Longview Man Indicted for Financial Aid Fraud Scheme; Sister Pleads Guilty

TYLER – A 30-year-old Longview man has been indicted in Tyler federal court in a student financial aid fraud scheme, and his sister has pleaded guilty. Robert Brisco is charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud and mail fraud, multiple counts of mail fraud, and multiple counts of student financial aid fraud. From June 2013 to September 2015, Brisco and others are accused of conspiring to use wire communications and the mail to fraudulently obtain student financial aid funds through the Pell Grant Program and William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan Program. If convicted, Brisco faces up to 20 years in federal prison.

Brisco’s mother, Gracie Brisco, 54, of Longview, was indicted in March on multiple counts of student financial aid fraud. Brisco’s sister, Shanitra Frost, 34, of Longview, pleaded guilty Wednesday to student financial aid fraud. Frost faces up to 5 years in federal prison at sentencing. A sentencing date has not been set.