<p>Yes, you can. You can cheat, steal, assault, even kill, too, and might not get caught. The fact of the matter is that the student loan situation is not one that is going to get the FBI or other such agencies on your trail, so if you never come back to seek work or credit in the US, probably would be the end of the matter. But life has it’s twists and turns, and you never know what opportunity might land in your lap, and then the fact that you did not file tax returns and pay taxes (if owed), defaulted on your student loans, could be a big problem. There a number of instances where people start whole new lives with some secret in their pasts, and then it catches up to them. You really want to live this way? </p>