Mass College Admission Cheating Scandal

[gecko 1104]

2 minutes ago, SimonBolivar said:

Who doesn't extradite these days? Ecuador? I don't see her chilling in Maracaibo right now.

Maracaibo isn't in Ecuador.  

Edited March 12, 2019 by gecko

[SimonBolivar 10958]

1 minute ago, gecko said:

Maracaibo isn't in Ecuador.  Where did you go to school?  Or more importantly, what celebrity bought your way into school?

It's all Gran Colombia to me

 

 

but yeah that was point I don't think she's hanging out in Venezuela. Oh and I went to Baylor so yeah...let's just say you don't have to pay extra to go to church camp other than the ridiculous tuition.

Edited March 12, 2019 by SimonBolivar

[closetojumping 62738]

At what point does Louie Anderson make an appearance in the middle of all of these FBI investigations spiraling out at the college level? I honestly thought the Lori Laughlin/Felicity Huffman stuff was made-up when I heard it on the radio this morning. It's entering Theater of the Absurd level shit here, man. If it turns out that Lori Laughlin actually fled the country, I'll lose it completely.

[clapclapclap 9000]

So henceforth known as 'Buy' Felicity?

[Player 4575]

3 hours ago, Js1 said:

I remember when you just donated a wing of the library or a new building to get your kid into college.

Ah, the good old days. 

[HouTex 1867]

Some of the colleges are private schools. Where’s the crime? Perhaps they broke an admissions policy but how is that criminal?

[Reese Bennett 3614]

1 minute ago, HouTex said:

Some of the colleges are private schools. Where’s the crime? Perhaps they broke an admissions policy but how is that criminal?

Man, come on. They bribed people and set up fake charities to wash the money AND take tax deductions. 

[Blotto 23523]

Well a lot payments were routed through some bullshit contributions to some charitable foundation. Perhaps they were claiming the payments as charitable deductions when filing their taxes?

Edited March 12, 2019 by Blotto

[PittsburghTiger 6187]

59 minutes ago, TexasMan said:

 

What does she mean by hacks?

[PittsburghTiger 6187]

Just now, Blotto said:

Well a lot payments were routed through some bullshit charitable foundation. Perhaps they were claiming the payments as charitable deductions and their taxes?

That's exactly what they were doing. Some people are in a lot of trouble.

[hayden_horn 11362]

1 minute ago, HouTex said:

Some of the colleges are private schools. Where’s the crime? Perhaps they broke an admissions policy but how is that criminal?

https://www.justice.gov/usao-ma/investigations-college-admissions-and-testing-bribery-scheme

fraud, racketeering, mail fraud, wire fraud, fraudy-fraud-fraud

[Rimbo 25941]

2 hours ago, cmontexas said:

Your son spelled Yale with a 6

Whaat? I thought he'd already been to college...

 

[Rimbo 25941]

2 hours ago, NowThis said:

cool that UT was included in these elite places.  Notice A&M/OU are not on the list!  Hook'em!!! 

nobody gonna pay money to get their kid into ou

[Lhorn 4914]

2 hours ago, APEX said:

a&m not on the list....advantage aggy with a 67% admittance rate

aggy's low educational standards and "warm body" admission policy make them immune to such scandals.  Advantage aggy!

[Nice Guy Eddie 13514]

3 hours ago, ztejas said:

That sucks. Centers are family friends and good people. Hope nothing comes of it. 

If true, he ain't good people. Maybe he seems like a cool guy and is willing to help you out in a pinch, but he took bribes to let non-tennis players on the tennis team. And it wasn't just helping out a friend to get their kid into UT. He was meeting people in parking lots to accept $60K in cash.

Seems a bit harmless until you realize that someone else was almost assuredly not admitted to UT because of him. I don't think much of people that have zero integrity.

And while the stories seem to focus on the people accepting bribes, the story about Michael Center indicates the college student was somewhat aware of the arrangement. They should have their UT academic record frozen and expelled. Potential ignorance of your parents bribes doesn't magically validate your school acceptance.

[PittsburghTiger 6187]

Miss Lori's greatest performance, before her upcoming court appearance.

[ztejas 43454]

1 minute ago, Nice Guy Eddie said:

If true, he ain't good people. Maybe he seems like a cool guy and is willing to help you out in a pinch, but he took bribes to let non-tennis players on the tennis team. And it wasn't just helping out a friend to get their kid into UT. He was meeting people in parking lots to accept $60K in cash.

Seems a bit harmless until you realize that someone else was almost assuredly not admitted to UT because of him. I don't think much of people that have zero integrity.

And while the stories seem to focus on the people accepting bribes, the story about Michael Center indicates the college student was somewhat aware of the arrangement. They should have their UT academic record frozen and expelled. Potential ignorance of your parents bribes doesn't magically validate your school acceptance.

Well, yeah, he may or may not be depending on the outcome. Probably should have qualified with "always seemed like". 

[jimmyjazz 45961]

18 minutes ago, HouTex said:

Some of the colleges are private schools. Where’s the crime? Perhaps they broke an admissions policy but how is that criminal?

This might apply, it might not, I'm no attorney, but disregarding the tax issues, this summary of "commercial" bribery seems relevant.  I'm sure I will be duly scolded by our attorneys, though:

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Commercial bribery is the giving or offering to give, directly or indirectly, anything of value to any private agent, employee, or fiduciary, without the knowledge and consent of the principal or employer, with the intent to influence such agent’s, employee’s, or fiduciary’s action in relation to the principal’s or employer’s affairs.

 

Edited March 12, 2019 by jimmyjazz

[usmc0331horn 953]

The fake profiles and everything are hilarious. The USC asst AD is forked.

 

https://deadspin.com/here-are-all-the-incredible-details-from-the-college-ad-1833236579?utm_source=deadspin_twitter&utm_medium=socialflow&utm_campaign=socialflow_deadspin_twitter

[hayden_horn 11362]

http://www.thekeyworldwide.com/the_key_foundation/

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Mission
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Since its founding in 2014, the Key Foundation, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization, has touched the lives of hundreds of students that would never have been exposed to what higher education could do for them. Many of these students have only known life on the streets, surrounded by the gang violence of the inner-city. The Key Foundation, directly or partnered with other organizations, have met these students where they live, to encourage them, and open doors for enriching opportunities beyond their wildest imaginations. More than just donating funds, the Key Foundation often donates the time of the very experts that coach and train some of the most affluent students in the world, to give the same opportunity to those that have none. Each year, the Key Foundation provides 30 disadvantaged students with a full scholarship to the Key’s Premium College Coaching program

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ruh-roh, partners!

[Trey3216 15346]

8 minutes ago, hayden_horn said:

https://www.justice.gov/usao-ma/investigations-college-admissions-and-testing-bribery-scheme

fraud, racketeering, mail fraud, wire fraud, fraudy-fraud-fraud

Sounds like a new insurance commercial.  

[Trey3216 15346]

4 minutes ago, Lhorn said:

aggy's low educational standards and "warm body" admission policy make them immune to such scandals.  Advantage aggy!

Don't forget the extra warm bodies from A&M Persian Gulf.  

[PittsburghTiger 6187]

3 minutes ago, usmc0331horn said:

The fake profiles and everything are hilarious. The USC asst AD is forked.

 

https://deadspin.com/here-are-all-the-incredible-details-from-the-college-ad-1833236579?utm_source=deadspin_twitter&utm_medium=socialflow&utm_campaign=socialflow_deadspin_twitter

Once again, Deadspin delivers.

[Jive Turkey 12603]

3 hours ago, Js1 said:

I remember when you just donated a wing of the library or a new building to get your kid into college.

Ah, the Jared Kushner method.

https://www.propublica.org/article/the-story-behind-jared-kushners-curious-acceptance-into-harvard

[Machinator 32099]

 

[Rimbo 25941]

2 hours ago, Foosters said:

Lori Laughlin may have committed fraud, and your mind goes to the Cloak room?

That's kinda weird.

Kinky.

 

1 hour ago, happyfunball said:

Lulz USD
 

Definitely out of rep. UCSD is where the nerds go, anyway. If you're gonna bribe... why USD?

 

1 hour ago, Cheeseweasel said:

Not enough money to bribe people to go there.

Blew it all on Jimbo's contract, because SEC SEC SEC.  

 

6 minutes ago, usmc0331horn said:

The fake profiles and everything are hilarious. The USC asst AD is forked.

 

https://deadspin.com/here-are-all-the-incredible-details-from-the-college-ad-1833236579?utm_source=deadspin_twitter&utm_medium=socialflow&utm_campaign=socialflow_deadspin_twitter

What do you mean, assistant AD?

[Js1 85348]

41 minutes ago, TwiceHorn said:

Do they really have to get a scholarship to get reduced, "afolete" admission standards? 

I mean, you could offer them preferred walk on? 

[gecko 1104]

I got into UT in 1976 because the primary qualification for admission was a pulse.  Times they are a changin'

[Nice Guy Eddie 13514]

I can't believe that this stopped at the tennis coach. It's not like someone at Belmont wouldn't realize that it's a possibility that a coach could fake a recruit to get them by admissions. Or wonder why an applicants "quit" the team on Day 1.

Perhaps someone at Belmont found a few thousand in their desk, or they didn't care enough to investigate but I don't believe this type of scam wasn't on someone's radar.

[Lhorn 4914]

5 minutes ago, Trey3216 said:

Don't forget the extra warm bodies from A&M Persian Gulf.  

At least when you see an aggy grad you know one thing, the man behind that mop got into a&m the honest way....he was on a list of Texas  high school graduates or GED recipients.

[Js1 85348]

Just now, Nice Guy Eddie said:

I can't believe that this stopped at the tennis coach. It's not like someone at Belmont wouldn't realize that it's a possibility that a coach could fake a recruit to get them by admissions. Or wonder why an applicants "quit" the team on Day 1.

Perhaps someone at Belmont found a few thousand in their desk, or they didn't care enough to investigate but I don't believe this type of scam wasn't on someone's radar.

Can we blame this on Plonsky?

Somehow?

Yes?

[Cheeseweasel 26438]

1 hour ago, BurntEyes said:

Wait, is she up for sale?

I won't win the bid, but I'd like to try.

I know a guy who's got threefiddy.

[Machinator 32099]

 

[UTGrad98 2276]

49 minutes ago, bigup2dahorns said:

 

[hayden_horn 11362]

6 minutes ago, Nice Guy Eddie said:

I can't believe that this stopped at the tennis coach. It's not like someone at Belmont wouldn't realize that it's a possibility that a coach could fake a recruit to get them by admissions. Or wonder why an applicants "quit" the team on Day 1.

Perhaps someone at Belmont found a few thousand in their desk, or they didn't care enough to investigate but I don't believe this type of scam wasn't on someone's radar.

oh, i think this is just getting started. people are going to start singing like birdies.

[HornOnTheBayou 8931]

52 minutes ago, Machinator said:

 

Lori Loughlin is on the run from the feds?!? Is it normal to be as aroused as I am right now? 

[Hugo Stiglitz 23367]

“Operation Varsity Blues” was a great FBI code name choice.

[Murfdogg21 4412]

10 minutes ago, Machinator said:

 

Not than any/many of us follow WBB recruiting, but did these fake athletes show up on Rivals to fill out classes after receiving their offers?

[SwanderedTalent 5761]

3 hours ago, Trey3216 said:

I would conjugate every verb known to man with her  

Beg: I beg, I will beg, I would beg, I begged

1 hour ago, Texas_Rocks said:

They may have only snared our tennis coach, but there will probably be some pretty funny signs at football games if we flounder.

if we played @ A&M this year the signs would say 'I WENT TO TEXAS "FORE" MY EDUCATION!!!!!!'

[Underdog 28667]

Lori Loughlin in Chained Heat 2. 

[CycleTex87 2970]

11 minutes ago, gecko said:

I got into UT in 1976 because the primary qualification for admission was a pulse.  Times they are a changin'

Don't tell anybody that, FFS!

[Hank Scorpio 17729]

They feds will never take Macy alive. 

 

 

[Drew 2409]

4 minutes ago, HornOnTheBayou said:

Lori Loughlin is on the run from the feds?!? Is it normal to be as aroused as I am right now? 

 

Or more like:

 

Edited March 12, 2019 by Drew

[bigup2dahorns 3343]

[Dutchrudder 11139]

 

[SHOOTER12 8810]

6 hours ago, bigup2dahorns said:

Haha, they called this “Operation Varsity Blues”

Fucked up my perfect season....WAS IT FUN? WAS IT FUN!!!!!!???????

Edited March 12, 2019 by SHOOTER12

[Murfdogg21 4412]

I hope Bud Kilmer was indicted for fucking around with Mox’s Brown admissions paperwork. 

[Jive Turkey 12603]

 

Edited March 12, 2019 by Jive Turkey

[dcar00 14210]

19 minutes ago, Js1 said:

Can we blame this on Plonsky?

Somehow?

Yes?

that's where I'm headed. we have to be able to roll her into this.  Plonsky and IMG in one fell swoop!

[SHOOTER12 8810]

2 hours ago, Foosters said:

Lori Laughlin may have committed fraud, and your mind goes to the Cloak room?

That's kinda weird.

He misspelled "cock room".