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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]HOW TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM:

I'm wrote that in all caps to get your attention. If you want to solve the problem of residency fraud once and for all, and are willing to do some work, YOU CAN DO IT, and even make some money. HERE IS HOW:

D.C. Law 19-317, 60 DCR 2064, is the DC False Claims Act. It makes it illegal to knowingly present any false claim for payment to the district. It also prohibits knowingly making a false record that is material to such a claim, and being the beneficiary of such a claim. Violators can be held responsible for three times the loss sustained to the district, plus $5-11K per violation. A private person can bring a false claims act case on their own. And here's the kicker: If the Attorney General takes your suit over, you can get up to 25% of what he recovers. If you prosecute it yourself, you can recover up to 30%.

So: Out-of-town people who fill out false residency forms, out of town people whose kids go to DC Schools, school administrators who let them, and who submit their annual funding requests all are guilty of breaking the false claims law. If some enterprising DCUMer does their own investigation and sues those people and wins, you can bet that administrators will get on the ball. It shouldn't be hard to find the Maryland residents who have some money, and there must be some administrators who have some money. Daily Caller went out of its way to mention what kind of cars and houses people have.

So you can solve residency fraud and keep a percentage of what you recover! Not only that, these cases allow for attorney's fees, so you should be able to find some enterprising attorney to take it on contingency.  If you're going to stalk these people anyway, why not take it into your own hands and make a profit rather than relying on lax enforcement?

Good luck, and you're welcome.

(Disclaimer: I'm not your attorney. Check all this with an attorney, obviously.) [/quote]

Nope. A "false claim" is for money or property. Not enrolling in school. [/quote]

add "constructive" or "quasi" and then presto! Magic! Somehow it works and the "tuition" becomes the money. I still vote for a writ of mandamus. [/quote]

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