tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15670428059930488022024-03-13T18:07:14.495+00:00investdrinks (blog)Advice on avoiding some of the pitfalls that can be involved in wine investment. News of wine investment scams. Say no to cold callers. Don't buy investment wines from companies you don't know or haven't checked out.
See page (right hand column) of companies from whom I wouldn't buy wine. Advice is always free, although there is a donate button on right-hand-side of the blog. Jim's Loirehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06696024920441263899noreply@blogger.comBlogger388125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1567042805993048802.post-49888704291157922972021-09-02T17:35:00.027+01:002021-11-18T16:03:45.302+00:00Lovely plumage! Winebuyers Group Ltd – a phoenix rises<div><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ihVS4E8Gyo8/YSzISmbRsxI/AAAAAAABQGY/rxZRgKS_g5oPnA3oXBCFNOwxv8HzscakQCLcBGAsYHQ/s380/Phoenix.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="345" data-original-width="380" height="364" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ihVS4E8Gyo8/YSzISmbRsxI/AAAAAAABQGY/rxZRgKS_g5oPnA3oXBCFNOwxv8HzscakQCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h364/Phoenix.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p><br /></p><p>(Please note that this post is a work in progress with additional material added when appropriate.)<br /></p><p>Update 3rd September – more added including Trustpilot reviews and various Tweets inc from the excellent <b>ECF Buzz </b><b><b><a href="@makeyoubillions ">@makeyoubillions </a></b> </b>) </p><p>Update 6th September – the very useful <a href="https://www.wine-searcher.com/">wine-searcher</a> has removed Winebuyers' list from their website:</p><p> <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-a1lrJtVmuKA/YTXZjOvCpwI/AAAAAAABQNQ/Y_mLCwLoe8MYbPiWPITGUs0M6l44hYdYACLcBGAsYHQ/s2416/No%2Blist%2B6.9.21.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="770" data-original-width="2416" height="127" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-a1lrJtVmuKA/YTXZjOvCpwI/AAAAAAABQNQ/Y_mLCwLoe8MYbPiWPITGUs0M6l44hYdYACLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h127/No%2Blist%2B6.9.21.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">'We couldn't find a price list for this company'<br /></div></div><div><p style="text-align: justify;"> </p><p style="text-align: justify;">wine-searcher is the world's largest search engine for finding wines and where you can buy them, so having your list removed is significant. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">18th November 2021: Change to sum owed to Museum Wines. See section on Ben Revell's Statement of Affairs. <br /></p><h1 style="text-align: center;">•••<br /></h1><h1 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: red;">How to run up over £2.2m losses, go bust and start again with a clean slate... </span></h1><p style="text-align: justify;">On 1st April 2021 (April Fools Day) the recently created (8th March 2021) Wine Buyers Group Ltd acquired the website of Winebuyers Ltd for £145,000, which was agreed at a meeting of creditors two days before had passed a resolution that the company should be wound up. A Statement of Affairs, signed by Ben Revell, director, shows that Winebuyers Ltd has a deficiency of £1,548712.07. How fortunate that Winebuyers Group Ltd with a new director – Kyle Fordham (who?) – has been able to rise gracefully unencumbered by the £1.548 million debt owed to trade creditors....! <b> <br /></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2z7JJl5Eqq8/YTERERx0F5I/AAAAAAABQIs/O-mIixlLksAyt0yQbvYF92wbUYDPZoHQQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1354/April%2B29th%2B-%2Bget%2Baway%2Bwith%2Bit...jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1064" data-original-width="1354" height="314" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2z7JJl5Eqq8/YTERERx0F5I/AAAAAAABQIs/O-mIixlLksAyt0yQbvYF92wbUYDPZoHQQCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h314/April%2B29th%2B-%2Bget%2Baway%2Bwith%2Bit...jpeg" width="400" /></a></b></div><b><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vf5rJZ9f73g/YTERGA8SicI/AAAAAAABQIw/ghYC3cLuZzgms-ymbtgkIFuiFxn5uXGMQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1338/30th%2BApril%2Billegal.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1338" height="323" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vf5rJZ9f73g/YTERGA8SicI/AAAAAAABQIw/ghYC3cLuZzgms-ymbtgkIFuiFxn5uXGMQCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h323/30th%2BApril%2Billegal.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /> </b><p></p><p><b> </b></p><p><b>Winebuyers Ltd<br /> </b>The company started life as LX Management Ltd on 8th October 2015 with Benjamin Allan Edward Revell (DOB: 2.12.1988) as the sole director with a service address at a semi-detached house in Harlow, Essex. Share capital was a single £1 share held by Ben Revell – occupation retail manager. </p><p>The company name was changed to Winebuyers Ltd on 18.9.2017. By April 2018 Winebuyers Ltd had successfully raised £568,870 through Crowdcube Capital Ltd:</p><p><b>Crowdfunding through Crowdcube</b>: <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-e7rEpfui85E/YTDC03nQYUI/AAAAAAABQHU/FyJCKNqquFEZxXJ7tlLUb66I5vxABOaCQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Opportunity%2B-%2BApril%2B2018.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1101" data-original-width="2048" height="215" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-e7rEpfui85E/YTDC03nQYUI/AAAAAAABQHU/FyJCKNqquFEZxXJ7tlLUb66I5vxABOaCQCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h215/Opportunity%2B-%2BApril%2B2018.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Dh-oeNy7q2o/YTDDJRR3N9I/AAAAAAABQHc/KLKPn5QErT4ZwZHM2ZRzLsCa15FuWJMGgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Opportunity%2B-%2Bdetails.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1141" data-original-width="2048" height="223" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Dh-oeNy7q2o/YTDDJRR3N9I/AAAAAAABQHc/KLKPn5QErT4ZwZHM2ZRzLsCa15FuWJMGgCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h223/Opportunity%2B-%2Bdetails.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p><b>Winebuyers Pitch through Crowdcube:'</b>
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">'Winebuyers
connects vineyards and wine merchants directly to the end consumer, cutting out
the middleman and enabling customers to purchase directly from source for no
extra fee. Custom API's automate the process, currently pulling 27,000 bottles
and £10.5m stock from 183 vendors in 38 countries.'</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 2;"><b><span style="border: medium none; font-size: 18pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="border: medium none;">'Idea</span></span></b><b><span style="border: medium none; font-size: 18pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="border: medium none; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="border: medium none;">Our
aim at Winebuyers is simple: bring wine into the 21st century.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="border: medium none; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="border: medium none;">We
connect vineyards and wine merchants directly to the end consumer through our
e-commerce platform.</span></span>
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="border: medium none; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="border: medium none;">We are
customer focused, working on a completely transparent model, we d<span style="border: medium none;">on’t mark up prices or charge commission on any item sold.
We cut out the middleman, enabling our members to buy wines at exactly the same
price as they would from the vendors themselves.</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="border: medium none; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="border: medium none;"><span style="border: medium none;"> </span></span></span><span style="border: medium none; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="border: medium none;">We
obtain our revenue from charging vineyards and wine merchants a m<span style="border: medium none;">onthly subscription fee to be listed on the site. This
model is new to the industry, giving smaller vineyards and sellers the
opportunity to reach audiences they otherwise could not.</span></span></span>
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="border: medium none; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="border: medium none;">Members
in turn can purchase directly from the source with no additional <span style="border: medium none;">fees. Without the overheads associated with holding stock,
we can afford to work on a PCM subscription basis providing a mutually
beneficial relationship to all involved.</span></span></span><span style="border: medium none; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="border: medium none; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="border: medium none;">We
currently offer over 27,000 different wines from 183 vendors representing 38
count<span style="border: medium none;">ries who together have a total stock value of
over £10.5m. Loans exist.</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="border: medium none; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="border: medium none;">Over
£180k was committed to R&D work alone in 2016 and 2017, which has laid the
foundations for the business model. There are currently 150,000 different
winemakers globally, providing<span style="border: medium none;"> ideal scope for
expansion.</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="border: medium none; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="border: medium none;">We
want wine from all over the world to be accessible to everyone who’s as
passionate about wine as we are.'</span></span>
</p>
<ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="border: medium none; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="border: medium none;">Winebuyers.com lists 27,000 bottles and £10.5m stock
from 183 vendors</span></span><span style="border: medium none; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="border: medium none; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="border: medium none;">150,000 winemakers globally, industry to be wor<span style="border: medium none;">th over $400bn by 2022</span></span></span><span style="border: medium none; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="border: medium none; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="border: medium none;">Scalable model - Experienced team - 2,700 suppliers
already registered</span></span><span style="border: medium none; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="border: medium none; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="border: medium none;">Custom API's automate the entire process minimising
costs on all sides' </span></span><span style="border: medium none; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"></span></li></ul>
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{margin-bottom:0cm;}</style></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><p> </p><p>One would expect Winebuyers Ltd' pitch for funding to be very positive. Unfortunately Winebuyers Ltd's <b>accounts told a rather different story</b>. The company only made a profit in its first year of operation (accounts to 31.10.16) – £3159 in its profit and loss account filed 27.6.17. Thereafter it was a case of escalating losses:<br /></p><p>Accounts to 31.10.17 – (£62,827) in its profit and loss account filed 27.11.17. <br />Accounts to 31.10.18 – (£515,262) in its profit and loss account filed 25.7.19<br />Accounts to 31.10.19 – (1,297,450) in its profit and loss account filed 30.10.20</p><h3 style="text-align: left;">Three new directors:<br /></h3><p style="text-align: left;">On 7th January 2019 three new directors were appointed: Frederic Billet (French, DOB: 9.1970 – hotelier), Mehrdad Amir-Mokri (Austrian, DOB: 4.1967 – investment professional) and Santiago Barbat (Portuguese, DOB: 10.1981 – Head of Development). Amir-Mokri resigned as director on 10th October 2019 and Barbat resigned on 10th December 2019). </p><p>By 2019 there were the first rumours of suppliers not being paid. This accelerated in 2020 into early 2021. Also numerous Trustpilot reviews showed that customers were not get the wines they had ordered. On 25th February 2021 <i>The Drinks Business</i> reported that Winebuyers Ltd had six County Court judgments against it totaling £42,384. Winebuyers Ltd continued to list wines that they knew they couldn't supply as merchants/suppliers had ceased to work with them. See blog post from Master of Malt below. </p><p>Despite Winebuyers Ltd parlous state they continued to promote their wines on <b>Twitter </b>during 2021 probably aware that they were unlikely to be able to fulfill orders:</p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jMoMy2caLZs/YTHtMBFoaeI/AAAAAAABQLs/ME6XKUN8oKo9iM9BMV85NY9b1-vo3DBwwCLcBGAsYHQ/s710/C.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="518" data-original-width="710" height="291" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jMoMy2caLZs/YTHtMBFoaeI/AAAAAAABQLs/ME6XKUN8oKo9iM9BMV85NY9b1-vo3DBwwCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h291/C.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-iM806muhMAg/YTHtPW_bewI/AAAAAAABQLw/YGhxzUzQGwo_NFkr8VftJjowO4ddgojDQCLcBGAsYHQ/s706/D.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="646" data-original-width="706" height="366" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-iM806muhMAg/YTHtPW_bewI/AAAAAAABQLw/YGhxzUzQGwo_NFkr8VftJjowO4ddgojDQCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h366/D.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-m1FctHyRAzE/YTHtRTJbotI/AAAAAAABQL0/ryHrMPozF3wLlNGQzJ9yPEzBrPafgZ_VQCLcBGAsYHQ/s708/E.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="370" data-original-width="708" height="209" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-m1FctHyRAzE/YTHtRTJbotI/AAAAAAABQL0/ryHrMPozF3wLlNGQzJ9yPEzBrPafgZ_VQCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h209/E.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-aQMMTuI1fjo/YTH2FsYNJyI/AAAAAAABQMo/ivAOiujA_i0Jd6c9OCObxjx7aqssv-R6QCLcBGAsYHQ/s1344/Various-%2BMar%253AFeb%2B21.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1306" data-original-width="1344" height="389" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-aQMMTuI1fjo/YTH2FsYNJyI/AAAAAAABQMo/ivAOiujA_i0Jd6c9OCObxjx7aqssv-R6QCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h389/Various-%2BMar%253AFeb%2B21.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hkkfpuxt33U/YTH2Cu5_6qI/AAAAAAABQMk/WBxpSgvnv_03yXTswtxlq5BkU6hZrqRFQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1364/Trustpilot.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="966" data-original-width="1364" height="284" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hkkfpuxt33U/YTH2Cu5_6qI/AAAAAAABQMk/WBxpSgvnv_03yXTswtxlq5BkU6hZrqRFQCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h284/Trustpilot.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IHRieSk8upQ/YTH1xOlbtaI/AAAAAAABQMc/1UUOeUyJy50p7DsfVyveRbbHttDRFrs4gCLcBGAsYHQ/s1344/Ben%2BFranks%2Bowed%2BFeb%2B21.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1138" data-original-width="1344" height="339" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IHRieSk8upQ/YTH1xOlbtaI/AAAAAAABQMc/1UUOeUyJy50p7DsfVyveRbbHttDRFrs4gCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h339/Ben%2BFranks%2Bowed%2BFeb%2B21.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><br /> </p><p>30th April 2021: Creditors' Resolution to wind up Winebuyers Ltd and liquidator appointed.<br />Liquidators: Andrew Pear and Michael Solomons, <a href="https://www.bm-advisory.com">BM Advisory </a>Tel: 020-7549 8050.<br />Insolvency practitioners are required to report on matters of concern. I imagine Andrew Pear and Michael Solomons will want to establish whether Winebuyers Ltd continued <b>to trade while insolvent</b>. <br />31st April 2021: Creditors/ liquidation committee established<b>.<br /></b>Members in addition to the two liquidators: <b><br /></b>Delantalo Vinos SL, Atom Supplies Ltd (Master of Malt), Awin Barrett Siegel Wine Agencies LLP, Enotria Wine Cellars Ltd and Great Wines Ltd. <br /></p><p><span style="color: red;"><b>Ben Revell's Statement of Affairs 23rd March 2021</b><br /><span style="color: black;">The estimated total assets for preferential creditors is £148,500. Sums owing to preferential creditors are for employees and former employees (£25,798.81) and HMRC £30410.06 leaving £92,291.13 for unsecured creditors. The estimated deficiency for unsecurred creditors is £1,641,001.93 less £92,291, so an estimated deficiency of £1,548,710.80. In practice a considerable part of the £92,291.13 will be swallowed up by the costs of the liquidation, so unsecured creditors will get back a minimal amount at best. <br /><br /></span><span style="color: black;"></span></span><b>Trade creditors<br /></b>The list of company creditors runs to eight pages with a further 11 pages giving details of shareholders. Prominent among the trade creditors are: <br /><br />Knotel UK Ltd: £244,282<br />('tailoring workspaces to the unique needs of established and growing
companies. From space to services, we give companies the freedom and
flexibility to grow and adapt to today’s ever-evolving workplace
demands.')</p><p>H & H Fine Wines: £120,018 </p><p>Enotria & Coe: £96,643.82<br /></p><p>Blueshift Labs Inc (San Francisco): £33,118. <br />'Discover how you can intelligently collect, unify, and access a
360-degree view of each customer and start delivering truly connected
omnichannel experiences.'</p><p>Barclays (Hammersmith): £77,930</p><p>decantalo (Barcelona): £70,592 <br /></p><p>Great Wines Direct: £64,863 <br /><br />WeWork: New York £46,708 <br />'flexible work spaces'</p><p>Atom Group (owns of Master of Malt): £35,725 </p><p>Affiliate Gateway (Haywards Heath): £33,224<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />'We’re specialists in performance marketing with a wealth of experience in retail, travel, insurance and finance.'<br />'Go beyond the expected'... unfortunately came true for this marketing company to the tune of £33,224! <br /></span></span></p><p>Stature PR Co (London): £25,116 <br /></p><p style="text-align: left;">Museum Wines: £15,813<span style="color: red;"><b> *<br /><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: red;">Update – 18/11/21 </span><br /></span></b><span style="color: black;">Museum Wines submitted a claim for £25,338.34 </span></span><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">rather more than WineBuyers Mark 1 admitted (£15,813). – a court found in Musuem Wines favour and they have a judgment against WineBuyers Mark1 for this sum. This figure includes the monthly subscription fee dating back to the last time WineBuyers paid Museum Wines on time (May 2020) since WineBuyers were in breach of contract and thus Museum Wines wre not obliged to pay this fee. Also included was a promotion that WineBuyers ran offering free shipping without Museum Wines' authoristion, so the P&p costs for the 50 cases sold. </span></span><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><br /></span></span></span></p><p>Honest Grapes: £15,298 <br /></p><p>Petersham Cellar: £15,200</p><p>Latin-wines-online: £15,112.77<br /></p><p><b>Other creditors?</b><br />There are only trade creditors listed in Ben Revell's of Affairs Statement, so mention of customers who ordered wine and have received nothing part from broken promises as a number of reviews on Trustpilot show. Those who crowdfunded Winebuyers to at least £568,870 will also be out of pocket – the Statement of Affairs. Thus the losses racked up by Revell's Winebuyers Ltd – trade creditors plus shareholders is in the region of £2,210 million with an unknown number of customers would didn't get the goods they ordered. <br /></p><p> </p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jHUnMx8BeVE/YTDSNJGzSpI/AAAAAAABQHk/A3YBnc9Mu5EnEX1Wj_c-RruUFlLsSvUdwCLcBGAsYHQ/s424/Financial%2BOmbudsman%2BService.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="424" data-original-width="388" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jHUnMx8BeVE/YTDSNJGzSpI/AAAAAAABQHk/A3YBnc9Mu5EnEX1Wj_c-RruUFlLsSvUdwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Financial%2BOmbudsman%2BService.jpeg" width="293" /></a></b> <br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">These shareholders may well be more than interested that the <a href="https://www.financial-ombudsman.org.uk/files/301390/DRN7590473.pdf">Financial Ombudsman in May 2021 upheld a complaint </a>from someone who invested in a company through Crowdcube Capital Ltd. Part of the Ombudsman's decision is given below. <br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="border: medium none; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="border: medium none;">'As explained
in my provisional decision - given the generally higher risk nature of these
investments, and the likelihood that these companies might fail, I consider
there was an equal chance he may have lost some or all of his investment had he
invested i<span style="border: medium none;">n another crowdfunding opportunity other
than in Company A. I acknowledge that he might also have made a return. But
without the benefit of hindsight, it simply isn’t possible for me to fairly
establish what return he would likely have made, if any. For th<span style="border: medium none;">ese reasons, I consider that fair and reasonable
compensation be a return of Mr S’s initial investment, subject to the deduction
of any tax relief that he claimed at that time.</span></span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="border: medium none; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="border: medium none;"><span style="border: medium none;"><span style="border: medium none;"> </span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="border: medium none; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="border: medium none;"><b>my final
decision </b></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="border: medium none; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="border: medium none;"><span style="border: medium none;"><br />For the reasons given above, I uphold this
complaint and direct Crowdcube Capital Limited to put things right as set out
above. Under the rules of the Financial Ombudsman Service, I’m required to ask
Mr S to accept or reject my decision before 12 April 202<span style="border: medium none;">1.'</span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="border: medium none; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="border: medium none;">Ben Waites
<br />Ombudsman</span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;">
</span><span style="font-size: small;"><br />https://www.financial-ombudsman.org.uk/files/301390/DRN7590473.pdf </span><br /></p><p><b>Press coverage:<br /><i>Positive: </i> <br /></b>Unfortunately Ben Revell managed to get some uncritical press coverage. Here are some examples:</p><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BiFjysFNN-A/YTDrsYq8daI/AAAAAAABQHs/1LRqrX3POTM3jACH9ucwp8_AeM_7ZgJzQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1624/Ian%2BKing%2BLive%2B2019.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1358" data-original-width="1624" height="335" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BiFjysFNN-A/YTDrsYq8daI/AAAAAAABQHs/1LRqrX3POTM3jACH9ucwp8_AeM_7ZgJzQCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h335/Ian%2BKing%2BLive%2B2019.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><p>Sky News Ian King live <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LlbSJvn9GUM ">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LlbSJvn9GUM </a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3siB7MoWSQY/YTDtWZoeAKI/AAAAAAABQIE/Zo1NKRJqr8MtGJtrbIBoScld40-kel1hgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1376/Headline.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="1376" height="373" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3siB7MoWSQY/YTDtWZoeAKI/AAAAAAABQIE/Zo1NKRJqr8MtGJtrbIBoScld40-kel1hgCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h373/Headline.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"> Financial Times: September 9th 2020<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-U1aSvZhmrOY/YTDr9Zn1vMI/AAAAAAABQH0/GqSKtuETmHcu3bykXBIrb2M1-oy72QpCACLcBGAsYHQ/s882/Till%2Byou%2Bdrop.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="574" data-original-width="882" height="260" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-U1aSvZhmrOY/YTDr9Zn1vMI/AAAAAAABQH0/GqSKtuETmHcu3bykXBIrb2M1-oy72QpCACLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h260/Till%2Byou%2Bdrop.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><p>If Revell is 'still in the business' in 10 years times, how many times will an incarnation of Winebuyers risen from the ashes? </p><p><span style="color: red;"><b>Negative press:<br /></b></span></p><p><span style="color: red;"><b></b></span></p><p><span>An early warning came from an </span><span><a href="https://www.masterofmalt.com/blog/post/we-want-to-warn-the-industry-about-winebuyers.aspx"><span><span><span class="kqEaA z8gr9e">excoriating</span></span></span> blog post </a>(10.2.2021) by Master of Malt, a supplier to Winebuyers Ltd, who started having payment issues with Ben Revell as early as 2019. Master of Malt took legal action to try to get payment.</span></p><p><span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ZRcYEkO2xCg/YTFKyPEfHRI/AAAAAAABQJI/9JYQ1bBSRpcBqyQK0Z_jfykGI4gbdwj0QCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Untitled%2B13.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1319" data-original-width="2048" height="258" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ZRcYEkO2xCg/YTFKyPEfHRI/AAAAAAABQJI/9JYQ1bBSRpcBqyQK0Z_jfykGI4gbdwj0QCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h258/Untitled%2B13.jpeg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span><br /><b>'</b></span><b>Online order aggregator Winebuyers stopped paying suppliers
in full in 2019, and has since racked up substantial debts as it failed
to pay its suppliers for goods and services provided in good faith.</b><p></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The drinks business is an amazing
industry to work in, filled with brilliant people and exciting,
innovative businesses. It’s an incredibly small, tight-knit community
where everyone knows everyone, and as a result, the standard of conduct
and honesty is very high.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Very occasionally someone comes into
the industry who doesn’t appreciate and respect these bonds of trust,
and when that happens we feel a responsibility to let others know how
badly they’ve behaved so they don’t get burned as we have been.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We, therefore, feel an obligation to warn others in the industry about Ben Revell, Founder and CEO of Winebuyers.com.'</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">** </span></b><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">'</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">We find Mr. Revell’s conduct to be
utterly shameful, reprehensible and quite possibly criminal, and believe
his future victims have a right to know how he conducts himself before
entering into a business relationship with him.'</span> </span></p><p><span> </span></p><p><span><a href="https://www.masterofmalt.com/blog/post/we-want-to-warn-the-industry-about-winebuyers.aspx">Read the rest blog post here</a>.<br /></span></p><p><span style="color: red;"><b><br /><span style="color: black;">Fortunately there were other less gushing, more critical journalists mainly in the drinks trade press: </span></b></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5JWgiGSsPlQ/YTDyXPoNAeI/AAAAAAABQIM/MMLDdwUX8NgaDJV1Fu5BRiADtHhjxV2EgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1406/Feb%2B2021%2B-%2Binvestors%2Bwanted.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1078" data-original-width="1406" height="306" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5JWgiGSsPlQ/YTDyXPoNAeI/AAAAAAABQIM/MMLDdwUX8NgaDJV1Fu5BRiADtHhjxV2EgCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h306/Feb%2B2021%2B-%2Binvestors%2Bwanted.jpeg" width="400" /></a></span></span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">The Drinks Business 5th February 2021</span></span></i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-m7YpSqocn3k/YTDywLVnSmI/AAAAAAABQIU/ViVCksaP5LYYtJKgCpiQTbLWiNAmUvkSgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1334/Charges%2Bmount%2B25%252C2%252C21.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1008" data-original-width="1334" height="303" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-m7YpSqocn3k/YTDywLVnSmI/AAAAAAABQIU/ViVCksaP5LYYtJKgCpiQTbLWiNAmUvkSgCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h303/Charges%2Bmount%2B25%252C2%252C21.jpeg" width="400" /></a></span></span></div><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;"> <i>The Drinks Business 25th February 2021</i></span></span><br /></div><div><p></p><p><br /> </p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-eLKo9ryoKAE/YTDz_A0jmRI/AAAAAAABQIc/gbGSGKaIpMgSRAR6u8HRlU772yQ_hfYXACLcBGAsYHQ/s1592/Heading.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="692" data-original-width="1592" height="139" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-eLKo9ryoKAE/YTDz_A0jmRI/AAAAAAABQIc/gbGSGKaIpMgSRAR6u8HRlU772yQ_hfYXACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Heading.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">There is an <a href="https://issuu.com/winemerchantmag/docs/wine_merchant_issue_105_online">excellent article</a> by Nigel Huddleston <br />in The Wine Merchant (issue 105) <br /></div></div><div><b> </b></div><div><b>Twitter: ECF Buzz <a href="@makeyoubillions ">@makeyoubillions <br /></a></b>Casts a critical eye over crowdfunding investments and has been very incisive over Winebuyers Ltd (Mark 1) and Winebuyers Group Ltd (Winebuyers Mark 2). Well worth following. Here are a small selection of tweets:<br /></div><div> </div><div><b> </b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-u8V4-WDQJAA/YTH0ty-76xI/AAAAAAABQMU/lvvCmXe3_MMwTHe_6FVCTcM67Oeklw7sQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1338/Feb%2B24%2B21%2Bwarning.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="916" data-original-width="1338" height="274" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-u8V4-WDQJAA/YTH0ty-76xI/AAAAAAABQMU/lvvCmXe3_MMwTHe_6FVCTcM67Oeklw7sQCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h274/Feb%2B24%2B21%2Bwarning.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div></b><div style="text-align: center;"><b> </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;"><b><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cB9eLOAWX4U/YTH3ZFNaPiI/AAAAAAABQM0/kVY91zBxDoExI-OHB2rQuQDbdBmhuHA2ACLcBGAsYHQ/s1344/Crowdcube%2BFeb%2B21.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1064" data-original-width="1344" height="316" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cB9eLOAWX4U/YTH3ZFNaPiI/AAAAAAABQM0/kVY91zBxDoExI-OHB2rQuQDbdBmhuHA2ACLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h316/Crowdcube%2BFeb%2B21.jpeg" width="400" /></a></b></span></span> <br /></b></div></div><div><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;"><b></b></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hOHdYwI7A1c/YTHzEJYEadI/AAAAAAABQME/X7Gsd2qmmwAh36LiuzgfnZmmoTT8dEasgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1344/April%2B28th%2B21a%2Bpredicted.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1344" height="321" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hOHdYwI7A1c/YTHzEJYEadI/AAAAAAABQME/X7Gsd2qmmwAh36LiuzgfnZmmoTT8dEasgCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h321/April%2B28th%2B21a%2Bpredicted.jpeg" width="400" /></a></b></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;"><b></b></span></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;"><b><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-28SVipv-E08/YTH3fBLhZkI/AAAAAAABQM4/v2Rxp9QbVd8oL28QDh231t2NXYcCV2zIwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1326/May%2B4th%2B21.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1068" data-original-width="1326" height="323" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-28SVipv-E08/YTH3fBLhZkI/AAAAAAABQM4/v2Rxp9QbVd8oL28QDh231t2NXYcCV2zIwCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h323/May%2B4th%2B21.jpeg" width="400" /></a></b></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;"><b><b><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PNdYbRVHI-w/YTH0U2GDWBI/AAAAAAABQMM/ifVGyWCCaVskA5R_lLpeAGZ9XoEyyWD1ACLcBGAsYHQ/s1302/18.5.21%2Bstill%2Btrading%2B.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="314" data-original-width="1302" height="96" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PNdYbRVHI-w/YTH0U2GDWBI/AAAAAAABQMM/ifVGyWCCaVskA5R_lLpeAGZ9XoEyyWD1ACLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h96/18.5.21%2Bstill%2Btrading%2B.jpeg" width="400" /></a></b> <br /></b></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;"><b> <br /><br /></b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;"><b>Trustpilot Reviews <br /></b></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RroSAXQu9UQ/YTHUbHtjzPI/AAAAAAABQJQ/xFfnDTRBQq8FMTb7dM_75Kqoq0jzr5URACLcBGAsYHQ/s1336/Not%2Bhappy%2Breading.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1310" data-original-width="1336" height="314" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RroSAXQu9UQ/YTHUbHtjzPI/AAAAAAABQJQ/xFfnDTRBQq8FMTb7dM_75Kqoq0jzr5URACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Not%2Bhappy%2Breading.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Reviews of Winebuyers Ltd are very polarised: either they are 'excellent' or 'bad' as this analysis of the reviews shows.<br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lDRJVteADoE/YTHXwR8j6OI/AAAAAAABQJY/jM19uxKJ0kIbKa8DWDs0SoEfwUVT1jEhACLcBGAsYHQ/s1692/All%2Bsources.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="776" data-original-width="1692" height="184" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lDRJVteADoE/YTHXwR8j6OI/AAAAAAABQJY/jM19uxKJ0kIbKa8DWDs0SoEfwUVT1jEhACLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h184/All%2Bsources.jpeg" width="400" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Bad reviews dominated between January - March 2021 <br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zazSEg3Vook/YTHX0cGmqPI/AAAAAAABQJc/1ckPEWu64t0kRPMmIiFWsh5JQIvDV5XHgCLcBGAsYHQ/s828/All%2Breviews%2B12%2Bmonths.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="556" data-original-width="828" height="269" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zazSEg3Vook/YTHX0cGmqPI/AAAAAAABQJc/1ckPEWu64t0kRPMmIiFWsh5JQIvDV5XHgCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h269/All%2Breviews%2B12%2Bmonths.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><b>62% 'bad' reviews in the last 12 months </b><br /><b><br /></b><p></p><p>Positive reviews come from people invited (Manual invitations) to post a review. Whereas the negative ones come from people who post on Trustpilot off their own bat (Organic reviews) with fewer positive reviews. <br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-92RI9wPf-dg/YTHbGlztyyI/AAAAAAABQJo/W3BHvOzy2y4sgRtJJlH_opK2TjXC4yifwCLcBGAsYHQ/s818/Manual%2Binvitations.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="552" data-original-width="818" height="270" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-92RI9wPf-dg/YTHbGlztyyI/AAAAAAABQJo/W3BHvOzy2y4sgRtJJlH_opK2TjXC4yifwCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h270/Manual%2Binvitations.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mJvjHmCLnNE/YTHbb5bC2PI/AAAAAAABQJw/6iul4rH0ZP0PfrPJRc21SWwdCqdksZKpgCLcBGAsYHQ/s834/Organic.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="546" data-original-width="834" height="261" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mJvjHmCLnNE/YTHbb5bC2PI/AAAAAAABQJw/6iul4rH0ZP0PfrPJRc21SWwdCqdksZKpgCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h261/Organic.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><b>76% Bad reviews over last 12 months<br /></b><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Examples of bad reviews:</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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The sole director is Kyle Fordham (DOB: 6.1989) who holds the single £1 share and has 'significant control' of the company. The registered office is Kemp House, 160 <span>City Road London, EC1V 2NX – a virtual office company.<br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OsyPYEx-2dg/YTD4TMposRI/AAAAAAABQIk/AxXaGBDkVbA7vgN9JmYTksQzey6QtOL7gCLcBGAsYHQ/s1312/Virtual%2Boffice.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="240" data-original-width="1312" height="74" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OsyPYEx-2dg/YTD4TMposRI/AAAAAAABQIk/AxXaGBDkVbA7vgN9JmYTksQzey6QtOL7gCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h74/Virtual%2Boffice.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div> <p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span>Nigel Huddleston reports in his fine article – Winebuyers reboot raises questions – that it was agreed that Ben Revell would not be involved in the new Winebuyer Group Ltd (Winebuyers Mark 2). Instead Huddleston reports that at least until July Revell has been signing himself as the CEO of Winebuyers Group. So it may be that Revell is the shadow director and Kyle Fordham as the patsy...? </span> </p><p> </p><p><span style="color: red;"><b>Who is Kyle Fordham? </b></span><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nTC_5zJd-Sw/YS0QAXAQqcI/AAAAAAABQGw/gvPDMn56qxQpZR9PBslxWOEFetkrR9MpgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1330/Kyle%2BFordham%2BMay%2B21a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1028" data-original-width="1330" height="247" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nTC_5zJd-Sw/YS0QAXAQqcI/AAAAAAABQGw/gvPDMn56qxQpZR9PBslxWOEFetkrR9MpgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Kyle%2BFordham%2BMay%2B21a.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div> <p></p><p style="text-align: center;">Does anyone know a Kyle Fordham?<br /></p><p> <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bh9Y-JppQj0/YS0QAqEuiBI/AAAAAAABQG0/lm0G7t5k0FUEPcCVTSODZMgXDY-m6WRPgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1328/Kyle%2BFordham%2BMay%2B21.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1014" data-original-width="1328" height="305" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bh9Y-JppQj0/YS0QAqEuiBI/AAAAAAABQG0/lm0G7t5k0FUEPcCVTSODZMgXDY-m6WRPgCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h305/Kyle%2BFordham%2BMay%2B21.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>'</b></span></span><span><b><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;">a turbulent few months in 2020'...</span></span> </b></span></p><p><span><span style="font-size: small;">Revell's continued</span> involvement in Winebuyers Group Ltd is confirmed by an email exchange between Winebuyers Group through a young, persistent and I fancy increasingly desperate 'sales executive</span><span><span class="text-body-small inline t-black--light break-words">, who uses a USA phone number (</span></span><span><span class="text-body-small inline t-black--light break-words"><span>eastern Pennsylvania) </span>having joined Winebuyers Group in June 2021 </span>and wine merchant Stone, Vine & Son. The exchange also illustrates why it will be very difficult for Winebuyers Mark 2 to get anyone to supply them likely to be made even harder with Revell apparently still running the company. Winebuyers Mark 2 may have acquired a large potential customer base from Winebuyers Mark 1 but will they be able to offer much in the way of wines and spirits?<br /></span></p><p><span>Nor is there any reason to believe that Revell's model of charging suppliers for exposure and customers who order through the Winebuyers' platform actually works. Among Winebuyers creditors there are PR and marketing companies along with office space providers who are all owed substantial sums. Looks like Revell's model doesn't generate sufficient revenue to cover the company's costs. <br /></span></p><div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><b><span face="Tahoma, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt;">From:</span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><span face="Tahoma, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></span><span face="Tahoma, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt;">sales executive <br /><b>Sent:</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>25 August 2021 16:37<br /><b>To:</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Sales<br /><b>Subject:</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Winebuyers keen to list your products.</span></div></div><div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"> </div></div><div><div><div><div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span face="Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 10.5pt;">Hello,</span></div></div></div><div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span face="Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span></div></div><div><div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span face="Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 10.5pt;">My name is **** and I work in the sales / buyers department here at Winebuyers HQ</span></div></div></div><div><div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span face="Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span></div></div></div><div><div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span face="Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 10.5pt;">This
October, Winebuyers Group Ltd will be launching a series of campaigns
for our Chilean Wine Month; and we are very keen to list your products
in them! </span></div></div></div><div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span face="Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span></div></div><div><div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span face="Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 10.5pt;">If selling to a wide range of consumers is of interest to you, please kindly respond. </span></div></div></div><div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span face="Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span></div></div><div><div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span face="Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 10.5pt;">We look forward to hearing from you soon!</span></div></div></div><div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span face="Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span></div></div><div><div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span face="Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 10.5pt;">Best,</span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span face="Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><div><div><div><div><div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span face="Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 10.5pt;">Sales Executive | Winebuyers Group</span></div></div></div><div><div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><b><span face="Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 10.5pt;">Kemp House, 160 City Road, London EC1V 2NX</span></b></div></div></div><div><div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span face="Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 10.5pt;">+1 (610) 972 1128 |</span></div></div></div><div><div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span face="Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 10.5pt;"><a href="http://www.winebuyers.com/" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3c61aa;">www.winebuyers.com</span></a></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span face="Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 10.5pt;"><span style="color: #3c61aa;"> </span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span face="Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 10.5pt;"><span style="color: #3c61aa;"><span style="font-size: large;">•• </span><br /></span></span></div></div></div></div></div></div><span face="Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span></div></div></div></div><div><div><div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span face="Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 10.5pt;">On Wed, Aug 25, 2021 at 12:08 PM Sales <<a href="mailto:sales@stonevine.co.uk" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: purple;">sales@stonevine.co.uk</span></a>> wrote:</span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span face="Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 10.5pt;"> <br /></span></div></div></div></div></div><div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="color: #1f497d; font-size: 11pt;">Dear ****</span></div></div><div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="color: #1f497d; font-size: 11pt;"> </span></div></div><div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="color: #1f497d; font-size: 11pt;">I
am really sorry, but with the press you have had (and continue to have)
there is no way we could work with you. Is Ben Revell still working
with you? <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></div></div><div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="color: #1f497d; font-size: 11pt;"> </span> <br /></div></div><b><span face="Tahoma, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt;">From:</span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><span face="Tahoma, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></span><span face="Tahoma, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt;">sales executive </span><span face="Tahoma, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt;"><span class="apple-converted-space"></span></span><br /><span face="Tahoma, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt;"></span><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span face="Tahoma, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt;"><b>Sent:</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>27 August 2021 15:00<br /><b>To:</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Sales<br /><b>Subject:</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Re: Winebuyers keen to list your products.</span> <br /></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"> </div><div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;">Hello, </div></div><div><div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"> </div></div></div><div><div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;">Thanks for getting back to me. </div></div></div><div><div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"> </div></div></div><div><div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;">Ben
Revell is still a member of our team here at Winebuyers. After
experiencing a turbulent few months in 2020, Winebuyers was actually
liquidated, and then reacquired by new owners. With new investment
behind us, we have made many positive changes to our old platform and
policies. </div></div></div><div><div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"> </div></div></div><div><div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;">I
would love to hop on a call with you to further discuss these changes
and see if there is any potential for a relationship between Stonevine
and Winebuyers. Are you available at all next week? </div></div></div><div><div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"> </div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><div><div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;">Please do let me know, I look forward to hearing from you soon. </div></div></div><div><div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"> </div></div></div><div><div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;">Kind regards, </div></div></div><div><div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;">*****<br /></div></div></div> </div></div></div><p>***** appears to be desperate as she is still chasing Stone, Vine & Son (2.9.21):</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="color: #1f497d;">They never give up! Arrived 5 minutes ago…</span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="color: #1f497d; font-size: 11pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><b><span face="Tahoma, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt;">From:</span></b><span face="Tahoma, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>*****<span face="Tahoma, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt;"><br /><b>Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>02 September 2021 16:06<br /><b>To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Sales<br /><b>Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Re: Winebuyers keen to list your products.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"> </p><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;">Hello, </p><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"> </p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;">I just wanted to give it another shot in seeing if a partnership with Winebuyers could be of interest to you?</p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"> </p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;">Please let me know!</p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"> </p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;">Best wishes, </p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;">*****</p></div></div><p style="text-align: center;"> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Ju98qd4UAbg/YTO9VJDIH3I/AAAAAAABQNI/yZSaoX87NusstpHHyZ-8VGYLHs08_l3uwCLcBGAsYHQ/s626/US%2Bnumber.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="524" data-original-width="626" height="335" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Ju98qd4UAbg/YTO9VJDIH3I/AAAAAAABQNI/yZSaoX87NusstpHHyZ-8VGYLHs08_l3uwCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h335/US%2Bnumber.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>US based sales executive continues to be busy...<br /><br /><p></p><p><span><b> </b></span></p><p><span><b><a href="https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/08633751">Prestigious Wine Ltd</a> <br /></b>This is Ben Revell's other company, which according to the FT article, was the best preparation for Revell through '</span><span>buying and selling investment wines online'.</span></p><p><span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jDRHJwq-DOw/YS9ZvDWEiUI/AAAAAAABQHI/H2kzroBJVzk2aRuiSyj-NsAS-pFVJiwGgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1564/Prestigious%2BWine.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1266" data-original-width="1564" height="324" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jDRHJwq-DOw/YS9ZvDWEiUI/AAAAAAABQHI/H2kzroBJVzk2aRuiSyj-NsAS-pFVJiwGgCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h324/Prestigious%2BWine.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><p><br /><span style="font-size: small;">Although Revell claims that he had 'a very crude UK website' a Google search doesn't list a website for Prestigious Wine Ltd (created 1.8.2013). Also the filed accounts indicate that the company never did very much business despite Revell's £300,000 worth of stock. From the accounts to 31.7.17 the busiest year appears to have been 2016-2017 with total net assets listed as £8329. Ben Revell (DOB: 2.12.1988) and Bonnie Revell (12.12.1958) are the two directors with a Peter Revell as company secretary. Interestingly a Peter Revell of Flat 1, Shelton Street, Covent Garden, London WC2H 9JN is listed as a creditor of Winebuyers Ltd owed £110,359. On 23th July 2021 Bonnie and Ben Revell applied to have the Prestigious Wine Ltd struck off. </span> </p><p></p><p><span><i> </i></span></p><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span><span style="color: red;">Conclusion:<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black;"><br />From the accounts for both Winebuyers Ltd and Prestigious Wine Ltd filed with Companies House UK I can find no evidence that Ben Revell can run a successful business, although he does have an ability to run up large debts, instead he appears to be good at PR and promotion. </span></span> <br /></span></span></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span><span style="color: red;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span><span style="color: black;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Would I buy wine from Winebuyers Group Ltd? <span style="color: red;"><b>No way!</b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span><span style="color: red;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span><span style="color: black;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Would I invest in Winebuyers Group Ltd? <b><span style="color: red;">You must be joking! </span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span><span style="color: red;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span><span style="color: black;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">If I was wine producer/ wine merchant/ spirits producer/ spirits merchant would I supply Winebuyers Ltd? <span style="color: red;"><b>You cannot be serious! </b></span> </span><span></span></span></span><br /></span></span></span></span></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span><span style="color: red;"> </span><i><br /></i></span></h3><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hcHeUAzVydk/YSzIbMPcttI/AAAAAAABQGc/FkpWWC9cjbECixxsUq3glD5G86ollJERgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1258/Phoenix-roadsign.tiff" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="848" data-original-width="1258" height="270" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hcHeUAzVydk/YSzIbMPcttI/AAAAAAABQGc/FkpWWC9cjbECixxsUq3glD5G86ollJERgCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h270/Phoenix-roadsign.tiff" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br /></div>Jim's Loirehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06696024920441263899noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1567042805993048802.post-71969060044438209192021-08-30T12:17:00.008+01:002021-08-30T12:47:01.369+01:00Premier Capital Finance Ltd – Irish company cloned by fraudsters?<div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-r-Le4KKwkqU/YSYAqu7u6zI/AAAAAAABQFA/XqleLIItImwz8OrbbUU7ssV-Qd9RvaP_ACLcBGAsYHQ/s1280/Invoice%2Bto%2BJB-ed2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="1076" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-r-Le4KKwkqU/YSYAqu7u6zI/AAAAAAABQFA/XqleLIItImwz8OrbbUU7ssV-Qd9RvaP_ACLcBGAsYHQ/w336-h400/Invoice%2Bto%2BJB-ed2.jpg" width="336" />£</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Invoice sent by 'Premier Capital Finance' <br />to John B 19th August 2021 <br /></div></div><div><p></p><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-left: 40px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wEAu3ogqyEM/YSYA0cSVLMI/AAAAAAABQFE/ic2-o5FuwAEFVhLJXqHzvfLgEd-ioyHwwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1280/Terms-ed.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="907" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wEAu3ogqyEM/YSYA0cSVLMI/AAAAAAABQFE/ic2-o5FuwAEFVhLJXqHzvfLgEd-ioyHwwCLcBGAsYHQ/w283-h400/Terms-ed.jpg" width="283" /></a></div> Underwritten guarantee from 'Premier Capital Finance' to John B<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">with signature by Ian Hartery, Director </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><p>It would appear that the Irish company Premier Capital Finance Ltd (IE544663) has been cloned by fraudsters operating an advance fee fraud. An invoice for £1850 from 'Premier Capital Finance Ltd' was sent to John B on 19th August 2021. It purported to be a guarantee that on payment of this sum for 'fees pertaining to the Account Remission for your Imperial Fine Wines, in the exit of your Investment Portfolio as orchestrated by the Guarantor' he would receive payment of £41,900. The Guarantee was signed by Ian Hartery, director.</p><p>There is confusion over the company name. The now dissolved Imperial Fine Wines Ltd registered at a company formation business in Kensington. Set up in November 2012 the company never traded and was dissolved voluntarily in August 2018. Instead it was through Imperial Wine & Spirits Merchant Ltd that John B bought his 'investment' wines. This company was founded as Imperial Wines of London Ltd on 21st May 2008 with Ben Cazaly (DOB: June 1982) and Barry Gamble (DOB: 19th July 1980). The company changed its name to Imperial Wine & Spirits Merchant Ltd in January 2017. On 6th July 2021 the company was compulsorily dissolved. A restraint order by the Treasury Solicitor on the company's assets was obtained at St Albans Crown Court on 28th November 2018. In the lead up to the company's dissolution this has now been disclaimed by the Treasury Solicitor. </p><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lhNctCopKLU/YSgK-XJCNsI/AAAAAAABQFU/thrns5KfkkQN3QPGEMN3Yr5-Z7UcVk1uACLcBGAsYHQ/s1386/Restraint%2Border.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1386" data-original-width="1246" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lhNctCopKLU/YSgK-XJCNsI/AAAAAAABQFU/thrns5KfkkQN3QPGEMN3Yr5-Z7UcVk1uACLcBGAsYHQ/w360-h400/Restraint%2Border.jpeg" width="360" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Details of Court Order</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">It is, of course highly unlikely that there are any remaining assets from the now dissolved Imperial Wine & Spirits Merchant Ltd and that this invoice is a further attempt by fraudsters to extract more money from already deceived investors. Incidentally these fraudsters are chasing a dead man as John B died
several years ago – sadly his death was possibly hastened by the stress
caused by his unwise 'investments'.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">As is increasingly the case these fraudsters appear to have cloned Premier Capital Finance Ltd (IE544663) based at Caherass Stud Farm, Croom, Co Limerick. The company dates from 28th May 2014 and Ian Hartery is a director. <br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vOx-N_bIp5M/YSytbgBog_I/AAAAAAABQFc/OTJCypMCwpIz7GjsT9cNuGu7t9OJDOuNQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Co%2B%252B%2BMr%2BHartery.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1090" data-original-width="2048" height="213" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vOx-N_bIp5M/YSytbgBog_I/AAAAAAABQFc/OTJCypMCwpIz7GjsT9cNuGu7t9OJDOuNQCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h213/Co%2B%252B%2BMr%2BHartery.jpeg" width="400" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-W-I4u1VUEXY/YSytzsmTHeI/AAAAAAABQFk/lbtoH7qNZCY6PTDgzmNdSc9qVi-GD-FSACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Directorships.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="2048" height="250" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-W-I4u1VUEXY/YSytzsmTHeI/AAAAAAABQFk/lbtoH7qNZCY6PTDgzmNdSc9qVi-GD-FSACLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h250/Directorships.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Ian Hartery (DOB Sept 1976), a director of Premier Capital Finance Ltd <br />and also a director of Premier Capital Holdings Ltd </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;">I think it is highly unlikely that Ian Hartery and Premier Capital Finance Ltd are part of this advance fee fraud – instead innocent victims especially as Nick Hartery, who is also based at Caherass Stud Farm, is the current chairman of Horse Racing Ireland. Unfortunately I have had no response to an email sent on 21st August to Mr Hartery explaining my suspicions over the cloning of Premier Capital Finance Ltd but have yet to receive a reply. <br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;">When I first started to look into Premier Capital Finance Ltd their website claimed that the company was registered in the UK as this Google search below shows:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PWd8MzpdOR4/YSyzDDoEygI/AAAAAAABQFs/qHcPMdeDT2Maa-C2pylG4F1cQBZmZ6R1ACLcBGAsYHQ/s1382/Google%2BSearch.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="294" data-original-width="1382" height="85" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PWd8MzpdOR4/YSyzDDoEygI/AAAAAAABQFs/qHcPMdeDT2Maa-C2pylG4F1cQBZmZ6R1ACLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h85/Google%2BSearch.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">However, on <a href="http://www.premiercapitalfinanceuk.com">Premier Capital Finance website </a>now says that the company is registered in Ireland:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ay94PI2h1Q8/YSy1bOU3-2I/AAAAAAABQF0/f1p2B2tz-l0XDOz4TUcD9okIJgGDvDT4gCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Contact%2Bus.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1090" data-original-width="2048" height="213" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ay94PI2h1Q8/YSy1bOU3-2I/AAAAAAABQF0/f1p2B2tz-l0XDOz4TUcD9okIJgGDvDT4gCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h213/Contact%2Bus.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Copyright is given as 2019 but the website wasn't set up until 26.7.21.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Regarding copyright the fraudsters have no compunction over copying text from legitimate finance companies like the Roxbury and Charles Stanley. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qGW4zlWUYco/YSy5gmaGwbI/AAAAAAABQF8/JJnDoTLg1oIg0c4APwPO5Pt1nbmhjShXwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2078/What%2Bwe%2Boffer.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="670" data-original-width="2078" height="129" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qGW4zlWUYco/YSy5gmaGwbI/AAAAAAABQF8/JJnDoTLg1oIg0c4APwPO5Pt1nbmhjShXwCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h129/What%2Bwe%2Boffer.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IvcDhR1A4GI/YSy6ysyoFmI/AAAAAAABQGM/irHLySzAQtAJzJ9lD7z1u3JGl1uTuhsJgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2066/Our%2Bedge.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="726" data-original-width="2066" height="140" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IvcDhR1A4GI/YSy6ysyoFmI/AAAAAAABQGM/irHLySzAQtAJzJ9lD7z1u3JGl1uTuhsJgCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h140/Our%2Bedge.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>Financial claims from Premier Capital Finance website<br /><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-b8Dy3QpaCYU/YSy5q36zqUI/AAAAAAABQGA/d_V1PdnpPW8bsgwjtWGYSfPvIB112MSrwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2216/What%2Bwe%2Boffer%253A%2Bour%2Bedge.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="676" data-original-width="2216" height="122" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-b8Dy3QpaCYU/YSy5q36zqUI/AAAAAAABQGA/d_V1PdnpPW8bsgwjtWGYSfPvIB112MSrwCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h122/What%2Bwe%2Boffer%253A%2Bour%2Bedge.jpeg" width="400" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Above text copied from the <a href="http://roxbury-am.com/">Roxbury site</a> <br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;">I contacted Roxbury, who confirmed that the text above used by Premier Capital Finance has been purloined without their knowledge and permission. Roxbury has contacted Action Fraud. I have also contacted Charles Stanley but had no response. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><h2><span style="color: red;">Do watch out for these sophisticated advance fee frauds</span></h2></div></div><p><span style="color: red;"><b>Note on the bankrupt Barry Gamble </b></span><br />Gamble resigned from Imperial Wines of London Lt in January 2009 and
went on to be a director of The London Vines Ltd, which also sold
dubious wine investments. Gamble resigned in April 2013 and has been
bankrupt since 8th December 2015 with his discharge suspended
indefinitely until conditions set down by the Croydon County Court have
been fulfilled. </p></div>Jim's Loirehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06696024920441263899noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1567042805993048802.post-42741156311408539002021-08-23T11:06:00.000+01:002021-08-23T11:06:18.705+01:00London City Vintners Ltd – incredible progress despite COVID<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CisJBze3u8I/YR15ztAW8II/AAAAAAABQD0/AUy87PD_1vwgG-t0idqQlnPHtqlckuiTACLcBGAsYHQ/s2508/Our%2Bstorya.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1254" data-original-width="2508" height="200" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CisJBze3u8I/YR15ztAW8II/AAAAAAABQD0/AUy87PD_1vwgG-t0idqQlnPHtqlckuiTACLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h200/Our%2Bstorya.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><p><br /><span style="font-size: small;">There are times when you just have to salute and admire the eye-watering progress made by a young company. Step forward Alex John Bond's <a href="https://londoncityvintners.com/">London City Vintners Ltd</a>. The company was formed on 19th August 2019. Bond became a director on 19th November 2019. Just four months later the UK and the rest Europe was in lock down due to the COVID pandemic. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-itoSA_rgbbs/YR4X9ZAmkCI/AAAAAAABQD8/-lG9R8Gysvs82OXhu-Qjt2IpTmVa2DT9ACLcBGAsYHQ/s1878/Our%2Bstory.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="702" data-original-width="1878" height="150" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-itoSA_rgbbs/YR4X9ZAmkCI/AAAAAAABQD8/-lG9R8Gysvs82OXhu-Qjt2IpTmVa2DT9ACLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h150/Our%2Bstory.jpeg" width="400" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WqKgN42C1ZA/YSNq-e7p6QI/AAAAAAABQEs/aDXa-humhlUiZvNYik13op5-c0Iyfkc3wCLcBGAsYHQ/s1442/New%2BGeneration%2Bof%2Bwinemakers.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1224" data-original-width="1442" height="340" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WqKgN42C1ZA/YSNq-e7p6QI/AAAAAAABQEs/aDXa-humhlUiZvNYik13op5-c0Iyfkc3wCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h340/New%2BGeneration%2Bof%2Bwinemakers.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><p><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uW_3MEDvOhE/YR4YOyl5Q1I/AAAAAAABQEE/YCwt119E7GoZcUKSHldRyOXtgbf4rPzRACLcBGAsYHQ/s1326/Our%2Bnetwork%2Betc..jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1326" data-original-width="1294" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uW_3MEDvOhE/YR4YOyl5Q1I/AAAAAAABQEE/YCwt119E7GoZcUKSHldRyOXtgbf4rPzRACLcBGAsYHQ/w390-h400/Our%2Bnetwork%2Betc..jpeg" width="390" /></a></span></div><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span data-dobid="hdw"></span></span></span> <br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;">For many fledgling companies lock down would have been catastrophic. Apparently not so for for Bond's London City Vintners Ltd who according to <a href="https://londoncityvintners.com/">their website</a> have 'due to our close relationship with Bordeaux's top négociants' 'we have exclusive access to specific vintages from the region's finest vineyards'. Furthermore 'Due to our close relationship with Bordeaux's top négociants we are able to supply some of the region's most exclusive and sought after wines in volumes that no other vintner can match'. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;">One has to wonder why long established UK merchants haven't managed to </span><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span data-dobid="hdw">negotiate similarly favourable deals...</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span data-dobid="hdw"> </span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span data-dobid="hdw"></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OSkwKsaXUBk/YSNlMCxi-VI/AAAAAAABQEU/M4KAJbcWczsKGMNWb67UxpQITeDXt0nLQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2782/Storage%2B%2526%2BProvenance.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="716" data-original-width="2782" height="103" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OSkwKsaXUBk/YSNlMCxi-VI/AAAAAAABQEU/M4KAJbcWczsKGMNWb67UxpQITeDXt0nLQCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h103/Storage%2B%2526%2BProvenance.jpeg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Ha4UXRUqbgw/YSNltjaCr5I/AAAAAAABQEk/CzFavpzUzTot8A9Se13N5CktHL8lJk4QACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Own%2Bstorage.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1098" data-original-width="2048" height="214" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Ha4UXRUqbgw/YSNltjaCr5I/AAAAAAABQEk/CzFavpzUzTot8A9Se13N5CktHL8lJk4QACLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h214/Own%2Bstorage.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span data-dobid="hdw"></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PW-eZfdQryY/YSNlco_CnBI/AAAAAAABQEc/_AjsSRoSNTIkZmo86sVc0chcJwCrGp-NACLcBGAsYHQ/s1276/Own%2Bstorage-a.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="844" data-original-width="1276" height="265" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PW-eZfdQryY/YSNlco_CnBI/AAAAAAABQEc/_AjsSRoSNTIkZmo86sVc0chcJwCrGp-NACLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h265/Own%2Bstorage-a.jpeg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: small;">In addition to exclusive deals with Bordeaux merchants London City Vintners Ltd boasts its own storage facility:</span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span data-dobid="hdw"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span data-dobid="hdw">'Why store your wine at the London City Vintners?'<br />'In addition to the exceptional natural characteristics of our storage we rely on the latest technology to guarantee the all criteria and in particular avoid rotting of boxes, boxes and labels as well as the proliferation of odor.'</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span data-dobid="hdw">Rather curiously the photo Bond has chosen to illustrate his storage facility appears to be one of a sparkling wine cellar with the bottles maturing on their sides and a couple of wooden pupitres at the far end of the shot. Possibly Bond hasn't yet had time to take a photo of his storage facility... </span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span data-dobid="hdw"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>No employees...</b></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span data-dobid="hdw"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b></b></span></span></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0TFdxcNtg6g/YSNx9jWW7UI/AAAAAAABQE0/SsxkVgoBMxUv9JNJD7npH4_MpvMtjJm9QCLcBGAsYHQ/s1682/No%2Bemployees.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="1682" height="138" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0TFdxcNtg6g/YSNx9jWW7UI/AAAAAAABQE0/SsxkVgoBMxUv9JNJD7npH4_MpvMtjJm9QCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h138/No%2Bemployees.jpeg" width="400" /></a></b></span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">Amazingly Alex Bond has achieved all this progress without any employees during the company's first accounting period to 31st August 2020...!!</span></span></span><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span data-dobid="hdw"> </span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span data-dobid="hdw"> </span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span data-dobid="hdw"> </span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span data-dobid="hdw"><br /> </span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span data-dobid="hdw"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span data-dobid="hdw"><br /><br /></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span data-dobid="hdw"> </span></span> </span></p><p></p><p></p>Jim's Loirehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06696024920441263899noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1567042805993048802.post-18410884588748116982021-05-03T22:34:00.000+01:002021-05-03T22:34:15.482+01:00Storage Resources – another advance fee fraud scam<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HJ34y7eNgAw/YI_C7PbAQMI/AAAAAAABPbA/r65S9X5hC6AFO2dz2-r64Q1CLxFnZz5owCLcBGAsYHQ/s1958/Storage%2BResources-intro.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1412" data-original-width="1958" height="289" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HJ34y7eNgAw/YI_C7PbAQMI/AAAAAAABPbA/r65S9X5hC6AFO2dz2-r64Q1CLxFnZz5owCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h289/Storage%2BResources-intro.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PqKRZEau4UM/YJAEnxI2tDI/AAAAAAABPbI/OmAXiEn-FAo5VouXcH2qufdtiva4o5sGwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1612/Contact%2Bus.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="962" data-original-width="1612" height="239" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PqKRZEau4UM/YJAEnxI2tDI/AAAAAAABPbI/OmAXiEn-FAo5VouXcH2qufdtiva4o5sGwCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h239/Contact%2Bus.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">On Friday I was contacted by WV, whose late father unfortunately bought a number of years ago some wine from scam investment companies. She had recently received a letter (see part below) sent to her late father's address by Storage Resources.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"> <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-EO-Lpsq_UUg/YJAQm7b83OI/AAAAAAABPbQ/TFU17wogoQ4N_4hv0xw9RrHY5tjbMtP5ACLcBGAsYHQ/s1396/Crux%2Bof%2Bwine%2Bletter.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="646" data-original-width="1396" height="185" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-EO-Lpsq_UUg/YJAQm7b83OI/AAAAAAABPbQ/TFU17wogoQ4N_4hv0xw9RrHY5tjbMtP5ACLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h185/Crux%2Bof%2Bwine%2Bletter.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">The letter from 'Paul Foley, Director' claims that Storage Resources has wine in its storage facility belonging to clients of Imperial Fine Wine Ltd. It now possible for clients to claim their outstanding funds, except for those who 'holdings have unfortunately been sold by the director of Imperial Fine Wines Ltd'. The clients will be reimbursed through 'Equity Partners Group' who apparently 'have been appointed and authorised by the Insolvency Service to assist in the sale of assets and the reimbursement of client capital. (Equity Partners Group - Tel: 0203 488 8049). </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">Foley explains that the delay in clients getting their funds back is because of 'the liquidation of Imperial Fine Wines' 'predominantly due to the pending high court claim held against the company and its sole director (Mr Pan Wong).</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">WV was told that there was '£43,750 from wine they have sold but I need to pay £3500 to get that money. I need to pay Equity Partners Group'. She was told that the £3500 would go into a escrow account was refundable once the transfer of the capital sum. WV duly received documentation from 'Equity Partners Group Ltd' with a letter signed by the 'director'. WV thought this arrangement was strange so contacted me. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red;"><b>There are a number of very curious aspects to this 'narrative'</b></span>. <br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">So where start? Well let's first have a look at <b>Imperial Fine Wines Ltd</b>. The company was founded in November 2012 with Pan Pan Wong, who lives in Hong Kong, as the sole director. The company filed accounts for every year for 2013 through to 2017. On 15.4.2018 Wong applied to have the company voluntarily struck off, which duly happened on 7th August 2018. Curiously Storage Resources fail to mention that Imperial Fine Wines Ltd <b>never traded</b> – all the filed accounts were for a dormant company. Thus there was no liquidation process, no high court claim either against the company or its sole director. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Nor, of course, was there any wine to be sold. The £43,750 cannot exist either: it is just bait for an advance fee fraud. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Now let us turn our attention to <b>Storage Resources</b>. It is just as well there is no wine because Storage Resources does not have a bonded warehouse facility in Harlow.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"> </p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-unQkNTEGkbw/YJAe1ZC1X0I/AAAAAAABPbY/nLHritGBNxwAj1vH4JTpL9urX6FIjd4lwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Edinburgh%2BWay%252C%2BHarlow%2B-%2Bmap.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1191" data-original-width="2048" height="233" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-unQkNTEGkbw/YJAe1ZC1X0I/AAAAAAABPbY/nLHritGBNxwAj1vH4JTpL9urX6FIjd4lwCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h233/Edinburgh%2BWay%252C%2BHarlow%2B-%2Bmap.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Map of Edinburgh Way, Temple Fields, Harlow </i><br /><i>plenty of businesses but no sign of Storage Resources</i><br /><i>A bonded warehouse would be a very substantial building,</i><br /><i>especially one with 20" thick walls!</i></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i><br /> </i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CBVCxg0mjj0/YJAf_MpJ6mI/AAAAAAABPbg/BkOG7wgD180n83A9Gu4OC478Z0B7ZBaRACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Edinburgh%2BWay%252C%2BHarlow%2B-%2Bsat.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1049" data-original-width="2048" height="205" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CBVCxg0mjj0/YJAf_MpJ6mI/AAAAAAABPbg/BkOG7wgD180n83A9Gu4OC478Z0B7ZBaRACLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h205/Edinburgh%2BWay%252C%2BHarlow%2B-%2Bsat.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Equally no sign of Storage Resources on </i><br /><i><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/@51.7839617,0.1094475,532m/data=!3m1!1e3">Edinburgh Way from Satellite</a></i><br /></div><div><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">No storage facility in Harlow – surely there must be some mistake as their website waxes lyrical over the ideal conditions they offer for storing wine. <b><span style="color: red;">Time to compare and contrast:</span></b> <br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Storage Resources: </b><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">'<span>Our Cellar</span></span></p><div class="_2bafp" data-testid="richTextElement" id="comp-km4tbpwz"><p class="font_8"><span style="font-size: small;">Fine
wine often improves with time, but ageing in the wrong conditions can
irreversibly compromise your collection and investment. At 55° we
understand how the wine evolves in the bottle.</span></p><span style="font-size: small;">
</span><p class="font_8"><span class="wixGuard" style="font-size: small;"></span><span style="font-size: small;">Our facility’s 20-inch thick
walls and insulated interior walls are supplemented by refrigeration for
an ideal cellar environment. The sturdy stone building also protects
wine from potentially harmful natural light and vibration.
</span></p><p class="font_8"><span class="wixGuard" style="font-size: small;"></span><span style="font-size: small; font-weight: bold;">Vital Conditions</span>
</p><p class="font_8"><span class="wixGuard" style="font-size: small;"></span><span style="font-size: small;">The key to proper wine storage
is providing an ideal and unchanging environment, one that allows the
wine to age slowly and gracefully.
</span></p><p class="font_8"><span class="wixGuard" style="font-size: small;"></span><span style="font-size: small;">Climate: It is generally agreed
that temperatures from 55° to 59° allow wines to develop at an optimum
rate. Higher temperatures will age wine prematurely, devaluing and
shortening a wine's lifespan. 55°’s cellar features
thermostat-controlled refrigeration which provides excellent air
circulation (important for controlling mildew) and ensures even
temperature distribution throughout.<span class="wixGuard"><br /><br /></span>Light: Light can prematurely
age wine, even when the exposure is very brief. Our stone cellar
prevents natural light penetration; we use low-intensity lighting
throughout to provide the greatest degree of protection.
</span></p><p class="font_8"><span class="wixGuard" style="font-size: small;"></span><span style="font-size: small;">Vibration: Vibration can affect
the equilibrium and development of wine. Our solid stone walls and
concrete flooring minimize movement within the cellar.<br /></span></p><p class="font_8"><span style="font-size: small;">Security: For the utmost protection, our facility is equipped with
state-of-the-art infrared motion detectors and security alarm systems.
Each locker is secured with an individual padlock and key, and all
conditions are monitored 24 hours a day.'</span></p><p class="font_8" style="font-size: 14px;"> </p><h2 class="font_8" style="font-size: 14px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: red;">Contrast this text from 55˚: </span></span><br /></h2><p style="text-align: left;">With the exception of 'Built in 1889 as a brandy storage warehouse' the
rest is a direct copy of <a href="https://www.fiftyfivedegrees.com/index.html">55˚</a>, a wine storage facility in Napa,
California that was established 15 years ago. </p><p class="font_8" style="font-size: 14px;"><br /></p><p class="font_8" style="font-size: 14px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zo7idPOboHs/YJAnr6hO5FI/AAAAAAABPbo/WkU__L4z8MYt7ZYGGY81DF9cfnzVm28TACLcBGAsYHQ/s2090/55%25CB%259A.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="432" data-original-width="2090" height="83" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zo7idPOboHs/YJAnr6hO5FI/AAAAAAABPbo/WkU__L4z8MYt7ZYGGY81DF9cfnzVm28TACLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h83/55%25CB%259A.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p class="font_8" style="font-size: 14px;"> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-idfpUfl56Zo/YJAtugGeR2I/AAAAAAABPbw/7V4q5U86kJ4ZyV7kumJMYTfdhOAGl0WogCLcBGAsYHQ/s1618/55%2B-%2BOur%2BCellar.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1226" data-original-width="1618" height="303" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-idfpUfl56Zo/YJAtugGeR2I/AAAAAAABPbw/7V4q5U86kJ4ZyV7kumJMYTfdhOAGl0WogCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h303/55%2B-%2BOur%2BCellar.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div> <p></p><p class="font_8" style="font-size: 14px;">Not only have Storage Resources purloined text from 55˚ they have also pinched their photos:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hVM0dJBfBuE/YJAvsXznvfI/AAAAAAABPb4/vstrm7ajkDkY-oxJP4mjGHqDEJlnq3aJwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1430/55%2B%25E2%2580%2593%2Bfotos%2B-bigger%2Bview.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1430" data-original-width="1144" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hVM0dJBfBuE/YJAvsXznvfI/AAAAAAABPb4/vstrm7ajkDkY-oxJP4mjGHqDEJlnq3aJwCLcBGAsYHQ/w320-h400/55%2B%25E2%2580%2593%2Bfotos%2B-bigger%2Bview.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Fu-DDiquUwA/YJAv74rzE7I/AAAAAAABPcA/jQyL7yKedaY6JH8kQh8eDRY5oCdgGZkiwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1736/Storage%2BResources-fotos.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1408" data-original-width="1736" height="325" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Fu-DDiquUwA/YJAv74rzE7I/AAAAAAABPcA/jQyL7yKedaY6JH8kQh8eDRY5oCdgGZkiwCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h325/Storage%2BResources-fotos.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><p class="font_8" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">In summary Storage Resources have copied texts from three Californian storage facilities – <a href="https://www.fiftyfivedegrees.com/index.html">55˚</a>, <a href="https://www.armoredstorageeugene.com/public-storage-services/">Armored Storage in Lane County</a> and <a href="https://www.vinfolio.com/">Vinfolio</a> – plus just for good measure copied a text from London City Bond on deliveries. Amusingly whoever did the copying for Storage Resources forgot to take out the Californian place names such as Eugene and Lane County – somewhat of a giveaway. </span></p><p class="font_8" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">However, the most glaring error is to have left in the Californian earthquake – the first time I was aware that Harlow in the UK was also affected by the tremors:</span></p><p class="font_8" style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zPsmOR1EIiA/YJA3US8VoSI/AAAAAAABPcI/_d5K4OEMKTUHHCiWBkBTzsyidpLVowDDACLcBGAsYHQ/s1430/SR-%2Bsafety.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="346" data-original-width="1430" height="97" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zPsmOR1EIiA/YJA3US8VoSI/AAAAAAABPcI/_d5K4OEMKTUHHCiWBkBTzsyidpLVowDDACLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h97/SR-%2Bsafety.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p class="font_8" style="text-align: center;">Storage Resources: 2014 Napa Earthquake – 'only 17 were damaged'<br /></p><p class="font_8" style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zavLO_svQGc/YJA4WMQKKoI/AAAAAAABPcQ/AtLnldvAt1oAm7_QakbypWST9wqaqw78ACLcBGAsYHQ/s1196/Vinfolio%2B%25E2%2580%2593%2Bsafety.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="372" data-original-width="1196" height="125" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zavLO_svQGc/YJA4WMQKKoI/AAAAAAABPcQ/AtLnldvAt1oAm7_QakbypWST9wqaqw78ACLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h125/Vinfolio%2B%25E2%2580%2593%2Bsafety.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>Vinfolio: 2014 Napa Earthquake – 'only 17 were damaged' <br /><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="font_8" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></p><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td align="left" valign="top">Finally what about the <b>Equity Partners Group Ltd</b>? At first sight this company's apparent involvement is a bit of a puzzle, especially as Storage Resources story about funds available from wine sold from a company that never traded. The answer is, however, simple. Just as Storage Resources has used texts from four storage companies, they have cloned Equity Partners Group Ltd and taken over its identity in a classic scam. I should stress that I am sure that Equity Partners Group Ltd and its director are innocent victims of this scam.<br /></td><td align="left" valign="top"><br /></td><td align="left" valign="top"><br /><br /> </td><td align="left" valign="top"> </td><td align="left" valign="top"> <br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="font_8" style="text-align: justify;">Equity Partners Group Ltd was founded in May 2009. Its registered office is at accountants Aston Shaw in Norwich and appears to be based in Great Yarmouth </p><p class="font_8" style="text-align: justify;"> </p><p class="font_8" style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bPy_9Rc1WuE/YJA9-m2R2xI/AAAAAAABPcc/hbguux1QKoUWYjz9_EbpIbWCuTXz6LxXwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1408/Trafalgar%2BSquare.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="212" data-original-width="1408" height="60" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bPy_9Rc1WuE/YJA9-m2R2xI/AAAAAAABPcc/hbguux1QKoUWYjz9_EbpIbWCuTXz6LxXwCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h60/Trafalgar%2BSquare.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div> <p></p><p class="font_8" style="text-align: justify;">A Google search throws up an address at 1 Trafalgar Square, Northumberland Avenue, London WC2N 5BW with a London phone number. Interestingly the supposed 'Equity Partners Group' website that was accessible on Saturday has been unobtainable since Sunday. This website claimed that Equity Partners Group Ltd is a financial services company offering funds along with advice on ISA's and pensions. Naturally the fake company isn't approved by the FCA (Financial Services Authority) to offer financial advice. </p><p class="font_8" style="text-align: justify;"> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jnI66uePIHI/YJA91AffmnI/AAAAAAABPcY/TOgHWjHEjwY4QcQGkZn2xG-M7D6roOrgACLcBGAsYHQ/s1746/Equity%2BPartners%2BGroup%2B-%2Bunreachable.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1082" data-original-width="1746" height="248" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jnI66uePIHI/YJA91AffmnI/AAAAAAABPcY/TOgHWjHEjwY4QcQGkZn2xG-M7D6roOrgACLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h248/Equity%2BPartners%2BGroup%2B-%2Bunreachable.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p class="font_8" style="text-align: justify;">The clincher that the identity of Equity Partners Group Ltd has been cloned by the fraudsters behind Storage Resources is that the signature of the 'director' on the letter with accompanying documents sent to WV does not match the signature of the real director on documents filed with Companies House. <br /></p><p class="font_8" style="text-align: justify;"> </p><p class="font_8" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;"><b>Storage Resources is an advance fee fraud – please avoid!</b></span></span><br /></p><p class="font_8" style="text-align: justify;"> </p><p class="font_8" style="text-align: justify;"> </p><p class="font_8" style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span><br /></p><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1302" data-original-width="1586" height="328" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TPU9nLG6HZA/YBmZCf14mVI/AAAAAAABPVI/GzEkIm-ndO0O4mB6albjdndNQINw4TYwACLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h328/Welcome%2Bto%2BBarrett%2BStorage.jpeg" width="400" /></a> <br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Hrull00x6Lg/YBmZtrhTuCI/AAAAAAABPVQ/iC1ymmhb50scJjxkdcxGMWkKvCCcqYC0wCLcBGAsYHQ/s1982/162%2BBidder%2BStreet%252C%2BLondon%2B.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="562" data-original-width="1982" height="114" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Hrull00x6Lg/YBmZtrhTuCI/AAAAAAABPVQ/iC1ymmhb50scJjxkdcxGMWkKvCCcqYC0wCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h114/162%2BBidder%2BStreet%252C%2BLondon%2B.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Barrett Storage, which claims to be based at 162 Bidder Street, London E16 4ST, is the latest scam bonded warehouse website. It is the third known instance of fraudsters cloning the UK's largest legitimate bonded warehouse company – <a href="https://www.lcb.co.uk/">London City Bond (LCB)</a>. Barrett Storage's website was created on 12th October 2020. <br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Barrett Storage joins the two other cloned sites: <a href="https://investdrinks-blog.blogspot.com/2020/08/warning-scam-cloned-site-barkingside.html">Barkingside Premier Storage</a> and <a href="http://investdrinks-blog.blogspot.com/2020/10/metropolitan-bond-another-scam-clone-of.html">Metropolitan Bond</a>, which were also exposed by investdrinks. Interestingly both the Barkingside and Metropolitan websites now seem to have disappeared. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Just as was the case for Barkingside and Metropolitan the text on the site has been lifted directly from the LCB site: </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-71FL8f4VS3s/YBpupGrLVhI/AAAAAAABPVc/xG4J7fd_kMEcPWKFDBHDRfSUY3rsOLFkQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1980/Cloned%2BAlf.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1326" data-original-width="1980" height="268" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-71FL8f4VS3s/YBpupGrLVhI/AAAAAAABPVc/xG4J7fd_kMEcPWKFDBHDRfSUY3rsOLFkQCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h268/Cloned%2BAlf.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: red;"><b> </b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: red;"><b>Cloned text ripped off by these jokers: </b></span><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">'In 1870 whom amongst our founding fathers could have imagined the
prodigious success which today’s Barrett Storage has become? Starting
originally as bargees on the Thames, they graduated to become the
pre-eminent bonded warehouse keepers in the Port of London. For over a
century, they served the wine and spirit trade with its very different
needs.'</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7nPVTQ3hQlU/YBpvADfLUPI/AAAAAAABPVk/6oC2G3qxcgcR3G2pPfaCvTuFZ-7VcOw1QCLcBGAsYHQ/s1664/About%2Bus%2B-%2BLCB.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1424" data-original-width="1664" height="343" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7nPVTQ3hQlU/YBpvADfLUPI/AAAAAAABPVk/6oC2G3qxcgcR3G2pPfaCvTuFZ-7VcOw1QCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h343/About%2Bus%2B-%2BLCB.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b> </b></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>The original London Bond text: </b></span></span><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">'In 1870 whom amongst our founding fathers could have imagined
the prodigious success which today’s LCB has become? Starting originally
as bargees on the Thames, they graduated to become the pre-eminent
bonded warehouse keepers in the Port of London. For over a century, they
served the wine and spirit trade with its very different needs.'</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The only difference between the two 'about' texts is that Barrett Storage has replaced LCB in the first sentence. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-y-xdRoqBA3I/YBpy6LF-WwI/AAAAAAABPVw/TZtUylZVkZA5JDOwcXEbsjIV6fxSl1QGwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Home.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1221" data-original-width="2048" height="239" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-y-xdRoqBA3I/YBpy6LF-WwI/AAAAAAABPVw/TZtUylZVkZA5JDOwcXEbsjIV6fxSl1QGwCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h239/Home.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">It is clear that Barrett Storage is the work of the scamsters who set up the two previous bonded warehouse storage sites:<br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> 'They will join you after you take the first step!' - Metropolitan home page<br /></span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> 'They will join you after you take the first step!' - Barrett home page</span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Deliveries: </span><br /></span></span></h2><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5NPpV6BOK2A/YGLwYrEYotI/AAAAAAABPY4/PTX33l9jXsoQThK7MdkGet4iIEYK8Q6NQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1854/Deliveries%2521.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="1854" height="276" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5NPpV6BOK2A/YGLwYrEYotI/AAAAAAABPY4/PTX33l9jXsoQThK7MdkGet4iIEYK8Q6NQCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h276/Deliveries%2521.jpeg" width="400" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>Text again a rip off from LCB...<br />but a novel take on '300 trucks on the road at any one time' <br />– a guy with a back back delivering wine!!<br /></i><br /> </span></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p><h4 style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Location... location...</span></span></span></h4><h4 style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black;">Barrett Storage's address is in the industrial part of Canning Town in East London. 160 and 162 Bidder Street appears to be part of a large business park where a number of companies are based including the long established <a href="https://pieronenightspot.co.uk/">Pierone Nightspot</a>, which features African music. I think it is highly unlikely that Barrett Storage </span></span> <br /></span></span></span></h4><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> <br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6GcdbjH7WcY/YBqW9Ux0bZI/AAAAAAABPV8/Vxyv7cgmEt0Ja0BRQCDWe4pcURZzxkHwACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/162%2BBidder%2BStreet%252C%2BLondon%2B-%2Bmap.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1037" data-original-width="2048" height="203" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6GcdbjH7WcY/YBqW9Ux0bZI/AAAAAAABPV8/Vxyv7cgmEt0Ja0BRQCDWe4pcURZzxkHwACLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h203/162%2BBidder%2BStreet%252C%2BLondon%2B-%2Bmap.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Above and below 162 Bidder Street, London E16 4ST </span><br /></span></span></i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-B0DdUHNYyFc/YBqXJX9JnBI/AAAAAAABPWA/7XhGng8VcNshCw5cSPa1njkzLyiiqfF5wCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/162%2BBidder%2BStreet%252C%2BLondon%2B-%2Bmap.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1037" data-original-width="2048" height="203" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-B0DdUHNYyFc/YBqXJX9JnBI/AAAAAAABPWA/7XhGng8VcNshCw5cSPa1njkzLyiiqfF5wCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h203/162%2BBidder%2BStreet%252C%2BLondon%2B-%2Bmap.jpeg" width="400" /></a></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-e1pwqvEPdVA/YBqXJVWdyEI/AAAAAAABPWE/y2fna1Q-oXoLow1S53RKd12CedMjpdrUQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1962/162%2BBidder%2BStreet%252C%2BLondon%2B-%2Bsat.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1318" data-original-width="1962" height="269" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-e1pwqvEPdVA/YBqXJVWdyEI/AAAAAAABPWE/y2fna1Q-oXoLow1S53RKd12CedMjpdrUQCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h269/162%2BBidder%2BStreet%252C%2BLondon%2B-%2Bsat.jpeg" width="400" /></a></span></span> <br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></i></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"></span></i></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wOUfrYSMQd8/YBqqhwc0h3I/AAAAAAABPWQ/DHn-gOlEGo0lyvvn5cLSI9BZilWIU4fvQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1602/162%2BBidder%2BStreet%252C%2BLondon%2B-%2Bsat%2BLP1.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1326" data-original-width="1602" height="331" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wOUfrYSMQd8/YBqqhwc0h3I/AAAAAAABPWQ/DHn-gOlEGo0lyvvn5cLSI9BZilWIU4fvQCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h331/162%2BBidder%2BStreet%252C%2BLondon%2B-%2Bsat%2BLP1.jpeg" width="400" /></a></span></i></div><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"> Satellite pic of 160/162 Bidder Street, London E16 4ST </span><br /> </i><p></p><p><br /></p>Jim's Loirehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06696024920441263899noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1567042805993048802.post-80147512397076828972020-10-31T12:13:00.000+00:002020-10-31T12:13:50.882+00:00Shopping and staying local and safe during McCovid<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> <span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #1e1e1e; display: inline !important; float: none; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; word-spacing: 0px;"> </span><img alt="Cette image a un attribut alt vide ; le nom du fichier est the-virus.jpeg" src="https://les5duvin.files.wordpress.com/2020/10/the-virus.jpeg?w=1024" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; border: medium none; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1e1e1e; display: block; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; height: inherit; letter-spacing: normal; max-width: 100%; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; width: inherit; word-spacing: 0px;" /></span></p><p aria-label="Bloc paragraphe" aria-multiline="true" class="block-editor-rich-text__editable block-editor-block-list__block wp-block rich-text" data-block="1e9f5758-adf6-42f0-8e9e-cd7b0d260b50" data-title="Paragraphe" data-type="core/paragraph" id="block-1e9f5758-adf6-42f0-8e9e-cd7b0d260b50" role="group" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1e1e1e; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: inherit; margin: 28px auto; max-width: 580px; overflow-wrap: break-word; position: relative; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; word-spacing: 0px;" tabindex="0"><span style="font-family: verdana;">As we head into the last two months of this strange year there is no sign of us 'turning the corner' in the fight against Covid-19 as the deadly joker in the White House likes to claim. Instead, looking at Europe, many countries are seeing a second wave with much higher daily infection rates than those during the first wave. Thankfully death rates are considerably lower than they were earlier in the year – at least for the moment. Hopefully this is because we have learnt to treat those with severe cases of the virus more effectively. </span></p><h4 aria-label="Bloc : Titre" aria-multiline="true" class="block-editor-rich-text__editable block-editor-block-list__block wp-block rich-text" data-block="c550c462-4243-4d8c-9bf6-c0480af5f3cc" data-title="Titre" data-type="core/heading" id="block-c550c462-4243-4d8c-9bf6-c0480af5f3cc" role="group" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1e1e1e; display: block; font-size: 1.25em; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 600; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.5; margin: 1.33em auto; max-width: 580px; overflow-wrap: break-word; position: relative; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; word-spacing: 0px;" tabindex="0"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="has-inline-color" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #ff6900;">Covid in Europe – daily figures in selected countries</span><br data-rich-text-line-break="true" style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Table 1: 1st wave – maximum daily new infections + maximum number of deaths during one day. <br data-rich-text-line-break="true" style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Table 2: 2nd wave – new infections on 25th October + maximum number of deaths during one day.<br data-rich-text-line-break="true" style="box-sizing: inherit;" /></span></h4><figure aria-label="Bloc : Image" class="wp-block-image block-editor-block-list__block wp-block size-large" data-block="caf6d787-69cc-4e1c-9313-dab850829a9b" data-title="Image" data-type="core/image" id="block-caf6d787-69cc-4e1c-9313-dab850829a9b" role="group" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1e1e1e; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 28px auto; max-width: 580px; overflow-wrap: break-word; position: relative; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" tabindex="0"><div class="components-resizable-box__container" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; flex-shrink: 0; height: auto; max-height: 573.486px; max-width: 1450px; min-height: 20px; min-width: 50.5679px; outline: 0px; position: relative; user-select: auto; width: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img alt="Cette image a un attribut alt vide ; le nom du fichier est excel-covid-1st-wave.jpeg" src="https://les5duvin.files.wordpress.com/2020/10/excel-covid-1st-wave.jpeg?w=1024" style="border: none; box-sizing: inherit; display: block; height: inherit; max-width: 100%; width: inherit;" /><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"></span></span></div><figcaption aria-label="Rédiger la légende…" aria-multiline="true" class="block-editor-rich-text__editable rich-text" role="textbox" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #555555; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 0.5em; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Table 1: 1st wave – maximum daily new infections + maximum number of deaths during one day.</span></figcaption></figure><figure aria-label="Bloc : Image" class="wp-block-image block-editor-block-list__block wp-block size-large" data-block="87200ccb-bd41-4101-a948-bc3fbd704480" data-title="Image" data-type="core/image" id="block-87200ccb-bd41-4101-a948-bc3fbd704480" role="group" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1e1e1e; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 28px auto; max-width: 580px; overflow-wrap: break-word; position: relative; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" tabindex="0"><div class="components-resizable-box__container" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; flex-shrink: 0; height: auto; max-height: 464.453px; max-width: 1450px; min-height: 20px; min-width: 62.439px; outline: 0px; position: relative; user-select: auto; width: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img alt="Cette image a un attribut alt vide ; le nom du fichier est excel-covid-2nd-wave-1.jpeg" src="https://les5duvin.files.wordpress.com/2020/10/excel-covid-2nd-wave-1.jpeg?w=1024" style="border: none; box-sizing: inherit; display: block; height: inherit; max-width: 100%; width: inherit;" /><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"></span></span></div><figcaption aria-label="Rédiger la légende…" aria-multiline="true" class="block-editor-rich-text__editable rich-text" role="textbox" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #555555; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 0.5em; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Table 2: 2nd wave – new infections on 25th October + maximum number of deaths during one day.</span></figcaption></figure><p aria-label="Bloc paragraphe" aria-multiline="true" class="block-editor-rich-text__editable block-editor-block-list__block wp-block rich-text" data-block="07a5f51f-8460-4049-9a0d-81d66d303a77" data-title="Paragraphe" data-type="core/paragraph" id="block-07a5f51f-8460-4049-9a0d-81d66d303a77" role="group" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1e1e1e; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: inherit; margin: 28px auto; max-width: 580px; overflow-wrap: break-word; position: relative; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; word-spacing: 0px;" tabindex="0"><span style="font-family: verdana;">These two tables show no sign of life getting back to what we used to consider normal. Only Norway and Sweden (just) have a lower rate of infections in the 2nd Wave than in the first. Instead we are seeing new restrictions being widely introduced. Zooming in' Christmas and New Year celebrations look to beckon...... </span></p><p aria-label="Bloc paragraphe" aria-multiline="true" class="block-editor-rich-text__editable block-editor-block-list__block wp-block rich-text" data-block="0ccff264-3a34-4d18-a849-0e8cff772422" data-title="Paragraphe" data-type="core/paragraph" id="block-0ccff264-3a34-4d18-a849-0e8cff772422" role="group" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1e1e1e; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: inherit; margin: 28px auto; max-width: 580px; overflow-wrap: break-word; position: relative; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; word-spacing: 0px;" tabindex="0"><span style="font-family: verdana;">We are now back in the Scottish Highlands, which like the rest of Scotland with the exception of the Central Belt, now has the following rules for hotels, pubs and restaurants and general socialising:</span></p><h4 aria-label="Bloc : Titre" aria-multiline="true" class="block-editor-rich-text__editable block-editor-block-list__block wp-block rich-text" data-block="a4a56dec-c515-4c93-b96e-b790e0961610" data-title="Titre" data-type="core/heading" id="block-a4a56dec-c515-4c93-b96e-b790e0961610" role="group" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1e1e1e; display: block; font-size: 1.25em; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 600; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.5; margin: 1.33em auto; max-width: 580px; overflow-wrap: break-word; position: relative; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; word-spacing: 0px;" tabindex="0"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Nationwide (excepting central belt areas):</span></h4><ul aria-label="Bloc : Liste" aria-multiline="true" class="block-editor-rich-text__editable block-editor-block-list__block wp-block rich-text" data-block="9e2a4ce3-5b96-456b-adec-c86e3ae90810" data-title="Liste" data-type="core/list" id="block-9e2a4ce3-5b96-456b-adec-c86e3ae90810" role="group" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1e1e1e; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; list-style: outside none disc; margin: 28px auto; max-width: 580px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1.3em; position: relative; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; word-spacing: 0px;" tabindex="0"><li style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">pubs, bars, restaurants and cafes may only open indoors between 6am and 6pm, with no sales of alcohol</span></li><li style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">pubs, bars, restaurants and cafes may open outdoors until 10pm, with sales of alcohol (where licensed)</span></li><li style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">takeaways (including from pubs and restaurants) can continue</span></li><li style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">evening meals may be served in accommodation for residents only but no alcohol can be served</span></li><li style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">current meeting rules, maximum of six people from two households, continue to apply</span></li><li style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">specific life events, such as weddings and funerals, may continue with alcohol being served, with current meeting rules for these events (20 person limit in regulated premises only)</span></li></ul><p aria-label="Bloc paragraphe" aria-multiline="true" class="block-editor-rich-text__editable block-editor-block-list__block wp-block rich-text" data-block="e462af16-7dfe-4c8d-b517-09d5f413b153" data-title="Paragraphe" data-type="core/paragraph" id="block-e462af16-7dfe-4c8d-b517-09d5f413b153" role="group" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1e1e1e; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: inherit; margin: 28px auto; max-width: 580px; overflow-wrap: break-word; position: relative; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; word-spacing: 0px;" tabindex="0"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The rules for the Central Belt between Edinburgh and Glasgow, easily the most populous Scottish region are stricter. Here pubs, restaurants and bars are closed but can continue to offer takeaway meals. Cafés can open for a limited period but can't sell alcohol. <br data-rich-text-line-break="true" style="box-sizing: inherit;" /><br data-rich-text-line-break="true" style="box-sizing: inherit;" />These rules will apply until 2nd November when a a Five Tier system will be introduced – it's three in England. Scottish independence beckons...... <br data-rich-text-line-break="true" style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Already the rules are complicated – I suspect that the various Covid-19 rules, regulations and restrictions will provide a rich vein for TV quiz shows for decades to come......</span></p><figure aria-label="Bloc : Image" class="wp-block-image block-editor-block-list__block wp-block size-large" data-block="11c40e18-62a3-4546-aa98-6ec5851a7aa1" data-title="Image" data-type="core/image" id="block-11c40e18-62a3-4546-aa98-6ec5851a7aa1" role="group" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1e1e1e; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 28px auto; max-width: 580px; overflow-wrap: break-word; position: relative; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" tabindex="0"><div class="components-resizable-box__container" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; flex-shrink: 0; height: auto; max-height: 1087.5px; max-width: 1450px; min-height: 20px; min-width: 26.6667px; outline: 0px; position: relative; user-select: auto; width: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img alt="Cette image a un attribut alt vide ; le nom du fichier est glen-hotel.jpg" src="https://les5duvin.files.wordpress.com/2020/10/glen-hotel.jpg?w=1024" style="border: none; box-sizing: inherit; display: block; height: inherit; max-width: 100%; width: inherit;" /><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"></span></span></div><figcaption aria-label="Rédiger la légende…" aria-multiline="true" class="block-editor-rich-text__editable rich-text" role="textbox" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #555555; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 0.5em; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Glen Hotel, Newtonmore<br data-rich-text-line-break="true" style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Covid rules OK in practice</span></figcaption></figure><figure aria-label="Bloc : Image" class="wp-block-image block-editor-block-list__block wp-block size-large" data-block="1a54c882-d5b5-4b1d-a173-e3c6d1a6e6a8" data-title="Image" data-type="core/image" id="block-1a54c882-d5b5-4b1d-a173-e3c6d1a6e6a8" role="group" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1e1e1e; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 28px auto; max-width: 580px; overflow-wrap: break-word; position: relative; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" tabindex="0"><div class="components-resizable-box__container" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; flex-shrink: 0; height: auto; max-height: 1933.33px; max-width: 1450px; min-height: 26.6667px; min-width: 20px; outline: 0px; position: relative; user-select: auto; width: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img alt="Cette image a un attribut alt vide ; le nom du fichier est entrance-glen.jpg" src="https://les5duvin.files.wordpress.com/2020/10/entrance-glen.jpg?w=768" style="border: none; box-sizing: inherit; display: block; height: inherit; max-width: 100%; width: inherit;" /><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"></span></span></div></figure><p aria-label="Bloc paragraphe" aria-multiline="true" class="block-editor-rich-text__editable block-editor-block-list__block wp-block rich-text" data-block="29c89c46-33a7-41d5-a580-ac6e0a91e669" data-title="Paragraphe" data-type="core/paragraph" id="block-29c89c46-33a7-41d5-a580-ac6e0a91e669" role="group" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1e1e1e; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: inherit; margin: 28px auto; max-width: 580px; overflow-wrap: break-word; position: relative; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; word-spacing: 0px;" tabindex="0"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Early Saturday evening we had a drink at the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/receptionattheglenhotel/" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #0073aa; outline: 0px; transition: none 0s ease 0s;">Glen Hotel </a> in <a href="http://www.newtonmore.com/" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #0073aa; outline: 0px; transition: none 0s ease 0s;">Newtonmore</a> – sitting outside in the tent structure, which fortunately includes a heater. Once we had signed in on-line we could order drinks. We couldn't go inside as we were not resident, so had to remain outside seated at a table and ring a bell for service. The Glen is still doing takeaways. However, we couldn't have eaten any takeaway meal under the tent as it is part of licensed premises but if we were staying there overnight we could have ordered a meal and eaten it under the tent with an alcoholic drink. Residents can eat inside but have to enjoy their meal without alcohol. The Glen is serving lunch – inside and also outside for those that want an alcoholic drink with their meal. <br data-rich-text-line-break="true" style="box-sizing: inherit;" /><br data-rich-text-line-break="true" style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Alfresco dining over the winter is not ideal in the Scottish Highlands. However the Scots are a hardy race – they have to be..... <br data-rich-text-line-break="true" style="box-sizing: inherit;" /> </span></p><figure aria-label="Bloc : Image" class="wp-block-image block-editor-block-list__block wp-block size-large" data-block="6cc3a2f5-ea0d-49d4-ac6f-db51422eef51" data-title="Image" data-type="core/image" id="block-6cc3a2f5-ea0d-49d4-ac6f-db51422eef51" role="group" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1e1e1e; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 28px auto; max-width: 580px; overflow-wrap: break-word; position: relative; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" tabindex="0"><div class="components-resizable-box__container" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; flex-shrink: 0; height: auto; max-height: 2184.06px; max-width: 1450px; min-height: 30.125px; min-width: 20px; outline: 0px; position: relative; user-select: auto; width: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img alt="Cette image a un attribut alt vide ; le nom du fichier est support-producers.jpg" src="https://les5duvin.files.wordpress.com/2020/10/support-producers.jpg?w=640" style="border: none; box-sizing: inherit; display: block; height: inherit; max-width: 100%; width: inherit;" /><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"></span></span></div><figcaption aria-label="Rédiger la légende…" aria-multiline="true" class="block-editor-rich-text__editable rich-text" role="textbox" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #555555; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 0.5em; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">A cry to support local businesses during the Covid pandemic </span></figcaption></figure><h3 aria-label="Bloc : Titre" aria-multiline="true" class="block-editor-rich-text__editable block-editor-block-list__block wp-block rich-text" data-block="3cfdd4a1-11ae-4386-9eb3-8e3105eac684" data-title="Titre" data-type="core/heading" id="block-3cfdd4a1-11ae-4386-9eb3-8e3105eac684" role="group" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1e1e1e; display: block; font-size: 1.56em; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 600; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.4; margin: 1em auto; max-width: 580px; overflow-wrap: break-word; position: relative; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; word-spacing: 0px;" tabindex="0"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="has-inline-color" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #00d084;">Some local options in Newtonmore area:</span></span></h3><figure aria-label="Bloc : Image" class="wp-block-image block-editor-block-list__block wp-block size-large" data-block="f1de82d9-6c93-41e8-8207-25e580d3c29b" data-title="Image" data-type="core/image" id="block-f1de82d9-6c93-41e8-8207-25e580d3c29b" role="group" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1e1e1e; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 28px auto; max-width: 580px; overflow-wrap: break-word; position: relative; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" tabindex="0"><div class="components-resizable-box__container" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; flex-shrink: 0; height: auto; max-height: 640.039px; max-width: 1450px; min-height: 20px; min-width: 45.3097px; outline: 0px; position: relative; user-select: auto; width: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img alt="Cette image a un attribut alt vide ; le nom du fichier est cairngorm-brewerys.jpg" src="https://les5duvin.files.wordpress.com/2020/10/cairngorm-brewerys.jpg?w=1024" style="border: none; box-sizing: inherit; display: block; height: inherit; max-width: 100%; width: inherit;" /><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"></span></span></div></figure><p aria-label="Bloc paragraphe" aria-multiline="true" class="block-editor-rich-text__editable block-editor-block-list__block wp-block rich-text" data-block="0ff98533-90b7-4833-80e7-92b104f8a179" data-title="Paragraphe" data-type="core/paragraph" id="block-0ff98533-90b7-4833-80e7-92b104f8a179" role="group" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1e1e1e; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: inherit; margin: 28px auto; max-width: 580px; overflow-wrap: break-word; position: relative; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; word-spacing: 0px;" tabindex="0"><span style="font-family: verdana;">It is quite easy to find locally made beer as there is a brewery – <a href="https://www.cairngormbrewery.com/" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #0073aa; outline: 0px; transition: none 0s ease 0s;">Cairngorm Brewery Company </a>– in nearby Aviemore. On Saturday night we enjoyed a pint of their Trade Winds. Usually the Glen has a good selection of cask beers but because of the Covid restrictions they are only stocking one as cask beers have a limited life.</span></p><p aria-label="Bloc paragraphe" aria-multiline="true" class="block-editor-rich-text__editable block-editor-block-list__block wp-block rich-text" data-block="a0e1e531-ceec-4e10-8d81-b79a44a01a96" data-title="Paragraphe" data-type="core/paragraph" id="block-a0e1e531-ceec-4e10-8d81-b79a44a01a96" role="group" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1e1e1e; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: inherit; margin: 28px auto; max-width: 580px; overflow-wrap: break-word; position: relative; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; word-spacing: 0px;" tabindex="0"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The nearest best known whisky distillery is 10 miles away – Dalwhinnie – one of Diageo's classic malts, which can't really be counted as a small artisan producer......</span></p><figure aria-label="Bloc : Image" class="wp-block-image block-editor-block-list__block wp-block size-large" data-block="059a946d-1253-4133-a8cf-15a8ec0c02f0" data-title="Image" data-type="core/image" id="block-059a946d-1253-4133-a8cf-15a8ec0c02f0" role="group" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1e1e1e; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 28px auto; max-width: 580px; overflow-wrap: break-word; position: relative; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" tabindex="0"><div class="components-resizable-box__container" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; flex-shrink: 0; height: auto; max-height: 1087.5px; max-width: 1450px; min-height: 20px; min-width: 26.6667px; outline: 0px; position: relative; user-select: auto; width: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img alt="Cette image a un attribut alt vide ; le nom du fichier est donalds-shop-.jpg" src="https://les5duvin.files.wordpress.com/2020/10/donalds-shop-.jpg?w=1024" style="border: none; box-sizing: inherit; display: block; height: inherit; max-width: 100%; width: inherit;" /><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"></span></span></div></figure><p aria-label="Bloc paragraphe" aria-multiline="true" class="block-editor-rich-text__editable block-editor-block-list__block wp-block rich-text" data-block="83aeef24-a02b-4a21-b535-eed126a1613d" data-title="Paragraphe" data-type="core/paragraph" id="block-83aeef24-a02b-4a21-b535-eed126a1613d" role="group" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1e1e1e; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: inherit; margin: 28px auto; max-width: 580px; overflow-wrap: break-word; position: relative; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; word-spacing: 0px;" tabindex="0"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Nearby <a href="https://www.kingussie.co.uk/" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #0073aa; outline: 0px; transition: none 0s ease 0s;">Kingussie</a> has an excellent butcher – <a href="https://dgilmourbutchers.com/" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #0073aa; outline: 0px; transition: none 0s ease 0s;">Donald Gilmour</a>. As well as the normal range of meats, he has very good venison, black pudding – a speciality – and steak pies. Normally at this time of year he would have game – grouse, pheasant etc. but because of the Covid restrictions there have been no shoots so no game for the moment. </span></p><figure aria-label="Bloc : Image" class="wp-block-image block-editor-block-list__block wp-block size-large" data-block="b58d25d1-5ee8-4a01-bebd-14a0b87935a3" data-title="Image" data-type="core/image" id="block-b58d25d1-5ee8-4a01-bebd-14a0b87935a3" role="group" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1e1e1e; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 28px auto; max-width: 580px; overflow-wrap: break-word; position: relative; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" tabindex="0"><div class="components-resizable-box__container" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; flex-shrink: 0; height: auto; max-height: 1933.33px; max-width: 1450px; min-height: 26.6667px; min-width: 20px; outline: 0px; position: relative; user-select: auto; width: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img alt="Cette image a un attribut alt vide ; le nom du fichier est cheese-shop.jpg" src="https://les5duvin.files.wordpress.com/2020/10/cheese-shop.jpg?w=768" style="border: none; box-sizing: inherit; display: block; height: inherit; max-width: 100%; width: inherit;" /><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"></span></span></div></figure><figure aria-label="Bloc : Image" class="wp-block-image block-editor-block-list__block wp-block size-large" data-block="3b1e9df7-9d3a-4516-a30f-78037c5c2687" data-title="Image" data-type="core/image" id="block-3b1e9df7-9d3a-4516-a30f-78037c5c2687" role="group" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1e1e1e; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 28px auto; max-width: 580px; overflow-wrap: break-word; position: relative; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" tabindex="0"><div class="components-resizable-box__container" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; flex-shrink: 0; height: auto; max-height: 1087.5px; max-width: 1450px; min-height: 20px; min-width: 26.6667px; outline: 0px; position: relative; user-select: auto; width: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img alt="Cette image a un attribut alt vide ; le nom du fichier est window.jpg" src="https://les5duvin.files.wordpress.com/2020/10/window.jpg?w=1024" style="border: none; box-sizing: inherit; display: block; height: inherit; max-width: 100%; width: inherit;" /><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"></span></span></div></figure><p aria-label="Bloc paragraphe" aria-multiline="true" class="block-editor-rich-text__editable block-editor-block-list__block wp-block rich-text" data-block="c052a25a-51dd-4da2-bc1e-d3ebdc8e6893" data-title="Paragraphe" data-type="core/paragraph" id="block-c052a25a-51dd-4da2-bc1e-d3ebdc8e6893" role="group" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1e1e1e; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: inherit; margin: 28px auto; max-width: 580px; overflow-wrap: break-word; position: relative; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; word-spacing: 0px;" tabindex="0"><span style="font-family: verdana;">A recent addition in Kingussie has been this specialist cheese shop (above) with a good cheese selection along with a limited range of wines and other treats. </span></p><figure aria-label="Bloc : Image" class="wp-block-image block-editor-block-list__block wp-block size-large" data-block="14eb4454-7f95-42e4-a8e8-cc48beb7f48d" data-title="Image" data-type="core/image" id="block-14eb4454-7f95-42e4-a8e8-cc48beb7f48d" role="group" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1e1e1e; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 28px auto; max-width: 580px; overflow-wrap: break-word; position: relative; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" tabindex="0"><div class="components-resizable-box__container" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; flex-shrink: 0; height: auto; max-height: 822.705px; max-width: 1450px; min-height: 20px; min-width: 35.2496px; outline: 0px; position: relative; user-select: auto; width: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img alt="Cette image a un attribut alt vide ; le nom du fichier est georges-fresh-fish.jpg" src="https://les5duvin.files.wordpress.com/2020/10/georges-fresh-fish.jpg?w=1024" style="border: none; box-sizing: inherit; display: block; height: inherit; max-width: 100%; width: inherit;" /><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"></span></span></div></figure><p aria-label="Bloc paragraphe" aria-multiline="true" class="block-editor-rich-text__editable block-editor-block-list__block wp-block rich-text" data-block="47596d84-c9da-426a-beb3-bfe3081a0995" data-title="Paragraphe" data-type="core/paragraph" id="block-47596d84-c9da-426a-beb3-bfe3081a0995" role="group" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1e1e1e; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: inherit; margin: 28px auto; max-width: 580px; overflow-wrap: break-word; position: relative; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; word-spacing: 0px;" tabindex="0"><span style="font-family: verdana;">There have been some Covid winners among them this mobile fish van run by George delivering wonderful fresh fish from Portsoy. After many years working for another firm George set up on his own last year and has done very well from the Covid pandemic as people are happy to buy from a supplier that comes to their home. </span></p><p aria-label="Bloc paragraphe" aria-multiline="true" class="block-editor-rich-text__editable block-editor-block-list__block wp-block rich-text" data-block="6fffc4b7-dea2-4561-afd2-0c04f9b16365" data-title="Paragraphe" data-type="core/paragraph" id="block-6fffc4b7-dea2-4561-afd2-0c04f9b16365" role="group" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1e1e1e; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: inherit; margin: 28px auto; max-width: 580px; overflow-wrap: break-word; position: relative; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; word-spacing: 0px;" tabindex="0"><span style="font-family: verdana;">There is, however, an important caveat to the call to support small producers and local shops – in the UK you need a certain income to be able to afford to buy from specialist food shops rather a supermarket, especially from a discounter like Aldi or Lidl. Unfortunately Covid has forced more UK families into food poverty and stopping kids from starving during the holidays has rightly become a major crisis for the Johnson 'government' following their refusal to finance meal vouchers for hungry kids in England during school holidays. </span></p><p aria-label="Bloc paragraphe" aria-multiline="true" class="block-editor-rich-text__editable block-editor-block-list__block wp-block rich-text" data-block="6fffc4b7-dea2-4561-afd2-0c04f9b16365" data-title="Paragraphe" data-type="core/paragraph" id="block-6fffc4b7-dea2-4561-afd2-0c04f9b16365" role="group" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1e1e1e; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: inherit; margin: 28px auto; max-width: 580px; overflow-wrap: break-word; position: relative; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; word-spacing: 0px;" tabindex="0"><span style="font-family: verdana;">This post was originally published on Les 5 du Vin. </span></p><p aria-label="Bloc paragraphe" aria-multiline="true" class="block-editor-rich-text__editable block-editor-block-list__block wp-block rich-text" data-block="6fffc4b7-dea2-4561-afd2-0c04f9b16365" data-title="Paragraphe" data-type="core/paragraph" id="block-6fffc4b7-dea2-4561-afd2-0c04f9b16365" role="group" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1e1e1e; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: inherit; margin: 28px auto; max-width: 580px; overflow-wrap: break-word; position: relative; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; word-spacing: 0px;" tabindex="0"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: red;">Update: </span><br /></span></b><span style="font-family: verdana;">From Monday 2nd November the Highlands of Scotland will be in Tier 1. Five Tiers (0-4) come into force on Monday. In Tier 0 life is close to normal . </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Level 1: rules</b><br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana;">'Under level one rules no in-home socialising is permitted, with limited
exceptions. Groups of six from a maximum of two households are able to gather in indoor and outdoor public settings. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The sale of food and alcohol
is permitted in indoor and outdoor venues, though a 10.30pm curfew is in
place for all hospitality settings. </span></span></p><div class="sc-bhlBdH sc-AnqlK gsLXKC"><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Hotels,
B&Bs, self-catering, caravan and camp sites are allowed to operate
under these restrictions so long as socialising and hospitality rules
are adhered to. </span></span></p><div class="sc-bhlBdH sc-AnqlK gsLXKC"><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Those living in a
level one setting are advised against non-essential travel to/from level
3 or higher areas in Scotland and equivalents in the rest of the UK,
with limited exceptions. </span></p></div><div class="sc-bhlBdH sc-AnqlK gsLXKC"><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Car sharing should be avoided where possible while face coverings are compulsory on public transport. </span></p><div class="sc-bhlBdH sc-AnqlK gsLXKC"><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;">Close contact services such as
hairdressers and barbers will be allowed to operate in level one.
Mobile close contact services can also operate at this level.</span></span></p></div><div class="sc-bhlBdH sc-AnqlK gsLXKC"><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;">In
level one stadia can reopen with restricted numbers and small events in
indoor settings can take place. Outdoor events with restricted numbers
can also take place. </span></span></p><div class="sc-bhlBdH sc-AnqlK gsLXKC"><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;">Weddings, and civil partnerships and funerals are all subject to 20 person limits.</span></span></p></div><div class="sc-bhlBdH sc-AnqlK gsLXKC"><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;">All sports and exercise is permitted with the exception of indoor contact sports between adults. </span></span></p></div><div class="sc-bhlBdH sc-AnqlK gsLXKC"><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;">Public services can open and support services such as counselling are permitted.' </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"> ••</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;">The big change for pubs and restaurants in Level 1 is that they will be able to sell alcohol instead and it won't have to be limited to having to have a meal to buy a drink. <br /></span></span></p></div><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p></div></div></div><p aria-label="Bloc paragraphe" aria-multiline="true" class="block-editor-rich-text__editable block-editor-block-list__block wp-block rich-text" data-block="6fffc4b7-dea2-4561-afd2-0c04f9b16365" data-title="Paragraphe" data-type="core/paragraph" id="block-6fffc4b7-dea2-4561-afd2-0c04f9b16365" role="group" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1e1e1e; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: inherit; margin: 28px auto; max-width: 580px; overflow-wrap: break-word; position: relative; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; word-spacing: 0px;" tabindex="0"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></b></p><div class="wp-block" data-align="right" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1e1e1e; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; height: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 580px; outline: currentcolor none 0px; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; width: 580px; word-spacing: 0px;"><figure aria-label="Bloc : Image" class="wp-block-image block-editor-block-list__block is-resized size-large" data-block="e148b442-d1bd-487d-a16d-142dc8abc3af" data-title="Image" data-type="core/image" id="block-e148b442-d1bd-487d-a16d-142dc8abc3af" role="group" style="box-sizing: inherit; display: table; float: right; margin: 0.5em 0px 0.5em 1em; overflow-wrap: break-word; position: relative; z-index: 21;" tabindex="0"><div class="components-resizable-box__container" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; flex-shrink: 0; height: 128px; max-height: 1087.5px; max-width: 1450px; min-height: 20px; min-width: 26.6667px; outline: 0px; position: relative; user-select: auto; width: 170px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img alt="Cette image a un attribut alt vide ; le nom du fichier est fall-guy....jpg" height="171" src="https://les5duvin.files.wordpress.com/2020/10/fall-guy....jpg?w=1024" style="border: none; box-sizing: inherit; display: block; height: inherit; max-width: 100%; width: inherit;" width="170" /><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"></span></span></div><figcaption aria-label="Rédiger la légende…" aria-multiline="true" class="block-editor-rich-text__editable rich-text" role="textbox" style="box-sizing: inherit; caption-side: bottom; color: #555555; display: table-caption; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 0.5em; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Fall guy</span></figcaption></figure></div><div class="block-list-appender wp-block" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1e1e1e; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 580px; outline: currentcolor none 0px; position: relative; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" tabindex="-1"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" /><br /></span></div><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #1e1e1e; display: inline !important; float: none; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; word-spacing: 0px;"> </span></span></p>Jim's Loirehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06696024920441263899noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1567042805993048802.post-66654248790002304552020-10-23T17:45:00.000+01:002020-10-23T17:45:15.926+01:00Warning scam cloned site: Fidelity International <h1 style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"> <span style="color: red;">Scam Alert</span></span></b><br /></span></h1><p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="-moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Yesterday I received the email below from someone (JR) who had been emailed by 'Linda Parker' (almost certainly not her real name), an 'administrator' in the </span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">supposed 'Financial Investigations Unit, </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">FILS Administration & Investigations' of 'Fidelity International'. <br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="-moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="-moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">'May or may not interest you</span></span></span></p><div class="" style="-moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">This
is an email I received - I called them and they say they are the
financial investigation arm of Fidelity International investigating
losses by their clients into fraudulent wine transactions. I do hold
wine and they were able to cite details of some transactions I did
contemplate 8 or 9 years ago. I was fairly guarded with them but they
did come across as slightly unprofessional and potentially fraudulent.
They did enquire about how I might intend to sell my holdings which
raised alarm bells. When I look at the domain name they are using www.<a class="" href="http://filsadministration.com/">filsadministration.com</a>, it is newly registered (7 October) through Wix which <span class="">doesn’t seem something a multinational like Fidelity would do.</span></span></span></div><div class="" style="-moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span class=""><br class="" /></span></span></span></div><div class="" style="-moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="">I
suspect these guys have got hold of some data relating to genuine wine
investors/portfolios and are now contacting those investors with scare
stories and then are offering to market/buy their wine. There is a
chance I am wrong and this is genuine but seems unlikely to me.</span></span></span></div><div class="" style="-moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span class=""><br class="" /></span></span></span></div><div class="" style="-moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="">Good website by the way.</span></span></span></div><div class="" style="-moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span class=""><br class="" /></span></span></span></div><div class="" style="-moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="">Regards'</span></span></span></div><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Email from Linda Parker: <br /></span></p><blockquote class="" style="-moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" type="cite"><div class=""><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Begin forwarded message:</span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" /></span></span><div class="" style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b class="">From: </b>Linda Parkinson <<a class="" href="mailto:admin@filsadministration.com">admin@filsadministration.com</a>><br class="" /></span></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b class="">Subject: </b><b class="">URGENT RESPONSE REQUIRED</b><br class="" /></span></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b class="">Date: </b>21 October 2020 at **:**:04 BST<br class="" /></span></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b class="">To: </b><br class="" /></span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br class="" /></span></span><div class=""><div class="" dir="ltr"><div class=""><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b class=""> PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL</b></span></span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b class=""> <span style="font-size: x-small;">Do not circulate information contained in this email.</span></b></span></span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span class=""><b class=""> This email contains information Solely for the named persons and no other.</b></span></span></span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br class="" /></span></span></div><div class=""><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br class="" /></span></div><div class=""><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br class="" /></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Dear </span></span><div class=""><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br class="" /></span></span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Ref: CW-341-POL<br class="" /></span></span><div class=""><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br class="" /></span></span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">We are currently upholding a financial investigation of a highly sensitive nature, we are not investigating yourself but we hold information that we would like to discuss with you at your earliest convenience.</span></span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br class="" /></span></span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Due to the nature of our enquiries we do apologize for being quite limited in this email.</span></span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br class="" /></span></span></div><div class=""><div class=""><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br class="" /></span></span></div><div class=""><div class="" dir="ltr"><div class=""><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Yours Sincerely</span></span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br class="" /></span></span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Linda Parker.</span></span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Administrator.</span></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ONZ5FT4Hgxg/X5Lsqkwz31I/AAAAAAABPMs/AyAvzqGIFy4mbbca7PwFEp5Z9p_dzRdvQCLcBGAsYHQ/s624/Icon.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="328" data-original-width="624" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ONZ5FT4Hgxg/X5Lsqkwz31I/AAAAAAABPMs/AyAvzqGIFy4mbbca7PwFEp5Z9p_dzRdvQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Icon.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><blockquote class="" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;" type="cite"><div class=""><div class="" dir="ltr"><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class="" dir="ltr"><div class=""><br class="" /></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Phone: +44 203 740 4635<br class="" /></span></span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Financial Investigations Unit.<br class="" /></span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">FILS Administration & Investigations</span></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">JR was right to be <b>suspicious</b>. Linda Parker and the </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Financial Investigations Unit,<br class="" /></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">FILS Administration & Investigations is a scam – pretending to be part of Fidelity International. Checking on the phone number given by Linda Parker using the <i>Who called me</i> site shows that the number is rated as '<b><span style="color: red;">dangerous</span></b>'. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I suspect that this scam is a combination of advanced fee fraud and making JR's wine disappear through a putative wine deal that would rapidly go sour once any wine had been transferred to the fraudsters. <br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">As JR found out their website was only registered on 7th October 2020: <br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jIuMdhZw0CM/X5LtUtDjedI/AAAAAAABPM0/ufCtFROElLQUfnOBi4n-LYQBqenItdNZgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1380/Who%2Bis%253F.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1128" data-original-width="1380" height="328" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jIuMdhZw0CM/X5LtUtDjedI/AAAAAAABPM0/ufCtFROElLQUfnOBi4n-LYQBqenItdNZgCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h328/Who%2Bis%253F.jpeg" width="400" /></a> <br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> Following JR notifying WIX, the web hosting company, the site has disappeared: </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GLqFYvfhgjc/X5MByIWE28I/AAAAAAABPNA/thRqhuwlhk46PRucdAnPITmdAMVxIEhoQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Closed%2Bsite.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1316" data-original-width="2048" height="258" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GLqFYvfhgjc/X5MByIWE28I/AAAAAAABPNA/thRqhuwlhk46PRucdAnPITmdAMVxIEhoQCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h258/Closed%2Bsite.jpeg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Fidelity appears to have been a target of scamsters for a while – not just wine but also cash ISAs offering an attractive rate of return. See warning from FCA in 2019: <br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OVKwSiTzq94/X5MDBjhGw1I/AAAAAAABPNI/B8N-K5hT_M0joYbB-k0p-YzLIrReRmboQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1526/FCA%2Bwarning.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="978" data-original-width="1526" height="256" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OVKwSiTzq94/X5MDBjhGw1I/AAAAAAABPNI/B8N-K5hT_M0joYbB-k0p-YzLIrReRmboQCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h256/FCA%2Bwarning.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://www.fca.org.uk/news/warnings/fidelity-international-clone-authorised-firm">Warning by FCA (Financial Conduct Authority) on 23rd July 2019</a>. </span></span></i></p><h2 style="text-align: left;"> </h2><h3 style="text-align: left;">Details of clone site 23.7.2019:</h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xcuEaLPwlVE/X5MD590a0PI/AAAAAAABPNQ/_zzODAUxAQ8K9reehzWCvOcscKaJLaLOQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1596/Clone%2BFirm%2BDetails.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="574" data-original-width="1596" height="144" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xcuEaLPwlVE/X5MD590a0PI/AAAAAAABPNQ/_zzODAUxAQ8K9reehzWCvOcscKaJLaLOQCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h144/Clone%2BFirm%2BDetails.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;">Back in July 2019 the scam contact was an 'Edward Harley'. </span></span></p><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;">Details of the real Fidelity Group (authorised by the FCA): </span> </span></span><br /></h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WBrHXHQv9N0/X5MF8wMiOPI/AAAAAAABPNc/W463prR9AYgTHMPhbpBU0Nb7_3KTr7h8wCLcBGAsYHQ/s1596/FCA%2B-%2BFidelity%2B.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="626" data-original-width="1596" height="157" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WBrHXHQv9N0/X5MF8wMiOPI/AAAAAAABPNc/W463prR9AYgTHMPhbpBU0Nb7_3KTr7h8wCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h157/FCA%2B-%2BFidelity%2B.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p><p><b><a href="https://www.fidelity.co.uk/staying-secure/"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Tips from Fidelity on avoiding scams</span></span></a><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">. </span></span></b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Their telephone numbers are: 017323-61144 or 0333-3003350. </span></span><br /></p><h3 style="text-align: left;"><br /></h3><p><br /> </p><p> </p><p> <br /></p>Jim's Loirehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06696024920441263899noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1567042805993048802.post-18140046167862497652020-10-01T23:22:00.013+01:002020-10-02T15:44:41.650+01:00Metropolitan Bond – another scam clone of the legitimate London City Bond site<div class="separator"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-X4_rU6K44iQ/X3Y_f3x0DPI/AAAAAAABPKQ/rS0VO0M_HlErybNsTXxn4N-qRUPiOWYswCLcBGAsYHQ/s2014/83%2BBaker%2BStreet.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a></div><div class="separator" style="text-align: center;"><h2><span style="color: red;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span style="font-size: large;">NB: There are no miraculous stashes of wine left <br />over </span><span style="font-size: large;">from <br />bust European Fine Wines. </span></span><br /></span></b></span></h2></div><div class="separator"><br /></div><div class="separator"><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: red;">'I can confirm that
all the wine purchased by the Company has been sold and I am not aware of
any wine held in bonded warehouses or overseas.'</span><i> <br /><span style="font-size: small;">From the liquidator's latest report filed at Companies House on 8th September 2020</span></i><br /> </span></span></h2><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Here follows the latest White Knight attempt to extract money from creditors of European Fine Wines. <span style="color: red;">It is a scam: </span><br /></span></span></h2></div><div class="separator"><br /></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6janieQPimI/X3WYlrk7l3I/AAAAAAABPJc/7gtbcDQqB5o5xk5ihm3H4qK4ef6kbmVAQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Home.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1221" data-original-width="2048" height="239" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6janieQPimI/X3WYlrk7l3I/AAAAAAABPJc/7gtbcDQqB5o5xk5ihm3H4qK4ef6kbmVAQCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h239/Home.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><p> <span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"> <br /></span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;">Following on from Barkingside Premier Storage cloning the legitimate London City Bond website, a new clone bonded warehouse site – Metropolitan Bond – was registered on 28th August 2020.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1198" data-original-width="1554" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gx_COe5bvdk/X3Y3XzuSfgI/AAAAAAABPJo/spKCiuA5PksbNnWXV15a_ueDvi5mhTrxwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Who%2Bis%253F%2BMetro.jpeg" width="320" /></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><br /> </span> <p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;">Again as was the case with Barkingside the Metropolitan Bond website is a direct copy of the LCB site. </span></span></p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_q24QJfdbPM/X3Y7CalBDpI/AAAAAAABPJ8/mbPXAdYeGAUzmRjD96DXP83FojRdY3BXACLcBGAsYHQ/s1266/About%2B%25E2%2580%2593%2BLCB.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="508" data-original-width="1266" height="160" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_q24QJfdbPM/X3Y7CalBDpI/AAAAAAABPJ8/mbPXAdYeGAUzmRjD96DXP83FojRdY3BXACLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h160/About%2B%25E2%2580%2593%2BLCB.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: red;"><i><span><span style="font-size: small;">'About' from the LCB site </span></span></i></span></span><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Kk29WVPGhfc/X3Y6iAS-77I/AAAAAAABPJ0/3pS1r7S6xnope0NggZHQnUXNQaitZNW8ACLcBGAsYHQ/s1704/About.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1282" data-original-width="1704" height="301" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Kk29WVPGhfc/X3Y6iAS-77I/AAAAAAABPJ0/3pS1r7S6xnope0NggZHQnUXNQaitZNW8ACLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h301/About.jpeg" width="400" /> </a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;">Metropolitan Bond<br />Same words, same people: <br />Ben Jones and Alf Allington <br />A rip off copy</span><br /></i></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: black;"></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8gFjnmps61A/X3Y-u98OOZI/AAAAAAABPKI/8NObnn_8qQ8c2qsVuxQj6GIKSmpDVMP2QCLcBGAsYHQ/s2208/Key%2BFacts.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1092" data-original-width="2208" height="198" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8gFjnmps61A/X3Y-u98OOZI/AAAAAAABPKI/8NObnn_8qQ8c2qsVuxQj6GIKSmpDVMP2QCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h198/Key%2BFacts.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: black;"></span></span></span> <br /></span></span></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: black;"></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: black;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-30_n4ms22fM/X3ZYD4btzkI/AAAAAAABPLs/ge6r9KyggrEGOCLTyft4rzjvQWSqR_vsQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2014/83%2BBaker%2BStreet.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="512" data-original-width="2014" height="101" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-30_n4ms22fM/X3ZYD4btzkI/AAAAAAABPLs/ge6r9KyggrEGOCLTyft4rzjvQWSqR_vsQCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h101/83%2BBaker%2BStreet.jpeg" width="400" /></a></span></span></span></div><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: black;"><br /> </span></span></span><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: black;">Metropolitan Bond claims to be based at 83 Baker Street in the West End of London. Anyone knowing anything about bonded warehouses would know that this is <b>ridiculous</b>. Bonded warehouses need a substantial space, especially one that sets out the Key Facts above – again a direct rip-off from the LCB site. Unsurprisingly 83 Baker Street is a virtual office/serviced office – not a bonded warehouse.... <br /></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: black;"></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KJXeqJ2Xsxc/X3Y_f9eQAtI/AAAAAAABPKU/NdZyMwe9tK0G51jCHHikSK2IR0HEH7yawCLcBGAsYHQ/s1482/83%2BBaker%2BStreet%2B-%2Bdetails.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1228" data-original-width="1482" height="331" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KJXeqJ2Xsxc/X3Y_f9eQAtI/AAAAAAABPKU/NdZyMwe9tK0G51jCHHikSK2IR0HEH7yawCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h331/83%2BBaker%2BStreet%2B-%2Bdetails.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: black;">It looks like the clowns who put together the Metropolitan Bond website were in such a rush that they just copied their previous website Barkingside Premier Storage. Unfortunately they neglected to replace Barkingside Premier Storage with Metropolitan Bond in the section on Insurance: </span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></span><br /><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: black;"></span></span></span><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VkLVKgO-ig0/X3ZDIyzeGaI/AAAAAAABPKo/RvVH-jWRgYoXUKAVHywT5zlge2uaTWBOgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1534/Insurance%2B-%2BBarkingside.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="518" data-original-width="1534" height="135" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VkLVKgO-ig0/X3ZDIyzeGaI/AAAAAAABPKo/RvVH-jWRgYoXUKAVHywT5zlge2uaTWBOgCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h135/Insurance%2B-%2BBarkingside.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: red;"><b>Metropolitan site: 'At one time Barkingside did offer...'<br />'This led Barkingside Premier Storage...' <br /><br /> </b></span><br /><span style="color: black;"></span></span></span><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Kn2BNIAUBmg/X3ZDI7NIebI/AAAAAAABPKk/RxrF6s7Yoc4rvanBSwmrd3s45MZXaClVgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1516/Insurance%2B-%2BBarkingside-a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="274" data-original-width="1516" height="73" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Kn2BNIAUBmg/X3ZDI7NIebI/AAAAAAABPKk/RxrF6s7Yoc4rvanBSwmrd3s45MZXaClVgCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h73/Insurance%2B-%2BBarkingside-a.jpeg" width="400" /></a></span></span><br /><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: black;"></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: black;"> <span style="color: red;"><b>Metropolitan site: 'It is therefore important to note <br />that Barkingside Premier Storage.... </b></span><br /></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: black;"><br /></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qrdvSG6Xthc/X3ZF_ZepobI/AAAAAAABPK8/pvBk3DHdtZMXIM49gQjjdhye1C5yIeFrACLcBGAsYHQ/s1294/Insurance.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="232" data-original-width="1294" height="71" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qrdvSG6Xthc/X3ZF_ZepobI/AAAAAAABPK8/pvBk3DHdtZMXIM49gQjjdhye1C5yIeFrACLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h71/Insurance.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: red;"><b>Barkingside site: 'It is therefore important to note <br />that Barkingside Premier Storage.... </b></span><br /></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: black;"></span></span></span><br /><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: black;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-X7rnEvViqFE/X3ZF4BL4HeI/AAAAAAABPK4/PqOJeC3q7Jcxe7eacjCDoQKm2zM9xpDLACLcBGAsYHQ/s1440/Insurance%2BLCB.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="602" data-original-width="1440" height="168" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-X7rnEvViqFE/X3ZF4BL4HeI/AAAAAAABPK4/PqOJeC3q7Jcxe7eacjCDoQKm2zM9xpDLACLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h168/Insurance%2BLCB.jpeg" width="400" /></a></span></span></span> </span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>LCB site (the original source): </b></span></span><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: red;"><b><br />'It is therefore important to note <br />that LCB....'<br /><br /></b></span></span></span></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="color: #800180;">Letter (29th September 2020) to an European Fine Wines client from Scott Killick, Storage Manager at Metropolitan Bond: </span> <br /></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b> </b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XC6ISHHOCvE/X3ZJ2xFMlEI/AAAAAAABPLM/KtMsjILc-FIJaXaepxH1wczqWM1gbl4IgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1754/Scan_29.9.20a.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1754" data-original-width="1241" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XC6ISHHOCvE/X3ZJ2xFMlEI/AAAAAAABPLM/KtMsjILc-FIJaXaepxH1wczqWM1gbl4IgCLcBGAsYHQ/w283-h400/Scan_29.9.20a.jpg" width="283" /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YKnCCXzf-7Q/X3ZKK6-4epI/AAAAAAABPLU/NnrYMYEg31A2DzMd_bOO_SP3INui0uLTwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1754/Scan%2B29.9.20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1754" data-original-width="1241" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YKnCCXzf-7Q/X3ZKK6-4epI/AAAAAAABPLU/NnrYMYEg31A2DzMd_bOO_SP3INui0uLTwCLcBGAsYHQ/w283-h400/Scan%2B29.9.20.jpg" width="283" /></a></div></div></b></span></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></b></span></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></b></span></span><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;">Scott Killick:</span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;">We are writing to you today in reference to a number of complaints highlighting the growing frustration surrounding 'European Fine Wines'. We understand a large percentage of clients have been patiently awaiting an update in regard to their assets, currently being stored with us under the 'European Fine Wines' company account.<br /><br />For almost 36 months we have been working and collaborating with relevant parties to provide clients with a solution. We have now reached a point where clients can expect to have some level of insight in regard to their investment. In addition to the court delays, our main concern was allocating the wines that have been paid for but not officially assigned to clients. Through an extensive and thorough investigation, we have now managed to allocate a large bulk of clients' wines, which were initially frozen and seized within our administrator accounts. We can now confirm that the courts have given us the go ahead to officially release these wines from the bonded account in which they are currently being held.'<br /> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;">Killick's <span style="color: red;"><b>fantasy narrative</b></span> continues for several more paragraphs.. What a shame that Killick has spent nearly 36 months on this project. Instead he ought to have contacted the liquidator who could have put him straight:<br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;">Note from the Liquidator's latest report:<br /></span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FbxOdZIk2MM/X3ZRUcvqY8I/AAAAAAABPLg/udSwUDuVhPg3ZZPvh-HjoUNW1p9GUKWlwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1584/Liquidator-%2B8.20.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1376" data-original-width="1584" height="348" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FbxOdZIk2MM/X3ZRUcvqY8I/AAAAAAABPLg/udSwUDuVhPg3ZZPvh-HjoUNW1p9GUKWlwCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h348/Liquidator-%2B8.20.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span><h1><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b> </b></span></span></span></h1><h1><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Important statement and clarification: </b></span></span></span></h1><h2><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></h2></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>From the Liquidator's report (above) for period 25.6.19/ 24.6.20 </b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;">Note (17th August 2020) to all known members and creditors:</span></span> </span></span></b></div><br /></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">'I have been made aware that a number of investors have been approached by parties purporting to have located customer's wine in storage, or acting either on behalf of or in succession to Abbott Fielding in an attempt to extract money with the promise of the release of wine they have located or sale of the wine to a buyer. Please be aware I will never ask creditors to pay any money to release wine or the payment of a dividend. I also have no intention in appointing a 3rd party to act on my behalf to release the wine of funds.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I can confirm that all the wine purchased by the Company has been sold and I am not aware of any wine held in bonded warehouses or overseas.'</span></span><br /></div><br /></div><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><br />•••</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b> </b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;">I have emailed Scott Killick (probably not his real name) and sent him a copy of the liquidator's latest report and drawn his attention to Page 4 of the report – see above. I have also invited him to comment on this post. </span></span><br /></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: red;"></span></span></span></span><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: red;"><b> </b></span></span></span></span><br /><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: black;"></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: black;"><br /></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #f1c232;"><i><span></span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: white;">Metropolitan Bond - same words, <br />same people: Ben Jones and Alf </span></span></i></span><br /></p>Jim's Loirehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06696024920441263899noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1567042805993048802.post-34228868511910592292020-08-27T21:51:00.007+01:002020-09-03T08:27:54.028+01:00Barkingside Premier Storage/TMT Investments: more cloning (Part 2)<p style="text-align: center;"> </p><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-oSevNj5KUcI/X0fNvqNOX9I/AAAAAAABPCs/eDc83BoQkm8TDjLFSsdCzkw5u-7hqfDfQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2746/Home.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1094" data-original-width="2746" height="159" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-oSevNj5KUcI/X0fNvqNOX9I/AAAAAAABPCs/eDc83BoQkm8TDjLFSsdCzkw5u-7hqfDfQCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h159/Home.jpeg" width="400" /></a></span></span></i></span></span></i> <br /></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Home page of the TMT Investments site </span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">the site is a scam using a company name that has also been cloned <br /></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;">This second post on the Barkingside Premier Storage scam includes coverage of TMT Investments Ltd, a company that has also been cloned by these fraudsters, who have also cloned the London City Bond site calling it Barkingside Premier Storage. <a href="http://investdrinks-blog.blogspot.com/2020/08/warning-scam-cloned-site-barkingside.html">See first post here</a>. </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KoGgMpFIfmI/X0jwPgikZXI/AAAAAAABPEU/jsi5LsUAhPsK4RCtVaQofW-UQ66IfFSHACLcBGAsYHQ/s1552/TMT%2Binvestments.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1202" data-original-width="1552" height="310" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KoGgMpFIfmI/X0jwPgikZXI/AAAAAAABPEU/jsi5LsUAhPsK4RCtVaQofW-UQ66IfFSHACLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h310/TMT%2Binvestments.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><i><span style="font-size: small;">The fake TMT Investments Ltd site was <br />registered on 24th August 2020 </span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span> </span></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The legitimate TMT Investments Ltd company was incorporated at Companies House on 16th March 2017 and its registered office is at </span></span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face="" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #0b0c0c; display: inline; float: none; font-size: 19px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">55 Station Road, Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom, HP9 1QL</span>. The sole director is Raymond Terence Stocker at Berkhamstead. Stocker became aware that his company had been cloned some three months ago and has subsequently been trying to get it closed down. </span></span></span><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-g9Tjjz4rUgQ/X0fN5D7dWsI/AAAAAAABPCw/V1ciWtaRfw8YR2HdpFWNna3aM3ELvKoqQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2312/Services.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1062" data-original-width="2312" height="184" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-g9Tjjz4rUgQ/X0fN5D7dWsI/AAAAAAABPCw/V1ciWtaRfw8YR2HdpFWNna3aM3ELvKoqQCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h184/Services.jpeg" width="400" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">More screen grabs from the scam <a href="www.tmtinvestmentsltd.com">TMT Investments Ltd site </a><br /> <br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-onaH-1K8P-8/X0fN5JE09HI/AAAAAAABPC0/aiu4tA1QljUQ-99q6UYSDzi-CAC95kpegCLcBGAsYHQ/s1748/Incentive.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="874" data-original-width="1748" height="200" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-onaH-1K8P-8/X0fN5JE09HI/AAAAAAABPC0/aiu4tA1QljUQ-99q6UYSDzi-CAC95kpegCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h200/Incentive.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br /></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-697TusBp51E/X0fOAxk551I/AAAAAAABPC4/-BiUYiwn374pN75A8pyTTo3pYayG84L-ACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Canary%2BWharf%2BMap%2B%252B%2BRegistered%2Boffices%2B.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1064" data-original-width="2048" height="208" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-697TusBp51E/X0fOAxk551I/AAAAAAABPC4/-BiUYiwn374pN75A8pyTTo3pYayG84L-ACLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h208/Canary%2BWharf%2BMap%2B%252B%2BRegistered%2Boffices%2B.jpeg" width="400" /></a></span></span></i></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;">Fraudsters' virtual office on 37th Floor, 1 Canada Square, London. E14 5AB <br />The real TMT Investments Ltd has not have an office at Canary Wharf<br /></span></i></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></i></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">RZ, a client of bust European Fine Wines, who had sparked <a href="http://investdrinks-blog.blogspot.com/2020/08/warning-scam-cloned-site-barkingside.html">my first post </a>on the Barkingside Premier Storage scam was duly contacted by 'TMT Investments Ltd'. They were told that they had a buyer for their four cases of Bordeaux that had miraculously turned up at Barkingside Premier Storage....</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">RZ told <i>investdrinks</i>: </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">'They claim Waldorf Astoria hotel group has offered £22,894
for the wine. Buyer will pay them 7% fee. I
have to pay £2,747 deposit first They are sending through terms. There’s an
escrow arrangement so my wine is safe (LoL) until buyer pays. TMT will the
inspect. If OK I will sign ownership over to buyer and get paid. If not OK
- I will get my deposit back.</span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">They are sending terms now and want deposit today.....</span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">RZ correctly concluded: '</span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I think the con is that I have to pay a 12% refundable deposit - which they claim I get back if the deal doesn't go through...'</span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The whole 'deal' is <span style="color: red;"><b>a complete fantasy</b></span> – the wine doesn't exist nor does Barkingside Premier Storage. The four cases of Bordeaux could be bought from legitimate wine merchants for <b>£19930</b> (checked through <a href="https://www.wine-searcher.com/">wine-searcher</a>) – substantially below the offer of </span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">£22,894 through 'TMT' </span></span>. RZ challenged </span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;">the higher valuation </span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;">'TMT' salesman</span></span></span></span></span> played up the higher value as the end user (ie Waldorf Astoria group) will be selling on at "the sort of prices you would see in hotel/bars"!! <span style="color: red;"><b>LOL!! </b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;">TMT soon sent their invoice, terms and conditions and a letter apparently signed by Ronald Terence Stocker (director).</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-o0MhcwUJtJY/X0fkvyGYGGI/AAAAAAABPDM/yAG7_ti2oSEDQuy7YCQh4th5HB_30Qh8wCLcBGAsYHQ/s1250/26.8.2020.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1250" data-original-width="1196" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-o0MhcwUJtJY/X0fkvyGYGGI/AAAAAAABPDM/yAG7_ti2oSEDQuy7YCQh4th5HB_30Qh8wCLcBGAsYHQ/w383-h400/26.8.2020.jpg" width="383" /></a></span></span></span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></span></span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;">It was this letter that made me think that TMT Investments Ltd might well have been cloned. It is rare for fraudsters to use their real names but here was Stocker signing a letter promoting an advance fee fraud! </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Checking through Companies House showed that 70-year-old Stocker was a director of 10 companies including Screen & Music Travel Ltd and D.T. Properties, which all looked to be legitimate companies. Furthermore TMT Investments Ltd is a property company and none of Stocker's companies are connected to wine. It seemed highly unlikely and curious that a 70-year-old based in Berkhamstead would be actively involved with these fraudsters, who are probably in their 20s and 30s and likely to be based in Bromley or Croydon. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The signature on the letter was the real giveaway. Looking at Stocker's actual signature on a number of documents filed with Companies House over more than a decade the signature on the letter (26.8.2020) bears no relation to Stocker's habitual signature, which has remained consistent.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-k4n4QqXyD5Q/X0gX12IIrCI/AAAAAAABPDY/R4fEyw19SDQsLmdIN6s7H-4sS6dIDu-dACLcBGAsYHQ/s1640/RTS%2B-%2BCompanies%2BHouse%2Bsignature%2B17.3.2020.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1094" data-original-width="1640" height="267" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-k4n4QqXyD5Q/X0gX12IIrCI/AAAAAAABPDY/R4fEyw19SDQsLmdIN6s7H-4sS6dIDu-dACLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h267/RTS%2B-%2BCompanies%2BHouse%2Bsignature%2B17.3.2020.jpeg" width="400" /></a></span></span></span></span></span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;">Terence Stocker's signature: 17.3.2020 </span></i></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></i></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></i></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-smi8uCjHt3k/X0gZHmridMI/AAAAAAABPDg/M5XSWDd9wscmla_sAn1rU1C-FlKzRdnLgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1820/Companies%2BHouse%2BAccounts%2Bissued%2B13.12.2018.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="998" data-original-width="1820" height="219" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-smi8uCjHt3k/X0gZHmridMI/AAAAAAABPDg/M5XSWDd9wscmla_sAn1rU1C-FlKzRdnLgCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h219/Companies%2BHouse%2BAccounts%2Bissued%2B13.12.2018.jpeg" width="400" /></a></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Signature 13.12.18</i></span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Scam letter – 26th August 2020: </b></span></span></span><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></i></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></i></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i></i></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nJLrZW_QkGg/X0gZrKuJtjI/AAAAAAABPDo/83T5sAiJi4smrO3ydq-rXVkkeHeLL2XaQCLcBGAsYHQ/s700/RTS-%2BRight%2Bsignature-a%253F.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="284" data-original-width="700" height="163" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nJLrZW_QkGg/X0gZrKuJtjI/AAAAAAABPDo/83T5sAiJi4smrO3ydq-rXVkkeHeLL2XaQCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h163/RTS-%2BRight%2Bsignature-a%253F.jpeg" width="400" /></a></i></span></div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><br /></i></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;">Signature on advance fee fraud letter</span></i></span><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;">Clearly not the same person</span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: red;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Telephone: 020-7459 4463 </span></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Searching 020-7459 4463 </span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">on 'Who called me?' </span></span></span></span>brings up several warnings about this scam. The number has an overall rating as <span style="color: red;"><b>dangerous</b></span>. See below:</span></span><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: red;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"> </span></b></span><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></i></span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></i></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></i></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-scJUvJR7Xb8/X0i6dWbUwyI/AAAAAAABPD8/kR41td6WFLwNHJKBAdZ4ktGc6M1JgGvpwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1568/Who%2Bcalled%2Bme%2B-%2B020-7459%2B4463.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="562" data-original-width="1568" height="143" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-scJUvJR7Xb8/X0i6dWbUwyI/AAAAAAABPD8/kR41td6WFLwNHJKBAdZ4ktGc6M1JgGvpwCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h143/Who%2Bcalled%2Bme%2B-%2B020-7459%2B4463.jpeg" width="400" /></a></span></i></span><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"> <br /> </span></i></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-O0zK1_vnbxo/X0i6rMtFDKI/AAAAAAABPEA/Nk_9btIk-Jw_D4a6QiBslHrliMpvKVLfACLcBGAsYHQ/s1456/Who%2Bcalled%2Bme%2B-%2B020-7971%2B1208%2Ba.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="726" data-original-width="1456" height="199" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-O0zK1_vnbxo/X0i6rMtFDKI/AAAAAAABPEA/Nk_9btIk-Jw_D4a6QiBslHrliMpvKVLfACLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h199/Who%2Bcalled%2Bme%2B-%2B020-7971%2B1208%2Ba.jpeg" width="400" /></a></i></span></div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><br /></i></span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>investdrinks</i> has passed these details of this advance fee fraud onto the Serious Fraud and Cyber Unit of Hertfordshire Police based at Welwyn Garden City. Anyone aware of a company being cloned or this type of advance fee fraud should submit a report to <a href="https://www.actionfraud.police.uk/">Action Fraud.</a></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The more complaints received about a particular fraud/scam the greater </span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="st">likelihood</span> of it being taken up by the police . </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-family: "calibri", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 15.4px; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><b><span face="" style="color: #f23232; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 14px;"><br /></span></b></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p>Jim's Loirehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06696024920441263899noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1567042805993048802.post-79765672724905102662020-08-24T11:30:00.017+01:002020-08-27T16:56:45.571+01:00Warning scam clone site: Barkingside Premier Storage<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-E4JwDQPtYxs/X0N-inkICMI/AAAAAAABO_o/zU47Lm3k2I44mkrF9slPBcOGt_QhrapkACLcBGAsYHQ/s1712/About%2Bus%2B-%2Bwith%2Blogo.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1246" data-original-width="1712" height="291" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-E4JwDQPtYxs/X0N-inkICMI/AAAAAAABO_o/zU47Lm3k2I44mkrF9slPBcOGt_QhrapkACLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h291/About%2Bus%2B-%2Bwith%2Blogo.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div> <p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></i> <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bBqQ45An7iY/X0N_2VHto1I/AAAAAAABPAA/VCj66Xm_G3QrUnLljjLBMSCN0pt2XPF_wCLcBGAsYHQ/s984/About%2Bus%2Ba.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="734" data-original-width="984" height="298" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bBqQ45An7iY/X0N_2VHto1I/AAAAAAABPAA/VCj66Xm_G3QrUnLljjLBMSCN0pt2XPF_wCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h298/About%2Bus%2Ba.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;">About us: <a href="https://barkingsidepremierstorage.com/about-us">Barkingside Premier Storage</a></span></span></i> <span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Last week I was contacted by RZ, a former client investor of now bust European Fine Wines. They had been contacted and told that miraculously they had some additional wines that had been bought by EFW (European Fine Wines):</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="-moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">'EFW bought wines with my money, they may have not been totally transparent with the use of my funds and may have bought additional wines and stored them in my name. These wines appear to have been kept in store at Barkingside - which I have never heard of - and for data protection reasons, Barkingside has sent me a list of wines that appear to be in their store under my name.'</span></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The investor then received an email from a Mr Daniel Wickman, 'storage manager' at Barkingside Premier Storage<b>:</b></span></span><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">'As requested, we are
writing to you in regard to your request for a stock report, we have therefore
documented below your stock rotation report (*******) inclusive of the wines
that we are currently storing under our administrator account on your behalf:</span></span></p><span style="font-size: medium;">
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</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Chateau Haut Brion 2009
(12x75cl)<br />
Chateau Haut Brion 2010 (12x75cl) <br />
Chateau Montrose 2011 (12x75cl) <br /></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Chateau Lafite Rothschild
2009 (12x75cl)'</span></span><br /></p><span style="font-size: medium;"></span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">
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{page:WordSection1;} <br></style><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="-moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">The investor doubtless had mixed emotions when they received Wickham's message. Delight that unknown to them they had four cases of wine that EFW had kindly bought for them. Suspicion that that this unexpected windfall was part of a scam, so they contacted <i>investdrinks</i> to ask what I knew of Barkingside Premier Storage. </span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="-moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">It soon became clear that the investor was wise to be suspicious. There is no such business as Barkingside Premier Storage and the four cases of wine is the figment of a scamster's imagination. </span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="-moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">The </span></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="-moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://barkingsidepremierstorage.com/about-us">Barkingside Premier Storage</a></span></span> website is a clone of the <a href="https://www.lcb.co.uk/">London City Bond</a> (LCB) website. LCB is a legitimate company and is the UK's largest bonded warehouse business, which was founded in 1870 and has a fine wine division with storage available at a number of sites as well as providing bonded warehouse facilities for the wine and spirit trade. Alf Allington is a director of LCB and Ben Jones is a former director. Neither have any connection with Barkingside Premier Storage. <br /></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="-moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">It is instructive to compare the two websites to see that Barkingside is a direct copy of LCB. <br /></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="-moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"> </span></span> <br /></span></p><p> </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bmlqZKb2xlo/X0N_GDz1PkI/AAAAAAABO_0/B6jdE1Et_ZgSUoVZGEQVrNF1ljRaJ9gSgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1664/About%2Bus%2B-%2BLCB.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1424" data-original-width="1664" height="343" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bmlqZKb2xlo/X0N_GDz1PkI/AAAAAAABO_0/B6jdE1Et_ZgSUoVZGEQVrNF1ljRaJ9gSgCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h343/About%2Bus%2B-%2BLCB.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div> <p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The scamsters behind Barkingside Premier Storage website, which is hosted by <a href="http://godaddy.com">godaddy.com,</a> have used the text from the LCB with out their permission and knowledge. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DPTVCLmx2U8/X0OrqcxJ9-I/AAAAAAABPAo/khryiXxkePsltpzg8PEqLDmuspa4A81BgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1560/Who%2Bis%253F.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="966" data-original-width="1560" height="248" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DPTVCLmx2U8/X0OrqcxJ9-I/AAAAAAABPAo/khryiXxkePsltpzg8PEqLDmuspa4A81BgCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h248/Who%2Bis%253F.jpeg" width="400" /></a></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-O4ltciJqNGI/X0OrqSIQwWI/AAAAAAABPAk/He_JER445wMddMsdQDMYtt1B3iIVIgqogCLcBGAsYHQ/s1572/Who%2Bis%253F%2Ba.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1098" data-original-width="1572" height="279" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-O4ltciJqNGI/X0OrqSIQwWI/AAAAAAABPAk/He_JER445wMddMsdQDMYtt1B3iIVIgqogCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h279/Who%2Bis%253F%2Ba.jpeg" width="400" /></a></span></span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>Details of Barkingside Premier Storage site <br />(registered 27th May 2020) hosted by GoDaddy. </i></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i> </i></span><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;">However, LCB is now aware of the scam Barkingside Premier Storage site and on 29th July 2020 they wrote to all of their private customers warning them Barkingside Premier Storage was a scam. Although Barkingside copied LCB's text they have <b>no access to LCB's customers' data</b>. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span><br /><span style="color: red;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;">So what's the scam?</span></span></span></span></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b> </b></span></span> <br /></b></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qjxW9fy2aW0/X0OPyoreDrI/AAAAAAABPAM/4ASOOTy-jP8eGSv60eFr6BOCRFoF10sVwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1486/565%2BRipple%2BRoad%252C%2BDagenham.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1068" data-original-width="1486" height="288" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qjxW9fy2aW0/X0OPyoreDrI/AAAAAAABPAM/4ASOOTy-jP8eGSv60eFr6BOCRFoF10sVwCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h288/565%2BRipple%2BRoad%252C%2BDagenham.jpeg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The four case of Bordeaux do not exist and Barkingside Premier Storage, which has no entry on the register of UK companies, certainly does not have a warehouse at 565 Ripple Road, Dagenham RM6 4QL – Barkingside's address included in Wickham's email. As the satellite photo above shows No 565 is a private house beside the busy A13 hardly a suitable premises for the '<span class="x-el x-el-span c1-8d c1-8e c1-b c1-c c1-d c1-e c1-f c1-g">largest and most successful privately-owned tax warehousing company in the UK'....... However, the postcode (RM6 4QL) given by Wickham is not for Ripple Road but for The Coppins, Chadwell Avenue, Romford RM6 4QL.</span></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="x-el x-el-span c1-8d c1-8e c1-b c1-c c1-d c1-e c1-f c1-g"><span itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Article"><span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="x-el x-el-span c1-8d c1-8e c1-b c1-c c1-d c1-e c1-f c1-g"> </span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="x-el x-el-span c1-8d c1-8e c1-b c1-c c1-d c1-e c1-f c1-g">This is 'white knight' operation and almost certainly an advance fee fraud. The investor will be told that to sell or get hold of their 'wine' they will need to pay a fee .... The wine, however, is very unlikely to be sold nor and it is equally unlikely that will they see these four cases of fine Bordeaux. </span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="x-el x-el-span c1-8d c1-8e c1-b c1-c c1-d c1-e c1-f c1-g">The telephone number (020-7971 1208) for Barkingside is listed by Who Called Me? as 'dangerous': </span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="x-el x-el-span c1-8d c1-8e c1-b c1-c c1-d c1-e c1-f c1-g"></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pvCZCDqn9QY/X0OVmW_ujeI/AAAAAAABPAY/Kf5LRg6jG2Y7DH8c9TMHyGeztp07DGZKQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1682/Who%2Bcalled%2Bme%253F.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1086" data-original-width="1682" height="258" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pvCZCDqn9QY/X0OVmW_ujeI/AAAAAAABPAY/Kf5LRg6jG2Y7DH8c9TMHyGeztp07DGZKQCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h258/Who%2Bcalled%2Bme%253F.jpeg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"> <br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="x-el x-el-span c1-8d c1-8e c1-b c1-c c1-d c1-e c1-f c1-g">
</span></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Barkingside Premier Storage claim that 'We trade under the current
conditions and contracts of the UK Warehousing Association and Road Haulage
Association'. Another highly unlikely claim.</span></span></p><p style="margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p><p style="margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I trust that LCB can get the Barkingside scam site closed down. They have been in touch with godaddy who host the Barkingside scam site. My strong advice is to steer well clear of <b>Barkingside Premier Storage</b>. </span></span></p><p style="margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: red;"><b>Update: victims of other companies contacted<br /></b></span></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">Following a tweet about the Barkingside Premier Storage scam, it is now clear that clients of Imperial Fine Wines Ltd, which changed its name on 10.1.2017 to Imperial Wine & Spirits Merchant, has also been contacted by Barkingside. The accounts and confirmation statement for Imperial are both overdue and a compulsory strike off has been suspended (8.5.2019). </span></span></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;"></span></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: black;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-eR7CrxBBzeY/X0O_T3qX9AI/AAAAAAABPBE/WHTFW_9WJ5k1lPtjVZBvwjkVi2E1uAmhQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1280/Imperial%2B-%2Bstocka.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="1155" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-eR7CrxBBzeY/X0O_T3qX9AI/AAAAAAABPBE/WHTFW_9WJ5k1lPtjVZBvwjkVi2E1uAmhQCLcBGAsYHQ/w361-h400/Imperial%2B-%2Bstocka.jpg" width="361" /></a></span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: black;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-peHeYOMzojc/X0O8Hl_uWvI/AAAAAAABPA4/D0aO9Eyk41QD3e9fDYXgJa2-DqgSTTjvgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1456/Imperial%2B-%2Bstock.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a></span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: black;"> </span><b> </b><br /></span></span><p></p><p style="margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">A client of the well-established and legitimate Ditton Wine Company also received an email (above) from Daniel Wickham (unlikely to be his real name) claiming that Barkingside had some stock for him. The client was advised that this was a scam. </span></span></p><p style="margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p><p style="margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Warning of this scam sent to members of Wine Owners</b> <b>(24.8.2020)</b>: </span></span></p><p style="margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p><p style="margin: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-iREhVqg0RxY/X0PFOKpo4jI/AAAAAAABPBQ/A6VmPSorhLMV9H2wU1rSqb_vzIBLI80YACLcBGAsYHQ/s1626/Wine%2BOwners%2Bwarning.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1268" data-original-width="1626" height="312" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-iREhVqg0RxY/X0PFOKpo4jI/AAAAAAABPBQ/A6VmPSorhLMV9H2wU1rSqb_vzIBLI80YACLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h312/Wine%2BOwners%2Bwarning.jpeg" width="400" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span><p style="margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p><p style="margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> Barkingside Premier Storage has been invited to comment. <br /></span></span></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
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From the UKV International AG site </div>
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<br /><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-weight: normal;"></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">One of the signs of a dubious wine investment company is the bold claim that profits from wine investment are tax free in relation to capital gains tax. Unfortunately the position is not as simple as this.</span></span></span></h1>
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<span style="color: #d52c1f;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.gov.uk/hmrc-internal-manuals/capital-gains-manual/cg76901">HMRC advice</a>:</span></span></span><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"></span></span></h1>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";">'Wasting assets: wines and spirits</span></span></h1>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";">TCGA92/S44 and TCGA92/S45</span></span></h2>
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";">HMRC’s view of the treatment of bottled wines and spirits was first
set out in Tax Bulletin 42 published in August 1999. This guidance
focusses on the availability of the chattels exemption, TCGA92/S262, and
the wasting asset exemption, TCGA92/S45(1).</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Chattels exemption</span></span></h3>
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Bottled wines and spirits are chattels (tangible moveable property)
so disposals for £6,000 or less will be exempt under TCGA92/S262, see <a href="https://www.gov.uk/hmrc-internal-manuals/capital-gains-manual/cg76573">CG76573</a>.
If the bottles are disposed of to the same person then they may form a
set. This would depend on the facts of the case including:</span></span><br />
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<li><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";">whether the bottles are “similar and complementary” - which would
require the wine in them to have been produced from the same vineyard in
the same vintage year, and</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";">whether the bottles are of greater worth when sold collectively than when sold individually</span></span></li>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";">See <a href="https://www.gov.uk/hmrc-internal-manuals/capital-gains-manual/cg76631">CG76631</a> onwards for more details.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Wasting asset exemption</span></span></h3>
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";">A wasting asset is an asset with a predictable life not exceeding
fifty years at the time when it was acquired, TCGA92/S44(1). Whilst
this definition would clearly apply to cheap table wine which may turn
to vinegar within a relatively short period, even in unopened bottles,
our view is that it would certainly not apply to port and other
fortified wines which are generally recognised to have a very long
storage life.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Between these extremes, there are a number of fine wines which are
quite drinkable after a substantial period although of course the taste
alters over that time. With these the basic consideration, in our view,
is whether the wine has turned to vinegar or has merely matured. Of
course in practice, most wine is drunk well below the age of 50 years
and in that sense it is very difficult to consider the issue in
isolation. However, where the facts justify it, we would normally
contend that wine is <i>not</i> a wasting asset if it appears to be
fine wine which not unusually is kept (or some samples of which are
kept) for substantial periods sometimes well in excess of 50 years.'</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-size: x-small;">There is also this useful article by Philip Whitcomb:</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span class="hs_cos_wrapper hs_cos_wrapper_meta_field hs_cos_wrapper_type_text" data-hs-cos-general-type="meta_field" data-hs-cos-type="text" id="hs_cos_wrapper_name">The taxing issue of wine</span></span></b></span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="hs_cos_wrapper hs_cos_wrapper_meta_field hs_cos_wrapper_type_rich_text" data-hs-cos-general-type="meta_field" data-hs-cos-type="rich_text" id="hs_cos_wrapper_post_body">'Since
the age of 18, I have always had an interest in wine. Not just the
drinking of it, although I do enjoy that part, but also the laying down
and collection of fine wines. </span></span></span><br />
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Fine wine investments are often advertised as a tax-free investment,
and the average value of fine wines in 2016 rose by around 25%. Whilst
such an investment can be tax efficient, there are a number of key
considerations which need to be kept in mind. The tax treatment is not
as black or white (or perhaps that should be red and white) as you might
suppose.'<br />
<a href="https://knowledge.moorebarlow.com/blog/the-taxing-issue-of-wine">Read the rest here</a>.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span data-blogger-escaped-style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-blogger-escaped-style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">For wine to be a 'wasting asset' it must be undrinkable if kept for 50 years. Although will be true for many wines, it is clear that investment grade fortified wines, such as Port and Madeira, are not wasting assets as they are certainly considered to be drinkable after 50 years from the time they were made assuming the wine was bought soon after it was produced.</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span data-blogger-escaped-style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;" style="font-size: small;"><span data-blogger-escaped-style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">These wines may, however, become 'wasting assets' depending on when they were purchased:</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span data-blogger-escaped-style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span data-blogger-escaped-style="font-size: small;"><b>HMRC</b>: '</span></span><span data-blogger-escaped-style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span data-blogger-escaped-style="font-size: small;">A wasting asset is an asset with a predictable life not exceeding fifty years at the time when it was acquired'. </span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-size: x-small;">If you bought a case of 1963 Taylors Vintage Port soon after it was released, you would be liable for CGT on any profit you made above £6000 on the case. It is likely that HMRC would consider the case as '</span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";">similar and complementary' so it would be difficult to claim this £6000 applied to each bottle. 1963 Taylors is still available today as wine-searcher shows and if bought now might well count as a 'wasting asset' as it might well not be drinkable in 2070.</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Top Bordeaux, especially from good vintages, clearly has a life of more than 50 years. For instance <a href="https://www.wine-searcher.com/">wine-searcher</a> today lists three pages of 1970 Lafite-Rothschild being offered for sale around the world. Either there is an extraordinary demand for expensive vinegar or there is a widespread expectation that the 1970 Lafite will still make pleasurable drinking. Again when the asset was bought will be a crucial factor in determining whether it is a 'wasting asset' or not. </span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";">It is <b>prudent</b> to assume that First Growth and other top Bordeaux reds as well as Sauternes and Barsacs are <b>not wasting assets </b>if purchased either <i>en primeur</i> or soon after bottling as they have a life expectancy of more than 50 years. Of course it will be rare that Sauternes and Barsacs with the exception of d'Yquem make enough profit when sold to qualify for CGT. </span></span> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Inheritance tax</span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;">The position regarding inheritance tax is more straightforward. Wine counts as part of your estate full stop. There are no exemptions. Its value is calculated on what it would sell for now rather than on its price when bought. </span></span></span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Dow & Jones, a wine investment company that investdrinks has long warned against using, was would up in London's High Court on Tuesday 17th March. Wine was sold at double its value, much of the stock wasn't bought and false accounts were filed at Companies House. See announcement from the Insolvency Service below. I trust that criminal charges will be brought against those responsible. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> <i>Contact address on website: </i></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>16 High Holborn, London, WC1V 6BX<br />was a virtual office </i></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Dow And Jones Limited was wound up in the public interest on 17 March 2020 in the High Court of Justice before Deputy Judge Jones. The Official Receiver has been appointed as liquidator.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">At the hearing to consider the petition to wind up the company, the court heard that Dow and Jones Limited was incorporated in September 2015, with a registered office in Sidcup, Kent, and a trading address in Central London until May 2019.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Insolvency Service, however, conducted confidential investigations into the wine merchants having received complaints about Dow and Jones’s trading practices.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Investigators discovered that the company sold wine to members of the public as an investment opportunity. Dow and Jones, however, usually sold the stock to those investor customers at double the normal retail price, making it unlikely that investors would ever get their original capital back or make a profit.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sales staff working for Dow and Jones falsely claimed to investors that additional purchases were required to ensure that a portfolio of wines could be sold quicker and at a higher price.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Dow and Jones had also failed to honour customer orders going back to 2016, with the company also having filed inaccurate accounts at Companies House.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In her judgment, Deputy Judge Jones stated that “there is something extremely wrong about this company”, before confirming that the promised returns to investors were “vastly overstated”.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Irshard Mohammed, Senior Investigator at the Insolvency Service, said</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Similar to boiler room operations, Dow and Jones used sales scripts from previously failed companies, which assisted salesmen to convince people, including the vulnerable, to invest their money in unregulated investments. Even those customers who received the wine they had paid for lost a sizable proportion of their investment, as the wine was materially overpriced.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The courts recognised the unscrupulous nature of Dow and Jones when it wound-up the company and our advice is always to reject unsolicited investment offers that sound too good to be true.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">All enquiries concerning the affairs of the company should be made to:</span></span></div>
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<li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Official Receiver, Public Interest Unit, 16th Floor, 1 Westfield Avenue, Stratford, London, E20 1HZ</span></span></li>
<li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Telephone: 020 7637 1110</span></span></li>
<li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Email:<span> </span><a class="govuk-link" href="mailto:piu.or@insolvency.gov.uk" style="border: medium none; color: #4c2c92; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">piu.or@insolvency.gov.uk</a></span></span></li>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Notes to editors</span></span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Dow And Jones Limited (Company number: 09778709) was incorporated on 15 September 2015. The current registered office is located at Onega House, 112 Main Road, Sidcup, Kent, DA14 6NE and it had trading addresses at 4th Floor, 50 Essex Street, London, WC2R 3JF until May 2019 and 16 High Holborn, London, WC1V 6BX, being a virtual office address.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The current recorded director of the company is Mr Anthony Collins, formerly known as Kyrone Collins, whose date of birth is recorded as being in June 1988.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Petition was presented by The Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (“BEIS”) on 12 February 2020 in the High Court of Justice, Business and Property Courts in England and Wales (CR-2020-001052), under the provisions of section 124A of the Insolvency Act 1986 following confidential enquiries by Company Investigations under section 447 of the Companies Act 1985, as amended.</span></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Press release: 5th April 2019</span></span></b><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">'A group of fraudsters were jailed for a combined 17 years and 9
months today for their part in an elaborate wine investment scam which
conned nearly £1m out of investors, many of whom were elderly and
vulnerable.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Adam Edwards, Barry Warner, Christopher Brummit, Tarik
Drissi and James Brooks were today sentenced at Southwark Crown Court
for their actions between 2013 and 2015.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The five men operated
three fake companies - Mayfair Worldwide Trading Ltd, Commodex Global
Limited and Winchester Associates Ltd. These companies claimed to be
established fine-wine brokers based in prime locations such as Berkeley
Square, Mayfair but were in fact based in industrial estate units on the
outskirts of Great Dunmow in Essex.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The gang cold-called
fine-wine investors from a ‘sucker list’, and through a series of
aggressive sales tactics, managed to defraud a number of wine holdings
from vulnerable victims. Once these had been obtained, they would be
sold on to legitimate buyers, with the proceeds pocketed by the
fraudsters.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Victims were then told a series of elaborate lies
about the whereabouts of their money. Some were told that their wine had
been reinvested into graphene, diamonds or gold.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sian Mitchell from the CPS Specialist Fraud Division said:</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">“This was an unscrupulous gang who would go to great lengths to
defraud elderly and vulnerable people out of their very valuable wines,
many of which represented their savings for their retirement. One of the
victims was a disabled man who, as a result of not receiving payment,
was unable to buy a new wheelchair.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">“They went to great lengths to
legitimise their fraudulent activities - Mayfair Worldwide Trading
issued a bogus press release claiming that the company had won the ‘2014
ID Times Trading Award for Best Asset Exchange Programme and the
Internship Europe Excellence Award.’ Obviously, no such awards existed,
and were designed to dupe innocent investors.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">“We are delighted to
have secured custodial sentences for this group, and will continue to
prosecute those who think they can benefit from fraud.”</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">How the wine fraud operated</span></span></h4>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1.
Victim A is cold called by ‘David Barrington’ from Mayfair World
Trading. Having in reality spoken to the defendant Adam Edwards, Victim A
agrees to sell his wines to Mayfair Worldwide Trading (MWT) for £38,228
in a ‘graphene asset swap’, on the understanding graphene will be sold
and the sum paid to him in 28 days<br />
2. The victim instructed LCB Bonded Warehouse to transfer wines to the account of MWT at EHD Bonded Warehouse<br />
3. A legitimate buyer, Vintners Fine Wine Merchants Ltd, agree to buy
the wine for £27,470 and instructs EHD to transfer wines to them<br />
4. Vintners Ltd transfers payment of £30,970 for these wines (and
£3,500 worth of other wine) to the bank account of MWT - none is paid to
the victim.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">5. Having spoken to another employee
with an assumed name ‘Peter Phillips’ and told there is a problem with
the graphene market, Victim A is now told his wines will now be
converted to diamonds and sold<br />
6. Having received no money and struggling to contact MWT, Victim A contacts the police to report the fraud</span></span><br />
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<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Adam James Edwards - 6 years plus 5 years Director’s Disqualification Order</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Barrymore Alexis Warner - 5 ½ years</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Tarik Drissi - 3 years</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">James Robert Brooks - 20 months imprisonment suspended for 2 years, 300 hours unpaid work</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Christopher Brummitt – Sentenced in absence – 3 years 3 months, 5 years Director’s Disqualification Order</span></span></li>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Other details:</span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;">Sian Mitchell is a Specialist Prosecutor from the Specialist Fraud Division of the Crown Prosecution Service'</span></span></span></h3>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">The successful investigation was a collaboration between Essex Police and the Met. </span></span></span></h3>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><b>Comment:</b><br />Good to see these fraudsters sent to jail. Hopefully Christopher Brummitt, who has fled, will soon be caught. However, would have liked to have seen longer disqualifications from serving as a director unless the disqualification period runs from time of release from prison. </span></span></span></h3>
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Crown where all three were found guilty of conspiracy to defraud victims
of Mayfair Worldwide Trading, Commodex Global and Winchester
associates.</span></span></span><br />
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BRUMMITT – guilty plea at pre-trial hearing to criminal finance
offences, <a href="https://www.gazette-news.co.uk/news/17438274.police-hunt-for-man-involved-in-fine-wine-scam/">was given bail by court but has absconded</a>. Essex Police are actively seeking him. He admitted the offences on November 7th 2018. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #1f497d;">Christopher Brummit, 36, of Ugley, Bishop's Stortford, was due to be
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2015 where he acquired £157,000 of criminally gained funds and
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">"Brummit is 5ft 7ins, he has a tattoo of a zodiac star on his neck and Celtic and tribal tattoos on his arms. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><i>you a dead duck wine investment </i></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: red;"><b>A good financial return?</b></span> For whom I have to wonder ...... having been contacted by BV, whose father was persuaded to exchange his portfolio of DRC wines for </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1529960813084_10112" lang="EN-US">variants of “Excellence de Belliard” wines, which have proved be a dead duck investment – what a surprise! </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1529960813084_10112" lang="EN-US"> <i>From the Twelve By Seventy Five website </i></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1529960813084_10112" lang="EN-US"><i>DRC 2002 cited but curiously no </i></span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1529960813084_10112" lang="EN-US"><i><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1529960813084_10112" lang="EN-US">mention of Excellence de Belliard</span></span> </i></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Sultan Rashid's <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/sultan-rashid-owner-and-ceo-twelve-by-seventy-five-76403269/">Linkedin profile</a></span></span></b><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1529960813084_10091" lang="EN-US">'</span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1529960813084_10091" lang="EN-US">My companies goal is to create a straight forward, transparent,
personally tailored to the client Wine Investment Brokerage. After
working my way up to Senior broker at a previous company I saw a gap in
the market. This gap in the market is a wine investment company that
solely has the clients best interests as number one priority. This is
the future of wine investment. <br /><br />My passion is inventing new, more
innovative ways for people that are new or familiar to the industry to
get the best understanding and profits from there investments, with a
broker they can trust and rely on to have there (sic) best interest as
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Five Limited from BV:</span></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1529960813084_10103" lang="EN-US">I set out below my family’s experience of investing through Twelve By Seventy Five Limited (TBSF). All statements of fact can be evidenced. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1529960813084_10107" lang="EN-US">In early 2014 my (now late) father held significant holdings of DRC and other well-known investment grade
wines.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1529960813084_10109" lang="EN-US">At this time, he was contacted by Mr Riccardo De’Nardis, a co-director, along with yourself, of newly
formed wine brokerage, Twelve By Seventy Five Limited (TBSF). </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1529960813084_10110" lang="EN-US">Mr De’Nardis had been involved in the sale of the DRC portfolio to my father (in his previous role at
Capital Vintners) and used this former contact to introduce my father to TBSF.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1529960813084_10112" lang="EN-US">During
the next three years my father was advised by, and traded through,
TBSF. This led to his existing
portfolio being systematically sold to TBSF and reinvested (primarily)
in variants of “Excellence de Belliard” wines, purchased from TBSF, at
an invoiced value amounting to some £390,000.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1529960813084_10114" lang="EN-US">These wines have proved to be basically unsaleable:</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1529960813084_10116" lang="EN-US">No other broker I have offered them to has been remotely interested in making any offer for them.</span></span></span></li>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1529960813084_10117" lang="EN-US">One broker informed me they were “about as illiquid as it is possible to be” in terms of investment.</span></span></span></li>
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attempts to sell small tranches of the portfolio, once before my
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1529960813084_10118" lang="EN-US">TBSF have not been able to recommend any other credible disposal route.</span></span></span></li>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1529960813084_10120" lang="EN-US">This
is despite my father being led to believe that the investments were to
be short term in nature;
to quote a member of your staff, “flipped” for a quick profit. In
light of these facts I can only conclude that TBSF either offered
catastrophically bad (negligent) advice to my father, or deliberately
set out to defraud him. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1529960813084_10123" lang="EN-US">Subsequent to my father’s death in February 2017 I reconciled all the transactions he had made with TBSF
to both bank statements and to the wines present in his warehouse accounts.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1529960813084_10125" lang="EN-US">This exercise identified a number of “administrative anomalies”, which led (over time) to the recovery
of £32,000 from TBSF. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">Subsequent
to this, TBSF agreed to help sell the portfolio off. However, this did
not go well and in
Summer 2017 I finally lost patience with TBSF’s increasingly
implausible excuses for failing to sell a small tranche of the Belliard
portfolio. I therefore formally confronted Mr De’Nardis with my
conclusion that the value of the wines had been significantly
misrepresented to my father by TBSF (either fraudulently or
negligently).</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">After
prolonged exchanges, during which Mr De’Nardis left TBSF suddenly and
handed over to you, we eventually
reached a “settlement agreement” during Summer 2017, involving the
return of the wines to TBSF for a payment of £275,000 spread over two
years. However, you ultimately refused to sign it, claiming to have
problems with your business and personal banking arrangements.</span></span></span></div>
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being initiated, amounting to £28,000. This leaves our outstanding claim at £330,000.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">TBSF’s
accounts to January 2017 show that the two directors at that time, Mr
De’Nardis and yourself,
were able to take £657,000 in directors’ loans from the business. The
business does not have significant capital, nor any borrowings, so this
implies some profitable and highly cash generative trading has taken
place. No direct link to your dealings with
my father can be proved from the information available, but I set out
below an example of one en-primeur deal TBSF did with him, for which the
wines landed in his warehouse account in March this year:</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span lang="FR">10 cases of L'EXCELLENCE DE BELLIARD PAUILLAC 2015 12X75CL (en primeur) :</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">Subsequent
to Mr De’Nardis’ departure, you are now the sole director. You no
longer mention banking
issues but continue to claim to be unable to offer any kind of
immediate settlement (despite the money potentially available from the
repayment of the directors’ loans). You recently indicated willingness
to sign a new settlement agreement but then refused
to respond when sent a draft for signature. In the meantime, it
appears that TBSF is changing focus, to work on new ventures, namely
“The Wine Drinker” and “Two Thirsty Bulldogs”, and your responses to my
emails are often long delayed and incomplete.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">This
has now been going on for well over a year and needs to be resolved,
one way or another. I have
therefore given up on privately discussing this matter with you. This
letter is the first step in a series of escalations I plan to make to
bring this issue to a conclusion. However, I remain open to
constructive proposals in relation to how this might be
achieved</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">June 2018</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">What appalling account of an elderly man being misled – either because Twelve by Seventy Five run then by Sultan Rashid and </span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1529960813084_10109" lang="EN-US">Riccardo De’Nardis had no idea about wine investment despite their claims of expertise or they set out to relieve BV's father of his DRC wines, that are certainly of investment potential, and replace them with </span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1529960813084_10109" lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1529960813084_10112" lang="EN-US">variants of “Excellence de Belliard”, which nobody wants to buy. <b>So either gross incompetence or very sharp practice at best</b>.</span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1529960813084_10109" lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1529960813084_10112" lang="EN-US"><i>investdrinks</i> is aware that another client of Twelve By Seventy Five has made a complaint to <a href="https://www.actionfraud.police.uk/">Action Fraud</a>. I understand that this client, an elderly woman – is this a coincidence or do Twelve-By-Seventy-Five Ltd target the elderly – is down by around £100K on wine that is owed to her. Just two clients are owed £430,000 by Rashid's </span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1529960813084_10109" lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1529960813084_10112" lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1529960813084_10109" lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1529960813084_10112" lang="EN-US">Twelve-By-Seventy-Five Ltd.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1529960813084_10109" lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1529960813084_10112" lang="EN-US">Sultan Rashid has two new ventures* (<a href="https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/10912111">The Wine Drinker</a> and <a href="https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/11290799">Two Thirsty Bulldogs)</a>, to which I will certainly be giving a very wide berth: </span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;"> His ex-partner </span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1529960813084_10109" lang="EN-US"><b>Riccardo De’Nardis</b> set up a new company – <a href="https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/10861921"><b>Dens Global Ltd</b></a> – on 12th July 2017. I will also be avoiding this company. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: red;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">'</span></span></span></span></b></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: red;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">deformation of character'</span></span></span></span></b></span> </span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">* Sultan Rashid objects to the mention of his two new ventures and has threatened me with legal action if news of Rashid's new ventures are no removed from this post:</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">'</span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">You
are right with me taking over the company and many changes have taken
place since me doing so. The fact you mention my two new companies is
deformation of character and I ask for you to remove this ASAP,
otherwise I will have no choice to get my lawyers involved and sue you
for this. Like i mentioned I have no issue with you mentioned TBSV, due
to this situation being directly affiliated with this company. </span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">If
this The wine drinker and Two thirsty bulldogs are not removed from
your blog within 24 hours I will have no other option than to take
action.' </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Extract of email sent by Sultan Rashid on 26.6.2018 @11.35</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I have asked Rashid how mention of two companies that he has formed through UK Companies House and cited on his company's website and emails is 'deformation (defamation) of character'. I await Rashid's reply <b>with interest</b>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Update: 13th March 2019</b><br />Now in compulsory liquidation following petition in the High Court, London </span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span><br /></span>Jim's Loirehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06696024920441263899noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1567042805993048802.post-6638506446763654552018-06-22T12:10:00.000+01:002018-06-22T12:10:38.418+01:00Montevino Partners/ Spirited Ventures – police warning of possible recovery fraud<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i> Claiming 15 years experience but website </i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1529660070239_13606">A warning from Hertfordshire Police's Serious Fraud and Cyper Unit has recently been sent to clients of the now failed Montevino Partners/Spirited Ventures warning of possible recovery fraud by </span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1529660070239_13606"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1529660070239_13613">PS Escrow mediation in Dubai:</span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1529660070239_13606"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1529660070239_13613">I am confident that the Dubai company has no connection with <a href="https://www.psescrowinc.com/">PS Escrow Inc</a> in Los Angeles. </span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1529660070239_13606">Dear Sir/Madam,</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><span>RE: MVP</span></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1529660070239_13602">My
apologies for contacting some of you out of the blue. I was the officer
asked to look at a complaint made by some customers
of Montevino Partners/Spirited Ventures that the companies were
responsible for committing a fraud. Although one member of staff, Mr
Michael MOORE was clearly a fraudster, and has been convicted of fraud, I
could not prove that Montevino Partners/Spirited Ventures was a fraudulent vehicle or that it committed a fraud (as
opposed to being a badly run business).</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1529660070239_13613">The
reason I am contacting some of you for the first time, is that I have
been made aware that some former investors have been
contacted by a male claiming to be a David Halliday of Pearson Stone
(PS Escrow) company in Dubai, and offering to buy back wine for well over the
purchase price, and offering compensation.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1529660070239_13617">The company website
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e-mail domain appears on research to have been registered on
08/05/2018, and if you have had a chance to look at the website, you
will have probably
noticed it is rather a thin site, and contains such odd turns of phrase
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cannot operate a robotic service or offer a naive on-line facility as
this would not aid our client’s greatest. We deal
with transactions that require an unmeasurable amount of care and
precision and as such do so with our client’s interest at the basis.”</span></i><span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1529660070239_13624">I
have spoken with Action Fraud, who have confirmed that have already
received a complaint of fraud against this company with regards to “Park
First Limited”
investments, and appear to have been offering similar compensation – at
a cost. I can not confirm that Pearson Stone Escrow Mediation is a
fraud, however I strongly suspect that this is a Recovery Fraud (please
see the action fraud information on this type
of fraud by either clicking on the link (</span><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1529660070239_13627"><a href="https://www.actionfraud.police.uk/sites/default/files/Fraud%20recovery%20fraud.doc.pdf" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1529660070239_13626" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.actionfraud.police.uk/sites/default/files/Fraud%20recovery%20fraud.doc.pdf</a>)
or for the more cautious of you go to the Action Fraud website and
search for “Recovery Fraud”), and would recommend you are cautious if
this company or a similar company contacts you – just because the
telephone number appears to be in Dubai, it is very easy
to buy access to a virtual telephone number that can be based anywhere
in the world.</span></span></span></div>
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you have paid money/given wine to this company and not received what
you were expecting, I would urge you to report the matter to Action
Fraud.</span></span></span></div>
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Jim's Loirehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06696024920441263899noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1567042805993048802.post-73093238632759184952017-10-25T11:17:00.001+01:002017-10-25T15:56:04.982+01:00Crimson Fine Wines – two directors banned 20 years in total<h1 class="pub-c-title__text pub-c-title__text--long">
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Craig Cooper and Jefferey
Kushner, the two directors of Crimson Fine Wines Ltd, which was closed in the public interest on 17th August 2015 in the High Court in London, have been banned from acting as directors of UK companies for a total of 20 years. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The company was incorporated was incorporated on 21st February 2011 with Craig Cooper and Jeffrey Kushner as directors. Cooper was only very briefly a director resigning on 23rd March 2011. However, as Kushner is resident in Canada, it was Cooper who ran the company. </span></span> </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Crimson's explanation of the advantages of wine investment: <br /><br /><br />
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<a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-N0CTbs14IE4/WfBQ_9JsBCI/AAAAAAABLPA/2ZeaV6bhzz4_o-H2o8IZVogXrvyeNWAOACLcBGAs/s1600/Screenshot-2017-10-25%2BCrimson%2BFine%2BWines%2BLtd%2B-%2BAbout.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1097" data-original-width="784" height="400" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-N0CTbs14IE4/WfBQ_9JsBCI/AAAAAAABLPA/2ZeaV6bhzz4_o-H2o8IZVogXrvyeNWAOACLcBGAs/s400/Screenshot-2017-10-25%2BCrimson%2BFine%2BWines%2BLtd%2B-%2BAbout.jpg" width="285" /></a></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Crimson Fine Wines investment pitch did indeed turn out to be a 'story' with unfortunate investors owed </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">£989,258 in unpurchased wine. </span></span></span></span></h1>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">••• </span></span></span></span></h1>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;">Press release from The Insolvency Service: </span></span></span></h1>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">'Directors’ conduct in fine wine investment scam leaves sour taste </span></span></h1>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Two directors of a company that traded in fine wines have been
disqualified for a combined 20 years, following an Insolvency
Service investigation.
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"></span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Customers who thought they were investing in fine wines investment scheme have been left out of pocket by nearly £1 million.</span></span></span><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"></span></span></h1>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The investigation by the Insolvency Service found that Crimson Fine
Wines Limited, based initially in London and then in Sittingbourne in
Kent, used cold calling tactics and then failed to purchase or allocate
wines to customers who had paid for their investments. The scheme
offered investors returns over 12 months to five years, at a time when
they claimed the property market and shares were less attractive.<br /><br />The Secretary of State for Business Energy and Industrial Strategy
accepted disqualification undertakings from Craig Cooper and Jefferey
Kushner, preventing them from acting as directors for 11 and 9 years
respectively.</span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Kushner was the listed director of Crimson Fine Wines Limited but
lived in Canada, and allowed Cooper, who had previous experience in the
industry, to run the operation.<br /><br />As a result of this failure, at the time of liquidation of Crimson
Fine Wines Limited there was insufficient wine held in the bonded
warehouse to satisfy customers’ claims.<br /><br />Additionally, Cooper used the company’s bank account for his own
personal benefit, used his own personal bank account for the receipt of
company funds and was paid at least one third share of £114,106 in
dividends. Kushner was negligent in failing to monitor the company
account, allowing it to be used for non-commercial benefits, but also
received at least one third share of £114,106 in dividends.<br /><br />Customer claims in the liquidation totalled £989,258, of the overall debts on liquidation of £1,080,724.<br /><br />Karen Jackson, Official Receiver, said:
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">One of the main purposes of the Company
Directors Disqualification Act is to ensure proper standards of conduct
of company directors are maintained and to raise those standards where
appropriate.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">These disqualifications should serve as a
reminder that the Insolvency Service will investigate unacceptable
conduct by company directors.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The Insolvency Service will take action against directors who do not take their obligations seriously and abuse their position.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Notes to editors</span></span></h3>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">
</span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Jeffrey Kushner’s date of birth is December 1980 and he resides in Ontario, Canada.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">
</span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Craig Cooper’s date of birth is January 1983 and he resides in Chatham, Kent.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Crimson Fine Wines Ltd (CRO No. 07537346) was incorporated on 15
January 2008 and latterly traded from Sears Business Centre, 3-9 Station
Street, Sittingbourne, United Kingdom, ME10 3DU.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">
</span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Cooper was initially appointed as the company’s co-director with
Kushner from incorporation on 1 February 2011. Cooper then resigned as a
director at Companies House on 22 March 2011 but continued to act as a
director until the company went into liquidation on 17 August 2015. The
estimated deficiency at the date of Liquidation was £1,080,724.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">On 18 July 2017, the Secretary of State accepted a Disqualification
Undertaking from Craig Cooper, effective from 8 August 2017, for 11
years.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">On 25 May 2017, the Secretary of State accepted a Disqualification
Undertaking from Jeffrey Kushner, effective from 15 June 2017, for 9
years.<br /><br />A disqualification order has the effect that without specific permission of a court, a person with a disqualification cannot:
</span></span><br />
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<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">act as a director of a company</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">take part, directly or indirectly, in the promotion, formation or management of a company or limited liability partnership</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">be a receiver of a company’s property</span></span></li>
</ul>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">
</span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Disqualification undertakings are the administrative equivalent of a
disqualification order but do not involve court proceedings.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">
</span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Persons subject to a disqualification order are bound by a <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/corporate-insolvency-effect-of-a-disqualification-order">range of other restrictions</a>.'</span></span><br />
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Jim's Loirehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06696024920441263899noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1567042805993048802.post-91334581898885505602017-05-13T16:39:00.000+01:002017-05-15T15:21:28.521+01:00Montevino Partners Ltd bust for £1.5 million <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>'A wine merchant you can trust' </i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Yes! ... to go bust owing £1.5 million </i></span></span></div>
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<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Thomas White – sole director of Spirited Ventures Ltd </i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>and Montevino Partners Ltd </i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">At its creditors' meeting on 28th April 2017 <a href="https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/09002932/officers">Thomas White</a>, sole director of Montevino Partners Ltd, revealed in his Statement of Affairs, that the company had debts of just under £1.5 million. </span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The Statement of Affairs has yet to appear on Companies House website<span style="color: red;">*</span>. However, the following figures were provided by a creditor who attended the 28th April meeting. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">From the £1.465 million of total debt, 53 individuals are owed £946,166 with trade customers owed £450,166 and HMRC £62,743. I assume that the 53 individuals are unfortunate investors, who thought they were buying wine from Montevino Partners but who now find that their wine was never bought and quite probably never ordered. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I understand that White has chosen to blame Brexit for the company's problems. All very convenient! However, I cannot see how Brexit prevents a company placing orders for wine for which they have received payment. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Take, for example, the invoice sent an investor who has sunk over £100,000 in Montevino Partners for no wine. This invoice was sent out on 4th July acknowledging receipt of £76,320 for 636 bottles of Poderi Gianni </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Gagliardo </span>Barolo Serre. The investor was assured that 'We will now begin the Wine transfer process</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"></span>. You will be kept up to date every step of the way.' </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Unforgivably this Barolo was never ordered from Stefano Gagliardo as the producer confirmed in email on 20th January 2017. Gagliardo explains that in June 2016 he had a visit from people from Montevino Partners: it was '</span><b id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1494682662044_7825"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1494682662044_7824" style="font-size: 10.0pt;"></span></b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1494682662044_7780" lang="EN-US">in June
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Please double check, because if they sold you Barolo Serre 10 Anni ’09,
’10, ‘11, it means they sold something they never bought.' </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1494682662044_7780" lang="EN-US">This is the second company that traded as Montevino Partners to go bust. Spirited Ventures Ltd was the first going into liquidation in July 2016 with declared debts of £691,326. However, </span><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1494682662044_7780" lang="EN-US">due to White's failure to list individual creditors it is not known what the real deficiency for Spirited Ventures Ltd. White's two Montevino companies have now racked up debts of at least £2,156,326. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Thomas White has been proposing to set another phoenix company where his salary would be an eye-watering £84,500 in 2017 and a reduced salary of just £53,500 reduced as he would accept a dividend. Presumably it is White's ambition to rack up an even bigger debt when this new phoenix company in turn goes bust. Incredibly, despite all the evidence to the contrary, White had persuaded a few presumably desperate individual creditors to back this third company. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">It is not clear whether White's proposed new phoenix company is still being readied for 'take-off'. I hope the scale of the combined losses (£2.15 million) racked up by Spirited Ventures Ltd and Montevino Partners Ltd will have persuaded them that White only has a reverse Midas touch. They should conclude that it makes no sense to throw more good money after bad. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;">* <span style="color: black;">Update 15.5.17) C</span></span></span>ompanies House now lists that these documents have been received (15.5.17) and that they will be available within five days. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">As already reported by <i>investdrinks </i>Thomas Roger White has decided to put Montevino Partners Ltd, the phoenix company of Spirited Ventures Ltd that traded as Montevino Partners<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">, into voluntary liquidation. </span>Spirited Ventures Ltd went into liquidation in July 2016 before being wound up in the High Court in August 2016. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The <a href="https://www.thegazette.co.uk/notice/2757396">creditors' meeting for Montevino Partners Ltd</a> will be on April 28th 2017 at </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span data-gazettes-class="Meeting" data-gazettes="AddressLineGroup"><span content="Wenta Business Centre, 1 Electric Avenue, Enfield EN3 7XU">the <a href="https://www.doogal.co.uk/ShowMap.php?postcode=EN3%207XU">Wenta Business Centre, 1 Electric Avenue, Enfield EN3 7XU</a></span></span>, on <span content="2017-04-28" data-date="2017-04-28" data-gazettes-class="Meeting" data-gazettes="Date">28 April 2017</span>, at 11:00 am:</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">It was notable that in the statement of affairs for Spirited Ventures Ltd White failed to make a complete declaration of all creditors. He left out an unknown number of the company's private investors who had paid for wine they did not receive. It is still not clear whether this omission by White was deliberate or just down to incompetence. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Mark Ireson of the Insolvency Service <a href="http://investdrinks-blog.blogspot.co.uk/2017/03/spirited-ventures-ltd-insolvency.html">is currently investigating </a><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://investdrinks-blog.blogspot.co.uk/2017/03/spirited-ventures-ltd-insolvency.html">White</a><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://investdrinks-blog.blogspot.co.uk/2017/03/spirited-ventures-ltd-insolvency.html">'s failure</a> to list all the creditors with regard to Spirited Ventures<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> Ltd. I understand from Ireson that a liquidator has now been appointed to win<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">d up Spi<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">rited Ventures Ltd<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">. <b>Details:</b> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1492532557714_15112">
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King Street House, 15 Upper King Street, Norwich NR3 1RB [0845 077 4165;
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">To date there appears to be no sign of the promised <a href="http://investdrinks-blog.blogspot.co.uk/2017/02/monetvino-partners-mark-2-briefly.html">Montevino Partners Mark 3</a>. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Thomas White has been promising potential backers of this new venture that he will be instructing solicitors to put forward a case for defamation in relation to my various posts about the Montevino Partners saga. </span></span></div>
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wish to make sure that before we launch our new ship for its voyage
beyond the harbour, we should check what the weathers like at open
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">So I will be actively chasing this advice down next week, so will update again when possible.' (Thomas White – early March 2017).</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Despite Mr White's 'active chasing' I have yet to receive any communication from any solicitor acting for Thomas White, who I invited in February 2017 to inform me what he believed was 'defamatory' in my posts. To date I have received no reply from White. Probably hardly surprising as my posts are largely based on material that White himself has filed with Companies House.</span></span></div>
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Jim's Loirehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06696024920441263899noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1567042805993048802.post-85933571119782892822017-03-03T19:18:00.000+00:002017-03-06T13:41:16.965+00:00Spirited Ventures Ltd (Montevino Partners): Insolvency Service investigating undeclared creditors<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">Today I have been contacted by Mark Ireson, senior examiner and deputy official receiver for the Public Interest Unit of the Insolvency Service. He is looking into the incomplete list of creditors submitted by Tom White, the sole director, in his Statement of Affairs when Spirited Ventures Ltd (trading as <a href="http://montevino-partners.com/">Montevino Partners</a>) went into liquidation on 26th July 2016. </span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">Mark Ireson <b>is very keen</b> to hear from from any creditor of Spirited Ventures Ltd<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">, who was not listed in<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> White's <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">S<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">tatement of Affa<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">irs for Spi<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">rited Ventures<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> Ltd when it went into liquidation. If <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">you bought wine through Spi<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">rited Ventures<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> Ltd trading as Monetvi<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">no Partners and didn't receive your wine <b>do get in touch with Mark Ireson</b>. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Thank you
for your comments, sorry to hear you feel this way, And I assure you not our
intention to provide our services this way. Just picked up your email, Please
let me look into what has happened and why no progress has been made with your
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";">Ok
understood regarding the deliveries, Let me review the items you are awaiting
for and I will provide an update of the landing time frames soon as I can.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><b>DL did not hear from White again. </b></span></span></div>
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Jim's Loirehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06696024920441263899noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1567042805993048802.post-46353279929704381822017-02-20T10:40:00.001+00:002017-02-20T10:40:41.354+00:00Two men – Thomas Hole and Ryan Fraser – sentenced for wine fraud offences – London and Essex<div class="date" style="text-align: justify;">
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four and a half years’ imprisonment and Ryan Fraser, aged 25, of Hemnall
Street, Epping, Essex, was sentenced to a total of three years and four
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count of conspiracy to defraud on the first day of his trial on 9
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were persuaded to invest. They were told that they should leave their
investments to grow in value over a number of years which most investors
did, allowing the defendants to be able to use the money without being
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named which just added an ‘s’ on to Wine, was set up. The formation of
Premier Wines Investment Limited, in June 2012, allowed the offenders to
continue to convince victims to pay their money in to a new separate
account with a different bank, allowing them to continue their criminal
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fine wine for them, the money was being used by the defendants on
payments to their own bank accounts, was withdrawn in cash, was used on
expensive overseas travel, on spa days, bespoke tailoring and on meals
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August 2013 the defendants conspired together to defraud people by
making false, misleading and dishonest representations about the value
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Unit, said: “Thomas Hole and Ryan Fraser preyed upon the naivety and
vulnerability of potential investors when they defrauded the victims in
this case. This was a crime motivated by their greed which resulted in
them taking thousands of pounds of other people’s retirement money and
savings for themselves. Their contempt for the victims, who were mainly
retired or elderly, showed they had no thought for the impact on their
lives or the hardship they caused as a result. </span></span></div>
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police and the Economic Crime Unit will pursue those who offend to
ensure they are brought to face justice.”</span></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Thomas Roger Wh<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">ite Montevino Partners </span> </span></span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">'We try to do things a little different here at Montevino.' Thomas White </span></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Thomas White: details of two of his five companies – </i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Spirited Ventures Ltd and Montevino Partners Ltd </i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>– both trading as Montevino Partners </i></span></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Debts incurred by Spirited Ventures Ltd: £691,326.93</span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> inc £210,601.92 to Clarendon Hills.</span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Thomas White director's loan – £208,869 </span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> Stock of wine – 'uncertain' !!</span></span></i></span></span></i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">F<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">ollow<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">ing the co<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">mpulsory winding up in L<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">o</span>ndon High Court in August 2016 of Spirited Ventures Ltd trading as Montevino Partners<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">, a second company – Montevino Partners Ltd – took over the Montevino Partners' trading name<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">. Unfortunately I have to report that Montevino Partners Ltd is <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">too apparently headed for liquidation. To date any deficit is not known<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">. However, it is evident that a number of clients have y<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">et to receive<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> wine for which they paid in full. In some cases losses may run into six<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> figu<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">r</span>es. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Not to be discouraged Thomas Roger White<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">, the sole director of Mon<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">tevino Partners Ltd is now looking to launch another limited company – <b>the MVP Wine Club</b></span>. The plan is to run wine events which will be so profitabl<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">e that clients' losses incurred by investing in wine through Mon<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">tevino Partners will be rapidly repaid – perhaps within two years.<br /><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">On 2nd May 2016 I posted – <a href="http://investdrinks-blog.blogspot.fr/2016/05/the-mysteries-of-montevino-partners.html">The Mysteries of Montevino Partners</a> – on investdrinks covering the company's history to date and the then forthcoming fraud trial of Michael Moore<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">. Although not a director Moore was a significant presence at Montevino as their senior wine advisor<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">, although he did not feature on the Mon<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">tevino Partners<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">' website as one of their wine experts. <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">There was no mention of Moore on the Montevino Partners' site<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">. <br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /><b>Mic</b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>hael Moore – an update</b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br />Following a trial </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">at Maidstone Crown Court </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>that started in mid-November 2016<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">, Michael Moore was found guilty of fraud on 8th Dece<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">mber 2016. The verdict was unanimous. The fraud charge<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">s related to previous investment companies (not wine related) that<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> Moore had <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">been involved in<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">. There were no charges invol<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">ving Montevino Partners<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">. <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">On 19th January 2017 Moore was sentenced to seven years imprisonment.<br /><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Interestingly Thomas White claimed in an email to Action Fraud<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">, foll<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">owing complaints from clients of Montevino Partners who have not received their wine<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">, that he hadn't been aware until recently of the seriousness of the charges again<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">st Michael Moore. Their seriousness had recently 'popped up'.... </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I can only assume that White <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">had not read the <a href="http://www.kentonline.co.uk/maidstone/news/city-financiers-in-court-over-35225/"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">K</span>ent<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">-</span>on-Line</a> report on the pending case (15.4.15). 'Due to the severity of the alleged offences the case was transferred to the town's crown court where both men will appear on May 1. No pleas were ent<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">ered<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">.'</span></span> </span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">By early May 2016 White was certainly well aware that Moore was facing fraud charges as he responded to my post (2.5.2016) on Montevino Partners. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Mr White appears to have an interesting take on the seriousness of a fraud charge.<br /><br />There are a number of questions that need to be asked about Michael Moore's time at Montevino Partners. These include what exactly was his role<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> and when did he cease to be involved, did he place orders for wine<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> and di<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">d he liaise with bonded warehouses. Furthermo<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">re when did White bec<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">ome aware of the fraud charges against Moore and<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> ho<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">w and to what extent did White, as sole director<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">, super<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">vise <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Moore's work<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">, especially given that Montevino was see<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">ki</span>ng to persuade clients to invest their money in wines proposed by the company. It appears that Michael Moore may well have made absurdly high profit claims along with the possibility that such profits could be realised in just <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">six months. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>The </b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>continuing history of Montevino Partners:</b><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This should be read in conjunction with my earlier post on <a href="http://investdrinks-blog.blogspot.fr/2016/05/the-mysteries-of-montevino-partners.html">The Mysteries of Montevino Partners</a>.</span> </span> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">F<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">ollow<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">ing the co<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">mpulsory winding up in L<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">o</span>ndon High Court of Spirited Ventures Ltd trading as Montevino Partners<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">, a second company – Montevino Partners Ltd – took over the Montevino Partners' trading name<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Spi<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">rited Ventures Ltd (incorporated 19.7.2013<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">)</span> goes bust and is then wound up in the High Court</span>. </span></b> </span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">O</span>n 26th Ju<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">ly Spirited Ventures Ltd went into liquidation<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">. Ninos Koumettou of Alexander Lawson Jacobs<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">, Winchmore Hill<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">, London N21 3NA was appoi<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">nted director<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">. In the sta<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">tement of affairs Thomas White<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">, as the sole director in place<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">, listed the company's assets and debts as:</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> </span></span></span> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Assets<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">: £200 – stock <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">of </span>wine: 'uncertain'!</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Spirited Ventures' <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">deficiency:<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">£691,326.93</span> </span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> </span> </span> </span></span> </span></span></span></span></span><b> </b></span></span></span></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: red; font-size: small;">The <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">main creditors were listed as Trade & Expense owed <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">£233,177.16<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> and £155,694 to HMRC<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> (UK tax authorities) plus a director<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">'s loan of £208,869 from White. <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Australian wine producer Clarendon Hills <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">in for £210,601 was the largest trade creditor. <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Very curiously <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Thomas White did not list any private clients as be<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">ing owed wine in <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">the statement of affairs, which he drew up and signed. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: red; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">This is particula</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">rly curious as stocks of wine are listed as 'uncertain'. Furthermore </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">a number of clients were owed <b>substantial amounts of wine</b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">. </span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: red; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">These include<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">d </span><a href="http://drewlittler.co.uk/2016/07/montevinopartners/"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">DL</span></a></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://drewlittler.co.uk/2016/07/montevinopartners/"><span style="color: black;">, a private client</span></a><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"> who <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">had bought <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">£4<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">4</span>,<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">29</span>2 worth </span></span>of wine through Michel Moore wh<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">ich had not been delivered to the bonded warehouse, <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">despite sendin<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">g</span></span> solicitor<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">'<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">s letters to the company demanding delivery<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">.<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">White was certainly <b>aware</b> that DL had not received this wine as <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">he responded to an email<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> that D<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">L sent to him <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">on 15th March 201<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">6<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">:</span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: red; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">'To: DL</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: red; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Hello Mr<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> L.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: red; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Thank you for your comments<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">, sorry to h<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">ear you feel this way, And<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> I assure you not our intention to provide <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">our services this way. Just picked up your email, Please let me look into what has happened and why no progress has been made with your sale request.<br /><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Kind regards, Speak soon. Tom'</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: red; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: red; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">DL heard no more from White<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">, so he is instructed <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">his solicitors to write <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">a <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">P</span>re-action Proto<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">col Letter of Claim to Thomas White<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">.<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> This <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">letter that detail<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">ed the outstanding wines was sent – b<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">y email and by post – </span>on 8th April 2016. Despite th<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">is solicitor's letter DL was <b>not included</b> as a creditor of Spirited Ven<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">t<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">ures Ltd </span></span>in White's statement of affairs (26.7.2016). </span><br /> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> </span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: red; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Client AC was another<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">. <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">T</span></span>hey had invested just over £100,000<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">* </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">– their entire life savings.</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span>There were also other private clients who had no<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">t recei<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">ved their wine.</span></span></span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: red; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">(* 5.3.17: it appears that th<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">ese wines were bought through Mon<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">tevino Partners Ltd<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> rather than Spirited Ventures<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> Ltd. AC has yet to received their wines although these <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">are understood to have been bought <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">between March<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">, May and June </span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">2016. Some £76,<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">000 of the £100K was appare<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">ntly <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">supposed to have been purchased in bar<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">rel fro<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">m a Barolo producer<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> – the client placed and paid for the order in June 2016.</span> Unfortunately the producer concerned has confirmed that <b>no such order </b>was ever placed for this wine b<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">y</span> Montevino Partners Lt<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">d. </span> </span></span></span></span></span> </span></span> </span></span></span></span> </span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: red; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">Because Thomas White d<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">id not list <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">any private clients, <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">those </span></span></span>private cl<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">ients<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">, who were owed wine, were not informed of the creditors' meetin<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">g...<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> There wer<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">e </span>o<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">nly three creditors at the 26th July meeting<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> – one of them being White due to his director<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">'s loan</span>. <br /> </span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: red; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Why did White not list these clients as creditors of Spirited Ventures<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">? </span>It surely can't have slipped his mind<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">!</span> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">One has to su<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">spect that either White knowingly made a false statement of affairs (26.7.2016) or he failed to ascertain the true <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">number of creditors and the true level of debt </span>before signing and submitting <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">the statement of affairs. <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: red; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: red; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: red; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I have asked White why wine not delivered to private clients of M<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">ontevino Partners was n<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">ot included <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">in </span></span></span>the statement of affairs <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">for Spirited Ventures Ltd</span>. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>White </span>has<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> yet to provide any <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">explanation.</span></span> </span></span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: red; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">It <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">may well be</span> that Thomas White, although the sole director after 28th May 2014, played a mi<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">no<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">r role in the first version of Montevino Partners<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">.</span> </span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: red; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I trust that the liquidator<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">, </span>Ninos Koumettou of Alexander Lawson Jacobs, once apprised that there were other creditors<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> not listed on the statement of affairs<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">, has demanded <b>a full explanation</b> from Thomas White. </span></span></span> </span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: red; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: red; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">At the meeting<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> held on </span>26th Ju<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">ly 2016<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> at the offices of Alexander Lawson Jacobs</span> 'creditors were told that a company<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">, Mon<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">tevino Partners Ltd<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">, a company also controlled by the director Mr Th<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">omas White had expressed an interest in the miscellaneous equipment<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">, website and goodwill of the company'. </span> </span></span></span></span> </span> </span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: red; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">Compulsory wind<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">-up</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: red; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Understandably HMRC were <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">unha<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">ppy at being <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">owed £155,000 and<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> successfully petitioned in <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">London's High Court to have the company wound up<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">. The petition (presented 30.6.1<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">6) </span>wasn't contested and the order to wind up was made on 15th August 2016.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: red; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The rise and apparent fall Montevino Partners Ltd </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: red; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Montevino Partners Ltd was incor<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">porated on 17th April 2014. The accounts to 30th April 2015 were for a dormant company<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> with the first active accounts made up to 30th April 2016 when the company made a small loss of £6360. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: red; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: red; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Wh<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">at </span>I wonder was<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> the purpose of <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">setting up </span>Mon<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">tevino Partners Ltd as a dormant company in <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">April 2014. White told me in May 2016 that 'we bought Spirited Ventures Ltd' from Martin Edgerton Gill and John Jeffrey. <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Although </span>Jeffrey was the original director when the company was set up in July 201<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">3, <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">the firm's capita<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">l was just £1. There is no evidence at <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">C</span>ompanies House of Gill ever being a director or shareholder of Spirited Ventures Ltd. </span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: red; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: red; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">White became a director of Spirited Vent<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">ures Ltd on 19.5.2014 and Jeffrey resigned on 28.5.2014.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: red; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: red; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">On 4th May 2016 I asked <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">White where was the evidence that Gill was either a director of a shareholder of the com<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">pany. I have yet to receive a response.</span></span> </span> </span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: red; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: red; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />Montevino Partners Ltd seamlessly became <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Montevino Partners<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">. The web<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">site, which was registered on 9th J<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">anuary 2014<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">, </span></span>remained <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">largely the </span>same<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">. There was certainly no indication that the original company had gone into liquidation with debts probab<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">ly </span>well in excess of <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">£800,000. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">Unfortu<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">nately it appears that the <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">second </span>version of Mo<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">ntevino Partners <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">will be short lived<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> with Montevino Partners Ltd is set to be put into liquidation by Tom White with a<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">n unknow<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">n level of debt.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;"><b>The MVP </b></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;"><b>Wine Club – 'flying pig territory'</b></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br />However<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">, not to be downhearted<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> Thomas White is now preparing a third version of Mon<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">tevino Partners<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">, although the name is 'open to discussion'<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">. White has pr<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">esented his '<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">B</span>us<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">iness <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">P</span>lan for the resu<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">rrection of of the fine wine platfor<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">m' to <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">private credito<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">rs of Montevino Part<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">ners Ltd inviting them to invest in the new venture as a<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> way of getting their money back. A business proposal was sent out <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">by Tom White at<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> the beginning of February 2017 to a number but not all of the clients of Mon<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">tevino Partners<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">. </span></span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">MVP Wine Club is intended to be a mix of wine events<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">, <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">wine retail<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">, imports and to offer advice<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> as well as a fine wine platform<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">. There is mention of <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">'a collective wine portfolio' wo<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">rth some £1.5 million. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span> <br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Amazingly White has projected sales of £1.7 million in 2017 (or Year 1)*, £1.96 million in 2018 (Year 2) and £2.05 in 2019 (Year 3). Gr<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">oss profit <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">in <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Year 1 is esti<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">mated at £406,081, <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">£606,744 (Year 2) and £558,800 (Year 3).</span></span></span></span></span> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span lang="RU" style="font-size: 12.0pt;">White's remuneration for producing this remarkable success story will be £84,500 in 2017, £53,500 in 2018 and £36,000 in 2019 – totaling £174,000 over the three years. W<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">hite has subsequently <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">suggested that his remuneration in the first year could be c<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">ut to £60,000. <br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Some private investor<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> clients of Montevino Partners are sufficiently a<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">ngry to have filed complaints with Action Fraud. Others, however, praise <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">White for sticking around and attem<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">pting to find a solution to recoup the losses in<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">curred through the first<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> two companies that traded as Montevino <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Partners. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">MVP </span>is surely flying pig territory. There is nothing in Thomas White's history as a director to show that he is <b>capable of running a successful company</b> and with <a href="https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/officers/2rsCI1rLX_ztHY7Kb6EHu_1JCok/appointments">five company directorships</a> he has had some practice....:</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span lang="RU" style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><br /><b>Spirited Ventures Ltd:</b> bust and then wound up in London's High Court. White has claimed that it was Michael Moore's pending fra<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">ud trial that sunk the company and tha<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">t previously </span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span lang="RU" style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span id="bc_0_2b+seedhTGD" kind="d">Montevino
Partners was ’a good firm early on and was doing some good stuff’ and '</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span lang="RU" style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span id="bc_0_2b+seedhTGD" kind="d">Montevino's first 18 Months were very good<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">'</span>. This
is not borne out by the sole set of accounts filed for Spirited Ventures
Ltd. The accounts to 31.7.2014 showed a loss of <b>£165,000</b> with £188,069
owed to yourself as a director’s loan. The accounts were filed in <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">White's</span>
name. </span></span></span><br /><b>Wine Genie Ltd</b>: Dormant company – first accounts overdue since 9th January 2017</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Despite being made personally bankrupt and banned provisionally for 10 years at the Tribunal de Commerce on 30th July 2015, Olivier Uguen and his companies continue to send out wine offers to merchants in a number of countries. It seems apparent that some merchants to have dealt with Uguen and his companies have never received their wine.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Uguen's companies include Why Not Wine, France Divin, Champagne et Spiritueux Diffusion, Excellence Wine, Wine Network and C.D.P.C. <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Some</span> of these companies are based at 50 Rue de Marseille, 69007 Lyon 7eme. 1 Rue du Canal<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">, 69<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">100 Villeurbanne is another used – C.D.P<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">.C.</span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br />Anyone offered wine by Olivier Uguen and his companies would appear to be wise to decline to do business with him.</span></span></div>
Jim's Loirehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06696024920441263899noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1567042805993048802.post-47729821843301287842016-12-31T13:03:00.001+00:002017-02-19T09:06:59.527+00:00Barry Gamble (The London Vines Ltd) made indefinitely bankrupt <div style="text-align: justify;">
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">As
2016 draws to a close I am sure that Barry Gamble's many friends and
fervent admirers, who may include Emma and Katie, will appreciate an
update, especially as the liquidator's latest report to <a href="http://findlayjames.co.uk/1628-91" target="_blank">30.10.16 is available here</a>. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Although
Gamble was made bankrupt at Croydon County Court on 8th December 2015,
his bankruptcy wasn't confirmed until 2nd June 2016 as Gamble appealed
to the court claiming that the bankruptcy order should not have been
made. Fortunately Gamble's delaying tactics failed – the order arose
from the misfeasance action brought by solicitors acting for the
liquidator of The London Vines Ltd. In the latter half of 2015 <a href="http://jimsloire.blogspot.co.uk/2015/01/barry-gamble-london-vines-ltd-judgment.html" target="_blank">Gamble was fined by default £741,647.45</a>. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The UK bankruptcy register shows that Gamble's bankruptcy, which would normally have ended <a href="https://www.insolvencydirect.bis.gov.uk/eiir/IIRCaseIndivDetail.asp?CaseId=701640485&IndivNo=703640339&Court=CROY&OfficeID=700000069&CaseType=B" target="_blank">on 8th December 2016, has been extended indefinitely</a> – </span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">'Order
suspending bankrupt’s discharge under Section 279(3) of the
Insolvency Act 1986 until the fulfillment of conditions as specified in
the Order made by the Court and effective from 29 November 2016'. I will
report on these conditions if and when I have the details. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Given
the successful misfeasance claim – taking money out of The London Vines
Ltd without proper justification – Gamble should have been banned as a
UK director. That this wasn't pursued may well be down to Government
cuts in The Insolvency Service. Anyway Gamble's continued bankruptcy
precludes him from being a UK director. </span></span></div>
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Gamble, Barry's wife, may well also be made bankrupt early in 2017 as
reported in the Liquidator's report from 31st October 2015 to 30th
October 2016. 'A Statutory Demand was personally served on Mrs Gamble on
22nd October 2016 and accordingly, Mrs Gamble has until 09 November
2016 to apply to the Court to have the Demand set aside and we will be
able to present a Bankruptcy Petition from 14 November 2016.' It seems
that Amanda Gamble is yet to be made bankrupt as her name does not yet
appear on the bankruptcy register. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">According
to the liquidator's latest report: 'Barry Gamble claimed that all of
the net sale proceeds from the property at 6 Rowan Close (Banstead) were
paid to his wife Amanda Gamble'. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Sadly
I suspect that few will be surprised to learn that it is very unlikely
that any of the clients and investors with The London Vines Ltd will get
any of the £1.63 million claimed to be owing. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Gamble made an appearance <a href="http://www.mirror.co.uk/opinion/wine-investment-sham-london-vines-7313585" target="_blank">here in the Mirror</a> back in February 2016. </span></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Barry Gamble's libel case</span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">In
December 2014 Barry Gamble decided to sue me in the High Court for
libel and slander. Essentially, despite the misfeasance judgment, Gamble
claimed to be an honest businessman. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Gamble
based much of his case and claim on a company called ESW Exports (UK)
Ltd, which supposedly had experience and expertise in exporting English
sparkling wine. Central to Gamble's legal claim was that he had </span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">personally lost a contract with a Toronto based Canadian wine importer worth £80,000.<br /><br />This
contract, of course, was pure fantasy and the whole case an abuse of
legal process. There never was a contract with the Canadian importer. It
took Gamble some nine months to come up with the name of the importer
who, when I contacted him in November 2015, </span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">told me</span></span>: </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483115816353_9332">'I took the time to go through my records to determine whether
I had any contact with Mr. Gamble as his name and company did not ring a
bell. I deal with dozens of suppliers every year and many of our
contacts do not result in any business. I did find some e-mail
correspondence with him in 2013 where I informed him of some upcoming
opportunities for sparkling wines with our monopoly, the LCBO. He sent
me information about one Italian sparkling wine which was priced
outrageously with no hope of ever being purchased. I reached out to him
again a few months later regarding another opportunity and he did not
respond so I closed my file. I have never heard from him since.'</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483115816353_9332">Gamble was not a director or shareholder of </span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483115816353_9332"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">ESW Exports (UK) Ltd – he never explained why he would have personally <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">benefitted from</span> th<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">e</span>
fantasy £80,000 contract. ESW Exports (UK) Ltd was established on 16th
August 2012. It was struck off on 21st October 2014 for non-compliance –
no annual returns of accounts were filed. </span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<div class="yiv6372938599MsoNormal" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483115816353_9333" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483115816353_9332"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">In 2012 Gamble did make contact with a number of English sparkling wine producers. One of them – Sam Lindo of the excellent <a href="https://www.camelvalley.com/" target="_blank">Camel Valley</a> – was not impressed:</span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483115816353_11784">'I
have only come across these guys from them enquiring about exporting
our wine. They sound like a bunch of nutters. I told them their
website made them look like a con, it showed a total lack of knowledge
of our industry, in particular how small it is</span><span style="color: #1f497d;"><span style="color: black;">.</span></span><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483115816353_11816"> The chap missed the joke I made about only using Western Union money transfers.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483115816353_11815">Some of these people can be genuine, we make everyone pay up front for the first 2 orders and this stops any chancers.' </span></span></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483115816353_11815">Good to go: </span></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483115816353_11815">On 9th August 2012 Gamble emailed a number of English sparkling wine producers </span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483115816353_11815">claiming
to have 'importers/agents in the major citys (sic) in China and India'
and that 'Myself and my newly formed export company ESW Exports Ltd are
taking English sparkling wine to the other side of the planet'. </span></span></span><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483115816353_11815"><br /></span></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483115816353_12167">'Hi Guys, </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483115816353_12136">As
your more than likely aware, English sparkling wine has a reputation
rarely surpassed. In fact so popular is the wine of our fair land that
overseas they cant get enough actually they cant get any, Myself and my
newly formed export company ESW Exports LTD are taking English sparkling
wine to the other side of the planet..</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483115816353_12143">With a handful of importers/agents in the major citys in China and India good to go all we need is the wine..</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483115816353_12161">So I
write this email in hope that we can spread the word with gusto, we
would look to purchase at least 100 cases of sparkling wine in various
forms from as many vineyards as possible, of course if the wines are
award winning in some way then all the better..</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483115816353_12150">All monies for your wines will of course be paid up front and we would look to build from there..</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1483115816353_12214">Feel free to get in contact with myself on the number below or reply to this email at your earliest convenience..</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Many Thanks</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Gamble's
claim of 'importers/agents' in China and India is also likely to have
been a complete fantasy. Interestingly no mention here of a Canadian
importer....</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Shortly
before Gamble was made bankrupt at Croydon Court, he made an offer of
settlement, which included a demand for £3000 to cover his legal costs.
Gamble never received a penny. Once a liquidator was appointed in
respect of Gamble's personal bankruptcy, they discontinued the legal
action since bankrupt Gamble was not in a position to pursue this case.
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<br />Jim's Loirehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06696024920441263899noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1567042805993048802.post-29344117563068210052016-10-07T12:15:00.001+01:002016-10-07T12:15:45.569+01:00Jail for cold-caller who scammed elderly wine investors – Jonothan Piper gets just desserts<div style="text-align: justify;">
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<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Insolvency Service press release (30th September 2016): </span></span></b><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #0b0c0c; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #0b0c0c; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><b><br />Jonothan Piper</b>, from Wanstead, has been sentenced to <span style="color: red;"><b>five and a half years’ imprisonment</b></span> after pleading guilty to one count of fraudulent trading, two counts of money laundering and one count of cheating HM Revenue and Customs of tax at Snaresbrook Crown Court on 22 August 2016.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Piper, 30, who was the director of Embassy Wine (UK) Limited and previously traded as a land and diamonds salesman, pleaded guilty to defrauding investors out of hundreds of thousands of pounds and to failing to pay tax and National Insurance on his earnings for six years.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Investors complained that they had been mis-sold expensive wine collections and had either not received the wine they were promised or were deceived in respect of the expected returns. Many investors were then persuaded to sell their wine collections to Piper’s company, but did not receive the promised payment. An investigation by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) found that the self-professed fine-wine broker had not traded legitimately at all and had set up the company simply to con investors out of approximately £300,000.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">BEIS discovered that HMRC was also conducting an investigation into Piper, and the matter was jointly prosecuted with the CPS. Piper also pocketed more than £51,000 in Income Tax and National Insurance contributions from his undeclared earnings, between 2008 and 2014.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Deputy Chief Investigation Officer Ian West from BEIS said:</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Mr Piper cynically attempted to dissolve his company Embassy Wine (UK) Limited without notifying his creditors of his intention or complying with the three month trading restriction prior to any application for the striking off/dissolution of a company, to mask his fraudulent activity. It was established that he had defrauded his companies’ unsuspecting clients of in excess of £295,000 in a wine investment scam carried out, in conjunction with other frauds against the revenue to fund his expensive lifestyle. He now has to face the serious consequences of his criminal lifestyle.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">This case should serve as a warning to those that seek to utilise the Insolvency regime to further fraudulent activity, that the BEIS Criminal Enforcement Directorate, will with law enforcement partners, ensure that perpetrators are prosecuted with the full force of the law.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Jonothan Jeremiah Piper - date of birth 8 April 1986 - of Foxglove Gardens, Wanstead, pleaded guilty to: Acting with intent to prejudice or defraud HM Revenue and Customs, Fraudulent Trading, contrary to section 993(1) of the Companies Act 2006, Converting Criminal Property, contrary to section 327(1) of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2000 and Converting Criminal Property, contrary to section 327(1) of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2000, at Snaresbrook Crown Court on 22 August 2016.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">He was sentenced to 2 years’ imprisonment for defrauding HMRC and 3.5 years’ consecutive imprisonment for the fraudulent trading offence. He was sentenced to 15 months’ concurrent imprisonment for the two counts of money laundering.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">On 17 November 2015 Mr Piper was<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/leaving-a-bad-taste-11-year-disqualification-for-director-whose-company-sold-wine-it-failed-to-provide-and-bought-wine-it-failed-to-pay-for" style="border: medium none; color: #4c2c92; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: underline;">disqualified as a director for 11 years</a>.</span></span></div>
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