You could look
into Borrower Defense To Repayment if you believe you were the victim of fraud.
Not exact matches
Unless you request otherwise, the government will put your loans
into forbearance or stop collections when you apply for a
borrower defense discharge.
As for dealing with forgiveness for fraud, you want to look
into a process called
Borrower Defense To Repayment: http://thecollegeinvestor.com/18752/understanding-
borrower-
defense-repayment/
By completing and submitting a
borrower defense application, you may have all of your federal student loans in repayment placed
into forbearance status and have debt collections on any federal student loans in default stopped («stopped collections status») while ED reviews your application.
Borrowers who submit complete
borrower defense claims can choose to have their Direct loans and Department held FFEL loans placed
into forbearance or stopped collections.
Bottom line: The 2016 rules on
borrower defense have not gone
into effect and may be replaced by new rules that the Department is developing in 2018.
That's where the
Borrower Defense to Repayment Rules comes
into play.
If you believe that ITT lied to you or misled you
into getting student loans because of false or fake statistics on job placement and salary, you could potentially qualify for a
Borrower Defense to Repayment discharge.
Borrower defense was set to go
into effect on July 1, which provides a path for defrauded students to have their loans discharged and get a fresh start, while making schools financially culpable for the costs of loan forgiveness.
Forbearance and Stopped Collections:
Borrowers who submit complete
borrower defense claims can choose to have their Direct loans and Department held FFEL loans placed
into forbearance or stopped collections.