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Report Fraud, Waste and Abuse
Date Published
July 12, 2018
News Type
Article
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cleveland.com

(Source: cleveland.com) CLEVELAND, Ohio -- A mother and her daughter face federal charges as part of scams to get ill-gotten money from the U.S. Department of Education through filing fraudulent student aid paperwork.

Elizabeth Westmoreland, 69, and Basheera Perry, 45, face charges of conspiracy, wire fraud, mail fraud, aggravated identity theft and theft of government property.

Perry, who lives in Euclid, is charged with defrauding the Department of Education out of more than $1.8 million. Westmoreland, a South Euclid resident, caused the department to lose more than $178,000, according to court filings.

Perry is also charged with defrauding the Department of Housing and Urban Development out of tens of thousands of dollars, while Westmoreland is accused of ripping off the Social Security Administration....