<p>Oh, there have been criminal prosecution of employers when it has involved a large employer I beiieve Walmart go into trouble when it was discovered that the cleaning crews subcontracted had illegal workers. I’m sure I’m contributing to the cause too. I have a lawn service and used a number of other services here where I live and the workers actually doing the heavy duty work are not English speaking many times. I don’t ask for their papers. Maybe they are all legit, but if they are not, I would not be surprised. Heck, my house was built by illegal labor, I’m pretty sure as I’ve seen who this builder hires to do a lot of his work. So I am complicit as well.</p>
<p>I also know a few stories of some doing time in federal prison for student aid fraud. It’s one thing to make some mistakes on the forms, but when you fabricate information and sign a parent’s name, that’s outright fraud and the feds do prosecute. They will go after your father and you if you are caught doing this. You never know when the government will choose to do a wave of focus on this sort of fraud. That’s usually how people are caught. They get away with this sort of thing because many schools do not verify; I would say most do not, but now with the IRS retrieval tools going into effect, this is likely to change.</p>