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   Felicity Huffman, an actress ensnared in an alleged college   
   admissions cheating scandal, reportedly was greeted by armed FBI   
   agents Tuesday morning at her Los Angeles home.   
      
   Huffman, best known for her role in ABC’s “Desperate   
   Housewives,” was implicated in the massive college admissions   
   cheating scandal along with other wealthy and famous parents who   
   allegedly paid millions to have their children placed in elite   
   universities.   
      
   A source told the Los Angeles Times that Huffman and other   
   defendants had recently received notice that they might face   
   arrest. Sources familiar with Huffman’s arrest told the paper   
   that FBI agents with guns drawn showed up at the actress’ home   
   at 6 a.m. to take her into custody.   
      
   The FBI did not confirm to Fox News that agents' guns were   
   drawn. “The size of the arrest team that executed the warrant at   
   defendant Huffman's location is consistent with the size of the   
   teams that executed warrants at all of the arrest locations   
   today (13 locations) and is the average size of an arrest team   
   at any planned arrest warrant. No tactical teams were used but   
   all FBI agents are armed and, depending on the circumstances,   
   may draw their weapons as a precautionary measure during the   
   execution of any warrant. This is done for the safety of the   
   agents, subject/s and any other occupants at a given location,”   
   Laura Eimiller, an FBI spokeswoman, told Fox News.   
      
   Huffman made a brief court appearance later Tuesday afternoon   
   where the judge asked her: “I’m not asking you to admit or deny   
   the charges against you but do you understand what the   
   government claims you did?” She replied: “Yes.”   
      
   Her husband, actor William H. Macy, sat in court as the judge   
   ordered her released on a $250,000 bond. Huffman is scheduled to   
   appear in court March 29 in Boston.   
      
   Huffman, 54, allegedly paid $15,000, disguised as a charitable   
   donation, so her daughter could take part in the college   
   entrance-exam cheating scam, according to court documents.   
      
   Court papers said a cooperating witness met with Huffman and   
   Macy at their Los Angeles home and explained to them that he   
   "controlled" an SAT testing center and could have somebody   
   correct her daughter's wrong answers. The person told   
   investigators the couple agreed to the plan.   
      
   Their daughter, Sofia, an aspiring actress who attends Los   
   Angeles High School of the Arts, allegedly took the test in   
   December 2017 and got a score of 1420, a 400-point improvement   
   from her first test, the LA Times reported.   
      
   Huffman and several other defendants were charged with   
   conspiracy to commit fraud, punishable by up to 20 years in   
   prison. Macy was not charged; authorities did not say why.   
      
   David Mamet, Oscar-nominated writer of “Wag the Dog” and “The   
   Verdict,” came to their defense in the form of an open letter,   
   citing the double standards that exist in the admissions process   
   and calling many of its policies a “corrupt joke,” Deadline   
   reported.   
      
   “The unqualified may be accepted for many reasons, among them,   
   as Legacies, and on account of large donations made by their   
   parents,” Mamet wrote. “I do not see the difference between   
   getting a kid into school by bribing the Building Committee, and   
   by bribing someone else. But, apparently, the second is against   
   the Law. So be it.”   
      
   The 50 parents ensnared in the massive cheating scandal   
   allegedly funneled money to William Rick Singer, the California   
   man pinpointed as the scheme’s “ringleader.” The money was   
   allegedly used to bribe athletic coaches or for help cheating on   
   entrance exams so their children could be admitted into   
   prestigious schools, including Yale, Georgetown, Stanford, and   
   University of Southern California.   
      
   No students have been charged, with authorities saying that in   
   many cases the teenagers were unaware of their parents’ plans.   
   Several of the colleges involved made no mention of taking   
      
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