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		_tom_ on March 22, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Academic “ghost-writing”: the cheating scandal no ... Not a lawyer. I was surprised that it was possible to prosecute faking admissions to colleges as a crime, but apparently you can. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_college_admissions_briber... This would seem to be similar. Perhaps it can be prosecuted.

sjy on March 23, 2021 [–]

I think that case [1] is largely based on bribery, a recognised form of honest services fraud [2] for which it’s not necessary to prove that the defendant ‘obtained money or property.’

[1] https://www.justice.gov/usao-ma/investigations-college-admis...

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honest_services_fraud

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