Student Loan Fraud: Growing Numbers Cite For-Profit Schools at Fault

author by on Dec. 27, 2017

Consumer Rights Consumer Protection Bankruptcy & Debt  Credit & Debt Other  Education 

Summary: Fraud due to empty promises is one reason forgiveness is sought for many student loans, with a recent news article stating that the majority of these cases filed are by borrowers who attended for-profit learning institutions.

"Today, even with the student loan debt creeping up past $1.3 trillion, most students still expect to lean on either federal or private loans to get through a varying number of years which sometimes include graduate studies too."

Read the entire article on the official Fitzgerald & Campbell, APLC blog.

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