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1 - Too Much or Too Little?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 July 2023

Miriam H. Baer
Miriam H. Baer
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Brooklyn Law School
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On Friday, May 22, 2020, former Full House actress Lori Loughlin and her husband, Mossimo Giannulli, entered guilty pleas admitting to engaging in a multipronged bribery and fraud scheme, dubbed “Varsity Blues.” The gist of the Varsity Blues scheme was that parents, with the help of a much sought-after college consultant, would bribe college coaches for highly coveted athletic admission spots on various sports teams, create fraudulent profiles falsely portraying their children’s athletic prowess, and have professional test-takers take their ACT or SAT by securing special testing accommodations.1

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Myths and Misunderstandings in White-Collar Crime , pp. 11 - 34
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2023

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  • Too Much or Too Little?
  • Miriam H. Baer, Brooklyn Law School
  • Book: Myths and Misunderstandings in White-Collar Crime
  • Online publication: 27 July 2023
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009279758.002
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  • Too Much or Too Little?
  • Miriam H. Baer, Brooklyn Law School
  • Book: Myths and Misunderstandings in White-Collar Crime
  • Online publication: 27 July 2023
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009279758.002
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  • Too Much or Too Little?
  • Miriam H. Baer, Brooklyn Law School
  • Book: Myths and Misunderstandings in White-Collar Crime
  • Online publication: 27 July 2023
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009279758.002
Available formats
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