Connecticut’s attorney general on Thursday sued Stone Academy, a for-profit nursing college that shut down earlier this year, alleging it and its owner misled students about its academic programs in violation of state consumer protection law. Attorney General William Tong accused the academy and owner Joseph Bierbaum of lying to students that it had robust healthcare programs that would prepare them for a nursing licensure exam. Tong alleged the academy failed to offer a promised number of clinical hours, that it did not hire enough qualified faculty to support students, and that Bierbaum was enriching himself with their tuition dollars while they racked up significant loan debt.
