Posted on 12/12/2025 11:42:21 PM PST by Morgana
The Trump Education Department has been focusing on identifying student loan fraud and they have a lot to show for their efforts. They just announced that they have uncovered more than a billion dollars in fraud.
Trump’s Education Secretary, Linda McMahon, may be the last cabinet official of her kind if Trump has his way. Like many Republicans going all the way back to Ronald Reagan, Trump wants to do away with the department completely.
McMahon and Trump have successfully done away with a number of horrible Bide-era policies on student loans and financial aid, which has helped them to identify all of this fraud.
The Education Department released this statement:
U.S. Department of Education Prevents More Than $1 Billion in Federal Student Aid Fraud This Year, Additional Crackdowns Expected in 2026
The U.S. Department of Education (the Department) today announced that it has prevented $1 billion in Federal student aid fraud since January 2025. Earlier this year, the Trump Administration implemented enhanced fraud controls governing how institutions of higher education distribute financial assistance, including mandatory identity verification for certain first-time student applicants. This effort has halted more than $1 billion in attempted financial aid theft by fraudsters, including coordinated international fraud rings and AI bots pretending to be students.
The Biden Administration’s decision to require identity verification from less than one percent of students created a prime opportunity for fraudsters to exploit the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA®) process and steal taxpayer funds. Colleges and universities across the country reported being under siege by highly sophisticated fraud rings and requested the Trump Administration for help.
“American citizens have to present an ID to purchase a ticket to travel or to rent a car – it’s only right that they should present an ID to access tens of thousands of taxpayer dollars to fund their education,” said U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon. “From day one, the Trump Administration has been committed to rooting out waste, fraud, and abuse across the federal government. As a result, $1 billion in taxpayer funds will now support students pursuing the American dream, rather than falling into the hands of criminals. Merry Christmas, taxpayers!”
Background
Earlier this year, the Trump Administration uncovered that nearly $90 million in federal student aid was fraudulently disbursed, including more than $30 million disbursed to deceased individuals and more than $40 million disbursed to companies using bots disguised as fake students. The Department immediately began restoring fraud prevention measures that the Biden Administration had deprioritized to carry out its illegal student loan bailout and other misguided policies.
Because Federal data indicated that the rate of fraud through stolen identities had reached levels that could jeopardize the integrity of federal student aid programs, the Department launched a nationwide identity verification effort to eliminate fraud and abuse in June. Within the first week, the Department identified almost 150,000 suspect identities in current FAFSA forms and immediately alerted postsecondary institutions of fraudulent activity.
This is fantastic.
Will the liberal media even cover this major news? We won’t hold our breath.
Billion in fraud here, billion in fraud there. Nothing to worry about. Just hope the big guy got his 10%.
The swamp is deeper than we thought but it can be drained.
Only a billion? They must not have been looking too hard.
With 1.8 trillion in outstanding student loan balances and about 90-92% of that federally guaranteed, I would say they are not looking hard enough.
At some point, there has to be an assessment...degree ‘x’ is minimal value, so we only allow $4,000 a year in student loan help. Once kids realize there’s 40-odd degrees that can’t relate to ‘value’...the education fraud will halt.
Someone, at some level, was in charge of the disbursement of these funds.
Why is there never any names and photos of actual people attached to these fraud stories?
Unless there are convictions and long prison sentences for those responsible, there will never be an end to this.
Only a billion?
Perp walks have gone the way of the Dodo Bird.
There are as many ways to pilfer the money as there are unprincipled jerks all along the way who either actually steal the money, or else who look the other way!
I'm sure this has been going on for donkeys' years! You can bet this is at the bottom of all the hatred for Trump who wants to choke off the grift. And the people who steal are both 'Republicans' and Democrats!
Are we at the point where a billion dollars is no longer “real money”?
It is to you and me... but I don’t know about Congress
And here is another data point that makes one wonder if there are other types of college fraud ...
...40% of Stanford undergrads receive disability accommodations—but it’s become a college-wide phenomenon...
Thanks to Linda McMahon, President Trump and the individuals working on this. Waste-fraud-abuse ALERT!
“You can bet this is at the bottom of all the hatred for Trump who wants to choke off the grift. And the people who steal are both ‘Republicans’ and Democrats!”
The British booted Churchill in 1945—before the Japanese had even surrendered in the Pacific.
The war Trump is waging against the deep state—we really need him to win it. Definitively.
It is hard to believe how the US has made it this far, when SO much ineptitude and fraud have co existed within the framework of departments and agencies.
The culture of grift in DC and throughout the country amazes me more EVERY DAY!
Nothing else explains how people get into office nearly broke then retire with millions!!! Yes...they hate him!!
They say turn the other cheek...
With PDJT, does he literally need to turn the other ear?
He’s got to be wondering—What more do I need to do, to sacrifice, to get the crew all rowing in the same direction?
Another Biden-related scam has been uncovered? Why can’t that guy be facing prosecution?
What they're doing is just par for the course with them...never mind that many owe their seats to Trump ... even though they didn't (don't) go one inch out of their way to help him!
As for his team in DC, it reminds me of the Churchill quote: (loosely) 'Never have so many owed so much to so few'
Thanks for the link.
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