For-Profit Education Fraud

I attended and completed all requirements for my masters degree in Business Administration through Everest University. I currently have over $100k in student loan debt and I am not sure how those numbers add up. When I "graduated" I got calls from the university about job placement asking me what "field" I would want to work in and basically was told there were no jobs in my area to offer me other then sales jobs. For what I paid for the useless piece of paper I now have I find it appauling. They were able to close their doors and stick their students with the bill. How do we go about getting forgiveness for entrusting what was thought to be a legitiment school. I work for a company and my job has nothing to do with Business Administration. Beyond frustrated.

I am recently divorced over 55 and for the first time in over 30 yrs and have to support myself. I went to Everest for MICB and was told that I would be able to earn 35,000.00 to 40.000.00 starting as a Medical Biller/ Coder. They had me extern at a Chiro office that was not even using computers for anything office related. I was not hired, the "job referrals they told me to apply to were nothing more than "Craigslist postings". I still do not work in the medical field. have more debt than I was told I would have and have been turned into collections. Please help.

I went to everst college in 2009 graduated in 2010 in hopes to get a good paying job I still have a student loan and can't pay it back I'm working as a full time cashier at a grocery store. We all need help to get our money back from this lying school and we should not have to pay one cent they should be the ones who pays. I get phone calls after phone calls about my loan I just tell them sorry but I refuses to pay for somthing Tustin not even working in my felid. It's time for us all to bring this lying school down they told me they would help me find work after I graduated and well you know what Careerbuilder Is not Helping me place a job It's having me do it on my own So this said We all need to get our money back

Hello I attend Everest in 2015 and was student until they shut the doors. I am trying to find legal help,because they have sent me to a debt collectors. I believe I don't need to pay these people back. I suffer from ptsd and because of them have suffered emotional stress. If something can please send me in the right direction.

Graduated in 2009 from Everest in hopes of becoming a "certified" MIBC...I also was told I'd have work and be able to make 40k plus a year minimum once certified. Not only did I not get certified upon completing the course as promised but after my internship there was no job. Every job I applied for required 4 years experience and a state certification. Needless to say I am not able to work in that field. I am currently still struggling to obtain stable work. I want to be part of the class action lawsuit as I am now 15k in debt because interest is accruing bc I have to defer due to the fact I don't make enough to pay it nor do I feel I should have to pay for my fraudulent education. My prayer is that this can be resolved once and for all. I've heard about the lawsuit against Everest for years but my debt still exists. How can I take care of this once and for all? Please help!

I was promised online education and a job on a silver platter. I was 19, & a new mom. I told my advisor I needed an online school for my AA which I needed to transfer to a university. His name was Jason, he lead me to believe that all I had to do was sign some documents send them back and I would get a laptop (mine when i finish the program, sent it back to avoid being charged) and all my books in the mail. I could finish in less than 2 years in Criminal Justice. He said that id be given job placement. Multiple times I changed the topic back to my original concern, CAN I TRANSFER THESE CREDITS? He assured me I could. Then after a year in school they told me that they were losing accredidation and they were telling me because they were required to do so, but they then made me feel threatened if I didn't finish the program. I decided to take some time off from school to see about transferring right then. However, the junior college I submitted my transcripts to refused my credits and told me I'd have to start from scratch. I have $18,000 in loans for credits that I can't even locate transcripts for. The AZ state Board of post secondary education stated that the USB drive that Everest sent them was unreadable. The Government said I make too much money to qualify for help. I work my ass off to be where I am and make the money I do. The guy actually admitted that I would HAVE TO QUIT MY JOB AND LIVE OFF OF THE STATE OF CA TO QUALIFY for forgiveness! That's not helping our country in any way! I refuse to pay for loans I shouldn't have because I'm a damn good citizen who works to feed her kids and is still attending school because I had to start all the way at the beginning again! I will sue anyone who stands in my way! A letter to Obama is being sent. I'm so frustrated with this whole situation. I make $51k a year in a field I never intending on going into. I had no other choice and STILL qualify to attend college for free ONLINE as of today with a BOGG waiver. How I can't get these loans forgiven blows my mind! I'm taking this one all the way to the top! I hope you're all ready for this fight cause it's going to happen! Count me in on any class action suit.

I went to Everest Collage Phoenix and this is the biggest waste of my time; the only thing I got out of this school is a student loan. I would like to be part of this action lawsuit against Everest College.

I went to asa college in brooklyn ny they stated they were accredited therejob pplacement would definitely get me a job none was true I went to asa from 2002 until 2007 the were not accredited until 2010 by middle states higher education commission I have proof they job I found not through asa was a food server in a hospital my medical assisting or billing were no good asa still claims they were accredited in 2005 my proof states they were just being considered for accreditation I really need help I became totally and permanently disabled 2009 federal loans are being discharged I need help with private ncs says I owe them for a private loan I have never signed a loan contract or agreement with national colligiate student loans

Hello i also attented Everest College in 2006 and finished the program ub 2007. I was told that u would make 30_40,000 a year and could be on my way to a career at the time u had two young kids and no job. No damily support. All to believe when i graduated no one returned my calls for job placement. I met with counclers after the program was finished and they wabted to know how was i gon pay back the 4000 that i thought was only 2000 i was devastated that i could not get a job i was promised. I had loan after loans didnt know how i was going to pay pay back loans that i was told was covered by finicial aid. Please help me how can i be part of this class action lawsuit. Sallie mae is the worst and im still recieving ecmc mail today. Help please.

Hi my name is Veronica Gutierrez I am a single mom who attended Olymipa College which later became renamed Everest College I attended in 2006 I was told that the Medical Assisting program that I was interested in would help me attain a job ranging from 15-20 dollars per hour. I finished the program and was left with empty promsies and no real job prosects when I went back to meet with the job placement department they were no help and unable to find me any jobs. I was told that I only needed to privately borrow 2000 for my program upon graduation I am getting calls from Sallie Mae that I borrosed 4000 on my own for school and 2000 was borrowed with my co-signer. I also had the school tell me that I would only be responsible for the 2000 to pay back when in reality they also had me borrow subsudized and unsubsidized in the amount of 6500 which is affecting me greatly now. I am in a B.A. program at North Park University and I am finding my self in a position where my financail aid has run out and in part this 6500 could be used to fund my last year of education in addition to the pell money of 3500 which also went to these crooks.
How can I do something

I started online courses with Everest College Phoenix in November of 2009. The recruiter told me I would get a computer from them and if I completed the program it was mine to keep. I was told the work in the accounting field which is what I wanted to earn a degree in was plentiful. I told the recruiter I was moving to NC. He told me upon graduation I should have a job within a couple of months and I would not have to start paying my federal loans back until 6 months after I would graduate. I told the recruiter I couldn't afford a large payment and he told me my payment would only be a couple hundred dollars a month. My federal loans are almost $350 a month. The recruiter told me that my credits were transferable with any college if I wanted to go back to college to further my degree. I have checked with 2 different colleges and they would not accept my credits. I asked them why. They stated that Everest College was not an accredited college. When I was going to begin my last term, I received a phone call from the college telling me my loan funds had run out and I needed $2,000. I told them I did not have $2,000. They told me I couldn't finish my last term or graduate unless I came up with the money and forced me to take an additional private loan out for what I thought was $2,000 when it was actually for $2,500. Oh yes I believe I am a victim of fraud. Before I signed up they told me they were an accredited college and they lost their accreditation before I ever graduated. They also told me I would be assisted upon graduation with job placement services. All they ever did was sent me online job ads. I can do that by myself. I am so frustrated. They should not get away with this. Now with all the negative media about Everest College my degree is absolutely useless.

My name is Tanya Bresach and I attended Everest University Online the Orlando South campus. I have read numerous of articles that you have written about these schools and I feel Everest University did the same thing to me after reading so many comments. I believe they have committed fraud against me and I am so trying to fight to not pay back the loans that they do not deserve to have. They promised me so many things to get me to attend one of their schools. believe they prey on the weak and knowing someone wants to better themselves and yet they turn around and lie to you. The first question I asked them before I attended their school was if they are accredited. They told me "Yes" however they did not tell me that they were not regional accredited which I just learned the difference of what that means. I learned that I am not able to transfer any of my credits to any school because they do not honor Everest University; however, they are one of the most expensive schools to attend which I did not know at the time. I did try to get out of the school several times but they stated that I would still owe all that money to attend the school. They also promised that once graduation that someone would keep it contact with me until I find a job. That was a lie. I was told that they would do mock interviews and help with my resume and cover letter which they did not. In fact, I am the one that did my resume and cover letter and looked for jobs. I was only able to get a 12.40 an hr job which that is barely keeping me afloat and yet, I supposedly have the bogus degree that suppose to help me get hire up. If I knew a university would have treated their students this way, I would have never gone to school. I really worked hard at this school and yet it seem like it was very easy to get "A" in a class. Plus when you called the school, you always got someone patching you through different people and I had so many student advisers' and non of them had voice mails so I was unable to leave a message with them directly. When I tried to leave a message with someone else, no one ever called me back.

Just recently, I found out that Zenith bought Everest out but they are just as bad as Everest. I had a career adviser that called me. His name is Pedro Fernandez. He promised that he would not leave me high and dry just like Everest. He gave me one mock interview and promised that there will be more. I did not hear from him for weeks. I told him the last time we spoke that I was fighting FAFSA so I do not have to pay my student loans back. I just emailed Pedro after not hearing from him for a long time asking for my transcripts because FAFSA needed proof of attendance. After about a day, he emailed me back and said that he has been reassigned to another part of the country and that he transferred my email to a representative in Oregon. I had to email him back to get the contact information of that representative because he did not give it to me. Apparently, his name is Douglas Lanier. I have been trying for over two weeks to get in touch with this guy and he still has yet to call me back or email me.

The reason I am emailing you is because I know you are good at what you do and getting the word out about Everest mistreating their students. If you know anyway you can help me or get me in touch with someone that can, please let me know. I am really upset because I was so proud of myself for finally accomplishing something and now I do not believe I accomplished anything. I just wanted my kids to be proud of me.

I greatly appreciate all of your help

I want to be part of this class action lawsuit

I went to Everest April 2009 Skokie.Il in hopes to find a Job being a single Mother having a hard time raiding three kids, Boy was Everest a BIG MISTAKE !!! Not only did they give me false hope. I struggled trying to find jobs, trying to pay back all the debt I was now in. I tried to reach out numerous times for help but still until this day no one has helped me. I could not pay back all this money and bring a single mother no one cares I received numerous calls. These past three years they kept my income tax checks in which I was looking forward to all year, to help me and my kids to survive and nope they took my money.
They are so misleading and need to be shut down I would like to be part of this action lawsuit against Everest College.

I went to Everest in 2007 when i got laid off. BIG mistake! Not only did they give me false hope, i was an adult living on my own and was told my mom had to co-sign. Here it is years later and NO-ONE ever tried to help with job placement. The debt collectors call all day, they're rude and speak in an unprofessional manor. They try to use scare methods to make you pay them. Also come to find out they had been garnishing my mom's disability payments. We had been trying to find out who was doing it but we never could. I didn't find out until after she'd died in 2012!!!!
These people should be SHUT DOWN permanently!

I was enrolled in their business management program for my bachelor’s and on August 29, they closed with only a week’s notice. I had 99 credits and was supposed to graduate in March of 2015. I tried going to another college but they are only willing to take 36 credits because not all of the classes were transferable. I am now $36,000 in debt and without a degree.

I enrolled in April 2009 to get my bachelor's degree in legal studies. I then switched to human resource management. After graduating and receiving my degree, I e-mailed the provost to tell him there was an error in my degree that stated Bachelors in business management instead of what I signed up for -human resource management. I was told they don't offer that degree. I explained to him that's what I signed up for and on my classes my major is listed as human resource management. I sent this information to higher education in early 2011 directly after the back and forth e-mails with the provost. I could have gone to another college that would have given me the degree I sought, as opposed to being stuck with student loans and a degree in a major I didn't want.