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Article updated: 8/23/2012 2:27 PM

College of DuPage unearths financial aid scam

'Straw' students dropped out early, kept federal funds

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Forty four College of DuPage students and two organizers of a financial aid fraud ring used student aid for their personal use after dropping out of online classes they enrolled in last spring, college officials said. The matter is in the hands of federal investigators who say a loosely knit nationwide group is targeting community colleges.

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Forty-four College of DuPage students and two organizers of a financial aid fraud ring used student aid for their personal use after dropping out of online classes they enrolled in last spring, college officials said. The matter is in the hands of federal investigators who say a loosely knit nationwide group is targeting community colleges. In total, $354,000 has been lost to fraud the past four semesters.

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