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Well, this isn't a good look. According to ABC 7:
The suspects allegedly paid bribes of up to $6 million to get their kids into elite colleges, including Yale, Stanford, Georgetown and USC.
Yikes. You always hear about celebrities and their perfect kids with good grades, right? Now in certain cases, it would appear there's more to this. Certain celebrities and high profile CEOs are now being accused of paying bribes to get their kids into good schools.
The alleged scam centered around a man in California who ran a business helping students get into the college of their choice.
Authorities say parents would pay him a predetermined amount, with full knowledge of what they were doing. He would then steer the money to one of two places: either an SAT or ACT administrator, or a college athletic coach.
The coaches would allegedly arrange a fake profile that listed the prospective student as an athlete, and exam administrators would either hire proctors to take the test or correct the answers of a student.
The bribes ranged from a few thousand dollars to up to 6 million, according to officials.
Wow.