Dear academics and scholars,

Since the primary purpose of the Stackexchange academic community is suppose to be creating a reliable internet resource of easy to access facts; this "Big List" request for similar cases from around the world should, in my humble opinion, be "compelling" enough to be expanded upon. 

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Recently, in the US; the [**"largest-ever"**](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_college_admissions_bribery_scandal) college admissions bribery scandal was exposed in the news. 

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> "The case is the largest of its kind to be prosecuted by the US Justice Department.[14]"
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How does the scale and scope of this particular case compare with these types of scandals in college admissions exams in other "third-world" and European countries?