The Department of Justice announced Tuesday, “Full House” actress Lori Loughlin along with 10 other parents are facing additional charges in regards to the national college admissions scandal.

A grand jury in the District of Massachusetts brought the new charges against 11 of the 15 parents charged in the case, including Loughlin and her husband Mossimo Giannulli.

This is the third superseding indictment and the new charges allege that the 11 defendants conspired to commit federal program bribery by paying off employees of the University of Southern California to facilitate their children’s admission.

Andrew Lelling, the United States attorney for the District of Massachusetts, said Tuesday’s charges “are the result of ongoing investigation in the nationwide college admissions case.”

“Our goal from the beginning has been to hold the defendants fully accountable for corrupting the college admissions process through cheating, bribery and fraud,” Lelling said. “The superseding indictments will further that effort.”

The 11 parents facing the new charges have all pleaded not guilty to the previous charges in the alleged scheme. Arraignment dates have not yet been scheduled.

In exchange for the bribes, employees of the university allegedly “designated the defendants’ children as athletic recruits — with little or no regard for their athletic abilities — or as members of other favored admissions categories,” the indictment states.

Federal prosecutors allege she and her husband agreed to pay bribes totaling a half million dollars to bolster the chances of their daughters, Olivia Jade and Isabella Giannulli, gaining admission to USC.

The Giannulli daughters are no longer enrolled at USC.

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