Actresses Lori Loughlin and Felicity Huffman were both accused on Tuesday of getting their daughters into college by way of various complex cheating arrangements facilitated by an allegedly fake charity based out of California.
Actresses Lori Loughlin and Felicity Huffman were both accused on Tuesday of getting their daughters into college by way of various complex cheating arrangements facilitated by an allegedly fake charity based out of California.
Huffman allegedly paid The Key Foundation Worldwide $15,000 “to participate in the college entrance exam cheating scheme on behalf of her oldest daughter,” according to the government’s lengthy indictment. Loughlin allegedly made $500,000 worth of fake donations to the same charity in order to secure fake rowing profiles for both of her daughters–when neither daughter actually rowed.
So, are these parents actually facing prison time or might they manage to skate? Law&Crime asked the experts and they had answers.
Former Assistant U. S. Attorney and current Pace Law Professor Mimi Rocah thinks a little time behind bars is within the realm of possibility.
“Given the amount of money involved for each of them, particularly Loughlin, and the sophistication of the scheme, they would likely be facing jail time,” Rocah told Law&Crime. “However, it will be within the sentencing Judge’s discretion as to whether to follow the guidelines or not and a lot of different factors will play into that.
