Donald Trump vid grundandet av Trump university i april. (Bebeto Matthews / SCANPIX SWEDEN)

Trump ska betala 25 miljoner dollar till studenter

En amerikansk domare har slagit fast att Donald Trump ska betala tillbaka 25 miljoner dollar till de före detta studenter vid Trump university som stämt honom för bedrägeri.

4 000 studenter väckte grupptalan mot Trump eftersom de ansåg att Trump university ägnade sig åt vilseledande marknadsföring. Studenterna och Trump kom överens om förlikningen redan i november men först nu har den godkänts av en domare, skriver CNN Money.

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Wikipedia (en)
Trump University (also known as the Trump Wealth Institute and Trump Entrepreneur Initiative LLC) was an American for-profit education company that ran a real estate training program from 2005 until 2010. It was owned and operated by The Trump Organization. (A separate organization, Trump Institute, was licensed by Trump University but not owned by the Trump Organization.) After multiple lawsuits, it is now defunct. It was founded by Donald Trump and his associates, Michael Sexton and Jonathan Spitalny, in 2004. The company offered courses in real estate, asset management, entrepreneurship, and wealth creation. The organization was not an accredited university or college. It did not confer college credit, grant degrees, or grade its students. In 2011, the company became the subject of an inquiry by the New York Attorney General's office for illegal business practices that resulted in a lawsuit filed in 2013. Trump University was also the subject of two class action lawsuits in federal court. The lawsuits centered around allegations that Trump University defrauded its students by using misleading marketing practices and engaging in aggressive sales tactics. The company and the lawsuits against it received renewed interest due to Trump's candidacy in the 2016 presidential election. Trump settled all three lawsuits in November 2016, after being elected to the presidency, for a total of $25 million.
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