There is a serious and growing fraud trend sweeping across the nation's community colleges. This "ghost student" epidemic is ...

Key Points ・Scammers are using stolen identities and AI-powered bots to enroll fake “ghost students” at colleges across the ...

Murat Mayor has no need for an associate's degree. The 58-year-old business analyst already has a Ph.D. But when he and his son, a high school senior, attempted last fall to apply for federal student ...

SAN JOSE, Calif. (KGO) -- We are losing millions of tax dollars right now to what are known as "ghost students" -- online scammers who enroll in community colleges and get away with financial aid ...

Emily Long is a freelance writer based in Salt Lake City. After graduating from Duke University, she spent several years reporting on the federal workforce for Government Executive, a publication of ...

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 ...

Their assumed identities on college applications might appear normal to the naked eye: high school graduation, extracurricular activities, addresses. But these students differ from their peers ...

(NEW YORK) — Murat Mayor has no need for an associate’s degree. The 58-year-old business analyst already has a Ph.D. But when he and his son, a high school senior, attempted last fall to apply for ...

Colleges and universities are facing a new fraud tactic that has made them more susceptible to digital theft. Known as ghost students, hackers are exploiting pandemic-related vulnerabilities to steal ...