Woman fights fraudulent student loans tied to local college

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) – A Liberty, Texas woman is fighting to clear her name after discovering fraudulent student loans tied to a Baton Rouge college appeared on her credit report without her knowledge.

Shelby Lacefield, who lives three and a half hours away from Baton Rouge, said she discovered the unauthorized loans in October 2024 through a Capital One alert. The loans totaled nearly $5,000.

“I believe I am very competent in the tech space. I use strong passwords, you know, it’s kind of like hang on, wait what?” Lacefield said…

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