GI Bill Scheme Defrauded 2,500 Student Veterans

July 13, 2018
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The Federal Bureau of Investigation this week released details of a fraud scheme that bilked more than $24 million in Post-9/11 GI Bill funds, affecting more than 2,500 student veterans.


The scam, which the FBI called a "basic bait-and-switch," involved officials with Ed4Mil, an online correspondence course provider, and a now former dean of Caldwell University, a private institution located in New Jersey. The for-profit Ed4Mil recruited veterans and service members to enroll in what they thought were Caldwell courses. Instead the students were taking unaccredited correspondence courses.

Read more at Inside Higher Ed: https://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2018/07/13/gi-bill-scheme-defrauded-2500-student-veterans