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April 10, 2019

Prosecutors Add Money Laundering Charges in School Admissions Scheme
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Federal prosecutors brought new money laundering charges Tuesday against
16 parents who paid bribes to get their children into top schools as
part of the college admissions scandal known as Operation Varsity Blues.
Actress Lori Loughlin and her husband, fashion designer Mossimo
Giannulli, are among the parents facing the additional charges, along
with previously announced fraud charges, after they allegedly paid
$500,000 to get their daughters into the University of Southern
California by getting them recruited by the crew team-even though they
did not practice the sport. Fourteen defendants pleaded guilty Monday to
fraud charges.


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