Marlborough Univ Hawaii Litigation Update

Today the First Circuit Court of the State of Hawaii granted a request by the Office of Consumer Protection to enter a default judgment against Charles James dba Marlborough University.

The court ordered the mail forwarding service utilized by Mr. James to cease providing services. It also ordered the termination and cancellation of its tradename registration. The court ordered Mr. James to provide restitution to any consumer requesting it within twenty days. Finally the court imposed a civil penalty of $250,000.00 against Mr. James personally.

Mr. James is believed to be a resident of Gibraltar or Thailand.

Jeffrey E. Brunton
Staff Attorney
Office of Consumer Protection
State of Hawaii

 

This is good news. I continue to be impressed with the work of Mr. Brunton and the Office of Consumer Protection.

I predict that very shortly, Hawaii's reputation for being a haven for less than wonderful schools will be a memory.


Bruce

 

I suppose there are 100s, even 1000s, of Charles Jameses in the world. But Charles James is also the name of a very famous couturier. The name is famous enough in certain circles that that name alone could or should set off alarm bells and make one question whether it is simply a pseudonym.

 

Hi, Have nice time.

How the effected people who have been paying the cheques to them can be compensated. Please advise, Is there any way that such simple and huharming people can get their fees they had paid to them. In their prospectus they caimed to be registered with the
Dept. of Commerce and Consumer Affairs in the State of Hawaii USA in accordance with the Provisions of Chapter 482 of the Hawaii Revised statues Certificate of Registeration No:209260

The explaination given by Mr. Brunton was read by me today.

Is there any way to contact them that
please return the fee that we had paid to them.

Thanks in advance for a intellectual advise.

 

Mahmood,

Hawaii's Office of Consumer Protection has a complaint form and instructions online at http://www.state.hi.us/dcca/ocpnew/forms.html

If you used a credit card, contact the credit card immediately to dispute the charge.

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Kristin Evenson Hirst
DistanceLearn.About.com

 

Well done Hawaii, about time!!!!

CFr

 

Now it's "Frangop! " instead of "Frangop". Has winning the recent contest resulted in the addition of an exclamation point? Or do we now have the Frangop brothers, "!" and " ".

Or (small math joke) is it just Frangop factorial?

 

Famed Superman writer Elliot S! Maggin! tells the story about the exclamation point on his middle initial. See, in the comics most sentences end with either an exclamation point or a question mark. (Nothing subtle is said in the comics unless it is whispered.) One day he accidentally signed a piece of his work with an exclamation mark on his middle initial instead of a period. Well, DC Comics went ahead and published it like that, and it stuck.

Richard C? Douglas

 

He supposedly resides in melbourne, and is in Banking & Finance, but we really dfon't know who he/she/it is - so John, any thing could be correct.

I do love these people who have to hide behind something - it adds so much weight to their contributions and deliberations.




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Peter French,
MEd MAcc (UNE - Australia) CMA
Melbourne, Australia
[email protected]

 

On October 29, the First Circuit Court of the State of Hawaii signed and filed (1) Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law and (a)a Default Judgment against Mr. Charles James dba Marlborough Univ. Mr. James is believed to be a resident of either Gibraltar or Bangkok, Thailand.

The judgment enjoins Mr. James from operating any unaccredited degree granting institution. It also imposes $250,000.00 in civil penalties against him personally.

In addition, the judgment obligates Mr. James to provide ful restitution to any student or graduate of Marlborough University who so desires. There is no formal process required. Consumers are directed to simply write the University and insist on a refund. Consumers can also file complaints with our office. Complaint forms are available on the internet at http://www.state.hi.us/dcca/ocp. The order requires him to make the refund within twenty days of the request.

Mr. James operated this institution entirely from outside the state of Hawaii. There are no known assets within the state (or even in the United States) from which the judgment may be collected. Thus in the event Mr. James refuses to pay restitution, there is little our office can do. The judgment, however, does order his mail forwarding/voice mail service here in Hawaii to terminate their services. The judgment also requires the state to terminate the tradename registration for Marlborough. In short, this judgment makes it clear that Marlborough University is not authorized to issue degrees in or from the State of Hawaii or under the claimed color of Hawaii law.

Anyone who desires an electronic version of the court's orders and judgments may email their request directly to me.

Jeffrey E. Brunton
Staff Attorney
Suite 801
235 South Beretania Street
Honolulu, Hawaii 96813
[email protected]

 

Too harsh, Peter. Frangop has used his first name and full surname ("Frangop" is an abbreviation of longer Greek surname) quite freely in the past, so it's not fair to accuse him of hiding behind something.

 

I beg to differ ... so why when he is approached by someone who can eyeball him, does he prefer not to reply? Sames City, same industry/interests ... interesting



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Peter French,
MEd MAcc (UNE - Australia) CMA
Melbourne, Australia
[email protected]

 

Hello Mr. Peter French,

How do you do

What is the postal address of ?

Thanks.

 

The State of Hawaii is closing its file on Marlborough University.

The Honolulu mail-forwarding service utilized by Marlborough's owner, Mr. Charles James, has been ordered to cease providing services and has done so. Marlborough's website has been taken down.

The last known address for Mr. James is Apartado 1020, Portimao 8501-920, Portugal. Portugal's Ministerio de Educacao has been notified of his activities.

Mr. James has utilized a facsimile machine with a number in the State of Washington. Washington's authorities have been notified.

Marlborough's last address was 24 College Lane, Gibraltar. Gibraltar's authorities have been notified.

There are no known assets within the State of Hawaii which can be utilized to satisfy the judgment, thus there is nothing further that can be done.

Jeffrey E. Brunton
Staff Attorney
Office of Consumer Protection
State of Hawaii