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College admissions scandal enters new phase as many parents set guilty pleas

Prosecutors moved the college admissions scandal into a new chapter Monday, announcing that actress Felicity Huffman and more than a dozen other wealthy parents charged with participating in the scam have agreed to plead guilty.

The plea agreements, which come less than a month after the government unveiled its investigation into the sweeping bribery and cheating scheme, added a significant victory to the handful of guilty pleas prosecutors have already secured. So far, a third of the 50 people charged in the case have admitted fault or agreed to do so.

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