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KamaAina

(78,249 posts)
Thu Jan 28, 2016, 03:12 PM Jan 2016

Trump’s University Scam Finally Catches Up With Him

http://www.liberalamerica.org/2016/01/28/trumps-university-scam-finally-catches-up-with-him/

If you attended Trump University, odds are that you are not a big supporter of his presidential run. The now defunct Trump University was opened in 2005 with the promise to teach students real estate investing techniques. So through expensive courses, students could be just like him. Sounds like fun right?

According to Lab ProLib, in August of 2013, Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman filed a lawsuit against Trump worth $40-million. They go on to report:
“The lawsuit seeks full restitution for the more than 5,000 consumers nationwide who were defrauded of over $40 million in the scheme, disgorgement of profits, as well as costs and penalties and injunctive relief prohibiting these types of illegal practices going forward.”

They also report that:
“Instead of providing all of the promised services, instructors used the three-day seminars to pitch consumers expensive Trump Elite mentorship programs costing $10,000 to $35,000. Trump University promised that the mentorships provided one-on-one training during which students would have personal assistance until they executed their first real estate deal and recouped the cost of the program.”

Adding insult to financial injury, the Trump University students were promised a visit with Trump himself. Instead, many just got a picture taken with a cardboard cutout of Trump.
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JudyM

(29,236 posts)
2. Excellent. Suggests plainly that there's no "us" between him and his followers... it's all about him
Thu Jan 28, 2016, 03:22 PM
Jan 2016

I hope he gets the nom before this gets resolved and it breaks in October.

 

packman

(16,296 posts)
3. "Cardboard cutout" of Trump
Thu Jan 28, 2016, 03:25 PM
Jan 2016

Too rich for words - How could they tell the difference?

Lordy, lordy - there is a sucker born every minute.

Jarqui

(10,123 posts)
5. "The Many Lawsuits of Donald Trump"
Thu Jan 28, 2016, 03:28 PM
Jan 2016
http://www.robertreeveslaw.com/blog/lawsuits-donald-trump/

He's a piece of work

More on this lawsuit:

Financial Times: Lawsuits take issue with Trump’s tuition
January 25, 2016 4:48 pm
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f8f19200-bbd5-11e5-b151-8e15c9a029fb.html#axzz3yZIoOsYO
In multiple lawsuits filed against Mr Trump across the country, which the candidate is contesting, plaintiffs claimed they were duped into buying products or property because they believed in the billionaire, when he was actually involved in the businesses in name only.
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One of the most serious allegations facing Mr Trump is a national class action lawsuit that claims he violated racketeering laws through the now defunct university, in which he had a 93 per cent stake.

Another class action lawsuit has made similar claims. In a separate case brought by the New York state attorney-general’s office, a state Supreme Court judge ruled in 2014 that Mr Trump was personally liable for the university operating without a state licence.


Gregorian

(23,867 posts)
6. You've been Trumped!
Thu Jan 28, 2016, 04:04 PM
Jan 2016

Hey, there's money to be banked. Can't worry about the little people.

A cardboard cutout. That is hilarious. What a shit he is.

Initech

(100,068 posts)
7. OMG this is a real life Kamp Krusty!
Thu Jan 28, 2016, 04:04 PM
Jan 2016

Donald Trump is channeling Krusty the Klown when it comes to merchandising!

 

cascadiance

(19,537 posts)
8. For a minute I was thinking this was his Vietnam war draft avoidance...
Thu Jan 28, 2016, 04:36 PM
Jan 2016

but that was more of a medical deferment scam instead, when he used up his university attendance deferments, he got a medical deferment for having a "bone spur" in his foot, but of course he can't remember which foot it was that was "damaged"...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/questions-linger-about-trumps-draft-deferments-during-vietnam-war/2015/07/21/257677bc-2fdd-11e5-8353-1215475949f4_story.html

 

KamaAina

(78,249 posts)
9. Well, better a bone spur in one's foot than a pilodinal anal cyst, I guess
Thu Jan 28, 2016, 04:38 PM
Jan 2016
a la Rush the OxyMoron.
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