California Attorney General supporting students swindled by Corinthian Colleges

California’s Attorney General and eight other states announcing their support for students affected by the Corinthian Colleges fraud case.

They want to protect more than 50,000 students who finished in debt with the loans they received when the Corinthian schools were closed, including Heald College in Salinas.

A court order stops the U.S. Department of Education from only giving partial debt relief to students.

Attorney General Xavier Beccera and others have filed an amicus brief in support of that order and supporting the students.

The Department of Education is appealing the order.

“Students defrauded by the predatory Corinthian Colleges deserve full and total relief from the Department of Education,” said Becerra.

“These students were already cheated out of their education by Corinthian, and now the Department of Education is cheating them again. Betsy DeVos should be fighting for our students, not doing the bidding of for-profit colleges. At the California Department of Justice, we’ll continue fighting to get these students the full relief they deserve.”

Corinthian operated more than 100 private schools under Everest, Heald and Wyotech College.

It closed its doors in 2015 after accusations of not offering adequate education and making false promises.