{"id":169296,"date":"2019-03-13T09:53:50","date_gmt":"2019-03-13T09:53:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goss.ie\/?p=169296"},"modified":"2019-03-13T13:02:30","modified_gmt":"2019-03-13T13:02:30","slug":"desperate-housewives-star-felicity-huffman-charged-in-exam-cheating-scheme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goss.ie\/la-showbiz\/desperate-housewives-star-felicity-huffman-charged-in-exam-cheating-scheme-169296","title":{"rendered":"Desperate Housewives star Felicity Huffman charged in exam cheating scheme"},"content":{"rendered":"

Desperate Housewives star Felicity Huffman is\u00a0one of nearly 40 individuals charged in connection with an alleged college entrance exam scheme.<\/p>\n

The ‘scheme’ allegedly involved helping students cheat on entrance exams at elite universities like\u00a0Yale, Stanford and Georgetown.<\/p>\n

According to BBC News, court documents have claimed that the actress made a “charitable contribution” of $15,000 to participate in the scheme, on behalf of her eldest daughter.<\/p>\n

Felicity, who was ‘secretly’ recorded discussing the scheme with a co-operating witness, was charged with conspiracy to commit mail fraud and honest services mail fraud.<\/p>\n

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