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Florida student aid accounts used in ID theft affecting 644 victims

Posted on November 18, 2014 by Dissent

AP reports:

Accounts used by South Florida college students to receive financial aid were used in a scheme to file fraudulent income tax returns using stolen identities.

Miami U.S. Attorney Wifredo Ferrer said Tuesday that 21 people have been charged, most of them current or former students at Miami Dade College. The students were using their Higher One aid accounts to deposit fraudulent tax refunds.

Read more on Daytona Beach News-Journal.


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  • Nine Defendants Plead Guilty in $20 Million Stolen Identity Refund Fraud Ring
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