San Diegan Faces New Charge in College Admissions Scandal

Sixteen parents, including KFMB's former owner Elisabeth Kimmel, "Full House" star Lori Loughlin and fashion designer Mossimo Giannulli, were indicted by a federal grand jury on a new charge, prosecutors said. The indictments on the new charge of conspiring to commit fraud and money laundering came a day after more than a dozen parents, including actress Felicity Huffman, announced they were pleading guilty to charges in connection with the case. The parents, who were arrested last month on a single charge of conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud, are accused of paying a consultant and others to bribe SAT and ACT administrators to allow test takers to secretly take college admission exams on behalf of their children and with bribing university athletic coaches to have their children be recruited as student-athletes. Prosecutors say Tuesday's second superseding indictment also charges the parents allegedly involved in the William "Rick" Singer's scheme with conspiring to launder bribes through Singer's fraudulent charity.

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