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450K borrowers say they were ripped off. Their student loans are being erased

NPR · Jul 31, 2026, 9:00 AM UTC

The borrowers say they were defrauded by their colleges, but the class-action lawsuit to erase their federal student loans has been tangled up in courts for years.

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