Felicity Huffman, Lori Loughlin: How Rick Singer sold college scam

Gregory Korte USA TODAY Published 11:09 PM EDT Mar 12, 2019 William “Rick” Singer said he had the inside scoop on getting into college, and anyone could get in on it with his book, “Getting In: Gaining Admission To Your College of Choice.” “This book is full of secrets,” he said in Chapter 1 before dispensing advice on personal branding, test-taking and college essays. But Singer had even bigger secrets, and those would cost up to $1.2 million. Federal prosecutors revealed those secrets in hundreds of pages of court documents Tuesday, charging Singer with being the author of a multi-million dollar scheme to cheat on admissions tests and bribe college coaches. The result: Dozens of wealthy and well-connected parents got their under-qualified children into elite colleges like Yale, Georgetown and Stanford. “I think my first reaction was something to the effect of, ‘So that’s what he was up to’,” Rebekah Hendershot, the co-author of the 2014 book, told USA TODAY. The scandal has implicated celebrity actors such as Lori Loughlin of “Full House” and Felicity Huffman of “Desperate Housewives” (and her husband William H. Macy, who is not charged.) Also named: wealthy CEOs, prominent lawyers, and accomplished athletic coaches at Division… Read full this story

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