$921,189disbursed on aid applications in straw students' names in one Texas case
A former Texas adjunct professor changed female straw students' names to masculine versions while keeping their real Social Security numbers, to pose as them more easily, and was sentenced to 78 months.
He submitted more than 100 fraudulent applications over about five years, and $921,189.08 was disbursed. Some victims were left with tens of thousands of dollars in loans.
Source: KPRC Click2Houston. Read more: ghost student financial aid fraud · case file