Introducing Season 1 Gangster Capitalism: The College Admissions Scandal

Campus Files: Scandals, Secrets & Crimes at American Universities

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Society & Culture, Documentary, True Crime

4.5 • 7.4K Ratings

🗓️ 18 April 2019

⏱️ 5 minutes

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With exclusive interviews and thought-provoking discussion, Andrew Jenks examines the people involved and the larger debate around higher education in America.

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0:00.0	So I paid him $200.
0:03.0	He made a fake ID with my name and his photo.
0:07.0	He took the SATs under my name, and I got a 1400s and got into my dream school.
0:16.0	Hey, go, what to do, you know? Right now, I feel like I'm at a red carpet event.
0:32.6	People have been waiting here for hours, wind up three deep, behind barricades.
0:38.8	Backpack behind the gate.
0:41.3	Just to catch a glimpse.
0:43.0	Step back.
0:44.0	Get out of the way.
0:45.2	And then the faces of this story finally emerge.
0:48.2	I love you for listening.
0:52.2	But they're not flanked by publicists. Lori, do you have anything to say, Ms. Loveland?
0:57.0	Instead, police and lawyers are at their sides.
1:00.0	Are you sorry?
1:02.0	Because Felicity Huffman and Lori Lachlan are both at the center of the biggest scandal in academic history.
1:13.6	This is a big story today, Operation Varsity Blues.
1:16.6	More on that fallout from the college admissions scandal,
1:18.6	rocking Hollywood this morning.
1:20.6	Although Huffman and Lachlan are the most well known,
1:24.6	they are only two of the many people charged with scamming the system
1:29.5	to get their kids into elite colleges.
1:32.2	Hi guys, it's Olivia Jade.
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