DESPERATE Housewives actress Felicity Huffman has been charged by a US court after taking part in a £4.9million scam which helped her daughter get into an elite college like Yale or Stanford.
The actress, who is married to Oscar-nominated actor William H Macy, 68, was charged with conspiracy to commit mail fraud and honest services fraud.The scheme was masterminded by William Rick Singer who ran a college preparation business in California.It’s claimed Huffman, 56, made a donation of £11,500 to the charity which fronted the scam.
In return her eldest daughter, Sofia, 18, was allegedly given twice the amount of time to complete the SAT, a standard college entrance test in America. The indictment also said that Sofia’s answers were secretly corrected afterwards – giving her a 400 point increase on her final result.
later made arrangements to pursue the scheme a second time, for her younger daughter, before deciding not to do so.”spokesperson said in a news conference after the charges were made: “This is a case where they flaunted their wealth, sparing no expense to cheat to the system so they could set their children up for success with the best money can buy.
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Good! Just cos she's famous doesn't mean she's above the law!
These are among the Hollywood Dems who seem to spend their every waking hour calling Trump dishonest ! It’s certainly got it’s funny side...
She's a fraud Not desperate nor a housewife
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