Hollywood actors Felicity Huffman and Lori Loughlin among those charged in college admissions scandal

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– News covered by Quincy Quarry News with commentary added.

 

Hollywood actors Felicity Huffman and Lori Loughlin among those charged in college admissions scandal.

 

Federal authorities announced indictments in massive college cheating scam.

 

The parents indicted in the investigation allegedly laid out estimated $25 million in total to grease their children into elite colleges, including Yale, Stanford, Georgetown and the University of Southern California, federal prosecutors said.

 

Laughlin’s daughter is named Olivia Jade. Her window at USC has a large “OJ” in it. pic.twitter.com/fqJXcqjkhM

— Richard M. Nixon (@dick_nixon) March 12, 2019

 

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“This case is about the widening corruption of elite college admissions through the steady application of wealth combined with fraud,” said Andrew Lelling, the United States Attorney for the District of Massachusetts, at a news conference earlier today.

 

“The parents are a catalog of wealth and privilege.”

 

According to Lelling, the ringleader of the scam is William Singer, owner of a Newport Beach California-based college counseling service called Key Worldwide Foundation. 

 

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Singer is alleged to have accepted bribes totaling $25 million from parents between 2011 and 2018 “to guarantee their children’s admission to elite schools.”

 

Singer is expected to plead guilty in a Boston federal court on Tuesday on charges of racketeering conspiracy, money laundering conspiracy, conspiracy to defraud the United States and obstruction of justice, Lelling said. 

 

Unclear at this point, however, is what the other defendants will be doing as regards responding to their indictments.

 

Other than writing checks to their own council, that is.

 

LOL, Yea it’s almost like they faked minority status to get into school and future tenured jobs in academia. https://t.co/jdIY3ujcPC

— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) March 13, 2019

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