In what the Justice Department is calling the largest college admissions scandal it has ever prosecuted, federal authorities charged 50 people on Tuesday with taking part in a nationwide scheme to short-circuit the admissions process at highly competitive schools like Yale and the University of Southern California. Those charged include wealthy and powerful parents accused of paying millions of dollars in bribes; exam administrators and athletic coaches accused of manufacturing students’ achievements; and private admissions counselors accused of coordinating it all. [Read more on the Justice Department’s largest ever college admissions prosecution]Here’s the full list:

Source: New York Times March 12, 2019 17:14 UTC