Who runs this site, and why?
An independent, strictly noncommercial public-interest project, built by the victim of the fraud it documents.
An anonymous identity-theft victim runs this site. In November 2024, someone used my Social Security number to enroll at Normandale Community College — a college I have never attended — and to take out a federal student loan in my name; unwinding it took the equivalent of weeks of full-time work. The site is independent, strictly noncommercial, and not affiliated with Normandale or Minnesota State. It exists so the next victim does not have to start from nothing.
Why does this site exist?
So other victims can find a working playbook, so the record is public and citable, and so one specific legal gap gets closed.
- A working playbook. When I searched for what to do, I found institutional forms and dead ends. What To Do is the ordered, tested playbook I wish I'd had.
- A public, citable record. Journalists and legislators working on ghost student fraud should have a documented, sourced case to point to.
- One specific fix. A citizen cannot freeze federal student aid against their own SSN the way they can freeze their credit. That fix would have stopped this fraud at the door. See Where the Law Fails.
The personal statement behind the project is at Why This Site Exists. The people who actually helped are credited at Thank You.
What is this site not?
It is not commercial, not a demand for money, and not affiliated with the institutions it documents.
Nothing on this site is for sale — not products, not services, and not these domain names. No ads, no affiliate links, no donation or tip links, no third-party tracking. The project is not part of any demand for money from Normandale Community College or Minnesota State, and never will be; the only asks are a root-cause analysis and release of records to me as the data subject. The site is not affiliated with, operated by, or endorsed by either institution — their official site is normandale.edu — and I use their name only to identify the institution this documentation concerns, as any critic or journalist would.
What are this site's standards?
Every negative statement here is a documented fact traceable to a source, a verbatim quote with its date, or an opinion clearly labeled as mine.
I am publishing this anonymously. The corrections page explains the review standard, right of reply, and current submission status. This site documents my personal experience and opinions, supported by the linked public records. It is not legal advice.