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Company: DeVry Education Group, Inc.
Current Parent Company: Cogswell Education
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Penalty: $2,750,000
Year: 2017
Date: January 31, 2017
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: consumer protection violation
Violation Description: DeVry Education Group, Inc. agreed to pay $2.75 million to settle an investigation that revealed that DeVry lured students with ads that exaggerated graduates' success in finding employment at graduation and contained inadequately substantiated claims about graduates' salaries.
Level of Government: state
Action Type: agency action
Agency: New York Attorney General
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Facility State: New York
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: California
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: privately held
Major Industry of Current Parent: miscellaneous services
Specific Industry of Current Parent: educational services
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