US charges five over AI-assisted ghost student loan fraud, seizes over $750,000 in crypto
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The US has charged five people in a large crackdown on fake students who use stolen identities to take out student loans. Officials said the scheme used AI in part, and authorities seized more than $750,000 in cryptocurrency linked to a network of Kenyan nationals.
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