Civil Litigation
Mar. 4, 2020
Ex-Berkeley business professor settles with students over alleged scam course
The program was not affiliated with Berkeley, and students received little to no instruction, according to a lawsuit filed by Harmeet K. Dhillon of Dhillon Law Group Inc. in San Francisco.
A U.S. magistrate judge has approved a class action settlement with students who claimed they were scammed through an online course by a now-former UC Berkeley professor.
In 2016 and 2017 Jose M. Plehn-Dujowich ran a website he called the "Global Financial Data Project." He signed up about 240 students, some of whom paid more than $2,400 in fees. They were promised a certificate from UC Berkeley and a letter of recommendation from...
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