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Lori Loughlin taken into custody, bail set at $1 million

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FILE - In this Oct. 4, 2017 file photo, actress Lori Loughlin arrives at the 5th annual People Magazine "Ones To Watch" party in Los Angeles. The FBI says Loughlin has been taken into custody in connection with a scheme in which wealthy parents paid bribes to get their children into top colleges. FBI spokeswoman Laura Eimiller says Loughlin was in custody Wednesday morning in Los Angeles. She is scheduled to appear in court there in the afternoon. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)

NEW YORK (1010 WINS/AP) — Actress Lori Loughlin was taken into custody in Los Angeles Wednesday morning for her alleged role in the largest college admissions cheating scandal the Department of Justice has ever prosecuted.

She appeared in front of a federal judge Wednesday afternoon in L.A. The judge said she can be released after posting $1 million bond. The judge permitted her to travel to British Columbia, where she has filiming projects in Vancouver. Loughlin is on contract to film projects until November. She must surrender her U.S. passport in December. 


Another prominent actress, Felicity Huffman, star of Desperate Housewives, was charged, along with about 50 others in documents released Tuesday that describe a widespread scam to help place children of wealthy individuals at eight different high-ranking colleges.

The scheme revolved around William "Rick" Singer, who pleaded guilty, and who ran a consultancy to help students gain admission to universities called Edge College and Career Network in Newport Beach, California.

Parents negotiated with Singer and bribed officials and coaches to help get their children higher test scores and false athletic histories to get into these prestigious universities.

The probe scooped up four people in New York City, each of whom have been released on $500,00 bail after appearing in a federal court in Manhattan.

Lawyers for Gregory Abbott, Gordon Caplan, and Elizabeth and Manuel Henriquez declined to comment after their clients appeared before a magistrate judge to face charges of conspiracy to commit mail fraud and honest services mail fraud.

A prosecutor had sought $1 million bail against Abbott, a New York founder of a food and beverage packaging company, claiming he was a risk to flee.Caplan, of Greenwich, Connecticut, is co-chairman of the Willkie Farr & Gallagher law firm, which has 700 lawyers in 10 offices in six countries.Manuel Henriquez, chairman of Hercules Capital Inc., shook his head repeatedly in court. Elizabeth Henriquez appeared distressed, repeatedly running her hands through her hair.

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