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Feds hit coding boot camp with big fine for allegedly conning students (www.theregister.com)

submitted 7 months ago by 0nekoneko7@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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The US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has slapped coding boot camp BloomTech with several punishments for alleged deceptive business practices.

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[–] jeffw@lemmy.world 50 points 7 months ago (1 children)

The US government under Obama and Biden has taken a lot less crap from these for profit schools. Although this is separate from Dept of Ed stuff

[–] FartsWithAnAccent@fedia.io 14 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Meanwhile, the government under Trump had one of these assholes literally in charge of the department of education because corruption is totally OK if you have an R by your name.

[–] jeffw@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

I thought she mainly worked in religious schools? Probably still non-profits