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Federal Trade Commission Takes Action Against For-Profit Medical School for Using Deceptive Marketing to Lure Students
The following describes a government action that has been formally brought by a government agency. We are providing a summary of the government’s allegations and final results.
On April 15, 2022 the Federal Trade Commission filed a Complaint in The US District Court in the Northern District of Illinois Eastern Division. Charges filed allege the business is in violation of federal law prohibiting misrepresenting the schools medical license passage rate, misrepresenting matching rate for residency, and using illegal credit contractors. For more details go here.
On November 3, 2022, the Federal Trade Commission is sending payments totaling more than $830,300 to 1,376 people who began their enrollment at Saint James School of Medicine between Fall 2016 and Summer 2021. In the final order with the FTC, Saint James and its operators were ordered to pay money towards refunds and cancel certain debts for students harmed by the deceptive marketing. They were also banned from misrepresenting their test pass rate or residency match rate or making any other unsubstantiated claims. They were also required to notify consumers whose debts were canceled. For more details go here.
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