American film star Felicity Huffman including a number of other rich parents were reported involving in the extensive college admissions scandal have agreed to plead guilty after being indicted in the scheme, under the court records.
The 56-year-old and Los Angeles marketing guru Jane Buckingham as well as 12 other parents to be pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit mail fraud and honest services mail fraud.
Bruce Isackson, real estate developer for Bay Area will also among renowned celebrities be pleaded guilty, though he owns one count of money laundering conspiracy and one count of conspiracy to defraud the IRS. Nevertheless, his wife Davina will also plead guilty to one charge of conspiracy to commit fraud.
The former tennis coach for men at the University of Texas at Austin, Michael Center is also among rich celebrities to be pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit mail fraud and honest services mail fraud.
He charged with admitting $60,000 in cash and a $40,000 donation to his tennis program to make certain a student was admitted as a recruited athlete.
The admissions scheme revolves around the William “Rick” Singer, who is the owner of a for-profit Newport Beach college admissions company.
The court records demonstrate that these parents are charged with paying the firm to help their children deceive on college access exams and to misrepresent athletic records, giving permission their children to secure admission to elite schools as well as UCLA, USC, Stanford, Yale, and Georgetown.
Until now, court records have shown involving of thirty-three parents in the extensive college admissions scandal, but a number of others are believed to join this week with plans to plead guilty.
According to prosecutors, Huffman shelled out $15,000 for a 36-year-old Harvard graduate to make accurate answers of her daughter on the SAT, giving the girl’s score a 400-point increase over an earlier score. Afterward, she had been trying a similar scheme for her younger daughter.
Nonetheless, the “Full House” actress Lori Loughlin along with her husband Mossimo Giannulli reportedly paid $500,000 for their two daughters to be allowed to the University of Southern California. While their daughter Olivia Jade is a rising female celebrity with more than 1.4 million followers on Instagram.