A former Texas Southern University adjunct professor will serve 78 months in federal prison for a student financial aid fraud scheme that obtained more than $921,000 and left victims with debt in their names, federal prosecutors announced Friday.
Emmanuel Olugbaike Finnih, 43, of Richmond, is a naturalized U.S. citizen originally from Nigeria. U.S. District Judge Andrew Hanen imposed the prison sentence and three years of supervised release, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Texas said in a news release.
Finnih pleaded guilty March 20 to theft of government funds, fraud, unlawful use or transfer of identity documents, and aggravated identity theft.
Finnih submitted more than 100 fraudulent financial aid applications over approximately five years using other people’s identities at colleges and universities across Texas, prosecutors said.
He sought more than $1.3 million in federal grants and loans, and the scheme resulted in $921,189.08 in disbursements.
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