Federal investigators have more than 200 open cases probing these scams.

AI has enabled the scam to spread into community colleges around the country ...

An I-Team investigation in collaboration with ABC News is uncovering a widespread identity theft scheme involving so-called ...

An ABC News investigation examines how “ghost students” use stolen identities to fraudulently apply for college loans and financial aid.

One man and his son were applying for college financial aid, but someone had beat them to it, stealing their identities and ...

A $25 million funding injection will help expand the Top End's war on ghost nets, as ranger groups shift focus to the heavily ...

It's a sophisticated scheme and community colleges are often targeted because of their open enrollment policies.

In 2025, the Community College of Philadelphia said it had more than 600 fraudulent applications, which is roughly 5% of all ...

The financial ramifications of ghost students extend far beyond the individual institutions affected. Each ghost student can cost universities thousands of dollars, and as the scale of this fraud ...

California’s community colleges are dealing with a ghost problem, and it has nothing to do with haunted dorms. "Ghost ...

A college scam you've probably never heard of is quietly piling up federal losses and personal headaches, ABC News reports.