California Colleges Are Flooded With ‘Ghost Students’ Attempting to Steal Financial Aid
Richard Valicenti, 64, received an out-of-the-ordinary check in the mail last summer. It was $1,400 for a Pell Grant to attend Saddleback College in Orange County, CA. Valicenti, a radiation oncologist at UC Davis, was well-beyond his college years and also had “never heard” of the college he was allegedly attending and getting federal aid…