An FBI investigation called Operation Varsity Blues.

聯邦調查局的調查叫 "藍調行動"。

Georgia Tech, USC, UCLA…

喬治亞理工學院，南加州大學，加州大學洛杉磯分校... ...

And Rick Singer…

還有Rick Singer...

The mastermind behind the entire operation.

整個行動的幕後策劃者。

Is there any risk that this thing blows up in my face?

這東西會不會有在我臉上爆炸的風險？

-Hey, Rick? - Hey there.

-嘿，瑞克？- 嘿，瑞克？

-Is this a good time? -Yeah,Yeah, it's good for me.

這是個好時機嗎？ - 是的，是的，這對我很好-是的，是的，這對我來說很好。

Rick, I had a question for you.

瑞克，我有個問題要問你

-It's just you and me. Is that kosher? -Absolutely.

-只有你和我那是猶太教的嗎？-當然.

I just wanted Walk me through the whole thing again and how it works.

我只是想再陪我走一遍，看看它是怎麼運作的。

We help the wealthiest families in the US get their kids into school.

我們幫助美國最富有的家庭讓他們的孩子上學。

I've done 761 what I would call "side doors."

我做過761個我稱之為 "側門 "的東西。

The "front door" means is getting in on your own.

"前門 "的意思就是自己進去。

I got accepted!

我被錄取了！

So I've created this kind of side door in …

所以我創造了這種側門，在... ...

because my families…

因為我的家人...

want a guarantee.

想要保證。

There aren't many federal cases where you have 50 people

沒有多少聯邦案件，你有50人。

indicted for a crime.

因犯罪而被起訴。

It truly is amazing what people say on the phone

人們在電話裡說的話真的很神奇。

when they don't know the Federal is listening.

當他們不知道聯邦在聽的時候。

If somebody were to catch this,

如果有人抓住這個，

what happens?

什麼情況

The only way someone can catch it is if you guys tell someone.

只有你們告訴別人，才會有人發現。

It seems like it'd be hard to miss.

似乎很難錯過。

There was a 5'5" men's basketball player.

有一個5尺5寸的男籃隊員。

A high school cheerleader who is made a look like a lacrosse player.

一個高中拉拉隊員，被弄得像個長曲棍球運動員。

You've never had an issue with this?

你從來沒有遇到過這樣的問題？

Some article comes out

一些文章出來了

that the the polo team is selling seats into the school for 250 grand?

馬球隊以25萬的價格把座位賣給學校？

Well, no, because she's a water polo player.

不，因為她是水球運動員。

But she's not.

但她不是。

We're here today to announce charges

我們今天在這裡宣佈的指控

in the largest college admissions scam

騙局

ever prosecuted by the Department of Justice.

司法部曾經起訴。

My view of the admissions process

我對錄取過程的看法

is some students getting in on pure merit,

是一些學生純靠成績考上的。

but many others getting in

而其他很多人都在

due to preferences that skew rich and white.

由於喜好偏向富貴和白叟。

They had every advantage,

他們擁有一切優勢。

and yet they still cheated.

但他們還是出軌了。

In America, we love the wealthy, and we hate the wealthy.

在美國，我們愛富人，也恨富人。

They disgust us,

他們讓我們噁心。

and they fascinate us.

它們讓我們著迷。

I'm gonna do over 730 of these side doors this year.

我今年要做730多扇這樣的側門。

It's the home run of home runs.

這是本壘打中的本壘打。

And it works?

還能用？

Every time.

每次都是這樣