Following are excerpts from the explosive 204-page criminal complaint charging more than 30 wealthy people — including Hollywood actors and college coaches — in a years-long scheme to bribe and cheat to get their children into exclusive colleges and universities. The criminal complaint paints an ugly picture of high-powered individuals committing crimes to get their children into selective schools. The complaint says that many of the children involved did not know what their parents had done to get them into school. The facts set forth in this affidavit come from my personal involvement with this investigation, interviews with witnesses, including the cooperating witnesses . For example, set forth below is how CW-1 described the scheme to CAPLAN in the June 15, 2018 calls, during which CW-1 represented to CAPLAN that he had successfully engaged in the same scheme with nearly 800 other families:Excerpt from federal indictment in college admissions scam case (U.S. District Court indictment) (The Washington Post/(U.S. District Court indictment)To understand how the process actually worked, here is the entire section on actress Felicity Huffman’s involvement:(The Washington Post/The Washington Post)(The Washington Post/The Washington Post)(The Washington Post/The Washington Post)(The Washington Post/The Washington Post)-0-0-And here’s the entire section in the indictment on Lori Loughlin:(The Washington Post/The Washington Post)(The Washington Post/The Washington Post)(The Washington Post/The WAshington Post)(The Washington Post/The Washington Post)(The Washington Post/The Washington Post)(The Washington Post/The Washington Post)(The Washington Post/The Washington Post)(Correction: An earlier version incorrectly referred to the federal criminal complaint as an indictment.)

Source: Washington Post March 12, 2019 19:39 UTC