Felicity Huffmanhas been taken into custody following her indictment in analleged college admissions cheating scaminvolving elite colleges and universities.
Her husband William H. Macy was seen arriving at the courthouse in Los Angeles.
Hours later, theAssociated PressandReutersreported that Huffman can be released on $250,000 bond.
Federal court records unsealed Tuesday in Boston name 50 people, including Huffman andFuller HouseactressLori Loughlin, who have been indicted as part of the alleged nationwide scheme, according to a release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Massachusetts.
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Athletic coaches from Yale, Stanford, the University of Southern California, Wake Forest and Georgetown, among others, are implicated, as well as parents and exam administrators, the release says.
Huffman, 56, allegedly gave $15,000 “to participate in the college entrance exam cheating scheme on behalf of her oldest daughter,” the indictment in the case states.
Loughlinallegedly gave $500,000 to say her child was part of the rowing team, when that was not true, the indictment states.
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Some named in the court documentsallegedly paid bribes of up to $6 millionto get their children into elite colleges, according to federal prosecutors.
Federal agents secretly recorded telephone calls with Huffman and a cooperating witness, according to the court papers, and also obtained emails from Loughlin allegedly implicating her in the scam, the documents state.
source: people.com
