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US Charges Five in $200m Student Aid Scam Involving Kenyan Networks

The US Justice Department has charged five individuals for using stolen identities to enroll fake students and obtain millions in federal aid.

2 publishers · 2 articles · first seen 29 Oct 2026 · updated 3h ago

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2 publishers have covered this in 2 articles since 29 Oct 2026. businessinsider.com published first, on 29 October at 23:07 UTC; BBC News followed 8h 22m later. The most recent article, from BBC News, appeared on 30 October at 07:29 UTC.

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  1. How Kenyans got caught in $130m US ghost student scam BBC News
  2. US Justice Department uncovers a massive $200m student-aid scam involving fake enrolments, stolen identities and Kenyan networks businessinsider.com

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