I went to college but then instead of transferring I applied to other colleges as a freshman and said that I had never completed any college coursework to try to get the maximum amount of scholarships. I did apply for financial aid at my previous institution and I now know that the colleges I applied to are going to find out that I attended college through the National Student Clearinghouse. Is this fraud? Am I going to get in trouble? Is my financial aid going to get revoked?
Yes, yes and yes.
You will be denied admission. Colleges can refer to a central database to prevent people from cheating their way in.
Am I going to get in legal trouble?
You can be arrested and charged with fraud, if you got federal grants or loans it would be a federal offense.
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Is this is actually going on, the wise choice right now would be for you to inform each college to which you have applied as a freshman that you are withdrawing your application for admission. You could then consider applying elsewhere as a transfer.
Withdraw your applications and start over with a new list.