They sue US universities for corruption scandal

San Francisco In the United States, two students sued universities where, according to the authorities, several parents had poured huge bribes to make sure their children were accepted.

The lawsuit, filed Wednesday in federal court in San Francisco, charges the University of Southern California, Yale University and other institutions of higher education, accusing them of denying students their right to equality in the justice process. admission

The candidates, Erica Olsen and Kalea Woods, claim to have been barred from enrolling in Yale and the USC.

The University of California at Los Angeles, the University of Wake Forest, the University of San Diego, the University of Texas at Austin, Georgetown University and the University of California. Stanford University are also mentioned.

The plot gave unskilled students an undue entrance into prestigious universities, asylum seekers and Stanford students.

"Each of these universities has agreed to pay the students' admission requests without taking the necessary steps to ensure that the admission process is fair and free of fraud, corruption, cheating and dishonesty", states the trial.

Authorities announced a few days ago a lawsuit against 50 people, including parents and coaches, accused of participating in a ploy in which wealthy parents paid large sums of money. money to falsify exams and give kickbacks to sports coaches to get their children accepted. in the most distinguished universities.

The mentioned universities insist that they are victims of the scheme and have taken steps to stand out from the accused staff.

"We understand that the authorities believe that there has been illegal activity by people who have made considerable efforts to conceal their actions at the university," said USC in a statement. communicated a few days ago.

Yale authorities said they were collaborating with the authorities as part of the investigation.

"As the minutes clearly indicate, the Justice Department believes that Yale was a victim of a crime perpetrated by the former coach of his women's football team," said Tom Conroy. , spokesman for Yale.