Law360, New York (May 01, 2012, 8:00 PM ET) -- The U.S. government joined a whistleblower suit unsealed Tuesday in New York federal court alleging The Princeton Review Inc. bilked a federal program for underprivileged schoolchildren out of millions of dollars by seeking reimbursement for after-school tutoring it didn't actually provide.
The suit says Princeton Review participated in a federally funded program providing tutoring to children from low-income families in New York City schools from 2002 through 2010 and was reimbursed for each hour its tutors worked with students. But starting in 2006, the company allegedly...