June 25, 1999
Education Dept. Begins Crackdown on False Claims by Loan Recipients
The U.S. Department of Education is cracking down on people who file false claims of death or disability to get out of repaying their federal student loans.
A study released this month by the department's Inspector General revealed that from July 1994 to December 1996, the government forgave about $70-million in student loans solely because of fraudulent reports that the borrowers were either dead or unable to
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