A college admissions bribery scheme is sending shockwaves across the U.S. Celebrities and CEOs are among dozens of wealthy parents charged in the scam. They're accused of trying to fast-track their children into the country's top universities.
U.S. authorities are calling the case the largest college admissions scam ever in the country. They say the parents paid a total of about 25 million dollars for guaranteed admissions.
(Joseph Bonavolonta / FBI Special Agent)
"This is a case where they flaunted their wealth, sparing no expense to cheat the system so they could set their children up for success with the best education money could buy, literally."
The universities named in the scandal are some of the most elite, including Stanford, Yale, Georgetown, and UCLA.
Among the parents charged are sitcom Full House actress Lori Loughlin, and Desperate Housewives star Felicity Huffman.
They allegedly paid a man who runs a college-prep business to secure their children's admissions.
◆send shockwaves衝撃を与える
◆scam不正事件、不祥事a clever but dishonest way to get money
◆fast-trackエリートコースにのせるa quick and direct path to getting jobs that are more important and better paid
◆flaunt見せびらかす、見せつけるto show your money, success, beauty etc so that other people notice it – used to show disapproval
◆spare no expense費用を惜しまない to prevent something unpleasant from happening
◆sitcomホームコメディーa funny television programme in which the same characters appear in different situations each week
◆allegedly申し立てによると used when reporting something that people say is true, although it has not been proved
◆college-prep大学進学を目指す私立の中等学校 to prevent something unpleasant from happening
