FTC Announces $30 Million Settlement with Operator of For-Profit Post-Secondary Schools

On August 27, 2019, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced it had reached a $30 million settlement with an Illinois-based operator of for-profit post-secondary schools and related subsidiaries resolving allegations that the company used lead generators who engaged in deceptive conduct to market its schools in violation of Section 5(a) of the Federal Trade Commission Act (FTC Act), 15 U.S.C. § 45(a). According to the FTC, lead generators represented to consumers that the company’s schools...
By: Goodwin

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