Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan is pressing the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to restore the benefits of student veterans who have been defrauded by "deceptive for-profit schools." Madigan, along with the state attorney generals of California, Connecticut, Kentucky, Massachusetts, New Mexico, Oregon, and Washington, sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs Robert A. McDonald demanding that the VA restore education benefits to vets who attended expensive and unaccredited schools, like the now-shuttered Everest College, which had six locations in Illinois that were operated by Corinthians Colleges, Inc. For more information on student veteran benefits or for-profit schools, Madigan encourages consumers to contact her Student Loan Helpline at 1 (800) 455-2456 (TTY: 1 (800) 964-3013). The letter signed by Madigan and other attorneys general is available on the Illinois Attorney General website.
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