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Ok_Store_1983 t1_j2ye2pv wrote

Good. Also glad he had to pay a bunch in restitution. I can't imagine being a student that worked their ass off to get into a school only to have your spot stolen by Aunt Becky's daughter that admittedly only wants to be there for the parties.

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dripitydrip t1_j2zdzui wrote

He's going to jail because rich families were paying bribes to him, instead of the more traditional forms of bribery like buying a plaque with your name on it for a new building or bench on campus. This doesn't help regular people get into schools, it just makes it more expensive for rich people to buy their way in.

He helped rich people fuck over even richer people, and the institutions can't have that

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goodbetterbestbested t1_j2zgwnm wrote

That's a bingo. Why did Elizabeth Holmes and Sam Bankman-Fried get in so much trouble? Same reason, they scammed dumbass rich people and exposed how dumb they are (though such exposure was not their goal)

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blahblahlablah t1_j32aoua wrote

Let's hope SBF gets in a lot of trouble. He hasn't been find guilty of anything yet.

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leilaniko t1_j34ufq4 wrote

Billions of Dollars gone, yeah he's getting some charges. You don't fuck over the real rich people with a B instead of the rich people with M's.

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tristanjones t1_j2zs9xr wrote

They didn't call it the side door for no reason after all. The back door was already a thing

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Eduardjm t1_j3214y2 wrote

Literally this. The side door has always been there. It’s not even an open secret it’s basically advertised. He just cut out the institutions and that was where he drew fire.

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Bob_Sconce t1_j2ysg70 wrote

Yeah, but.... Contribute enough to the college, and they'll admit your kid. Always a couple of spots open every year for big donors.

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GymAndGarden t1_j30yr53 wrote

No. I personally know some of the families who were involved (not close friends, just acquaintances in the beach town I live in, so we’d be at the same parties).

The reason this guy developed a side door was that for even very wealthy people, donating does not (in today’s times) guarantee a spot. People have donated millions, only to see the university pull an ethical move and deny their kid a spot.

Thats why this guy’s side door through sports spots was so enticing and very effective. The rich kids who bought buildings were too high profile and direct to be all let in, every time.

But the sport spots were guaranteed.

The FBI even mentions this misconception in their PDF’s for the case, these are public and posted online at the Justice Department.

You’ll have fun reading the investigation!

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desepticon t1_j3277g0 wrote

The big donors pay for all the fancy facilities and scholarships at top schools. Win win for everyone.

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Captcha_Imagination t1_j32onv7 wrote

Good? This is a travesty of justice. He might do one year in jail before they let him out.

He gives back 10 million......from the 50+ million he probably stole. And all those students who never got in because their spots were stolen will never be made whole.

He looks old but he's only 62 years old. In a short while he will be out enjoying his fortune.

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pimpeachment t1_j30kmg1 wrote

Imagine thinking that going to one of these exclusive schools actually gives you a better education than a cheap accredited school. Imagine how you went to those schools for "the connections" so that you yourself could be advantaged over other people. Imagine using those connections to take advantage and sneak your kids into an "elite" college. Gotta maintain the cycle protect the rich from the rich.

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GoArray t1_j2yigmx wrote

>“There is a front door which means you get in on your own. The back door is through institutional advancement [aka buy the school something nice], which is 10 times as much money. And I’ve created this side door in,” Singer said.

And this is where ya fucked up. You don't steal from the rich-er.

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Tentapuss t1_j2zfkkm wrote

Or the less cheap rich, anyway. Aunt Becky’s husband Mossimo was worth hundreds of millions of dollars. He had the means.

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Wonderful_Zucchini_4 t1_j30a41w wrote

You seen the daughter's videos she posted? They knew she was only worth the discount rate

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unwanted_puppy t1_j306aox wrote

What a perfect metaphor and explanation for the American socio-economic system in a nutshell:

  • the have-not’s
  • the have’s
  • the have-a lot’s
  • those ones who play the three against each other for profit

How do these students socialize with each other once on campus? Are there tribes based on these dynamics? Do they infect every aspect of academic and residential life?

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weaver787 t1_j323va5 wrote

Acting like what he did is similar to donor or legacy admissions is ridiculous. Not defending admissions for kids with rich parents, but it is at least openly corrupt. This dude was literally just lying and faking kids applications.

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WirelessBCupSupport t1_j2yf046 wrote

Aunt Becky, aka, Lori Loughlin only got two months??? Oh that smug actress... hope her hell is lifetime channel contract for selling reverse mortgages...

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latchkey_adult t1_j2z4qbo wrote

I don't think anyone in that family learned any lesson either. They still portray themselves as victims.

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llun-ved t1_j2zdqeu wrote

They should have at least sentenced her to 12 months of community theater.

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weaver787 t1_j32476t wrote

What she did is grossly immoral but I don't think it deserves much jail time. She helped facilitate her kids lying on their college applications.

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CoffeeCup220 t1_j2yi4cu wrote

Didn't he also roll on EVERYBODY. Judging by how many others went down for this, I'm pleased with 3.5

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mf-TOM-HANK t1_j2yh3z6 wrote

claps hands "Welp that's all there is to see here, folks. That's right, we looked real hard and found no other instances of the wealthy buying access to critical institutions. No siree we've looked far and wide and it was just Aunt Becky and this Singer fella."

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tristanjones t1_j2zsn2b wrote

He rolled on his clients. The real issue is that this is the 'side door'. The backdoor is still fucking there and wide open for anyone who pays

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frealfr t1_j2ywxhh wrote

My ex was in a federal prison for 6 years. It was like a junior college was built out of an old VA.

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Ok-Hunt6574 t1_j2yj7wd wrote

25 million for 3.5 years possible? Yeah.....

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Ok-Hunt6574 t1_j2yqcdc wrote

25 was what was paid to him. He had bribes and other expensives.

Even at 10 million for 3.5 is a better deal than most people got with a bag of weed

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TinderForMidgets t1_j2ypgt6 wrote

Seems like a really light sentence.

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wart_on_satans_dick t1_j2z9g6d wrote

I'm not disagreeing, but imagine actually spending 3.5 years in prison. It's not going to feel like a quick stay.

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udon_junkie t1_j2zy6ci wrote

Hopefully he does, but it would be wise to keep tabs in case he tries another scheme to get out early.

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wip30ut t1_j2yqvl8 wrote

honestly he should've gotten a lot longer considering he's the tip of the iceberg. These college "consultants" have long used their connections to get kids of clients admitted via all kinds of dubious methods. What needs to happen is there should be some kind of oversight admission committee to vet all potential athletic recruits, instead of giving coaches carte blanche authority.

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GuntherSpiermen t1_j2zercg wrote

This wouldn't be a thing if colleges would just... allow people to learn at them without charging a fortune to do so.

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Wonderful_Zucchini_4 t1_j30bydh wrote

Yeah but it's getting them better prepared for the real world, where it doesn't matter what you know. It's all about connections

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CatProgrammer t1_j310ddm wrote

That's not what this was about. This was about bypassing admissions, the parents had plenty of money to pay for their kids to go.

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GuntherSpiermen t1_j3227qt wrote

Spicy opinion: there should be no "admissions". If people want to learn, let them fucking learn. It sucks because if someone fucked up in high school, they're basically ruined for life.

I know people will shout "but community colleges!!" etc. Those often don't have as many career majors and are lacking in resources. Plus no dorms so if you don't live near one and don't have decent internet, you're screwed (if they even have distance learning, many still don't).

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CatProgrammer t1_j358sr8 wrote

I agree in principle, but not all non-community colleges have the resources to accept all applicants either. I know some that actually had to defer some incoming students because of not physically having enough space to house them.

> It sucks because if someone fucked up in high school, they're basically ruined for life.

You don't have to go to college right away after high school either, and it's not like you can't reapply/apply to others once you've improved your skills from high school. And then there are vocational schools, trade schools, etc.

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GuntherSpiermen t1_j35tgre wrote

Have you ever tried going back after a decade or more from graduating high school? It's not easy and you get a serious side-eye for it, plus feel out of touch with the rest of the student body still in their high school party phase. But age is beside the point, the system here sucks, and people should be allowed to learn.

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CatProgrammer t1_j35tscd wrote

> It's not easy and you get a serious side-eye for it, plus feel out of touch with the rest of the student body still in their high school party phase.

I've tutored freshmen and juniors and had joint grad/undergrad classes, if you're there to learn and not being a party animal nobody's going to care. Hell I've had old people in classes before, nobody cared.

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massivetypo t1_j2zm8h4 wrote

Which prison did he get into. Was it his reach prison, a likely prison, or one of his safety prisons? or did he go ED?

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massivetypo t1_j2zy5pw wrote

He got in ED by claiming he played the “flute”

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oboejoe92 t1_j2zsmok wrote

Shorter than most students’ time at one of those colleges.

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Character_Surround56 t1_j2z5jia wrote

i feel he should get more time. qualified, hardworking students lost out because of him

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Silent_but-deadly t1_j30h5v5 wrote

If school was free this would not be an issue. We all fight for scraps because it’s a big money maker for the schools

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Flip86 t1_j2zwnlm wrote

I love how people act surprised at this. lol. Of course this was happening. It's not gonna stop happening. The rich get away with everything. There will be a slap on the wrist and then they'll be right back at it.

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loading066 t1_j3207sq wrote

Good... now I'm glad nothing like this will happen again. A new "legacy" if you will.

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bstyledevi t1_j32d444 wrote

I got more time than that for selling LSD and Molly.

He'll end up at a Min or Camp security, very laid back, very relaxed, it's literally like a college campus depending on what facility you end up at.

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Gayguymike t1_j2yn24g wrote

That’s it that’s all shows our system here in America is totally broken

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chhurry t1_j2zamns wrote

They finally locking up administrators for charging $50,000/yr for degrees that can't pay off huge amounts of student loans?

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Emotional-Coffee13 t1_j2zxe8y wrote

Guys doing life for shoplifting 3 times

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torpedoguy t1_j30t8w2 wrote

Worse; didn't a woman who applied for her kid to go to a school that unbeknownst turned out to have been rezoned by one street off from her, get sentenced to more than that?

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Alphamullet t1_j31i9pi wrote

Gangster Capitalism season 1 covered this story really well. If you're into podcasts, I recommend you check it out

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Melodic-Chemist-381 t1_j31u22u wrote

3.5 years………………………………………………………………………………………..lame.

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SavingsIncome2 t1_j32ldx2 wrote

I’m sure Lori and felicity are cackling with glee after reading this news. He snitched on them like a pro

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datDANKie t1_j2zi08z wrote

how did he go about this?

"let me have the failed applicants Jenny"

then rings them up and says your daughter failed... unless....

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