{"id":899819,"date":"2026-10-30T11:02:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-30T11:02:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/899819\/"},"modified":"2026-10-30T11:02:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-30T11:02:09","slug":"from-green-card-to-fraud-kenyans-arrested-in-130m-us-ghost-student-scam-bbc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/899819\/","title":{"rendered":"From green card to fraud: Kenyans arrested in $130m US ghost student scam &#8211; BBC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiW0FVX3lxTE9NY0FCMGN2WGVJWExBenZPUk80YkhFRURwZG4wdmRiX0pZVHhwMXVnUUtiZHYxd1g3VDRoME82blU3VHZjcTlMLWVMQ0NxZEczVm1TaTNmcmRMdHc?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">From green card to fraud: Kenyans arrested in $130m US ghost student scam<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.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?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">&#8216;Operation Ghostbusters&#8217;: DOJ charges five in alleged $1.3 million &#8216;ghost student&#8217; financial aid fraud scheme<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;ABC7 Los Angeles<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi2gFBVV95cUxONEM5Y3Atdk5kMlB3MVRmVWVJaFN6bk5UZDFvaWJvN0Eta2VEbW1iN05IWGljaDEwbVlhdUhobjE4UUFib1lhWHViTjlpWHA4UnRpWUNFTUtablRYN3pjZWxiTFBwZ1lrbkRTbGthTDRwWGV1OTcwSjJFWXFmTzlaVHI4ZFVtaGVISEk1M3JHVEdjNnNmelhwdy1NZUw5TlU5MTBqV2hzQU9HdUFWNGN4bjhvYzY3WkZtYWxIQUhtX3ZJNWl1ZGNmc284OUhJcUx5YTJsSXdyTFVkZw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">US Justice Department uncovers a massive $200m student-aid scam involving fake enrolments, stolen identities and Kenyan networks<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Business Insider Africa<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMilgFBVV95cUxPVzBMcjNxU19TbGtNdXloTGpXb2MzeF9tM1ZKcUZqQXNFcDFRR0RPTnpneU0waFNETUdYdlB1X3JVbjROMXM0UlpxRDU5Y0tJUUFJLWcxMnRLSjJTRGh2QXJOenRZR2JtWWFfTU9wLXRvRTdPcDFVN2laY09JMVEtRm5qNS1VNXpaWU0tdFZ5Ymh3Yk05WFHSAZsBQVVfeXFMT19HY2lsaTltSGw1VDMxUXZ0a0t6UWN0Wi0tZHNUX0tzcXJqeWxUa05EZWdyX19TNGplUGpPOGFqblhUSUdxOEcwcDltZmZTbEhOb1J1a2dnelBwS1pXMkUwTjdVazh3d1FmemhjUURlaFVEOGVHR0I1ejhUUVJMSkVIVTFzOG9rUzFBVkl4ZkxGVXdPbGFaNjlzakk?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Feds charge 5 people as part of alleged sprawling &#8216;ghost students&#8217; probe<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;ABC News &#8211; Breaking News, Latest News and Videos<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMivwFBVV95cUxNd2JlQVJvdXZ2TDN2Uk1mUmx4cUZRTDlFcjluR1pleW9PRDVlaXY3OVpob3NXampLMWN5ejBCQVpqR1RPUWJsbVNEWkNyM3pySkdsVGl4WHdnb0hBU2pCdWpPM2ZNT0RQSS1JVWhZUDkxQWVUSE5EdlNXQVhJTTZGblRURDlUVnl0MnlWSTJwdkRvRGJxZXRncXZyWW1iN2o1NXV0c0VKeFhWbGRXS2RWWlNOYVFWWVlBSjZhM2dhOA?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">DOJ\u2019s \u2018Operation Ghostbusters\u2019 targets massive student-aid fraud scheme built on fake enrollees<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Fox News<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"From green card to fraud: Kenyans arrested in $130m US ghost student scam&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC&#8216;Operation Ghostbusters&#8217;: DOJ charges five in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":899820,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[23,3,21,19,22,20,25,24],"class_list":["post-899819","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-states","tag-america","tag-news","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-usa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/899819","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=899819"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/899819\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/899820"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=899819"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=899819"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=899819"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}