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Tom's Hardware · SATURDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2026

DOJ Operation Ghostbusters: $200 Million in Student Loans Stolen via AI-Generated Ghost Students

The ghost students had complete documentation. The documentation was correct. The students did not exist, but their paperwork was in order, which is, procedurally speaking, the relevant threshold. This incident has been categorized. The category did not previously exist.
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