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Felicity Huffman, Lori Loughlin arrested for bribery

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Felicity Huffman and Lori Loughlin have been charged along with 48 others in a massive bribery scam involving some of the most elite colleges in the country.

 

Court records show the actresses and others allegedly paid hefty bribes -- as much as $6 MILLION -- to get their kids into various schools, including Yale, Stanford, Georgetown and the University of Southern California.

 

The US Attorney's Office is holding a press conference at 8:30 AM PT, and we are live streaming here.

 

The charges include conspiracy to commit mail fraud and honest services mail fraud. We've learned Felicity has been arrested and is presently in custody. We're told she will be released on a signature bond ... which essentially is a promise to appear in court.   

 

The alleged scam was reportedly unearthed after authorities found a California businessman who ran an operation helping students get into the college of their choice. Authorities say parents would pay the man a predetermined amount which he would funnel to an SAT or ACT administrator or a college athletic coach.  

 

The feds say if the money went to a college coach ... the coach would arrange a fake profile that listed the student as an athlete.  If the money went to an exam administrator, the administrator would either hire a proctor to take the SAT/ACT or correct the student's answers.

 

As for Loughlin, she and her husband -- Mossimo Giannulli, the founder of Mossimo clothing -- allegedly paid $500,000 to have their 2 daughters designated as recruits for the crew team at USC ... despite the fact they did not actually participate in crew. However, the feds say Mossimo sent action photos of their daughters on rowing machines. Mossimo was also charged in the indictment.

 

As for Huffman, she and her husband, William H. Macy, allegedly made a charitable contribution of $15,000 to participate in a college entrance exam cheating scheme on behalf of their eldest daughter.  The indictment says the daughter was given twice the amount of time to take the SAT as other students and the paid proctor agreed to secretly correct her answers afterwards.

 

The indictment says the girl received a score of 1420 on her SAT ... an improvement of approximately 400 points over her PSAT.

 

Macy was not indicted.

 

According to the docs, the FBI recorded phone calls in which Loughlin and Huffman talked about the scheme with a witness who was cooperating with authorities.

 

And, the federal indictment out of Boston has a twist ... it says most of the kids admitted to the schools had no idea their parents allegedly greased the wheels to get them in.

 

We reached out to the reps for both Felicity and Lori ... so far no word back.

 

 

Read more: https://www.tmz.com/2019/03/12/felicity-huffman-lori-loughlin-arrested-college-admissions-bribery-scam/

 

MESS @ them. They deserve punishment for denying other kids the chance to enter these schools. thatsgreatplz.png

 

I feel bad for their kids, imagine finding out your parents were the reasons you got into these schools in the first place ohdearplz.png

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Oh why aunt becky!!

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No offense, why aren't Asian Americans pissed at this perfect example of a legacy's affirmative action?

Exactly. They always blame Black and Latinx kids for not getting accepted into Ivy Leagues and affirmative action. Oh, I have to laugh laugh.png

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Their children's reputations are absolutely screwed after this.  At least a few will be expelled from their colleges and will face some sort of honor code violation on their records if they want to try getting into another school.

 

Can't say I have any sympathy for them though--especially that daughter who got unlimited time on her SAT since she definitely knew what was up.

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Ya'll been living under rocks?!?

 

This practice is so commonplace that I'm surprised people are shocked and making such a big deal out of it. Buying a spot into an Ivy League school is just the tip of the iceberg, there are many people who can and actually did buy degrees. In fact, didn't this just occurred in South Korea? At least these kids are attending classes instead of being handled a degree on a silver platter.

 

I know several in politics, their children, and close relatives who bought their degrees. Wake up: MONEY CAN BUY ANYTHING GIVEN THE RIGHT PRICE.

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