AI used to defraud Community Colleges and taxpayer funds

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“Fake” students enrolling in CA colleges to steal FA funding

Never amazes me how people will come up with scams to steal $$ . But wouldn’t the FA go directly to the school? California colleges fight fake enrollment attempts By Kellie Hwang [Story photo for California colleges fight fake enrollment attempts] Photo: Lea Suzuki/The Chronicle 2017 ‘Ghost students’ A fake enrollment scam is not only giving California community colleges a major headache, it’s also crowding out legitimate students. Fraudsters are stealing identities to enroll in the colleges to steal financial aid. About 20% or 460,000 requests to the state’s online application since July have been fake, according to the Chancellor’s Office, which oversees the 116 campuses. The system’s screening software blocked just half of the fraudsters, while the rest slipped through to try to enroll in online classes, then use their bogus student status to seek financial aid. “We’ve worked really hard to close obvious — and less than obvious — routes for people to pretend to be from the …