A lawsuit filed by seven employees against CJF America remains unserved.
The company's president, charged with writing bad checks, did not show up for court this week in Durham County.
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People around the country who are owed money by the Durham-based company are growing increasingly concerned about what they perceive as a lack of accountability.
"The people that are responsible for this, I want to see them prosecuted," said Cherisse Collins, a former CJF America employee who lives in Franklin County. "Because this is and should be the last time they’re able to do this to any other family."
Collins, who says she worked as assistant vice president for the company for two months this summer, told WRAL Investigates she is owed more than $30,000 in salary.
"The impact definitely was tremendous," she said. "I have a daughter in college. I have a 15-year-old son and I have a mortgage and car notes and bills just like everyone else."
WRAL Investigates has reported extensively on the Durham-based company that is accused of not paying employees of its summer camps. WRAL Investigates also reported on the lawsuit that was filed against the company and its executives, and about the company's founder, Courtney Jordan, a self-professed billionaire whose online presence is filled with claims that do not add up. WRAL Investigates also reported on testimonials on CJF America's website that were purported to be written by high-profile individuals, yet those individuals say the testimonials are not real.
WRAL Investigates first learned in July that the Durham Police Department and the Department of Labor had launched investigations into CJF America based on complaints that employees were not paid.
WRAL Investigates asked Durham police where the investigation stands now, if they have filed any charges, and how many victims have come forward.
A spokesperson replied: "The case remains open and it’s [sic] actively being investigated."
WRAL Investigates asked the state Department of Labor for an update on the investigation, how long these types of investigations typically take, and for an interview with the DOL commissioner.
A spokesperson replied: "At this time, I am unable to comment further on this open investigation."
WRAL Investigates also contacted the North Carolina Attorney General's Office, asking if it is investigating. A spokesperson wrote that although the office has gotten complaints about the company, "we wouldn't commence an investigation that would overlap or infringe on the Department of Labor's review."
WRAL Investigates previously reported that prior lawsuits against the company and its executives went nowhere because authorities could not find the people to serve them the paperwork. That appears to be happening again, as the lawsuit filed a month ago by seven employees from multiple states keeps getting returned unserved, according to online court records.
Collins said, in her role with CJF America, she hired more than 30 people to work in cities around the state, including Rocky Mount, Raleigh, Durham, Roxboro, Wilmington and Murfreesboro. According to the recent lawsuit, the company also had planned camp sites and employees in other states to include Virginia and Maryland.
WRAL Investigates has spoken with more than a dozen people who say they are owed money by the company and its executives, totaling roughly half a million dollars.
"I do not believe that we will ever get paid what we’re owed, for sure," Collins said.
She hopes, though, that the law enforcement investigations will result in criminal charges.
WRAL Investigates has tried numerous times to interview top company leadership to include Courtney Jordan and Kristen Picot, reaching out by email, phone and visiting physical addresses in the Triangle.
Despite a claim from a company spokesperson that she would schedule an interview with Picot and WRAL, that still has not happened.
In August, WRAL Investigates tracked down the company's CFO in a Raleigh park, where he claimed that the company was working "to handle the situation."