For thousands of colleges across the country, “ghost students” — sophisticated thieves who use stolen or fake identities to enroll in classes online and sign up for Pell grants and loans — are committing identity theft.
The scammers then disappear once they get the money — robbing the federal government of hundreds of millions of dollars and leaving an untold number of victims in their wake.
ABC News’ Steve Osunsami reports.
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