Questions
DIRECTIONS: Decide whether the bolded section is true or false. Write TRUE or FALSE next to each statement, then rewrite each false bolded statement to make it true.
1. Dan S. Sullivan is the name of Alaska’s current Republican senator, and Democratic senate candidate Mary Peltola’s campaign reportedly looked for other people with the same name to put on the ballot.
2. Peltola’s campaign found Dan J. Sullivan, a retired teacher from a tiny fishing village, and he agreed to run because his lifelong dream was to become a U.S. senator.
3. The DSCC is the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, which helps plan the Democratic Party’s strategy in Senate races across the country. According to the New York Times, DSCC advisers from DC to Anchorage took part in regular conversations about getting spoiler candidates on the ballot and even discussed forming a new political party.
4. The New York Times reporter gathered evidence of the campaign’s involvement through interviews, text messages, and documents prepared for a potential lawsuit.
5. Peltola’s former campaign manager Elisa Rios said Ms. Peltola was not aware of the project at all and had no idea it was happening.
6. The goal of Operation Ghostbusters is to end an elaborate student aid fraud scheme that has funneled stolen federal student aid dollars into domestic bank accounts of American citizens. Authorities say the fraudsters have stolen potentially hundreds of millions of dollars from taxpayers.
7. Fraudsters create “ghost students” by stealing the identities of American high school graduates who do not go to college, applying to colleges and for student aid in their names, and then receiving and keeping the federal aid.
8. According to Assistant Attorney General Colin McDonald, 1% of all community college applications submitted in California in 2024 were flagged as fraudulent.
9. The investigation involves 26 FBI field offices and more than 20 U.S. attorney’s offices, with at least 40 open cases related to the scam.
10. The first round of fraud charges — described as “just the beginning” — has so far led to charges against five people and the seizure of more than $750,000 in cryptocurrency tied to networks in Kenya. The defendants have been indicted in multiple states, including Nebraska and New Jersey.
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