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Forest university, ucla, yale, accused of recruiting athletes regardless of their athletic ability. being assisted, given access that the rest of us can't have. and you say, how serious is this case against these people? >> this is stunning, isn't it? it seems that these people think what they can do is escape of the criminal justice system by having access to a bagman really may be, unbeknownst to them, forms the center spoke of a conspiracy real where each individual spoke around that whl defendants pray they may not necessarily know each other, but apparently they might all know the same ba...

Scam helped students cheat on college entrance exams. it allowed adults to take the test or fix the students' answers. parents also allegedly paid singer approximately $25 million to get their kids admitted as recruited athletes, regardless of athletic ability. in some cases, their faces were even photoshopped on other athletes' bodies. >> the coaches were allotted slots for athletic recruitment. the coaches worked with singer, meaning they accepted bribes. singer gave the coaches sufficiently impressive fake athletic credentials. the coaches used those athletic profiles to convince everyone e...

From ncaa programs. we're not aware at this time that the schools specifically have any sort of criminal involvement here. it appears to be just individuals for those schools. in that particular scheme, what would happen coaches would say we'll bring your kid in as an athletic recruit, even though they didn't have any athletic ability in order to get them into the prominent colleges. some of the schools that are involved, usc, georgetown, university of san diego, university of texas, stanford. so some pretty major division i schools. yale also included in that. we'll find out more here, but ri...

And realize that kids were admitted into schools -- it's one thing if your test schools are faked and the school may not have a way of knowing that. but on athletic ability, which is a measurable thing, there are kids that got into these schools which brings coaches into this thing. barrett, tell me how this is racketeering. i get why it's fraud. why are there racketeering allegations? >> i think when most people think of racketeering, they think of the mob. in 1970 the purpose was to infiltrate organized mob. since then prosecutors have used the statute to focus on instances where there's a p...

Has been exposed by the fbi. felicity huffman, you know her, lori laughlin, they're two of the people charged. the indictment says the scandal gets students admitted to universities as elite athletes regardless of their athletic ability. joining me now is pete williams, nbc news investigations reporter tom winter and glen kirschner is also with us. i want to start not with that blank room, but you, tom winter because you've been looking through these court documents. we expect to hear more about 30 minutes from now, right? >> that's exactly right. 11:30 federal prosecutors and the fbi in bosto...