“California Community Colleges officials declined to say whether any financial aid was disbursed to fake students and said they did not know of any confirmed Cal Grant fraud, but the investigation is continuing.”
Fake applicants hit 105 of 116 California community colleges from May to mid-August. A state aid analyst caught it by noticing 60,000 extra applications in a routine check. Faculty were already wondering aloud whether their new students were bots. The colleges won’t say if any money went out. That is the answer.