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   California school system, once the envy of the entire free   
   world, after 40 years of Democrat control and parasitic   
   socialist union infestation.   
      
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   Federal prosecutors on Tuesday charged 50 people in a brazen   
   scheme to secure spots at Yale, Stanford and other big-name   
   schools in what they called the “largest college admissions scam   
   ever prosecuted by the Department of Justice.” They have accused   
   dozens of parents of paying millions of dollars in bribes to   
   help their children get into the schools.   
      
   For those catching up, or those overwhelmed by the volume of   
   news, here’s an overview of The New York Times’s coverage.   
      
   Who was charged in the scandal?   
   The ringleader, William Singer: The 59-year-old businessman from   
   Newport Beach, Calif., was the founder of a college preparatory   
   business, the Edge College & Career Network, and its charity   
   arm, the Key Worldwide Foundation. He had been working with   
   federal investigators since September.   
      
   Thirty-three parents, many of them high-profile: The parents   
   included the television star Lori Loughlin and her husband, the   
   fashion designer Mossimo Giannulli; the actress Felicity   
   Huffman; and William E. McGlashan Jr., a partner at the private   
   equity firm TPG.   
      
   College athletic coaches: They were accused of accepting   
   millions of dollars to help admit undeserving students to a wide   
   variety of colleges, from the University of Texas at Austin to   
   Wake Forest and Georgetown, by suggesting they were top athletes.   
      
   How did the scheme work?   
   The system operated by falsifying a student’s test scores or   
   fabricating their athletic status. Here’s how the authorities   
   say it worked:   
      
   Parents paid for scores: According to prosecutors, parents paid   
   between $15,000 and $75,000 for higher test scores. Mr. Singer   
   encouraged some parents to get a learning disability waiver for   
   their children, which can give students more time to take the   
   tests or allow them do so without the regular supervision.   
      
   The cheating went down in three ways: Someone else would take   
   the SAT or ACT exams for the student; a person in on the scheme   
   would serve as the proctor and guide the students to the right   
   answers; or someone would review and correct the students’   
   answers after the tests were taken. Many students were not aware   
   their answers would be changed, prosecutors said.   
      
   Sports opened a back door to elite colleges: University coaches   
   and administrators were paid to secure admission for students   
   who may not have even played the sport.   
      
   Athletic achievements and images were doctored: Students’ faces   
   were photoshopped onto athletes’ bodies and bogus achievements   
   were added to their college applications.   
      
   It was all under wraps: The parents made payments to Mr.   
   Singer’s company that were disguised as donations and would be   
   funneled through the organization to the universities, allowing   
   the parents to claim tax deductions.   
      
   Read more about how the scheme worked, from bribes to doctored   
   photos.   
      
   How did the authorities first learn about all this?   
   About a year ago, federal prosecutors in Boston were working on   
   a securities fraud case, when their suspect gave them a   
   tantalizing bit of information: He knew about a college   
   admissions fraud scheme and he could help law enforcement learn   
   more, according to a person with knowledge of the case who spoke   
   on the condition of anonymity.   
      
   The suspect, who hoped to be granted leniency for his   
   cooperation, told them that a college coach had taken bribes to   
   secure athletic recruiting spots for prospective students.   
      
   Investigators ran down the tip, and by last April the F.B.I. had   
   set up a sting in a Boston hotel room, where they say a Yale   
   soccer coach named Rudolph Meredith solicited a $450,000 bribe   
   from a parent in exchange for saving a spot for his daughter on   
   the team.   
      
   Investigators pressed Mr. Meredith, who led them to an even   
   bigger target, Mr. Singer.   
      
   What’s the fallout?   
   Mr. Singer has pleaded guilty: He pleaded guilty to counts of   
   racketeering conspiracy, money laundering conspiracy, conspiracy   
   to defraud the United States, and obstruction of justice in   
   federal court in Boston on Tuesday. The judge set sentencing for   
      
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