Elite NYC Parents Ensnared In College Admissions Fraud Investigation

Olivia Jade Gianulli, Lori Loughlin and Isabella Gianulli in February 2019 (NINA PROMMER/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock)
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Olivia Jade Gianulli, Lori Loughlin and Isabella Gianulli in February 2019 (NINA PROMMER/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock)
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Gregory Abbott, founder and chairman of International Dispensing Corporation, leaves after appearing in federal court in New York on bribery charge (Bebeto Matthews / AP / Shutterstock)
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Gregory Abbott, founder and chairman of International Dispensing Corporation, leaves after appearing in federal court in New York on bribery charge (Bebeto Matthews / AP / Shutterstock)
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Actor William H. Macy arrives at the federal courthouse in Los Angeles, where his wife Felicity Huffman was being arraigned (Alex Gallardo/AP/Shutterstock)
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Actor William H. Macy arrives at the federal courthouse in Los Angeles, where his wife Felicity Huffman was being arraigned (Alex Gallardo/AP/Shutterstock)
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US actress Felicity Huffman waits in a corridor as she faces a hearing at the Los Angeles Federal Court of Justice in Los Angeles, California, USA, 12 March 2019 (ETIENNE LAURENT/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock)
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US actress Felicity Huffman waits in a corridor as she faces a hearing at the Los Angeles Federal Court of Justice in Los Angeles, California, USA, 12 March 2019 (ETIENNE LAURENT/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock)
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William Rick Singer of Newport Beach California, owner of Edge College & Career Network and CEO of The Key World Wide Foundation leaves the John Joseph Moakley Federal Court House in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, 12 March 2019. Singer pleaded guilty to information with racketeering conspiracy, money laundering conspiracy, conspiracy to defraud the US, and obstruction of justice in a case related to college admissions. (CJ GUNTHER/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock)
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William Rick Singer of Newport Beach California, owner of Edge College & Career Network and CEO of The Key World Wide Foundation leaves the John Joseph Moakley Federal Court House in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, 12 March 2019. Singer pleaded guilty to information with racketeering conspiracy, money laundering conspiracy, conspiracy to defraud the US, and obstruction of justice in a case related to college admissions. (CJ GUNTHER/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock)
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A poster containing a photo of William "Rick" Singer, founder of the Edge College & Career Network, is displayed during a news conference, in Boston, where indictments in a sweeping college admissions bribery scandal were announced (Steven Senne/AP/Shutterstock)
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A poster containing a photo of William "Rick" Singer, founder of the Edge College & Career Network, is displayed during a news conference, in Boston, where indictments in a sweeping college admissions bribery scandal were announced (Steven Senne/AP/Shutterstock)
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Gordon Caplan of Greenwich, Conn., center, walks out of federal court, in New York. Caplan, who is co-chairman of the international law firm Willkie Farr & Gallagher, was accused of paying $75,000 to get a test supervisor to correct the answers on his daughter's ACT exam after she took it. (Julie Jacobson/AP/Shutterstock)
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Gordon Caplan of Greenwich, Conn., center, walks out of federal court, in New York. Caplan, who is co-chairman of the international law firm Willkie Farr & Gallagher, was accused of paying $75,000 to get a test supervisor to correct the answers on his daughter's ACT exam after she took it. (Julie Jacobson/AP/Shutterstock)
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