|
|
|
31.10.26 - 05:09
|
"Operation Ghostbusters" Exposes Kenyan Student Loan Scam (ZeroHedge)
|
|
|
"Operation Ghostbusters" Exposes Kenyan Student Loan Scam
The US Department of Justice has announced the first arrests in an ongoing investigation launched in April called "Operation Ghostbusters", and the results are not surprising.Assistant Attorney General Colin M. McDonald held a press conference this week detailing the discovery of a fraud pipeline exploiting US college loan programs. The underlying fraud relies on "ghost-student" schemes using stolen identities for FAFSA/aid, and has been ongoing since at least 2021. The investigation that grew into Operation Ghostbusters was opened by the FBI's Richmond Field Office after a referral from the Department of Education's Office of Inspector General. According to the Justice Department, criminal actors allegedly stole or used personal information of U.S. citizens (often people who had never attended college) to create fraudulent FAFSA accounts. The scammers enroll “ghost students” at ...
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|