Mar 12, 2019 · American actress. Andrew Lelling. American attorney. William Singer. American politician. Federal authorities on Tuesday charged 50 people, including actresses Felicity Huffman and Lori Loughlin and college coaches and administrators, in an alleged scheme to win admission to prestigious universities for the children of wealthy parents.
Mar 15, 2019 · Jovan Vavic, the former water polo coach at U.S.C., was found guilty of taking more than $200,000 in bribes in exchange for designating high school applicants as recruits. Stanford sailing coach ...
Dec 17, 2021 · Dozens of wealthy people have been charged in the college admissions scandal. Federal prosecutors say parents paid about $25 million to get their students into elite schools. Here's the full list of people who have been sentenced, including Felicity Huffman and Lori Loughlin. Visit Insider's homepage for more stories.
Mar 12, 2019 · Parents paid up to $6.5 million to get their kids into college Coaches from Yale, Stanford, the University of Southern California, Wake Forest and Georgetown, among others, are implicated in the case.
Federal authorities on Tuesday charged 50 people, including actresses Felicity Huffman and Lori Loughlin and college coaches and administrators, in an alleged scheme to win admission to prestigious universities for the children of wealthy parents. At a press conference Tuesday, U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts Andrew Lelling called ...
William Singer, who ran the California company, called Key Worldwide Foundation, was charged with racketeering, money laundering, obstruction of justice and conspiracy to defraud the United States. Singer, according to Lelling, laundered money he received from parents under the guise of charitable donations.
No students were indicted. William Singer, who ran the California company, called Key Worldwide Foundation, was charged with racketeering, money laundering, obstruction of justice and conspiracy to defraud the United States.
McGlashan Jr., a partner at the private equity firm TPG; Gordon Caplan, the co-chairman of the law firm Willkie Farr & Gallagher; and Doug Hodge, the retired chief executive of Pimco.
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Mail and wire fraud statutes identify a scheme to defraud as including the “right of honest services.”. That turns the dishonesty of getting your child admitted to their college of choice into a crime that is punishable by up to 20 years in prison. The honest-services law had been a means to police corporate or official dishonesty without requiring ...
Dozens of wealthy people have been charged in the college admissions scandal. Federal prosecutors say parents paid about $25 million to get their students into elite schools. Here's the full list of people who have been sentenced, including Felicity Huffman and Lori Loughlin. Visit Insider's homepage for more stories.
Former Stanford University sailing coach John Vandemoer was the first person to be sentenced as part of the college admissions scandal. He sentenced to one day in prison, with time served. He was also sentenced to two years supervised release and has to pay a $10,000 fine.
Prosecutors said that the college admissions scandal's ringleader, William "Rick" Singer had a third party person take five online classes for Littlefair's son. In one class, the third party person organized to have a "stand in" for Littlefair's son on video-conferenced classes.
Actor Lori Loughlin, facing charges in a nationwide college admissions cheating scheme, is escorted to federal court in Boston, Massachusetts, in April 2019. REUTERS/Brian Snyder. Dozens of wealthy people have been charged in the college admissions scandal.
Federal prosecutors have charged more than 50 people.
Former Stanford University sailing coach John Vandemoer was sentenced to one day in prison. John Vandemoer, former head sailing coach at Stanford, arrives at federal court in Boston on Tuesday, March 12, 2019. AP Photo/Steven Senne.
Prosecutors alleged in court documents that Vandemoer accepted $610,000 in bribes to facilitate the admissions of students as salinity recruits. Court documents say the funds were put into Stanford's sailing program. Prosecutors had asked a federal judge in Boston to sentence Vandemoer to 13 months in prison.
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. The scheme had two major pieces.
Huffman, an Academy Award nominee, has been charged with felony conspiracy to commit mail fraud and honest services mail fraud, according to court paperwork filed Monday in federal court in Massachusetts. She was arrested without incident at her home, the FBI said.
In all, 50 people were charged in the criminal investigation that went by the name “Operation Varsity Blues.”. Those arrested include two SAT/ACT administrators, one exam proctor, nine coaches at elite schools, one college administrator and 33 parents, according to Andrew Lelling, the US attorney for Massachusetts.
Actress Lori Loughlin is expected to be released from custody later today after appearing in court in connection with the college cheating admission scandal. Loughlin's bond was set at $1 million at today's hearing. Loughlin, best known for her role as Aunt Becky on "Full House," turned herself into authorities this morning after she was charged ...
Loughlin, best known for her role as Aunt Becky on "Full House," turned herself into authorities this morning after she was charged with conspiracy to commit mail fraud and honest services mail fraud for her role in the college admissions scam, according to a criminal complaint.
Actress Lori Loughlin's bond set at $1 million. Actress Lori Loughlin is expected to be released from custody later today after appearing in court in connection with the college cheating admission scandal. Loughlin's bond was set at $1 million at today's hearing. Loughlin, best known for her role as Aunt Becky on "Full House," turned herself ...
Center is charged with conspiracy to commit mail fraud and honest services mail fraud, according to a criminal complaint.
From CNN's Elizabeth Joseph. Gordon Caplan, the co-chairman of the international law firm based in New York City Willkie Farr & Gallagher , has been placed on a leave of absence, the firm said in a statement.
Loughlin and her husband, fashion designer Mossimo Giannulli, are accused of paying $500,000 in bribes to designate their two daughters as recruits to the USC crew team despite their lack of participation in the sport, according to court documents.
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Hollywood actresses Lori Loughlin and Felicity Huffman are among 50 people charged in a $25 million college entrance exam cheating scheme, according to court documents unsealed in Boston on Tuesday.
Macy has not been charged. The plot involved students who attended or were seeking to attend Georgetown, Stanford, Yale, the University of California, Los Angeles, the University of San Diego, USC, the University of Texas and Wake Forest University, according to federal prosecutors.
Loughlin and her fashion designer husband, Mossimo Giannulli, agreed to pay bribes totaling $500,000 to bolster their two daughters' chances of gaining admission to the University of Southern California, court papers say.
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It seems like pretty standard stuff — sign your child up for a service like Kaplan Test Prep, which offers live classes both in-person and online for between $799 to $2,599 (if you also want to buy tutoring), and in return your child will be prepared when test day arrives. Seems pretty legit.
Huffman's alleged crimes included felony conspiracy to commit mail fraud and honest services mail fraud. More specifically, the FBI says she paid $15,000 to a fake charity called Key Worldwide, which helped her daughter cheat on the SATs. According to CNN, a "cooperating witness" says he traveled cross-country to administer the SAT test to Huffman's daughter, and then she magically scored 400 points higher than she did on the PSAT she took a year earlier.
Dozens of the rich and famous—including Hollywood actresses Felicity Huffman and Lori Loughlin—have been charged in a massive college admissions scandal in which parents paid millions in bribes to help their kids snag a spot at some of the nation’s top universities, officials said.
Huffman was arrested without incident on Tuesday and later released on a $250,000 bond, Reuters reports. Loughlin’s husband, fashion designer Mossimo Giannulli, was also reportedly released on Tuesday on a $1 million bond. There’s an arrest warrant out for Loughlin, who is reportedly on a flight to LA.