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North Carolina Grandma’s $5 Million Student Loan Scam Ends With 5-Year Prison Stint

Summary by The Free Press (Tampa)
A 60-year-old grandmother from Fayetteville is trading her home for a federal prison cell after orchestrating the largest student aid fraud scheme in North Carolina’s history. Cynthia Denise Melvin was sentenced to five years behind bars by Chief Judge Richard E. Myers II, following a massive investigation into a web of “straw students” used to […] North Carolina Grandma’s $5 Million Student Loan Scam Ends With 5-Year Prison Stint

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North Carolina Grandma’s $5 Million Student Loan Scam Ends With 5-Year Prison Stint

A 60-year-old grandmother from Fayetteville is trading her home for a federal prison cell after orchestrating the largest student aid fraud scheme in North Carolina’s history. Cynthia Denise Melvin was sentenced to five years behind bars by Chief Judge Richard E. Myers II, following a massive investigation into a web of “straw students” used to […] North Carolina Grandma’s $5 Million Student Loan Scam Ends With 5-Year Prison Stint

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The Free Press (Tampa) broke the news in Tampa, United States on Sunday, February 1, 2026.
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