Felicity Huffman and Lori Loughlin charged with corruption in college

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Felicity Huffman and Lori Loughlin have been charged with 48 other people in a huge corruption swindle involving some of the country's most prestigious colleges.

The court records show that actresses and other people allegedly paid heavy bribes – up to $ 6 million – to allow their children to attend various schools, including Yale, Stanford, Georgetown and the University of Southern California.

The charges include conspiracy to commit mail fraud and mail fraud related to honest services. We learned that Felicity had been arrested and was currently in detention. We are told that she will be released against signature … which is essentially a promise to appear in court.

The alleged scam would have been discovered after the authorities had found a California businessman who had conducted an operation to help students enter the college of their choice. Authorities say the parents would pay the man a predetermined amount that he would transfer to a SAT or ACT administrator or a university sports coach.

The federal government said that if the money went to a university coach, the latter would establish a false profile making the student an athlete. If the money went to an exam administrator, it would hire a supervisor to take the SAT / ACT or correct the student's responses.

As for Loughlin, she and her husband, Mossimo Clothing's founder, Mossimo Giannulli, reportedly paid $ 500,000 for their two daughters to be nominated as crewmembers at USC … even though they did not really participate. Mossimo has also been indicted in the indictment.

As for Huffman, she and her husband, William H. Macy, allegedly made a charitable contribution of $ 15,000 to participate in a cheat ploy at university entrance exams on behalf of their daughter. Elder.

Macy has not been charged.

And the federal indictment in Boston has a peculiarity … it is said that most children admitted to schools did not know that their parents would have greased the wheels to get them in.

We have contacted representatives of Felicity and Lori … until now, no word has been answered.