An online career-training company has been ordered to pay $43.5 million in debt cancellation and cash to resolved charges that the company lured servicemembers and their families with deceptive advertisements, the Federal Trade Commission announced Monday.
According to the FTC, since at least 2019, Career Step lured servicemembers with deceptive advertising on social media and on its website, where it made false claims about job placement and outcomes, externships, hiring partnerships, and the duration of its programs, with the help of deceptive incentivized reviews it uses to promote its services.
The company will pay $27.8 million to cancel debts ...
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