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L.A. Film School ran a phony job scheme, lawsuit alleges
September 25, 2025
|Los Angeles Times
The Los Angeles Film School is at the center of a whistleblower lawsuit from two former executives who allege the institution unlawfully collected government funds in an elaborate accreditation scheme.
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THE L.A. Film School in Hollywood was created in 1999 and offers bachelor's and associate's degrees.
Dave Phillips and Ben Chaib, the school’s former vice president of career development and vice president of admissions, respectively, allege in a federal lawsuit that the L.A. Film School violated federal employment requirements and accrediting standards. The lawsuit also names LAFS’ Florida counterpart Full Sail University, its main owner James Heavener and two other business partners as defendants.
The lawsuit, originally filed in L.A. federal court in June 2024, was recently unsealed after the Department of Justice opted to not investigate.
Representatives of LAFS could not be immediately reached for comment but have previously denied the claims.
In a statement to Variety last week, the school’s attorneys said Phillips and Chaib are attempting “to resuscitate time-barred and erroneous allegations, which were already thoroughly investigated and settled by the Department of Education.”
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