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   TV actresses Felicity Huffman and Lori Loughlin are among dozens   
   of people charged with paying bribes to get their kids into top   
   universities in a widespread college admissions scam,   
   prosecutors announced on Tuesday.   
      
   More than 40 people have been indicted in the scheme that   
   allegedly involved students gaining entrance to schools   
   including Georgetown, Stanford, Wake Forest University, UCLA and   
   Yale as recruited athletes — regardless of their athletic   
   ability — or on inflated college entrance exam test scores.   
      
   Some deep-pocketed parents paid as much as $6.5 million — while   
   most plunked down between $250,000 and $400,000.   
      
   “There can be no separate college admission system for the   
   wealthy and there will not be a separate criminal justice system   
   either,” said Massachusetts US Attorney Andrew Lelling at a   
   press conference. “We’re not talking about donating a building   
   so a school is more likely to take your son or daughter, we’re   
   talking about deception or fraud, fake test scores … bribed   
   college officials.”   
      
   Federal prosecutors in Boston say parents paid an admissions   
   consultant, William Rick Singer, $25 million from 2011 through   
   February 2019 to bribe the coaches and administrators in order   
   to help their kids get accepted.   
      
   The California college-prep expert is also accused of steering   
   some of that money to SAT and ACT administrators, who would then   
   either take the test for the student or change their answers to   
   the correct ones after the fact.   
      
   Bogus athletic profiles were made to look as though the students   
   were qualified athletes in order to boost the kids’ chances of   
   getting in — when they actually weren’t involved in sports.   
      
   “Some simply never showed up for the athletics, some showed up   
   with an injury and I think some played briefly and then quit,”   
   he said.   
      
   In all, 33 parents have been charged though Lelling hinted that   
   more arrests could be coming.   
      
   “There are more than that, but I’m not prepared to give you a   
   total,” he said at a press conference.   
      
   No students have been charged and it appears the majority of   
   them had no idea about their parents’ alleged shady involvement.   
   None of the schools were involved in Singer’s alleged scam.   
      
   Huffman, who starred in the ABC hit series “Desperate   
   Housewives,” and Loughlin, who played Aunt Becky on the sitcom   
   “Full House,” are facing charges of conspiracy to commit mail   
   fraud and honest services mail fraud.   
      
   In Huffman’s case, she and her husband allegedly made a   
   “purported charitable contribution” of $15,000 in order to   
   weasel her elder daughter into school, according to court papers   
   cited by ABC.   
      
   She allegedly later made similar arrangements for her younger   
   daughter — but then backed out.   
      
   Huffman has been married to fellow actor William H. Macy, who’s   
   earned Emmy nominations for his role on “Shameless.”   
      
   The feds say they have recorded telephone calls with Huffman and   
   a cooperating witness.   
      
   Loughlin, meanwhile, and her husband “agreed to pay bribes   
   totaling $500,000 in exchange for having their two daughters   
   designated as recruits to the USC crew team — despite the fact   
   that they did not participate in crew — thereby facilitating   
   their admission to USC,” court documents said.   
      
   Authorities say they have emails from Loughlin to prove their   
   charges.   
      
   A slew of college athletic coaches are also charged, including   
   former Yale University women’s soccer coach Rudolph “Rudy”   
   Meredith, who is accused of accepting payments from parents of   
   college applicants.   
      
   FBI Special Agent in Charge Joseph Bonavolonta said charges are   
   the result of a 10-month investigation dubbed “Operation Varsity   
   Blues.” He said 38 people have been taken into custody, seven   
   are working toward surrender and one is being actively pursued.   
      
   Four people — including Singer — are expected to plead guilty.   
      
   “We believe everyone charged here today had a role in   
   cultivating a culture of corruption and greed,” Bonavolonta   
      
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