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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I really dislike LL but I fail to see the actual criminal case here for her or her daughter regardless of what the daughter knew or didn't know.

Tax Evasion - If the organization was a 5013c then writing off the amount of money that she gave them shouldn't be tax fraud on her part. The donor is not responsible for whether the organization was a fraud or not. She was not part of establishing the fraudulent organization. The guy running the scheme if guilty of tax evasion.

Fraud - I've never a seen a criminal case for fraud on a college application or a resume. Its a civil matter or cause for termination but not criminal. Criminal bribery cases are usually made against someone in an official government role not school admissions.

Is there case law on any of this?

The feds have a high conviction rate but only when they stick to the regular established laws and not when they go out on a limp for something very public if there isn't case precedents. R

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The problem with the fraud charges is that the victim has to be the university.. The defense will argue that they can't claim that giving money to a low paid coach in exchange for a spot is fraud, when the university itself regularly hands out spots in exchange for 8 figure donations. The universities don't want anyone to make that argument in public. They might end up having to reveal how many spots they sell. I can't believe the universities are cooperating.[/quote]

When people donate money for spots directly to the university, that money is then spent on enhancement to the university which benefit the school and the student body as a whole.  A coach pocketing money for personal gain and having spots that he/she reserves for students who are bribing their way in is something entirely different.  [/quote]

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