DOJ busts ‘ghost students’, seizes $750k in stolen financial aid sent to Kenyan safari outfit
Five people have been charged with a scheme to defraud federal financial aid programs by enrolling fake students—people who existed only on paper, in online classes. The scammers used false or stolen identities to register these "ghost students" and collect aid money. Federal prosecutors seized approximately $750,000 in stolen funds and found that some money had been sent to a safari company in Kenya. The investigation is ongoing.
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2 developments- Oct 29DOJ busts ‘ghost students’, seizes $750k in stolen financial aid sent to Kenyan safari outfit
- Oct 30Federal prosecutors charge 5 people in an ongoing investigation of 'ghost students' fraud
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