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Company: Ashford University
Penalty: $7,250,000
Year: 2014
Date: May 16, 2014
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: consumer protection violation
Violation Description: Bridgepoint Education Inc. (parent company of Ashford University in Clinton, Iowa) agreed to pay $7.25 million refunds in settlement of alleged violations of Iowa's Consumer Fraud Act by making false or misleading statements to convince students to enroll, misrepresenting or failing to disclose facts about courses and charging high non-refundable upfront fees.
Level of Government: state
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Iowa Attorney General
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Facility State: Iowa
Facility City: Clinton
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