A Decatur man was convicted in federal court of student loan fraud.
Will H. Callaway, Jr., 42, was sentenced on Friday to six months in federal prison and another six months on house arrest for applying for lying to get $30,000 in school loans he never intended to use for educational purposes, court officials said.
According to federal documents, Callaway applied for several loans over the internet between 2007 and 2009 using bogus information.
The loans he received were processed by the Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency (PHEAA), located in Harrisburg, Penn., and Callaway subsequently was prosecuted and sentenced in Harrisburg.
He was attempting to obtain more money than he’d already gotten from several online colleges when federal authorities stopped him, court officials said.
In addition to prison time and home confinement, Callaway must serve three years of supervised confinement and repay Wells Fargo Bank $29,299. He will begin serving his sentence on Aug. 15, court officials said.
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