The US Attorney filed suit to forfeit five properties owned by Susan Su relating to the school.
Some were radio-tagged to monitor their movements, a move the Indian government protested as treating the students who had been tricked by TVU's promoters like common criminals.
[9] In March 2011, The Chronicle of Higher Education published an investigation into the practices of TVU and other American for-profit higher education institutions that are virtually unknown within the United States, lack accreditation, and specialize in enrolling foreign students.
[10] On May 2, 2011, TVU's founder and owner, Susan Su, was arrested on indictments by a Federal Grand Jury on 33 counts.
[11][12] Later that year, four students who worked in campus jobs offered by the TVU president were charged in relation to the same case.
One rule to qualify for issuing student visas is that the school's credits be accepted by three different established universities.
However, a review of the affidavits' files found two of the schools did not accept credits offered by the university, which started the investigation.