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Fines top $30 million after college 'rorts' students

An online diploma college has been fined after unscrupulously targeting disadvantaged students. (Bianca De Marchi/AAP PHOTOS)

An online diploma college has been slapped with $30 million in fines after using dodgy practices to enrol disadvantaged students in courses they never logged into.

Captain Cook College took advantage of student loan changes to enrol more than 6000 students over three months, helping it turn a $19.5 million operating profit in the 2016 financial year.

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