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Vet-targeted website to be turned over to feds
Posted: 06.27.2012 at 2:42 PM
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The states alleged GIBill.com misled military veterans by giving the impression schools listed on its site were the only ones where education benefits could be used. The schools were primarily for-profit colleges.

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A company Kentucky Attorney General Jack Conway says preyed on veterans for their education benefits has agreed to pay a total of $2.5 million to 20 states and turn over its website to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.

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