JANUARY 20, 2022. The United States Department of Justice settled a case against a loan servicer contractor that managed loans under the Federal Family Education Loan Program (FFEL). Under the terms of the settlement, Conduent Education Services LLC, fka Xerox Education Services LLC, dba ACS Education Services LLC (CES) paid $7.9 million. A whistleblower who reported the loan servicer’s false claims to the Department of Education could have received 15-25% of the government’s recovery.
The allegations CES has agreed to resolve include violating the False Claims Act. Per court documents, over a period of 10 years, CES inaccurately reported “monthly student loan repayments, principal capitalization, and other changes to borrower accounts” to the Department of Education. This inaccurate data caused the Department of Education to inaccurately credit and debit FFEL lenders. CES additionally miscategorized certain borrowers as eligible or ineligible for military deferments, according to the allegations. These inaccuracies affected borrowers’ balances, interest, and “special allowance payments,” which resulted in a loss to the government.
The FFEL was a government-subsidized student loan program which ran from 1965 to 2010, supporting 60 million Americans with education expenses. Private lenders financed loans with government subsidies covering loan-related fees and keeping interest rates at federally-mandated levels. Four types of loans comprised the program: subsidized Federal...
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