US charges five over AI 'ghost student' loan fraud
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The US Department of Justice has charged five people over a scheme that used stolen identities and AI to pose as "ghost students" and collect federal student aid, according to an October 31 report. The report says the fraudsters used AI to fill out applications, complete coursework and fake online attendance. Confirmed losses tied to the defendants exceed $32 million. The Education Department separately found more than 830,000 suspected fraudulent accounts; if all are confirmed, losses would approach $130 million. The government is tightening automated identity checks, which can also wrongly reject real students and add manual review work for colleges, delaying aid.
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- Ars Technica · AIThousands of “ghost students” use AI to steal millions in student loans, DOJ says
美国司法部已起诉5人，称其涉及利用被盗身份和AI冒充“幽灵学生”、骗取联邦学生资助的计划。教育部发现超过830,000个疑似欺诈账户，若全部属实，损失接近$130 million；本次被告涉及的已确认损失超过$32 million。欺诈者用AI填写申请、完成课程并伪装在线出席，政府加强自动身份核验也可能误拒真实学生，增加高校复核负担并延迟资助发放。
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