January 14, 2022

Conduent Education Services LLC, f/k/a Xerox Education Services LLC, d/b/a ACS Education Services LLC (CES)—a contractor that serviced student loans for lenders—has agreed to pay $7.9 million to resolve allegations of submitting or causing the submission of false claims to the Department of Education (DOE) between 2006 and 2016.  In violation of Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) program rules and the False Claims Act, CES allegedly failed to accurately report required data on the impact of monthly student loan repayments, principal capitalization, and other changes to DOE.  Under a prior remediation plan, CES paid DOE $1.4 million to partially resolve its liability, which it received credit for in the current settlement.  DOJ

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