The article said that the daughter graduated. USC should revoke her degree.
@Publisher , Loughlin has additional charges because she wrote off her payments to Singer as charitable contributions (this was part of the scheme). That in itself is another crime in addition to the admissions cheat…it’s money laundering.
(To me, this blows away her whole defense which seems to be “we didn’t know we were doing anything wrong”, but whatever!)
@TSO104: Actually, it might bolster any defense involving claim that payments were legitimate charitable contributions.
I agree it would have been carefully vetted. I also suspect the chain of command (Dean and others) was more intently involved in okaying this than usual for big family names.
Btw, of course, some of those things like the internship are often facilitated by the pricey private high school. Especially in her area. But I doubt Vassar would accept her without being confident.
Georgia attended “California Girls State” ?
I thought that it was the mother who went to prison.
I saw that also and just laughed
It was the older D, not this one, that was directly involved in the scandal? I recall Bill Macy got out of charges because while he discussed cheating for this D and was recorded doing so, they decided against doing it for her. She’s the “smart one”, I guess.
Reposting the link to Georgia’s admission to Vassar: https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/12/11/felicity-huffmans-younger-daughter-says-she-got-into-vassar/
Here’s a new one bringing it to 53. A mom was charged for paying Singer to have someone take four online classes for her son who was already at Georgetown. No word yet on if he gets to keep his degree.
Four fraudulently completed online courses would be about a semester’s worth if they were typical size courses.
Seems like if revoking credit for those courses would make him no longer fulfill degree requirements (either credits or subject requirements), they should revoke his degree. Then the remaining question would be if they would allow him to re-enroll to finish, or expel him for academic dishonesty.
The indictment at https://www.justice.gov/usao-ma/press-release/file/1224541/download says that the fraudulently completed courses were necessary for the defendant’s son to graduate from Georgetown. It also notes that the defendant wanted a discount for the last fraudulent course taking because the grade earned was a C.
Looks like the story was first reported at https://www.politico.com/news/2019/12/11/treasury-staffer-college-admissions-scandal-082461 , which plays up the political connections of the various people involved, but does note that James Littlefair’s LinkedIn profile indicates that he attended Georgetown from 2012 to 2016 (the indictment says that the fraudulent courses were taken from 2017 to 2018, and that he graduated in May 2018).
The next guy, Douglas Hodge has been given 9 months in prison, 500 hours of service and a $750K fee. Would have gotten more according to judge, but apparently did a lot of charity work.
“For over a decade, this defendant led a secret life. When no one was looking, this defendant stole four admissions spots from more deserving students," said Assistant U.S. Attorney Justin O’Connell.
https://www.yahoo.com/money/college-admission-scandal-former-ceo-174743060.html
it can’t be willful ignorance, has to be blissful ignorance, no way can they admit they knew anything even if they did know that some coaches were not on the up and up. they have to say it was a rogue coach and we knew nothing.
When talking about fake athletic recruits, the lack of oversight IS willful ignorance. It’s not only the admissions scandals but hazing scandals, sexual abuse scandals, etc. Many colleges have let their athletic departments do whatever they wanted, so long as they win games and sell merchandise.
The lack of oversight is not because the colleges think that criminal and unethical activity will occur in athletic departments, it is because there is a high chance that this will happen, and they want to claim ignorance.
I’d ascribe it to what the NCAA calls lack of institutional control. Leadership wasn’t actively involved or going out of their way to avoid knowing, they were just lax in their oversight.
For the NCAA this doesn’t make it OK. In fact, lack of institutional control is one of the most damaging findings. So “we didn’t know” is no less serious than being involved.
Wow, if he got that with a guilty plea, I have to wonder what people that plead not guilty but are ultimately convicted might get.
Their sentences will be measured in years rather than months.
A little clarification here: “Girls (Boys) State” is a program where students spend time in the state (California) capital.
Boys State and Girls State are summer leadership and citizenship programs sponsored by The American Legion and the American Legion Auxiliary for high school juniors, respectively. Boys and Girls are usually nominated by their high school during their junior year.
Saw a comment someone made below a news article on the latest sentencing about how it’s a good thing the Loughlin/Giannulli kids are so talented in rowing because it looks like their parents are going to be up the creek without a paddle.
Can the Loughlins change their plea at this point or is it too late for that?