By Yvee Tadeo-Guevara, ABS-CBN News-North America Bureau
Los Angeles, CA. - Former students of the RN Learning Center hounded the school owner yesterday, saying he owed them refunds on their tuition. Junlou Enterina has been accused of misrepresenting his company, RN Learning Center, as an accredited nursing school.
Balitang America witnessed the confrontation. Enterina told one student, “If you want to refund the money, then you have to go to the Attorney General’s Office.”
The former students said they were disqualified from taking the registered nurse licensure examination, even after they had taken eighteen months of classes. Each had paid Enterina $20,000. They were not told that RN Learning Center and its affiliate school in the Philippines are not approved and accredited by the U.S. Board of Registered Nursing.
Faced by his former students, Enterina denied all allegations of misrepresentation. The California Attorney General has ordered the shutdown of RN Learning Center, saying it was a fraudulent operation.
“I’m a learning facility. I’m an agent. I enroll students in the Philippines,” Enterina told the students. “No, that is not how you presented it to us,” answered one student. “You said you are affiliated with a school in the Philippines.” Another said: “You never said that you are just an agent. Do you think we are that stupid to pay you money (if you were just an agent)?”
In 2007, Enterina ignored a cease and desist order issued for the same violation. The court is expected to order Enterina to pay back his students and to restrain him from operating a nursing school.
Enterina last week said he was planning to go back to the Philippines now that his business has been shut down. The Attorney General’s Office said Enterina is free to leave the country. But if he continues to operate a nursing school, then he can be criminally liable and can go to jail. Students shopping for a reputable nursing school are advised to check the Board of Registered Nursing for all accredited schools.
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As we remember again and again from our dear late radio commentator Damian Soto says; “Dalawang tao lang sa mundo, isang manloloko at isang lolokohin.
sometimes we commit major major mistakes in our lives and maybe this is one of them. These people are shameless JunLou Enterina and Joseph(Butch) Rose they are victimizing mostly their fellow kababayans. With the down economy and hard times my sympathy goes to these people who were fooled. These scammers are professionals with the large amount of money they are only renting their place to stay for they don’t have permanent address (NPA) they have no peace of mind for also how can they eat food that came from fooling people mangilabot kayo at magkaron ng takot sa Diyos ok
Niloko nyan ang pamangkin ko. Makita ko sa Pilipinas yan…. tsk tsk tsk…
Ronald of NY didn’t know you are a victim
LOL! Natawa ako doon sa pangalang “Loukouloukou Enterina” pero dapat lang na PAHIYAIN yang si Loukoulouko. Dapat ipakita sa Balitang Amerika ang pagmumukha nyan na iniinterview ng matapang na reporter gaya ng ginawa ng KTLA News.
I disagree from the comment of the idiot below me! malay ba nila eh dito sa US may associate degree sa nursing na less than 2 years. They trusted the place kasi Filipino owner… Of all the people kapwa pinoy pa pala loloko sa kanila? Dapat ma deport and permanently ban yang manlolokong Junlou “LOUKULOUKU” Enterina nayan. Alama naman nya na ang mag eenroll sa nursing course eh syempre gus2 mag nurse. Sana naglagay sya ng disclaimer na “Review or Leraning Center Only”. People like LoukuLouku Enterina are the ones that destroy the reputations oh Hard Working Filipino Americans….
Who ever enrolled in this learning center are idiots, they desired to be scammed for not doing their homework. They are just looking for an excuse now to get their money back. But in reality they wanted an easy way to get a quick diploma and certification without going through the proper way. Enrolled in an accredited school and not paying a big tuition. It is unbelievable. Sure don’t wanna be in the same ward where these kind of nurses are caring for me.