本周二波士頓發布了法庭記錄，曝出一大波名人都因為一起全國性的大學招生舞弊案被逮捕，名單里有女演員，還有首席執行官，簡直是名人錄。

有40多人因為通過行賄把孩子送入名校被捕，其中包括菲麗西提·霍夫曼和洛莉·路格林，涉及喬治城大學、斯坦福大學、加州大學洛杉磯分校和耶魯大學等。

檢察官稱，在這起欺詐案件中，孩子們以運動員的身份被名校錄取，無論他們的運動能力如何。包括耶魯大學前任女子足球教練等多名學校官員也面臨指控。

“從2011年前后至今，被告——其中大部分被告的孩子都是在申請上大學的高中生——和他人共同謀劃，通過賄賂和其他形式的欺詐行為，促成孩子能被馬薩諸塞州等地的大學錄取，涉及學校包括耶魯大學、斯坦福大學、得克薩斯州大學、南加州大學和南加州大學洛杉磯分校”，起訴書附帶的一份宣誓書中稱。

起訴書中列明的被告還包括硅谷投資基金TPG Growth創始人兼管理合伙人小威廉·麥克拉漢、葡萄酒大亨奧古斯丁·胡納斯、風投公司Dragon Global首席執行官羅伯特·桑格里洛、知名律所Willkie，Farr＆Gallagher聯合主席戈登·卡普蘭、Midwest Television老板兼Ballast Point Brewing董事會成員伊麗莎白·基梅爾，以及太平洋投資管理公司（Pimco）前任首席執行官道格·霍奇。

據報道，涉案行賄金額高達600萬美元。大部分情況下，孩子們不知道自己被錄取是因為行賄。

電視劇《絕望主婦》（Desperate Housewives）的主演霍夫曼會同其配偶、演員威廉·梅西，涉嫌 “將15000美元作為慈善捐款……目的是通過參與舞弊讓大女兒被大學錄取。霍夫曼后來又準備為她的小女兒故技重施，不過后來決定放棄了。”

最近出演了Netflix的喜劇片《歡樂再滿屋》（Fuller House）的路格林和她丈夫涉嫌同意支付50萬美元的賄金，讓兩個女兒被南加州大學劃船隊錄取，盡管她們之前從未參與過劃船運動。

“今天曝出的指控令人不安，應該引起所有高校的關注。”美國全國大學體育協會（NCAA）于周二在一份聲明中說。“我們正在調查這些指控，查明涉案人違反了協會的哪些規則。”（財富中文網）

譯者：Agatha

A who’s who of famous names, from actresses to CEOs, have been arrested as part of a national college admissions cheating scam, according to court records unsealed in Boston Tuesday.

Felicity Huffman and Lori Loughlin are among the more than 40 people arrested for paying bribes to get their children into elite schools, including Georgetown, Stanford, UCLA, and Yale.

The scam said prosecutors, arranged for children to be recruited as athletes, regardless of their athletic abilities. Academic officials, including the former women’s soccer coach at Yale University, are also facing charges.

“Beginning in or about 2011, and continuing through the present, the defendants—principally individuals whose high-school age children were applying to college—conspired with others to use bribery and other forms of fraud to facilitate their children’s admission to colleges and universities in the District of Massachusetts and elsewhere, including Yale University, Stanford University, the University of Texas, the University of Southern California, and the University of Southern California-Los Angeles,” an affidavit supporting the indictment said.

Also named in the indictment are William E. McGlashan Jr., founder and managing partner of TPG Growth, a Silicon Valley investment fund, wine baron Agustin Huneeus, Robert Zangrillo, CEO of venture firm Dragon Global, Gordon Caplan, co-chairman of the notable law firm Willkie, Farr & Gallagher, Elisabeth Kimmel, owner of Midwest Television and a board member at Ballast Point Brewing and former Pimco CEO Doug Hodge.

The bribes reportedly went as high as $6 million. The children, generally, did not realize their admission was due to a bribe.

Huffman, who starred on TV’s Desperate Housewives and her spouse, actor William H. Macy, allegedly “made a purported charitable contribution of $15,000…to participate in the college entrance exam cheating scheme on behalf of her eldest daughter. Huffman later made arrangements to pursue the scheme a second time, for her younger daughter, before deciding not to do so.”

Loughlin, who most recently starred on the Netflix’s comedy Fuller House, and her husband are accused of agreeing to pay $500,000 in bribe to have their daughters recruited to the USC crew team, even though they had not previously participated in crew sports.

“The charges brought forth today are troubling and should be a concern for all of higher education,” the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) said in a statement Tuesday. “We are looking into these allegations to determine the extent to which NCAA rules may have been violated.”