The Princeton Review Caught Cheating: Suit

Test-prep company The Princeton Review was caught cheating as it tried to win tens of millions of dollars in federal funding, the government claims in a suit filed Tuesday.

The company's employees regularly submitted false claims for reimbursement when it tutored underprivileged students from 2002 to 2010, according to a civil fraud lawsuit filed Tuesday in Manhattan federal court. The lawsuit seeks unspecified damages.

The Princeton Review stopped its school tutoring program in 2010. The company said it's working with prosecutors to resolve the charges, and that none of the employees or executives involved in the program are still with the company.

Princeton Review said in a statement Tuesday that none of the employees or executives involved in the program remain with the company. It said the department known as the Supplemental Educational Services division was closed in 2010 and most of the current executives were not with the company then.

With the Associated Press