Maricopa Community Colleges have begun using a new tool to crack down on financial aid and admissions fraud.

Jamie Petrone-Codrington pleaded guilty to wire fraud and filing false tax returns after a nine-year scheme that cost the school $40 million.

The new study will examine how virtual goods like credit card numbers and forged documents are bought and and sold in illicit online marketplaces.

Threat intelligence researchers at Cisco Talos said they've observed a fourfold increase in searches for homework-for-hire services since fall 2019.