OMG (Aunt) Becky! - College Admissions Cheating Scandal

knapplc

knapplc

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This is an amazing story.

They called the operation, "Varsity Blues."  :lol:


 


Actresses Lori Loughlin, Felicity Huffman among 40 charged in college exam cheating plot


Hollywood actresses Lori Loughlin and Felicity Huffman are among at least 40 people charged in a $25 million college entrance exam cheating scheme, according to court documents unsealed Tuesday.

The alleged scheme focused on getting students admitted to elite universities as recruited athletes, regardless of their athletic abilities, and helping potential students cheat on their college exams, according to the indictment unsealed in Boston.

Loughlin, best known for her role in the sitcom "Full House," and Huffman, who starred in the ABC hit show "Desperate Housewives," were charged with conspiracy to commit mail fraud and honest services fraud.

The FBI recorded phone calls involving the celebrities and a cooperating witness, according to the criminal complaint. Representatives for Loughlin and Huffman did not immediately return requests for comment.

The plot involved students who attended or were seeking to attend Georgetown University, Stanford University, UCLA, the University of San Diego, USC, University of Texas, Wake Forest, and Yale, according to federal prosecutors.

There's no indication that the schools were involved in any of the wrong-doing.

In all, 44 people, some of them college coaches, have been charged thus far.

Prosecutors said the scheme was masterminded by William Rick Singer, the founder of a for-profit college preparation business based in Newport Beach, California.

Parents paid Singer between $15,000 and $75,000 per test for someone else to take the SAT or ACT exams in place of their college-aged sons or daughters, according to the court papers.
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knapplc said:
Parents paid Singer between $15,000 and $75,000 per test for someone else to take the SAT or ACT exams in place of their college-aged sons or daughters, according to the court papers.
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$75k to take someone else's test for them? Where was this opportunity when I was in high school? 

 
So if you are well off enough to pay that kind of money for an entrance exam, what was the plan once the kid got into school? Keep paying surrogates to cheat for the next 4 years? These seem like students who would certainly struggle and fail once they got into these good schools. 

 
knapplc said:
AUNT BECKY PLEASE TURN YOURSELF IN DON'T RUN!!!
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She's been spotted!

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I feel bad for the rich...I mean the super rich just donate a building...but the rich don't that kind of money so they have to do this...poor guys.

 
Good friggen Lord....like it would be deviststing for these kids to simply go to a different college. 

Wow.....


the parents had such big egos that they were willing to spend 1.2 million just to make sure their little girl didn’t have to mingle with peasants. 

 
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