And the ones who'll be punished will be the students (as always) who'll return home with an expensive yet worthless piece of paper.
I suspect they might even not get "an expensive yet worthless piece of paper" and it might not be easy to get their money back.
There is an FTO in Warsaw, Poland - FTO Ventum Air - which is on the market little over 4 years (they got their first planes about 2 years ago) and have already been sued at least 17 times by former students and cooperating companies. Have a look at my last post in a thread about FTO Ventum Air -
http://www.pprune.org/professional-p...ml#post7880194 They still run and accept students.
Never, ever pay anything before you read about the school on the Internet and (preferably) contact former students. Don't expect to visit school, talk to current students and find truth about the school - at some schools, current students will never tell you truth - they might be afraid to do so because of consequences they might pay for doing so. Also - NEVER pay the full amount up front. ALWAYS pay in small installments - this way, in case your contract gets cancelled, you will not loose a lot of money.