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Texas aid administrators report surge in suspected fraudulent FAFSA/TASFA applications, share verification tactics
Summary
Multiple Texas colleges and ISDs told the committee they saw clusters of suspicious financial aid applications this summer and fall; recommended practices include delaying form submission until synchronous ID verification, using IP/address monitoring and placing holds until identity is verified.
Multiple members of the Financial Aid Advisory Committee described a recent increase in suspected identity‑theft or fraudulent financial aid applications and shared operational steps used to detect and block those attempts.
The issue came up when members reported seeing clusters of applications that shared addresses, IP addresses from outside the U.S., or mismatched transcripts. Shannon Crossland of Frank Phillips College described procedures developed after detecting suspicious batches: require synchronous identity verification (via Zoom or in-person), email…
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