‘Bamboozled’: Texas trade school operator used veterans’ GI Bill cash for mansion, Lamborghini, Ferrari and Bentley
The owner of a fly-by-night Texas trade school has been sentenced to nearly 20 years in prison for taking $72 million in GI Bill cash to give veterans HVAC training but leaving them lacking even basic skills.
Veterans said they were ‘bamboozled’ Several veterans testified at Davis’ trial that they felt “used,” “taken advantage of,” “deceived,” and “bamboozled,” after discovering that much of the post-military education benefits had been used up through the school. Messages left with Davis’ attorneys weren’t immediately returned. They have said in the past that they considered the case an example of government overreach and that they plan to appeal. — Excerpt from an electronic journal kept by Davis that prosecutors submitted as evidence in the case Prosecutors say Davis decided to launch the school in 2013 when he realized he could collect tens of thousands of dollars from the government under the post-9/11 GI Bill that was passed in 2008.
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