In the coming days, many of the parents in the college admissions scandal will enter a courtroom in Boston to face criminal charges.
The appearances of the actresses are expected to generate intense media coverage. But each defendant is facing a different set of circumstances and varying legal strategies.scam have beenSinger, the scheme’s admitted mastermind, has already pleaded guilty to racketeering conspiracy, money laundering conspiracy, conspiracy to defraud the United States and obstruction of justice.
Judge Mark L. Wolf accepted the guilty plea from Meredith, who has been cooperating with authorities in Massachusetts for nearly a year, though the judge expressed concerns that prosecutors hadn’t addressed the full extent of his misdeeds. Meredith became the third person to plead guilty in the wide-ranging scheme to slip the children of wealthy and powerful families into the some of the country’s preeminent schools by rigging college entrance exams, bribing test proctors, fabricating athletic credentials and paying off college coaches and administrators.
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