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Rich parents charged in massive college admissions scam

Mar. 12, 2019 Education

Stanford's Hoover Tower. Photo credit: King of Hearts [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons

Federal prosecutors announced charges today in what they call the “largest college admissions scam” they’ve ever prosecuted. More than a dozen people charged are from L.A. The schools involved include UCLA, USC, Stanford, Georgetown, Yale, and the University of Texas.

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