I know college admissions offices from the inside -- schools basically sign off on scandal

The mom from Akron who went to JAIL for using her father’s address to get her kids into a whiter. better school district, is amazingly generous and kind about this scandal:

https://www.today.com/parents/ohio-mom-jailed-school-swap-college-cheating-scandal-t150441

Incidentally, my mom did something similar for me in 6th grade, used a friend’s address to get me into a better school district.

Our Ohio district sued a couple of parents who did this - no criminal charges but suing for tuition. The Akron case was extreme but poor single black mom is apparently less sympathetic. I read at the time they followed her to and from her home after dropping off her daughter.