This whole thing strikes me as prosecuting drug users instead of the dealers. If someone is selling this, I promise there are going to be people looking to buy

This whole thing strikes me as prosecuting drug users instead of the dealers. If someone is selling this, I promise there are going to be people looking to buy it. College admissions is just too emotionally fraught for people to make clear decisions consistently. I assume it edged its way from plausible deniability to mutual culpability in a very subtle way. Amd I believe the fraudster was eventually colluding with the FBI. How is it not entrapment?