the goa investigation involved schools modify their billing practices so students can obtain payments for degrees by the federal government that's what the goa investigates the waste theft of federal money school representatives emphasized to our undercover investigator that they are not in the business of providing and do not permit students to enroll for individual courses or training instead the schools market and require payment for degrees on a flat fee basis however representatives of each school told our undercover investigator that they would structure their charges in order to facilitate payment by the federal government each agreed to divide the degree fee by the number of courses a student was required to take thereby creating a series of payments as if a per course fee were charged all of the school representatives stated that students at their respective schools had secured payment for their degrees by the federal government my sentence is relevant and necessary to show exactly what the goa was investigating ghostmonkey