2026年10月19日，内布拉斯加州大陪审团正式起诉肯尼亚公民Francis Mogambi 1。Mogambi被指控参与一项涉及约1.3亿美元的跨国联邦助学金欺诈阴谋 1。作为代号为“Ghostbusters行动”的调查成果之一，Mogambi被控在2025年11月至2026年5月期间，与肯尼亚同伙合作，利用窃取的美国公民身份信息注册虚假学生账户，进而转移联邦助学金 1。针对此单一被告的指控包括五项盗窃政府资金罪和五项严重身份盗窃罪，若罪名成立，Mogambi将面临至少10年的强制监禁 1。
此次起诉揭示了正在深入打击的一个庞大欺诈网络，该网络不仅造成巨额财政损失，还导致不知情的受害者背负意外债务 1。调查显示，Mogambi个人涉案的预期损失为20,000美元 1。整个“Ghostbusters行动”目前已导致5项起诉，另有40起相关调查正在进行中 1。2026年9月和10月间，调查人员发现了830,840个潜在欺诈性联邦学生援助ID号，关联金额接近1.3亿美元（约合9700万英镑） 1。
美国司法部助理司法部长Colin M. McDonald指出，部分社区大学申请者中存在高比例欺诈行为，例如2024年加利福尼亚州近三分之一的社区大学申请者被认定为欺诈 1。为切断资金链，美国官员已与肯尼亚执法部门展开合作，并成功从一个肯尼亚公民持有的加密货币账户中扣押了超过75万美元资产 1。这一系列行动旨在揭露并瓦解连接肯尼亚与美国之间的复杂非法资金转移网络 1。
A Nebraska grand jury has indicted Francis Mogambi, a Kenyan citizen, on charges related to a massive federal student aid fraud scheme that allegedly involved the use of stolen identities to create fictitious students. 1 The indictment, returned on October 19, 2026, accuses Mogambi of five counts of theft of government funds and five counts of aggravated identity theft. 1 If convicted, he faces a mandatory minimum sentence of ten years in prison. 1
The case is part of an ongoing investigation dubbed "Operation Ghostbusters," which has resulted in five indictments so far, with forty additional inquiries currently active. 1 According to prosecutors, Mogambi conspired with associates in Kenya between November 2025 and May 2026 to register fake students using the identities of real US citizens and divert their financial aid grants. 1 While Mogambi’s specific expected loss in this individual conspiracy was estimated at $20,000, the broader scope of the fraud is significantly larger. 1 In September and October 2026, investigators identified approximately 830,840 potentially fraudulent federal student aid ID numbers linked to nearly $130 million (£97 million) in illicit claims. 1
US authorities have emphasized that such crimes cause severe financial harm not only to the government but also to victims who are saddled with unexpected debt due to identity theft. 1 To disrupt the flow of illicit proceeds, US officials collaborated with Kenyan law enforcement agencies to seize more than $750,000 from a cryptocurrency account belonging to another Kenyan national. 1 Assistant Attorney General Colin M. McDonald highlighted the prevalence of fraud in certain sectors, noting that in California alone, nearly one-third of community college applicants were deemed fraudulent in 2024. 1
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