The actress "Full House" is on bail after a scam at the American university entrance exposed | showbiz

BOSTON, March 14 – Full House Actress Lori Loughlin appeared in federal court in Los Angeles yesterday, accused of participating in a sprawling program this week in which wealthy parents are paying for their kids to make their way to American universities.

US magistrate Steve Kim ordered the release of Loughlin from custody after a bail of $ 1 million (RM 4.08 million) after a brief hearing.

Douglas Hodge, the former managing director of investment firm Pimco and another of 33 parents charged with a $ 25 million US scam, also appeared in a Boston court yesterday. An investigating judge released him on bail of $ 500,000 and dismissed a federal prosecutor's objection to Hodge retaining his passport.

Loughlin and Hodge are among the 50 people accused of having participated in the biggest scandal of this kind in the history of the United States. According to prosecutors, they would have pushed high school graduates into prestigious universities, including Yale, Georgetown and Stanford, by misleading the admissions process. – Reuters