Prosecutor in college admissions scam targeted parents | Pine and Lakes Echo Journal
The U.S. charged 40 moms and dads across the country, from TV stars to financial power brokers, alleging they had schemed to get their kids into elite universities from Stanford to Harvard through bribes and other trickery. The crackdown has secured 33 guilty pleas from parents, with jail sentences ranging from two weeks for “Desperate Housewives” star Felicity Huffman to nine months for Douglas Hodge.