A LEBANON VIRGINIA COUPLE HAS ADMITTED IN U.S. DISTRICT COURT IN ABINGDON TO BILKING SEVERAL BANKS OUT OF MORE THAN 173-THOUSAND DOLLARS BY RECEIVING FRAUDULENT EDUCATION LOANS. 32 YEAR OLD BRIAN SALYER AND HIS WIFE, 29 YEAR OLD MIRANDA SALYER, PLED GUILTY TO CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT FRAUD. BRIAN SALYER ALSO PLED GUILTY TO ONE COUNT OF AGGRAVATED IDENTITY THEFT. PROSECUTORS SAID THE FRAUD OCCURRED BETWEEN 2004 AND 2007 AND INVOLVED 15 STUDENT LOAN APPLICATIONS.