Saturday, August 23, 2008

Vernon, ALABAMA

Fraudulent student loans in another teacher's name.

August 23, 2008 - Ginger Collins, 57, a sixth grade teacher at a Vernon intermediate school, was placed on paid leave after her arrest on Monday for six counts of possession of a forged instrument. The charges are in connection with forgery and identity theft involving more than $100,000 in fraudulent student loans.

Collins allegedly used the identity of a fellow teacher to take out the loans.
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The school may be Lamar County High-Intermediate School.
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