April 20, 2009
Alta Colleges Inc. and its Texas schools will pay the United States $7 million to resolve False Claims Act allegations of submitting false claims for federal student aid funds.
A college must meet state licensing requirements in order to qualify to receive federal student aid. The government claimed that Alta’s Texas colleges obtained their state licenses by misrepresenting that they complied with state job-placement reporting requirements and that their interior design programs complied with requirements for a professional license.