Posted on 09/28/2025 5:22:59 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Two Detroit men have been charged for defrauding the higher education system in Federal Student Aid, announced United States Attorney Jerome Gorgon.
The first complaint charges Brandon Robinson, 41, of Detroit with wire fraud related to false Federal Student Aid claims submitted in the names of other individuals.
Between January 2015 and February 2024, Robinson submitted fraudulent FSA claims for more than 1200 individuals, involving over 100 schools in 24 states.
Robinson caused over $16 million in FSA benefits to be awarded, with more than $10M disbursed. Additionally, the complaint alleges that Robinson also filed over 100 fraudulent unemployment insurance claims between April 2020 and March 2023, causing the disbursement of over $1 million in UI benefits.
Robinson was arrested earlier this week and appeared in federal court this afternoon on the charges.
Court documents say that Robinson is responsible for leading a years-long scheme to obtain fraudulent Federal Student Aid benefits involving so-called “straw students” who were enrolled for the primary purpose of receiving FSA.
The second complaint charges Michelle Hill, 48, of Detroit with wire fraud, in connection with a separate FSA scheme. Hill was arrested earlier this week and made an initial appearance in federal court.
Court documents say that between July 2015 and July 2025, Hill obtained fraudulent FSA benefits involving more than 80 individuals, predominantly enrolled at Wayne County Community College.
The complaint alleges that many of these individuals were enrolled in the same or similar degree programs and were taking the same or similar online courses. It is also alleged that Hill herself often completed the coursework on the students’ behalf, to make it appear that the students were progressing toward degrees and prolonging their eligibility for FSA benefits.
As a result of the scheme, it is alleged...
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Fraud in a federal program??? I don’t think so. Those people are pretty careful with a buck.
Fraud in Medicare & Medicaid will curl your hair. Any doctor or fake doctor can file a claim for fake services rendered.
The FSA is in dire need of a ‘deep dish’ audit.
Another Robinson.
Hah!
By the time your federal money gets from a blue state Senator through a blue state House Rep through a blue state Governor through a blue state City Mayor through a blue state department administer through a blue city employee (or 12 blue city employees) to a blue state voter, you are lucky if fraud and theft takes “only” 65 percent of the amount.
Hah!
By the time your federal money gets from a blue state Senator through a blue state House Rep through a blue state Governor through a blue state City Mayor through a blue state department administer through a blue city employee (or 12 blue city employees) to a blue state voter, you are lucky if fraud and theft takes “only” 65 percent of the amount.
Hah!
By the time your federal money gets from a blue state Senator through a blue state House Rep through a blue state Governor through a blue state City Mayor through a blue state department administer through a blue city employee (or 12 blue city employees) to a blue state voter, you are lucky if fraud and theft takes “only” 65 percent of the amount.
So it took them 10 years to discover the fraud?
Stay in your lane, bros. Defrauding the higher education system is the teachers’ Unions job.
If the Trump Administration chases down many of those in default they will discover the fact that many of those students do not even exist and those that do exist never attended a day of school.
This is a prime example of how it's done - and it is done a lot.
If the Trump Administration chases down many of those in default they will discover the fact that many of those students do not even exist and those that do exist never attended a day of school.
This is a prime example of how it's done - and it is done a lot.
20 - 23...
It seems like defrauding the government is easier to do when Democrats are in the white house...
Schools have been doing this forever to get extra state and federal taxpayer money.
They lie about the number of students and lie about if they can read and write and do arithmetic.
“””Fraud in Medicare & Medicaid will curl your hair.””
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I’m in Minneapolistan. FRAUD CENTRAL.
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