Violation Tracker Individual Record
Company:
Career Education Corporation
Current Parent Company:
Perdoceo Education Corporation
Penalty:
$30,000,000
Year:
2019
Date:
August 27, 2019
Offense Group:
consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense:
consumer protection violation
Violation Description:
An Illinois-based operator of several post-secondary schools agreed to pay $30 million to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it used sales leads from lead generators that falsely told consumers they were affiliated with the U.S. militar, and that used other unlawful tactics to generate leads.
Level of Government:
federal
Action Type:
agency action
Agency:
Federal Trade Commission
Civil or Criminal Case:
civil
HQ Country of Parent:
USA
HQ State of Parent:
Illinois
Ownership Structure of Parent:
publicly traded
Major Industry of Parent:
miscellaneous services
Specific Industry of Parent:
educational services
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Parent company note:
Parent-subsidiary relationship is current as of the most recent revision listed in the Update Log.
