Article: COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIP FRAUD PREVENTION ACT OF 2000: ANNUAL REPORT TO CONGRESS

The Federal Trade Commission issued the following report:

May 2006 Submitted by:

Department of Justice

Department of Education

Federal Trade Commission

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Every year, millions of high school graduates seek creative ways to finance the costs of a college education. In the process, they sometimes fall prey to scholarship and financial aid scams. To help students and their families, on November 5, 2000, Congress passed the College Scholarship Fraud Prevention Act of 2000 (Act), Pub. L. No. 106-420, 114 Stat. 1867. This Act established stricter sentencing guidelines for criminal financial aid fraud and charged the U.S. Department of Education (ED), working in ...

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