Washington, March 12 -- Representative Glenn "GT" Thompson issued the following press release:
U.S. Representative Glenn "GT" Thompson(PA-15) today introduced a bill that would require strong safeguards to prevent student aid fraud.
This issue, commonly referred to as "ghost student" fraud, refers to schemes in which bad actors use stolen or counterfeit identities to submit college admission and federal student aid applications, enroll in courses, extract federal student aid, and then vanish with the extra funds. These schemes have cost taxpayers millions of dollars and can prevent actual students from getting into classes.
The Student Aid Fraud Oversight and Accountability Act will create an oversight mechanism requiring the Education D...