Nearly 2,000 Minnesota ‘Ghost Students’ fraudulently received $12.5 million | Eastern NC Now

McMahon referred to the fraudsters as “‘ghost students’ because they were not ID-verified and often did not live in the United States, or they simply did not exist,” and noted that, “[i]n Minnesota, 1,834 ghost students were found to have received 12.5 million in taxpayer-funded grants and loans.”

https://thefederalist.com/2025/12/16/ed-department-nearly-2000-minnesota-ghost-students-fraudulently-received-12-5-million/