FBI's Massive College Bribery Bust Brings Out the Jokes

Mossimo Giannulli, Felicity Huffman, and Lori Loughlin are among the celebrities included in an indictment that's stacked with wealthy names.

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Perhaps you heard about the FBI busting up a massive alleged college bribery operation. If not, maybe the fact that it involves household names will make it of interest. If not that, just consider the fact that the alleged bribery and entrance exam cheating scheme is claimed to have involved both millions of dollars and a methodology that reportedly allowed for most of the affected students to be oblivious to the alleged operation.

hahaha their kids must be so fucking dumb

— Paul Rust (@paulrust) March 12, 2019

Mossimo Giannulli, Felicity Huffman, and Lori Loughlin are among those alleged to have participated in the collegiate plot. All three received charges, including conspiracy to commit mail fraud and honest services mail fraud, and are part of what federal officials said Tuesday represents a "catalog of wealth and privilege."

"These parents are a catalog of wealth and privilege."

Boston authorities say the parents involved in the scam include "CEOs...successful securities and real estate investors, 2 well-known actresses, a famous fashion designer and a co-chairman of a global law firm" pic.twitter.com/RGfR56zC7O

— Bloomberg Quicktake (@Quicktake) March 12, 2019

In short, dozens of individuals—also including several university coaches—are accused of involvement with a "conspiracy that facilitated cheating on college entrance exams and the admission of students to elite universities as purported athletic recruits." A key element of this multimillion-dollar pissing in the face of anyone who actually got into the college of their choice on merit was manipulation of entrance exams, with unsealed documents alleging that some exams were moved to a controlled environment to make cheating as easy as possible.

Of course, there's nothing quite like the collective fuckeries of the "wealth and privilege" variety to inspire promptly tweeted Full/Fuller House jokes, as well as general mockery and meme-ing. Everything in the world is shit right now, so you might as well enjoy these:

When you gotta break aunt Becky out of jail. pic.twitter.com/ouwPjstDnV

— Travon (@Travon) March 12, 2019

Aunt Becky paid $500,000 to bribe her daughters' way into USC? A HALF A MILLION DOLLARS just to get them into USC? How bad were their grades and test scores? pic.twitter.com/dBpSpdrnnm

— Ooooh Billy Billy Billy Billy (@Old_Billy_Baroo) March 12, 2019

Honestly this story has everything:

- rich people in trouble
- proof you were right about Those Rich Kids at your college
- prosecution under the RICO Act
- a Balkan water polo coach
- a chance to yell about systemic inequality
- FULL HOUSE JOKES

WHAT MORE COULD YOU ASK FOR.

— Hayes Brown (@HayesBrown) March 12, 2019

today seems like as good a day as ever to say this:

Full House sucked and people only pretend it was good because of nostalgia

— Kyle Neubeck (@KyleNeubeck) March 12, 2019

William H Macy sir.. Frank Gallagher is JUST a character u do not have to scam in real life pic.twitter.com/jnImhfUoim

— dajour prescott (@selahspades) March 12, 2019

Judge: Your still lookin at 29 years..

6ix9ine: You remember aunt becky...? pic.twitter.com/tb77YRMboE

— tay (@tayyy715) March 12, 2019

For $500,000 my child better be getting into Hogwarts, forget USC. Damn Aunt Becky pic.twitter.com/Dqh0I2Y9mg

— Simone Scott (@Simone_Scott) March 12, 2019

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