Felicity Huffman and Lori Loughlin are among dozens of parents facing felony charges in what investigators say is the largest-ever college admissions cheating scam.
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Actress Lori Loughlin taken into custody in ‘Varsity Blues’ college admission scam
Actress Lori Loughlin was taken into custody by the FBI Wednesday in Los Angeles after she, fellow movie star Felicity Huffman and 48 others were charged in a $25 million college admissions scam that has prompted repercussions from Hollywood to the boardrooms of major companies.
A former cast member on the ABC sitcom “Full House,” Loughlin and Oscar-nominated actress Huffman, 56, are among 33 parents charged with conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud in the nationwide scam to get their children into elite colleges, including Yale, Stanford, Georgetown and the University of Southern California.
The feds dubbed the investigation “Operation Varsity Blues” and said it was triggered by an unrelated investigation by FBI agents in Boston.
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To hell with these people. May they feel shame for what they have done. Fuckin scumbags.
Because they deserve more than
Everyone else in this shitty world
This is in USA. Can you imagine how it is going on in the most corrupt countries??? Greatings from Hungary 🙂
Lol, bye bye Karen's
Felicity Huffman literally starred on an ABC show called American Crime
What privileges would you get with a different ethnicity?
Some of the kids knew because they posed for pics wearing fake sport clothes
I’m a college student, I’m starting to really believe that it’s a scam
Isn't it "odd" how the majority of the ones caught for this were DEMOCRATS?
If it wasn't for double standards, those Democrat scumbags would have no standards at all.
don't be shy, expel the kids 😊
and they discovered it by accident, imagine
No wonder some people are successful – they just cheat.
Kids: I didn't know
Father: There isn't ever a football team in the high school
That means the kids let someone else write their essays-
Every rich parents gansta until the FBI involves
No cap, if anyone had that kind of money and they care about pride. Then, I believe anyone would be willing to do it.
So did William H. Macy not know anything? I can totally see him like "what the heeck were ya thinkin Felicity"
If, and only if, my parents are part of that scam, I'll go study in a local uni or never go to uni at all. The shame is unbearable.
Bro if I was rich I would be so smart. You can literally pay tutors to help you on any subject, get any supplies you need, not work part time jobs. What else you need????
As if colleges are the institutions that do this. Pls. Job opportunities all over the world also hire based on status, connections and wealth. Hollywood celebs get their foot in the door for roles if their parents are already celebs, people run for political roles because they have the money to do so. This is all about money, and it’s across the board. This should not have shocked a single soul
It's sad when you think about all those kids that worked their ass off to get into one of those colleges and be the perfect candidate only to have their spot get taken by someone that doesn't even like school.
What was disheartening was when the college administrators blamed it all on the coaches when they knew and encouraged it
We all know the wealthy get away with murder… The problem is proving it
Why do rich people have big ears?
What the heck '' coaches'' have to do with university admissions. What is wrong with that country ?????
So rich white people do these am so surprised
Tanya McDowell was sentenced to five years in prison solely after a larceny conviction for falsifying her son’s address to get him into a neighboring school district. She got 5 years. Others also have had the same fate. Interestingly her parents got a hand slap and the daughters got nothing knowing what was happening. Shame Pay for someone else's tuition. Prove to the world you are truly regretful and ashamed for white privilege.
What is new here?this has been happening for years everywhere and will continue to happen for decades to come
What about the obamas kids? We all know they cant play Tennis? hmmmmmmmmm?????
Students had no idea what their parents did? 🤣🤣 if its true, America's future generation is not really smart then.
Seriously, this puts a hard mark on all students there. 😑
Well my cousin was one of the best student in the USA. When she didn't get standford, I kind of understood these are going on. 🤣🤣 its probably been going on for years i guess.
I'm laughing because these parents know their kids aren't smart enough so they have to lay down that cash 😅
I also got scammed trying to get into oxford I paid them a sum of $5000 I was really ashamed after I was out of high school thinking I already got an admission not knowing I was scammed. Later that month out of much frustration I was looking for help to get my money back I had to get in contact with who could help I was introduced to hackbeign on insta they asked a few questions concerning the scam and some proof of payment . Well after a day and some few hours into the other I was really surprised with the refund. I got my $5000 back. Well if you got scammed in anyway you can get help from them. Hackbeign on insta or hackbeign@gmail.com they really helped me. Goodluck thank me later.
I'm just waiting for Law and Order: SVU to do the ripped from the headlines episode about this
Kids should get expelled , parents and coaches should do jail time but no one is holding the schools accountable . I cant believe that the schools administrators are not aware of the scandal. Its hard enough to get an education at good schools , this just makes it that much harder but as always money is power and privilege. And just like that no one is talking about it anymore. !!
Disgusting
It's been happening for a long time its another of many white privileges. Thats how Trump became an ignorant and delusional president.
all to get their kids into a standard school, USC. not even an ivy league. so funny. those kids must be as dumb as their parents.
Here's the thing on this so called admissions scandal. It's literally been going on for over 100 years. The wealthy have been paying to get their children into exclusive colleges even though they don't meat entrance requirements for over 100 years. I find hilarious that people and the media are in such an uproar over it all of the sudden.
Expel the students, and have their parents pay for the tuition of two deserving students who cannot afford it.
Locked them up. They are teaching their children to be corrupt.
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“My license plate says made by felicity Huffman” Ricky Gervais 2020
Would be nice to get into these schools. In Canada it be a real pain trying to get to the city to even get to those schools.
Honestly I wouldn't even stay in these too schools maybe I couldn't even survive
My dad at Berkeley became second runner-up against Wisconsin in the 1949 Olympics, missed out by 1 to go, imagine these two frauds stepping joining the row team with no conscience at all that they learned from their awesome parents, just because their parents have money and influence. If any one of those two kids were raised correctly they would have stood up and turned their parents in. Nowadays without God there's no morals or no consequence, at least that's what they thought!
Elizabeth Warren did it….she said she was an American Indian on her admissions application to ensure admittance and preferential treatment, and it worked. Scarier yet, she's a presidential candidate. Scary
This happens all the time. How do you think the Bushes, Al Gore, the Clintons, (Fulbright $ and power) got in Ivy Schools? The Obamas got in with affirmative action, etc….Harvard…the once great school that hired a fake Indian and also someone as a professor of The Constitution who obviously had never even read the constitution. Ivy league schools suck….The Bushes, the Clintons, the Obamas, Al Gore ALL ivy grads yet everyone knows NEITHER could pass a fairly given GED