Felicity Huffman and Full House star Lori Loughlin are among dozens of people arrested for a $US25 million ($A35 million) scheme to help wealthy Americans cheat their children’s way into elite universities, such as Yale and Stanford.
The largest college admissions fraud scam unearthed in US history was run out of a small college preparation company in Newport Beach, California, that relied on bribes, phoney test takers and even doctored photos depicting non-athletic applicants as elite competitors to land college slots for the offspring of rich parents, prosecutors said.
Huffman, of Desperate Housewives fame, and her husband, Shameless actor William H. Macy, allegedly paid US$15,000 so their daughter could double the time to complete her university entrance exam.
However, when it came time for her second daughter to finish high school, the Desperate Housewives actress allegedly opted not to hire the same services.
“Ruh Ro! Looks like [my daughter’s high school] wants to provide own proctor.” — Felicity Huffman, allegedly. pic.twitter.com/QL4tNmvW1l
— Ryan J. Reilly (@ryanjreilly) March 12, 2019
Top Comments
So basically she spent $500,000USD to get charged for a crime and to ensure the entire world knows her daughter isn’t good enough to get into university.
Yeah, but at least she got to clam she was a student when she was shilling crap on Instagram. Context matters!!
If I had $500,000 USD to splash around, I'd like my crime to be more memorable and imaginative than Uni fraud - oh, I'm dreaming of the possibilities.
I wonder if these charges are proven are these kids then expelled or allowed to continue their education