Celebrities, Executives Charged in College Admissions Scandal
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US federal prosecutors have charged 50 individuals involved in a college admission scandal. The accused include Hollywood celebrities and CEOs who paid bribes to guarantee admission for their children at elite universities such as Yale and Stanford. Neither the universities nor the admitted students have been charged.
涉嫌: to be suspected of involvement
收贿: to accept bribes
洗钱: money laundering
妨碍司法: to obstruct justice
诈欺舞弊: deception and fraud
敲诈勒索: to extort and racketeer
涉嫌: to be suspected of involvement
收賄: to accept bribes
洗錢: money laundering
妨礙司法: to obstruct justice
詐欺舞弊: deception and fraud
敲詐勒索: to extort and racketeer
美国联邦检察官起诉数十名涉嫌策划帮助富人家长，花钱让小孩进菁英大学的人员。
为揭此弊案，联邦调查局动用两百名探员。
遭指罪的33名家长中，包括一名时尚设计师、多名好莱坞明星和一名国际法律事务所的联合主席。
这些家长花费高达650万美金确保孩子拿到进耶鲁、史丹佛等名校的门票。
大学体育教练和考试中心内部接应人员，都在收贿协助入学的名单中。
关键人物威廉‧里克‧辛格，透过大学升学咨询机构Edge College & Career Network进行诈欺舞弊。
辛格对所有指控认罪，包括妨碍司法、敲诈勒索和洗钱等罪名。
13名大学体育教练和辛格的生意伙伴也都遭起诉。
许多已入学的学生对弊案毫不知情，他们与卷入本案的大学都未在起诉的同谋名单中。
麻州联邦检察官安德鲁•莱林在新闻记者会中表示：「家长才是这场诈欺案的主谋」。
美國聯邦檢察官起訴數十名涉嫌策劃幫助富人家長，花錢讓小孩進菁英大學的人員。
為揭此弊案，聯邦調查局動用兩百名探員。
遭指罪的33名家長中，包括一名時尚設計師、多名好萊塢明星和一名國際法律事務所的聯合主席。
這些家長花費高達650萬美金確保孩子拿到進耶魯、史丹佛等名校的門票。
大學體育教練和考試中心內部接應人員，都在收賄協助入學的名單中。
關鍵人物威廉‧里克‧辛格，透過大學升學諮詢機構Edge College & Career Network進行詐欺舞弊。
辛格對所有指控認罪，包括妨礙司法、敲詐勒索和洗錢等罪名。
13名大學體育教練和辛格的生意夥伴也都遭起訴。
許多已入學的學生對弊案毫不知情，他們與捲入本案的大學都未在起訴的同謀名單中。
麻州聯邦檢察官安德鲁•萊林在新聞記者會中表示：「家長才是這場詐欺案的主謀」。
US federal prosecutors have charged dozens of individuals over a scheme that enabled wealthy parents to pay for their children’s admission to elite universities.
Two hundred FBI agents were involved in uncovering the scandal.
Among the 33 accused parents are a fashion designer, Hollywood stars, and a co-chairman of a global law firm.
The parents paid as much as $6.5 million to secure their children’s admission to schools such as Yale and Stanford.
College sports coaches and test center insiders accepted bribes to help obtain admissions.
William Singer ran the fraud operation through the college preparatory business Edge College & Career Network.
Singer has pleaded guilty to charges including obstruction of justice, racketeering, and money laundering.
Thirteen college sports coaches and associates of Singer’s are also being prosecuted.
Many of the admitted teens were not aware of the schemes, and neither they nor the universities have been charged as co-conspirators.
Andrew Lessing, the United States attorney for the District of Massachusetts, said in a news conference, “The parents are the prime movers of this fraud.”
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