| And so they should. |
LOS ANGELES (AP) ‐ Colleges and companies moved swiftly to distance themselves from employees swept up in a nationwide college admissions scheme, many of them coaches accused of taking bribes and others prominent parents accused of angling to get their children into top schools by portraying them as recruited athletes.That celebrities were among the accused parents ‐ actresses Lori Loughlin and Felicity Huffman headline the list ‐ created much buzz, but other parents charged included people prominent in law, finance, fashion, manufacturing and other fields ‐ people who could afford the steep price.
At least nine athletic coaches and 33 parents were among those charged. Some parents spent hundreds of thousands of dollars, as much as $6.5 million, to guarantee their children’s admission, officials said.
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