How the largest college admissions scandal ever let wealthy parents cheat the system
5 years, 9 months ago

How the largest college admissions scandal ever let wealthy parents cheat the system

LA Times  

When it came to getting their daughters into college, actress Lori Loughlin and fashion designer J. Mossimo Giannulli were taking no chances. Federal investigators said they have charged 50 people in the case, including the USC administrator who helped Loughlin’s kids, and accomplices whom Singer allegedly paid to rig college admission test scores — as well as coaches at USC, UCLA, Stanford and Yale. He admitted to collecting more than $25 million between 2011 and February this year in a two-pronged scheme in which parents could pay tens of thousands of dollars to have an expert test-taker on Singer’s payroll take their children’s college admission tests or write larger checks to buy spots that colleges reserve for athletes. This was a case, said Joseph R. Bonavolonta, special agent in charge of the FBI in Boston, in which parents “flaunted their wealth, sparing no expense, to cheat the system so they could set their children up for success with the best education money could buy, literally.” Singer, who owns a college preparation company, ran his ploy through Key Worldwide Foundation, a charity he started in 2012, prosecutors said in court papers. Of the $1.2 million Singer admitted to taking from a family that wanted to go to Yale, $400,000 was paid to the women’s soccer coach, Rudolph “Rudy” Meredith, prosecutors said.

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Court overturns convictions of first two parents tried in college admissions scandal
1 year, 7 months ago

Court overturns convictions of first two parents tried in college admissions scandal

LA Times  

Gamal Abdelaziz arrives at federal court on Oct. 7, 2021, in Boston. A federal appeals court Wednesday overturned the convictions of two wealthy businessmen in the “Operation Varsity Blues” college admissions scandal — including by rejecting a central claim of prosecutors that the fathers had knowingly conspired with other parents to buy their children’s way into elite universities. Both Gamal …

Editorial: The ‘Varsity Blues’ college admissions case wraps up. But has the playing field been leveled?
2 years ago

Editorial: The ‘Varsity Blues’ college admissions case wraps up. But has the playing field been leveled?

LA Times  

William “Rick” Singer leaves the federal court in Boston on March 12, 2019. The former college admissions consultant who cooked up a scheme to fraudulently admit kids of wealthy clients into top U.S. colleges was sentenced to 3½ years in prison Wednesday, The former college admissions consultant who cooked up a multimillion-dollar scheme to fraudulently admit kids of wealthy clients, …

Mastermind of college admissions scam sentenced to 3½ years in prison
2 years ago

Mastermind of college admissions scam sentenced to 3½ years in prison

LA Times  

William “Rick” Singer, the self-styled college admissions consultant who bribed coaches and rigged exams to slip the children of his wealthy clients into the country’s best universities, must spend three years and six months in prison for masterminding a scheme that made him millions of dollars and rocked the country’s elite academic institutions. Calling his cooperation both “singularly valuable and …

Test taker gets prison; coach convicted in admissions scam
2 years, 9 months ago

Test taker gets prison; coach convicted in admissions scam

Associated Press  

BOSTON — A former Florida prep school administrator was sentenced to federal prison and a decorated water polo coach at the University of Southern California was swiftly convicted by a jury in a busy Friday in Boston federal court in the long running college admissions bribery scandal. U.S. Attorney for Massachusetts Rachael Rollins said the verdict in Vavic’s trial represents …

Parent in college bribery scandal gets 15 months in prison
2 years, 10 months ago

Parent in college bribery scandal gets 15 months in prison

Associated Press  

BOSTON — A former Staples Inc. executive convicted of trying to bribe his three children’s way into elite universities was sentenced to serve 15 months in federal prison on Wednesday, the longest sentence so far handed down in the sprawling college admissions bribery scandal. John Wilson, 62, was also ordered to serve two years of supervised release, 400 hours of …

2 parents convicted in first trial of college bribery scandal
3 years, 3 months ago

2 parents convicted in first trial of college bribery scandal

LA Times  

Gamal Abdelaziz arrives at federal court Thursday in Boston. Two wealthy parents were convicted Friday of buying their children’s way into school as athletic recruits in the first case to go to trial in the college admissions cheating scandal that embroiled prestigious universities across the country. If you got twins?” In another call, Singer told Abdelaziz that Donna Heinel, former …

1st trial in college admissions scandal gets underway
3 years, 3 months ago

1st trial in college admissions scandal gets underway

Associated Press  

BOSTON — The first trial in the college admissions bribery scandal opened Monday with defense attorneys seeking to portray the two parents accused of buying their kids’ way into school as victims of a con man who believed their payments were legitimate donations. “No one ever said bribery to him.” The first trial in the so-called “Operation Varsity Blues” case …

Lies, Money And Cheating: The Deeper Story Of The College Admissions Scandal
4 years, 3 months ago

Lies, Money And Cheating: The Deeper Story Of The College Admissions Scandal

NPR  

Lies, Money And Cheating: The Deeper Story Of The College Admissions Scandal Enlarge this image toggle caption Elissa Nadworny/NPR Elissa Nadworny/NPR The college admissions process has long been sold as a system of merit: Do well in school, write a killer essay, score well on the SAT, and you'll get in. Yet the recent nationwide scandal, dubbed Operation Varsity Blues, …

Admissions scandal: Prosecutors want 2 months in prison for Lori Loughlin, 5 months for husband
4 years, 4 months ago

Admissions scandal: Prosecutors want 2 months in prison for Lori Loughlin, 5 months for husband

LA Times  

Federal prosecutors recommended Monday that Lori Loughlin and J. Mossimo Giannulli, a celebrity couple snared in the unraveling of a widespread defrauding of the college admissions process, be sentenced to two and five months, respectively, in prison. As “the more active participant in the scheme,” Giannulli communicated regularly with William “Rick” Singer, a Newport Beach consultant and the fraud’s ringleader, …

Lori Loughlin always insisted she was innocent in admissions scandal. Why change now?
4 years, 7 months ago

Lori Loughlin always insisted she was innocent in admissions scandal. Why change now?

LA Times  

Actress Lori Loughlin and husband Mossimo Giannulli leave a federal courthouse in Boston in April 2019. Giannulli and Loughlin began conspiring with Singer in April 2016, an FBI agent wrote in an affidavit filed in court, when the fashion designer told Singer in an email, “I’d like to maybe sit with you after your session with the girls as I …

Judge: Misconduct claims in college scam case ‘disturbing’
4 years, 8 months ago

Judge: Misconduct claims in college scam case ‘disturbing’

Associated Press  

The judge overseeing the case against actress Lori Loughlin, her fashion designer husband Mossimo Giannulli and other parents charged with cheating the college admissions process called allegations of misconduct by investigators “serious and disturbing” on Friday. “The court considers the allegations in Singer’s October notes to be serious and disturbing,” Gorton wrote. Prosecutors have called the defense’s claim that investigators’ …

Feds deny claims of misconduct in college admissions case
4 years, 9 months ago

Feds deny claims of misconduct in college admissions case

Associated Press  

BOSTON — Federal prosecutors denied allegations that investigators deliberately withheld and fabricated evidence to entrap actress Lori Loughlin, her fashion designer husband, Mossimo Giannulli, and other prominent parents charged with cheating the college admissions process. Prosecutors told a judge in a legal document filed late Wednesday that he should reject the parents’ attempt to dismiss the charges, calling their claims …

Loughlin, Giannulli: College bribery charges must be tossed
4 years, 9 months ago

Loughlin, Giannulli: College bribery charges must be tossed

Associated Press  

BOSTON — “Full House” Actress Lori Loughlin, her fashion designer husband, Mossimo Giannulli, and other prominent parents urged a judge Wednesday to dismiss charges against them in the college admissions bribery case, accusing prosecutors of “extraordinary” misconduct. Instead of immediately handing over the notes when they first saw them in Oct. 2018, prosecutors “buried” the evidence and repeatedly told the …

Admissions scandal: Charged parents try to drag USC into the fray
4 years, 11 months ago

Admissions scandal: Charged parents try to drag USC into the fray

LA Times  

Of the 15 parents who have pleaded not guilty, 11 are accused of exploiting Rick Singer’s athletic recruiting scam to get their children into USC. Attorneys for Gamal Abdelaziz, a casino magnate whose daughter was allegedly admitted to USC as a fake basketball recruit, called it a “dubious” and “novel” reading of the law that “a payment to the very …

Admissions scandal: School administrator pleads guilty; Del Mar parent gets six months
5 years, 1 month ago

Admissions scandal: School administrator pleads guilty; Del Mar parent gets six months

LA Times  

Igor Dvorskiy of Sherman Oaks, administrator of the West Hollywood school that has figured in the college admissions scandal, outside the Boston courthouse in March. “I can make scores happen,” Singer boasted to a Greenwich lawyer on a wiretapped phone call, “and nobody on the planet can get scores to happen.” His secret: He arranged for his clients’ children to …

Lori Loughlin and husband Mossimo Giannulli face bribery charges in college admissions scandal
5 years, 2 months ago

Lori Loughlin and husband Mossimo Giannulli face bribery charges in college admissions scandal

The Independent  

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Lori Loughlin and her husband Mossimo Giannulli are now facing bribery …

Facing prospect of added bribery charge, four parents plead guilty in admissions scandal
5 years, 2 months ago

Facing prospect of added bribery charge, four parents plead guilty in admissions scandal

LA Times  

Douglas Hodge, the former chief executive of bond manager Pimco, pleaded guilty on Monday to conspiracy to commit fraud and money laundering. Court papers filed on Monday show that a fifth defendant, Martin Fox, an alleged conspirator of the admissions scam’s ringleader, William “Rick” Singer, will change his plea to guilty and cooperate with the government. For parents accused of …

Battle in college admissions scandal: Should parents who paid the biggest bribes get the biggest punishment?
5 years, 4 months ago

Battle in college admissions scandal: Should parents who paid the biggest bribes get the biggest punishment?

LA Times  

As a judge in Boston prepares to sentence parents in the college admissions cheating scandal, prosecutors, defense lawyers and others are battling over unresolved questions: Is prison the right punishment? So far, 15 of the nearly three dozen parents charged with conspiring to commit fraud with the scam’s leader, college admission consultant William “Rick” Singer, have pleaded guilty. Rosen argued …

USC officials discussed how much wealthy parents could donate when their children applied, records show
5 years, 4 months ago

USC officials discussed how much wealthy parents could donate when their children applied, records show

LA Times  

A cache of emails between USC’s athletic and admissions offices were made public Tuesday when an attorney for a father facing charges in the college admissions scandal filed them in court. The emails, for example, include the wish list of “special interest” applicants a top official from the athletic department sent each spring to the head of the school’s admissions …

Prosecutors come to L.A. looking to nab more parents in college admissions scandal
5 years, 8 months ago

Prosecutors come to L.A. looking to nab more parents in college admissions scandal

LA Times  

Andrew Lelling, left, announces indictments in the sweeping college admissions bribery scandal at a news conference March 12 in Boston. In a request for a protective order on evidence that will soon be turned over to defense attorneys, they said the wiretaps, financial documents, emails and surveillance photographs they have amassed contain information about “targets of the investigation who have …

Lori Loughlin, husband Mossimo Giannulli plead not guilty in first response to college admissions scandal
5 years, 8 months ago

Lori Loughlin, husband Mossimo Giannulli plead not guilty in first response to college admissions scandal

Firstpost  

Lori Loughlin’s decision to plead ’not guilty’ for charges of conspiracy to commit fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering is her first proper stance on the case Lori Loughlin and her husband Mossimo Giannulli have pleaded not guilty to the double charges of conspiracy in the college admissions scandal, reports CNN. The actress’ decision to plead ’not guilty’ for …

Lori Loughlin and husband Mossimo Giannulli plead not guilty in college admissions scandal
5 years, 8 months ago

Lori Loughlin and husband Mossimo Giannulli plead not guilty in college admissions scandal

The Independent  

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Lori Loughlin and her husband have pleaded not guilty in what …

Lori Loughlin, 15 Others Indicted On New Charges In College Admissions Scandal
5 years, 9 months ago

Lori Loughlin, 15 Others Indicted On New Charges In College Admissions Scandal

NPR  

Lori Loughlin, 15 Others Indicted On New Charges In College Admissions Scandal Enlarge this image toggle caption Joseph Prezioso/AFP/Getty Images Joseph Prezioso/AFP/Getty Images Sixteen parents, including actress Lori Loughlin and her husband, fashion designer Mossimo Giannulli, face new charges in the college admissions scandal that has already snared dozens of wealthy individuals. The indictment, which was handed down by a …

College admissions scandal enters new phase as many parents set guilty pleas
5 years, 9 months ago

College admissions scandal enters new phase as many parents set guilty pleas

LA Times  

Prosecutors moved the college admissions scandal into a new chapter Monday, announcing that actress Felicity Huffman and more than a dozen other wealthy parents charged with participating in the scam have agreed to plead guilty. And if you lose that trial then the time in prison is going to be a whole lot more.” FULL COVERAGE: Dozens charged — including …

Felicity Huffman And 12 Other Parents To Plead Guilty In College Cheating Scandal
5 years, 9 months ago

Felicity Huffman And 12 Other Parents To Plead Guilty In College Cheating Scandal

NPR  

Felicity Huffman And 12 Other Parents To Plead Guilty In College Cheating Scandal Enlarge this image toggle caption Charles Krupa/AP Charles Krupa/AP Updated at 5:07 p.m. Gregory Abbott, 68, of New York, N.Y., together with his wife, Marcia, agreed to pay Singer $125,000 to participate in the college entrance exam cheating scheme for their daughter; 2. Felicity Huffman, 56, of …

Stanford kicks out student as fallout from college admissions scandal grows
5 years, 9 months ago

Stanford kicks out student as fallout from college admissions scandal grows

LA Times  

Stanford University has kicked out a student whose application allegedly contained false information as fallout continues from the sweeping college admissions cheating scandal that has ensnared top universities across the country. In a short statement posted on its website last week, the university said the student’s admission had been rescinded after officials confirmed that some of the material in the …

High-profile lawyer admits guilt and defends his daughter in college admissions scandal
5 years, 9 months ago

High-profile lawyer admits guilt and defends his daughter in college admissions scandal

LA Times  

Gordon Caplan arrives at federal court in Boston on Wednesday to face charges in a nationwide college admissions bribery scandal. A high-profile attorney who was charged in the college admissions scandal said Friday he will plead guilty and defended his teenage daughter in a public statement, saying she was unaware of the scheme and “has been hurt the most by …

College admissions scandal enters next phase: New charges, more deals coming?
5 years, 9 months ago

College admissions scandal enters next phase: New charges, more deals coming?

LA Times  

Defendants in the sweeping college admissions cheating scandal began appearing in Boston court amid growing questions about how many would cooperate with authorities and which other parents could get swept up in the scandal. FULL COVERAGE: Dozens charged — including Hollywood actresses — in connection with college admissions scheme » Sources familiar with the case but not authorized to discuss …

College admissions scandal: Wealthy parents told to make deal or face more charges
5 years, 9 months ago

College admissions scandal: Wealthy parents told to make deal or face more charges

LA Times  

Federal prosecutors are seeking potential deals with some of the wealthy parents charged in the sweeping college admissions scandal as investigators continue to broaden the case, according to multiple sources with knowledge of the situation. FULL COVERAGE: Dozens charged in connection with college admissions scheme » It remains unclear how many parents took part in the college admissions scam. Wealthy …

USC places hold on student accounts of those linked to college admissions scandal
5 years, 9 months ago

USC places hold on student accounts of those linked to college admissions scandal

LA Times  

USC officials have placed holds on the accounts of students possibly tied to a far-reaching scandal in which wealthy parents allegedly paid hefty sums to secure admission to schools across the country through bribes and lies. As the fallout from a massive college admissions cheating scandal that has ensnared several elite universities across the country enters its second week, USC …

Must Reads: College admissions scammers found ‘the hole in the Death Star’
5 years, 9 months ago

Must Reads: College admissions scammers found ‘the hole in the Death Star’

LA Times  

William “Rick” Singer, who was among several charged in an alleged college admissions scam, leaves federal court in Boston. RELATED: College admissions scandal spreads to UC Berkeley; fake SAT score allegedly submitted » From the admissions offices’ perspective, ensuring integrity in the athletic recruitment department is a difficult question, Niles said. We’ve seen that it’s part of our responsibility to …

Parents in college-admissions scandal got tax breaks. Outrage sparks calls for change
5 years, 9 months ago

Parents in college-admissions scandal got tax breaks. Outrage sparks calls for change

LA Times  

Tax breaks resulting from charitable donations to universities and colleges could be receiving new scrutiny in Washington after the largest admissions cheating scandal in U.S. history. “If the wealthy want to grease the skids, they shouldn’t be able to do so at the expense of American taxpayers.” His proposal comes after a federal investigation last week revealed a massive admissions …

More wealthy parents could be swept up in widening college admissions scandal
5 years, 9 months ago

More wealthy parents could be swept up in widening college admissions scandal

LA Times  

The college cheating scandal has rocked elite sections of California and beyond, with Silicon Valley business leaders, CEOs, Hollywood actresses, a best-selling self-help author and a famed fashion designer all swept up. Subpoenas One sign of where the investigation is going comes from several elite Southern California prep schools, which have received subpoenas from prosecutors seeking information about some of …

College admissions scandal: USC to deny entry to some students involved in alleged scam
5 years, 9 months ago

College admissions scandal: USC to deny entry to some students involved in alleged scam

LA Times  

USC, reeling from the exposure of a college admissions scheme with deep ties to the university, has announced a variety of measures aimed at addressing the scandal. In a letter to the campus community Thursday, USC interim President Wanda Austin said the university has launched its own investigation into the scandal and is trying to identify donations made as part …

Audacious college admissions scandal left so many red flags missed by so many
5 years, 9 months ago

Audacious college admissions scandal left so many red flags missed by so many

LA Times  

Federal prosecutors say their investigation blows the lid off an audacious college admissions fraud scheme aimed at getting the children of the rich and powerful into elite universities including USC. FULL COVERAGE: Dozens charged in connection with college admissions scheme » » Questions from a counselor at a Los Angeles private school about a student who had been admitted to …

Will children at center of college admissions scandal pay a price along with their parents?
5 years, 9 months ago

Will children at center of college admissions scandal pay a price along with their parents?

LA Times  

Their parents face criminal charges, with federal prosecutors alleging massive fraud to get them into some of America’s most elite schools. Among the parents charged were Hollywood actresses Felicity Huffman, of “Desperate Housewives,” and Lori Loughlin, of “Full House.” A USC spokesman said Wednesday that students who applied for admission in the current cycle — which is underway for fall …

A lingering question in the college admissions scandal: Why?
5 years, 9 months ago

A lingering question in the college admissions scandal: Why?

LA Times  

A college admissions scandal caught actresses Felicity Huffman and Lori Loughlin, a fashion designer, lawyers, CEOs and other wealthy families in an elaborate scheme to pay top dollar to ensure their kids got into elite universities. William “Rick” Singer, who ran a for-profit college admissions company in Newport Beach, promised parents a “side door” to get into some of the …

College cheating scandal prompts resignations and questions at elite prep schools
5 years, 9 months ago

College cheating scandal prompts resignations and questions at elite prep schools

LA Times  

The college admissions cheating scandal is roiling some of Southern California’s most elite prep schools, leading to resignations and questions as federal prosecutors seek student records from the institutions. RELATED: How an L.A. parent’s tip uncovered massive college admissions scandal » Although the prep schools are not targets of the investigation, prosecutors want to know whether the parents and others …

US college admissions scandal exposes dark side of how America's rich and famous rig system, make their kids look like star athletes
5 years, 9 months ago

US college admissions scandal exposes dark side of how America's rich and famous rig system, make their kids look like star athletes

Firstpost  

A college admissions scandal moved from bombshell indictments to guilty pleas in a matter of hours, yet the full fallout from the federal case against the rich and famous could take months or more to unfold. Boston: A college admissions scandal moved from bombshell indictments to guilty pleas in a matter of hours, yet the full fallout from the federal …

Column: College admissions scandal: How could rich parents gaslight their children like that?
5 years, 9 months ago

Column: College admissions scandal: How could rich parents gaslight their children like that?

LA Times  

Actress Felicity Huffman is seen inside the Edward R. Roybal Federal Building and U.S. Huffman, 56, and Lori Loughlin, 54, who starred in “Full House,” are charged with conspiracy to commit mail fraud and honest services mail fraud. A new definition of “chutzpah”: Bribing a coach to get your unathletic child into an elite university and paying astronomical sums of …

College admissions scam: What we know so far
5 years, 9 months ago

College admissions scam: What we know so far

CNN  

CNN — The massive college admissions scam is a harsh reminder that wealthy families can cheat their way to even greater privilege. “One was to cheat on the SAT or ACT, and the other was to use his connections with Division I coaches and use bribes to get these parents’ kids into school with fake athletic credentials.” Here’s how the …

The High-Powered Names In The College Admissions Bribery Scandal
5 years, 9 months ago

The High-Powered Names In The College Admissions Bribery Scandal

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING The Justice Department on Tuesday announced dozens of charges related to a massive college admissions bribery scheme, involving big names from Hollywood actresses to Wall Street and Silicon Valley executives. The federal investigators allege that Abdelaziz tried to get his daughter recruited as a star basketball player for admission at USC, working with Singer to create a …

Lori Loughlin and Felicity Huffman implicated in massive college entrance exam cheating scandal
5 years, 9 months ago

Lori Loughlin and Felicity Huffman implicated in massive college entrance exam cheating scandal

Daily Mail  

Two Hollywood stars have been implicated in a massive cheating scandal. Aunt Becky with the bad heirs: Full House star Lori Loughlin and Oscar nominee Felicity Huffman are two of the 50 parents charged in a plot to get their children into elite schools Desperate housewife: Huffman allegedly paid a $15,000 'charitable contribution' 'to participate in the college entrance exam …

William Rick Singer: Who’s the CEO behind the college admissions cheating scandal?
5 years, 9 months ago

William Rick Singer: Who’s the CEO behind the college admissions cheating scandal?

CNN  

CNN — Stunning claims of a college admissions scam that could send actresses Lori Loughlin and Felicity Huffman to prison focus on a CEO and company with far less name recognition: William Rick Singer and The Key. “I created a side door that would guarantee families would get in.” Here’s what we know about the disgraced CEO and the company …

Wealthy parents, actresses, coaches, among those charged in massive college cheating admission scandal
5 years, 9 months ago

Wealthy parents, actresses, coaches, among those charged in massive college cheating admission scandal

CNN  

CNN — In what is being called the largest college admissions scam ever prosecuted, wealthy parents, Hollywood actresses, coaches and college prep executives have been accused of carrying out a nationwide fraud to get students into prestigious universities, according to a federal indictment. In all, 50 people were charged in the criminal investigation that went by the name “Operation Varsity …

College admissions scandal: Here is everyone charged in the case
5 years, 9 months ago

College admissions scandal: Here is everyone charged in the case

LA Times  

Dozens of celebrities and high-profile people have been caught up in the college admissions scandal. According to the complaint, on a call with Singer, Buckingham said she would “probably like to do the same thing” for her daughter because she is “not a great test taker.” Gordon Caplan Conspiracy to commit mail fraud and honest services mail fraud. I-Hsin ‘Joey’ …

Inside the audacious college scheme to get kids of the rich and famous into elite schools
5 years, 9 months ago

Inside the audacious college scheme to get kids of the rich and famous into elite schools

LA Times  

The scheme, which allegedly began in 2011, centered on the owner of a for-profit Newport Beach college admissions company that wealthy parents are accused of paying to help their children cheat on college entrance exams and to falsify athletic recor Federal prosecutors say their investigation dubbed Operation Varsity Blues blows the lid off an audacious college admissions fraud scheme aimed …

College admissions scandal snares actresses, CEOs and coaches; alleged mastermind pleads guilty
5 years, 9 months ago

College admissions scandal snares actresses, CEOs and coaches; alleged mastermind pleads guilty

LA Times  

The scheme, which allegedly began in 2011, centered on the owner of a for-profit Newport Beach college admissions company that wealthy parents are accused of paying to help their children cheat on college entrance exams and to falsify athletic recor In allegations that sent shock waves through academia, federal prosecutors on Tuesday accused top CEOs, two Hollywood actresses and a …

College admissions scam: Here’s how it allegedly worked
5 years, 9 months ago

College admissions scam: Here’s how it allegedly worked

CNN  

CNN — The college admissions scheme revealed Tuesday is the largest of its kind ever prosecuted, federal prosecutors said, and features 50 defendants across six states, millions of dollars in illegally funneled funds and a handful of the country’s most selective universities. “I’ll speak more broadly, there were essentially two kinds of fraud that Singer was selling,” US Attorney Andrew …

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