California's community college system is addressing the issue of ghost students, where scammers use fake identities to enroll in classes and collect financial aid. The Department of Education reported $90 million disbursed to ineligible individuals, including aid for deceased people. To counter this, the California Community College system launched an AI fraud detection initiative with N2N's LightLeap.AI platform. This effort has successfully identified 79,016 fraudulent applications out of over half a million, aiming to restore proper access to classes for legitimate students.
California colleges are implementing AI to combat the rising issue of ghost students—fake or stolen identities used to fraudulently enroll for financial aid.
The Department of Education identified 150,000 suspect identities in federal student aid forms, with $90 million paid to ineligible students, including aid for deceased individuals.
Data revealed that California's community college system suffered from thousands of attempts to enroll ghost students, hampering real students' access to essential classes.
The CCC's response to the ghost student epidemic employed N2N's LightLeap.AI, successfully detecting 79,016 fraudulent applications from over half a million received.
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