Federal and state prosecutors are planning to announce a settlement with the Education Management Corporation to resolve allegations that it defrauded the government, The Huffington Post reported.
The settlement would end a long-running lawsuit that accused the for-profit college chain of illegally paying bonuses to admissions recruiters based on the number of students they enrolled.
Those allegations were brought to light in a whistle-blower lawsuit by a former employee in 2007. The Justice Department, as well as another former employee, joined the suit in 2011.
Read more at Inside Higher Ed: https://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2015/11/16/us-settle-fraud-case-profit-college-chain
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