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RAB910

(3,497 posts) Wed Jan 4, 2023, 09:32 AM Jan 2023

Parents go to jail for lying about their kid's record to get them into college. If you're a

Republican and you lie about your record you get to be a Congressman

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Parents go to jail for lying about their kid's record to get them into college. If you're a (Original Post) RAB910 Jan 2023 OP

They went to jail for bribing admission officials, not just lying. Nt Fiendish Thingy Jan 2023 #1

Unless it was a state college, I am not sure how bribery laws apply RAB910 Jan 2023 #2

They didn't go to jail for simply lying about their kids' records. Fiendish Thingy Jan 2023 #3

Fiendish Thingy

(15,585 posts)

1. They went to jail for bribing admission officials, not just lying. Nt

Reply to RAB910 (Original post)

Wed Jan 4, 2023, 10:36 AM

Jan 2023

RAB910

(3,497 posts)

2. Unless it was a state college, I am not sure how bribery laws apply

Reply to Fiendish Thingy (Reply #1)

Wed Jan 4, 2023, 10:40 AM

Jan 2023

>Bribery refers to the offering, giving, soliciting, or receiving of any item of value as a means of influencing the actions of an individual holding a public or legal duty.

https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/bribery#:~:text=Attempts%20to%20bribe%20exist%20at,receipt%20of%20a%20valuable%20gift.

Fiendish Thingy

(15,585 posts)

3. They didn't go to jail for simply lying about their kids' records.

Reply to RAB910 (Reply #2)

Wed Jan 4, 2023, 11:42 AM

Jan 2023

They paid money to gain access and favourable consideration, and also included false information on the applications.

That’s either bribery or fraud, or both.

Lying about your kid being on a Lacrosse team or doing community service alone isn’t going to send you to jail.

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