Make sure she claims ignorance for most of it.

Make her plead insanity! Or stupidity >.> OR Stupidly Insane.

And I dont think you can get arrested for something you didnt know was actually a lie.

Some kind of negligence ? For signing that the information was true without checking ? I don't even know how I'd check, it's her money so it's all in her name .-.

Pretty much. And Now, I really have no clue what your going to do But I cant see you getting in trouble, but I do see your mum doing some time in jail.

I would consult a lawyer just to cover your bases and just cooperate as best as you can, usually they let you off with a warning on this kind of thing

DUR DUR DUR!

This woman is a pain in my ass .-.

Sounds like it.

Insurance, mostly I find you just get your coverage revoked and they garnish your salary to get the money back. But I'm not an expert there.

However, I am an expert on financial aid- it's my full time job. And I will tell you that roughly 80% of the people who fill out the FAFSA are either directly or indirectly lying when they fill it out. There's a random selection the DOE does to make you correct it and supply documents if you did something wrong... BUT, they leave the enforcement pretty much up to the schools, who hold the licenses. As for legal action? Pfffsshhhh. No. Not even a little. Not a single one of these people gets investigated by anyone with more authority than to give you a monetary slap on the wrist, and that's only if you weren't entitled to the money.

So in reality, your mom's looking at maybe some monetary ball and chain for a while, and you're probably maybe a little less eligible than you were. It all boils down to money, nobody's going to jail, here.

Oh, and feel free to ask me questions the next time you need help with all things financial aid. *doffs tophat*

Hm. My initial post was kind of wordy, so let me sum it up like this:

Ain't nobody gettin' taken away by da po-po. Guilt trip the shit out of your mom if the DOE calls you about any Pell overpayments.