted!
Oh-yeah btw—my kids got scores higher than these tools did, and I didn’t have to pay anyone to cheat for them.
Just a bit of hard work, and God given talent to help ‘em out!!!
The entitled daughter’s ability to benefit from pervasive female quotas in our society was not enough for the parents.
Did I miss someone passing a law saying cheating on a private exam is criminal?
In some cases, yes.
Example - Say you cheated on your exam and because of your higher scores you earn a scholarship based on your score. You defrauded the organization that provides the scholarship (besides preventing someone more deserving the chance to go to college).
As others have posted sometimes it is not the “crime” that gets you but the things done before or after (such as mail fraud or tax evasion)
The courts will decide if cheating is a crime
I’ll jump in here to make the comment.......
how much was paid out to whom to insure the girls got into the right kindergarten?
The practice likely did not begin with college entry
WIKI-—Dominican-Born Manuel Henriquez Born 1963 Spent His Early Life in Florida In a self-written profile for The New York Times, Henriquez wrote that he was born in Santo Domingo, in the Dominican Republic. His extended family was well-known in the local community for a rum business they’d run since 1852. However, Henriquez’s immediate family was not involved in the business, nor did they enjoy the rum business wealth.
Henriquez has at least two older sisters. His parents divorced shortly after he was born. To escape the stigma a divorced woman would face in the community, Henriquez’s grandfather sent a two-month-old Manuel, his two sisters, and their mother to Florida in the U.S. His mother raised the three of them, working multiple jobs and also being an ever-present parent. Manuel and his sisters initially spent time in both Fort Lauderdale and their native Dominican Republic, alternating between the two every year or so.
Eventually, Manuel and his sisters put their foot down with their mother and asked her to make the U.S. their permanent residence. They only visited their home country during the holidays.
According to the latest court documents, Henriquez is a U.S. citizen and currently based in Atherton, California. He studied in the U.S. and Dominican Republic but graduated from Fort Lauderdale High School. Henriquez discovered he was dyslexic when he was in college. In grade school, his trouble with reading had been attributed to bilingualism and moving often between two countries.
Henriquez Showed Business Acumen in High School——With his mother remaining rooted in Florida, Henriquez had the opportunity to participate in the Junior Achievement after-school program in his high school. The program allowed him to create mock companies with his friends and run them just as in the real world. After high school, he studied business administration at Boston University and later acquired his BS in international business administration and finance from Northeastern University in 1987. At Northeastern, a professor identified his dyslexia.
It didn’t slow down his business prowess, though. Using the emergency credit card his mother gave him, Henriquez bought a personal desktop computer and a dial-up modem for himself. He then bought more and set them up in his apartment, starting Boston Professional Computing and charging other students to use them for their homework. He started a business called Wordworks, hiring other students to type resumes and papers. He also worked as a bartender when he was young.
When his mother and her beloved dog got cancer, Henriquez began researching into medical insurance. He also looked into insurance for pets and pet health. The lack of information available prompted him to start HealthyPets, an online resource that provided information about veterinary practices.
Soon after graduating from Northeastern, Henriquez joined BancBoston Ventures, a Bank of Boston venture capital group. He simultaneously served as the vice president of the Bank of Boston. An associate at the Bank of Boston told Henriquez his calling was in venture capital. After learning the field, he plunged into venture capitals, initially working for Robertson Stephens & Co in San Francisco and Comdisco Ventures.
In 2003, he founded Hercules Capital (named after the famed Disney animated film and series) in Palo Alto, of which he was chairman and CEO. His firm grew rapidly, completing over $3.9 billion in investments to over 250 companies. His company became successful faster than he imagined. Henriquez’s net worth hasn’t been calculated but it can’t be small, considering he earned a salary of over $8.0 million in 2017.
After he was charged in the college admission scandal, Hercules’ shares plummeted by 10%. Henriquez then resigned as chairman and CEO of Hercules. He will reportedly continue as a member of the board and an adviser. Henriquez and his wife Elizabeth are parents to two daughters, including Isabelle who is currently a junior at Georgetown University. The Henriquez family is now one of the many wealthy families involved in the 2019 college admissions bribery scandal that saw actors Lori Loughlin and Felicity Huffman also charged.
I'm not sure these kids even GOT scholarships. They used their phony athletic skills just to bolster their credentials to get into the school (the admissions office probably gave extra points for student-athletes even if there was no scholarship offered).
My impression is that these kids were all paying the full cost of attending the school ... which is probably the biggest reason why the schools were so enthusiastic about admitting them.
“Class envy and hating the rich are at the foundation of Marxism. We should not indulge that nonsense.”
I would guess that the majority of those enjoying this spectacle are happy to see the hypocrisy publicly embarrasingly exposed. These people who paid to have their unqualified kids take a spot from those who do qualify are the very same virtue-signalling hypocrites decrying “white privilege”. Just look at their instagram accounts. I hope they suffer severe consequences for their arrogance and typical Hollywood (and yes Marxist) philosophy: rules apply “to thee, but not to me”
Two of the core principles that made the krinton krime kartel successful.
A USTA top 50 ranking? This is just hilarious and I am amazed. The top 50 USTA nationally ranked tennis players are tennis machines, the best of the best. College coaches stalk these kids in high school starting in their sophomore years to recruit them with full rides. This Georgetown tennis coach was in this scam all the way, knowing full well she was never going to be on his college tennis team, that a position of a deserving person was taken by a gal who has never held a tennis racket.
An outrage.......kick her sorry *** out of the school.
GREAT DECONSTRUCTION: Cheating on a private exam is criminal...in some cases. Example - Say you cheated on your exam and because of your higher scores you earn a scholarship based on your score. You defrauded the organization that provides the scholarship (besides preventing someone more deserving the chance to go to college).......sometimes it is not the “crime” that gets you but the things done before or after (such as mail fraud or tax evasion) The courts will decide if cheating is a crime.
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Good point.
Who is more honest and trustworthy: President Trump or the Washington Establishment? Any honest person with an IQ above his age will overwhelmingly proclaim: PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP! Probably the greatest President in US history!
I must confess that I am, too. I posted elsewhere: Is it too soon to be scolding these people for their excessive displays of “liberal privilege”?!
Those who run the ACT & SAT better get their stuff together and clamp down on the cheating that went on. Of course, they'll be hiring plenty of attorneys to deal with the lawsuits they're going to be hit with by legitimate students.
Boy was I lucky...I only took the ACT, way back in December 1971. As I recall, my biorhythms were great that day, having sufficient time to recheck my answers on every question twice.
As it turned out, I took the ACT on the last possible date to qualify for an Army ROTC scholarship, a fact I was unaware of when I scheduled the test. Like I say, I was lucky.
It was a perfect storm of events: decent grades, good test score, and undoubtedly a diminished pool of applicants due to the draft and Vietnam. That scholarship allowed me to attend Gonzaga, and graduate with zero student debt.
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