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Cheating the Cheater: Colorado College Senior Files Complaint Against Company Over Writing Her Term Paper

This could make for an interesting lawsuit. A college senior in Colorado has filed a Better Business Bureau complaint against Essaywritingcompany.com, owned by Jordan Kavoosi, after the Minnesota company allegedly failed to deliver the paper in time. This may appear a bit odd since the student is complaining about a company that cheated her in her effort to cheat, but the student wants a refund.

She is quoted as saying “I ordered it, and they were supposed to have it back to me within four days. I constantly emailed. Nobody replied to me. Then (Kavoosi) calls me and says under no circumstances am I going to get a refund.”

These companies would normally be vulnerable to lawsuit, particularly in guaranteeing an “A” grade. When they fail to produce, who is going to sue as the cheated cheaters. BBB actually purchased on paper for $40 — two-page paper titled “The Ethics of Advertising to Children.” They asked Dan Wackman, a professor in the University of Minnesota School of Journalism and Mass Communication, to review it and he gave it a “C.”

If this student had the guts to admit her own cheating, she would probably have a case for refund. The site states the following:

Your term paper or research paper has a huge impact on the grade you receive in your class. This is why it is important to trust the future of your progress with a valued company, which produces great results. At Essaywritingcompany.com, we are so confident in our services that we are going to offer you a 100% satisfaction guarantee.

The site guarantees an A. I fail to understand why state officials have not prosecuted the company and owner if it is guaranteeing As and failing fulfill such a promise. That would (if true) appear a basis for fraud. It may also be the basis for a class action. With a few students who can assert “typical” injuries under Rule 23, it would seem an excellent way of getting around the problem of other students having to come forward by name (though they would have to acknowledge their past involvement in any settlement).

Source: Daily News as found on Reddit.

Jonathan Turley

31 thoughts on “Cheating the Cheater: Colorado College Senior Files Complaint Against Company Over Writing Her Term Paper”

  1. Judge Judy would accept the case so it could be televised to her 10 million viewers, dismiss claims of each side, then proceed to deliver a lecture, full of righteous anger and abject disgust, regarding the definition of fraud and how this case demonstrates the deformed character and complete lack of integrity of both plaintiff and defendant.

  2. She should win her lawsuit…. Then promptly be expelled by her school for violating their code of academic conduct.

  3. Buddha Is Laughing
    1, March 30, 2011 at 11:54 am
    I’ve never understood cheating on exams.

    You’ve paid – in this case twice – for knowledge you have not received and retained.

    Since the primary goal of education is the betterment of self and the acquisition of skills, it’s a lot like stealing from yourself.

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    That is a superb way to explain what’s wrong with cheating to young people.

  4. I’ve never understood cheating on exams.

    You’ve paid – in this case twice – for knowledge you have not received and retained.

    Since the primary goal of education is the betterment of self and the acquisition of skills, it’s a lot like stealing from yourself.

  5. I’m with Mike A. The Court has no business settling disputes between conspirators to fraud — academic or otherwise. Just as there is no honor among thieves, there’s no justice for them either.

  6. I suppose I would give that student an “A” for honestly and effectively telling that she was successfully taught that it is necessary and proper to be dishonest?

  8. Were the student to file an action, I would apply the doctrine of in pari delicto in this case. I would also find the underlying contract unenforceable as violative of public policy.

  12. “And that’s what any kid wants at that age! To get into a good colleague!”

    ROFLOL

  16. Anyone hear read Lapham’s Quarterly? There is an hilarious essay in the Lines of Work issue on pg 87, by a guy who runs a company selling these papers for everyone. “Ed Dante Writes Your Essay” says he caters to students, seminarians, people in government and military jobs. If you have the mag I highly suggest reading it.

  19. frank,

    I have been there and well…done that….both paragraphs….lol…..except I never purchased either on line….

  20. It seems pretty cut and dried to me. The company offered a product but failed to deliver the product specified. She deserves a refund. She also deserves to fail the class and be put on academic probation for cheating but that does not change the liability of the company.

    I assume to bring action for false advertising the State would require people willing to step up and say they bought “A” papers but got less than that for a grade. I seriously doubt there will be many people doing that. Sort of like when a hooker rips off a john, the victim is very unlikely to be willing to suffer the consequences of calling the cops.

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