http://twitchy.com/amy-curtis/2025/04/09/ca-community-college-enrollment-scam-n2411149
As DOGE uncovers waste and fraud in Medicare and Social Security, this is a good reminder that such things don't happen only at the federal level.
California has a problem with its Community College system, it seems -- one that's costing the state's taxpayers millions in fake financial aid:
Emily Hoeven (@emily_hoeven) ~ This is startling: About 34% of applicants to California's Community College system were likely fake in the last calendar year, and have been scamming millions of dollars in state and federal financial aid.
Here's more from Cal Matters:
For years, scammers have targeted community colleges across the state, posing as students in order to steal money from scholarships or government financial aid.
Recent state reports suggest the problem is getting worse, and college leaders say they’re worried that the Trump administration’s cuts to the U.S. Department of Education could hamper fraud prevention and investigations.
In 2021, the California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office reported that about 20% of college applicants were likely fake. In January 2024, the state said it was up to about 25%.
Now it’s around 34%, according to the most recent data from the last calendar year. 'Those are all the ones that are stopped,' said John Hetts, executive vice chancellor for the data team at the chancellor’s office.
This is not a problem that started on January 20, so blaming President Trump's cuts to the Department of Education is disingenuous at best.
Yep ... these are Democrat constituents taking advantage of inept Democrat administrations implementing their corrupt policies designed to buy votes for themselves. The Democrat-run government is getting stolen blind, but they don't really give a sh!t - 'cuz they're Democrats and they're just pissing away other people's money!
I mean ... how STOOPID can they be?! Just because some fraudster submits an application for school, why would you send out money to this idiot BEFORE you knew that he was a legitimate student who is actually taking classes???!!!
The authorities in California just didn't want to look into this.
Andrea E (@AAC0519) ~ Turns out "fake" citizens are everywhere in our system.
Yep. Where's that money going?
It went to Democrat voters.
Theresa (@frogaustin) ~ Sounds very California.
Peak California.
yubidad (@yubidad) ~ Can't they just require: (1) applicants show up with ID to confirm they are eligible for a scholarship, and (2) require that all financial aid be directly applied to tuition or room and board? Doesn't that solve the problem?
We all know showing an ID is racist or something.
Lex Jurgen (@Lex_Jurgen) ~ If you're sitting in Albania with a computer and a decent criminal brain, California government is where you will spend most of your focus.
No lie detected.
Todd Davis (@96hoya) ~ "College leaders say they’re worried that the Trump administration’s cuts to the U.S. Department of Education could hamper fraud prevention and investigations."
Yeah ... it's Trumps fault we can't clamp down on this fraud. FU people.
Glad we're not the only ones who caught that.
Keep your head on a swivel (@pureblood617) ~ Yes, it's very easy to collect the yearly funds and not attend the school. The system doesn't even check.
How is it not tied to class attendance and grades? They keep records of that stuff, surely.
Well, if you're that stupid, then no federal funding for you!
Lance Christensen (@lancelands) ~ This has been a problem for YEARS. The CA Community College system knows about the scam but loves the revenue too much to stop it. So, professors who try to warn administrators about these phantom students are silenced.
Alyssa Selogie (@AlyssaSelogie) ~ Is there any government program that isn't being massively scammed?!
Nope.
Marc Joffe (@joffemd) ~ The combination of free community college, online classes, and lax ID requirements (to cater to illegals) is creating space for massive financial aid fraud.
The powers that be think taxpayers are a bottomless piggy bank that can continue to subsidize this insanity.
We are not.
The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted. ~ D.H. Lawrence
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