Felicity Huffman and Lori Loughlin among those in school cheating scam

Hollywood actors, including Felicity Huffman and Lori Loughlin, are among the world's most popular cheating scam admissions.

Those indicted allegedly bribed up to $ 6 million to get their children into elite colleges, including Yale, Stanford, Georgetown and the University of Southern California, Federal Prosecutors said.

"Beginning in or about 2011, and continuing through the present, the defenders – principally those whose high-school age children have been applying to colleges and universities. University in the District of Massachusetts and elsewhere, including Yale University, Stanford University, the University of Texas, the University of Southern California, and the University of Southern California – Los Angeles, "the indictment said.

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In most cases the students did not know their admission was contingent on a bribe, officials said.

The 200 pages of charging documents in the box were unsealed in Boston federal court.

According to the paper, Huffman "made a purported charitable contribution of $ 15,000 … to participate in the college entrance exam cheating scheme on behalf of her eldest daughter."

"Huffman later made arrangements to pursue the scheme a second time, for her younger daughter, before deciding not to do so," the documents allege.

Federal agents secretly recorded calls with Huffman and a cooperating witness, according to the court papers.

The documents say actress Lori Loughlin – Aunt Becky on the ABC sitcom "Full House" – and her husband, fashion designer Mossimo Giannulli, "agreed to pay bribes totaling $ 500,000 in exchange for having their two daughters designated They have been recruited to the USC crew team – despite the fact that they have not participated in USC. "

Federal agents obtained emails from Loughlin implicating her in the scam, according to the documents.

Federal authorities finally had three cooperating witnesses to help them build their case.

One of the cooperating advocates is a founder of the non-profit Key Worldwide Foundation based in California and another working college of prep school and sports academy in Bradenton, Florida, according to the short papers.

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