U.S. Indicts 21 in Student Aid 'Fraud Rings'

Federal law enforcement officials and the Education Department's inspector general announced Tuesday that they had indicted 21 people for allegedly defrauding at least 15 colleges in California of at least $770,000 through what department officials have characterized as "fraud rings."  Summaries of the seven alleged schemes, which were aimed at community colleges and for-profit institutions, can be found in the department's news release.