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How Kenyans turned US student aid into a multimillion-dollar fraud racket

 Assistant Attorney General Colin McDonald holds a press conference to announce a large scale fraud crackdown on July 14, 2026 in Bensenville, Illinois. [AFP]

A Kenyan man has been indicted in the United States on charges of stealing government funds and aggravated identity theft in a scheme that allegedly defrauded the US student financial aid programme.

On October 19, 2026, a grand jury in Nebraska indicted Francis Mugambi on five counts of theft of government money and aggravated identity theft.

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