John Brackin reports:
The mother of a student attending Fortis Institute in Birmingham, Ala., claims in court that the for-profit school used her personal information to fraudulently charge her for a student loan.
Julie Rogers, a resident of Jefferson County, Ala., sued Fortis on Tuesday, along with its parent organization Education Affiliates LLC, in Northern Alabama Federal Court.
According to the complaint, the school acquired her information while her son was going through the enrollment process.
She provided the information for the purpose of being listed as an emergency contact, but when she attempted to obtain a student loan for herself four months later, she was told she was ineligible “because she already had an outstanding student loan with Fortis Institute,” the complaint states.
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h/t, Joe Cadillic