JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Former students of a local college that was shut down feel they've been punched in the gut, since they recently learned the credits they earned and paid for are useless.
“Everything was based on a lie. I went to school based on a lie,” said Dade Medical College student Nikki Lambert.
That’s the harsh reality, senior Nikki Lambert is facing after learning last week that her school, Dade Medical College, shut down without notice.
“(I'm) mad as hell,” said Lambert.
Action News Jax reported the news about Dade Medical College shutting down after several students contacted Action News Jax, “I’m out right now $40,000.What happened to my money? What happened to my Pell Grant money?” asked Lambert.
The owner of the school, Ernesto Perez Jr., turned himself in on a single count of violating state campaign finance laws.
Friday, Lambert and hundreds of her fellow classmates found out on a Facebook page that the credits they thought they earned wouldn’t transfer to other local schools, basically forcing them to start all over again.
"We went to different places, they won’t take our credits, like Keiser, they’re not going to take our credits, Concourse is not going to take our credits,” said Lambert.
That’s because the school was not accredited, which Lambert said is tough since she was graduating in May.
Our Law and Safety expert, Dale Carson, said these students can sue in order to bounce back.
“They were students and they paid money to get an education, so they could practice a profession and they lost, they been defrauded,” said Lambert.
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