BREAKING: Judge says actress Felicity Huffman can be released on $250,000 bond in case in which she is accused of paying a bribe to secure daughter's college admission.
BOSTON — The Latest on a college admissions bribery scandal that has led to charges against coaches and celebrities :A judge says actress Felicity Huffman can be released on $250,000 in a case in which she is accused of paying a bribe to secure her daughter’s admission to college.
Macy attended his wife’s initial court appearance. He has not been charged and authorities have not said why.Four people arrested in New York City in the college admissions prosecution have each been released on $500,000 bail after brief appearances in Manhattan federal court. Manuel Henriquez, chairman of Hercules Capital Inc., shook his head repeatedly in court. Elizabeth Henriquez appeared distressed, repeatedly running her hands through her hair.The University of Southern California says it has fired two employees who were indicted in a bribery scheme that allowed wealthy parents to get their children into top colleges.
FBI spokesman Jason White says Vavic was taken into custody Tuesday in Honolulu. It’s not clear if he has an attorney to speak for him.A lawyer for a consultant who admitted to running a nationwide college admissions bribery scheme says his client intends to fully cooperate with federal prosecutors. His attorney, Rob Fisher, says that Vandemoer regrets that Stanford has been dragged into the case and that Vandemoer loved the school and its students.
Macy has not been charged; authorities haven’t said why. Representatives for Huffman haven’t returned a message seeking comment. Authorities say Vandemoer conspired with an admissions consultant to pretend two prospective students were competitive sailors in exchange for payments to the Stanford sailing program. Neither student ended up attending Stanford.The consultant, William “Rick” Singer, pleaded guilty earlier Tuesday.
Authorities say Singer schemed with parents, coaches and others to pay students’ way into schools like Yale, Georgetown and Stanford University. Stanford said it has no evidence that anyone else at the school is involved but will conduct an internal review.The NCAA says it will look into claims made against college coaches and administrators in the admissions bribery scandal.
The NCAA says it is reviewing the allegations “to determine the extent to which NCAA rules maybe have been violated.”The University of California, Los Angeles says its soccer coach Jorge Salcedo has been placed on leave pending a review and will have no involvement with the team. Huffman was one of 13 people, including actress Lori Loughlin , taken into custody Tuesday in Los Angeles. Authorities have not said why Macy wasn’t charged.
Ferguson is accused of accepting $100,000 to recruit a student who had been on Wake Forest’s wait list. Papers say a cooperating witness met with Huffman and her husband, actor William H. Macy, at their Los Angeles home and explained the scam to them. The cooperator told investigators that Huffman and her spouse “agreed to the plan.”
U.S. Attorney Andrew Lelling in Boston said Tuesday at a news conference that the colleges are not targets of the continuing investigation. He says authorities believe other parents were involved. Loughlin appeared in the ABC sitcom “Full House,” and Huffman starred in ABC’s “Desperate Housewives.” Both were charged with conspiracy to commit mail fraud and wire fraud in indictments unsealed Tuesday in federal court in Boston.
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