US actress Lori Loughlin, of the sitcom Full House, has surrendered to authorities in Los Angeles after being charged in a college cheating scam.
Her husband, designer Mossimo Giannulli, appeared in court on Tuesday, as did Desperate Housewives star Felicity Huffman. They are among the 50 people charged in an allegedcriminal enterprise to get their children into top US colleges.
Yale, Stanford and Georgetown were among the universities targeted. The colleges have notbeen accused of any wrongdoing and are investigating the matter internally. The accused parents - many of whom are celebrities or CEOs of major companies - allegedly paid a firm up to $6.5m (£4.9m) to cheat on students' college entrance exams or bribe top coaches to offer fake athletic scholarships for non-athletic students.
Authorities say Ms Loughlin and her husband paid $500,000 in bribes to have their two daughters admitted into the University of Southern California (USC) as fake rowing-team recruits. She has been charged with conspiracy to commit mail fraud and honest services mail fraud.
出演情景喜剧《欢乐满屋》的美国女演员Lori Loughlin在被指控涉嫌大学作弊案后，已向洛杉矶当局投案自首。
她的丈夫、设计师Mossimo Giannulli周二出庭，《绝望的主妇》主演Felicity Huffman同时出庭，他们都是被指控通过不法机构进入美国顶尖大学就读的50人之一。
耶鲁、斯坦福、乔治敦三所名校名列其中。这些大学没有被指控有任何不当行为，但正在内部调查此事。被指控的家长当中有许多明星或大公司CEO，他们向一家公司支付了高达650万美元（合490万英镑）的报酬，用于学生大学入学考试中弄虚作假，或贿赂顶级运动教练使非体育特长生拿到体育生奖学金。
当局表示，Loughlin女士和她的丈夫支付了50万美元贿赂金，这使他们两个女儿以虚假赛艇队员的身份顺利被南加州大学录取。她被指控共谋实施邮件欺诈和信用服务邮件欺诈。
surrender 自首，屈服，投降
charge 控诉（be charged with 承担，被控告）
scam 骗局，诡计，欺诈
allege 断言，宣称，辩解
be accused of 被起诉
investigate 调查，审查，研究
bribe 贿赂，行贿
recruit 新学生，新成员
conspiracy 共谋
commit 犯罪
fraud 欺诈
US actress Lori Loughlin, of the sitcom Full House, has surrendered to authorities in Los Angeles after being charged in a college cheating scam. “of the sitcom Full House”作为主句的插入语，补充说明美国女演员曾出演情景喜剧；after为介词后面跟介词宾语，必须是名词，或者名词性结构如动名词。
Her husband, designer Mossimo Giannulli, appeared in court on Tuesday, as did Desperate Housewives star Felicity Huffman. “as”，像…一样，过去发生的事用did，且此处使用倒装，原语序as Desperate Housewives star Felicity Huffman did。
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