I did look it up. As usual, most of the articles discuss the scandal and that the parents have been arrested, but they don't describe the exact crime clearly. If a parent bribes a private school's sports coach to get his kid into the school, and everyone gets caught, i think the coach probably gets fired, but I'm not sure who has broken which law, that's all.
Bribery of public officials is a federal crime. College admissions officers and sports coaches are not public officials.
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Federal cases need the bribed person to be a public official with a federal employee identification or classification, and he or she could be an elected official in office.
https://www.hg.org/legal-articles/when-does-bribery-result-in-federal-charges-44401
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I guess it will become clear as time passes. People have been arrested and released, I'm not just not clear exactly which statute has been violated.
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Bribery occurs when a person offers something of value to another person in order to receive something in exchange. For instance, your mom might bribe you into coming home for the holidays by offering to cook your favorite food. The food is what she is offering, and your attendance is the exchange.
However, bribery can also be illegal, especially when it involves a gift bestowed on a public official for particular services or actions.
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A bit of Googling indicates laws which regulate bribery of non-public officials may vary state by state.
Not sure how that works if the parent is in California and the school is in Massachusettes.
Anyways, we'll see.
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