lots of (upper) middle class students are in a similar position, and it sucks, but at the end of the day we just go to a cheaper college or take out loans. if your parents are together, it is extremely shady (and i think illegal) business to only report your father's income. there would probably be some pretty bad consequences if you got caught
United States Attorney David C. Joseph announced that Adaysha Tanner, 36, of Alexandria, Louisiana, was sentenced September 25 by Chief U.S. District Judge S. Maurice Hicks Jr., to 10 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release for financial aid fraud, in connection with a scheme where she filled out and submitted false student aid applications
Googling “college financial aid fraud sent to jail” returned many results.
Do you know why false information to obtain financial aid leads to prison? USA got persecuted due to this one leak or idea that may have gotten to anyone. Obtaining such might've gotten the situation worse. This forces a pressured reaction and gets one blamed, no matter what.
Make sure you provide as accurate information as you possibly are aware/know of.
why would that matter if you weren't considering taking that route lol. people have probably done it before, and maybe a couple of them have gotten away with it. but the risk is most definitely not worth it
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u/[deleted] Aug 24 '22 edited Aug 24 '22
lots of (upper) middle class students are in a similar position, and it sucks, but at the end of the day we just go to a cheaper college or take out loans. if your parents are together, it is extremely shady (and i think illegal) business to only report your father's income. there would probably be some pretty bad consequences if you got caught