Bribes in American Universities: Research is extensive and there is fear among the rich and famous people in Los Angeles

The extension of investigations has aroused the anxiety of parents and many are already those who seek lawyers to defend them. In addition, it was learned that three students had received notifications from prosecutors, which compounded the concern of wealthy students at the University of Southern California, Yale and Stanford, the universities involved.

According to a survey of The New York Times who has consulted seven defense lawyers and more than a dozen parents from private schools in Los Angeles, since the beginning of the case, there has been talk of the case of a family who paid $ 6.5 million for their son to be admitted to a university as an athlete, in what would be the largest number of known cases so far.

Prosecutors admitted that they were at the origin of new suspects, but refused to give details, although it was learned that a procedure was under way regarding bank registrations , accounting studies and telephone records. Earlier this week, Attorney Eric S. Rosen suggested that more students would have been admitted to the University of Southern California as athletes based on invented ranks.

Of the parents, coaches and other defendants, about 20 people, including actress Felicity Huffman, pleaded guilty or agreed to do so. Singer, who collaborated with the government in his investigation, pleaded guilty to extortion and other charges. Thirty other people, including actress Lori Loughlin and her husband, designer Mossimo Giannulli, pleaded not guilty.

At the University of Southern California, more than 20 students were informed that the Bureau of Judicial Affairs was investigating their admission and could face penalties as serious as deportation. This fact has added that two students linked to the scandal have already been removed from their universities, although neither they nor their parents have been charged with criminal offenses, has sparked uncertainty and paranoia in the universities of the United States. 39; elite.

Yale has canceled the admission of Sherry Guo, a 21-year-old freshman whose parents paid $ 1.2 million to Singer, while Stanford has canceled the admission of a student whose identity is unknown , who worked for Singer and whose candidacy had apocryphal references. .