The largest college admissions cheating scam ever prosecuted by the Department of Justice was announced on Tuesday, a nationwide scandal that included some of the most elite schools in America.
Yale, Georgetown, Stanford, University of Southern California and UCLA are among the schools involved, with wealthy parents suspected of paying up to $6.5 million to have their children placed into these universities.
Among those charged were actress Felicity Huffman, who starred in the ABC series “Desperate Housewives,” and Lori Loughlin, who played “Aunt Becky” on the sitcom “Full House.”
The way the scam worked is that parents would pay a middle who would direct money to SAT or ACT administrator or a college athletic coaches to ensure that their children would be admitted.
As you might expect, social media was all over it.
I can't stop laughing at how Lori Loughlin is implicated in a federal mail fraud scandal and the thing that's trending is "Aunt Becky."
— Noam Blum (@neontaster) March 12, 2019
It doesn’t appear that the schools were involved and most of the children reportedly were not aware that their admission was bought with bribes.
As for Huffman, she and her husband, actor William H. Macy, may have sealed their fate when it comes to looking for a presidential pardon — should they be convicted, of course.
https://twitter.com/FelicityHuffman/status/796055079912546304
And to be doubly sure President Trump is in no mood to assist, Huffman called his administration out by name in 2017.
https://twitter.com/FelicityHuffman/status/916414299429470208
But back to Aunt Becky… er Loughlin, court documents say she “agreed to pay bribes totaling $500,000 in exchange for having their two daughters designated as recruits to the USC crew team — despite the fact that they did not participate in crew — thereby facilitating their admission to USC.”
It’s fair to say of the online reaction that hilarity prevailed in the not-so-funny story.
Here’s a sampling of responses from Twitter:
Aunt Becky: "Hey USC, meet my two daughters who are prized recruits. You should totally admit them." pic.twitter.com/2J39jDonuB
— nascarcasm (@nascarcasm) March 12, 2019
https://twitter.com/stephemcneal/status/1105493301090762753
Aunt Becky, no!!!! pic.twitter.com/rdr3weEwZ1
— Pradheep J. Shanker (@Neoavatara) March 12, 2019
Tfw Aunt Becky gets herself into a bit of trouble pic.twitter.com/RZcS2e9nI0
— The Daily Wire (@realDailyWire) March 12, 2019
— The Daily Wire (@realDailyWire) March 12, 2019
— #FeelTheByrne (@marcusdbyrne) March 12, 2019
Uncle Jessie has responded to Aunt Becky getting into legal trouble. pic.twitter.com/vTjYKaX66N
— Nobody Important (@ShaunPerryWho) March 12, 2019
https://twitter.com/zasportsshow/status/1105497413618417670
— Mason (@MasonJSons) March 12, 2019
Live footage of Lori Loughlin checking the internet this AM. pic.twitter.com/nh49NbVbvw
— (((Jay Lampert))) (@MortChristenson) March 12, 2019
Can my daughter get into the college of her choice without the proper credentials? pic.twitter.com/hu3cXBHHgO
— James Palumbo (@Jimsbrowns1979) March 12, 2019
Gonna be a Full House at the Big House!
— Jim (@TypeError_) March 12, 2019
I thought I was completely bored by NCAA recruiting scandals. But then I learned that Aunt Becky had a bagman https://t.co/OBf8RMzn8e
— Pablo S. Torre (@PabloTorre) March 12, 2019
Aunt Becky gonna need to learn to code.
— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) March 12, 2019
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