Journalist Evgenia Peretz discusses how US college tutor Rick Singer persuaded so many parents to take part in one of the biggest university scandals the Department of Justice has ever prosecuted. And: Rob Davies on the collapse of Thomas CookThe actor Felicity Huffman has been sentenced to 14 days in prison for paying $15,000 to rig her daughter’s SAT scores in the college admissions scandal that ensnared dozens of wealthy and well-connected parents. Huffman became the first of 33 parents to be sentenced. She was also given a $30,000 fine, 250 hours of community service and a year of supervised release.Evgenia Peretz, a Hollywood screenwriter and contributing editor at Vanity Fair, has been investigating the scandal for months. She talks to Rachel Humphreys about why so many parents were willing to break the law with Rick Singer, the tutor responsible for the admissions scandal. Continue reading…
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