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Some parents spent hundreds of
thousands of dollars and some as much
as $6.5 million to guarantee their chil-
dren’s admission, officials said.
BOSTON (AP) — A fast-moving col-
lege admissions scandal moved from
bombshell indictments to guilty pleas
in a matter of hours, yet the full fallout
from the federal case against the rich
and famous could take months or more
to unfold.
Big names such as actresses Felicity
Huffman and Lori Loughlin headline
the list of some 50 people charged in
documents released Tuesday that de-
scribe a scheme to cheat the admissions
process at eight sought-after schools.
The parents bribed college coaches and
other insiders to get their children into
selective schools, authorities said.
At the center of the scheme was ad-
missions consultant William “Rick”
Singer, founder of the Edge College
& Career Network of Newport
Beach, California, authorities said.
Singer pleaded guilty and his lawyer,
Donald Heller, said his client intends to
cooperate fully with prosecutors and is
“remorseful and contrite and wants to
move on with his life.”
Prosecutors said that parents paid
Singer big money from 2011 up until
just last month to bribe coaches and
administrators to falsely make their
children look like star athletes to boost
their chances of getting accepted. The
consultant also hired ringers to take
college entrance exams for students,
and paid off insiders at testing centers
to correct students’ answers.
EU Plans for Chaotic Brexit
as UK Readies for No-Deal
Vote
STRASBOURG, France (AP) — Euro-
pean Union officials on Wednesday
criticized the U.K. Parliament for re-
jecting a Brexit deal for a second time
as the bloc prepared for a chaotic, cliff-
edge departure.
In London, Britain’s government said
it wouldn’t impose new checks and
controls on goods at the Northern Ire-
land-Republic of Ireland border if the
U.K. leaves the European Union with-
out an agreement on future relations.
The policy is part of a temporary tar-
iff regime unveiled Wednesday. It will
last for up to 12 months.
As part of the plan, the government
says there would be no tariffs on 87
percent of imports by value, a “modest
liberalization” compared with current
trade rules. A mixture of tariffs and
quotas will apply to beef, lamb, pork,
poultry and some dairy “to support
farmers and producers who have his-
torically been protected through high
EU tariffs.”
British lawmakers rejected May’s
Brexit deal in a 391-242 vote on Tuesday
night. Parliament will vote Wednesday
on whether to leave the EU without a
deal.
AP PHOTO/TIM IRELAND
Feds Charge Dozens in
Widespread US College
Admissions Scam
Anti-Brexit demonstrators take part in a protest outside the House of Parliament in London March 12.
Prime Minister Theresa May’s mission to secure Britain’s orderly exit from the European Union appeared
headed for defeat Tuesday, as lawmakers ignored her entreaties to support her divorce deal and end the
political chaos and economic uncertainty that Brexit has unleashed.
Cardinal Pell Sent to
Prison for Abusing 2 Boys
in Australia
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — The
most senior Catholic convicted of child
sex abuse was sentenced Wednesday to
six years in prison for molesting two
choirboys in an Australian cathedral in
a crime the judge said showed “stagger-
ing arrogance.”
Cardinal George Pell must serve a
minimum of 3 years and 8 months be-
fore he is eligible for parole, according
to the judge’s order. The five convic-
tions against Pell carried a maximum
possible sentence of 10 years each.
“In my view, your conduct was per-
meated by staggering arrogance,” Vic-
toria state County Court Chief Judge
Peter Kidd said in handing down the
sentence.
Pope Francis’ former finance minis-
ter was convicted by a unanimous jury
verdict in December of orally raping a
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