Former “Desperate Housewives” star Felicity Huffman and “Full House” actress Lori Loughlin are among 46 people who have been arrested in a nationwide college admissions cheating scam case, federal prosecutors announced Tuesday. The suspects — who also include business figures such as Dragon Global CEO Robert Zangrillo — have been arrested on the charges they paid bribes of up to $6 million to get their children into top universities like Yale, Stanford, Georgetown and USC, according to charging documents. During a press conference in Boston on Tuesday, Andrew Lelling, U.S. District Attorney for Massachusetts, said this was the “largest college admissions scam ever prosecuted by the Department of Justice,” totaling $25 million in bribes. The official charges for both actresses were “conspiracy to commit mail fraud and honest services mail fraud.” If convicted, they could each face up to five years in prison. According to Elizabeth McCarthy, a spokesperson for the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Huffman was taken into custody early Tuesday and Loughlin has agreed to surrender. According to a separate affidavit, Huffman and her spouse — “Shameless” star William H. Macy, who was not identified by his name or charged in the affidavit — made a charitable donation of $15,000 “to participate in the college entrance exam cheating scheme on behalf of her oldest daughter.” The document added that Huffman “later made arrangements to pursue the scheme a second time, for her youngest daughter, before deciding not to do so.” The documents also say that Loughlin and her husband, fashion designer Mossimo Giannulli, “agreed to pay bribes totaling $500,000 in exchange for having their two daughters designated as recruits to the USC crew team — despite the fact that they did not participate in crew — thereby facilitating their admission to USC.” Representatives for both Huffman and Loughlin did not immediately respond to TheWrap’s request for comment. The scam centered around a California man, William Singer, who ran a business to help students gain admission into the college of their choice. This would involve being paid a pre-set amount by parents, who then funneled the money to either an SAT or ACT administrator or a college athletic coach. The scheme would work in one of two ways, according to prosecutors: The coaches would arrange a fake profile that listed the prospective student as an athlete or exam administrators would either hire proctors to take the test or correct the answers of a student after the fact. The FBI has taken 33 individuals into custody, with another seven that are “working towards their surrender,” FBI special agent Joseph Bonavolonta said during a press conference. He added that there is one individual being “actively pursued” and that four, including Singer, will plead guilty. Lelling the person being “actively pursued” is in Hawaii, and there are rules regarding how early someone can be taken into custody.
可能不是捐个几百万就ok的事。 In another example of the scam, Lelling said former Yale women's soccer coach Rudy Meredith took $400,000 to designate a potential student as a recruit for the team — boosting the student's admission prospects — despite knowing that the student didn't play the sport competitively. Once the student was accepted to Yale, her relatives paid Singer approximately $1.2 million, including $900,000 to one of KWF's charitable accounts, according to court documents.
Hercules Capital Slumps After CEO Charged in $25 Million College Bribery Case
Former CEO of Pimco and CEO of International Dispensing also among those charged by U.S. Attorney's office in Massachusetts in scheme to get their kids into colleges.
Shares of Hercules Capital (HTGC- Get Report) fell sharply Tuesday after the company's CEO, Manuel Henriquez, was charged with conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud in connection with a $25 million college admissions bribery scheme involving dozens of high-profile executives and celebrities. Shares fell $1.19 or 9%, to $12.15 in recent trading. Henriquez and his wife were among 50 people charged in the case, according to documents released by the U.S. attorney's office. The couple "participated in the college entrance exam cheating scheme, on four separate occasions, for their two daughters," according to the FBI affidavit in support of the charges. "In addition, the Henriquezes conspired to bribe Gordon Ernst, the head tennis coach at Georgetown University, to designate their older daughter as a tennis recruit in order to facilitate her admission to Georgetown," according to court documents. Others charged in the case included Gregory Abbott, CEO of International Dispensing Corp. (IDND) , which trades on the pink sheets. Shares of the company fell 11 cents, or 30%, to 25 cents. Douglas Hodge, former CEO of Pimco and a onetime director of the Securities Industry Financial Markets Association, was also charged in the case. Hodge "agreed to use bribery to facilitate the admission of two of his children to USC as purported athletic recruits," according to court documents. He also sought "to secure the admission of a third child to college through bribery as well." According to the court documents, the conspiracy "facilitated cheating on college entrance exams and the admission of students to elite universities as purported athletic recruits."
可能不是捐个几百万就ok的事。 In another example of the scam, Lelling said former Yale women's soccer coach Rudy Meredith took $400,000 to designate a potential student as a recruit for the team — boosting the student's admission prospects — despite knowing that the student didn't play the sport competitively. Once the student was accepted to Yale, her relatives paid Singer approximately $1.2 million, including $900,000 to one of KWF's charitable accounts, according to court documents.
Former “Desperate Housewives” star Felicity Huffman and “Full House” actress Lori Loughlin are among 46 people who have been arrested in a nationwide college admissions cheating scam case, federal prosecutors announced Tuesday.
The suspects — who also include business figures such as Dragon Global CEO Robert Zangrillo — have been arrested on the charges they paid bribes of up to $6 million to get their children into top universities like Yale, Stanford, Georgetown and USC, according to charging documents.
During a press conference in Boston on Tuesday, Andrew Lelling, U.S. District Attorney for Massachusetts, said this was the “largest college admissions scam ever prosecuted by the Department of Justice,” totaling $25 million in bribes.
The official charges for both actresses were “conspiracy to commit mail fraud and honest services mail fraud.” If convicted, they could each face up to five years in prison. According to Elizabeth McCarthy, a spokesperson for the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Huffman was taken into custody early Tuesday and Loughlin has agreed to surrender.
According to a separate affidavit, Huffman and her spouse — “Shameless” star William H. Macy, who was not identified by his name or charged in the affidavit — made a charitable donation of $15,000 “to participate in the college entrance exam cheating scheme on behalf of her oldest daughter.” The document added that Huffman “later made arrangements to pursue the scheme a second time, for her youngest daughter, before deciding not to do so.”
The documents also say that Loughlin and her husband, fashion designer Mossimo Giannulli, “agreed to pay bribes totaling $500,000 in exchange for having their two daughters designated as recruits to the USC crew team — despite the fact that they did not participate in crew — thereby facilitating their admission to USC.” Representatives for both Huffman and Loughlin did not immediately respond to TheWrap’s request for comment.
The scam centered around a California man, William Singer, who ran a business to help students gain admission into the college of their choice. This would involve being paid a pre-set amount by parents, who then funneled the money to either an SAT or ACT administrator or a college athletic coach. The scheme would work in one of two ways, according to prosecutors: The coaches would arrange a fake profile that listed the prospective student as an athlete or exam administrators would either hire proctors to take the test or correct the answers of a student after the fact.
The FBI has taken 33 individuals into custody, with another seven that are “working towards their surrender,” FBI special agent Joseph Bonavolonta said during a press conference. He added that there is one individual being “actively pursued” and that four, including Singer, will plead guilty. Lelling the person being “actively pursued” is in Hawaii, and there are rules regarding how early someone can be taken into custody.
还有个上市 venture capital CEO 也在被告之列，导致股价大跌
不惜剑走偏锋
至于名正言顺的猫腻多的是，
公不公平你说了算
还是高考相对公平。但是高考还是有漏题的。
这次被抓的这些虽都是有钱的也比较有名的，
但名气还不够大所以要使钱，
如果名气十分大（比如小布什的智商如果他爹不是老布什能进耶鲁），
名校主动抢
高考已经算相对的很公平的方式了，
当然只是省内公平。
跨省市还是有不公平
这是什么逻辑？好莱坞都得行贿做假才能进名校，有什么利益链了？
可能不是捐个几百万就ok的事。
In another example of the scam, Lelling said former Yale women's soccer coach Rudy Meredith took $400,000 to designate a potential student as a recruit for the team — boosting the student's admission prospects — despite knowing that the student didn't play the sport competitively. Once the student was accepted to Yale, her relatives paid Singer approximately $1.2 million, including $900,000 to one of KWF's charitable accounts, according to court documents.
受贿的当然也抓了。
Hercules Capital Slumps After CEO Charged in $25 Million College Bribery Case
Former CEO of Pimco and CEO of International Dispensing also among those charged by U.S. Attorney's office in Massachusetts in scheme to get their kids into colleges.
Shares of Hercules Capital (HTGC- Get Report) fell sharply Tuesday after the company's CEO, Manuel Henriquez, was charged with conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud in connection with a $25 million college admissions bribery scheme involving dozens of high-profile executives and celebrities.
Shares fell $1.19 or 9%, to $12.15 in recent trading.
Henriquez and his wife were among 50 people charged in the case, according to documents released by the U.S. attorney's office.
The couple "participated in the college entrance exam cheating scheme, on four separate occasions, for their two daughters," according to the FBI affidavit in support of the charges. "In addition, the Henriquezes conspired to bribe Gordon Ernst, the head tennis coach at Georgetown University, to designate their older daughter as a tennis recruit in order to facilitate her admission to Georgetown," according to court documents.
Others charged in the case included Gregory Abbott, CEO of International Dispensing Corp. (IDND) , which trades on the pink sheets. Shares of the company fell 11 cents, or 30%, to 25 cents.
Douglas Hodge, former CEO of Pimco and a onetime director of the Securities Industry Financial Markets Association, was also charged in the case.
Hodge "agreed to use bribery to facilitate the admission of two of his children to USC as purported athletic recruits," according to court documents. He also sought "to secure the admission of a third child to college through bribery as well."
According to the court documents, the conspiracy "facilitated cheating on college entrance exams and the admission of students to elite universities as purported athletic recruits."
世界趋同，除了伪造成绩资历替考等，就是弄运动员特招特长生之类
不是想捐就能进的
其实还是挺公平，各省照顾自己省份，剩下名额全国不同地区择优录取不同人数。这世界没有绝对公平，就连民主美国也不是每张选票都平等。
我觉着看差距多大。如果是Asian 申藤的一般孩子那种，sat1500以上，各种活动有些，unweighted gpa3.75以上， 学校top 5%这种，估计捐个一百万就够了。毕竟都一样招，说不好听的叫interchangeable, 选这捐了一百万的也挺好。
这个例子里的孩子都是学渣，学渣怎么上藤呢，那就要求高了，要么姓布什奥巴，要么捐个楼。这些人又捐不起楼。
是不是加州流行这个，东部富豪都直接捐给学校，还legal.
布什家好像一代人也只有一个名额。不容易