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Context: https://www.consumerfinance.gov/about-us/newsroom/cfpb-takes-action-against-coding-boot-camp-bloomtech-and-ceo-austen-allred-for-deceiving-students-and-hiding-loan-costs/

Surely the CFPB has ulterior motives when they set their sights on this "school" whose Wikipedia page is 2/3 controversies: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloom_Institute_of_Technology

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[–] Eiim@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Let me rephrase that: "Coinbase and Bloom Tech illustrate the dangers of ~~starting a startup~~ lying in a regulated industry."

Coinbase hasn't exactly lied, to my knowledge, grouping them with his stupid startup is pretty disingenuous, but he started it.