Tuesday, July 31, 2007

UPDATE 2-Nelnet agrees to a $2 mln settlement with New York

(Reuters) - NEW YORK, July 31 - New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo said on Tuesday that Nelnet Inc , the leading consolidator of student loans, had agreed to pay $2 million as part of a settlement that ends a broad investigation into its business practices.



Cuomo, as part of his sweeping probe into the $85 billion a year student loan business, had accused Nelnet of making payments to college alumni groups in exchange for getting loan referrals. As part of the settlement, Nelnet agreed to stop making these payments and to adopt other reforms.


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