UCLA mom charged with paying $400K to get son admitted as fake soccer recruit

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Source: USA TODAY

UCLA mom charged with paying $400K to get son admitted as fake soccer recruit
Joey Garrison, USA TODAY Published 1:47 p.m. ET Sept. 17, 2019 | Updated 5:10 p.m. ET Sept. 17, 2019

BOSTON — A mother from Canada was arrested Monday night in Spain and indicted in the U.S. for paying $400,000 to get her son admitted into the University of California-Los Angles as a fake soccer recruit.

Xiaoning Sui, 48, is the 35th parent and 52nd defendant charged with crimes in the nation's college admissions scandal.

In a federal indictment unsealed in Boston federal court Tuesday, Sui was charged with one count of conspiracy to commit mail fraud and honest services mail fraud.

Sui is a Chinese national who has been living in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada near Vancouver. The U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Massachusetts said she is currently detained in Spain and authorities are seeking her extradition to Boston to face the charges.
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Wow, that's a lot of money.

[MontanaMama]

1. It's a LOT cheaper

to make your kid do their homework and get into college themselves. Not to mention giving them a sense of accomplishment having achieved college admission on their own merits. Are these loser parents going to purchase jobs for their kids too? Spouses? Homes? Children? Where does it end?

[Dave Starsky]

5. It never does end for these people.

But they have the money to float their little dumbfucks throughout their entire useless lives.

And thus, we have our current President of the United States.

[JI7]

16. most are wealthy. it's not about money but about status and bragging their kid goes

wherever they paid to get them in.

[Rebl2]

17. Are their

kids just not smart enough to get in to these schools on their own?

[JI7]

18. they spend most of their time on their social life or something other

than school work. they are wealthy and spoiled.

[bucolic_frolic]

2. There's somebody on the other end of that transaction

The school officials have generally made quieter headlines.

[Dave Starsky]

6. I haven't seen any headlines regarding these people.

And, yes, they should be in worse trouble than the people trying to game their system.

[BigmanPigman]

19. I have and I forget his name but he was connected

to the sports end of it. He was a coach or something. Glad to see it!

[Mosby]

9. Some of the people who took bribes copped plea deals

That kept them out of prison so prosecutors could send the Hollywood moms to jail.

[obamanut2012]

21. Wrong, they made major and huge headlines when this broke

They were exposed and all over the news, and were fired/resigned/had already retired.

[bucolic_frolic]

22. They must have been minor headlines

I never saw any of them

[evertonfc]

3. for UCLA?

sucker mom

[Floyd R. Turbo]

8. Better than USC!

[Dream Girl]

11. UCLA has become highly selective with 18% admit rate

It is quite prestigious. USC admit rate is 17%

[More_Cowbell]

13. Down to 14% this year

I've seen claims, no idea if it's true, that it's the world's hardest public university to get into.

[Lucky Luciano]

14. UCLA is a top school actually- not just basketball.

I did my math doctorate there - super strong math department usually ranked around top 5 - top mathematicians including Terry Tao and other powerhouses...and strong in other areas too.

[Elmer1007]

7. Arrested overseas, 😬

The government is going to pay a half a million dollars to bring her back and give her 14 days in jail.

[FakeNoose]

10. UCLA is funded by California taxpayers, am I right?

Wouldn't it be cheaper to just own a residence in California, preferably Los Angeles, and then he'd automatically qualify? I mean, he'd still have to pass the SATs like everybody else. The parents would have to pay those nasty California taxes for 4 or 5 years, but it beats worrying about having to go to jail.

[yardwork]

12. UCLA is highly selective. Not all state schools admit ever state resident.

[Sapient Donkey]

15. I am trying to imagine what it's like to live in that world

where spending $400k to cheat oneself into a university seems like a good investment. I would be annoyed if my parents spent $400k on this rather than just giving it to me to start my own business or invest it somehow. Then again, this kid probably has access to even more money than that, and the degree is just icing on his cake.

[dreamland]

20. Monied parents with less than half a brain

I bet the kids are smarter than the parents. With all this money, they could have built their own school.

[hardluck]

23. Good for UCLA

It's been readily apparent for some time that we are falling way behind USC in having unqualified students pay their way into the university. I'm not sure we'll ever be able to beat USC in this category but it's good that we've at least started to compete.