Desperate Housewives' Felicity Huffman has been placed under arrest, while an arrest warrant has been issued for Full House's Lori Loughlin.
The Justice Department on Tuesday announced charges against more than 40 people, including the two actresses, in connection with an alleged college admissions scheme that involved parents paying bribes to get their kids into prestigious schools by cheating on exams or falsifying information.
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