DESPERATE Housewives actress Felicity Huffman has been charged by a US court after taking part in a £4.9million scam which helped her daughter get into an elite college like Yale or Stanford.
The actress, who is married to Oscar-nominated actor William H Macy, 68, was charged with conspiracy to commit mail fraud and honest services fraud.The scheme was masterminded by William Rick Singer who ran a college preparation business in California.It’s claimed Huffman, 56, made a donation of £11,500 to the charity which fronted the scam.
In return her eldest daughter, Sofia, 18, was allegedly given twice the amount of time to complete the SAT, a standard college entrance test in America. The indictment also said that Sofia’s answers were secretly corrected afterwards – giving her a 400 point increase on her final result.
later made arrangements to pursue the scheme a second time, for her younger daughter, before deciding not to do so.”spokesperson said in a news conference after the charges were made: “This is a case where they flaunted their wealth, sparing no expense to cheat to the system so they could set their children up for success with the best money can buy.
Good! Just cos she's famous doesn't mean she's above the law!
These are among the Hollywood Dems who seem to spend their every waking hour calling Trump dishonest ! It’s certainly got it’s funny side...
She's a fraud Not desperate nor a housewife
Yikes. Now get back to work and focus with the help of this
Entertainment Entertainment Latest News, Entertainment Entertainment Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Source: The Independent - 🏆 80. / 59 Read more »