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Star. when he actually got to college and some advisor asked him about that, said, oh, you run track. the guy said no, i don't. so it seems like at least that child did not know what his parents were doing. is it clear with most of the kids, did some of them know? did some of them not know? >> reporter: well, no kids have been charged so far. one kid at least we know definitely did know because we were told by the u.s. attorney today that that girl was actually on a conference call with her parent and these alleged scam artists figuring out how they were going to do it. there was one other cas...

She asked the scammers to also e-mail her a dummy fake a.c.t. test so that her son could take that test at home and he would be none the wiser. he would think that the great score was his. anderson, listen, the other thing that authorities are keen to point out here, they say this is an ongoing investigation and there will likely be more arrests. now, singer, the guy who allegedly master minded this whole thing in transcripts of phone calls he made to parents, he was boasting of getting over 700 kids into elite colleges by these means. anderson. >> wow. and it went on for a long time, for year...

Child did not know what his parents were doing. is it clear with most of the kids, did some of them know? did some of them not know? >> reporter: well, no kids have been charged so far. one kid at least we know definitely did know because we were told by the u.s. attorney today that that girl was actually on a conference call with her parent and these alleged scam artists figuring out how they were going to do it. there was one other case that was heard here today which speaks to this point. a woman by the name of elizabeth buckingham, who is a ceo of a boutique marketing company here in los a...

West coast and he paid at least 50 grand to have somebody take the act test for his child. on the perpetrators were explaining the scheme to him he laughed. he said, i love it. this is a gentle man, a capitalist and he holds himself out as a leading voice in silicon valley of ethical investing. he and bono just raised about $2 billion. they are only going to invest in ethical companies. give me a break! the hypocrisy is breathtaking. the prosecutors, the one you just had on talking about possibilities. i vote federal prison. >> ed: in some cases the detail that jumped out at me is that some of...

Disability so they get unlimited time in the tests. >> dana: that was another part of the scam. they would label a student as having a learning disability and then steer them to these centers where the proctor was a friend of singer and would accept the bribe and either have somebody take the test for them. for example, parents were saying i need a 34 on my child's act test and imaginically, guess what, they got a 35. >> felicity huffman wondered what if they jump so much that people get suspicious. question is, did the kid know? number two, does the school no. the answer is no to the school. ...