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Elissa Nadworny

Liberty University fined $14 million for federal crime reporting violations

Students walk across Liberty University's campus in Lynchburg, Va. (Amanda Andrade-Rhoades/AFP/Getty Images)

The U.S. Department of Education is fining Liberty University $14 million, the largest penalty on record, for failing to comply with a federal campus crime-reporting law.

Department officials announced the settlement Tuesday. It came after a lengthy investigation that found numerous violations of the Clery Act, a federal law that requires colleges to record, and warn their communities about, campus crimes and dangerous situations.

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