> “Each of the foreign citizens who ‘enrolled’ and made ‘tuition’ payments to the University knew that they would not attend any actual classes, earn credits, o

> “Each of the foreign citizens who ‘enrolled’ and made ‘tuition’ payments to the University knew that they would not attend any actual classes, earn credits, or make academic progress toward an actual degree,” one indictment reads. “Rather, their intent was to fraudulently maintain their student visa status and to obtain work authorization.” Did I miss something? How exactly did they know that? Given purely what is in this article, it doesn’t sound at all inconceivable to me that someone might actually register and pay (or even show up at?) the school expecting to take a class. That’s kind of the point of a good front... it looks legitimate.