Feds uncover large-scale college entrance exam cheating plot

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Anonymous wrote:Anyone have a link to the other names? TMZ says one of the actresses paid 500,000 for her two daughters to be recruited to the crew team at USC, even though they didn’t row. A $500k donation could get your kids into a lot of schools.

Oh my dear. Back in the day, perhaps. Add a zero, please.

My SLAC alma mater receives between $10-20 million in donations a year. Some are from foundations. 500k would be a huge donation.

Not to the top 5 universities in the US.

Wake up. These people were caught because they couldn’t afford the many millions it takes to legally buy your way into Harvard. End of story.

Perhaps for Huffman, yes, but the other one is married to Mossimo Gianulli whose Mossimo fashion line was bought and sold by Target. He's super loaded.

These people were caught because they're morons and went about it a terrible way. I'm sure that a $500k donation to USC would have gotten both of her girls in with no seedy bribery needed. My uncle donated $250k to his alma mater, a school in the same league as USC, to get my loser cousin admitted. Then, when he was nearly put on academic probation, he donated the $100k needed to secure a new charter bus for one of the sports no one really cared about, and bam, his grades increased enough to keep him off probation.

Donations for admittance and good grades is not a new or foreign concept at all.

I bet Lori's girls even had knowledge that their mom did this. USC is seen as the It College for all CA YouTuber's and the offspring of many hollywood elite. Stanford is a better school, no doubt, but Palo Alto doesn't have the same draw.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Aunt Becky is married to mossimo... like the clothing? Am I reading that right? That's some $.

That's correct.

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Anonymous wrote:Full list of those charges.
https://www.justice.gov/usao-ma/investigations-college-admissions-and-testing-bribery-scheme

can any of your attys tell us the difference between charged by information, complaint and indictment?

The first group is the ringleaders / SAT people.

Second group are the coaches.

Last group are the parents.

I think....

Love that every parent is being charged. Lori Loughlin and her husband are charged separately - both are going to jail. Felicity Huffman apparently acted without her husband's knowledge, so her kids are luckier.

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Anonymous wrote:There was some at my DD’s private that got recruited to play tennis at an ivy, took a gap year, & never even joined the team when she got to campus. I wonder if it was something like this USC crew incident or the Penn basketball scandal right now.

There is a family at my daughter's private who have sent 3 girls to Princeton lacrosse over the last 6 years. Only one of the three actually plays in games consistently, the other two are on the roster but dont get into games. The family is flashy rich (the tacky kind); I wouldnt put them above bribing their way in.

Probably not. They are GPA boosters.

[Anonymous]

So far I see the names of:

UCLA Mens soccer coach.
USC athletic director (womens)
Stanford Sailing
Georgetown Tennis (maybe)
USC Water Polo

[Anonymous]

OMG - Singer took the bribes and then told the parents they could deduct the bribes from their tax returns. OOPS.

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No students charged...yet.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Full list of those charges.
https://www.justice.gov/usao-ma/investigations-college-admissions-and-testing-bribery-scheme

can any of your attys tell us the difference between charged by information, complaint and indictment?

The first group is the ringleaders / SAT people.

Second group are the coaches.

Last group are the parents.

I think....

Love that every parent is being charged. Lori Loughlin and her husband are charged separately - both are going to jail. Felicity Huffman apparently acted without her husband's knowledge, so her kids are luckier.

Will they go to jail? I don't know - white, affluent people always seem to get suspended sentences or short jail time in cushy places.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Full list of those charges.
https://www.justice.gov/usao-ma/investigations-college-admissions-and-testing-bribery-scheme

can any of your attys tell us the difference between charged by information, complaint and indictment?

The first group is the ringleaders / SAT people.

Second group are the coaches.

Last group are the parents.

I think....

Love that every parent is being charged. Lori Loughlin and her husband are charged separately - both are going to jail. Felicity Huffman apparently acted without her husband's knowledge, so her kids are luckier.

They wont serve time. But the 500k plus the money they will pay on this case would have been better used as a flat donation and girls would have walked right in no questions asked. It does seem very stupid and you would think they would know better???

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No students charged...yet.

Not sure how they would nail the students - the parents paid the bribes and got deductions.

[Anonymous]

There’s something wrong with Aunt Becky. And it makes me sad.

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So, now do Lori's kids get kicked out of USC?

I mean, can you imagine having the balls to stay after it's come out that the only reason why you're there is because your parents bribed your way in?

I wonder how many phone calls happened after this story broke by people who were in the midst of doing the same thing for their kids.

Has the auction season at the local privates passed yet? If not, I bet items donated are down this year. Everyone will be bribe-shy for a bit.

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This is the downside of holistic admissions. Too easy to manipulate the results.

Yet another reason why schools should no longer be allowed to offer preferences or scholarships to athletes.

[Anonymous]

Wow, and I would have pegged those women as among your more normal celebs. Jesus.

[Anonymous]

Full list of charged names and where they live -

William Rick SINGER (Massachusetts)
Rudolph “Rudy” MEREDITH (Connecticut)
Mark RIDDELL (Florida)
John VANDEMOER (California)
Igor DVORSKIY (California)
Gordon ERNST (Maryland)
William FERGUSON (North Carolina)
Martin FOX (Texas)
Donna HEINEL (California)
Laura JANKE (California)
Ali KHOSROSHAHIN (California)
Steven MASERA (California)
Jorge SALCEDO (California)
Mikaela SANFORD (California)
David SIDOO (California)
Jovan VAVIC (California)
Niki WILLIAMS (Texas)
Gregory ABBOTT (New York)
Marcia ABBOTT (New York)
Gamal ABDELAZIZ (Nevada)
Diane BLAKE (California)
Todd BLAKE (California)
Jane BUCKINGHAM (California)
Gordon CAPLAN (Connecticut)
Michael CENTER (Texas)
I-Hsin “Joey” CHEN (California)
Amy COLBURN (California)
Gregory COLBURN (California)
Robert FLAXMAN (California)
Mossimo GIANNULLI (California)
Elizabeth HENRIQUEZ (California)
Manuel HENRIQUEZ (California)
Douglas HODGE (California)
Felicity HUFFMAN (California)
Agustin HUNEEUS (California)
Bruce ISACKSON (California)
Davina ISACKSON (California)
Michelle JANAVS (California)
Elisabeth KIMMEL (Nevada)
Marjorie KLAPPER (California)
Lori LOUGHLIN (California)
Toby MACFARLANE (California)
William McGLASHAN (California)
Marci PALATELLA (California)
Peter Jan SARTORIO (California)
Stephen SEMPREVIVO (California)
Devin SLOANE (California)
John WILSON (Texas)
Homayoun ZADEH (California)
Robert ZANGRILLO (Florida)