AwardYear: 1995-1996 ChapterNumber: 5 ChapterTitle: Overpayments, Referrals, and Suspected Fraud Section: Referral of Fraud Cases PageNumber: If you suspect that an applicant, employee, or other individual has misreported information and/or altered documentation for the purpose of increasing his or her student aid eligibility or fraudulently obtaining federal funds, you should report your suspicions (and provide any evidence) to the Office of Inspector General (OIG) or to local law enforcement officials. Telephone numbers for the eight regional offices of the Inspector General are listed below: Boston, MA (617)223-9301 New York, NY (212)264-4104 Philadelphia, PA (215)596-1021 Atlanta, GA (404)331-2087 Chicago, IL (312)353-7891 Dallas, TX (903)769-3361 Denver, CO (303)844-4517 San Francisco, CA (415)556-6726 OIG HOTLINE 1-800-MISUSED **[Page 64, "Overpayment Referral Format," is currently unavailable for viewing. Please reference your paper document for additional information.]** *15* For FSEOG and Federal Perkins Loan purposes, if the students total resources exceed his or her need by no more than $200 in excess of the amount for which he or she was eligible, it in not considered an overpayment as long as the overaward occurred as a result of additional resources becoming available (for instance, you cannot overaward a student by $200 up front). |