Friday, March 13, 2009

Former online college dean in Orange Beach gets 2 years in student loan fraud case - Breaking News from the Press-Register - al.com

Former online college dean in Orange Beach gets 2 years in student loan fraud case - Breaking News from the Press-Register - al.com: "MOBILE, Ala. -- A former college administrator from Foley got 2 years in prison today for using a dead man's Social Security number to obtain student loans."

The 2-year prison term handed down to Christopher Adalikwu was the minimum set by law for aggravated identity theft.

Adalikwu, 48, admitted in a written plea agreement that he applied for federal financial aid Aug. 19 using the Social Security number of Harvey Akers, who died in 1976. The aid was to pay for a program at Grenoble Graduate School of Business in France.