Scams promising student loan debt relief thrive as federal government rolls back enforcement
by Jeffrey R. Young, The Hechinger Report April 30, 2026 A teacher in Wisconsin recently got a call with an intriguing offer: a promise to have 80 percent of her federal student loans forgiven — for a fee. The teacher, Lauren, owes about $60,000 in debt more than a decade after graduation, so she was…

