The U.S. Department of Education recently launched a FAFSA fraud-detection tool to crack down on AI-driven scams that steal financial aid by posing as “ghost students.” Scammers fill out the FAFSA to get access to Pell Grants as well as state and college aid. The federal government estimates $1 billion is being stolen each year. Perhaps scarier is that these scammers rely on identities they buy...










