Re:Academic “ghost-writing”: the cheating scandal no one wil...
by sjy on Tuesday March 23, 2021 @05:09PM
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I think that case [1] is largely based on bribery, a recognised form of honest services fraud [2] for which it’s not necessary to prove that the defendant ‘obtained money or property.’
[1] https://www.justice.gov/usao-ma/investigations-college-admis...
I was surprised that it was possible to prosecute faking admissions to colleges as a crime, but apparently you can.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_college_admissions_briber...
This would seem to be similar. Perhaps it can be prosecuted.