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How Kenyans turned US student aid into a multimillion-dollar fraud racket

Standard Digital · The Standard (Kenya)

Published 30 Oct 2026, 10:13 pm·1 h ago·1 min read

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US prosecutors allege that he ran the scheme between November 2025 and May 2026 by enrolling ghost students in several colleges and universities.

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