At least 40, including two actresses, have been indicted in a nationwide college entrance exam cheating scandal, according to court docs.
The accused allegedly tried to get students into high-profile colleges as recruited athletes, regardless of athletic ability.
Some indicted include college coaches; however, there's no indication the schools were involved
At least 40 people, including two Hollywood actresses, have been indicted by the FBI and the U.S. attorney's office in Boston in a nationwide college entrance exam cheating scandal, NBC News reported, citing court documents.
The documents, which were unsealed Tuesday morning, allege that the accused aimed to facilitate students getting into high-profile D-1 schools, including Georgetown, Stanford, UCLA, Yale, University of Texas, University of San Diego, University of Southern California and Wake Forest as recruited athletes regardless of their athletic ability.
Some of those who were indicted included college coaches but there's no indication the schools were involved, according to NBC News.
Hollywood actresses Felicity Huffman and Lori Loughlin are among the two of more than 40 charged in connection with the scheme, according to court documents.
One of the unsealed court documents included indictments against former Yale University women's soccer coach Rudolph "Rudy" Meredith, who has been charged with two counts of wire fraud.
Prosecutors allege that Meredith conspired with William Rick Singer, the owner of Edge College & Career Network, which was also known as "The Key," to take bribes from the parents of college hopefuls.
In one case, Meredith and Singer worked together to have a Yale applicant, whom did not have a background in competitive soccer, to have an athletic "profiles" that allegedly described her as a "co-captain of a prominent club soccer team in southern California."
I had no idea that USC was even competitive. I thought it was a state school, so any resident could get in. Apparently their acceptance rate is 16 percent. I just learned something.
Dang. I looked up my undergraduate school and its acceptance rate is 83 percent. So much for all of that "MIT of the Midwest" talk that they gave me. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Rain Man:
I had no idea that USC was even competitive. I thought it was a state school, so any resident could get in. Apparently their acceptance rate is 16 percent. I just learned something.
Dang. I looked up my undergraduate school and its acceptance rate is 83 percent. So much for all of that "MIT of the Midwest" talk that they gave me.
Californians call USC “University of Spoiled Children” [Reply]
Originally Posted by suzzer99:
It was truly a golden age. New Kids was my favorite - where Lori and her brother get picked on by local high school thug James Spader.
Absolutely. Great flick!
Spader perving on Lori Laughlin with his sweet 80s van.