All crooks are in aviation? I'm sure all the law enforcement agencies involved in things other than aviation will be pleased to learn that they can pack up and go home!
Seriously - read G SXTY's post carefully. There's something odd going on in Florida, and it seems that a lot of FTO's may be caught in the fallout. As polzin says, don't pay in advance. If you can, pay by credit card to obtain the protection of the card issuer (but check that your protection is valid on overseas transactions - 'Which' and the OFT says it is; some card issuers disagree).
If anyone can give us some authoritative info on what's happening and which schools are affected, we'd all be grateful!
Scroggs