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Below are press releases issued in 2018-2019 relating to our work. For more information, please contact the OIG Public Affairs Office.
Subject |
Title of Release |
Date |
Release |
Studebt Aid |
Former Owner Of Stenotype Institute Of Jacksonville Sentenced To Prison And Ordered To Pay Over $288,000 In Restitution To Former Students And U.S. Department Of Education (Florida) |
02/08/2019 |
Studebt Aid |
Former State Department Employee Sentenced to Prison for Student Loan Fraud (Virginia) |
01/18/2019 |
K-12 Fraud |
Charter School Founder and CEO Agrees to Plead Guilty in Scheme to Misappropriate Approximately $2.5 Million of Public Education Funds (California) |
12/21/2018 |
|
Student Aid |
Shreveport Man Pleads Guilty to Financial Aid Fraud Scheme at Bossier Parish Community College (Louisiana) |
12/14/2018 |
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Upward Bound |
Texas Christian University Employee Sentenced for Stealing Money from the Upward Bound Program (Texas) |
12/03/2018 |
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Student Aid |
Euclid Woman Sentenced to More than Five Years in Prison for $200,000 College Student Aid Fraud and Identity Theft (Ohio) |
11/20/2018 |
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Student Aid |
Akron Woman Sentenced to Nearly Seven Years in Prison for Defrauding the U.S. Department of Education Out of $1.8 Million by Enrolling Prison Inmates and Others In Arizona Community College (Ohio) |
11/06/2018 |
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Higher Education Fraud |
CUNY Medgar Evers College Lecturer Sentenced To 6 Months For Selling Fake College Certificates (New York) |
11/01/2018 |
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K-12 Fraud |
Gladwyne Businessman and Co-Conspirator of Chaka Fattah, Jr. Is Sentenced for Embezzlement and Tax Charges (Pennsylvania) |
09/27/2018 |
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Student Aid |
Three Phoenix Residents Sentenced for Attempted Financial Aid Fraud of Over $5 Million (Arizona) |
08/31/2018 |
|
Student Aid |
Former Delgado Community College Financial Aid Officer Pled Guilty to Solicitation and Receipt of Bribes (Louisiana) |
08/30/2018 |
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Higher Education Fraud |
Phony Music Booking Agent Sentenced for Defrauding Victims Out of Almost $1 Million (Georgia) |
08/13/2018 |
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K-12 Fraud |
Creative Educational and Psychological Services, Inc., a Tutoring Services Corporation, and Four Individuals Indicted and Arrested for Defrauding the Department of Education (Puerto Rico) |
08/07/2018 |
|
K-12 Fraud |
Judge Sentences CPA to Prison for Helping Cyber Charter School CEO in Fraud Scheme (Pennsylvania) |
07/09/2018 |
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Student Aid Fraud |
Woman Sentenced in North Mississippi for Student Loan Fraud (Mississippi) |
07/09/2018 |
|
Higher Education Fraud |
Former Baruch College Basketball Coach and Athletics Official Sentenced to 20 Months in Prison for Embezzling more Than $700,000 (New York) |
06/21/2018 |
|
Higher Education Fraud |
Pennsylvania Business Owner Gets Five Years in Prison for Defrauding Veterans GI Bill (New Jersey) |
06/04/2018 |
|
Higher Education Fraud |
CUNY Medgar Evers College Lecturer Pled Guilty to Wire Fraud For Selling Fake College Certificates (New York) |
05/31/2018 |
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Student Aid Fraud |
Last of Three Defendants Sentenced in Million Dollar Student Loan Fraud Scheme (Michigan) |
05/21/2018 |
|
Identity Theft/Abuse of Protected Systems |
Private Investigator Receives 18-Month Prison Sentence for Illegally Using The President's Social Security Number in an Attempt to Obtain Federal Tax Information (Louisiana) |
04/25/2018 |
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Student Aid Fraud |
Grand Rapids Man Sentenced In Student Loan And Tax Fraud Scam (Michigan) |
04/17/2018 |
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Student Aid Fraud |
Five Individuals Charged In Phony Debt Elimination Scheme (New Jersey) |
03/20/2018 |
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Student Aid Fraud |
Former Employees of Chicago Post-Secondary School Indicted for Allegedly Swindling Federal Financial Aid Program out of Millions (Illinois) |
03/02/2018 |
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Fraud Scheme |
Phony Entertainment Booking Agent Charged in Fraud Scheme (Georgia) |
02/16/2018 |
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K-12 Fraud |
Former New Rochelle Schools Director Sentenced For Bribery Scheme (New York) |
02/14/2018 |
|
Higher Education Fraud |
Pennsylvania Business Owner Admits Defrauding Veterans’ GI Bill (New Jersey) |
02/01/2018 |
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Student Aid Fraud |
Former School Owner and CEO Sentenced to 30 Months in Federal Prison for Federal Financial Aid Fraud Scheme (Louisiana) |
01/23/2018 |
|
Higher Education Funding Fraud |
Former Baruch College Basketball Coach and Athletics Official Pleads Guilty to Embezzling Over $700,000 (New York) |
01/17/2018 |
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Student Aid Fraud |
Manhattan U.S. Attorney Announces Fraud and Bribery Charges Against Former Director of Financial Aid of Graduate School (New York) |
01/11/2018 |
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Student Aid Fraud |
Danville Man Sentenced to 61 Months in Prison for Student Loan Fraud (Virginia) |
01/10/2018 |
For press releases issued prior to 2018, please contact the OIG Public Affairs Office
Interviews and Press Statements
OIG staff occasionally appears on radio and television programs discussing our work and findings. Staff also participate in press conferences, and we have issued statements for the press on our work. Below are links to interviews and press statement issued 2011. This list does not include Congressional testimony – click here to be directed to the Congressional Testimony page. If you have any questions or if you would like additional information, please contact the OIG Public Affairs Office.
Subject |
Title |
Date |
READ |
Public Corruption |
Assistant Inspector General for Investigations Aaron R. Jordan at Press Conference
Announcing Arrests in Puerto Rico (OIG Investigation) |
6/21/2017 |
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Cybersecurity |
Inspector General Kathleen S. Tighe on Government Matters TV (FISMA) |
5/30/2017 |
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Cybersecurity |
Inspector General Kathleen S. Tighe on
Federal News Radio (FISMA) |
2/05/2014 |
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Student Aid Fraud |
Inspector General Kathleen S. Tighe on
CSPAN Washington Journal (Distance Education Fraud/Student Aid “Fraud Rings”) |
8/29/2013 |
|
Recovery Act |
Inspector General Kathleen S. Tighe on
Federal News Radio (Recovery Act and Superstorm Sandy Spending) |
11/27/2013 |
|
Recovery Act |
Deputy Assistant Inspector General for Audit
Bryon Gordon on Federal News Radio (Transparency in Recovery Act Efforts) |
7/29/2013 |
|
K-12 |
OIG Report on Its Investigation of Alleged Test Cheating at D.C. Public Schools | 1/17/2013 |
|
Recovery Act |
Inspector General Kathleen S. Tighe on
Federal News Radio (Recovery Act Board) |
4/20/2012 |
|
Student Aid Fraud |
Inspector General Kathleen S. Tighe on
National Public Radio (Distance Education Fraud/Student Aid “Fraud Rings”) |
10/05/2011 |
|
Student Aid Fraud |
OIG Statement on Execution of Search Warrant
In Stockton, California (OIG Investigation) |
6/7/2011 |
OIG Podcasts
Click on the links below to listen to episodes of Eye on ED, the official podcast of the Office of Inspector General (OIG). Eye on ED features interviews, discussions, and summaries of OIG work, including its audits, criminal investigations, and other special reports. Eye on ED is written, recorded, and produced by OIG staff. If you would like more information on Eye on ED, or to suggest a topic for the OIG to cover in an episode of Eye on ED, please contact the OIG Public Affairs Office at (202) 245-7023, or email OIG Public Affairs Office.
Eye on ED Episode |
Subject |
Link to Podcast |
Transcript |
Date of Episode |
Link to Report |
1 |
The OIG’s audit of the Department’s processing of Family Education Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) complaints, featuring OIG Senior Auditor Ruth Dunlop |
Listen to interview |
PDF |
01/17/2019 |
FERPA Audit |
Brochures and Flyers (Download Free)
- ED OIG General Information Flyer
- Inspector General Authorities and Responsibilities Flyer
- Investigations Services Brochure
- Fraud Indicators Brochure
- Stop Student Aid Fraud Flyer/Poster
- Report Fraud K-12 Flyer/Poster
- Stop Fraud and Public Corruption - All School Levels Flyer/Poster
- Disaster Recovery Fraud Poster (English)
- Disaster Recovery Fraud Poster (Espanol)
