Wiretaps, emails and checks: Parents in college scam face tough legal fight
by Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times
Mar 21, 2019
3 minutes
LOS ANGELES - Some of the parents charged in the college admissions scandal have a tough choice to make in the coming weeks: Do they fight the charges against them or agree to cooperate with federal authorities?
Legal experts say cutting a deal makes sense for some defendants because of the overwhelming evidence federal prosecutors have amassed.
Because authorities got the cooperation of the kingpin of the alleged scam, William "Rick" Singer, prosecutors have some of the defendants on wiretaps talking about cheating
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