President Trump’s fraud crackdown just moved into one of the biggest money pipelines in Washington: federal student aid.
The target is a scam most Americans have probably never heard of, but taxpayers have been paying for it anyway.
They are called “ghost students.” Fake or stolen identities get used to enroll, trigger aid, and vanish once the money goes out.
Now the Trump administration says it is putting real-time screening directly into FAFSA.
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The Department of Education announced Monday that the new tool is now built directly into the federal student aid application process.
Applicants who display a certain level of fraud risk will now be required to present government-issued identification.
That means suspicious applications can be stopped before Pell Grants
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