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Not a lawyer. I was surprised that it was possible to prosecute faking admissions to colleges as a crime, but apparently you can. https://en.wikipedia.org/wik

• sjy 6y ago
  I think that case [1] is largely based on bribery, a recognised form of honest services fraud [2] for which it’s not necessary to prove that the defendant ‘obtained money or property.’ [1] https://www.justice.gov/usao-ma/investigations-college-admissions-and-testing-bribery-scheme https://www.justice.gov/usao-ma/investigations-college-admis... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honest_services_fraud https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honest_services_fraud