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Re:FBI accuses wealthy parents in college-entrance bribery s... by XCabbage on Tuesday March 12, 2019 @03:33PM (#19372050)
> It doesn't look to me like paying an admissions officer to admit your child is a crime at all.

I have not had a chance yet to look properly at the case, but I'd assumed the "fraud" charges are for precisely the act of paying an admissions officer to admit a child. Do you have reason to think that's not the case?

> bribing a maitre'd to seat you more quickly is bribing a specific employee to act against the interests of his employer, but it's not a crime

It's petty enough you wouldn't expect anyone to be prosecuted over it, but are you sure it's not a crime?

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Re:FBI accuses wealthy parents in college-entrance bribery s... by dwaltrip on Wednesday March 13, 2019 @12:36AM (#19375768)
>> bribing a maitre'd to seat you more quickly is bribing a specific employee to act against the interests of his employer, but it's not a crime

> It's petty enough you wouldn't expect anyone to be prosecuted over it, but are you sure it's not a crime?

It looks like the legal status of commercial bribery (no involvement of a public official) in the United States, while often illegal, is not always clear-cut: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commercial_bribery

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