South was very lucky not to get a major fine for misleading consumers. Is stuff like this still going on?
"The Defendants' roles in the recruitment process are as follows: South University partners with Double Positive Marketing Group for “marketing services.” (ECF No. 58 at ¶ 5.) Double Positive (on behalf of South University) contracts with Telesolutions d/b/a Graspy Media to “obtain leads and run telemarketing campaigns.” (Id. ¶ 6.) Graspy, in turn, subcontracts with Yodel Technologies, LLC. Yodel places calls, runs the telemarketing campaign, and delivers “live leads” to Graspy. Both Yodel and Graspy contract with JobsFlag to purchase “lead packets,” which contain consumer telephone numbers used to make the calls. (Id. ¶¶ 6, 11(d).)"
"To call consumers, Yodel loads consumer phone numbers that it received from JobsFlag into dialer technology. If the dialing technology detects that a consumer answered the call, it transfers the call to an agent, who plays a pre-recorded message. If a consumer responds to prompts on the pre-recorded message, Yodel transfers the call to Graspy's call center. Once transferred, an individual at Graspy speaks to the consumer. Graspy may then transfer the call to South University's “student support line” where a sales agent recruits the consumer. (Id. ¶ 51.)"
https://www.classaction.org/media/lacon-v-education-principle-foundation-et-al.pdf
https://www.pacermonitor.com/public/case/416991/LACON_v_EDUCATION_PRINCIPLE_FOUNDATION_et_al
https://casetext.com/case/lacon-v-educ-principle-found