Breaking news out of Hollywood where NBC’s Tom Winter is reporting that actresses Felicity Huffman and Lori Loughlin have been charged with conspiracy to commit mail fraud and honest services mail fraud in regard to a major college admissions and entrance exam cheating scandal:

BREAKING / NBC NEWS: Hollywood actresses Felicity Huffman and Lori Loughlin are two of over 40 people charged in the college exam scheme, according to court documents. They are charged with conspiracy to commit mail fraud and honest services mail fraud. https://t.co/vLfjUuOpHA — Tom Winter (@Tom_Winter) March 12, 2019

SAY IT A’INT SO AUNT BECKY:

According to the indictment, the “scandal involves the facilitation of getting students admitted to elite universities as recruited athletes, regardless of their athletic abilities and helping potential students cheat on their college exams”

BREAKING / NBC News: The FBI and U.S. Attorney in Boston has charged 12 people in a massive college entrance exam cheating scandal that facilitated students being admitted high-profile D-1 schools, court documents show. More details to come. — Tom Winter (@Tom_Winter) March 12, 2019

NBC News: According to the indictment the scandal involves the facilitation of getting students admitted to elite universities as recruited athletes, regardless of their athletic abilities and helping potential students cheat on their college exams. https://t.co/naB354UXO9 — Tom Winter (@Tom_Winter) March 12, 2019

NBC News: The scandal involves students who would attempt or did attend Georgetown, Stanford, UCLA, the University of San Diego, USC, University of Texas, Wake Forest, and Yale. There's no indication that the schools were involved in any of the wrong-doing. https://t.co/gxkZNDUjeS — Tom Winter (@Tom_Winter) March 12, 2019

So, Huffman and Loughlin are implicated as parents?

More details on how these parents bribed college coaches and exam board administrators to get their children into elite colleges here: https://t.co/eAc7RdzNSv — Julia E. Ainsley (@JuliaEAinsley) March 12, 2019

And we’re talking about some major coin:

Lori Loughlin and her husband allegedly paid 500K(!) to get her daughters into USC https://t.co/laqMS2NljB — Justin Prochaska (@JustinRPro) March 12, 2019

From the article:

Federal agents say they have recorded telephone calls with Huffman and a cooperating witness. The documents say the Loughlin and her husband “agreed to pay bribes totaling $500,000 in exchange for having their two daughters designated as recruits to the USC crew team — despite the fact that they did not participate in crew — thereby facilitating their admission to USC.”

Welp:

A press conference is set for 11:30 am this morning:

NBC NEWS: Several NCAA D-1 college coaches have been charged in a large-scale nationwide entrance exam scandal by the FBI and U.S. Attorney's Office in Boston. Press conference at 11:30am FULL STORY HERE: https://t.co/9AXa8VjR5G — Tom Winter (@Tom_Winter) March 12, 2019

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