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🗓️ 3 October 2024
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In the ‘Varsity Blues’ college admissions scandal, the government indicted more than 50 people. Business leaders. Celebrities. Actors. Rich people accused of paying millions of dollars to get their children into elite universities. The Department of Justice was successful in all but one case: U.S. v. Khoury. What we’re calling: The Georgetown Massacre.
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0:00.0 | Pushkin. |
0:07.0 | On March 12th, 2019, the U.S Attorney's Office for the District of Massachusetts unsealed indictments |
0:21.4 | against more than 50 people. Indictments that were part of a criminal |
0:25.3 | investigation, cod named Varsity Blues. Business leaders, celebrities, actors, rich people accused of paying millions of dollars |
0:35.1 | to get their children into elite universities. |
0:38.5 | Millions of dollars in bribes. |
0:41.3 | One by one, the parents were arrested, pled guilty, paid massive fines, served time, |
0:46.7 | reputations were ruined. |
0:49.1 | The media ran story after story. |
0:52.1 | 50 people facing charges and more arrests are likely in the weeks and months ahead. |
0:57.0 | Actresses Lori Lachlan and Felicity Huffman are two of the dozens of wealthy parents accused in the alleged scheme. |
1:04.0 | The biggest college admissions fraud in US history. |
1:07.0 | Meantime, the scandal stretches from Hollywood to Boston next week. |
1:11.0 | It was the largest investigation of its kind in a history of the |
1:14.4 | Justice Department. 56 cases, a home run. And then came the case at the very, very end, the 57th case. This is me in an email to the US Attorney's office of the District of Massachusetts, asking about the final case |
1:36.4 | in the Varsity Blues investigation. |
1:38.9 | Hello there, I'm looking to interview any of the US attorneys who were involved in the Aeman-Kuri case from a few years ago. |
1:45.7 | Do you think that might be possible? |
1:47.8 | Thanks. |
1:48.8 | M. A day later, I get an answer. |
1:52.0 | Three lines. |
1:53.4 | Received. Thank you. While we greatly appreciate the invitation, we must respectfully |
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