Has anyone heard of Benthorne Scholastic of Finance (aka Benthorne academy)

My father (60+) signed up for this course and put in a few thousand dollars and looks like he lost it. My father is not technically illiterate or mentally hindered despite his age so I’m inquiring to see if this is a real school or just a scam. It would have to be a pretty good scam to trick him so I’ve looked up whatever information I can on them but there aren’t many reviews or conversations happening on them online just some self published articles which isn’t enough for me. Looks like their overall model is some Troy of crypto school with a tier style program where your tier is based on how much money you put in(sounds super scammy I know). I’m also curious to know if there is a real academy and the one he is using is just using their name to be able to scam people. Any information is appreciated and Thanks in advance