MUNCIE, Ind. — A serial scammer will spend over two years in prison after she defrauded the U.S. Department of Education out ...

U.S. Representative Glenn Thompson (PA-15) introduced a bill on Thursday that aims to mitigate student aid fraud. Scammers ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. We are losing millions of tax dollars right now to what are known as "ghost students" -- online scammers who enroll in community ...

・Intentionally providing false information on the FAFSA is considered federal financial aid fraud. ・Penalties can include up to $20,000 in fines, five years in prison, and repayment of aid received.

Last year, the U.S. Department of Education found tens of millions of dollars had been wrongfully awarded, including $30 million to dead people over three years. The largest community college in ...

Scammers use stolen or fake identities to enroll and apply for financial aid at postsecondary institutions Consumers can take preventive actions to decrease the chances of becoming victims of fraud ...

Fourteen "ghost students" have cost North Arkansas College in Harrison about $47,000. The fraudulent students enrolled, got financial aid, then disappeared. They used stolen identities to enroll in ...

Federal education officials say an aggressive overhaul of student-aid security has stopped more than $1 billion in fraudulent applications in the first year of President Donald Trump’s second term — a ...

EXCLUSIVE: A top Trump administration Education Department official exposed a pair of blue states that he says are among the worst for federal student aid fraud as officials crack down on scammers who ...