Lori Loughlin, 15 others indicted on new charges in college admissions scandal

Actress Lori Loughlin exits the courthouse after facing charges in the college admissions scandal in Boston on April 3. Actress Lori Loughlin and 15 other parents implicated in the college admissions scandal have been indicted on charges of money laundering and fraud conspiracy, federal prosecutors said Tuesday. Actress Felicity Huffman said Monday that she would plead guilty to one charge of fraud conspiracy and apologized to her daughter, saying she had “betrayed” her “in a misguided and profoundly wrong way.” Prosecutors said Huffman paid $15,000 to have her daughter’s SAT score doctored; Huffman said the girl “knew absolutely nothing” about the scheme. Prosecutors said the money laundering conspiracy charge stemmed from payments the parents allegedly made to a charity controlled by Singer, the scheme’s admitted mastermind, which allowed them to conceal money for bribes as charitable donations. “And if you don’t plead guilty,” attorney Patric Hooper said, prosecutors are “adding more crimes to those charged originally, even though nothing has changed except some defendants are exercising their rights.” Other attorneys for the indicted parents have begun assailing the government’s case.