Los Angeles Film School Accused by Former Execs of Massive Scam Involving Fake Jobs for Graduates

Two former executives at the Los Angeles Film School allege in a lawsuit that the school has operated a massive student loan scam for years that involves arranging for thousands of fake job placements for its graduates.

The executives also claim that the school, located on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood, lied to the Department of Education during a 2017 audit in an effort to cover up the fraud.

Dave Phillips, the school’s former VP of career development, and Ben Chaib, the former VP of admissions, filed a whistleblower lawsuit against the school in 2024. The suit, unsealed earlier this year, alleges that “nearly all” of the tens of millions of dollars the school receives each year from federal student aid programs is the result of fraud.

The suit accuses the school of “hoodwinking” thousands of students with false claims about graduates’ prospects for employment.

The school offers two- and four-year degrees in film and music production,…