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03-12-2019, 12:51 PM
Felicity Huffman & Lori Loughlin Arrested Today for Ivy League Bribe Scheme – Update
by Dominic Patten
March 12, 2019
Felicity Huffman and Lori Loughlin were arrested this morning by police for their involvement in a bribery scheme to get their children into elite colleges.
The two actresses were taken into custody with 11 other LA locals today as a scathing indictment was unsealed today in federal court in Boston, I’ve learned. The actresses and the other are expected to appear in court here in DTLA this afternoon on charges to conspiracy to commit mail fraud and honest services fraud.
The charge could see the "Desperate Housewives" and "Fuller House" actors behind bars for up to five years.
Felicity Huffman and Lori Loughlin knowingly broke the law trying to get their kids into top tier colleges, according to the FBI and the U.S Attorney’s office for the district of Massachusetts.
“This should be a warning to others, you can’t pay to play, you can’t lie and cheat to get ahead because you will get caught,” said the Boston FBI Special Agent Joseph Bonavolonta in a press conference this morning.
U.S, Attorney Andrew Lelling called the matter a “conspiracy nationwide in scope” in the same media appearance.
“These parents are a catalog of wealth and privilege,” the federal prosecutor added. “They include, for example, CEOs of private and public companies, successful securities and real estate investors, two well-known actresses, a famous fashion designer and the co-chairman of a global law firm.”
“There are more than that, but I’m not prepared to give you a total,” Lelling said too of the ongoing investigation, noting “it remains to be seen whether we charge any of the students.”
Loughlin and her spouse Mossimo Gianulli “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,” asserts the Grand Jury indictment.
Huffman and her husband, William H. Macy, (Shameless) “made a purported charitable contribution of $15,000,” says the 200-page indictment filed in Boston, “to participate in the college entrance exam cheating scheme on behalf of her eldest daughter.” That fraud included paying an individual who “controlled” a LA SAT testing center to fix her daughter’s incorrect exam answers. That effort led to a massive increase in the daughter’s SAT score.
Noting that there are RICO Act obtained tape recordings of the actor participating in the scheme, the filing damningly goes on to note that “Huffman later made arrangements to pursue the scheme a second time, for her younger daughter, before deciding not to do so.”
https://deadline.com/2019/03/felicity-huffman-lori-laughlin-college-admissions-bribes-indictments-1202574224/
by Dominic Patten
March 12, 2019
Felicity Huffman and Lori Loughlin were arrested this morning by police for their involvement in a bribery scheme to get their children into elite colleges.
The two actresses were taken into custody with 11 other LA locals today as a scathing indictment was unsealed today in federal court in Boston, I’ve learned. The actresses and the other are expected to appear in court here in DTLA this afternoon on charges to conspiracy to commit mail fraud and honest services fraud.
The charge could see the "Desperate Housewives" and "Fuller House" actors behind bars for up to five years.
Felicity Huffman and Lori Loughlin knowingly broke the law trying to get their kids into top tier colleges, according to the FBI and the U.S Attorney’s office for the district of Massachusetts.
“This should be a warning to others, you can’t pay to play, you can’t lie and cheat to get ahead because you will get caught,” said the Boston FBI Special Agent Joseph Bonavolonta in a press conference this morning.
U.S, Attorney Andrew Lelling called the matter a “conspiracy nationwide in scope” in the same media appearance.
“These parents are a catalog of wealth and privilege,” the federal prosecutor added. “They include, for example, CEOs of private and public companies, successful securities and real estate investors, two well-known actresses, a famous fashion designer and the co-chairman of a global law firm.”
“There are more than that, but I’m not prepared to give you a total,” Lelling said too of the ongoing investigation, noting “it remains to be seen whether we charge any of the students.”
Loughlin and her spouse Mossimo Gianulli “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,” asserts the Grand Jury indictment.
Huffman and her husband, William H. Macy, (Shameless) “made a purported charitable contribution of $15,000,” says the 200-page indictment filed in Boston, “to participate in the college entrance exam cheating scheme on behalf of her eldest daughter.” That fraud included paying an individual who “controlled” a LA SAT testing center to fix her daughter’s incorrect exam answers. That effort led to a massive increase in the daughter’s SAT score.
Noting that there are RICO Act obtained tape recordings of the actor participating in the scheme, the filing damningly goes on to note that “Huffman later made arrangements to pursue the scheme a second time, for her younger daughter, before deciding not to do so.”
https://deadline.com/2019/03/felicity-huffman-lori-laughlin-college-admissions-bribes-indictments-1202574224/