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Training agency facing fraud investigation
Hundreds of students are still registered on Empower’s courses, and hundreds more have paid for future places.
EMPOWER, A STATE-APPROVED training agency, is facing three separate enquiries, including a garda fraud investigation.
The Kilkenny-based private company, which provided FETAC-certified training, has ceased trading. The closure could affect up to 1,000 students.
RTÉ reports that company records show it received almost a quarter of a million euros in fees from prospective students between July and September this year, with some people paying over €2,000 to attend training.
A FETAC spokesperson said that up to 600 students are still registered on Empower courses.
One caller to RTÉ’s Liveline today said that she had worked as a tutor for the company, but considered herself one of the lucky ones, as she had been paid. Other employees claim to be owed up to €5,000 by the company.
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