Professor Elam

Monday April 15 2019

Here is the latest on the admission scandal.

One couple is pleading not guilty while 13 other parents have agreed to plead guilty.

I don't get it.  This may be unethical, but seems to me the problem is between the parents and the entrance exam folks or the colleges. What is the standing of the DOJ?  The prosecutors have apparently scared the 13 into a plea deal.

In the Uresti case I covered, a business man named Farthing faced a similar charge. The charge was that he had conspired iwth Uresti and the  County Judge in Pecos for a contract. Instead Farthing was able to show that he paid the understood fee, 10K a month to Uresti who split it with the Judge. Farthing showed that he even filed the proper IRS form  1099.

It seems to me the parents could claim the same thing. They hired a coach and admissions experts but had not knowledge of their fraudulent ways.   That sounds better than a sure fire one way trip to jail.