A reporter recounts his experience with a new fraud scheme built on fake enrollments in California’s community colleges, ...

The Federal Trade Commission shut down a California-based student loan scam that allegedly collected $8.8 million by impersonating the Department of Education and promising bogus loan forgiveness. The ...

The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Inspector General has more than 200 investigations open across the country as some schemes are suspected of stealing over a billion dollars. College ...

Murat Mayor has no need for an associate's degree. The 58-year-old business analyst already has a Ph.D. But when he and his son, a high school senior, attempted last fall to apply for federal student ...

Investigators began looking into the case after school officials noticed a series of applications from the same online high ...

Federal regulators shut down an $8.8 million student loan forgiveness scam that impersonated the Department of Education, as Louisiana lawmakers rejected a bill to make merit scholarships repayable.

(NEW YORK) — Murat Mayor has no need for an associate’s degree. The 58-year-old business analyst already has a Ph.D. But when he and his son, a high school senior, attempted last fall to apply for ...

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Police Department (UTCPD) is warning students and locals about a sextortion scam that is targeting college students. They say they have ...

Emily Long is a freelance writer based in Salt Lake City. After graduating from Duke University, she spent several years reporting on the federal workforce for Government Executive, a publication of ...

Here's what to look out for. The Federal Communications Commission is warning college students about back-to-school scams. The FCC says the scams could be harder to spot because they appear similar to ...

PALM BEACH COUNTY, Fla. — College students looking for off-campus housing are increasingly falling victim to subletting scams, whether they're trying to find a place to live or find someone to take ...