INDIANAPOLIS – The Indiana Attorney General’s Office has filed a lawsuit claiming the KC Driving School failed to provide driver education services after collecting payment.
The newly filed lawsuit follows local and state investigations into the school’s Aurora and Milan branches.
According to consumer complaints, several parents of students paid for driving instruction that either was not provided, or rendered without receiving the required certification to present to the Bureau of Motor Vehicles (BMV). Payments to the company ranged from $300-475 per student.
“More than two dozen families filed complaints with my office against KC Driving School for taking up-front payments and not delivering services,” Zoeller said. “After investigating the company with help from the Aurora Police Department, it became clear that the company had no intention of continuing to offer licensed driver education or of repaying its customers.”
State investigators say the school advertised to customers that it was licensed by the BMV to operate a driver training school. Customers paid up-front costs for services which included classroom instruction and behind-the-wheel training.
As part of the contract, customers were allegedly told that if students passed the Driver’s Skills Test administered by KC Driving School, the behind-the-wheel driving test would be waived by the BMV upon applying for an Operator’s License.
KC Driving School’s license with the state expired on June 30, and the company was no longer able to provide the benefits it claimed to have offered.
According to the attorney general’s office, the company declined to renew its certification with the BMV and abruptly ceased business operations, leaving customers without services or refunds.
“Throughout July, the company continued to falsely represent to consumers that it was working with the BMV to obtain a license and that services would be rendered despite the fact that its license to provide driver training education had expired,” the office claimed in a news release.
