US indicts five in $200m student aid fraud scheme

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How did the left and right cover US indicts five in $200m student aid fraud scheme?

Of the 38 outlets on this story carrying a published leaning rating, 16% are rated left, 26% are rated centre, 58% are rated right. Those percentages are shares of the rated outlets, not of every outlet that ran it, which was 56. The sections above set out what each side emphasised, in its own terms.

Is US indicts five in $200m student aid fraud scheme left or right?

Neither side dominates it. Of the 38 rated outlets on this story, 16% are rated left, 26% are rated centre, 58% are rated right, and no side holds the 70% this site would want before calling a field one-sided. A story is not left or right in any case; the outlets that carried it are what carry ratings.

Is the coverage of US indicts five in $200m student aid fraud scheme biased?

US indicts five in $200m student aid fraud scheme is one event reported by 56 outlets, and this page does not rate the story as biased or unbiased. What it publishes is the spread: which outlets ran it, where named rating organisations place each of them on the spectrum, and what each side chose to lead with. A leaning rating describes an outlet's record over time, not this article, and the two should not be run together.

Which side is not reporting US indicts five in $200m student aid fraud scheme?

When we first saw this story, outlets rated left had barely covered it. Coverage accretes for hours after an event, so that is where to look rather than a verdict — the split above is the current count, and it is the one to read.

Which outlets covered US indicts five in $200m student aid fraud scheme?

56 that we know of, every one of them listed further up this page with a link to its own report and to what we hold on the publisher. Nothing here is a summary of somebody else's summary: the outlets are named so the original reporting can be read.

What is Operation Ghostbusters?

Operation Ghostbusters is a nationwide investigation launched by the US Department of Justice into an alleged scheme that used stolen American identities to obtain federal student aid. The operation has led to indictments against five defendants and the seizure of cryptocurrency.

How much money is involved in the alleged fraud?

Investigators estimate the total suspected value of the wider fraud to be more than $200 million. Identified losses from similar schemes have totaled more than $32 million. In one specific case mentioned, three defendants allegedly conspired to obtain over $1 million in federal student aid.

What was seized in Kenya?

The US Department of Justice announced the seizure of more than $750,000 in cryptocurrency linked to the alleged fraud scheme. This marked the first international seizure of its kind conducted by the department in Kenya.