David Ames – Harlequin’s Ponzi King
The numbers tell us one giant truth: From the start Harlequin was set up as nothing less than a Ponzi scheme requiring a constant influx of new victims to keep everything going.
Consider these numbers…
– Total “deposits” by victims: US$800 million
– Percentage of “deposits” paid as salary and sales commissions: 50%
– Percentage of “deposits” used to pay interest to earlier “investors”: 22% (estimated, see below)
– Number of units sold: 9,114
– Number of units built: 230
It might be worth Ames and his merry band of supporters considering to remain silent throughout 2015.
To do so would reduce if not eliminate the anti-Harlequin responses no matter how articulate and factual they may be, given that the anti-Harlequin posts in the main are merely responses to the incessant nauseating, repulsive litany of lies emanating from Harlequin and their supporters in their never ending quest to justify “at best” the gross incompetence and abject failure by the Ames family and staff of Harlequin to operate their businesses in a proper manner.
The constant need to allay the blame for the failures of the Ames family and management at Harlequin at the door step of others demonstrates that the Ames family and management of Harlequin are in serious trouble.
And that summary is giving Ames and his cohorts far more benefit of the doubt than the facts say they deserve. The only reason I can think of that they haven’t been arrested as yet is that the Serious Fraud Office has been overwhelmed by the planned worldwide chaotic nature of the fraud through only god knows how many different companies, coupled with legal contracts bearing so much fine print, inter-jurisdictional references and available outs for the criminals.
The resorts will most probably never get built, not in the lifetime of many of the purchasers victims.
To state on Christmas Eve that the fantastic news amounted to a possible completion of a further 76 rooms by 2016 out of 9,100 sold, was pathetic.
Let us see if those in the Pro Harlequin camp can restrain themselves from dropping Ames and themselves in it on an almost constant basis.
Numbers tell the tale…
For the record the facts are that Ames took in close to £500 million pounds in deposits, and not the £440 million as previously stated. USD$800 million, Bajan Dollars $1.6 Billion or in EC Dollars $2.1 Billion.
Some 230 units out of 9,114 units sold are completed.
The bulk of this c £330 Million, more than half a billion USD was taken in deposits after those Ames blames for the problems had left. In the period from June 2010 to June 2013 Ames claims to have spent USD 50 million on construction. 10% of the c 500 million USD cash taken in deposits by the Ames family in the period since those Ames blames for the failure of Harlequin left.
The Ames family took in excess of 1.9% of deposits in dividends, loans for personal property purchases, and shareholder loans, loans which they are now refusing to repay.
50 % of deposits taken were used to pay bonuses / commissions to Harlequin Staff and agents.
Anywhere between 2-5 % + was spent on Hotel Operations, but this figure will never be independently verified as Ames still refuses to produce Audited accounts as he is obliged by law to do.
Because Ames flouts and breaks the law by his reluctance to provide independent audited accounts the % of deposits used to fund the purchaser interest payments could be in excess of 22%.
Cash and SIPP purchaser funds were comingled so these funds were used in part to pay interest payments of mortgage purchasers.
Harlequin is an accounting Nightmare, and that was a choice by Ames.
Having spent 1.2% of deposits to date on legal fees to recoup a staggering 0.28% only made economic sense to Ames. Of course he claims the bulk of the expenditure was in pursuit of the “main culprits” as he sees them the culprits being Wilkins Kennedy, his absolute belief that he will win his claim against Wilkins Kennedy is not mirrored by many who are familiar with the case.
There is something very wrong with Harlequin – of this there is absolutely no doubt. But there is also no doubt that David Ames planned it this way.
2015 will be a very telling year.
contributed anonymously to BFP
Barbados Free Press 
2015 will be an interesting year
Yes the anonymous contributor to BFP who wrote the long winded crap above would like the “DA merry band of cohorts to remain silent” The “incessant nauseating, repulsive litany of lies” is another very sensible piece of absolute rubbish. So in other words if you are a anti HP troll you always post the truth but if you like a bit of fairness and balance you are a lier.
Well “anonymous” I think you know the answer to your attempt at censorship. Bring it on.
Let’s start with the BBC expose on Newsarama! Or Panonight. Now is that true or another “litany of lies”
Twat
I see the allegation about staff at BB not being paid (again) was taken down over on TA. Be careful who you accuse Bob.
TA moderate their own site, nobody else does. What the payment of staff has to do with a holiday review is baffling. Are you suggesting that HP can get reviews taken off TA? I think not unless it is of course untrue. Who is Bob?
Looks like it’s BS Bob on the early shift today then. We can always tell when it’s him posting.
Let’s make up some lies:
1. Harlequin is paying returns to all its victims
2. Harlequin was never a “ponzi” scheme. It didn’t have to rely on promising high returns to new victims in order to fund the returns early victims were demanding. The business was “self financing” from the cash flow from the resorts!
3. Harlequin will be able to finish all its resorts within 5 years (which will be past most people’s deadlines, adding much vaunted importance to the “trust”)
4. Harlequin is a really trustworthy business – “investing” with them is a very safe option with much transparency & safeguards in place, like Escrow accounts & audit trails
5. Harlequin’s business model has always been based on the operational income of the resorts. This income has now been independently verified, with run-rates pushed to the victims. Victims can be assured that every claim of income was based on the resort profits, not on “capital appreciation”
6. Our boss, David Ames, has a reputable history in business.
7. We have always told the truth, and never ever told a lie. The Interest Payment problem is just a banking error. The SFO are no longer investigating and the FSCS fully support our trust “option”
8. Buccament Bay is the best resort in the world.
9. We never wasted any victims’ money on commissions, fancy launch parties, CONSULTANTS, or needless glossy brochures.
10. The future looks bright for all of our resorts
The story makes a number of assertions claiming them to be facts. Could the author please provide more detail as s/he seems to have envisaged:
Percentage of deposits – “(estimated, see below)” – there is nothing “below” to explain this.
Total deposits £500m/US$800m – where does this come from? RL’s due diligence summary shows total deposits of slightly under £400m.
“Number of units build: 230” – source please.
“The bulk of this c £330 Million, more than half a billion USD was taken in deposits after those Ames blames for the problems had left. In the period from June 2010 to June 2013 Ames claims to have spent USD 50 million on construction. 10% of the c 500 million USD cash taken in deposits by the Ames family in the period since those Ames blames for the failure of Harlequin left.” Again please provide sources for these claims.
“Anywhere between 2-5 % + was spent on Hotel Operations” – how do you work that out? By your own admission, Harlequin’s figures are opaque so this is presumably a guess.
If the author cannot provide firm sourcing/support for his/her assertions, all we can really conclude is that they have made a lot of guesses.
Anyone actually looked at the accounts of Harlequin MSE? Look at average salaries (you’ll need a calculator) look at dividends, loans, salaries to Ames and co. Then look at the commissions debacle and the still missing £50 million. Ps, where did the new £500 million come from?
RL’s DD summary shows deposits of £440 Million.
Units complete come from Ames. Let’s see we got 100 units in St. Vincent, those being the units available for completion plus the 50 apartments currently being used as offices or whatever, plus the 70-80 rooms at the BLU Hotel, I make that out to be between 220 to 230 units.
Anonymous 10:58 am
This one? https://barbadosfreepress.files.wordpress.com/2014/08/duediligenceoverview23514.pdf
It looks like a bit under £400m to me but maybe I’m reading the wrong thing.
Mark Sawkins, general manager and vice president of Harlequin Hotels and Resorts told us that Harlequin were pumping $1 Million USD a month into the Hotel Operations at BB. Dave Ames not sure if you’ve heard of him stated that Buccament Bay would ‘ Break Even’ by the end of 2014. So for every 1 million pumped into operations at BB that is c 0.15%
Only a complete a Harlequin muppet puppet, like Bob and Ingham would think this is going to end up well.
Come on Dave, where is this (cough laugh) finance 😉
@ Sceptical, thank you for posting the RL figures, if you look at them and bearing in mind the claims previously made by Harlequin, the build cost of the resorts comes to approx 25% of monies taken in.
A further c 50% was paid in commissions, dividends, shareholders loans etc through HMSSE now in liquidation, leaving a further £ 100 million (25%) unaccounted for, if of course Harlequin are to be believed.
However the figure of £ 400 million does not tally with the audited and disclaimed accounts produced by HMSSE now in liquidation coupled with information from Carol Ames and Dave Ames, of course I can only base this on information from Carol Ames and Dave Ames, indeed if they were not telling the truth then the figures produced by Regulatory Legal could very well be correct.
@ censorship, it’s an ugly suggestion
The most significant censorship going on is the self-censorship of Harlequin by shamelessly refusing to publish the Caribbean accounts and handing out NDAs like candy.
The accounts could (but I doubt it) provide inconvertible evidence that all is well. So are we not right to be suspicious that this evidence is being withheld? It is completely farcical to imagine that any financier would even agree to meet the directors without sight of the accounts much less offer finance.
Instead of providing a robust account of the past, all we get are hollow promises of things around the corner. We had plenty of these in the glossy brochures thanks very much so forgive us if we don’t believe them any more. Have any of the commitments in those brochures actually come good?
Randy Andy, When did I say it would end up well?
Putting words in peoples mouths then believing that it was said?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b04xx0zh/rip-off-britain-holidays-series-3-episode-2
Sorry, inconvertible should be incontrovertible
And tonight Matthew I will be………Randy Andy. For christs sake stick to one ID. Odious was the best. 3? Different IDs already today.
And Anon 12.42, you obviously agree that censorship on a blog is acceptable. Just like the twat who wrote this threads lead.
@ stars in their eyes
Comprehension is not your strong point so I’ll take it slowly this time.
I do most strongly object to censorship as my previous post makes clear. I object to censorship imposed by others (like the issuing of an NDA) and I object to the kind of self-censorship demonstrated by Harlequin.
Thanks for giving me the opportunity to clarify the point for the other intellectually challenged folk that read this thread.
@Ano 1.41, I will write this slowly because I see you cannot read very quickly. My comments were about blog censorship, something you did not disagree with, but chose to hijack my post and confuse it with some other type of “censorship”. Your word not mine. How do you feel about blog censorship? Do you agree with it as was suggested by the aurthor of this thread? Do you include yourself in the group of “other intellectually challenged folk that read this thread”? Because you need to.
I am no fan of any kind of censorship unless the publication of information endangers the lives of others.
I am more than happy for people to come on here and defend the indefensible and by so doing make the whole fiasco seem even more ludicrous than it already is. Keep up the good work all you pros!
It now looks like Bob the BS is the ‘aurthor’ of all of today’s posts.
Did anyone see Rip Off Britain today Harlequin were featured.
Harkequin- you utterly illiterate chimp. Check out on catch up. Say- how about you and me meet up?
There was nothing on Rip Off Britain about Harkequin but there was a report on Harlequin today.
I can’t seem to access Rip Off Britain here in the colonies. Can
anyone post a summation.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b04xx0zh/rip-off-britain-holidays-series-3-episode-2 starts at 3:00 minutes in.
Horror stories like 6000 other victims.
Don’t waste your time Anonymous- its in English.
It was aired this morning, just a programme with a couple of moaning old pensioners with nothing else to do with their days.
Wish you were here BB is just perfect!
Off to the shop anonymous! WOW how exiting! what a life! Whilst trying to track down the programme I refer to, you might also Google “psychiatry for dummies- the self help edition” You obviously cannot afford the real thing after your recent mistakes. x
@blue Anonymous
It covered two pensioners who’d invested in 2012 and 2010.
The latter had recently been diagnosed with cancer, had to downsize their home as they didn’t have the money to support their retirement (which was promised when the property was sold), and are now being taken for a ride by Harlequin.
Lots of information regarding the “restructuring” (name change) for Harlequin, and about its SFO investigation.
Harlequin’s days are numbered. Anyone who believes in the dream just have to count the vultures. RL picked a huge chunk off the carcass, BBC have just taken another bite. Wonder who’ll be next.
It also mentioned one couple received their deposit back after the BBC contacted Harlequin on their behalf.
They always said that bullies were weakest against larger opponents…
If you call a man suffering from cancer and his wife, who had to sell their home because Harlequin wouldn’t honour the contractual obligation to refund investors, moaning pensioners then that just about tells you all you need to know about this company.
So much for investors being partners. This is some partnership. We will take your money and buy ourselves and our family nice properties all over the world, fail to deliver our contractual obligations and then refuse your refund even if you have cancer and lose your home.
Jesus it’s 43.5 mins long the program. If you think I’m going to sit through a load of old women presenting this show dream on. I’m sure Dave’s Disco/odious/Whoisthefuss or what ever he/she/ it calls themselves can post the relevant bit on here.
Stupid spelling police are out today. Wonder if the author of the thread lead in has a comment on that. Should posters who make spelling mistakes be banned from BFP? Why not the twat wants everybody else banned.
Yeah Richard, strange lights on but you’re in BB?
Just haven’t got the hang of things have you? FF heh. Speaking of old women- how did you “Wow gotta life” shopping go? Did they have the baked beans?
@Anonymous 5:13PM
It’s right at the start – 3:00 -> 15:00 minutes.
Just skip Gloria’s talking and you’ll see the part about Harlequin.
oh dearie me, that programme wasn’t good PR for HP was it?
Is the above post an example of the “incessant nauseating repulsive litany of lies” that the original thread poster was referring to? Surely not an example of stalking by anti HP trolls. Perhaps the anonymous thread poster would like to comment on this? Guess what we will hear nothing from “Anonymous” Doesn’t quite fit in with his HP victim profile does it.
Worriedinvestor, what are you talking about lights?
I think your lights may be on but nobody is home!
So is that the BBC expose that was mentioned before Xmas or is there more to come?
Perhaps a camera team should show up on Dave’s door and interview him about the gentleman investor with cancer and ask why he can’t have his money back if he can still afford to pay his Basildon bunker parasites!
@ pass me the starch John
What investment are you talking about? Some people handed over loads of money which a family used for personal enrichment and a whole range of non-building related activities. The only investment I can see is the one that benefits members of the directors’ families.
As far as the rest of us are concerned there is nothing left to damage.
PMS John- you just don’t get the irony or paradoxical nature of your “sad commenting” But a Question- do you really believe you have an investment? If indeed you are an “investor” Sound more like and UFA on the run.
I say UFA rather than IFA as a slip- but I was thinking of UFO of course. x
It’s not an investment unless you own part of the asset.
Currently, it’s a syndicate where you own nothing. Even with this bullshit “trust”, you’ll still have nothing.
My deepest sympathies to the fellow with cancer. And to all the other victims. Let’s hope 2015 brings more favourable news.
You’re avin a larf incha?
Seems like they are too busy suing people to even update a blog. This is the last one from Sept 2014
Pat Cash coaching at Buccament Bay Resort this October!
SEPTEMBER 24, 2014
Gosh – that’s sad viewing. How can it be that Harlequin have no obligation whatsoever to give people their money back in accordance with the contract? What exactly was the point of that contract? Just to create a professional illusion of business?
Why does Dave Ames think that he can keep those people’s money and let them live a nightmare worrying about their future? Who does he think he is, if not just a thief?
Here’s hoping that Rip Off Britain is watched by the type of person that has an investment in Harlequin and that they begin to understand that under no circumstances whatsoever should they give money to Harlequin.
And as for the pros who threaten that that sort of action “damages the investment”; well, even the stereotypical Harlequin investor must now realise that sort of statement from the Harlequin camp is aimed to deceive and obtain money from investors fraudulently in order to benefit the Ames family and / or their remaining associates. Any money handed over now surely won’t contribute to the realisation of the development of resorts as promised to investors? Isn’t the majority of investor money Ames is now spending being used for litigation?
The investment has been utterly destroyed by Ames and Harlequin and it is not possible that an investor asking for their money back as per their contract could damage it anymore.
Can’t anyone find an alternative picture for this article. Aren’t we all fed up of looking at the grinning goon?
@ Harlequin Investor 4:50 –Thank you for the reply. You and a few
other show that there still is a little bit of civility on this thread.
The BBC program was interesting in that once again Harlequin are admitting to trading insolvently.
I heard that Harlequin re assigned contracts from some of the Caribbean companies to other companies owned by Harlequin without the permission of the clients.
Can anyone shed some light on this ?
did they do this ?
Why did they do this ?
It looks like Dave changed or tried to move ownership of Merricks from HP SVG to a seperate company in Barbados, I recall RL dealing with this issue, not sure how that affects contract holders. I do think the issue of the contracts is somewhat of a mute point.
Ames would not give RL contract details, he couldn’t as a result of the DATA protection act. RL claims that there are some 9100 contracts out there, but RL did not break down the contracts to specific companies. For example people who bought properties in Brazil contracted with an SVG company, does anyone know if Ames ever had a company in Brazil? Those Brazil contract holders with the SVG company would one day have had to have their contracts swapped over to a Brazil company unless of course the SVG company would have owned the Brazil assets.
There is absolutely nothing wrong with moving contracts to new companies, for example anyone who had a contract with MAN Investments would have seen their contracts moved over to HP SVG, when that company took over the assets in St. Vincent.
Dave Ames acted correctly by doing this, and as the assets of the companies moved around, it stands to reason that the associated contracts would follow suit,
This was brought up on the Harlecon site but I totally fail to see what Dave has done wrong here.
RL discussed this issue to death previously, it’s the same old RL nugget being raised again.
The important thing is that investors have contracts with companies Ames owns.
It does not matter, Ames calls it the Harlequin Group. So it’s all one company. Ames can’t deny that, he always calls it the group. Same as the trust. You join the trust then the companies don’t matter, the trust has all the assets.
The Harlequin “Group” wasn’t much use to people who were owed money by the two Harlequin companies that were placed into administration. I didn’t see other group companies rushing to pay the debts of those people left out of pocket. Nor do I see any solidarity between the UK and Caribbean companies, in fact, the opposite; the “Group” seems to deny any connection.
Conclusion? It does matter which company your contract is with.
And could someone explain what comfort the contract provides to the investor when the contracting company feels free to ignore any clauses it chooses. It seems that Harlequin consider binding clauses to be nothing more than minor inconveniences that it might get around to delivering if the wind is in the right direction!
Did the SIPP providers pay your money to the wrong company? Your contract was with a company owned by Ames (mad!) but the SIPPS paid your money to HMSEE! Worth having a look? What I do find amazing is that anyone can still believe Ames knows what he’s doing- its all honest and there is a future for investors within an Ames company. Dave this Dave that, no one’s that’s stupid- must be deals going on. They’ll backfire as some have found out!
@Pass me the starch John 6:10 pm, why would you assume that I am excited by HP appearing on Ripoff Britain? All I asked is if this is the program that was rumoured before Xmas. I think you’ve over reacted a bit there.
And I don’t need to commit financial suicide as I was a victim of financial homicide the day I signed my contracts (8 years ago, still no news on when building will even start).
Oh no not the disabled property investor who was going to be a millionaire. Please spare us this regurgitated sob story. As the guy on Rip off brittain said any scheme off plan has a high risk factor. If you are disabled perhaps you should not be putting your money into high risk investments. Bang it in the building society.
Strange but the words ‘high risk’ were never mentioned by Guardian or Tailormade during any conversations ?
If you have invested your money with harlequin, I can not strongly enough recommend watching the video below. it will give you an insight into how deluded Dave ames really is.
It is advisable to have a sick bag ready, especially when Dave explains how Buccament Bay does not have a single penny of debt, or how banks in the caribbean are saying harlequin are rewriting how business is done.
another classic, “it’s not about one person being greedy and making all the money, it’s about everyone sharing in what we put together”
@ High risk means HIGH RISK
That’s all well and good but these projects were actively marketed at unsophisticated investors as LOW RISK.
You are quite to point out they are actually high risk. About 7 years ago I ran through the projects and decided there was less than a 1% chance of getting a return and so I declined to invest. But that was after looking into key project risks as a relatively savvy investor. If I had just relied on the prospectuses then I would not have come away with that impression.
Ames has a problem denying that he pushed these as high risk investments because he is on video being interviewed saying…
Ames: “What we do is that we give the customer the confidence of knowing they have a UK company who have sourced the land, sourced the investment in the development of what we’re building safe in the knowledge that they’ll (a) get a good return on their investment and what they’re basically looking for when they buy abroad is for something that is going to give them a capital return on their investment and a rental return on their investment”.
Ames: “by investing money with us they know that over a 2 year period they’re going to get a return on their investment automatically and because as a company…
Interviewer interrupts: “so there’s no risk for them at all?”
Ames: “Basically there isn’t”
Marketing these products to naive investors as low risk was a little naughty don’t you think?
Sorry, I meant that Ames has a problem denying he pushed these a LOW RISK investments
Looks like Odious/Dave’s disco/ anonymous has a couple of new IDs. Come on twatikins, been trawling through your internet files again? What a boring life you must lead.
Victims of failed £400m overseas property investment Harlequin have appeared on national television to reveal how losing their retirement funds has left them “frightened” as they enter old age.
One couple told the BBC’s consumer affairs programme Rip Off Britain that they have been forced to sell their “dream home” in the UK because Harlequin will not return their investment, despite failing to build the agreed overseas property.
Since investing, the husband has developed cancer and is no longer able to work, leaving his wife “frightened” for the future without the “cushion” the promised return their nest egg was supposed to provide by investment in Harlequin.
The unregulated Harlequin scheme worked by taking deposits from mainly UK investors to build off-plan properties in the Caribbean, which could then be sold at a profit on completion or used to generate a rental income from holidaymakers.
But out of a scheduled 6,000 properties, only around 300 have actually been built.
The programme, which aired on 6 January, showed that at least one family managed to get back their deposit, once they found out about extended delays to the building of the property they had invested in, but only after Rip Off Britain first reported on their case in 2010, five years after they had invested in a property Harlequin told them it would only take two years to complete.
Later investors have not been so lucky.
They have been told by Harlequin that, since the company entered liquidation last October, it can not return their deposits, despite a clause in one couple’s contract saying that if the property had not been built by the end of June last year they would be entitled to a full refund.
Harlequin chairman David Ames has told them their best hope of seeing any of they money back is by joining a controversial investment trust to hold Harlequin’s remaining assets, orchestrated by him.
But the investors Rip Off Britain spoke to have said they won’t sign up to it, because it “ties their hands behind their back” by preventing them from taking any legal action against Harlequin or Ames for five years.
Ames told the programme the investors had “misunderstood” the trust, and that clauses in it to prevent legal action are there to protect its funding and “allow a better chance of financial success”.
But the Harlequin chairman said it will not be until the middle of this year until the financial position of the company is “any clearer”.
He blamed the problems at Harlequin on the “global recession, contractor fraud, defamatory campaigns and new FCA [Financial Conduct Authority] regulations”.
However the Serious Fraud Office and Essex Police have had an open and ongoing investigation into dealings at Harlequin since 2013.
The then regulator the Financial Services Authority issued a warning to advisers about the company in January 2013, and a further warning to investors in June of that year.
More bad news to follow for the stunted one…..
Twatikins gets back exactly what he deserves. It is he who began a concerted campaign of name calling and is getting some back. You need to wise up before making uninformed comments.
Bob go and buy your Mrs a new frock.
@Anonymous 12:56pm & 12:39pm
Note from BFP editor: “twat” is slang for a part of the anatomy. We delete any post with that word, but sometimes it takes a while for us to see it. “twatkins” has been deleted.
One can only assume that when the GV finally gets nicked he will claim he is suffering from some yet to be discovered illness.
An illness that was maliciously given to him by the Irish builder no doubt.
And which attacked the part of his brain responsible for making business decisions and speaking coherently.
I actually think that the BBC have been put up to this by him. I think blaming the Irish builder for a Worldwide economic crisis is a bit much though 😉
That was the FCCS
It ate his legs too.
Definition from the Oxford Dictionary
Definition of tw*t in English:
NOUN
vulgar slang
1A woman’s genitals.
2A person regarded as stupid or obnoxious.
Now of course BFF this is your blog, you can do what you like, but as the lead on this thread advocated censorship and you are now advocating removing posts with “offensive” words then will you be even handed on this. I seem to recall the use of the word c**t being used on here and posters being told to f**k off.
Little legs will be taken to jail soon.
@ anonymous 4.27pm
I know that natural justice cries out for this to be so but I wouldn’t hold your breath. Even if the SFO decides that a criminal act has taken place and they arrest him tomorrow it would probably take a couple of years to bring the case to Court. This could drag on and on.
Hope a lot of people go to jail soon. Why should the ifa’s, agents and SIPP people get away with obtaining money by lying through their teeth?
As long as little legs is finished I don’t care.
It’d look really really bad if R Legal’s good pals CPC Worldwide worked with Paudie O’Halloran and Jeremy Newman huh?
Nikki Crozier and Chris Corney own Fibre Tech Partnership Limited in Durham which has exclusive rights to sell Kelltek’s crap. You couldn’t make it up!
http:// fibretechpartnership .wordpress. com/2014/05/19/our-technology/
http:// companycheck. co.uk/company/09149200/FIBRE-TECH-PARTNERSHIP-LTD
Anonymous, your post is rather rich given that most of the grossly offensive posts eminate from those who either support Harlequin or those who seek to disrupt any reasoned debate surrounding Harlequin and Ames.
We have seen little or nothing of substance from those who wish to espouse the virtues of Harlequin or Ames, what we are subjected to however is a constant litany of abusive and churlish posts against almost anyone who dares speak out against Ames.
It’s also rather rich of Ames to, (one), blame the global recession for the predicament he finds himself in. Let me remind Ames that the global recession started in December 2007, however Ames took in c £ 380 million in cash between January 2008-January 2013, this during and after the global recession.
Ames paid some c £ 200 million in commissions during the Global Recession. c 50% of cash taken in.
Ames launched 4 additional resorts, hotels and an airline amidst the Global Recession.
Ames launched a guaranteed buy back scheme during the Global Recession.
Ames announced exponential growth in his sales business and in his guest room sales during the global recession.
Ames Harlequin stated in Court documents that the businesses were healthy, strong and growing at a very strong rate during the Global Recession.
Ames launched SIPP investment in his companies products during the Global Recession.
In August 2009 Ames claimed in his now infamous business model video that he did NOT need external finance. This was 20 months into the Global Recession he now blames for his woes.
(Two), Ames blames defamatory statements for his and his companies financial woes, the many online blog references to Harlequin and Ames are an avenue in which the misrepresentations by Ames are highlighted. An example of this was Ames’ reference to the development of a marina and the great progress of same, should this false statement of Ames have remained unchallenged? There are many more examples similar to this, why shouldn’t people be allowed to challenge many of the wholly false and misleading statements made by Ames?
(Three) Ames blames a changing in the laws and rules governing the FCA what rules Dave? The FCA have sought to close loopholes in the way SIPP investments are made and the way SIPPs can be used in unregulated overseas investment schemes. Genuine regulated investment opportunities have nothing to fear from a tightening of laws/rules, the laws/rules are there to protect investors, something recipients of investors should embrace, in this case however we have Ames blaming these rules, what is Ames advocating? Complete deregulation of our financial markets?
Utter nonsense to blame the FCA.
Matt Ames in his criminal trial also tried to lay blame for his woes directly at the door of the FCA, like father like son I guess, and in more ways then one.
(Four) Ames also blames contractor fraud. Ames’ claim in the fraud case was for a maximum 1.6% of deposits recieved. The fraud case is however the subject of an appeal, interestingly enough an appeal process not mirrored by Matt Ames in his criminal case, but not withstanding this, to claim that a 1.6% loss was enough to cause the failure of his business, this against the backdrop of comissions paid out of 50% is frankly a pathetic excuse.
Apologies when I adressed Anonymous I meant the poster “Will BFP be even handed?”
@ anon 1
A perfectly clear and robust summary of the situation. Thank you for setting this out.
No doubt someone will call you something foul and claim that your post is evidence of you having no life. And this will pass as a defence of the GV and his schemes.
You see Anon 1 a perfectly simple question has been asked “will BFP be even handed?” The lead of this thread advocated censorship, only allowing anti HP posters to use BFP. Notice the the word FREE in the title. Of course you used the excuse to spin yet again the usual stuff. What do you think about CPC worldwide working with O’Halloran and Newman? How about a reasoned debate on that little gem?
BFP is censoring now
@ Why are CPC Worldwide working with Newman and Paudie?,
1. What relevance does this post have to Harlequin?
2. You refer to Chris Corney, is he not a partner in Carter Lemon Cameron the legal firm acting for the Davies group. ?
3. Why did you not name you self as,
“Why are CPC Worldwide and Carter Lemon Cameron (Solicitors) working with Newman and Paudie?”, given that Chris Corney is a partner in Carter Lemon Cameron and not CPC.
4. Why do you state that R Legal are “good pals” of CPC Worldwide, given that RL’s Gareth Fatchett was a witness for Ames in the Davies action, surely you meant R Legal’s good pals Harlequin?
5. What does Kelltek produce that is crap?
6. Who owns Kelltek ? I don’t see any director named Paudie.
7. Why are you so obsessed with Mr. Newman? He has not engaged in any fraud, and the ICAEW have made no determination on the complaint made by Carol Ames.
8. Why this evening do you once again attempt to paint CPC Worldwide and indirectly CLC in a bad light,? Has something happened that has made Dave a little uncomfortable perhaps?
9. This is just speculation on my part, but has the thought not crossed your mind that Carter Lemon Cameron a respected law firm, and CPC Worldwide obtained the court transcripts from the Irish case along with a whole host of other information and coupled with the information provided to them by Ames in the Davies action, both Cater Lemon Cameron and CPC Worldwide were able to determine that Ames was a consummate liar and perhaps had lied in the Irish case? And perhaps they felt that Ames won the Irish case as a result of lying and not as a result of any wrongdoing on the part of the builder. We’re Carter Lemon Cameron not pursuing Ames and his wife recently for contempt of court until a settlement had been reached subject to an NDA?
10. Why now refer to Paddy as Paudie? It’s as if you might know Paudie.
Again I see little relevance to Harlequin and Ames in your post. I certainly see no connection between Fiber Tech Partnership and the failure of Ames to provide what he was contractually obliged to do. The only connection you appear to make is by virtue of a company owned by Mr. Newman and not “Paudie” with a solicitors firm “CLC” and their colleagues at CPC, who are involved in ongoing litigation with Ames and his wife.
Anonymous absolutely great response. Direct and to the point. Now I wonder will those who seek to support Harlequin offer the rest of us any worthwhile reasons why we should support either the trust or the continuance of the Ames family in their management of the business.
I wonder can any of the Harlequin supporters or indeed Dave explain what the next instalment from the Basildon Echo will be all about. ?
What relevance does this post have to Harlequin? That has to be the most ignorant question/comment ever seen on BFP. The spelling police should have a good time with that post. Lol
What is relevant is that Dave Ames has completed 5% of the units sold, leaving 95% of contracts in default but will not give people their money back no matter what contract they entered into or what Harlequin company the contract was with and under which jurisdiction. He simply will not give people back their money. He has effectively stolen it.
Ames is a liar and a crook who uses investor money on litigation against investors so that he can illegally keep the money he took from them for only his own financial gain.
Who gives a damn whether an Irish builder turned him over, or whether a firm of solicitors representing Harlequin victims are also representing that builder since they can prove Ames committed perjury in a number of court cases.
People are being broken, financially devastated and driven insane with worry by what Ames has done to them.
Fibre tech partnership “our head office is in Durham, but we have operatives around the world” Wonder if that includes Spain? Perhaps Crozier will be going back there soon?
What legal impediment prevents anyone from working with anyone else?
An example of this is Matthew Ames, he has been banned from acting as a director for 13 years, but this does not prevent him from being employed by someone else.
He was convicted by a criminal court of fraud and jailed as a result but this will not prevent him from being employed by anyone else on his release.
There is no legal impediment preventing him from being employed by anyone on his release aside from any conditions laid down by the probation services.
What I find bizarre, is that Harlequin supporters wish to make a big deal out of Newman and Paudie working with anyone, given that neither of these individuals have been convicted of any crime, nor have these individuals been banned from acting as directors.
It’s even more bizarre given that Dave and Carol Ames offered Matt Ames (convicted fraudster) employment for a net salary in excess of £10,000.00 (after tax) per month at their award winning and High Profile Buccament Bay Resort at Matt Ames’ sentencing, bizarrely the offer was made (by Dave and Carol) in lieu of Matt Ames (convicted fraudster) having to serve a prison sentence for his crimes.
Even more bizarrely Dave and Carol were willing to part with in excess of £ 10,000.00 after tax per month to allow Matt Ames (convicted fraudster) repay his victims, even though Matt Ames’ victims were not purchasers in his parents businesses.
Apparently the very “generous” offer by Dave and Carol was contingent on Matt not having to serve a prison sentence.
Dave and Carol apparently failed to see any reason for making repayments to Matt’s victims given that the Judge refused the very “generous” offer by Dave and Carol and subsequently sent Matt off packing to prison.
But that does beg the question as to why Dave and Carol did not see fit to then use the £ 10,000 + net of taxes, monthly payments originally earmarked for the repayment of Matt’s victims, towards repayment of the monies Dave and Carol through their contractual obligations owe their (some would call victims) purchasers.
But I digress, the point I was making is that Dave and Carol and indeed those who would support them have no objection what so ever in employing or being associated with a criminally convicted fraudster Matt Ames, yet they appear to take offence when innocent (as a matter of law) individuals seek to develop relationships with third parties in activities wholly unconnected to the suspected criminal activities of the Ames family, ( I say suspected against the backdrop of the continuing SFO Criminal investigations into Harlequin and Ames companies).
To me this just demonstrates absolute vindictiveness on the part of the Ames family and their merry bunch of supporters.
Surely Ames would be better off concentrating on seeking solutions to his problems that are real and tangible rather then constantly pursuing personal vendettas against those who have proven his absolute incompetence and inability to tell the truth.
The judges summing up in the Irish case says ” on 23rd Nov 2012, mr Newman resigned (that’s debatable lol) from WK and has now gone Into business with Mr Padraig O’Halloran. Together they have set up a new construction and civil engineering company in Jordan”
Now Paddy may not be a director in Kelltek, but he is part of the business, just like Aman in Amman. Unless someone lied to the judge in Ireland of course.
@ anonymous 7.18pm
And your point is?
It was in response to Anonymous 5.51 item 6. For clarification purposes.
@ Anonymous 7.33 pm The original poster at item 6 pointed out correctly that Mr. O Halloran is not a director of Kelltek, going into business with someone in Jordan could mean absolutely anything, it could mean they are a JV Partner on a specific project or a consultant or anything, so at a loss to see what you are seeking to clarify.
And at a loss to see the relevance of either Mr. Newman or Mr. O Halloran to the Ames Harlequin debacle.
I suppose an easier question for you to answer would be the following, all this question requires is a simple yes or no.
If Ames had not engaged the services of Mr. O’ Halloran would all his resorts be now complete and thus all contracts with purchasers satisfied?
If you answer yes, would you be prepared to explain how it was Mr. O Halloran who caused the collapse of Mr. Ames’ companies?
If you are unable or unwilling to answer the above or your answer is no, then can we get back to the main issue that being the inability of Ames to honour his contractual obligations to his 6000 + Purchasers. And thus can you stop with the irrelevant posts?
Why don’t all the posters who have an issue with CLC,CPC,Chris Corney, Nicky Crozier, Jeremy Newman, Paudie O’ Halloran, Wilkins Kennedy, Jesus Christ or any others they fear may have damaged their investments confront these individuals or entities in the UK, why don’t you guys take legal action against them for working together.
Why does Ames not obtain barring orders preventing all the above from communicating with each other and sharing information?
Indeed why does Ames not just get a super injunction in order to prevent anymore BBC rip off Britain programs. ?
Even better why does Ames not commence litigation against the Serious Fraud Office, afterall the references to Dave Ames’ companies on their website can’t be doing the Harlequin PR machine much good, and Ames is absolutely confidant he has done nothing wrong.
And why does Ames not pursue the FCA, he lays partial blame for the failure of his business at the door step of the FCA. ?
If the FCA have done something wrong that has damaged the Harlequin business as Ames has alluded to then crack on Dave, take them to court.
I think Dave and Carol along with their dwindling band of supporters are producing the last of the verbal diahorrea given what they are facing into over the next few weeks.
Dave talks about being transparent and open, I doubt very much that he has any intention of being transparent about any of the rather serious issues about to unfold.
Again do any of those close to the Ames family have any comment to make on the up and coming Basildon Echo article?
Or maybe we should just wait for the article, it’s not something that Ames would want to be transparent or proud about now is it. But it sure as hell will impact the thousands of purchasers out there, and I doubt in a way that will give them much comfort.
@anonymous 7.59. Oh come on. I did not say he went into business “with someone in Jordan” I said he set up a business with Newman in Jordan. Nice try to twist my words. And you don’t see the relevance of either Newman or O’Halloran with DA? Get real. As DA only engaged O’Halloran in the construction of BB then your question is purely hypothetical. Perhaps the points are too difficult to comprehend hence your attempt to dictate the agenda.
Great posts @Anonymous 8:29pm
“If Ames had not engaged the services of Mr. O’ Halloran would all his resorts be now complete and thus all contracts with purchasers satisfied?”
Seals the deal for me.
Bye bye Harlequin. Your days are numbered.
@ Anonymous on January 7, 2015 at 8:32 pm
You state this “As DA only engaged O’Halloran in the construction of BB then your question is purely hypothetical. Perhaps the points are too difficult to comprehend hence your attempt to dictate the agenda.”
Apparently DA does not see it from your point of view as he lays the blame for the collapse of his business so for you to state that this is hypothetical contradicts the beliefs held by DA.
However if Mr. O Halloran cannot be blamed conclusive for the collapse of Harlequin I fail to see how relevant he or any parties connected to him might be.
Your post is a little conflicting, you appear to place a lot of relevance on what you admit to being a hypothetical fact, whilst at the same time trying to cloud issues by concentrating on what frankly has become a hypothetical irrelevant act as you yourself have admitted.
What is not hypothetical is that Ames took in excess of £ 400 million from 6000 + purchasers.
What is not hypothetical is that Ames has blamed Mr. O Halloran, the FCA, the Alleged Defamation and the Global Economic Crisis for the failure of his business.
What is not hypothetical is that Ames refuses to refund purchasers.
What is not hypothetical is that Ames’ wife, sons (including Matt Ames convicted and jailed for criminal fraud) and daughter Nicola are all refusing to pay back their shareholders loans.
What is not hypothetical is the latest moves by Ames which will have massive repercussions for anyone who may have signed up to a trust.
Whatever hope Ames had of recovering anything from the burnt out wreck of Harlequin, was sadly lost when Ames decided to appease his and his wife’s appetite for vengeance ahead of the interests of purchasers.
Now Ames is distraught and beyond angry at the thought of others sharing information on Ames which assists everyone but him, his family and the thieving thugs he calls management.
No anonymous 9.57, DA business has not collapsed. The business that he has managed to construct is doing ok. DA has never said his business has collapsed. Perhaps you should keep away from rhetoric. Don’t foreget O’Halloran did not work alone, hence another reason why your question was hypothetical and inaccurate.
Well that about sums it up then
Well folks there you have it. From a Harlequin supporter, the business is doing ok, just a bland statement with nothing to back it up. The business is doing ok, my my, I hope all purchasers can take comfort in that statement cause they can’t take cash from it.
A question can’t really be considered inaccurate, A question is afterall a question.
Well in that case you asked the wrong question.
@Anonymous 10:14pm
And your evidence to substantiate your assertions are where exactly?
Ames has not built anything in over 3 years. His “business” has collapsed in the UK (unless you call “liquidation” with “£86 of inter-company debt” “doing ok”?), leaving a handful of barely-legal “companies” in the Caribbean which people are expected to deal with (after all, Harlequin *is* managed over there, isn’t it?).
Under little legs’ own admission, “Buccament Bay” is just about breaking even. No-one knows about Blu.
Things might be all well and good in the hot air between little legs’ ears, but for the victims, like the unfortunate pensioners in Rip Off Britain, would likely disagree profusely with your unsubstantiated delusions.
A complete disregard for the welfare of his victims works both ways. The enemies that Harlequin has created have grown considerably thanks to the games Ames has been playing with victims’ money. And to then have the cheek to not commit any of “his own” assets to his “restructuring” process (trust), wanting victims to waive 5 years of their lives in a vain attempt to salvage what they can from the broken edifice is nothing more than insulting.
Someone said earlier that the Echo is preparing to run a story on Harlequin, don’t make me laugh, local rags will write just about anything to fill some space,
Just look at this piece in another local rag, and this story is about as relevant as builders and accountants are to Ames or so the pro Harlequin mob would lead us to believe. Lol
Allthough the moral of the story here is if you pay good lawyers you do get results.
http://metro.co.uk/2013/04/03/owner-reunited-with-missing-cat-after-seven-years-and-court-custody-battle-3582015/
At least that poor lady was willing to pay approx one months salary to get her cat back, yet thousands were moaning about £ 200 quid + Vat to help get their money back.
At least this lady did not invest with Ames, lucky for her, otherwise she would not have been able to afford to get her beloved cat back.
Nice ending though,
I do wonder who the ardent Ames support is on here.
We know the informed Anonymous is the much vaunted Ralph / API – his posts seem to be so irritatingly accurate to Ames that he spent some of his Christmas actually compiling & sending an update about it.
The pose the supporter takes is one of utter defiance, as if it’s his family’s name he’s trying to protect. Indeed, the vindictiveness & venom in some of the rebuttals he posts stings even from afar.
So who is he?
Judging from the way he so ardently defends his master, I’m estimating that he has very close ties with Harlequin. This would seem to support his familiarity with deep information about how Harlequin has, and seems to be continuing, to conduct its fraud.
I would not think the poster is the GV himself. The distinct absence of such ill-fated phrases as “let’s be clear about this” and “I can now confirm” would most likely rule out little legs. Besides, judging from his performance at those RL meetings, he doesn’t have a clue.
On the other hand, you just don’t know what other members of the Ames clan are doing these days, as well as some of the Basildon parasites.
Firstly, we have Daniel Ames. Wonder what he’s doing with himself now that HMSSE is in “liquidation”. Indeed, I wonder what all the other Harlequin bunch are doing in Basildon, considering their business is meant to be controlled from the Caribbean?
I’ve never spoken to, nor seen, Daniel Ames. From what I gather, he’s a meek-mannered individual who seems to have been bullied into the business by his dad. Perhaps little old Dan is taking to BFP to vent his frustrations against the “defamers”?
We also have some other old-time favourites like Dan Daligan and Vinny Stenning. I spoke to Stenning at one of the South East RL meetings, quite a portly fellow. No surprise why Ames hired him really considering his vast experience in the world of property investment…. at Argos. Yes Vinny, people look at Facebook when discerning who sold them fictitious properties.
From my talking to Stenning, he certainly seems like the type of person who’d write some of the posts I’ve seen supporting Ames. Specifically the more repugnant tones that are written – condescending to the extreme. Quick witted and seemingly reading from a script, he is responsible for processing most of the “sales” at HMSSE, calling victims & lying to them about fictitious FCA “regulation changes”.
I wonder if it’s Stenning who keeps posting on here in defence of his paymaster? Could be Daniel Ames? What about Daligan? They could all be posting. I just don’t see how anyone else could be so brazen towards victims.
Finally someone else finds Ralph irritating, irritating is an understatement. Ralph API is a liar.
No I don’t find him irritating – a breath of fresh air actually. I was alluding to Ames’ deposition regarding his ramblings.
The victims have been repressed for too long.
Ames went public a few times and stated that the builder was behind the Harlecon site, then he said it was Newman, then Ames said Ralph was the builder now he says it’s an associate of the builder, Ames shoots his mouth off, a bit like he does in the different legal cases, and see well that’s where the wheels came off for Ames.
And now Ames is redirecting his venomous attacks against CPC and CLC through his minions on here.
Problem for Ames he has no idea if or whether any information may have passed hands but tonight he is a very pissed off man.
Until the accounts of all the Harlequin companies are thrown open to the independent auditors and published to the world, the only rational conclusion that can be drawn is that the companies are financial disaster zones.
The looney pro-brigade can come on here and post as much as they like but bland, unsubstantiated comments about everything being ok simply do not come close to giving any assurance. There are properly defined ways in which legitimate businesses demonstrate their stability to interested parties. Amongst there is the timely publishing of accounts. For whatever reason (incompetence or obfuscation) Harlequin have parted company with the route of normal business practice so anyone defending this is either deluded or complicit.
@AUFFA and you will never know will you. What a complete and utter waste of time your page filler was. No substance just an ego trip for you with personal attacks. Pathetic.
@Anonymous 10:00am
So just the same as all the bullshit updates from your paymaster, and all the unsubstantive comments left by Dan Ames, Vinny Stenning or Dan Daligan then?
I’d rather be pathetic than a fraud who stole £400m thank you.
I do find it strange that a solicitor who was taking action against Harlequin / Ames for his clients ends up working with / for the Irish builder who according to a judge had his hands in the till.
Why would you do that? I’m certainly not a fan of Ames or Harlequin, but must say this is very strange indeed.
@ Why?
You might possibly do it if you realized that together your combined evidence was enough to prove that you were the wronged parties and that Harlequin was to blame?
It’s no stranger than the history that surround Nikki Crozier and the Spanish
property problem with her ‘sister’
More to the point why is a solicitor becoming an agent for building products? Seems a real connection there. Not.
Google is a splendid way to show who is lying on here. Search for “Kelltek Cork” and this crops up
http:// http://www.solocheck .ie/Irish-Company/ Kcon-Ventures-Limited-518189
What is this??? A company trading as Kelltek in Ireland??
I can’t read the names of the directors. What do they say pls? Newham and O’Hallogun or something is it??
it would be splendid if the link worked Bob.
That company is dissolved so I really don’t understand what you are prattling on about.
@ Why? on January 8, 2015 at 10:53 am
Ames lied in the Davies case, Ames lied in the Irish case, it looks like CLC have had all the documents from the Irish case along with God knows what else and it appears that they have made a determination different from the judge in Ireland.
Let’s not forget something here, the Irish Judgment is being appealled, Wilkins Kennedy in their defence also do not agree with the Irish Judgment and are planning to re run elements of the Irish case in the case Ames took against them, please refer to the part 18 requests and other supporting documentation lodged in the UK courts.
And I doubt very much that you are as anti Ames as you claim, Ames has too much of an unhealthy fascination in the Irish builder and I suspect we all know why.
Company Name:Kcon Ventures Limited
Time in Business:1 Year
Current Status:Dissolved (16/07/2014)
Here’s the Kcon Ventures link
http://metro.co.uk/2013/04/03/owner-reunited-with-missing-cat-after-seven-years-and-court-custody-battle-3582015/
“Paudie O’Halloran IS a director at Kelltek on January 8, 2015 at 11:04 am
Google is a splendid way to show who is lying on here. Search for “Kelltek Cork” and this crops up.”
For those who don’t see the irony the poster (Bob) points out to us that Paudie O Halloran IS a director at Kelltek, well Kelltek is dissolved therefore Mr. O Halloran IS NOT a director of Kelltek. To state that he is is to tell a lie.
Also Bob has always tried to connect a Kelltek in Jordan to Mr. O Halloran. But sadly they are seperate companies, with different names even, much in the way that all of Ames’ companies are seperate, int that right Dave 😉😉, you wouldn’t want it to look any different now would you Dave 😉😉 alright Dave 😉😉
I need some more help reading. I’m not 100% on this but it says Kcon is trading as Kelltek? So I click on that and it shows this trading company in County Cork called Kelltek.
Silly old me!! It’s coz Kcon is the parent co and Kelltek is still trading!
http ://www .solocheck. ie/Irish-Business/ Kelltek-477656
I charge $50ph for interweb lessons if any of you want to take me up.
@the irony of this post, aka anonymous and countless other posts. Your obsession is making you look absolutely stupid. Does it not enter your tiny, no tiny overstates the size, minuscule brain that other people post on here apart from me? The “irony” is that I have been out for 2 hours buying light bulbs. Would you like to see the receipt? Perhaps one of the bulbs might help you to see out of your own arse. Tw*t.
Jeez Tall Storey- the near to bankrupt is back. How’s your Cabana Co Co.
going great
Paudie O’Halloran IS a director at Kelltek on January 8, 2015 at 12:02 pm
“I need some more help reading. I’m not 100% on this but it says Kcon is trading as Kelltek? So I click on that and it shows this trading company in County Cork called Kelltek.”
It does NOT state that Kcon is trading as Kelltek it states that Kcon Ventures MAY trade as Kelltek. Then if you pay € 3 you will find that the Kelltek you refer to has nothing to do with Mr. Newman or Mr. O’ Halloran.
And please no need to thank me for helping you out, it’s been my pleasure.
“Silly old me!! It’s coz Kcon is the parent co and Kelltek is still trading!
http ://www .solocheck. ie/Irish-Business/ Kelltek-477656
” I charge $50ph for interweb lessons if any of you want to take me up.”
I think I will pass on your kind offer of “interweb” lessons, I prefer to get my lessons from someone who can read and who understands English, no offence, but if you are an immigrant you are most welcome to the UK, but I do suggest you get some more English classes, if you are from the UK then may I suggest you get glasses, or if you are just being disruptive would you kindly sod off.
So no denial yet regarding the judges comment in the Irish case that Newman and Paddy had gone into business together. The fact that the last accounts showed Kelltek with a loss of -£11k must be a worry.
Who cares about the sideshow of the business affairs of minor players? When this disaster story is written up I doubt Kelltek will even warrant a footnote.
This is just more diversionary rubbish from the pro-loons.
As anon 6.59am correctly said, Harlequin have had years to demonstrate their business success like all other businesses – by publishing their accounts. They have chosen not to so please don’t expect anyone in the real world to take them seriously. They are a business joke and nobody is laughing.
Well said this anonymous
Lets face it the more protesting that Paddy and Crazier & Co are not linked the more people think they are.
Maybe, they will start building in Spain ;)……. but hang on is Paddy trustworthy!
Not very bright, I bet there is another SRL complaint soon
Kelltek won’t, but ICE will. No doubt about that.
Feel free to make a report about Paddy and CPC CLC or God himself to the SFO, SRA, FCA, SOCA, ICAEW, HMRC the House of Commons the Queen, or anyone else for that matter, what difference will this make to the fact that Ames has helped himself to £ 400 million.
Dave grow up you stupid little man. You and Carol have enough troubles ahead of you, how are all those cases coming along in St. Vincent, how are the ducks? Planning to relocate soon?
No one is protesting about CPC O Halloran etc, most people are making the point that the discussion is irelevant except seemingly to the Pro Harlequin mob.
OHalloran CPC Newman are as irrelevant to Harlequin as the cat story
http://metro.co.uk/2013/04/03/owner-reunited-with-missing-cat-after-seven-years-and-court-custody-battle-3582015/
The pro Harlequin lot are an irrelevance.
That irrelevant you feel the need to comment about them. That makes them relevant to you then.
Ahh yes…needs not correct, I have to admit the pro lot are amusing. There must be dozens of villages short of an idiot they could apply to.
Ha- probably one disguising the other. Articulate ay! But he did sell a lot of hot air at huge cost. In fact- some still believe it all. Now that magic. Thanks for finding that.
http://metro.co.uk/2013/04/03/owner-reunited-with-missing-cat-after-seven-years-and-court-custody-battle-3582015/
What’s up Anonymous 4.44, dropped the Dave’s Disco ID Do you have conversations with yourself trying to decide who you are.
Dave obviously thinks more of me than the other chap in this video as I got more than a hand job from him. I got f@cked…..hard!
Ok, I give up, what’s with the cat story, it sure as hell is not about a cat, so what’s the connection here?
Dave you have stated that you have never lost a court case, on mature reflection and in the interest of transparency will you care to revisit your statement or should we leave this to Jon Austin of the Echo perhaps, yes Dave, Jon Austin, your legal team are well acquainted with him, the guy about to publish his latest installment.
Has your expert legal team approved his latest article yet 😉😉😉 I believe they took issue with some of the content.
I must say I’m looking forward to this one, I believe Carol is rather upset about it, by the way did you declare the beads in your list of assets?
Anonymous 5.46. Just a little word in your ear.
DA does not read BFP.
DA is out of the country and will be for a while.
Just in case you thought you were addressing him directly, you are not. You are just an insignificant irritant.
And as to Jon Austin 💤💤💤💤
And so speaks an irrelevance. A:629, a fool or a 5th columnist?
A629, is that a road somewhere?
Jon Austin, shit hot investigative journalist. Does he have to run an exposé past legal teams now before writing anything. Perhaps that’s the connection with the pusycat.
The real reason for Harlequin’s halt to construction and financial problems is clear from an article in today’s Nation newspaper in Barbados.
Shurland Delacey Boyce, of no fixed place of abode, was remanded until February 4th for offences including stealing 64 steel bars worth US$600 belonging to Harlequin Hotel & Resorts.
This was surely a major part of the reason Harlequin has been unable to deliver the 9100 properties they were rumoured to have contracted to build. Harlequin needs to take action against this sort of behavior. Clearly Boyce was put up to this by the Irish builder, Newman, the Broughtons……………
@Anonymous 6:29PM
As you seem privy to Harlequin’s workings, would you mind if I asked some questions? I am asking these as a genuine investor. I have posted on here before, but it was about 2 months ago when I asked about the trust…
Do you think Harlequin is going to provide returns to every one of its investors? If you discount the people completing at BB, do you believe all the investors will eventually get an income (even if it takes 15 years)?
Do you think that if the trust receives all the cash people (discount SIPPs if they get redress), that Harlequin will get financed by a bank?
Do you think that Harlequin will be able to complete the 9100 rooms if they manage to keep their heads above water? If so, how do you envisage this occurring (specifically a financial structure)?
Do you have any news on the H Hotel construction plans? Although you sent that email, we have yet to hear anything else about it?
Thank you
I’m glad you think theft is amusing. If this had been your money then you might not be so flippant. This material had been bought from investor funds. I hope HP don’t build any more in Barbados. The crime rate is horrendous, yes the Irish builder with his accommodation in Sandy Lane would have fitted into that ok.
SGD – If I were in Barbados I would love to represent Mr Boyce
pro bono. If property is abandoned and no taxes have been paid
then its each man for himself.
@Daniel Pratt, what e mail do you think I sent. Oh I get it, you think I am DA, is that your little game?
@ Anonymous 6.58 pm
I don’t actually find theft amusing. Nor do I find taking 450 million pounds from “investors” and building just 230 units. What I do find amusing is the idea that it all went wrong because of the Irish builder, Newman, the Broughtons and now possibly Boyce…….
I wonder if David Campion is still swanning around the Island bs’ing
about green eco-construction. The abandonment of a construction
site sure ain’t eco, green or environmentally positive.
Well it is you who have connected Paddy, Newman, the Boughtons with Boyce. No one else has. Think you are going up a blind ally on this one, don’t you.
@Anonymous
No I didn’t think you’re DA. I asked because you claimed to know that DA is out of the country, and so I presumed you’re a member of the Harlequin team. I tried calling them on Monday but I didn’t get any information apart from that restructuring is continuing and the trust should be joined.
I really need answers to those questions before committing any more money to Harlequin.
So Daniel, why did you say in your last list “although you sent that e mail we have not heard anything else about it” I know where DA is because in a telephone call this week I asked if he was about and if not where is he.
Now Dan, what can I say other than HMRC are coming after you!!
@Anonymous
Yes, by “you” I meant Harlequin.
I presumed you worked at Harlequin. If you don’t then it doesn’t matter. Thanks for your time, I’ll have to email them, although I don’t know what email to contact about investor relations.
Being honest, I doubt I’ll receive anything worthwhile. I’ve been trying to ask them about this H Hotel build since before Christmas and have heard nothing of substance – only about joining the trust / restructuring etc.
@Daniel Pratt
I’m not going to sugar coat this.
If you invested cash, it’s gone, you have lost it.
If it’s SIPP you have some chance of getting something back.
If you re financed and told lies of the application, that’s fraud.
There is NO FINANCE. NO CHANCE.
What makes you think Ames can make things work, being a historic business failure – £400 – £450 million GONE.
ITS OVER DANIEL. WAKE UP AND SMELL THE COFFEE.
AMES TELLS LIES SIMPLE.
@ Anonymous 6.29
If DA and CA don’t read BFP, well why bother with that “little” matter of the court action with Automatic in California,
Why bother spending Christmas Eve regaling us about Ralph API in his update, ?
Maybe it’s time for Ralph API to return, at least Ralph API might just peek DA’s interest.
I bet Dave is out of the country, I bet he is wondering what to do about his “little” legal problem in SVG, but he will be back very soon what with all his “little” legal problems in the UK.
And given that Dave seems not to be bothered by Jon Austin, why waste all that money recently on legal fees trying to stop him from publishing his next expose.
Anonymous on January 8, 2015 at 6:29 pm
Anonymous 5.46. Just a little word in your ear.
DA does not read BFP.
DA is out of the country and will be for a while.
Just in case you thought you were addressing him directly, you are not. You are just an insignificant irritant.
And as to Jon Austin 💤💤💤💤
Dear all, Ames is attempting to enter a form of chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in St. Vincent, just thought you all might like to know this.
So much for the business doing well, sorry Dave but I had to say it as it is, that’s what you and Sam Commissiong are trying to achieve.
Does the Anonymous author of this thread lead class the “expression” fat Vinney with a mother fixation as a incessant nauseating repulsive litany of lies? How do you feel about that little literary gem. Makes your thread lead look a bit hypocritical now doesn’t it.
Are you referring to Vinny Stenning the same Vinny Stenning who reportedly illegally carries a tazer gun and alegedly tazered a former employee, the same Vinny Stenning who has tried to get victims part with even more cash, the son of Sonia Stenning another morally bankrupt member of the inner circle, Vinny Stenning who’s father has had more then his fair share of brushes with the boys in blue, well if it’s that Vinny Stenning then I’d say the comments were tame.
Oh no ! A bankruptcy just in time for the non-opening of Argyle Intnl
Airport. And to think – with an election pending…
Surely if there is any chapter 11 protection happening in SVG it is just part of the overall “restructuring plan” isn’t it?
The problem with the plan is that it has never been revealed to “investors” what the plan is, has it? We just seem to get these out of the blue announcements about companies going into administration.
Can anyone enlighten me whether there is a plan and what it is?
Yes this will be like the WK case review being put back as per the fake DA letter that was placed on here.
There is a case management conference slated for the end of January 2015 in the Harlequin WK case, a case management conference sets out the time line for the provision of documents ( discovery) etc by both sides, Wilkins Kennedys insurers QC’s opinion is that the Ames case is extremely weak, Ames claims he has a 60% chance of victory, if we take the truth as being somewhere in between the odds are stacked against Ames.
The latest defence filed by Wilkins Kennedys insurers in the UK court makes for damning reading of the enterprise Ames operated.
Wilkins Kennedys insurers have demanded that Harlequin disclose close to one million pages of documentation, Harlequin through their lawyers have alleged that the contents of their servers was accidently wiped,
Sadly all this is true.
If Ames succeeds in his attempts to seek a form of Bankruptcy protection in SVG, it will have two ramifications, one will be that Ames will be protected from any law suits by any creditors but also all actions being taken by Ames will also be stayed pending the emergence of Ames from bankruptcy protection.
So automatically the case against Wilkins Kennedy will be stayed indefinetly.
All the updates from Dave Ames are fake, at least the information Dave puts into his updates in the main is fake.
Finance
Great Interest in his Trust
HMSSE will exit Administration
Over my shoulder you can see the great progress of the Marina.
Guaranteed Buy Back scheme.
I don’t need Banks, but Donald Trump does.
I have offices in NewYork, Paris, Rome and Milan
Refurbished Hotel in Brazil to be opened for World Cup 2014.
Jamaica
Trader Vics
Second Refurbished Hotel in Barbados
SFO have stopped investigating me
I helped the FCA draft the new guidelines ( that I now partly blame for my problems).
Computer Glitch
The completion process in St. Vincent is a straight forward process similar to that in the UK.
I have filled all my delinquent accounts or am in the process of doing so.
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But I thought success in the WK case was fundamental to Ames’ much revered business model?
It’s as if in order to avoid refunding investors, or paying contractors for works carried out, his strategy is to bring down his empire. Thankfully.
Let’s pull up a chair and watch whilst Dave and Carol eat themselves alive rather than give people back their money. Pigs.
The problem for Ames in the Wilkins Kennedy case will be that he will have to demonstrate demonstrable loss, this will be rather difficult given that he spent $ 150 million on construction at Buccament Bay and the value of the resort as Ames claims was $ 250 million USD.
Another problem Ames has is that the Valuation he refers to was undertaken in 2011 and Ames has claimed that work on the resort has continued since 2011 which would indicate that the resort should be worth considerably more by now.
The A629 is a long A-road across from the industrial towns of Yorkshire onto the moors.
Section 1: Rotherham – Halifax
The road used to start in Rotherham town centre, at a junction with the A630. It still does begin at that route, but now at a large roundabout a few hundred yards away on the A630’s present alignment bypassing the town centre. We travel down a short D2 section and over a couple of roundabouts, before losing the dual-carriageway status as we ascend a long, rather narrow hill through Kimberworth. A629 going nowhere in a nowhere town.
http://www.investopedia.com/terms/c/chapter11.asp
At least its not Chapter-7, in which everybody gets screwed…
It allows Ames maintain management control of his companies, however it’s a form administration and we know what happened HMSSE ( now in liquidation), it still does not help with obtaining finance, Ames will have to turn Buccament Bay into a viable profitable entity and he will be forced to produce independent audited accounts, or else it’s curtains.
For Ames there are complications however, he still has the issue of his massive exposure to personal bankruptcy, and that is something that he may not be able to avoid. Some have taken actions against Ames personally, and that poses a huge problem for him .
I predict that Gonsalves, in an attempt to save his own neck and
political fortunes, will turn against Ames. Its going to be interesting
to find out.
Of course there is that slight problem of a cash filled paper bag.
But if Ames is enjoying the amenities of the SVG Hilton (think Hanoi)
he might not have a chance to bring up the subject.
Gonsalves knows that Ames has gone too far, Gonsalves is not at all comfortable with the endless litigation. Gonsalves is himself a lawyer and knows that Ames was lucky in the Irish case. Ames would have maintained far more credibility had he taken that one case, but then Ames became embroiled in litigation all over the shop. And began to contradict himself, and by doing so committed perjury. As did his wife. But what’s interesting is that both Carol and Dave have sought to protect Dan Ames as best they can.
Dan controls the bank accounts for Harlequin a fact that has not been lost on the SFO, my guess will be that the SFO will concentrate their efforts on Dan and Carol, a fact not lost on Carol either,
Dave many suspect will have no problem in feeding Dan and Carol to the wolves. Dave knows Dan is a weak link, Carol on the other hand will do all she can to protect Dan Nicola and even Matt, and that is the chink in Ames’ armor.
Both Carol and Dave are terrified of the prospect
Gonsalves knows that Ames has gone too far, Gonsalves is not at all comfortable with the endless litigation. Gonsalves is himself a lawyer and knows that Ames was lucky in the Irish case. Ames would have maintained far more credibility had he taken that one case, but then Ames became embroiled in litigation all over the shop. And began to contradict himself, and by doing so committed perjury. As did his wife. But what’s interesting is that both Carol and Dave have sought to protect Dan Ames as best they can.
Dan controls the bank accounts for Harlequin a fact that has not been lost on the SFO, my guess will be that the SFO will concentrate their efforts on Dan and Carol, a fact not lost on Carol either,
Dave many suspect will have no problem in feeding Dan and Carol to the wolves. Doave knows Dan is a weak link, Carol on the other hand will do all she can to protect Dan Nicola and even Matt, and that is the chink in Ames’ armor.
Both Carol and Dave are terrified of the prospect of facing personal bankruptcy, Dave really is not bothered by much else but the specter of personal bankruptcy does bother him greatly, but not as much as it bothers Carol.
Carol has no more interest in purchasers, with HMSSE now gone, as far as she is concerned she is out, not her problem anymore, her only concern now, is that of her children and grand children,
As she sees it she is out. But she knows both she and Dave are winging it.
Yup! The time to circle the wagons is nigh.
Chapter 11 is a US process which applies to the US only. It does not apply to SVG. More scare mongering from anti HP trolls.
Yet again claims of perjury in the Irish case. No evidence, no proof. Boring rhetoric.
Well Mr. Anonymous 11:38 pray tell what is the pertinent svg law.
I believe the original poster wrote that it was similar to the US Chapter 11
@ Anonymous 11.38 pm please read the original post about the chapter 11 bankruptcy again.
The poster clearly states ” A FORM OF CHAPTER 11 BANKRUPTCY PROTECTION ”
So please knock your bloody mindless posts on the head, you have no idea what is unfolding, no idea.
Anonymous on January 8, 2015 at 7:54 pm
Dear all, Ames is attempting to enter a form of chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in St. Vincent, just thought you all might like to know this.
So much for the business doing well, sorry Dave but I had to say it as it is, that’s what you and Sam Commissiong are trying to achieve.
“Scare mongering”?
I’m scared and it wasn’t because of the bankruptcy rumours. I’m scared thinking little legs is still on the loose!
He’s stolen £400m. Fact or fiction?
I don’t expect an answer to that question. I expect some sort of rhetorical smart-ass reply like “Harlequin is still in business. Fact or fiction?”.
Typical Harlequin. No substance at all. Pathetic.
Ok Anonymous 11.38 you want proof of lies? Well did Dave Ames file accounts in St. Vincent as he is obliged to do under the laws of St. Vincent? Simple question.
So how exactly did DA comitt perjury in the Irish case. No one seems to want to be specific about this. Accusations without substance. Also all quiet on the Echo front today then.
Why don’t you answer the question about the accounts?
Indeed why not?
Why don’t you answer the question about the perjury?
Dave Ames is currently attempting to fend off a number of serious ongoing legal challenges, it’s a pity Dave Ames is not prepared to be transparent, he is looking for money off purchasers to complete the H Hotel but the question is who else has he promised funds to.
Any attempt by the pro Harlequin mob in defending Ames with what is currently unfolding is absolutely disgusting.
And no one said the echo would publish their article today. The echo are preparing to publish their report after a very important case scheduled for next week,
Dave it’s time you were straight with everyone, it’s an absolute disgrace, disgusting truly disgusting.
The pro Harlequin mob are either mentally deficient or on an earner. Odious bunch either way.
Dave Ames told the Irish court that he had or was in the process of filing the accounts in St. Vincent “fact”.
Those accounts were never filed.
Dave Ames told the court he had thousands of investors and that some were unable to complete as a result of the financial meltdown, this a full year before he then acknowleged the the first completion.
He has NO investors NONE.
Dave Ames and his SVG lawyer stated in the Irish case that the completion process in SVG was a very simple straight forward process much like in the UK.
Dave Ames in the Irish court denied a Marina was ever started.
Dave Ames in the process of the Irish proceedings stated that HMSSE was the strongest of all the companies and was growing from strength to strength.
Carol Ames claimed she had little or no idea of the finances of the companies, she stated that it was Dave who along with MacDonald controlled those aspects. Carol Ames could not say how many units were sold.
Senior Harlequin staff from Basildon along with Ames and Carol described in great detail how they controlled and managed many aspects of the Caribbean business from the UK, including construction contract management and financial control of the business.
And I could go on and on, so please just shut up with respect to Ames not having lied. Please. You are demonstrating that you are nothing more then a stool pigeon for the Ames family.
So Slipped Disk and Anonymous 10.23, do you come under the heading of “merely responses to the incessant nauseating, repulsive litany”. You just cannot help yourselves can you. A simple question, what perjury, and the usual bile is spewed out.For example you say DA has no investors. Did not GF say he had seen a letter of intent? So how do YOU know there is no investor? Or is the word investors used to describe the investors in HP? See you need to be clear in your rhetoric.
Firstly- no I don’t. Secondly all you have is hot air. No proof no plans. Idiot or con man? Where’s the missing £40 Million shown in the Due Diligence?
Good money in brothels!
So, constable, what gave you away as a brothel boss – was it the £178,000 Ferrari?
Osman Iqbal, 37, earned around £40,000 a year as a sergeant
But he also had links to a string of brothels and peddled class A drugs
His workmates raised suspicions when he arrived for work in £170,000 car
Investigation found he was part of an organised crime gang in London
Is Dave Russian then?
Dave’s not Russian but what’s his connection with this woman
http://metro.co.uk/2013/04/03/owner-reunited-with-missing-cat-after-seven-years-and-court-custody-battle-3582015/
Anonymous 10.23 you see you do not read anything do you. Nowhere have I said that DA did not lie, what I said was where is your proof of perjury. You see quite a difference in what you think I said and what I actually asked.
So lets go through your little list.
1)He is in the process of filing accounts: that could still be the case.
2)Yes he does have investors, you may want to call them something else, but many people have completed their financial transactions, so they certainly are investors.
3)The marina was never started. This was because Paddy did not begin it.
4)I dont have the transcripts so I dont know. Perhaps you could publish the part from the transcript.
5)Sounds reasonable.
6)Again perhaps you can quote from the transcripts.
Your shout now whether to back up your statements with the copy from the transcripts.
@ anonymous 12.24pm
Just a couple of points related to your points 1 and 3
1) if the accounts are in the process of being filed then they must have been prepared. Indeed they must have been prepared when the statement was made last year to the Court. So it begs the question why they aren’t in the public domain yet. The filing process is not difficult or lengthy.
3) if the marina was never started why is Ames on video saying that the marina over the camera man’s shoulder is well underway and will be complete by June 2010? It was a lie of childish proportions at the time because simply asking the cameraman to pan 180 degrees would have proved the point at the time.
Mr Ames loves to talk about finance, what he is yet to explain is how finance actually benefits the investors that have lost hundreds of millions.
Does anyone actually believe a new finance company would share their profits with 6000 investors ?.
What does Dave have to offer these finance companies that would entice them to share their profits with the investors that were mis-sold an investment ?
We know that dave failed miserably to make his business model work, , does this deluded little man really believe finance companies want to face the same humiliation.
Is that true anon 12.43pm?
Ames is on video, presumably inducing people to invest, and telling stories that could be proved to be lies?
Wouldn’t that be a bit explosive and quite probably illegal?
Can anyone post a link to that video?
Finance is the carrot that Dave waves in front of investors, hoping they will sign up to the trust, and buy him 5 years, and help to keep him out of jail.
But even the carrot is a complete farce.
Come on SFO, you must now have enough proof to put a stop to this man, and hold him accountable for the blatant mis-selling that place since 2006.
Want proof that harlequin has been lying to its investors since the beginning ? check out the archive.org, This is the video in which Dave talks about the marina.
sorry, this is the link
https://web.archive.org/web/20100804071036/http://www.harlequinproperty.co.uk/video/bbupdate_20100126.php
this is a testimonial , copied and pasted from the harlequin website.
Having already bought property in Florida and Bulgaria, I knew the pitfalls and treacherous waters that property investment can potentially be. Property developers certainly vary enormously in terms of their overall package. This package would include honesty, integrity and validity of project.
I have to say that I have been with Harlequin for some four years before they had broken ground on any of their Caribbean resorts. I met with Harlequin after some unsatisfactory experiences with other developers promising, although sadly not delivering. I therefore carried a highly cautious approach to their vision.
Fortunately, I was introduced to Sales Director, Daniel Dalligan who has over the years supplied a reliable and valuable stream of sound investment information for all resorts.
Through Daniel’s expert analysis and honesty, I am now proud to declare a portfolio of six properties across three resorts. This has been built up over the years and I most definitely consider these to be a very sound investment not least due to the careful advice given to me throughout this process.
Unlike other developer’s, I found Daniel and Harlequin Property in general to be entirely consistent with everything said to me. Nothing has been over-elaborated or exaggerated. As an ordinary investor, I have to gain a true grasp of the dream and follow through to reality.
To date, everything is firmly on track with a strong belief that my initial expectations will be markedly exceeded.
I am therefore very pleased to let anyone know that the overall experience of working with Harlequin has been refreshingly different to almost any other form of investment. When any sign of lack of honesty or integrity rears it’s head, everything can turn quickly sour. Luckily, over the four years, this has never been the case.
Richard Marshall
The date of the video was 26th Jan 2019. DA and Paddy had a meeting with the site architects on 15th March 2009 when the plans for BB were agreed. I would guess, but not confirm, that those plans included the marina. So DA was probably right that the Maria had started, be it only regarding the plans being agreed. This encompassed the work that Paddy was supposed to be doing, telling DA it was all in hand but infact he had not even started. Another instance of DA being lied to. Somewhere in the WK submission this point is clarified, but I do not have time to find it at the moment.
Wonder if richard marshall still feels the same way about Dan Dalligan, after purchasing six properties across three resorts.
No Anonymous 12.24 Dave Ames told the Irish Court he was in the process of filing the accounts, ehich were then complete, and which he “amazingly” filed, I say “amazingly” because they were not audited, and therefore should NOT have been filed, even the company filing office in St. Vincent produced contradictory documents with respect to the accounts on the day the filing was supposed to have happened.
So not only did Dave lie to the court on the issue of the accounts, comitted perjury, he also broke the law in SVG by filing or attempting to file frankly FALSE documentation.
HMSSE now in liquidation was the main agent for the sale of properties, Carol was the managing director of that company and she also would sign off that companies audited accounts, in the Irish case she could not state how many units were sold and denied she knew anything about the finances even though she signed off one of the ” Group” company accounts.
Yet you accept this behaviour of Carol to be reasonable ??????
You are an asshole.
youtube dot com/watch?v=1v-vBbXWI6s
He can’t even talk properly. Whoever that Anonymous is who sucks DA shrivelled dwarf cock I hope you’re getting paid well, because you really are going to be shafted spending time with this incompetent prick.
He actually said (paraphrased):
“we can actually cut out all the delays in the airports by going through customs in our resort”.
So dave not only you promise a Marina, but you also mention that you want to process customs in your resort itself? Wow. With your track record, I wouldn’t trust you to sell “The Big Issue” let alone process inbound customs.
You lying, thieving bastard.
the date of the video was not 2019, though your claim is consistent with harlequin updates, flawed.
Dave ames definitely states the marina is coming along, surely dave has the intelligence to see if the marina is in progress or is not in progess.
Or did Dave ignore what he can see with his own eyes, in favour of what paddy told him.
Anonymous 1.55 pm loook at the video asshole. Ames was not talking about a drawing, for someone who can quote dates you certainly are an asshole.
Well well what a bunch of nice people you are. 2019 was obviously an error, it’s 2009. It’s really funny how the anti HP trolls when anything they say is challenged they resort to gutter speak. Now who do we know who loses it, threatens people etc. yes the language of the gutter, asshole, you lying thieving bastard etc etc. posting the same post twice.
To the one arrogant anonymous who seems to defend Ames at every turn.
Please tell us all how it’s going to end?
That’s what people really want. They want to be rid of you, your friends in Harlequin and all the other bullshit they’ve been told.
If it takes bankruptcy, please tell. I’m all ears.
You seem to write a lot without actually saying anything.
Bob is really losing it now!
@ anonymous 1.55pm
Nice try but it doesn’t wash I’m afraid.
On the video he clearly refers to the marina being well underway and evidences this by referring to whatever is behind the cameraman. This is a claim that goes well beyond plans on a drawing board. He is referring to a physical development that he could see above sea level. If it was just at the planning stage how did he expect to have a fully functioning marina ready for June just five months after the video was being filmed?!
If he believed you could get from drawings on paper to a complete marina in five months then he is even more incompetent than anyone had previously imagined and certainly not an investable business man.
No, this was straightforward deception. He refers to a marina being well underway behind the cameraman and we know that there was nothing there to see.
@Anonymous 2.21. Ehm yes a very constructive comment. And you wonder why you are considered to be a Anti HP troll. And best wishes to you to.
@Anon 2.49, because Paddy told him so. DA is not a builder, Paddy was, 5 months to build a Maria, why not. No dredging needed, just some pontoons and pile driving. It’s not a big civil engineering project.
“DA is not a builder, Paddy was”
So why no contract?
My contract states my H Hotel room will be built by December 31st 2012.
We are now just over 2 years past this deadline, and Ames is claiming all is rosy. My question is – what do I do now? I don’t have a room, there is no company to contact in the UK and I’ve been hung out to dry by Harlequin.
I’ve lost so much sleep over this.
“…….because Paddy told him so. DA is not a builder, Paddy was, 5 months to build a Maria, why not. No dredging needed, just some pontoons and pile driving. It’s not a big civil engineering project.”
This is how we identify you as another HP stooge. You’ve never been on site have you? “Just some pontoons and pile driving” it’s easy to make these assumptions when you base everything you know from the CGI that the GV commissioned, and know nothing of the local topography.
“It’s not a big civil engineering project.” quite the opposite my friend, quite the opposite.
@Anonymous 3:10PM
And you’d know that DA was “told by paddy” how? Were you a fly on the wall?
The marina according to the Irish court documents and indeed by Ames himself in numerous updates was to be a $ 10 million dollar Marina, it was to have involved the construction of a break water and dredging to allow vessels of up to 200 ft berth there.
Plans included purpose built customs buildings, Ames himself stated that it was to be the best Marina in the Caribbean, there is no way that this Marina could have been designed and built in the time frames you are waffling on about,
Other issues including environmental studies, hydro studies and test piles would have had to be undertaken, indeed evidence was produced in the Irish case that months of design work and testing was underway when Ames terminated the ICE group contract. ICE state that all of the information was contained on servers that Ames illegally took pocession of.
Ames acknowleged and apologised for “Accidentally” wiping all of the information off the ICE Group servers.
To many all Ames did was to willfully destroy evidence.
I love the part in the video when he says people will fly into Barbados and then will be transferred by boat, directly to the resort.What a frigging lie. There are no boat services from Barbados to St Vincent, and there never will be.I suppose Paddy told him to say that!
He also claimed that they owned “almost 100 acres of land”, whereas they owned 19.4 acres when they first bought land.This he claimed on May 19th 2009, in that great video. This is easily proven to be not a true statement.
I don`t know how anyone can believe one word he says anymore.
As stated in the WK submission papers:
Mr O’Halloran had not engaged or retained the necessary sub contractors to deliver stage 1 of essential parts of the BB project. For instance Baird Engineering who had been engaged to build the Marina had walked off site as they had not been paid by the ICE group. WK were aware that Baird Engineering had stopped work on their technical survey and were aware they were doing no work of any kind on the project and should have alerted HP to the effect this would have on the completion date.
You see Anonymous 3.26 I have been to BB. If fact I have a picture which shows a breakwater. Notice you use the royal “we” again. And thats how I identify you as Paddys stooge, my friend.
@ anonymous 3.10pm
Still doesn’t wash. What was Ames pointing at out of camera shot? An architect hunched over a drawing board on the beach?! No this was a straight forward deception. Trying to make us believe that construction was well underway.
You are correct to point out the Ames isn’t a builder. He’s a developer and the developer has to have enough knowledge to know if the construction programmes are realistic. If they don’t have that knowledge they are known as incompetent developers who preside over dogs’ dinner developments that run out of control.
Yes- not a developer really – unless you consider developing a lot of other peoples money into self enrichment…developing.
The knowledge of whether the construction development was realistic would be based on the information given to him by the builder. Why did Bairds walk off site? Why was DA not told of this? Photographs show some work had taken place on the marina, but this was before Ridgeway had been replaced by ICE.
It is Ridgeview
imagine purchasing 6 investment properties across 3 resorts, while singing the praises of Dan Dalligan, ( testimonial taken from original harlequin website )
Poor Mr Marshall :
“Through Daniel’s expert analysis and honesty, I am now proud to declare a portfolio of six properties across three resorts. This has been built up over the years and I most definitely consider these to be a very sound investment not least due to the careful advice given to me throughout this process”
If you are reading this blog Richard Marshall, perhaps you would like to tell us how you feel about your investment,
still feel you received , good , honest advice from Mr Dalligan ?
what is your porfolio currently worth ? an optimistic £6 ?
I am sure you must be keeping track of what is happening, with a portfolio
of 6 properties.
@Paddy’s stooge, now you’re getting there. The breakwater was the key wasn’t it? The water get’s too deep too quickly. There could never be a marina with out a significant engineering undertaking, but having been on site you would have seen the underwater topography and fully understand the monumental challenges that lay ahead. To suggest all that was needed was “Just some pontoons and pile driving” demonstrates the naivety with which Harlequin approached this project.
You clearly haven’t been on site, what you saw in the photo was a groyne. A groyne is used to stop erosion and is used if you had, for example, imported many tonnes of sand to build a beach that doesn’t occur naturally. It is not a breakwater, it is to keep a beach there that would otherwise wash away.
There will never be a breakwater, and therefore never a marina either. HP couldn’t afford it then, they definitely can’t afford it now.
What’s more the amount Paddy pocketed or the amount Ames and his family took in dividends and buying property in Dubai.
If Ames and co. took more then surly they are more to blame than the builder?
Oh yes I clearly have been on site. Perhaps you would like to see my photograph. If there was not going to be a marina then what were Baileys employed to do? And why did they walk off site? Why would I have seen the underwater topology?
Definition of Groyne”:
A wall or jetty built out from a riverbank or seashore to control erosion. Also called a spur or BREAKWATER.
Thank you.
Looks like I hit a raw nerve 😉
No you just made your self look pathetic. Again.
10/10 for using math in the singular. 0/10 for spelling of surely. Lol
So in your mind that groyne was going to protect a marina suitable for berthing 200ft yachts? It barely protects the beach.
Building a marina is a lot like building above water. Gravity makes everything fall to the bottom (or ground), therefore surveying the underwater topography is quite important. Not knowing the issues this survey work identified exposes you as another CGI dreamer.
The marina was far from “Just some pontoons and pile driving”
@ Paddys stooge. on January 9, 2015 at 3:55 pm
You make the following incorrect statement, it is Ames not Wilkins Kennedy who made the as yet unverified statement in the Ames et al case in the UK, please also see my notes on your purely speculative post.
“As stated in the WK submission papers:” ( note 1. This is an allegation made by Ames not Wilkins Kennedy).
“Mr O’Halloran had not engaged or retained the necessary sub contractors to deliver stage 1 of essential parts of the BB project.”
(Again a clearly unproven and probably wholly false statement by Ames in view of the update from Ames produced below)
( Ames claims to have visited the site on a very regular basis, indeed in the RL UK action the evidence produced by Ames and Abrams made it very clear that Ames spent close to 50% of his time in the Caribbean from 2009, and that he had a large staff employed at Buccament Bay)
( how come none of these staff members or indeed Ames himself noticed the lack of sub contractors?).
( this update from Ames particularly page 5 should be of interest to all, Funnily Ames removed this update from his website once he commenced legal proceedings against ICE, so what we can see from here is that all was well until at least December 2009,)
See update here; http://www.mapgpi.com/sitepix/images_upload/newsletter_issue6_news.pdf
“For instance Baird Engineering who had been engaged to build the Marina had walked off site as they had not been paid by the ICE group. ”
( Why did Baird not raise an issue with Ames? Documents ( minutes of site meetings) clearly show that Baird were in attendance at site meetings as late as April 2010, these were produced in the Irish court case, the minutes were compiled by Mr. David Campion, Ames’ mate. )
“WK were aware that Baird Engineering had stopped work on their technical survey and were aware they were doing no work of any kind on the project and should have alerted HP to the effect this would have on the completion date.”
( In Wilkins Kennedys defence documents they absolutely deny the allegation above, why does anonymous only cherry pick from the allegations that Ames made, why does he choose not to refer to the responses from Wilkins Kennedy, if he has the submissions from Ames he would also have the replies from Wilkins Kennedy yet he fails to refer to them. You will also note from the documents produced by Wilkins Kennedy that Ames engaged the services of RLB in January and Febuary 2010 to carry out an independent review of the works being executed by ICE at the Buccament Bay site and they in both reports, reported back to Ames that the work ICE was doing was both on target and that the ICE team and their subcontractors were doing an excellent job, in a further report commissioned by Ames in June 2010, RLB were asked to give their professional opinion on whether ICE Group should be retained, and RLB advised Ames to retain the ICE Group and to ensure that timely payments were made to them, Ames through his bent lawyers and QC Hefin Rees withheld this document from the Irish courts by wrongfully claiming legal privilige over it, the document was subsuquently produced by Wilkins Kennedy as part of their defence, with Wilkins Kennedy stating that Ames’ lawyers provided them with the document by mistake, )
You see Anonymous 3.26 I have been to BB. If fact I have a picture which shows a breakwater. Notice you use the royal “we” again. And thats how I identify you as Paddys stooge, my friend.
( @ Paddys Stooge I’m sure you have been to BB, I’m sure you will to continue to pedal your lies on behalf of Ames, but relying solely on the lies being produced by Ames without counter balancing them against the insurmountable evidence that shows Ames to be a consummate liar is frankly pathetic, and I doubt even Ames is impressed with yet another can of worms your appear to open at every turn, Ames tried to get Wilkins Kennedy to pay him off in the belief that they were not willing to expose themselves to negative PR, Ames never believed his case would go to court where his lies would be exposed, but sadly for him Wilkins Kennedy have no appetite to put up with the bullshit from Ames any more).
I’m lost for words, Ames is finished,
I’ve just read the update, I always wondered why Ames took it down from his website,
Click to access newsletter_issue6_news.pdf
I’ve also heard that the police/sfo have been asking if any one knows the where abouts of Simon Taylor and Gareth Ronan.
Can anyone assist with this?
Yes Gareth Ronan was based at the Buccament Bay site on an almost constant basis from the end of 2009, he reported directly to Ames, so why did he not tell Ames about Baird?
What no response from that asswipe Paddys Stooge/Anonymous/BS Bob, I wonder why? There is only so much bullshit Ames and his bunch of thugs can produce in one day.
Wonder what they will produce next, ?
With all this information about Ames and Harlequin, why is he still walking round and not incarcerated?
His lawyers should be banged up.
What properties in Dubai? Did Ames buy properties in Dubai? So what.
A friend of mine called S&€)( B#%^*+=$$<~ bought properties in Dubai, well on paper, lots of people either buy properties in Dubai or arrange to have them in their names although paid for by anonymous wealthy benefactors.
I’m sure that Hefin Rees QC’s regulatory body might have something to say about the matters. Carol Ames is not the only one who can make complaints, I expect Rees will deny knowledge of any wrong doing, maybe this is the “Real” reason he left Ames recently to his own devices.
On a seperate note, anyone wishing to purchase a unit from Ames at H Hotel should obtain a sales contract on or before they issue and date a deposit cheque.
@ Anon 6.34 pm Lol, I doubt very much that Carol would allow Dave to be a Sugar Daddy, perish the thought, even that is too far fetched for even the most vivid imaginations, anyway where would Ames find the likes of a teaching assistant for example to lavish gifts of Middle Eastern properties on.
Ames would never be a Sugar Daddy, he is too mean and Les Miserables, 😜😜😜😜😜 😉😉😉😉😉
Did I say Middle East properties, oooops sorry meant Caribbean Properties 🙂
All the investors are just greedy. Why can’t they admit they got it wrong? Harlequin has been laden with the problem they caused now. Dave is doing his best to raise finance, he even went to meet a hotel operator last week who has issued a letter of intent to take up the H Hotel site & begin construction.
Why don’t you just see that the trust is for your own benefit? Just sign up.
@Astounded
I had a proper laugh at that update.
Ames’ smug mug over every page, so much damning evidence. His wife’s a looker too…. So much CGI I’m surprised Spielberg didn’t pay him a visit to get his recommendations for his new movies.
If that image of BB is meant to be the finished article, I had to actually sit down to stop pissing myself. How the hell the Harlequin brigade expect to build that monstrosity with no money is beyond me. H Hotel is another one let alone all the others like Merricks and Two Rivers.
At least victims get to walk away into the sunset (many with redress). Ames has caused a proper mess with this and will be held to account…. in court. Thanks for the laughs.
Is everyone stark raving mad. Read Adrien Loveridge on BPF
constantly whining about the state of the tourism industry in Barbados
and it becomes very clear that the market for Bajan rooms has
drastically declined. Especially for a high-end hotel with only
access to a public beach adjacent to a KFC parking lot.
Harlecon was the best thing to happen to Harlequin. It started the collapse.
From “Sid” on the other thread:
I don’t think for a minute that Ames can avoid being pulled up at some point in time, probably in the near future. I’m sure he and his legal team will justify everything thrown at them, but the bottom line is that you can’t cause so much distress to so many people over such a long period and not have to answer to the authorities. Nobody is that untouchable.
The way I see it, the only way Ames can stay clear of prosecution is if he starts to deliver the goods….soon. If finance is a real option all he has to do is produce evidence that there is a real banker lined up and people will start to feel a bit better about things and the authorities might back of a bit. You can’t spout on about having finance lined up for almost 2 years and not produce a name. People aren’t stupid enough to keep buying the ‘the financier needs to remain anonymous’ line….not for 2 years! Especially as it may be the only thing that can keep Ames in the clear. Is it fair to say that if Ames won’t name the interested finance company(ies) at this stage in the game there obviously isn’t one/any?
Enjoy the weekend everyone.
I will lend Harlequin some money. But the rest is under an NDA lol
How much did the Ames family take out of the business via directors loans/ salary/ dividends and buying property in UAE?
This will unfold as one of the biggest Real Estate scams in the Caribbean in the last 50 years.
It’s all the Irish builders fault and a couple of disgruntled investors.
There’s no property registered in Ames’ name in Dubai as far as I know, I thought the company that owes Shippleys the money owns the property in Dubai.
If I was Ames I would do what I did, and register property in Dubai in someone else’s name, away from prying eyes.
But I’m smarter then Ames, anyway he wouldn’t trust anyone else.
I used a teaching assistant, that’s what I did, did not have to declare anything on my tax returns, it was easy.
Tax Evasion, probably yeah, but who would ever know, it’s my property but not in my name eh.
See I’m clever, and what if I was made bankrupt, well simple, it’s not in my name so I get my son to collect the rent in cash from the lady who’s name the properties are registered in, so not really a problem.
See I’m smarter then most 😉
What if I owed people money, simple all the searches in the world could be done and no one would find my property cause again it’s not in my name. Yeah I’m clever, I’ve got balls, fuck HMRC they will never find out, ha ha, Im a bright boy.
I used a Romanian woman, so there is no way anyone would associate me with my property, I pay a fee, that’s all, so simple and looks so legit.
One of my companies went into liquidation, the liquidators could not do anything cause they could not find my property cause it was not in my name,
I learned the trick from a mate of mine who went bankrupt a few times.
Is it illegal, don’t know, don’t care, it covers my ass, that’s all I care about. Fuck everyone else, that’s my motto.
Toodle pips.
Looks like no one is really interested in your Romanian pussy.
Anyone got any ideas how this will end?
I mean, right now, Ames has got off scott free. I’m not against the guy (I commend the progress he made), but what ticks me off is a lack of respect for the people who have been footing the bill. They have even taken more money in director’s loans, which could have been used to provide refunds to people who’s contracts have been in breach.
Loans n stuff. If you obtain the last set of HMSEE accounts it will give you some clues. From Memory Ames had something like £7 million in salary & dividends, he took this from investors money. Loans on top. Other family members had more. The average staff salary in HQ was circa £57K PA- you need to read between a few lines there. There is also some £40 million unaccounted for. As I said this is from memory. I have passed the accounts onto an interested party. Easy to get from Companies House and have a look.
THE SAD TRUTH
January 8, 2015 at 7:47 pm
@Daniel Pratt
I’m not going to sugar coat this.
If you invested cash, it’s gone, you have lost it.
If it’s SIPP you have some chance of getting something back.
If you re financed and told lies of the application, that’s fraud.
There is NO FINANCE. NO CHANCE.
What makes you think Ames can make things work, being a historic business failure – £400 – £450 million GONE.
ITS OVER DANIEL. WAKE UP AND SMELL THE COFFEE.
AMES TELLS LIES SIMPLE.
– Thank you for your advice.
For those who may also be thinking about sending more money, here’s what ended up happening. I tried calling Harlequin again but didn’t get any substance out of the person who took the call – they just went on about “the trust” and their restructuring.
So I sent an email with specific questions I need answering to their contact [at] harlequinhotelsandresorts [dot] com email. These included the likes of who was doing the construction, whether there’ll be a contract this time, the financial performance of the existing resorts, specific numbers on who is joining this trust.
As yet I have received no reply.
I did indeed invest cash. I have some more money to invest into something, and was considering betting on the management of Harlequin going away, allowing for a more professional body to move the business forward.
Being honest, I think you’re right. Harlequin were never developers, and they seem to have misjudged the responsibility they’ve been given. If I were them, I’d do everything in my power to get people at least something in return – signing over equity, downsizing my house, etc. But I can’t change what has happened, and I am actually writing off the investment I made 5 years ago.
You win some and lose some folks. All I can say is that I wish Harlequin the best, but judging from their continued refusal to address their investors’ concerns, they’ll eventually die a lingering death.
I read that exposé posted on here, about D Ames having been bankrupted twice, and how he managed to come to a deal with his creditors the second time. To be honest, it sounds like exactly the same thing has happened now. It’s a shame, because at the time of investment, he was painted as a demi-god who had pockets deeper than Alan Sugar.
If the past is anything to go by, he’ll probably do his best to wriggle out of any responsibility, blaming everyone else, whilst he either eyes retirement or a new venture. The SIPP people have the redress route, although I’ve not heard anything about this after the big hoo-har last year, and I just hope the cash investors are able to support themselves.
Of course the SFO could swoop (the most pertinent thing for Ames is that Harlequin got people to sign up with unsecured debt, and thus stopped their interest payments. I dont see this discussed often, but this, along with promising mortgages at point-of-sale will likely be the crux of the case for fraud).
I hope my experiences will help anyone else who may be trying to deal with Harlequin. I do check this site every few weeks, so if you want me to answer any questions about what happened with me, please leave a comment.
Happy 2015 everyone!
Vinny Stenning. Please come clean- no- can be as stupid as your making out yourself to be. So are you just a wind up, family or on an earner? Come on, tell all. Your giving us a few laughs granted but someone might take you seriously- though I doubt it.
Do you think the obnoxious pro-harlequin anonymous is Stenning, too? It would make sense if he was
Daniel Pratt et al. SIPP claims are on-going and proving successful. Its a long process. If you are a SIPP investor you should betaking steps against your IFA and SIPP provider. RL can guide you on this but you can do an Ombudsmen’s claim yourself to save money. Still its complex.
The next thing Ames will do :-
”Join the Trust or I will go bust”
That will stop 50% of investors from taking legal action ( the cash investors)
For years now HP and their shills have been telling everyone that once the new Argyle airport opens showers of gold will be falling. As I recall HP were even saying that they needed to complete an extra 400 units (not sure of the exact number – but does it matter?) to satisfy the demand that would be coming in early 2015.
As recently as one week ago a guest posted in review that “One day fairly soon there will be a new international airport and a better road.” However that reviewer is a chief officer of TFL so well used to fairy stories and wildly optimistic predictions connected to transport!
For the latest state of play report on Argyle head on over to IWNSVG and read Haz Samuel’s contribution. It includes an aerial photograph taken on the 28th December 2014 so clearly shows the current extent of the work completed.
IWNSVG also have a report on the landslip on the road adjacent to the airport site which is still moving.
If Argyle was going to be the cavalry coming over the hill to save HP then it looks like they are going to be far to late and that nothing will be left to save by the time they get there.
here’s the link – sometimes BFP’s software rejects them
http://www.iwnsvg.com/2015/01/10/short-stories-worth-telling-episode-2-is-argyle-airport-substantially-complete/
I’ve long suspected that the Harlequin troll who posts obscene remarks is VS.
He is a very disturbed individual, to be expected when you know the bloodline.
Give it up BBaywatch. Any information you may have which could be of interest is devalued by your pathetic name calling and posturing.
Ironically the deadhead who started this thread decided to label anyone who disagreed with the anti HP brigade as ‘nauseating and repulsive” How ironical that all the nauseating and repulsive comments and personal name calling have come from anti HP posters. And of course BBaywatch you have dropped straight into that group. Would you call yourselves nauseating and repulsive?
Having a bad day Bob? Finally realised your hut on a beach is only with £1 (and that’s at a stretch), and the much discussed airport won’t open in your life time?
@ Anonymous 1.16 pm
Setting aside your dislike for BBaywatch, what do you think about the IWN article? Do you think the author has faked the photos, or something? They look to me to be pretty clear evidence that progress is not as planned.
I just took a look at the svgiadc website. There is an update on construction dated 15th August which appears to say that the plan for the end of 2014 is for just the aprons and turning heads of the runway to be complete – so not the runway itself.
That would mean that the construction is going according to programme. It does look like a hard task to complete the runway by mid-2014, though.
@ Anonymous 10.06 not sure about that 😉
@SGD regardless of the programme, Hal Samuel’s point is that with only 85% (his estimate he admits, but from the photos does not seem unreasonable) of the paving complete can the airport really be accurately described as ‘substantially complete’? He has a point I think. More worryingly recent reports have stated that the back fill to the boulder mass reclamation area below the turning heads is being eroded by wave action – which is indeed cause for concern if correct.
On a connected point it has been announced by the IADC that a VHF tower is to be constructed on compulsory purchased land at the top of Spring on Bequia (will the owner have to wait for payment like other landowners whose property has been taken for these project?) which would seem to confirm local pilots opinion that this will be the approach path for heavy traffic. At that distance they will still be quite high, so disturbance to Bequia and Mustique probably won’t be too intrusive, depending on volume of traffic of course – which is where we came in some time ago I think…
Bbwatch did you mean 15% not 85%. The author of the piece says 85% of the runway paving remains outstanding, and how has the re compaction progressed?
@ BB
I obviously didn’t make my point very well. I agree the paving does not look substantially complete and I can’t see how they will complete the rest in 6 months. It does not, however, look as they are behind what they planned to achieve (on runways and aprons) by the end of 2014.
Maybe I am wrong on this, though. If you can build a marina in 2 months, maybe it’s possible.
I wonder how progress is on other things like the control tower – due for completion in October 2014?
Discussions are ongoing between Ames his SVG solicitors, potential administrators and the Government of SVG who are considering nationalising Buccament Bay. Ames and his team are exploring options where Ames and his team will remain on in a management capacity.
A decision is expected to be made within the next 6-8 weeks.
A final decision may be contingent on the level of support Ames gets not from the trust option but from purchasers willing to part with cash for completions.
This is hugely risky for purchasers, if Ames was to come clean with purchasers, purchasers could lodge funds with their own solicitors, but to hand over cash to Ames and Co at this stage would frankly be madness.
Ames still gets to retain the H Hotel in Barbados and the BLU Hotel in St. Lucia,
The remaining assets will then go into the Trust, Merricks, Marquis Estate etc,
Just an awful shame that Ames is unwilling to come clean on the matters. But he is caught between a rock and a hard place, if he lets it be known that administration is being actively considered for one or more of the Caribbean companies then purchasers will not part with completion money, but Ames needs the cash now.
Ames has attempted to make offers of restitution to a small number of victims, to those who believe that taking legal action against Ames and his companies was not succesful then maybe they should rethink their stratedgies, the RL debacle should not be a guage for success or failure.
And frankly despite the claims at the time by Gareth Fatchett that he was the only game in town, recent legal developments put pay to that assertion.
Thank you for the correction, yes of course, only 15% complete. @SGD, no, I take your point, but I was commenting more upon the use of the term ‘substantially complete’. It’s a nice sounding phrase that conveys optimism without detail – which does rather sum up the whole process. Unfortunately the whole project is such a political football that there are reasons for skepticism about any pronouncement. The control tower has largely been constructed and awaits the internal fit out I’ve heard (may even be progressing). There is also a fire station complete with tenders – nothing to use them on though. 12-18 months that has been suggested for completion sounds far more realistic, we’ll see.
I don’t see how nationalizing BB would help investors – surely that would mean that the assets would be transferred into the hands of the SVG government? I’ve suggested that tongue in cheek in the past as part of the avowedly Marxist governments strategy. Might play well at the upcoming ballot box but little in it for investors and NON SVG residents???
Yes, I can see the attraction to Ames he gets to play the businessman,and gets the protection of the SVG government.
He also gets to keep the hotels he built with everyone’s money.
Lets hope the SFO grow a pair and do something, because every other *ucker has failed.
If he gets this away he deserves it!
Looks like there is NO GAME IN TOWN.
Don’t forget that the most notorious criminal of the last century went
to prison not for criminal activity but for tax evasion. It is perplexing
that the UK authorities have done nothing.
@ BBay Watch exactly, this has nothing to do with “investors”, it’s just a cynical move to extract the Ames family from the mess they created whilst at the same time ensuring that the Ames family do not suffer financially as a result.
Look at it this way, Ames constantly states that he has thousands of “investors”, he states that he has a partnership between him and his “investors”, yet he refuses to discuss any strategy with his “investors”, he has never opened up a forum whereby his “investors” could make suggestions as to the future direction the companies might take, even though his “investors” are those who financed the companies it is Ames who is considering putting one or more of those companies into administration, and it is Ames who pushes his solutions down the throats of his “investors”, without giving them any other options or any say in any decision making processes.
The present discussions surrounding the administration of one or more of Ames’ Caribbean companies will impact his “investors” in a very negative way, yet even thought these negotiations have been ongoing for quite some time now, Ames continues to press his “investors” for completion monies, yet refuses to engage with his “investors” or update them on the most important events as they unfold.
And indeed Ames is not legally obliged to engage with his “investors”, because whilst Ames will call them “investors” they have no legal rights aside from the contracts they hold, to have any influence or say in the decision making processes.
Ames claims that he will pump all the winnings from the Wilkins Kennedy case back into the companies, but all we have is his word for this, he has not produced any legal documents to support his statements, furthermore even if he was to keep his word on this issue, all he is doing is putting money back into companies which he is the sole director and shareholder of, nor has he ever stated which of the companies would benefit from any win against Wilkins Kennedy, and this is important as his “investors” will only have claims against the companies they have contracts with, Ames has many companies in the Caribbean where those companies have no contracts with “investors”.
Even though Ames refers to Harlequin as a group, it is not, the companies Ames owns as a matter of law are distinct and seperate companies, or at least that is what Ames has argued in a number of cases.
I was referring to Al Capone at 5:41
3 of the 28 posts today are from the Pro Harlequin camp and none of their posts had any relevance to Harlequin. Looks like the pro Harlequin camp have run out of steam, Thank God.
I suspect that the Pro HP mob will respond to this post in their usual childish manner, I see they failed to respond in any comincing way to the many excellent anti HP posts yesterday and today.
@Anonymous
January 10, 2015 at 5:57 pm
I was referring to Al Capone at 5:41
Please don’t say that!!!!
So we have Ames comparing himself to Donald Trump now you to a proper gangster.
I personally prefer to think of him as an embarrassing, stunted, ill educated vindictive old man , deluded , twice bankrupt, father to a convicted fraudster little shit.
If the SVG Government does nationalise Buccament Bay, that would take away the only revenue earning element of Harlequin apart from Blu. So unless there is some really cunning plan like the Government buying the resort and giving Mr Ames a contract as the hotel operator, then this sounds like bad news for “investors”.
Not only would they lose revenue (not, of course, that any revenue makes its way to “investors) but it will reduce the value of assets available to secure the long awaited finance against.
Anonymous 6.15 and how many posts from what you describe as the Pro Harlequin camp have included a literary of lies and nauseating comments? I think that is NONE. Compared to the anti HP trolls I think the author of this thread should come up with a public apology.
On another note, why would DA be looking to put BB into administration when there is the WK case review at the end of January? That would be pointless.
-SGD
Could it be that Gonsalves has come up with a way to “present”
Buccament Bay to the people of SVG and turn what is truly an
albatross around his neck into a vote getter. Like Vladimir Putin doing
whatever he wants maybe his fellow traveller smells a winner.
In reality Gonsalves can do whatever he wants with Ames and
feeding him to the wolves in this case – UK authorities – he has
a re-election plan…
A previous Barbados Government took over a bunch of hotels and ran them. Search for Gems on BFP and you will see the story.
I guess it was designed as a job security / foreign exchange earning measure but it proved to be an unmitigated disaster, losing hundreds of millions of dollars.
Good luck to the citizens of SVG if the Government goes that route. They will most likely join the Harlequin “investors” in losing their money.
Well anti HP trolls you have asked for it. You just could not refrain from using expletives, personal insults and crude words. Well just don’t complain about a backlash. There has been an attempt to keep the rhetoric civil but you blew it. Bring it on you tw*ts,
Whoa !!! Slow down everybody. I believe that two years ago a certain
harleysuccess posted that he was dyslexic and thus his spelling was
not the best. Question: Why is any of this germaine to the question
at hand? It looks like maybe BBay could be nationalized thus making
everybody as loser.
Richard may I ask a question?
What is paraded ?
I noticed the following post and would like to make a few comments on it.
Here is the post, please see my comments below the post, I’m sure most readers will agree with me.
Anonymous on January 10, 2015 at 7:07 pm
Anonymous 6.15 and how many posts from what you describe as the Pro Harlequin camp have included a literary of lies and nauseating comments? I think that is NONE. Compared to the anti HP trolls I think the author of this thread should come up with a public apology.
On another note, why would DA be looking to put BB into administration when there is the WK case review at the end of January? That would be pointless.
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I’d like to comment on the last posters comment first, they state the following,
“On another note, why would DA be looking to put BB into administration when there is the WK case review at the end of January? That would be pointless.”
The claimant companies in the Wilkins Kennedy case are Harlequin Property (SVG) Ltd (HPSVG) and Harlequin Hotels and Resorts Ltd. (HH&R)
The claimant companies in the Harlecon case for example were HPSVG and HH&R along with Harlequin Management Services South East (HMSSE) et Al. The proceedings in the Harlecon case against Mr. Newman and Wilkins Kennedy had commenced prior to the administration of HMSSE now in liquidation, the case against Mr. Newman and Wilkins Kennedy did not cease as a result of the administration, however it should be noted that Shippleys LLP removed HMSSE now in liquidation as claimants from the Harlecon case after an internal review by the management of Shippleys LLP, and on the basis that Shippleys LLP were not confident of a succesful outcome in that case and as a consequence their possible resultant exposure to adverse cost awards.
The administration being discussed in SVG at this present time revolves around HPSVG, Buccament Bay Resort Ltd and Merricks Resort Ltd but does not include HH&R a claimant in the Wilkins Kennedy case.
So HH&R can continue the case against Wilkins Kennedy even if the proposed administrators of HPSVG decide not to proceed with the claim,
(note 1), it will be most interesting to see whether any administrator of HPSVG mirrors the same confidence in winning the case as Ames does publically.
If an administrator of HPSVG were to continue with the claim, this would be of benefit to investors but not necessarily the Ames family. Hence I take it that this was the reason Anonymous 7.07 pm asked why Dave Ames would be looking to put his companies into administration, given that any victory by the administrator in the Wilkins Kennedy case would not benefit the Ames family personally.
Let’s not forget Dave Ames promised to plough all winnings from the Wilkins Kennedy case back into the business, so an administration of the business would only help investors aslong at the administrators saw merits in continuing the claim.
Anonymous 7.07 pm seems to attach a lot of weight to the case review / management conference at the end of January, this case conference conducted in all cases and its when the timetables for the relevant processes within the case are set out, such as the discovery of documents from both sides, the date at which witness statements are exchanged, preliminary hearings, dates for applications for security for costs etc etc etc, right the way upto a preliminary trial date, given the volume of evidence being sought by Wilkins Kennedy by way of discovery, an expected 1 million sheets of paper, the trial proper is not expected to start until sometime in 2016 at the earliest, we may get confirmation of the tentative date of the trial on conclusion of the case management conference.
The case review / management conference is purely procedural and none of the witnesses will be in attendance, in most cases the case review / management is a very quick affair given that both sides lawyers may have agreed most of the dates prior to going before a judge.
I think Anonymous 7.07 pm certainly does not understand the process.
Secondly, the Administration of any of Ames’ companies is not something that is done as a matter of routine, the administration of the companies is in the norm triggered by a creditors action, for example the issuing and attempted enforcement of stat demands or as part of an agreement to repay creditors at a later date subject to the succesful exit of the company from administration, again Anonymous 7.07 lacks understanding of the processes involved.
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As for Anonymous 7.07 pm comments on the, it’s LITANY by the way not LITERARY etc etc etc.
I have noticed that once a thread associated with Harlequin and Ames sails too close to the wind, by that I mean, important information is released concerning Ames and his activities, we get a number of posts which the “pro Harlequin Mob” try to claim are from the “anti Harlequin Mob”, discussing the anatomy of individuals and slagging the same individuals off, my guess is that these are posts from the same individual with only one purpose in mind and that is a rather weak attempt to disrupt the flow of important information to purchasers and other creditors alike.
You know when a raw nerve has been hit when these posts appear, to me it demonstrates that the content of the interesting posts pertaining to Ames and Harlequin may be factual, as these types of posts always illicit the same types of responses from the “pro Harlequin Mob”, that being wholly unrelated posts about individuals and their alleged anatomies or intellectual abilities.
Apologies I should have stated the posters last comment first,
Anonymous good post, sadly the pro Harlequin idiots or possibly idiot, knows exactly what’s going on, but Ames thinks that every one else is an idiot, he honestly believes we are all gullible.
SGD from what I’ve been told the administration involves the Buccament Bay resort and Merricks Assets, it’s an alternative to a trust, and in a way better for Ames because it prevents all creditors and not just purchasers from pursuing him.
There appears to be a large creditor debt outstanding from the Buccament Bay Resort operations, and I doubt very much that Ames’ primary concern is that of his creditors,
But I think the real reason Ames is seeking to put Buccament Bay a Resort Ltd, HPSVG and Merricks Resort Ltd into administration is the debt owed to HMSSE now in liquidation, HMRC have already challenged the voluntary liquidation of ASOL formerly Harlequin Hotels and Resorts in the UK and I’ve been told that they are about to pursue HMSSE and investigate matters there too, should they take over the liquidation of HMSSE you can bet your bottom dollar they will go after the money HPSVG owes them, by putting HPSVG into Administration would keep it out of the hands of HMRC for now at least. Remember Ames is not applying strategy or logic to the problems surrounding Harlequin merely attempting to fend off each problem as it crops up. All Ames is doing is fire fighting.
I also know that a report was made to HMRC, the SFO and others recently about some very odd property transactions.
I seem to remember that Merricks was owned by an SVG company? Is that correct?
Merricks is indeed owned by an SVG company, it’s owned by Harlequin Property SVG Ltd.
And what has happened to the concrete mixers claim from Jan1st? The echo? The Romanian pussy? All bits thrown in to disrupt but no substance. And of course no comment what so ever why Anti HP trolls are so crude.
@Anonymous 9:18am
What happened to the finance? Interest payments? Mortgages? Deadlines for 6 of the resorts? Buccament Bay only having 140 / 1971 units completed.
Harlequin is a joke and whoever the Anonymous (Vinny Stenning) is who continually thinks he’s being smart by point out the “litany of lies” of the anti-camp, maybe you’ll receive a warmer response if you weren’t so combative.
The “anti HP posters” is a group of people who are trying to discern what happened, and what is likely to happen. They are concerned with getting our money back out of a company which, as we discover more, is obviously out to line its own pockets.
Since you feel that nothing has been done “wrong”, let me give you an idea as to the position of many “investors” (they are NOT investors. They are victims):
1. Every day when you wake up, you feel fine…. until you remember that £45k, in some cases much more, of your money is with some guy you’ve never met.
2. As you read more about this gentleman, you begin to realize that he’s probably be best suited to a stint on “Rogue Traders” than anything else.
3. The money you paid was meant to yield a return by a particular date. This is why you “invested”. Now that date is hopelessly gone – so what happens now?
4. Because of a distinct lack of information, they turn to places where they feel they can either discover what’s happening (which, by the way, is constantly being covered up by Ames), or to voice their opinions.
5. As I suspect you are on the payroll of Harlequin, I doubt your concerns match that of the “investors”, but let me assure you that….
The reason why so many “defamatory” posts appear on here, and some other places is quite simple.
Ames treats his “investors” like gullible idiots. We are not idiots, we are not stooges and we are not going to let him waltz off into the sunset with our money.
The sheer anger and resentment, not only to Ames, but his family, is what’s leading to all of the “lies” you think you’re seeing on here. Some examples of this –
– the “Ames Family” receiving huge directors’ loans and refusing to pay them back. Who’s money was that?
– Ames promised his son a £10,000/m job at Buccament Bay. That’s £120,000 a year. And yet, will not refund people who have less than half that outstanding.
– Harlequin “Air” and all the other schemes – who’s money paid for that?
– A constant barrage of bullshit about the builder causing problems. You took the builder to court, he was found guilty of misappropriating $1.6m (that actually does not concern me as an “investor” to be honest. If you hire a builder without a contract, he’s going to inflate the cost), and yet Ames continues to lay blame for his entire failings here.
– No information on accounts (which as an “investor” who is being asked for more money to put into “H Hotel” I feel obliged to see).
– The “Trust” option giving Ames 5 years get-out-of-jail free. He should have made it 3 years (as was promised by RL), and put all of his own assets into it.
– All the promises made at purchase time (mortgages, guaranteed buyback, refunds) not being honoured at any level.
– Lies (yes, these are lies because they’re not true) being used to cover shortfalls (banking error for Interest Payments, FCA “policy change” prevented any more “sales” from happening as an explanation to why construction has ceased).
– The Harlequin stooges PHIG and Holkham, Does Ames really think we’re that stupid?
– No depth of understanding from any of the Harlequin camp. Try asking one of the “salesmen” about the build schedules for H Hotel, the plans, etc. They just don’t know.
– They don’t know finance. If you have creditors who are getting itchy, your primary concern is to cater for them. They aren’t going to go away, so trying to brush everything under the rug (called the “Trust”) will just stir more resentment.
– Trying to “out manoeuvre” people by changing names of companies, cherry-picking companies to put into administration, etc is just another way to try and wriggle out of responsibility.
All Ames needs to do is the following:
1. Use all of his own assets as security (put them into the trust)
2. Sign over the shares of the RDC’s. Currently, Ames owns these. If he truly wanted to give “investors” a chance, he’d sign over equity to them so they at least have something.
3. Be open & transparent with the “investors”. Create a report on the financial & legal structure of the company. This would actually serve as a rebuke to the RL DD, which remember is “strewn with errors”….. but not as yet been corrected. Not only send this report, but hold meetings like the RL ones where Ames explains the restructuring process, who the financiers are, and what’s going to happen over the next 5 years (some would call this a “business plan”).
4. Actually be honest with people. Buccament Bay isn’t going to be one of the “best resorts in the world”. Not when you’ve got Hilton, Fourseasons and the other mega-chains with seriously big budgets. “Investors” frankly don’t mind this – we just want to know the truth about who is actually paying to go to it, and how much it’s generating in revenue. Hell you don’t even need to mention anything about profitability – just give us something we can analyse independently.
I hope this will open your eyes as to why most people, especially on here, have turned against Harlequin, and especially Ames.
I just read in the paper HMRC have made Anita harris bankrupt for £14,000 unpaid tax.
Because your going to have one, did you pay all you taxes, come on don’t tell fibs 😉
anonymous 10.12, more lies to try and look smart.
Where exactly did I say that “nothing has been done wrong?”
Before you waste your time with another rendition of war and peace try and get you facts right.
Anonymous 10.12, thanks for taking the time to post that. This whole mess is very frustrating. Dave’s solicitors are getting very very rich prolonging the agony for investors with our bottomless supply of money
HMRC will be the ones to finish Ames off. Seriously, can you see Ames paying his taxes, on time, without any creative accounting?
The agents and all the Harlequin muppets will be very worried at this investigation.
@Anon
Would it be a fair assumption HMRC are aware of this swerve? If so what can they do to stop it?
I’m staggered at the absolute arrogance of this deluded little Englishman.
It is therefore imperative that the government and the NIS find a solution to deal with this issue.
Buccama Bay Resort
“Pay the people their money”. This is the call being made by Opposition Leader the Hon. Arnhim Eustace, in regard to the situation at the Buccama Bay Resort, where there have been constant complaints of workers not being paid on time.
Speaking on the New Times programme, The Opposition Leader urged the government to make efforts to protect the rights of the workers, especially local contractors, whose payments are long overdue.
Eustace added that Harlequin Resorts has a history of incidents in which they are negligent in the payment of their workers, and the Opposition will not stand by and allow our local workers to be victims of this.
He made it known that he is very sensitive to the pleas of Vincentians, who rely on wages to provide for themselves and their families, while adding that any government has the obligation of protecting the rights of its citizens.
In response to statements made by Harlequin Resorts that he is creating unnecessary alarm, Eustace said that he must speak out on this issue, as he cannot simply allow an investment company with questionable reputation to come to this country and put undue pressure on the local workers they have employed.
CLICO/British American
– See more at: http://thevincentian.com/hon-arnhim-eustace-soon-to-be-svg-new-prime-minister-p491-107.htm#sthash.ltQMD9S7.dpuf
Top post Anonymous @ 10:12am.
With regards to Harlequin’s statement in reply to Eustace’s; it is Harlequin who are causing alarm by not paying people on time, and in many cases, not at all.
How much longer will a business that does not pay suppliers and employees on time, if at all, last? Not much longer of course.
The sooner Harlequin is forced into liquidation and BB is owned and managed by another company, the better. And I am truly sorry investors, but this will make no difference to your investment whatsoever. It will just help to speed up the process of you recovering whatever there is left, and most importantly, it will stop Ames being able to continue to spend investor funds on anything other than development.
how does the mis selling of the harlequin ‘investment’, compare to the mis selling of PPI for you ?
Personally speaking, the mis selling of PPI was an ‘annoyance’ , the mis -selling of the harlequin investment is devastating.
Perhaps Mr ames could have said , back in 2006, when he kick started the project with the 100% scheme, he was naive , stupid, & had not considered the cost of developing and marketing a resort, the consequences of inevitable delays, paying out high commissions , interest loan payments.
The cash flow problem exacerbated by his negligent business practices.
but by the time Dave stated on video that harlequin did not necessarily need external investment, he revealed his true colours, a man that would say anything to get your money, He would have been well aware the costs of developing, selling and then marketing the completed resorts , combined with the monthly interest payments, far , far exceeded the money obtained through his deceptive marketing campaign
Dave continued with his deceptive marketing right to the bitter end, guaranteed buybacks, mis leading time scales, while hiding his business accounts, and using investors money for litigation , and to buy credibility.
Dave didnt care about his victims, he would encourage them to take loans on properties, take their pensions and life savings.
Dave stated on video that the average person did not have hundreds of thousands to invest, and getting a mortgage for caribbean properties was virtually impossible. Now dave is critical for these people not being able to raise hundreds of thousands for a property in the Caribbean.
@Anonymous 11:31am
I did not lie in the post I wrote. It is based on facts from the aspects of the Harlequin debacle I have unfortunately been involved with. You should know this as you’re so privy to them.
If you’re questioning my assertion that the pro Harlequin mob are adamant that “nothing has been done wrong”, that would imply that something has been done wrong. If that is the case, maybe you’d like to point that out so we can chastise you, as you do with every new commented added to this open & free discussion.
I did not create a rendition on war and peace, I was merely writing my account & opinion of Harlequin’s activity from the perspective and facts of an “investor”. As we have seen with Charlie Hebdo this week, I feel it is well within my rights to do that.
Finally, if you’d like to point out where I “lied”, I’ll gladly amend my comment. But, as we’ve seen time and time again with Harlequin, I doubt this will be forthcoming any time soon.
Anyone know who is the current Manager at Buccament Bay resort?The last news was that a former Vincentian beauty queen was appointed manager.However,there has been no mention of this on the Harlequin Resort blog.
http://www.iwnsvg.com/2014/10/01/former-miss-svg-now-manager-of-buccament-bay-resort/
@anonymous 1.45.
You said “since you feel nothing has been done wrong ” that is a lie. You are making an assumption that is the case. For you to state that is a lie. So you were wrong on this being pointed out to you weren’t you.And to quote Charlie Hebdo in this discussion is contemptible. But now you have brought this up, it is well within my rights to make points on this thread. You would therefor disagree with the author of this thread who suggested that anyone with a point of view different to his should not contribute. Censorship I believe it is known as. You would disagree with the author of this thread then.
I bet Ames did not pay her £10,000 per month, like Matt Ames the convicted fraudster.
Yes- why don’t we all give it a rest until Monday- Monday for us all. Why don’t we to go Avaaz.org and show our support against the Muslim extremist atrocities. Support France- and indeed all the civilised world. This bitching today when France is out marching (and some of the UK) is frankly not very nice, insulting and very self centred.
@on track..being told what to think and what to write is precisely what the good French people are protesting against .Who the heck are you to tell everyone to shut up until Monday?
@Anonymous 2:35pm
haha okay, so I lied. Boo hoo, I hope you feel good now.
The author of this thread is an editor of BFP. He reprinted one of the comments from another thread (albeit with some changes / additions / embellishments), and is therefore entitled to write what he wants.
Unless you want to set up your own site to discuss the “litany of lies” you seem to eager to quash, you’re going to have to put up with what the editors of this site put up I’m afraid.
Perhaps you’ll like to discuss some of the more pertinent points I raised. Namely about the “restructuring” and eventual finance of the business. I am what you’d call an “investor”, although I happily call us victims.
I was actually thinking you’d raise question with some of the assumptions I made, including the likes of “Harlequin stooges PHIG and Holkham” – I lied about this, didn’t I? Neither of those two entities have any connection with Harlequin or Ames, so they can’t be stooges?
… or maybe “As I suspect you are on the payroll of Harlequin” – I lied here too. You can’t be a paid member of the Harlequin “team” can you?
… or what about “All the promises made at purchase time (mortgages, guaranteed buyback, refunds) not being honoured at any level.” – this can’t be true. It has to be one of the biggest lies. I mean, everyone who’s requested a refund has received one in full, correct? And those who’ve completed. They can have their unit bought back by Harlequin with guaranteed buyback?
…. “cherry-picking companies to put into administration” – another lie? Maybe Ames has chosen not to tell “investors” about Harlequin Travel (which is still running with net worth of £70k thank you)? He hasn’t just closed companies which will devolve him of as much debtor responsibility as possible surely?
companycheck [dot] co [dot] uk/company/01921618/HARLEQUIN-TRAVEL-LIMITED
Surely this company wasn’t bought from the previous directors with investor funds in 2009? Another lie?
I can’t believe I am such a liar.
Anonymous 2;57. I did tell anyone to do anything. I asked you stop being a self centred prick and show some respect. You’ve had your freedom of speech, now I’ve has mine.
Anonymous 2.35 please shut up, you contribute absolutely nothing to the discussions, nothing. Dave Ames is a financial terrorist, and it’s time that the masses rise up against him and his family and supporters , whilst today we march in support of our brothers and sisters in France, the victims of terrorism, whether violent like in France or as in the case of Ames, the financial terrorism , it is time to rise up, and have our voices heard,
Ames has spent years and millions in an attempt to silence the masses, he has had his opportunity to come clean, he has chosen not to.
His actions are barbaric in nature. It’s time we all unite against this financial terrorist Ames,
Not only does Ames refuse to honor his contracts with purchasers, he as per the Vincentian article refuses to pay his staff and suppliers in a timely manner, his wife and children refuse to pay back the shareholders loans,
This is the truth, JE SUIS CHARLIE
@anonymous 3.03. How do you know the author of this thread is an editor of BFP? I’m so glad you feel telling lies on a forum is acceptable. You see telling lies and repeating what you consider to be lies are two completely different points. Perhaps you have not grasped that concept.
Well said “on track” it would seem freedom of speech is only allowed in one direction.
Great Post Anon, today should demonstrate that we should not fear oppression or terrorism, financial or otherwise, it’s time our voices were heard, and time not to fear the oppression of the Ames legal teams.
It’s time the SFO and UK authorities follow their French colleagues lead, and hunt down the financial terrorists that hide within Harlequin.
JE SUIS CHARLIE ……….. JE SUIS CHARLIE…………..
Anon 3.20 vous etes un tw*t
On Track / Bob le Knob, you old duffer , ” I’ve has mine ” lol. You’ve has yours alright lol, keep it up mate, ” you has been doing a great job so far, you really has, lol”, good man Bob. JE SUIS KNOB
I’m not Bob who ever he is. In fact I reside in France but am off out now to attend a rally in Cardiff against extremism. The kind of stupid extremism we often find here. Go ON – lets just show a little decorum and keep out digs for yes the financial terrorist like Ames and his cronies until tomorrow. BFN
Oh dear oh dear, firstly your obsession thinking everyone who posts on here is “Bob” is a sign of serious mental illness,
Secondly your understanding of French is, quite frankly, an embarrassment.
Thirdly to the Je suis Charlie dicks who like to talk about freedom of speech. How do you feel about the demonstration in Paris which has included representatives from Russia and Turkey where there is NO press freedom. Get back to your hypocritical postings.
On Track, go enjoy your trip to Cardiff. Today is a day where free speech is being fought for, don’t try ram your views down our throats, today you claim you are attending an extremism rally in Cardiff, it is probably something that impacts on your life in some way? Others are attending marches in France because of their beliefs and we are protesting on here because of our beliefs, our belief that Ames has ripped us off.
Today is a day for free speech not a day for someone like you to tell us what is right or wrong.
@Anonymous 3:30pm
Satire.
Nabarro.
Carter Ruck.
Three important things you should familiarize yourself with in order to provide a substantive argument against the points I & several others raised, which still have not been addressed.
It’s as if Ames himself has been replying all along. Next you’ll tell us that the BFP is “strewn with errors”.
If you look at the top of the page – “BY BFP”. Only BFP – I presume editors – can publish things. Therefore, it was in fact one of the BFP staff – again, I presume editor – who published this article. Although the bulk of text may have been provided by an anonymous poster, BFP is the one who published it.
In the end, it’s BFP’s site and they can put up anything they want. If it defames someone, they should expect to face the law. But to say that they’re unfairly censoring their site is incorrect.
That’s hilarious Anonymous. The anti HP trolls are continually telling us what is right and wrong. A fake DA letter posted on here. Continual references to court transcripts, but never the actual extract from the transcripts posted on here. Ambiguous references to Romanian women (who is actually English) and a cat. A new exposé from the Echo that is being “checked by DA legal team”
Well done “on track” for pointing out that you are not “Bob” which confirms to “Je suis UN knob” or “Je suis LE knob” that is exactly what he is, LE KNOB.
No anonymous 3.52, if you look at the bottom of the original post it says ” contributed anonymously to BFP” Anyone can post a lead article on BFP, or send it to BFP and they will publish it. I suggest you take the time to read some of the other threads started on BFP, some of them are quite open in their authors. Why you think I should say BFP is strewn with errors I don’t know. Some of the postings are. I have not said BFP have unfairly censored the site, it was what the poster was advocating.
@Anonymous 4:13pm
Thanks.
I’ll write my post about Harlequin’s success now and send it in to them.
I was being satirical RE strewn with errors.
I took your post as questioning the validity of BFP’s platform to post questions, highlighting that you’re in your right to set up your own site if you wish to see a positive slant on Harlequin.
Have a good day!
Pretty much sums up Harlequin’s management for me. Idioten.
par ou commencer les criminalités de david ames et harlequin?
Anonymous 4.13 and any others who support Harlequin, why don’t you write to BFP and ask them to submit an article demonstrating why investors should support the Ames family and Harlequin, perhaps you guys can demonstrate that The Ames Family are victims in this too,
Why moan about what BFP publish, why does PHIG for example operate a closed forum, surely the information they have would benefit the thousands of investors who might be sitting on the fence with respect to Harlequin and the Ames family,
Why does Dave Ames not provide BFP with a copy of the transcripts from the Irish Court Case? If as is claimed the references taken from the Irish transcripts are false. Why don’t the pro Harlequin mob, provide BFP with a copy of the claim and defence in the Harlequin et al vs Wilkins Kennedy case?
Why does Dave Ames not provide copies of the Accounts he claims to have filed in St. Vincent, strangely the companies office there are reluctant to state anything about these accounts, even though they should be freely available.
There is no complaint what BFP publish, the complaint is in the posters comments which advocate no right of reply and therefor censorship. The HP vs WK papers have been published through links to the Anon files. As there were only 2 copies of the court transcripts I for one would not have a clue where to get a copy from. However I am not aware that DA reads this blog. Would it not be easier for the anti HP “mob” publish the extracts to support their accusation. Without support the accusations are baseless.
Par où. You are not very good at this are you.
Dear Sir / Madame, I have read your post below, please see my notes on this.
A right frigging Charlie on January 11, 2015 at 4:03 pm
That’s hilarious Anonymous. The anti HP trolls are continually telling us what is right and wrong. A fake DA letter posted on here.
(Are you speaking about the content of an update which recently appeared on BFP, the content of that update is about as fake as all the other updates purportedly from Ames and Harlequin. Would you not agree? Finance, Marinas, HMSSE exiting Administration, Trust etc etc etc.
Continual references to court transcripts, but never the actual extract from the transcripts posted on here.
(Are you claiming that the references are false ?, what’s the difference between references to the transcripts and references by Ames to finance and a Succesfull business? )
Ambiguous references to Romanian women (who is actually English) and a cat.
( 1. Who said the woman is English? How do you know ? There is no mention of her nationality in the Metro Article, http://metro.co.uk/2013/04/03/owner-reunited-with-missing-cat-after-seven-years-and-court-custody-battle-3582015/
2. The reference to the article above was a post about its relevance to Harlequin,
3. The poster who referred to a Romanian girl was referring to an individual he / she / they used to hide the fact that he / she / they had purchased property in Dubai but registered the property in the name of the Romanian Woman, there was no mention of the woman with the cat in that post.
Are you now saying that the woman in the metro article or a woman with a similar name is working with Ames, perhaps helping him hide certain property transactions? Surely not? But again you seem to know this woman as you claim she is English.
As a result I’m going to err on the side of caution and give this information to the authorities, nothing may come of it, but you just can never tell)
A new exposé from the Echo that is being “checked by DA legal team”
(Jon Austin has completed an article on the administration of Ames’ companies in the Caribbean, Ames’ lawyers have been in communication with Jon Austin on the article, that is common. Jon will publish the article once the administration process has been formalised, it’s been in front of a judge in St. Vincent already, in open court and all sides were agreeable to an administration process, so I fail to see what the problem is, Jon is behaving in a perfectly reasonable manner on the issue of the administration, waiting for the administrators to be appointed before running his story).
Well done “on track” for pointing out that you are not “Bob” which confirms to “Je suis UN knob” or “Je suis LE knob” that is exactly what he is, LE KNOB.
(I’m glad “on track” was able to prove to you that he / she / they are not Bob, hopefully “on track” will get around to demonstrating this to us too sometime.)
Anonymous 4.54 are you having a laugh lol, you said the following
“However I am not aware that DA reads this blog.”
You might have forgotten but Dave Ames, wife and son claimed as recently as their Christmas Eve update that they are suing a number of individuals who have defamed them on this blog, if as you claim they or DA does not read this blog, I fail to see how he can claim he is being defamed, can you?
Lol go away you stupid little man, or woman. Lol
Anonymous 4.54 pm don’t be such an ass,
Only two copies of the transcripts? Who told you this, Ames?
Let’s begin shall we, Ames’ Irish lawyers have copies of the transcripts that’s one copy, Ames and Carol have copies, thats at least 2 copies, Ames’ Irish barristers have copies of the transcripts, that’s 3, probably Ames’ witnesses have copies of the transcripts that’s at least 4 copies, Ames’ in house legal team would have copies of the transcripts that makes at least 5 copies, Ames’ ex pet poodle UK QC Hefin Rees would have copies of the transcripts that makes 6 copies, the Judge would have a copy that makes at least 7 copies, the SFO took a copy as they were in attendance at the court case that’s at least 8 copies, Kennedys Wilkins Kenndys insurers lawyers have a copy which they refer to in their defence that makes 9 copies, presumably Wilkins Kennedy have recieved a copy that makes at least 10 copies, RL Gareth Fatchett was given a copy that makes at least 11 copies, I believe that Jon Austin was given a copy that makes at least 12 copies, I believe CLC obtained a copy that makes at least 13 copies, Lord knows how many copies the builders legal team and witnesses obtained. So all in all we are looking at 15 – 20 copies of the transcripts out there, possibly more if you count the Caribbean lawyers .
So why you state only 2 copies is beyond me. Why do you make shit up lol your no good at it, ho away you stupid boy.
Anonymous 5.35. Try the court stenographers. Who DA and Paddys lawyers gave copies to is up to them. “Ho” away you very stupid child.
Anonymous 5.21. Jesus you are a prat. Let me explain defamation. You don’t actually have to read something to be defamed by it. DA gave up reading this blog a long time ago. Mainly because of brainless comments like yours. You stupid boy!
Anonymous 5.51 pm Ames has instigated defamation proceedings against a number of individuals, please refer to his update of Christmas Eve, he has travelled to the U.S. as part of these proceedings, I find it bizarre that Ames is instigating proceedings against individuals not knowing what is being said about him, but we must take your word for it? but again why are you on here? You appear to know what Dave Ames is doing, you appear close enough to him to know he does not read the posts on BFP,
Why do you bother coming on here given your reference to the brainless posts? Have you nothing better to do with your time?
I’m sure if Dave Ames is not reading these blogs, individuals like your good self are keeping him abreast of the content, I mean someone must be giving him content from this forum to allow him to mount a defamation action.
Silly boy. Silly silly boy.
anonymous on January 11, 2015 at 5:17 pm
Dear Sir / Madame, I have read your post below, please see my notes on this.
A right frigging Charlie on January 11, 2015 at 4:03 pm
That’s hilarious Anonymous. The anti HP trolls are continually telling us what is right and wrong. A fake DA letter posted on here.
(Are you speaking about the content of an update which recently appeared on BFP, the content of that update is about as fake as all the other updates purportedly from Ames and Harlequin. Would you not agree? Finance, Marinas, HMSSE exiting Administration, Trust etc etc etc.
Continual references to court transcripts, but never the actual extract from the transcripts posted on here.
(Are you claiming that the references are false ?, what’s the difference between references to the transcripts and references by Ames to finance and a Succesfull business? )
Ambiguous references to Romanian women (who is actually English) and a cat.
( 1. Who said the woman is English? How do you know ? There is no mention of her nationality in the Metro Article, http://metro.co.uk/2013/04/03/owner-reunited-with-missing-cat-after-seven-years-and-court-custody-battle-3582015/
2. The reference to the article above was a post about its relevance to Harlequin,
3. The poster who referred to a Romanian girl was referring to an individual he / she / they used to hide the fact that he / she / they had purchased property in Dubai but registered the property in the name of the Romanian Woman, there was no mention of the woman with the cat in that post.
Are you now saying that the woman in the metro article or a woman with a similar name is working with Ames, perhaps helping him hide certain property transactions? Surely not? But again you seem to know this woman as you claim she is English.
As a result I’m going to err on the side of caution and give this information to the authorities, nothing may come of it, but you just can never tell)
A new exposé from the Echo that is being “checked by DA legal team”
(Jon Austin has completed an article on the administration of Ames’ companies in the Caribbean, Ames’ lawyers have been in communication with Jon Austin on the article, that is common. Jon will publish the article once the administration process has been formalised, it’s been in front of a judge in St. Vincent already, in open court and all sides were agreeable to an administration process, so I fail to see what the problem is, Jon is behaving in a perfectly reasonable manner on the issue of the administration, waiting for the administrators to be appointed before running his story).
Well done “on track” for pointing out that you are not “Bob” which confirms to “Je suis UN knob” or “Je suis LE knob” that is exactly what he is, LE KNOB.
(I’m glad “on track” was able to prove to you that he / she / they are not Bob, hopefully “on track” will get around to demonstrating this to us too sometime.)
mis-sold an investment on January 11, 2015 at 1:27 pm
how does the mis selling of the harlequin ‘investment’, compare to the mis selling of PPI for you ?
Personally speaking, the mis selling of PPI was an ‘annoyance’ , the mis -selling of the harlequin investment is devastating.
Perhaps Mr ames could have said , back in 2006, when he kick started the project with the 100% scheme, he was naive , stupid, & had not considered the cost of developing and marketing a resort, the consequences of inevitable delays, paying out high commissions , interest loan payments.
The cash flow problem exacerbated by his negligent business practices.
but by the time Dave stated on video that harlequin did not necessarily need external investment, he revealed his true colours, a man that would say anything to get your money, He would have been well aware the costs of developing, selling and then marketing the completed resorts , combined with the monthly interest payments, far , far exceeded the money obtained through his deceptive marketing campaign
Dave continued with his deceptive marketing right to the bitter end, guaranteed buybacks, mis leading time scales, while hiding his business accounts, and using investors money for litigation , and to buy credibility.
Dave didnt care about his victims, he would encourage them to take loans on properties, take their pensions and life savings.
Dave stated on video that the average person did not have hundreds of thousands to invest, and getting a mortgage for caribbean properties was virtually impossible. Now dave is critical for these people not being able to raise hundreds of thousands for a property in the Caribbean.
@anonymous 6.10. Oh you really are thick. I said he DOES not read BFP, not he DID not read BFP as in the PAST. Do you understand the difference between present and past tense? Stupid boy, stupid stupid boy.
What triggered the pathetic post of 5.58 pm, once again something rattled Ames’ cage, could be the references to the metro newspaper article or the article in the Vincentian, or the news on the administration, all very relevant.
At anonymous 6.25 how do you know Dave Ames does not read BFP?
And all the agents you hung out to dry.
Ask him. It’s easy, phone up. Hi Dave how are you, did you read BFP the other day? Any comment? Easy really. You should try it.
Some of the recent posts sound as though the author is Dave Ames. Guessing that he is starting to worry what us annoying pesky investors think or perhaps hmrc… I have only seen one or two hmrc investigations out of thousands of tax returns/accounts I have seen filed. Hope you are being investigated Dave, you reap what you sow. Hmrc debt collectors are such sweet, gentle souls 🙂
Dave Ames did read BFP.
It upset him beyond reason as people were openly talking about the lies propagated by Harlequin despite the countless NDAs Ames had insisted on.
Also discussed on BFP was how Ames was continuing to build virtually nothing (backed up by photographic evidence from Caribbean locals), and how a show home and a half demolished hotel were rotting after being abandoned and looted (again, backed up by photographic evidence).
BFP kept providing a channel of info about how Harlequin and Ames were defaulting on 100s and 100s of investor contracts, but exploiting litigation in order not to refund investors and to continue in their attempts to deceive and coax further investment from victims.
Meanwhile Ames kept us all updated by reminding us about the WK case (fundamental to a multinational development operation) and how he had recently spent time and money in the US in order to obtain the IP addresses of internet bloggers on BFP who had defamed him and his family personally. Again, fundamental strategy in order to some day start developing the portfolio Ames had taken nigh on half a billion pounds in deposits for.
Ames no longer reads BFP as he has now come to accept that bloggers don’t give a flying f*ck about his intimidation and threats of litigation and will continue to publicise the outrages being perpetrated by the Ames family and Harlequin.
I will stand up to anyone who threatens my right to free speech, and Ames is right up there on top of my list.
You call Dave and believe everything he tells you lol, I called Dave 6 years ago, told him I had 100k, he met me the next day, told me to invest in Merricks, told me my unit would be complete in 2010 latest 2011, Dave no longer takes my calls, yet he took my cash. Last time I spoke to him was when I bumped into him at Gatwick about a year ago. December 2013 to be exact.
He denied the SFO were looking at him,
He blamed the government in Barbados for the delay, blamed his old accountants too. Funnily enough he did not blame the Builder, but did say that Campion and HD Studios were still working on his projects, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Merricks, funny that, this was December 2013. Told me that RL were backing him, that they were very happy with what they saw, told me that Gareth Fatchett had his clients 7 capital investing in Harlequin.
Just wanted to point out to him that HD Studios closed in April 2013. But he was gone. Dashed off. Do I believe a word that comes out of his gob, ahhhhh no, does anyone else ahhhh no, and I include the pro harlequin criminals on here, who not only know Ames is lying but also lie for him.
“Meanwhile Ames kept us all updated by reminding us about the WK case (fundamental to a multinational development operation) and how he had recently spent time and money in the US in order to obtain the IP addresses of internet bloggers on BFP who had defamed him and his family personally. Again, fundamental strategy in order to some day start developing the portfolio Ames had taken nigh on half a billion pounds in deposits for.”
Parlez vous francais?
Mon francais est trés petite mais j’adore le commentaires sur ames – le merde.
In the past, I tried phoning Dave to get some answers,, but unfortunately had to deal with his intellectually challenged staff and fraudster son.
Dave also get confused very easily, and has trouble distinguishing between fantasy and reality, so even if we manage to get him on the phone, expecting a truthful , coherent answer is as likely as getting finance.
“if you fink bout it wright , buccament bay has not one single penny of debt, wright ……..”
My questions proved too challenging for Sunny ( Vinny ), Dan and Matt,
questions like, how many hotel rooms have you actually finished at Buccament Bay, is the resort actually profitable, and why are you still offering hotel rooms with guarantees, while you are unable to fulfill the promises you offered to me 6 years ago, is this not dishonest ?
I had similar treatment at the hands of the staff at HP. Lots of huffpuff but no substance I’m afraid. To think these criminals had dealt with near half a billion pounds is shocking.
If Matt Ames’ case is anything to go by, we will have to look at the “consultancy” fees which Ames may have paid out on BB or similar… fees paid to a company he owns / controls.
And if Fatchett got 7 Capital to make up a letter of intent just to get Ames out to those meeting, and get the SIPPs list, hats off to him. He knew full well they wouldn’t part with a penny, and would just cite the DD as being damning to get out of it. Unlucky Dave.
Dave Ames has purchased overseas properties, but has some of those properties registered in someone else’s name, now why do this?
It might not be illegal, but why do it?, was it to hide these assets, now that could be illegal, whatever the reason, he has done this, and to be honest we don’t know how many times he has done this, we only know he has done this, and he talks about transparency, bullshit, the man’s a consummate liar, and apparently likes to hide his assets, if there were proper accounts we could see where the money came from to buy these hidden assets. But sadly those types of accounts don’t exist.
Dave mate, if your not reading the current posts, it’s time you did. The purchasers want answers mate, and they want them now.
Funny Sam Commissiong according to the master of the High Court in St. Vincent is representing his client Dave Ames in the matter of administration of his companies over there, so why don’t we get an update from Ames on the matter.
Dave it’s time you came clean, it’s time you stated your intentions with respect to the administration of one or more of your companies in St. Vincent.
@vous etes un knob. If your pathetic piece of French is supposed to end with “the shit” then it’s LA MERDE.
Dave, in case you are reading this, something we need to clear up,
When you say that Buccament bay has no debt and is unencumbered, the 6000 investors that paid for it’s construction with their homes, pensions and life savings, may not share your point of view.
@ Je Suis knob, I think we all agree Ames is a shit, and a liar, and a thief.
Do we have something of a “Mexican stand-off” going on in SVG.
Gonsalves……….”I will nationalize BB and win re-election”
Dave Ames ……..”I have photographic evidence of you accepting
US $1,000,000.000 in a brown paper bag,
you make your court grant me Chapter-11
bankruptcy status so that I can re-organize”
My guess is that the liquidators of HMSSE are pursuing the overseas debts hence the urgency for Ames to get one or more of his Caribbean companies into Administration. I agree, we need an absolute unequivocall update from Ames on this and the other allegations being levied against him here, I am very concerned with the allegation that Ames has purchased property and registered this in someone else’s name. That is deeply concerning.
Have investors that have handed over completion money before 31.12.14 for H Hotel kindly paid Dave and Carol’s personal tax bills for 13/14 ? Suspiciously close to January’s deadline in uk ?
Ingham and Ames go back to their time in Dubai, this has been openly admitted.
Is he one of the scum with an Ames property in his name? There must be a reason he supports Ames, he can’t be doing it for free!!
@Anonymous 7:26pm
Merci pour le correction pour “le merde”. J’étudie le Francais mais c’est trop bien pas
RL are making a complete balls of this, I like the way they acknowledge that they completely messed up in 2014, also interesting to note that they appear not to have the number of clients they once led us to believe.
And yes it looks like finally RL admit that the FSCS have not paid out any redress yet, they rely on yet as do I, yet could mean anything.
I really don’t accept their statement re their “error of judgement” all they did and they know this is to buy Ames time, all those promises about Stat Demands, option B’s etc, this to me smacks of damage limitation, this is what happens when you get too close to Ames, you lie with unwashed unkempt dogs, you will get fleas.
I also note that Gareth Fatchett is no longer mentioned in dispatches.
Ames led Gareth Fatchett and RL on a merry little dance, then got a number of his loyal supporters to issue formal complaints to the SRA, being the vindictive little bastard that he is. Fatchett was too naieve, and got swallowed up by the Christmas jumpers and fame he felt would follow.
Fatchett was like a Rabbit caught in the headlights. But ironically Fatchett was Ames’ best chance at coming out of this partly intact. But Ames being the vindictive little shit that he is could not help himself, what a complete cock is our Dave.
Harlequin FSCS Valuation – click on link
All,
FSCS Claims Valuations
The title of the email is quite true. For now, the FSCS are valuing Harlequin investments at 100% of their original value. The enclosed calculation relates to an FSCS calculation dated very recently. All FSCS matters will be treated uniformly. so it whatever is claimed, no one has an FSCS Harlequin redress winner yet.
“Yet” is the operative word. The policy of the FSCS in their review of investments (and redress) is a slow process. Quite properly, the FSCS are considering the issue of loss and redress flowing from it.
The FSCS have operated this approach with other major investments such as Stirling Mortimer and Sustainable Growth Group. Both these investments are subject to Serious Fraud Office investigation. The loss calculation redresses the loss accruing from the original pension transfer. This effectively redresses part of the claim. The positive of this is that the pension transfer element of the claim is being paid. With approx. 3300 claimants, the FSCS understand that they need to be both consistent and transparent.
As part of the work we are doing for our clients, we will shortly engage with FSCS to persuade them to use the value being used by SIPP operators in their valuations (eg £1 per contract). The FSCS will need to issue / publish a policy in terms of the value of Harlequin redress. There is no doubt in our mind that this will require all the major stakeholders handling Harlequin claims to work collaboratively.
http://www.4newsquare.com/news/article.aspx?Id=133 – it is well worth reading the Court of Appeal case of Emptage. To us, the Harlequin redress element has Emptage written all over it. With approx. £200m invested via SIPP, the stakes are high.
SIPP Operator Claims
The letters of claim have been issued to the two SIPP operators who hold the largest amount of contracts (Lifetime and Guardian). The claim letter were issued on the 12th November 2014 on behalf of a sample group of investors. We have indicated to both SIPP operators that we will serve them an updated claimant list. Our claim letters will be extended to other SIPP operators in the near future.
We have issued a significant number of Data Subject Access Requests to SIPP operators. We have sought to obtain their files so we can review the contracts, due diligence, payment chasing actions taken etc.
This claim is more than likely to involve applications for Group Litigation Orders. If so, the defendants (the SIPP operators) would be required to bring to the attention of their SIPP members (who hold Harlequin) the existence of the orders.
This ensures that all approx. 3300 SIPP investors are aware of the groups. It goes without saying that many of the investors will not be our clients and may be represented by other firms. We will need to work sensibly with these firms to ensure that all parties have the benefit of both the pension transfer claims and the SIPP operator claims.
Guardian SIPP Fees
We act for investors who have been sued for non-payment of their SIPP annual management charges. If you receive either a letter of claim or proceedings, please contact Tobias Haynes at our offices. Please do not delay in this as there are timescales to be met.
Conclusion
2014 was a year which became very contentious due to the due diligence and the trust proposal. We have no intention of this happening again in 2015. Our entire focus is on obtaining redress for our clients, not the circus which surrounds Harlequin.
We made an error of judgment becoming too involved with the whole Harlequin saga. We felt obligated to fight the investor corner. The reality is that some investors support Harlequin and strongly objected to our intervention. We do not necessarily agree with these investors, but we recognise that they too have lost or stand to lose significant sums of money.
Investors should now judge Harlequin on what they deliver. We played a part in a sideshow during 2014, which allowed the agenda to move away from what has been delivered. The irony is that our removal from the constant debates means that Harlequin lose the ability to point a finger at us and blame us for their position. Maybe, in a strange way, they will miss us.
Regulatory Legal Solicitors
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Good question about why Ingham supports Ames.
We all know that bullshit Bob gets thrown a few scraps every month for his disruptive efforts on here but what is Ingham getting?
Ingham needs the money, his wife eats a lot. The best of it he is not even an investor.
Has anyone thought it might be “hush money”
He does not own his own company, wannabe 😉
Now now Anon, the tw*t earlier got taught a lesson regarding mistaken identity and you are falling through the same trap door. Obsession is a mental illness.
@ Mexican Stand Off, hush money for what?
Argyle International Airport will not be finished in 2015.. poor BB, that was the reason they were waiting for to open another few hundred rooms. Even if they did have a few hundred more rooms and they were full..where would the poor folks eat?Their current restaurants cant even handle the few guests they get now.The SPA is seldom available because it is booked.
No Trader Vics, No Liverpool Football Academy, no Indigo Dive.Two tennis courts for a Tennis Club….what a joke!
9:54
What happens in Dubai stays in Dubai !
It’s time to consider the next moves by Ames, the administration of some of the Caribbean companies is now all but a foregone conclusion.
And it’s purchasers who once again are left high and dry.
But tonight we recieve an update from RL, acknowledging that they basically got it all wrong in 2014, furthermore confirming that they have yet to obtain redress for their clients.
Fatchett took his eye off the ball, bought Ames a further year and tonight all but apologises for the farcical way RL dealt with Ames.
“We played a part in a sideshow during 2014, which allowed the agenda to move away from what has been delivered. ”
This admission is an absolute disgrace, Gareth Fatchett is supposed to be a credible solicitor, what was he doing playing games in sideshows when thousands of investors wanted what was owed to them. Was Fatchett fiddling whilst Harlequin burned, let us not forget the Christmas Jumpers and numerous update videos, was that all apart of the sideshow, the Gareth and Dave laugh in.
RL state the following,
“We felt obligated to fight the investor corner. The reality is that some investors support Harlequin and strongly objected to our intervention.”
Sorry but in a witness statement in the Davies case, a witness statement produced for Ames against CLC and the Davies group, Fatchett stated that he ” Represented ” thousands of clients. So for RL to now state that they “FELT OBLIGATED to fight the investor corner”, well well, I’m at a loss to understand what RL means by this. If you have clients your obligation is to serve their interests not just to ” feel obliged” to. And sadly, Fatchett seems to have learned something from his bed fellow Ames, yes lay the blame for his failure at the door step of others. “The reality is that some investors support Harlequin and strongly objected to our intervention.”
How can a solicitor state this? Your intervention? You claimed to have been instructed by clients, so totally at a loss to understand the statement from RL above.
As they say, if you lie down with a smelly unkempt dog like Ames, you will get fleas,
Now that the end is nigh, RL are preparing clients for the worst. I however don’t see this abysmal attempt at an apology as assisting matters in anyway. It is worth noting that no mention is made of Mr. Fatchett.
See update from RL below.
Harlequin FSCS Valuation – click on link
All,
FSCS Claims Valuations
The title of the email is quite true. For now, the FSCS are valuing Harlequin investments at 100% of their original value. The enclosed calculation relates to an FSCS calculation dated very recently. All FSCS matters will be treated uniformly. so it whatever is claimed, no one has an FSCS Harlequin redress winner yet.
“Yet” is the operative word. The policy of the FSCS in their review of investments (and redress) is a slow process. Quite properly, the FSCS are considering the issue of loss and redress flowing from it.
The FSCS have operated this approach with other major investments such as Stirling Mortimer and Sustainable Growth Group. Both these investments are subject to Serious Fraud Office investigation. The loss calculation redresses the loss accruing from the original pension transfer. This effectively redresses part of the claim. The positive of this is that the pension transfer element of the claim is being paid. With approx. 3300 claimants, the FSCS understand that they need to be both consistent and transparent.
As part of the work we are doing for our clients, we will shortly engage with FSCS to persuade them to use the value being used by SIPP operators in their valuations (eg £1 per contract). The FSCS will need to issue / publish a policy in terms of the value of Harlequin redress. There is no doubt in our mind that this will require all the major stakeholders handling Harlequin claims to work collaboratively.
http:// http://www.4newsquare.com/ news/article .aspx?Id=133 – it is well worth reading the Court of Appeal case of Emptage. To us, the Harlequin redress element has Emptage written all over it. With approx. £200m invested via SIPP, the stakes are high.
SIPP Operator Claims
The letters of claim have been issued to the two SIPP operators who hold the largest amount of contracts (Lifetime and Guardian). The claim letter were issued on the 12th November 2014 on behalf of a sample group of investors. We have indicated to both SIPP operators that we will serve them an updated claimant list. Our claim letters will be extended to other SIPP operators in the near future.
We have issued a significant number of Data Subject Access Requests to SIPP operators. We have sought to obtain their files so we can review the contracts, due diligence, payment chasing actions taken etc.
This claim is more than likely to involve applications for Group Litigation Orders. If so, the defendants (the SIPP operators) would be required to bring to the attention of their SIPP members (who hold Harlequin) the existence of the orders.
This ensures that all approx. 3300 SIPP investors are aware of the groups. It goes without saying that many of the investors will not be our clients and may be represented by other firms. We will need to work sensibly with these firms to ensure that all parties have the benefit of both the pension transfer claims and the SIPP operator claims.
Guardian SIPP Fees
We act for investors who have been sued for non-payment of their SIPP annual management charges. If you receive either a letter of claim or proceedings, please contact Tobias Haynes at our offices. Please do not delay in this as there are timescales to be met.
Conclusion
2014 was a year which became very contentious due to the due diligence and the trust proposal. We have no intention of this happening again in 2015. Our entire focus is on obtaining redress for our clients, not the circus which surrounds Harlequin.
We made an error of judgment becoming too involved with the whole Harlequin saga. We felt obligated to fight the investor corner. The reality is that some investors support Harlequin and strongly objected to our intervention. We do not necessarily agree with these investors, but we recognise that they too have lost or stand to lose significant sums of money.
Investors should now judge Harlequin on what they deliver. We played a part in a sideshow during 2014, which allowed the agenda to move away from what has been delivered. The irony is that our removal from the constant debates means that Harlequin lose the ability to point a finger at us and blame us for their position. Maybe, in a strange way, they will miss us.
Regulatory Legal Solicitors
You lie down with dogs, you mean Paddy dont you. Everyone knows that GF and Paddy were in cahoots. Dont forget the deal in the desert tent. Wonder how the RL muppets feel about their £240 now.
Always going to be a toughs call, cash investors have no choice but to go with Ames and HIS (keep out of jail TRUST) the SIPP investors need Harlequin to go bump.
Either way about 50% won’t be happy regardless of the outcome……. what can you do?
CPC will sleep sorry lay with anyone, aye Chris 😉
Let sleeping dogs lay, or is that lie?
@ Anonymous 11.13 no sadly the dog being referred to is Ames, if Fatchett had listened to those he solicitied for advice then he would not be swimming in the brown stuff. Fatchett once told me he could not talk to Mr. O’ Halloran or Mr. Newman because to do so would have invoked the wrath of the Great Visionary, and he felt that he was developing a good rapport with the Great Visionary, indeed he believed at one point that the Great Visionary was just another victim. Going so far as to commit perjury through his witness statement in support of the Great Visionary in the Davies case, that is most apparent from tonight’s update, but Fatchett is firmly out of the loop and RL are now seeking to limit the damage.
But as usual the Pro Harlequin brigade like to put their warped spin on everything. Ames won the Irish case because Ames his wife and a number of other witnesses were willing to commit perjury for a greater cause, the defence in the Ames / Harlequin et al vs Wilkins Kennedy is most telling in this regard. As are legal documents submitted in the CLC case.
It’s amusing to note however that every time we have Ames and others exposed, the pro Harlequin mob try and equate this back to the builder.
Sadly Fatchett did not listen to the builder or those associated with him for had he done so he would probably not have lost his UK action against Ames, but somehow I doubt he wanted to win that action, afterall he did recieve quite a bit of intelligence on Ames prior to that case, intelligence he apparently chose not to use.
Read the update – Can explain the importance of the original valuation VS SIPP valuation of £1 to the FSCS?
Oh I see – they are valuing the compensation against an insurance policy and using the balance to form their compensation offer.
If the value of the investment (which is still hypothetically alive) is the full amount (IE it has not “lost” value), the entire amount is deducted from the balance. However, if the amount is adjusted to reflect the SIPP valuation (£1), the balance becomes addressed.
This means for SIPP investors, the best outcome is to have Harlequin down the tubes so their investment is truly wiped off the face of the earth.
Exactly and RL are trying to convince the FSCS to allow the valuations of £1.00 stand, the problem RL have is that Ames produced a valuation for Buccament Bay of c $ 250 million which allthough ridiculous in the extreme does muddy the waters somewhat.
I’ve always found it difficult to comprehend how the FSCS being the compensation fund of last resort for customers of authorised financial services firms would pay out on claims when the developer of the RDC’s in question keeps telling the world that all will be well, and that finance is just around the corner.
Ok let’s take a hypothetical scenario, RL manage to convince the FSCS to value the contracts at £ 1 each. And all the SIPP contract holders obtain full redress, at the same time Ames gets his finance and continues the build, technically the FSCS payments would have been made in error, the last resort being that work continues apace with the RDC’s.
Where is the ultimate loss? Yes the development of the RDC’s in this example have been delayed but if Ames is to be believed and in this unlikely scenario admittedly, the resorts do get built, well where is the loss.
Ok some might claim that the FA’s incorrectly sold the investments to some purchasers, but the FA will claim that the projects were not halted permanently meerly delayed and now that they are back on track the losses are negligible.
Now the question has to be, as to when the FSCS will make a determination in that regard,
I also recall Gareth Fatchett and Ames claiming that redress options could be pursued hand in hand with the restructuring of the Ames companies, well if the Ames companies were to be restructured and the resorts ultimately completed, again where is the loss. Or at least a valid claim of last resort, I always felt that Gareth Fatchett was walking a fine line here, on the one hand looking to assist with the restructuring of the Ames business whilst at the same time advocating claims of last resort. I just can’t see this simultaneous approach working out, indeed on the face of it, it appeared like an attempt to extract compensation from the FSCS under false pretences.
I mean the companies are either finished, unable to complete the resorts and should be liquidated or the companies are in fact just going through a temporary glitch caused by circumstances beyond the control of the management but are well on the road to recovery as Ames is always keen to point out.
I guess this is why Gareth Fatchett has been removed from the scene of the crime so to speak.
The update from RL this evening was very poorly phrased, but sadly it was probably the best RL could do by way of an apology to the thousands of Ames’ victims out there, I am however gobsmacked that a law firm can come and state that they basically lost focus in such a huge high profile case.
I agree with a previous poster when they stated that Gareth Fatchett got too close to Ames, it was at this point that his independent judgment became somewhat clouded, and it exposed him to a rather vindictive attack from Ames by way of complaints to the SRA.
Had Gareth Fatchett maintained his distance and focused on the matters in hand rather then engaging in sideshows then the outcome might have been a little different and for a legal firm who previously claimed in court to act for in excess of 2000 investors, I find the comments on the RL update baffling to say the least.
Sure looks like RL fucked up, that’s as close to an apology that I’ve ever seen any law firm give. What was that guy Fatchett thinking. Bet they is in for some serious law suit.
Here we are again DA = perjury. PROOF? Where, how, what when?
Mention of the marina reminds me of the Disney style pirate ship that was supposed to offer cruises and be an eating venue. The thing was built and shipped over to SVG but then had a fire on board and has been languishing somewhere ever since.
Does anyone have recent photographs of this white elephant? How much of the purchasers’ funds were sunk into this failure?
Happy days if Ames pulls the plug = I get paid.
And yes this would mean cash investors get very little.
But, that would stuff the cash investors, would it not?
How as a SIPP investor can you make a claim if the investment is still valued at full price?
You can’t.
That’s why Harlequin must be put into administration. Ames gets the cash investors to join the Trust (can’t sue him) FSCS pay out SIPPs they we are all one big happy family.
It’s a simple but effective solution.
As a cash investor I will never join the Harlequin Trust. You could never rely on Harlequin to pay your 10% return as Ames is a liar and a crook.
So, Ames gets the FSCS to pay off 50% + or – the other 50 % can’t sue him because they have been persuaded into joining the Trust.
He could actually end up pulling this off?, Unless of course the SFO or HMRC scupper his plans?
Or am I taking a very simplistic view of things?
@Pluto
Ames next step will be join the Trust, because as a cash investor you don’t have much choice, do you?
I do however 100% agree with your sentiments
Pluto, I agree but the problem is that if you don’t join the trust you will be left to fend for yourself and the costs associated with taking legal action on your own.
Can you complete without finance?
Anyone Know the Answer, Ames will pull this off because he is following a well planned route.
Everybody thinks Dave is thick but he is advised well and knows where he is heading with all this.
The only thing that can stop him is if SFO/ HMRC or the like bring it to a halt.
I think the SFO are struggling.
What a mess, half want Harlequin to fail – SIPPS
Half want it to work – Cash investors.
WK and the Irish builder – what do they want?
Based on this alone it can’t work.
@Anonymous
January 12, 2015 at 11:40 am
He is thick. otherwise he would not have gotten in this mess, go work it out.
You Judge, I didn’t disagree he was thick, but I said he gets well advised.
If this wasn’t the case he would be sharing a cell with Matt.
Worked out.
Hi Gonsalves,
Just a reminder that you have a number of investors in Harlequin who’s contracts have expired and are not being repaid.If you continue to support Ames and those crap head office Staff (liars and cheats),2015 should be a very exciting year for you.
Dam right GF took his eye off the ball. Too busy getting donations for his church choir. lol
Anonymous
January 12, 2015 at 11:54 am
You seem oddly impressed by Ames.
Harlequin / DA had nothing to do with Matt Ames fraud, such a silly comment to make.
He is however being investigated by many. I don’t care how well he is advised he and his family are they have some very serious problems.
It’s finally the end of the road.
Yeah, Ames had his eye on the ball – what a guy!
You Judge, How can I be impressed by what has achieved, he had delivered nothing you great nob.
Matt being in jail has a lot to do with Harlequin as he stated in his trial that it was set up as a mirror image of what his father was doing. So not so silly
Don’t kid yourself Dames and Carol are having a bad time, they are multi-millionaires on the back of yours and my cash and its in locations that mean it will never be recovered.
Dave will continue living the dream off our cash and die of old age before the authorities get their arses in gear.
Its all wrong but that’s how it is Mr I Knowitall
Commisaring St Vincent
I may have spelt your name incorrectly however I do not apologise. How many years have you been a bent lawyer?
@ Anonymous on January 12, 2015 at 11:40 am,
Ames can’t pull this off and here’s why.
Let’s say the FSCS do pay out some 3,200 claims in full, that will leave Ames with about 3,000 purchasers,
Ames would then have to ensure that all these purchasers joined the trust, as Ames has pointed out, he needs to remove the threat of litigation before any financier shows an interest.
Therefore if the 3,000 purchasers join the trust, all will be well, in fact Ames will then only have to build half the number of units because the other 3,200 purchasers just got compensated, so no one looses right?
Wrong the loosers here are the FSCS. The FSCS is a compensation scheme of last resort. So how do you think the funders of the FSCS will feel seeing in close to a quarter of a billion pounds paid out in compensation to members of a scheme who’s chairman will not be able to resist the temptation to tell the world how wonderful and succesfull his scheme Harlequin is.
In any event the contracts are not just torn up once the victims have been compensated, the contracts remain with the FSCS, and they could enforce the terms of the contract at any stage, so we are back to square one again, that being the financiers ( if any exist, which is doubtful anyway) reluctance to invest whilst the threat of litigation looms.
And I doubt very much that the FSCS will agree not to pursue Ames.
But I believe that is all irrelevant given the high profile nature of Ames’ companies as a result of both the FCA warnings and the SFO investigation, you will not see FSCS compensation paid out to the bulk of claimants until such time as Harlequin go under, despite what RL say, let’s face facts, not long ago Gareth Fatchett was telling us that they had achieved success with FSCS route, we even had Paul Walton regale us with his tale of success on the RL forum, we now have RL basically denying this because RL admit that they lost focus, and were consumed by the side show.
Last year 2014 RL ‘felt’ obligated to fight the investor corner but got caught up in the Harlequin sideshow and circus instead, so now they tell us that they have no intention of this happening again in 2015. Our entire focus is on obtaining redress for our clients, not the circus which surrounds Harlequin.
I’m still amazed that RL came out with such an update.
Looks like GF and his merry band got themselves out posted by DA. Got themselves into petty posturing. Perhaps in future legal actions you decide to take you will concentrate on justifying £240 fees to your customers rather than sillyness.
It would be very satisfying if Ames, Gonsalves and Commissaring are all in jail together sometime in 2016-7.
And that wouldn’t take much winning believe me!
Charges for our merry band of three:
Gonsalves – a sexual predator and crook.
Ames a massive fraudster and happy to lie in court..
Commissiong just bent.
Pluto, go to the authorities if you have the evidence
It is already there!
Pluto, well it mustn’t have been very convincing because the 3 of them are on the outside living it up!
Gonsalves, Ames and Commissaring.
I see that you all employ relatives in your businesses and government. I sincerely hope that they are not following in the footsteps of the three clowns at top who are involved in criminal activities etc.
@anonymous 1.22. Jez you have asked for evidence! Don’t you know you can post anything on here without backing it up with proof. When Pluto mentioned our merry band of three I naturally assumed he was talking about Paddy, Newman and MacDonald.
Is Gonsalves going to resign this month?
Gonsalves you have no future in politics.
Gonsalves- You will be facing a much higher court than you are used to.
@ Anonymous on January 12, 2015 at 11:40 am,
Ames can’t pull this off and here’s why.
Let’s say the FSCS do pay out some 3,200 claims in full, that will leave Ames with about 3,000 purchasers,
Ames would then have to ensure that all these purchasers joined the trust, as Ames has pointed out, he needs to remove the threat of litigation before any financier shows an interest.
Therefore if the 3,000 purchasers join the trust, all will be well, in fact Ames will then only have to build half the number of units because the other 3,200 purchasers just got compensated, so no one looses right?
Wrong the loosers here are the FSCS. The FSCS is a compensation scheme of last resort. So how do you think the funders of the FSCS will feel seeing in close to a quarter of a billion pounds paid out in compensation to members of a scheme who’s chairman will not be able to resist the temptation to tell the world how wonderful and succesfull his scheme Harlequin is.
In any event the contracts are not just torn up once the victims have been compensated, the contracts remain with the FSCS, and they could enforce the terms of the contract at any stage, so we are back to square one again, that being the financiers ( if any exist, which is doubtful anyway) reluctance to invest whilst the threat of litigation looms.
And I doubt very much that the FSCS will agree not to pursue Ames.
But I believe that is all irrelevant given the high profile nature of Ames’ companies as a result of both the FCA warnings and the SFO investigation, you will not see FSCS compensation paid out to the bulk of claimants until such time as Harlequin go under, despite what RL say, let’s face facts, not long ago Gareth Fatchett was telling us that they had achieved success with FSCS route, we even had Paul Walton regale us with his tale of success on the RL forum, we now have RL basically denying this because RL admit that they lost focus, and were consumed by the side show.
Last year 2014 RL ‘felt’ obligated to fight the investor corner but got caught up in the Harlequin sideshow and circus instead, so now they tell us that they have no intention of this happening again in 2015. Our entire focus is on obtaining redress for our clients, not the circus which surrounds Harlequin.
I’m still amazed that RL came out with such an update.
http://metro.co.uk/2013/04/03/owner-reunited-with-missing-cat-after-seven-years-and-court-custody-battle-3582015/
I suspect the FSCS would pursue Ames relentlessly.
So, to be clear on this……… it’s a crock of sh1t if Harlequin goes bust for the cash investors.
It’s bad for SIPP investors if it survives.
So either way Harlequin is up sh1t creek without a paddle!
Even if half of the contracts were released and compensated by the FSCS, there would still be >3,000 that would need to be honoured. From where I’m looking 2 out of 3,000 completions is no more impressive than 2 out of 6,000 completions. It still leaves thousands of unhappy investors. It’s a bit of a moot point to me.
How can a group of companies restart building when they don’t even have enough cash to run BB properly(according to TA reviewers of worn out loungers, towels etc). Even if HP liabilities were halved that still does nothing to change the reality of their creditworthiness to any potential financier. So where is the money going to come from to build out? Maybe the cash investors come up with more money.
Looser – less firmly or tightly fixed in place
Loser – a person or thing that loses or has lost something
Pedantic (Variant of pedant)
noun
1) A person who puts unnecessary stress on minor or trivial points of learning
2) A narrow-minded teacher who insists on exact adherence to a set of arbitrary rules
Why would cash investors be better off if Harlequin doesn’t go bust? I’m afraid that is just simply not true.
Harlequin will not / cannot deliver on their liabilities under investor contracts. They are unable to develop anything at all as they have no funds. All the deposit money has now gone, and no financier would get involved with providing 100% finance required to build from scratch what has been sold on all resorts plus infrastructure. Why would any developer want to clear up the monumental mess Ames has made?
All Harlequin has is a half built non-profitable resort; a rotting, rusting half demolished hotel and a few scraps of land without planning permission. Line that up against the 1,000s of potential claims for breach and Harlequin is well and truly finished.
How anyone can actually think that they should hang in there as Harlequin might have a chance is beyond me.
As I said it’s over for Harlequin & cash investors.
The Harlequin chimps are just hanging on for maybe another paycheck, I guess the sales people are just trying to get poor investors to part with more money to make the end of month check run.
For Ames he is too dumb and deluded to see his game is up.
Ask Ingham and Storey they love to kiss Ames’s arse, just because they think he won’t shit on them – poor fools.
He done that the moment he took their cash.
He “did” that the moment he took their cash. Except he won’t.
Why are they any different than all the other people he stuffed, they are just two silly old men full of self importance, sad really.
If Ames can get finance and provide a return for cash investors would the return be paid directly into a UK bank account? My tailor made skumbag ifa said a return would be paid into an account in the caribbean that you could only spend if you went to the caribbean? Confused as to the whole point of the investment if you live in uk?
@Anon 6.53 perhaps the silly old men full of self importance know something you don’t then. 💷💷💷
No, they think they do. Oddly enough I do actually know what’s going on and it will end in tears, for Ames and investors.
Only a total muppet would think Harlequin will survive this, if the cap fits….
Aye Dick if you never invested you could have a decent house lol.
Dringhouses York is hardly ‘posh’
Are you brain dead? What has this got to do with a complex fraud like this? Why don’t you make your mum a brew and let the adults contribute something worthwhile
Richard Ingham
Owner at Richard Ingham & Partners
Demographic info
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Owner at Richard Ingham & Partners
Education
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Funny how some big hot shot has such a low profile 😉
@tricky dickie you pathetic heap of shit. You hide behind an anonymous ID commenting on the personal details of others. Well you moron Richard Ingham does not post on here, any attempt to post is moderated by this forum. Does it not occur to you interlectualy challenged crack head that someone else is posting as him and a dick head like falls for it. How thick are you.
Do Carol/ Dave Ames have a phd in dishonestly taking people’s cash and pension money?
Not what your planning application says Dick.
Please watch your punctuation, truly shocking.
Funny can’t find any accounts for you or even a directorship.
Don’t tell me Walton seen them all yeah right.
Gonsalves- Does your family know how you carry on?
There is something else to consider RE the FSCS update from RL.
If they can demonstrate to the FSCS that the investment is well and truly lost for the SIPPS (which they hope to), they may be able to get it valued at £1. If this happened, surely it would be a good day for the SIPP investors, as well as the cash ones?
“Interlectualy challenged” – someone unable to spell “intellectually”?
@Anonymous 10.23
You are on my list.
Next people will be telling me the electoral roll is wrong 😉
Wonder how long BLu in St Lucia will survive? Read the last 10 reviews on TA…Redefining Luxury in The Caribbean, my ass.
http://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotel_Review-g147344-d3397500-Reviews-Blu_St_Lucia-Gros_Islet_Gros_Islet_Quarter_St_Lucia.html
Well if you don’t live there who’s shagging the Mrs 🙂
http://metro.co.uk/2013/04/03/owner-reunited-with-missing-cat-after-seven-years-and-court-custody-battle-3582015/
How many properties has Ames registered in other peoples names? We may never know, however thank the Lord for the Proceeds of Crime Act, of course we will never expect Ames to come clean on his personal assets, neither he nor his wife have in the past so what to say they will change their stance in the future.
At least with the proceeds of crime act, an estimation as to the cash Ames squirrled away on personal assets can be arrived at, so it will really do him no good at all to be evasive on the matter, but sadly for him given his past history of evasiveness, what ever he or Carol say from here on in, can only be taken with a huge, I mean huge pinch of salt.
But anyone who has dealings with Ames needs to understand that the Ames family have no hesitation in dropping others in it when they find themselves pinned into a corner,
Now I wonder whether the recent posts, which have absolutely nothing to do with the current serious problems Ames’ companies are facing, have been published by an individual / individuals who may now be feeling the heat.
Meanwhile back to Ames, I wonder whether he will care to update us on the deadline for the H Hotel in Barbados or on the ongoing negotiations he and Sam Commissiong are having over the Administration process for a number of his companies.
This information will be of far more relevance then as RL would have called it the sideshow by those loyal supporters of Harlequin who are behaving in the most churlish and moronic of fashions.
The language used in the posts is similar to that used by Harlequin staff when trying to answer questions on finance and build schedules, that being pathetic, disgusting and frankly clueless.
The gutter snipe postings are not between parties with different entrenched positions but by the same individuals with just one agenda, and that is to disrupt and put viewers off this blog, sadly like Ames these idiots fail to understand the Streisand Effect. All their actions are doing is to pique the curiosity of those with a keen interest in Harlequin.
Well at least you are not now classing the lady with the lost pussy Romanian now. Seeing as you got that wrong what else in your rambling posts is wrong.
Why is it always something will happen to Ames/ Harlequin, when the F**k will it happen?
Nothing would please me more that HMRC and the proceeds or crime.
If people ‘complete’/join the trust and get a ‘return’ ha. Is it the staff in Basildon that pay it ? Following this forum consistantly, it gives the impression Basildon staff don’t know their arse from their elbow ?
Sadly, Ames and his cohorts have managed to select a gullible few to take further funds off. I can only imagine they have been specially selected for their stupidity.
Must be the case.
Someone like Bob Storey
Indubitably
Looks like Tw*atikins is back. aka odious, whoisthefuss etc etc etc. Now its wet behind the ears. Is this your daily “Bob Storey” post or can we expect other major pieces of ground breaking information from you today. Nah why change the habit of a life time.
Well I’m completing, I’m paid up and got the paperwork now, so I’m working on the principle a title is better than no title
@ Anonymous 9.01 am
How do you know the woman is not Romanian?
You were asked this question yesterday and refused to answer, you appear to know her, you stated yesterday that she was not Romanian that she was English, so please if you know “Her” as you must do, given your claims that she is English, can you explain to us her relationship with Ames?
Remember stuff appears on here only AFTER it has been provided to any and all other interested parties, this forum is like TV where there is a 60 second delay on live video.
I also fail to understand why you call the factual posts ramblings, you appear not to understand what ‘Rambling are.
http://metro.co.uk/2013/04/03/owner-reunited-with-missing-cat-after-seven-years-and-court-custody-battle-3582015/
Rom Puss- personal choice but for myself, I wouldn’t want a worthless title with a big costs and overhead. Baron Mis-Take t’spoon and bar. Just a thought. Good luck, hope it works out. Ps. Hope your money went where it was supposed to? Oh and there is a property and proper title. But I’m sure you did your homework and ensured payment was secure.
@anon 1 try google. Or is the Metro your limit on literary reading.
In-dupe-edly, the completion statement from Harlequin confirms receipt of payment in full, the Island lawyer has been responsible for checking that the property exists on land owned by Harlequin and the title is valid.
What option do i have right now? Better owning a proprty when the liquidator arrives than not I guess?
@Romanian Pussy
Interesting you have apparently sent more cash. Can I ask was this recent (post Xmas) or in the original spate of completions at BB?
Being quite honest, I’d have worked at buying up any of the assets Harlequin leaves in the dust. When Ames goes to jail & Harlequin is repo’d by plod, its land and other hotel assets will be sold off – I’m not sure the process for this.
But if you kept hold of your money, you’d be able to get in on the action with the other vultures; perhaps forming a consortium with other “to complete” buyers who want to buy up H Hotel or something.
I don’t know, but I wouldn’t have sent any more money. More out of principle.
Well I’m sure you’ve worked it out. Questions- Harlequin confirms receipt of payment. HMSSE!? They’re in liquidation or similar. Is the island lawyer yours? Land owned by Harlequin! Ames I thought owned the land- or was it just the company in Buc Bay? Is it free title? And a lawyer would add quite a few more questions. Just trying to be helpful. Good luck.
What’s the point in owning something something that is on the verge on bankruptcy.
When Harlequin goes tits up, what do you think will happen to your unit?
Somehow, I don’t think the locals owed money by Ames will think let’s leave that alone because it’s ‘paid’ for.
It will be stripped to a shell within 24 hours – then how much will it be worth?
@ SMRP 12.42 pm, you state that you have completed and that your working on the principle that title is better then no title.
You don’t state where you have completed. I would hope it’s Buccament Bay and not the H Hotel in Barbados at this stage, in addition I hope that your unit is located within the original 19.5 acres, given the problems associated with all the other land at Buccament Bay. I would also hope that your paperwork is genuine, it would not have been the first time that Harlequin or Ames used forged and altered documents.
Having a completed unit at Buccament Bay may not be all that is made out to be. The ongoing SFO Essex Police investigation is probably midway in that process as the SFO admit that cases take between 4 & 6 years to prosecute.
It is not known what impact the prosecution of Ames or the proceeds of crime act will have on any completion, that’s why its massively important to verify the paper work, again I must advise and warn you that Dave Ames and Harlequin have used forged and altered documents in the past.
In addition you may very we’ll end up with a unit that you will have to maintain at your cost. It is also vital in your paperwork that you obtain a right of way to your property, failure to do so could have the consequence that at some stage in the future you may not have access to your property, the right of way to your property are known as the common parts to the resort, but as such there are no individual rights of way.
You need to be absolutely sure about the paperwork for your unit, and taking Sam Commissiongs word for it or indeed that of the state agencies of SVG may not be enough, just look at the issue surrounding the “Filed” accounts in SVG.
Remember SVG is not the UK and Dave Ames to date has been afforded more then his fair share of protection in that country.
Dave Ames and Sam Commissiong began the process of administration of the SVG companies some time ago.
The administration of these companies could and will have a huge impact on your completion.
It’s likely in an administration that you will not obtain any return on your unit, and you will have no recourse to legal action as a result of the administration, you will also discover that the administrator will be under no obligation to maintain or insure your unit, these are all matters you need to consider seriously.
In view of the conditions that the units in Buccament Bay are exposed to, it is vital that proper maintenance is carried out on the units, 2016 would have been a year that a major upgrade would have been due at Buccament Bay, now that you own your own unit, I’m afraid your on your own with it, and most certainly will be once an administrator is appointed.
Also understand that the asset value of your property will not be what you expect it to be, expect it to be multiple fewer times them what you paid for it,
Notwithstanding all of that and knowing all the risks associated with your completion, having something to cling onto maybe better then nothing, but you join about 40 others who have any ‘hope’ of a legitimate completion at Buccament Bay out of the 120 or so current completions being referred to by Ames, you therefore have at best a one in three chance of currently achieving a proper completion.
Criteria for being on the mugs list:
1. Cash investor
2 Old & trusting
3. Have some liquid cash
4. Had a telephone call from from the GV, just to make you feel special
5, Been daft enough to believe the victim card.
Harlequin Hotels & Resorts confirmed full payment, the Island Lawyer I chose, When I say land owned I am making sure my unit is on the 19 Acre undisputed land, yes free title.
Not happy but calculated gamble.
Hopefully when BB goes bust and the liquidators sell it to another company, they may want to agree a price for my unit?
Any news on H Hotel? Surely we’d have an update if they were going to be pursuing a build schedule beginning Q1 2015?
@ Anonymous 1.04 pm, you made a statement that the woman was English, and all I asked you to do was prove it or at least point out to me where you discovered this, instead you respond by telling me to google it, why can’t you just post the link on here, Id be interested.
Also would you please also explain what this woman’s relationship with Dave Ames is, this is probably important to a lot of individuals with an interest in Harlequin,
http://metro.co.uk/2013/04/03/owner-reunited-with-missing-cat-after-seven-years-and-court-custody-battle-3582015/
Some have raised the issue of Dave Ames buying property and registering it in someone else’s name, why would he do this,?
Does Dave Ames have other contacts in Dubai ? If this is true about the properties and i know this might sound hypocrytical, but in this case, I have no reason to believe that it’s false, except again for the fact that the information was given by Dave Ames, and we know Dave Ames has lied on an almost constant basis, but if it is true, how many other assets or properties has Dave Ames hidden in this manner, and more importantly where did the cash come from to purchase these now hidden assets and properties.
Yes Dave Ames please do explain,
@Stroke my Romanian Pussy
January 13, 2015 at 1:59 pm
It will be worth much less than you paid…… if you wanted to buy look at this for an example.
And that’s not in the middle of a swamp / building site!
http://www.rightmove.co.uk/overseas-property/property-42182930.html
@Anon 1 perhaps you can provide the information that shows the pussy is Romanian? Why should I know what relationship is with DA. Perhaps you can show what the relationship is? It’s your post, not mine.
Bobby bellend is getting upsetekins
@Anonymous 2.15, we should thank you for the ling to the SVG property for sale.
Taken from the local estate agents advert:
Ideal Investment Opportunity
This property would be ideal for a large family home or a vacation rental opportunity. The development of Buccament Bay resort, the success of the Pirates films and the new Argyle Airport all point towards the steady growth of St.Vincents tourist based economy.
Increasingly St.Vincent is beginning to offer a broader variety of vacation rental properties and activities including the growing outdoor & spa type experiences offered at Buccament Bay resort, for example
Happy days for investing in SVG then.
Job done
Miss Senka Besirevic
Country Of Residence: England
Nationality: British
Date of Birth: November 1970 (44 years of age)
Occupation: Company Director
All that means is see is NOW British.
Any ”investor” who completes deserves what they get, good or bad. However, I suspect very few will ever get a decent return, if any.
Better to keep the money in a bank at least it’s safe up to £80,000 per person per account.
Well if she is NOW British then she is NOT Romanian. Besirevic is not even a Romanian name. So where is your proof that she is supposed to be Romanian.
Bloody hell
The surname Ames is usually either French or Hebrew in origin. The French name comes from the noun amie, meaning a friend or a beloved. Ultimately it is derived from the Latin amicus a derivative of amare, “to love.” In Hebrew it literally means burden, but is actually derived from the Hebrew prophet Amos.
Can we discuss finance, maybe the banking error? The FSCS supporting the trust? Or even the SFO not investigating Harlequin?
Could these be just a small example of lies told by the GV?
Or discuss that the investments are worth a pound last week but the full amount now according to the goons at the FSCS?
@ Anonymous 3.12 no one stated that the woman that was the subject of the Metro article was Romanian, the pro Harlequin Mob stated she was British,
A poster did state that they used a Romanian woman to register properties, the poster stated that they purchased properties in Dubai and used a Romanian woman to register properties in her name, there was no direct link between the two posts.
This poster could have been Dave Ames, I mean how do we know, Dave Ames could have stated that this is what he did. Indeed it could have been anyone.
What piqued my curiosity was the fact that the Pro Harlequin Mob immediately claimed they knew the nationality of the woman who is the subject of the Metro article, the teaching assistant as is referred to in the Metro article, now the pro Harlequin Mob have gone to the trouble of providing details of a woman with the same name, possibly the same woman, who knows?, showing that she is a company director, now I’m wondering what that company did? Could money from Harlequin or Ames or any of his businesses found its way to this woman through her companies, I shall dig further, such is the interest shown by the pro Harlequin mob in this lady.
Another poster suggests the name Ames is Hebrew in origin, is this why Ames has chosen a Jewish Laywer Richard Specter, from ELS, is the woman who is the subject of the Metro article Jewish? Could she be in league with Richard Specter who is also Jewish, indeed it begs the question as to whether Richard might know or know of this woman, did he represent her in the case of the Catnapping,
ELS brings back some memories, are they the same ELS as in this article,
http://m.professionaladviser.com/ifaonline/news/ 1932776/investors-threaten-sue-stirling-mortimer-law-firm-spain-property-advice
Was there any connection between them? Any link between ELS legal and the ELS referred to in the article. Maybe BFP could do some digging, It would be ironic really what with Ames and co having previously thrown around all sorts of allegations re Spanish properties.
And what about Richard Specter, what do we know about him, is he honest? Would he cover up for Ames? Indeed why would he? Has he made any ‘mistakes’ in the past? Who knows? But worth looking at I think, what with all the revelations today.
And whilst all the above merits additional scrutiny let us not take our eye off the ball for even a moment, whilst all this is going on in the background Ames and Commissiong are still deliberating over the administration of the companies in the Caribbean.
This I think should be the focus of everyone’s attention.
Anon 1, nice attempt at wriggling but,
Anonymous 11.02 PM 9th Jan,
“I used a teaching assistant
“I used a Romanian woman”
The metro link claimed that she was a teaching assistant.
So tell us is she Romanian or British? Are you going to answer the question or not. And there is no point in putting up a link which is no longer available. That is desperate wriggling.
@ Stroke my Romanian Pussy
on January 13, 2015 at 1:59 pm you wrote the following;
Harlequin Hotels & Resorts confirmed full payment, the Island Lawyer I chose, When I say land owned I am making sure my unit is on the 19 Acre undisputed land, yes free title.
” I am a little concerned when you state that Harlequin Hotels and Resorts confirmed full payment. Is this the Cayman Island company? ”
“This is most odd as this company has nothing to do with the land at Buccament Bay, any communication you have with respect to your completion should have come from Harlequin Property (SVG) Ltd. this is the company that owns the 19.5 acres, not Harlequin Hotels and Resorts. Ames has been at pains to demonstrate in Court in St. Vincent very recently that none of his companies are connected in any way, so having correspondence on the issue of your completion at Buccament Bay from Harlequin Hotels and Resorts concerns me greatly, ”
“Ames and Commisiong have attempted to point out to the Master of the Court in St. Vincent that each of the companies that Ames owns and controls is wholly independent and these companies trade totally independently of each other. He has stated that their is no formal group structure or any other such entity. ”
Not happy but calculated gamble.
” I’m sorry for having to point this out to you, but you need your lawyers to deal with this immediately especially in the context of the upcoming administration appointment to one or more of Ames’ companies in the Caribbean”
Hopefully when BB goes bust and the liquidators sell it to another company, they may want to agree a price for my unit?
“again in light of the above please get a second opinion on your completion, otherwise you could find a liquidator or administrator challenging your completion. I am genuinely sorry for needing to bring this to your attention”
I too had the chance to complete recently, not on my units but on others where the contract holders were unable to do so. Needless to say I declined the offer because of the obvious uncertainty. A decision that was strongly backed by my solicitor. Hopefully things will work out for those that are attempting to complete, but I personally really don’t want to throw any more money at this.
If an investor ‘completes’ at BB and it is put into administration in 6 – 8 weeks would the investor lose the right to be given the keys to their unit and stay there with friends and family 4 weeks per year as promised?
@ Anonymous on January 13, 2015 at 4:40 pm.
I really have no idea what you are prattling on about, I’ve reposted the post from Anonymous 11.02 PM and no where can I find a reference to the lady in the Metro Magazine, the poster claims to have used a Romanian teaching assistant in assisting him/her in keeping his/her Dubai assets away from prying eyes and HMRC.
How can you connect this post to the article in the Metro Magazine where the only similarity is that the poster used a teaching assistant, how many teaching assistants exist on the planet, surely not one as you appear to be suggesting.
PS the link is not broken, here it is again, A space was put in the original link incase it was rejected;
http://m.professionaladviser.com/ifaonline/news/1932776/investors-threaten-sue-stirling-mortimer-law-firm-spain-property-advice
Here is your stupid post;
Anon 1, nice attempt at wriggling but,
Anonymous 11.02 PM 9th Jan,
“I used a teaching assistant
“I used a Romanian woman”
The metro link claimed that she was a teaching assistant.
So tell us is she Romanian or British? Are you going to answer the question or not. And there is no point in putting up a link which is no longer available. That is desperate wriggling.
And here is the post from Anonymous Jan 9 11.02 PM, see no mention of the woman in the Metro Article, but maybe you should ask Dave Ames if he ever had anyone register properties in their name on behalf of him or his companies. I have provided HMRC and the authorities the evidence I have that suggests he had, no sorry that deminstrates he has. So please
Anonymous on January 9, 2015 at 11:02 pm
There’s no property registered in Ames’ name in Dubai as far as I know, I thought the company that owes Shippleys the money owns the property in Dubai.
If I was Ames I would do what I did, and register property in Dubai in someone else’s name, away from prying eyes.
But I’m smarter then Ames, anyway he wouldn’t trust anyone else.
I used a teaching assistant, that’s what I did, did not have to declare anything on my tax returns, it was easy.
Tax Evasion, probably yeah, but who would ever know, it’s my property but not in my name eh.
See I’m clever, and what if I was made bankrupt, well simple, it’s not in my name so I get my son to collect the rent in cash from the lady who’s name the properties are registered in, so not really a problem.
See I’m smarter then most 😉
What if I owed people money, simple all the searches in the world could be done and no one would find my property cause again it’s not in my name. Yeah I’m clever, I’ve got balls, fuck HMRC they will never find out, ha ha, Im a bright boy.
I used a Romanian woman, so there is no way anyone would associate me with my property, I pay a fee, that’s all, so simple and looks so legit.
One of my companies went into liquidation, the liquidators could not do anything cause they could not find my property cause it was not in my name,
I learned the trick from a mate of mine who went bankrupt a few times.
Is it illegal, don’t know, don’t care, it covers my ass, that’s all I care about. Fuck everyone else, that’s my motto.
Toodle pips.
@@ Stroke my Romanian Pussy ( aka Ingham)
I don’t actually believe you, just an attempt to give some credence to completions utter tosh. You’re not even an investor – just an Ames puppet.
According to Companies House, Ames’s pet lawyer, Richard Spector, was a partner in ELS International LLP which is now in administration. Oddly enough, another partner there was one Bernard Wainstein.
Mr Wainstein was one of Harlequin’s in-house lawyers before he joined Mr Spector in ELS Legal LLP, the new entity that is now Harlequin’s solicitors. What a funny old world.
Yes, but HMRC and the SFO have been up against some really bright people, Ames is thick, he wife a basket case and his son a mummies boy, the other a convicted fraudster.
So Anonymous has someone has gone to HMSSE that DA registered a property in Dubai in the name of a Romanian teaching assistant? Yeah right they are going to follow that hot lead. So who cares if a Romanian woman was used to purchase property in Dubai. What has this got to do with DA? You may claim that a post is stupid, or is it because it askes questions you cannot answer.
Nikki Crozier aka Audrey Dixon of Oasis property in Spain who is connected to a Spanish property scam, now part of CPC worldwide, who is now an agent for Kelttek products, whose only director is Jeremy Newman. Who was forced to resign from WK, who apologised to DA for setting up the Harlecon site. You are right Worclip it is a funny old world. Thanks for reminding us.
@ Anonymous 6:25 pm
As far as I know, Mr Newman has never apologised for setting up Harlecon or suggesting that Harlequin is likely to be a fraud.
Still if it makes you happy, you can continue in your odd little fantasy world where all the 9,114 units sold by Harlequin have been built, there’s a genuine resale market for units with massive capital growth and ginormous returns are being paid. Or you look at the reality where 100 units have been built, 70 bought in a crappy little motel in St Lucia, loan interest isn’t being paid, returns have been paid to a select few, the Ames family have taken several million quid and now refuse to pay any of it back, and £400m of other people’s money has been pissed down the drain.
Stroke my Romanian Pussy @ at 1:59 pm
You can only take a calculated gamble if you know all the facts, what about the considerable number of liens in place over the land at BB. They will get paid first and were in place before you completed so you definitely do not have clean title. Harlequin claim there is only one lien but I have seen stamped documents sealed by the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court, I know what I believe
Oh Worclip, dropped the ball on that one. Where was it suggested that Newman had apologised for suggesting Harlequin was a fraud? There again perhaps he did. All you need to do is review the WK submission papers and the WK legal response. Always the sign of a weak argument by trying to change the subject. Typical anti HP trolling. Funny old world.
Can we discuss the potential double selling of units, that really got the Harlequin bunch in a flap 😉
Why don’t you just post as Ralph, API or whatever you call yourself. Discuss it by all means, why not refer to the spread sheet, the one that was proved to be false. Yes go for it.
@ Anonymous on January 13, 2015 at 5:47 pm,
I suggest you read the post again from Anonymous 5.23 pm.
The post does not state that anyone went to HMSSE now in liquidation about DA registering a property in the name of a Romanian teaching assistant.
The post does clearly state the following;
“And here is the post from Anonymous Jan 9 11.02 PM, see no mention of the woman in the Metro Article, but maybe you should ask Dave Ames if he ever had anyone register properties in their name on behalf of him or his companies. I have provided HMRC and the authorities the evidence I have that suggests he had, no sorry that demonstrates he has. So please”
As you can see the post refers to properties (plural) not property, no mention of HMSSE now in liquidation and no mention of any Romanian woman.
And you are correct, no one is interested in a Romanian woman purchasing property in Dubai, no one ever stated that Dave Ames used a Romanian woman to register any properties in their name.
The poster makes it abundantly clear that properties (plural) in Dubai have been registered in the names of unconnected third parties with cash provided by Dave Ames,
You appear to state that HMRC and the authorities won’t bother following that hot lead, your quote here;
“Yeah right they are going to follow that hot lead”,
Well I for one beg to differ,
Ames is under investigation for serious criminal fraud, there are no audited accounts which could demonstrate where purchasers money has been spent in the past.
Added to this there are allegations that in excess of c £ 40 million remains unaccounted for.
So given that Dave Ames purchased some properties and saw fit to have them registered in someone else’s name, what is to say that this is a one off occurrence?.
The authorities may wish to trace as many of Ames and his companies assets as possible, so I believe that any information in that regard would be most welcome. How do we know that there are not dozens if not hundreds of similar transactions out there?.
You seem to espouse the fact that nothing should be done. Especially where it comes to providing leads or intelligence to either HMRC or the Authorities, why take this stance?
If your home got broken into would you not want any potential witnesses to come forward?
Or do you believe in leaving sleeping dogs lie?
You also ask a rather bizarre question as to what this has to do with DA (Dave Ames). I assume you mean Dave Ames when you state DA. I apologise if you don’t.
The properties (plural) were paid for by DA (Dave Ames) and registered in the names of unconnected third parties, so the first question to ask is where did DA (Dave Ames) get the money to pay for the purchase of these properties?
Of course the transactions have something to do with DA (Dave Ames), he provided the cash and he is the ultimate beneficiary of any proceeds from the sale of properties.
Why do you think that HMRC or the Authorities might not be interested? Again I must point out to you that Ames and his companies are being investigated for serious criminal fraud.
I’m sure most if not all of the 6,000 purchasers would like to know where their cash ended up.
Ames will pursue everyone else who he alledges took purchasers money, even lying to try and support his allegations, yet Dave Ames appears through his supporters to take massive offence when there are suggestions that Ames and his family had their sticky little paws in the biscuit tin.
Please explain to us why Dave Ames felt it necessary to purchase properties and have these properties registered in the names of unconnected third parties?
Your post reposted below is bizarre in the extreme;
“So Anonymous has someone has gone to HMSSE that DA registered a property in Dubai in the name of a Romanian teaching assistant? Yeah right they are going to follow that hot lead. So who cares if a Romanian woman was used to purchase property in Dubai. What has this got to do with DA? You may claim that a post is stupid, or is it because it askes questions you cannot answer.”
@ Anonymous 7:00 pm
Did I hit a raw nerve? Oh so sad. So it wasn’t Dave Ames crowing about the “victory” achieved over Mr Newman in the settlement? It must have been his stunt double then.
As you seem to have an intimate knowledge of papers from WK, be so kind as to specify exactly where they say what you say they do. Or perhaps this, from them in 2012:
“…it was the Second Defendant’s [Martin MacDonald] professional opinion that the Claimants {Harlequin, Dave Ames, Carol Ames and Dan Ames] may well be involved in operating a Ponzi-style fraud, in that they may well have been soliciting deposits on properties from new investors while knowing that there was no real prospect of such properties ever being constructed or generating profit for the investors, and doing so only in order to obtain funds to meet the Fifth Claimant’s [Harlequin Property (SVG) Ltd] obligations to existing investors, or to pay them off.”
There are dozens of liens against the Buccament Bay resort and other companies owned by Ames, I wonder if Dave Ames might care to comment on this, or indeed Mr. Commissiong, that’s if they can spare a few moments away from the very pressing matter of the administration of one or more of Dave’s companies in the Caribbean,
I believe that Sam is in a very awkward situation there, the Master of the High Court will be none to pleased by the most recent antics of Dave Ames ( currently being investigated for serious criminal fraud).
@Worclip, hit a raw nerve? Not with me. The details of the WK submission and the WK reply have been published before on here.
Once Gonsalves turns on Ames (and he most definitely will to save his
own neck) the possession of a SVG passport. Better a UK prison than
a SVG sweat-hole reeking of stale urine.
Correction —
Once Gonsalves turns on Ames (and he most definitely will to save his
own neck) the possession of a SVG passport may be a negative. Better
a UK prison than a SVG sweat-hole reckon g of stale urine.
@ Anonymous on January 13, 2015 at 7:00 pm you state the following;
“Oh Worclip, dropped ………. ………………………………,,…………………………………Always the sign of a weak argument by trying to change the subject. Typical anti HP trolling. Funny old world.”
Has the whole thread indeed the bulk of all the threads on BFP not been about the very serious allegations against Ames, which were so serious that the Serious Fraud Office and Essex Police felt that a Serious Criminal Investigation be mounted into the activities of DA Dave Ames ( a primary suspect in a Serious Criminal Fraud investigation ).
So given that the subject matter of this and the bulk of all the other threads on BFP is DA Dave Ames ( a primary suspect in a Serious Criminal Fraud Investigation) and his companies ( also under investigation for Serious Criminal Fraud), how is it that you think the anti Harlequin Trolls as you refer to them incorrectly as are in anyway trying to change the subject.
You sir are attempting to introduce irrelevances at every turn in the debate over Ames and the unaccounted for millions, indeed hundreds of millions.
For the record no judge, statutory body or other agency has suggested that Mr. Newman engaged in wrong doing of any sort, It is Dave Ames ( a primary suspect in a Serious Criminal Fraud investigation) and his wife Carol Ames (another primary suspect in a Serious Criminal Fraud investigation and a Woman who refuses to pay back money obtained from purchasers) who have made these claims, claims which are being repeated by the moronic idiots on here who still support the Two Suspected Serious Criminal Fraudsters Dave and Carol Ames.
For the record Dave Ames acknowleged in the taped and leaked conference call of September 2014 that Mr. Newman had not apologised for the creating of Harlecon.
With all this we know lots stuff I’d still like an answer or two to a few basic questions. How is our completer paying his completion monies to Harlequin? How can that happen? Also why is in not being paid to an Ames company?
Great post, but what about some action with all this info?
@Anonymous 8.03.
Well Sir, perhaps you can answer the following.
1)who is posting about a woman who according to the Metro, has her pussy back. Do you consider this is of some relevance to the debate?
2)For the record why was Newman suspended by WK before he resigned.
3)for the record the Harlequin WK submission states that Newman had apologised for the Harlecon site. This is not refuted in the WK reply. That then, sir, can be taken as an admission.
@ Anonymous 8:35 pm
The Harlequin particulars of claim do not contain any claim that Mr Newman apologised for the Harlecon site. That’s why there is no rebuttal in the WK defence.
I’d also suggest you go and look up what “refute” means. It does not mean the same as rebut.
In-dupe, no answer, I’d like to know the answer to your question to. So its my guess these experts know nothing.
“With all this we know lots stuff I’d still like an answer or two to a few basic questions. How is our completer paying his completion monies to Harlequin? How can that happen? Also why is in not being paid to an Ames company?”
Simple question the big hitters here can’t answer it seems!!
@ Anonymous 8.35 pm
1. The poster could have been dropping hints, it could be that name of the Woman in the Metro Article is the same name of the woman who has registered property in her name paid for by Ames, it could have been a cryptic message.
2. Where does it state anywhere that Mr. Newman was suspended.
3. Has been answered.
But please, tell me what it is about Mr. Newman that you feel is relevant to the fact that Mr. Ames has basically squandered half a billion pounds of purchasers money?
You also refer liberally to the Wilkins Kennedy defence, but apparently even though you refer to the defence you have decided not to read it.
“…it was the Second Defendant’s [Martin MacDonald] professional opinion that the Claimants {Harlequin, Dave Ames, Carol Ames and Dan Ames] may well be involved in operating a Ponzi-style fraud, in that they may well have been soliciting deposits on properties from new investors while knowing that there was no real prospect of such properties ever being constructed or generating profit for the investors, and doing so only in order to obtain funds to meet the Fifth Claimant’s [Harlequin Property (SVG) Ltd] obligations to existing investors, or to pay them off.”
Furthermore if you do take the time to read the defence as opposed to posting Anal posts on matters you have no knowledge of you will find that, coupled with the above extracts, and as if they were not damning enough,
Wilkins Kennedy state that Ames was trading insolvently,
that he made all of the decisions in matters relating to the operation of his companies,
that he engaged many professionals experts to advise him on the construction of Buccament Bay,
that he was advised in the strongest terms possible to sign a contract provided by Mr. O Halloran which he abjectly refused to do,
that his construction experts not only impressed on him to retain the services of Mr. O Hallorans companies but advised him that a premium should be paid to Mr. O Halloran and his companies in order to complete the Buccament Bay Resort,
a fact that Ames and his legal team deliberately kept from the judge in the Irish case by illegally marking all correspondence relevant to the independent experts report as being legally privilidged,
it was only as a result of the Wilkins Kennedy case that these and a number of other hugely important documents relevant to the Irish case became known.
The Wilkins Kennedy defence and assiociated email correspondence between Ames and Wilkins Kennedy proves that Ames deliberately lied to the Irish Court.
Again it’s probably time you read the Wilkins Kennedy defence.
Does anyone have an insight how Ames and his wife are handling all this stress? It would send most people round the bend.
Have I just answered my own question?
When will we get proof or notification about the alleged SVG administration, at the moment it’s hardly something we can believe, is it?
Anonymous 9.28. Your points will be comprehensively answered later this evening,
I have a question….how the f@ck did I ever let myself get involved in this sorry excuse of a circus?
I can’t find Anonymous 9:28
Sid, I ask myself the very same question.
@ In-dupe-edly on January 13, 2015 at 8:04 pm
With all this we know lots stuff I’d still like an answer or two to a few basic questions.
Question (1). How is our completer paying his completion monies to Harlequin?
“Answer; not really sure what you mean by the question, but Dan Dalligan and Vinny Stenning are the crooks Ames asks purchasers to contact if they are seeking to complete, Vinny Stenning and Daligan also refuse to state who they are employed by, and both Dave Ames and Dan Abrams ( another Jew like Spector, just wonder whether Spector is as morally challenged as Abrams) failed to state in the RL case in the UK what roles and which company these crooks were employed by.
Question (2). How can that happen?
Answer; There are no bans on purchasers completing on non regulated overseas properties currently held by Ames in Buccament Bay or else where. There has been and still are warnings from the FCA advising purchasers to proceed with caution. The FCA do not regulate the product sold by Harlequin but they urge extreme caution on completions or indeed with purchasers seeking to move investments within Harlequin.
http://www.fca. org.uk/news/investments-made-through-harlequin-group
(I have placed a gap between fca. and the word org.uk/new………….. Please close the gap to open the link. )
The SFO have issued similar warnings.
Question (3). Also why is in not being paid to an Ames company?
Answer; The poster stated that Harlequin Hotels and Resorts confirmed full payment, however it is not clear whether the poster below paid monies over to Harlequin Hotels and Resorts.
The land on which the properties are located is not however owned by Harlequin Hotels and Resorts.
Harlequin Hotels and Resorts is owned by Dave Ames but that’s where any relationship between Ames’ companies in the Caribbean stops, none of the companies are connected, a point which Ames and his solicitor Sam Commissiong have been trying to make to the Master of the High Court in St. Vincent recently.
Ames refers to Harlequin as a Group but as a matter of law none of the companies are connected in any way save for the common ownership by Dave Ames of the different companies.
Handing money over to a company owned by Dave Ames does not neccesarily guarantee that the money will be sent to the correct company.
Money should only be handed over to the company that holds the assets. And should only be done by way of escrow until such time as the contracts of ownership are satisfactorily completed and ready to be exchanged.
Anyone who hands money over under any other circumstances is frankly stupid, and anyone handing over money subsuquent to the FCA warnings will find that they will find it next to near impossible to seek redress from the FSCS should they subsequently loose their investment.
Below is the original post from the completer.
Stroke my Romanian Pussy on January 13, 2015 at 1:59 pm
Harlequin Hotels & Resorts confirmed full payment, the Island Lawyer I chose, When I say land owned I am making sure my unit is on the 19 Acre undisputed land, yes free title.
Not happy but calculated gamble.
Hopefully when BB goes bust and the liquidators sell it to another company, they may want to agree a price for my unit?
Dick by name Dick by nature 😉
@anonymous 9.28
P38 of the HP submission. Newman was suspended by WK on the June 21st 2912
23rd August he resigned from WK
P51, schedule 2 under Agreed statement “Mr Newman apologies for the offence and upset the website caused to the Ames family”
Page 44 par 72. From the WK response ” it is admitted that Mr Newman set up and operated a website……etc etc” At no point do WK deny an opologies was made.
So as you see I have read the defence, quoted from it, and it does not deny that Newman apologised.
If WK claim that DA was trading insolvently, why did they continue to act for an insolvent trading company. Not very professional that is it?
@ Anonymous on January 13, 2015 at 11:27 pm, sorry is this your comprehensive response ? Not very comprehensive nor factually accurate but anyway I’ve attached a few notes for you to ponder. Ive also attached the original post to the bottom of this post again for you to read because apparently you have not read the post or if you have you did not understand it.
@anonymous 9.28
“P38 of the HP submission. Newman was suspended by WK on the June 21st 2912”
Note 1. You are quoting from the Ames Harlequin et al submission or allegation. Just because Ames states something in his submission does not mean there is any truth in it, I mean are you trying to tell us that Dave Ames has found Jesus and is now finally telling the truth. Please point out where it states in the Wilkins Kennedy submission / defence that Mr. Newman was suspended, you like Mr. Ames are engaging in speculation on the matter. Much like you both engage in speculation on nearly all matters.
Furthermore it would have been difficult for Mr. Newman to have been suspended on June 21st 2912 as this date has not yet been reached, are you stating that Mr. Newman will be suspended in 897 years from now? Or are you really on a different planet, the planet of the Ames,
Your comprehensive post is truly comprehensive so far.
23rd August he resigned from WK
Note 2. Well this is wholly inaccurate, where did this come from? Ames’ submission or another comprehensive mail from planet of the Ames.
For the record Mr. Newman resigned from Wilkins Kennedy in November 2012,
P51, schedule 2 under Agreed statement “Mr Newman apologies for the offence and upset the website caused to the Ames family”
Note 3. Apologising for the offence and upset caused by the website is a little different to apologising for setting up the Harlecon website.
Where does it state that Mr. Newman apologised for setting up the Harlecon website, or indeed for suggesting that the Ames family were possibly operating a fraudulent scheme ?
Even Ames admits that Mr. Newman never apologised for setting up Harlecon, so not sure what you are trying to prove here, unless you are trying to demonstrate that Ames is a liar, no need to do this. Ames is doing a good job of that himself.
Page 44 par 72. From the WK response ” it is admitted that Mr Newman set up and operated a website……etc etc” At no point do WK deny an opologies was made.
Note 4. What is an opologies Bob? Do you mean apology? Why or how would Wilkins Kennedy deny that an apology was made by Mr. Newman for setting up Harlecon, when no apology on the matter was forthcoming by Mr. Newman.
So as you see I have read the defence, quoted from it, and it does not deny that Newman apologised.
Note; as stated previously why deny something that never happened, for the last time and a fact that Ames agrees with, Mr. Newman never apologised for setting up Harlecon nor did he apologise for suggesting that the Ames family may have been operating a fraudulent scheme.
Let me simplify this for you, shall we? hpothetically speaking of course, trying to explain the apology as simply but as graphically as possible, so you might understand. I’m going to lower myself now to the type of behaviour we have come to accept from those who support the likes of Ames, and before Scruffy Dick the New Daddy Jew, goes running off, this is purely a tongue and cheek way of trying to explain the apology, anyway we know that Scruffy Dick the New Daddy Jew is rather busy sending out anal emails at the request of his clients and their need to waste more purchasers money ( of course spent in the ordinary course of business according to scruffy Dick the New Daddy Jew ) in their quest to have their personal vendettas satisfied, I mean why spend purchasers money on anything else, Scruffy Dick the New Daddy Jew should only know full well that this is not about purchasers but about his clients excellent reputation and the need to assist them in keeping assets out of the way of prying eyes.
Now before I go on, Dick the New Daddy Jew is of course a fictional character as are his clients and any resemblance to real life characters is purely coincidental and I apologise for any offence caused or if any persons real are hurt by this, I apologise for the hurt and pain caused, ok I know I digress, ok back to my graphic interpretation of the Apology.
A pissed off investor wants to break the Great Pretenders little legs, arms and face,. ( note Great Pretender, I did not say Great Visionary here, Scruffy Dick the New Daddy Jew, please take note, profound apologies if anyone picked this up wrong,) , so he goes and starts by breaking the GP’s little legs and arms, and he also wants to smash his little head in, so he goes after him with a baseball bat and succeeds in breaking both his little legs and arms,
The Great Pretender runs away ( yeah even with two broken legs, but he the Great Pretender can redefine just about anything including medical science, again to Scruffy Dick the New Daddy Jew, my reference to redefining was purely to do with medical science so please, calm down, again apologies for any offence caused to any one real or imaginary Chairmen of any imaginary succesfull hotel resort operation) and eventually takes the pissed off investor to court, however the Great Pretender decides to ask the Pissed Off Investor to apologise on the court house steps instead, after he realises that the judge wants to break what unbroken bones remain of the Great Pretender.
So the pissed off investor agrees to apologise for the pain caused by breaking the Great Pretenders little legs and arms,
The Great Pretender and the pissed off investor then go their seperate ways,
a few months later the pissed off investor is walking along the river when he sees the great pretender feeding some Ducks,
the pissed off investor pulls out his baseball bat and breaks the Great Pretenders little legs and arms again, the Great Pretender gets out his blackberry ( yeah I know but remember the Great Pretender can redefine medical science, yeah yeah Scruffy Dick the New Daddy Jew, apologies if blah blah blah), and he calls Scruffy Dick the New Daddy Jew, The Great Pretender tells Scruffy Dick the New Daddy Jew about what has just happened and he comes rushing over,
Scruffy Dick the New Daddy Jew then tells the pissed off investor that he can pin him to the scene of some terrible murder in Botswana because Scruffy Dick the New Daddy Jew’s wife’s mothers sisters, sons, cleaner saw a picture of a guy in Botswana with a baseball bat,
he tells the pissed off investor that he will pin the murder in Botswana on him unless he apologises to the Great Pretender,
so again the pissed off investor apologises to the Great Pretender for the pain he caused him, and they all go their separate ways.
A few months later the pissed off investor again meets the Great Pretender, who along with Scruffy Dick the New Daddy Jew are sitting on the wall of a court house looking forlorn as Scruffy Dick the New Daddy Jew cocked up a case whereby the Great Pretender lost something most precious to him and his wife.
The pissed off investor again pulls out his baseball bat and breaks the Great Pretenders little legs and arms agaIn. Scruffy Dick the New Daddy Jew turned around and asked the pissed off investor why he had just done that to the Great Pretender after apologising two times before for causing him pain,
to which the pissed off investor replied I only apologised for causing him pain, I never apologised for breaking his legs and arms only for the pain the breaking of the legs and arms might have caused.
I know that was a round about way to try and explain the apology, but apparently you were not able to understand the issue surrounding the apology, despite it being explained to you dozens of times in the past so I took it upon myself to explain it in a way you would understand.
Anyway to continue with responses to your “Comprehensive?” responses.
If WK claim that DA was trading insolvently, why did they continue to act for an insolvent trading company. Not very professional that is it?
Note 5. If you had read the Wilkins Kennedy defence you would have seen that Wilkins Kennedy did not act as Auditors or accountants for the claimant companies, those being Harlequin Hotels and Resorts and Harlequin Property SVG Ltd, I think that answers that question.
Note 6. You stated that you were going to provide a comprehensive reply to the post of 9.28 pm reposted below for your convenience.
Let me remind you of what you said.
“Anonymous on January 13, 2015 at 10:02 pm
Anonymous 9.28. Your points will be comprehensively answered later this evening,”
Note 7. Most of your “comprehensive” response surrounds issues relating to an alledged apology by Mr. Newman,
But what about the rest of the post, where is your comprehensive response to everything else as stated, your comprehensive response on the issue of Ames trading insolvently constituted an attempt at being smart without actually reading the Wilkins Kennedy defence, which clearly points out that they neither acted as Auditors or Accountants of record for the claimant companies.
For a while this evening I was hoping that maybe, finally a pro Harlequin supporter might provide something of substance to the debate, a comprehensive response, but apparently not only have you no clue about what’s going on, but you have failed to read the Wilkins Kennedy defence.
Frankly your pathetic Bob, you really are.
Anonymous on January 13, 2015 at 9:28 pm
@ Anonymous 8.35 pm
1. The poster could have been dropping hints, it could be that name of the Woman in the Metro Article is the same name of the woman who has registered property in her name paid for by Ames, it could have been a cryptic message.
2. Where does it state anywhere that Mr. Newman was suspended.
3. Has been answered.
But please, tell me what it is about Mr. Newman that you feel is relevant to the fact that Mr. Ames has basically squandered half a billion pounds of purchasers money?
You also refer liberally to the Wilkins Kennedy defence, but apparently even though you refer to the defence you have decided not to read it.
“…it was the Second Defendant’s [Martin MacDonald] professional opinion that the Claimants {Harlequin, Dave Ames, Carol Ames and Dan Ames] may well be involved in operating a Ponzi-style fraud, in that they may well have been soliciting deposits on properties from new investors while knowing that there was no real prospect of such properties ever being constructed or generating profit for the investors, and doing so only in order to obtain funds to meet the Fifth Claimant’s [Harlequin Property (SVG) Ltd] obligations to existing investors, or to pay them off.”
Furthermore if you do take the time to read the defence as opposed to posting Anal posts on matters you have no knowledge of you will find that, coupled with the above extracts, and as if they were not damning enough,
Wilkins Kennedy state that Ames was trading insolvently,
that he made all of the decisions in matters relating to the operation of his companies,
that he engaged many professionals experts to advise him on the construction of Buccament Bay,
that he was advised in the strongest terms possible to sign a contract provided by Mr. O Halloran which he abjectly refused to do,
that his construction experts not only impressed on him to retain the services of Mr. O Hallorans companies but advised him that a premium should be paid to Mr. O Halloran and his companies in order to complete the Buccament Bay Resort,
a fact that Ames and his legal team deliberately kept from the judge in the Irish case by illegally marking all correspondence relevant to the independent experts report as being legally privilidged,
it was only as a result of the Wilkins Kennedy case that these and a number of other hugely important documents relevant to the Irish case became known.
The Wilkins Kennedy defence and assiociated email correspondence between Ames and Wilkins Kennedy proves that Ames deliberately lied to the Irish Court.
Again it’s probably time you read the Wilkins Kennedy defence.
some people are just born stupid, some achieve great stupidity and some have stupidity thrust upon them.
@anonymous 3.12 you need to get a life mate. Anyone who reads your new rendition of war and peace would recognise that 2912 is a typo.
Note 5 if you read page 40 of the HP WK submission, letter of disengagement, it clearly says that: to the board of directors ,Harlequin Properties SVG LTD (this being a claimant company) no?
“This firm (WK) will no longer be assisting in the preparation of management accounts for audit by BDO
Dealing with the audit queries raised by BDO
Desktop budget for Directors consideration.
And by the way it’s “you’r” (short for you are) not your, but to show up your (see the difference) pettiness would stoop to your (there it is again) level.
Grammar lesson over for the day.
I guess you need a good lie in after the verbal bullshit you wrote above.
Why does it vex you so much Bob?
Ingham needs the money, he worked in Dubai, could he be the pussy link?
He certainly defends his paymaster, with fanatical desperation.
@Anonnnn Is the spelling of anon a typo? you know how keen some of the anti HP mob who work the late shift (or is it early shift in the ME)? like to pick up on typos.
Try answering the question!
………………..
What question, who is Bob? Who are you addressing the question to? Go and lie down in a dark corner, or take a pill of some sort. You appear to have anger issues.
Don’t ever underestimate DA. He is not thick. He is running rings around Shipley’s.
This from the Joint Administrators’ Report Oct 2014.
Assets still to be realised
Dubai & Thailand Properties
The Company held a beneficial interest in various properties and land situated in Dubai and Thailand. These were held in an individual’s name due to the relevant law of each Country, however, a number of the properties in Dubai had been sold prior to the Company entering into Administration.
I hereby provide creditors with an up to date position with regards to the various properties and land that had not been sold prior to the date of Administration:
Movenpick 702 Laguna Tower, Dubai:
This property was sold during September 2014,with the assistance of a property agent and a firm of Solicitors in Dubai. Please note that the sale proceeds were not received during this particular reporting period, therefore, these funds (£62,263.61) less all relevant costs will be reflected in the next Receipts & Payments account that will be issued by the Joint Administrators.
Palm Vacation, Fairmont Building, Palm Jumeriah , Dubai – FN314 :
The Joint Administrators had been made aware that this property had been sold prior to the Company entering into Administration and that it had completed following the Joint Administrators appointment. The Joint Administrators received £205,000.00 of the sale proceeds and there is currently £165,000.00 due to the Administration estate. The Joint Administrators have been attempting to obtain the remaining balance from
this sale.
Golden Mile, Dubai 8406:
The Joint Administrators had been informed by the Directors’ that only approximately 90% of the sale price for this property had been paid. The Directors’ had stated that the seller had claimed that a notice had been forwarded to the purchaser stating that the remaining balance was due but the purchaser claims that that the notice had not in fact been received. It was discovered that the seller had resold the property to a third party, due to a Breach of Contract, as the remaining purchase price had not been met by the purchaser. The Directors’ state that they entered into substantial negotiations, during late 2012, with the seller in order to recover this property but as a result of the Company entering into Administration the Directors’ had not taken the decision at that time to obtain legal representation. Upon the Company entering into Administration, and after a review of this matter, the
Joint Administrators took the decision that they were unable to commence a legal action against the property seller in Dubai due to the costs involved in this and the Joint Administrators were unsure if this course of action would be successful.
The Villa , Dubai R1040 :
This property required a final settlement payment of approximately £35,000.00 before this could be released for sale. The Joint Administrators are trying to ascertain whether there any further charges that have not been disclosed, which currently remain outstanding. The Joint Administrators have been informed by a Dubai property agent that this potential asset could realise in excess of £800,000.00, however, this will be dependant on the outstanding costs that are due in order to release the property for
sale, whether a willing purchaser can be located for this property and if the land owner has claimed Breach of Contract as the final settlement payment had not been made. The Joint Administrators are currently trying to ascertain whether the seller has taken control of this potential asset.
Various plots of land at Kacha Island, Thailand :
A number of plots of land were purchased in Thailand, in which the Company held a beneficial interest. With the assistance of an independent agent, I have been informed that the land owner had proceeded to re-sell the plots of land by way of claiming Breach of Contract, as the purchaser had not built a house on each of the plots of land within one year following the purchase, in order to comply with the contents of the relevant Sale & Purchase Agreement. Please note that in order to sell land in Thailand, after claiming a Breach of Contract, the land owner would have required authority from the purchaser, or a Court Order, however, the agent believes that neither course of action had been taken by the land owner. The Joint Administrators do not have sufficient funds available in the Administration estate to obtain legal representation in Thailand. If legal proceedings were issued against the land owner then this matter may become protracted and the Joint Administrators are unsure as to whether any action would prove successful. I have written to Kacha Island & Co for more information and will report further in my next report to creditors.
You’re losing Bob.
Badly.
Why does the PM have a “private police force” under his command to bully and terrorise the local population.
We are not leaving without our deposits being refunded
Could Ingham still have the £165,000 – the same amount as he ‘invested’ no such thing as coincidences.
It would explain a lot.
Your credibility is heading for zero.
@ Anonymous 8.23 am, Please, please get someone else to read the Wilkins Kennedy defence to you, especially the sections that relate to the resignation letter.
And please Anonymous Bob, there is no such word as “you’r”
mate, I’m sorry, but you really are not that bright now are you. It is “your” or “you’re” short for you are, but “your” was spelt correctly in the post.
https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20110806072053AA0yf2L
@Sid
“I have a question….how the f@ck did I ever let myself get involved in this sorry excuse of a circus?”
My thoughts exactly.
I used to be pro Harlequin, but after seeing all the shit they come out with, and being lied to personally, I just want it to fail. I want to see Ames go to jail and the merry band who follow him like lost puppies to be shown the good side of justice.
@ Anonymous 8.59 am
“And by the way it’s “you’r” (short for you are) not your, but to show up your (see the difference) pettiness would stoop to your (there it is again) level.
Grammar lesson over for the day.
I guess you need a good lie in after the verbal bullshit you wrote above.”
Ok you got my attention on this one lol, so you are saying the following ” but to show up you are pettiness would stoop to you are level ” ok you got me there, I have no idea what you are talking about, you are frankly very sad and quite probably mad, lol,
and to think that Richard Spector of ELS would take on board what you say (ok so he may be acting on instructions) and wasting even more purchaser money, is quite frankly pathetic, after all that we have gone through, it is frankly not only pathetic but disgusting that Ames continues to waste money in the manner in which he does, shame on you Richard, shame on you, because even you cannot be that blind that you cannot see what is going on,
On the other hand Richard what do you care lol, you love this shit cause Ames keeps throwing you a few crumbs.
Richard how much purchaser money is Ames now spending on surveilance eh?
Cmon now Richard, can you also state that the surveilance will be legal unlike before.
How do we get intelligence to you, can we use BFP Richard? Would that be a reliable forum in which we could provide you with evidence of wrong doing 😉 😉
How do we identify when a wrongful act has been committed under the law of Ames, as we seem to have lost our copy of the Ames legal Almanac 2015.
We are glad to see that Dave Ames is starting 2015 in the same way he started 2014, continuing to waste purchasers cash, shall we tell the world Richard, go on do we have your permission?
Lol, you really could not make this stuff up.
Yes- we aught to remember that Ames is still spending your money. Was it £10,000 a month plus expenses?
every man has his price
as they say
@Annonymous 11.03, obviously English is not your (it’s there again) language. My original sentence of “would stoop to your level” where your was spelt your, not you’r. Therefor your does not stand for you are as in your feeble interpretation of my sentences ” but to show up your pettiness would stoop to you are level” I think you have just shown that the only sad, mad, person on this thread is you. Try reading before writing, it helps sometimes. Lol
True I suppose very true, even if that price is at a heavily discounted rate, ELS the £ shop of law firms.
@anonnnn no one but no one ever loses anything to you. Who is Bob you keep referring to. Perhaps you have suffered a death in the family, you suffered a loss, you are pining for someone called Bob. Perhaps a visit to a medium may help you? Seek help.
Bob have you been at the Lidl wine box already?
It’s not even midday in your neck of the woods.
Bob there is no such word as you’r seriously there isn’t. And where was the word your spelt incorrectly in the post you are moaning about, as they say Bob, Nice Try but No Banana.
Now why don’t you respond with that comprehensive response you were yapping on about?
Let’s can we find out about the administration of BB maybe some proof Ralph, or API, maybe your business partners, NC or Corney flake
Bob, Anonymous 12.02 pm we all know that Chris Corney is working with Nikki Crozier and Mr. Newman and we wish them the best of luck.
We also all know that Richard Spector wrote to Chris Corney about the matter, after you highlighted the business relationship on BFP, the letter stated that the Ames’ noted the comment on BFP which rather puts pay to the lie that the Ames family don’t look at BFP.
Why is Ames paying Richard Spector to write frankly irrelevant emails to Mr. Corney with money that would be better spent on building resorts.
The Ames personal vendetta against Mr. Newman is again costing purchasers money.
Dave Carol, we know you read BFP, please go away and either build the resorts or liquidate them, but stop playing your stupid little games with money that came from purchasers.
Carol you owe money to Shipleys, money from a shareholders loan you claim you can’t repay, yet you and your husband are instructing and paying lawyers to write to individuals on the back of what appears on BFP, seriously? Cmon guys, are you that bothered by what appears on BFP, apparently so, ouch.
Richard perhaps you could update us all about the planned administration in St. Vincent or other far more important matters relating to Harlequin, like finance perhaps, or the completion issue, etc .
Interest payments, the FSCS, The SFO, the DD strewn with errors, the marina, the Irish court case.etc etc
These are all facts, I wait with interest proof of the SVG administration, it could frankly be hot air?
Ah yes. That would be the interest payments that were held up by a banking glitch but would be resumed shortly. Two years on and they still haven’t resumed.
That would be the FSCS that fully supported the Trust. Except it didn’t. That was a lie that Harlequin told.
That would be the chant from Dave Ames that the SFO weren’t investigating Harlequin. But they are and have confirmed that fact several times.
That would be the DD that Harlequin has never, ever bothered telling anyone what was wrong and putting the record straight.
That would be the marina that Dave claimed was well under way. Except it didn’t. That was a lie that Dave told.
Truly a superb list of facts there.
More bad news for the PM arriving shortly.
About as accurate as the concrete mixed taking over H hotel on the 1st Jan.
New article on the Argyle Airport on i-withness-news svg. Frankly it
looks as if the construction will never be completed.
We will be in touch with the United States in regard to human rights abuses on St Vincent and the Grenadines.
1:19….Don’t you think the US has done enough world policing. What
about the Commonwealth doing something against the petty tinpot
despot. After all QE-II is the head of state.
Anonymous 12.24 I dont know if the “Bob” you keep referring to is supposed to be me, but someone is having a real chuckle at your expense. You seem to have it in your pea sized brain that any remark that disagrees with your anti HP stance can only be from me. You need to look outside your haze of biased rhetoric and understand that many people do not think the same as you. So if you would refrain from always referring to “Bob” in your posts then you might be taken a tad more seriously.
@ Robert Storey
Good god man, is that really you Bob?, what happened, your ……. Your just amazing, and you speak so eloquently, I must say I’m impressed, I truly am. Wow ……….
Lol
Good afternoon Richard lol, cause I tell you something who ever you are you ain’t Bullshit Bob, that’s for sure lol
Has anyone heard if the gentleman with cancer has had a refund or are the professionals at the basildon bunker too busy paying returns to investors and updating clients?
@anonymous 1.49
it has been mentioned at a low level so far.
I can’t say for sure, but can make a very good guess.
It is time to move on.
Nothing at all can be done for either faction.
I never back down, but Dave has simply got more energy than me.
Any chance of some proof of the administration ?
No need for proof, if Ames is not willing to update the masses then let that be the sword he falls on, frankly I think he is behaving absolutely reprehensibly but heh whats new, they are his companies, let him tell the world what is going on,
Some on here only believe what Ames says, so pointless in anyone else providing information to the contrary.
What will be will be.
Just in case you are not sure, we will not be backing down.
For those who are interested in SVG there is a truly damning new
thread on BFP…
Dear H, Barbados Purchaser,
As you are aware, Harlequin is seeking instalment payment completions at H, Barbados in order to allow a 2016 opening. This stunning development promises to be a sensation for the travel industry and a new jewel in the crown of the gorgeous Caribbean region.
A number of people have contacted us to request that we hold conference calls to allow purchasers to speak about the opportunity and ask questions; consequently, we are pleased to announce that Dave Ames will host three conference calls on Thursday 15th January.
To confirm, the conference calls available are:
Thursday 15th January: 3pm; 4pm; 5pm
Please note that places are limited and provided on a first come, first served basis to H, Barbados purchasers only.
If you would like to request to take part in the call, please email Karen on kdevenish [at] harlequinhotelsandresorts [dot] com with the time slot you prefer.
Please ensure you state your name, address, and whether you are an investor or an agent. If there is availability, you will receive an email with the conference call details in due course.
Dave looks forward to speaking with you.
Regards,
Harlequin
Someone called Paudie O a consultant at KSS has been looking at my LinkedIn profile. Is this a new business opportunity I wonder?
@anon Interesting.
Wonder if Dave is hosting the calls from the UK or the “real” HQ of Harlequin in the Caribbean?
I pity anyone who goes through with this:
– no build schedules
– no budgets
– no construction partner (unless of course AECOM is ready to go)
– no escrow
– no finance
– a hopeless web of insolvent businesses in the Caribbean
– warnings against it
– rotting current resorts
– liar for “chairman”
– incompetent UK staff.
Please save your money and invest with someone with a proven track record.
Anon 8:51
You forgot – no beach
You forgot to say the beach will belong to Ames but with the election and an all that Gonzales won’t say much – but it does belong to Harlequin.
The FSCS said you must join the Trust.
Are we still crawling along to the red hot exposé from Jon Austin?
Just had a look KSS does a lot of work in Malaysia and Indonesia, could be a different Paudie O, who knows, KSS have an office in Dubai, might be worth Dave or Richard Spector giving them a shout, they probably don’t know who they have employed, it is worth contacting them just in case, it’s time these guys were stopped.,
Good work Could I become a partner with N Crozier?
It’s time we put a stop to these guys.
Good news too on the H Hotel front, looks like 2015 will be Harlequins year afterall.
Why invite agents on the conference call when the call is supposed to be for purchasers only?
I spoke to Dave Ames earlier and he informed me that the talk of an administration of his companies was once again being generated by the usual antagonists. Mr. Ames stated that he has absolutely no intention of placing his companies into administration and that Buccament Bay has had an excellent trading period over the Holiday Season. He further stated that a former agent of his had tried to take a number of cases against him in the Caribbean but these cases are to be struck out in the next six to eight weeks according to his St. Vincent attorney Mr. Samuel Commissiong. Mr. Ames also informed me that Mr. Richard Spector of ELS issued a very strongly worded warning to CLC the other day warning them to have no further contact with Newman or face very severe consequences as a result of not abiding by the order, I’m delighted that Mr. Ames is finally showing a strength of character, and warning those who lost their case against him to wind their necks in.
It is reprehensible that having lost the Davies case to Ames that CLC then would be so public about their relationship with a known fraudster and even more well known Harlequin antagonist Newman. Mr. Ames was most surprised that CLC would have had any contact with an individual who is being investigated for serious fraud by the ICAEW as was confirmed by them to Mr. Ames.
I commend the poster who blew the relstionship between Newman and CLC for his actions, I know at times BFP is attacked, but this is one example where the role played by BFP should not be underestimated. The poster provided Mr. Ames with the intelligence he discovered and this was passed onto ELS for further action.
I’m delighted by the tough stance taken against CLC by Dave Ames through his Solicitors ELS and Mr. Richard Spector.
I would also like to take the opportunity to congratulate Mr. Spector as I believe his wife recently gave birth. Even though Mr. Spector is currently on paternity leave he took the time and effort to write to CLC in the most strongest terms possible and I would like to personally thank him for supporting the Ames family against those who are basically sore loosers and antagonists, Mr. Spector ran a very strong and professional case against the Davies group allowing Mr. and Mrs. Ames to exit from the families wholly unjustified freezing order, allowing the Ames family to concentrate on the excellent job of building resorts in the Caribbean, let’s all hope that 2015 is the year for the Ames family and his excellent lteam in ELS Legal headed up by Mr. Richard Spector.
I look forward to shaking your hand sir. And I hope you are able to make contact with KSS and have the builder removed from his role as a consultant in that organisation.
You’re having a laugh, right?
How in the name of hell can someone write “allowing the Ames family
to concentrate on the excellent job of building resorts in the Caribbean”
Is this Fox News?
Anonymous you really are off with the fairies.
A “litany of lies” is all I will say.
of course he’s having a laugh… that anti-HP guy’s use of “loosers” gives him away… he can’t ever get lose or losers correct… but it is funny
Looks like KSS is a Dubai recruitment company affiliated in some way to the
The Institute of Recruiters (IOR) and is a sub agent of a UK company called
GLOBETEK LIMITED 06421578 Registered Address: Europa House Europa Way, Britannia Enterprise Park, Lichfield, Staffordshire, WS14 9TZ
Might be why the guy is down as a consultant, hard to know.
I think KSS is also trading as KSS Contracting Dubai, but I’m not sure.
I hope this helps.
So did Richard Spector write to CLC or not ? And I thought Bob was the one getting his spelling wrong, or could it be the spell checker, I know mine is nuts.
And I thought Ames won the Davies case, did he not?
Was that bee keeper Bob who wrote that nonsense?
If the holiday period was so good, where was the plane? And why did a Trip Advisor review say the place was empty? I guess well have to wait for the accounts that will prove his claim – Oh hang on, Dave doesn’t do accounts does he? So we’ll have to take his word on that one, trusting him seems to have worked pretty well so far right?
Is KSS connected to the same Globtek that Bob Storey said he worked for way back in October 2013.
So now Bob Storey is working with the builder, what next?
How long has Bob had this cozy little deal going ? I wonder …………given Bobs pathetic attempts to portray Ames in a good light if he has been working in league with the builder all along ?
It’s actually starting to make a lot of sense now. Bob posts rather ridiculous pro Harlequin comments which are easily rebutted, everyone believes Bob is in Ames’ camp, most look at him as the village idiot, when all along he has been playing the game.
I did rather wonder why we did not get the usual rhetoric from BS Bob when KSS was identified. Instead we get a very oddly posted pro Harlequin post which a later poster which a later poster did state seemed very much along the style of that two faced
b€&@#%d Bob.
Fatchett does not represent me. on October 24, 2013 at 6:04 pm
It is about time I was truthful about everything. I run the United To Succeed website I am part of the PHIG along with Paul Walton, Richard Ingham, Stephen W and James Shaw. I work at Globtek as a Sales Manager.
Yawn give it up. Bob is retired, a post from October 2013 proves nothing, who says Bob Storey works for Globtek as a sales manager, proof my man, you will just have to prove it. Bet you Globtek does not even exist, Blah blah blah ………… What a load of xxxxxxxxxxxx
@ red scouse on January 14, 2015 at 11:29 pm
Why would a anti Harlequin troll write such a post? I know that Mr. Specter wrote to Chris Carney, that is true.
And Ames won the Davids case, thats a fact.
And there is no administration of any company fact too.
So why tell the truth?
of course he’s having a laugh… that anti-HP guy’s use of “loosers” gives him away… he can’t ever get lose or losers correct… but it is funny
Don’t all go looking at his Linked because it will reveal your identity
LinkedIn
Google it. Bob storey ( small s and all) sales manager at Globtek, funny he only has 1 connection, weird for a sales manager.
GlobTek, Inc. United Kingdom
22 Longstock Close Chineham, Basingstoke Hampshire, RG24 8WR United Kingdom
Tel: +44 (0) 5601 057 817
Fax: +44 (0) 1256 651 173
His email sales@globtek.co.uk
Someone should give them a call bet you he doesn’t even work for them lol. Longway to travel from Nuneaton to Basingstoke every day for work.
Or better still email him lol.
Well there would go his credibility if he does not work for them lol, plus I wonder what the penalty for impersonating a sales manager is. Lol
What a seriously sad old fool lol. Bob storey eh, bet he will come on here denying its him, what’s the chances guys lol, so why say it over 16 months ago so?
If you still intend to invest in a Harlequin property despite all the warnings.You will never see your money again and you will never have clear title on your land.
David Ames and the Head office staff are fraudsters and they hate investors standing up to them.
@Anonymous 12.49. That post you have posted under FDNRM is fake. You know it and I know it. As a piece of anti HP trolling it is very poor.
Oh dear Paudie O, Linkedin tells me that it was a Paudie O’Halloran who was looking at my profile on Linkedin. Not very good at this are you. Are you Anonymous 5.05 Paudie? as the previous poster said, you view a Linkedin account and it is confirmed who viewed it. lol In fact Anonymous 5.05 lol lol lol Posting at 5.05, is that Amman time? lol lol lol
But you don’t deny that you worked for Globtek do you Bob? Or that you used your redundancy package to invest in a pile of bricks on a beach currently valued at a quid. lol
So, what about some proof of the alleged administration?
– Ames is finished.
– Proceeds of crime
– SFO about to swoop.
– SRA complaints against Harlequins legal team
– Administration of BB
– HMRC investigations
– Shipleys calling in the inter company debt
– The Irish appeal
– WK are innocent
– Newman never said ‘sorry Dave’
– Jon Austin Redhot story
The list goes on and on, Paddykins you have been very ineffective indeed.
And the reason…… you would implicate yourself; so shut it and bore off you big fat oaf.
As we informed you previously, Harlequin successfully subpoenaed WordPress for the IP and email addresses of defamatory commenters on the anonymous blogging website Barbados Free Press. Following cost-effective investigations, we can reveal that we have identified the primary, obsessive defamatory commenter.
The commenter in question, who uses multiple usernames, including “Ralph” (he was primarily known as “API” or “Malcolm White” on the Regulatory Legal forum), is a business associate of Jeremy Newman and Padraig “Paudie” O’Halloran. Jeremy Newman, of course, previously worked for Wilkins Kennedy and settled out of court for defamation and libel against Harlequin for creating the “Harlecon” website, whilst Padraig O’Halloran was found guilty of fraudulent misappropriation against Harlequin’s Buccament Bay Resort development.
To whoever it may concern,
If “Paddie” is in cahoots with the anonymous “defamer” on here, and you, or some other member of the pro Harlequin brigade, seem to think they know who Paddie is working for – why don’t you just look up who else is working with him?
This would surely give you the identity of the person you believe is spreading the “litany of lies”, and thus allow you to post their details in order to let victims decide who they are to believe.
Of course, though, Paddie could have infiltrated the Internet, blocked all the websites you are free to use to find out who he’s in business with, thus adding another problem he’s caused for Harlequin.
… Or it could just be the “storey” a few small-minded individuals keep telling themselves to justify a complete and utter farce.
The trouble is some very silly people believe any anti HP post on here. BB into administration was the latest sensational headline. And guess what, it was believed. Perhaps the anti HP trolls will stop believing anything which is posted to disrupt.
Look at Anonymous 5.05, aka a man in Amman, What have the personal details of a Bob Storey got to do with a debate on HP? Your ignorance will just make you look very stupid. lol lol lol
I am Anonymous 10:48am, replying to Anonymous 10:54am.
I am concerned in getting either my money back, or a return. I don’t care if you build a hotel on the moon using the clangers as slave labour – something has to happen.
I was promised, as appears thousands of others, returns from functional resorts. I would only have to provide a 30% deposit for it (Harlequin providing the rest through “virtual mortgages”).
This no longer appears to be the case.
For whatever reason, it looks like Harlequin is no longer able to provide their 100% finance package, nor the promised resorts. Of course this will be denied, but without a financial backer, it seems like this is the most likely course of action.
I don’t blame Paddy for that. I blame Ames for selling a product with no financial partner. Everything else about holiday trading etc is just hot air – without a legitimate financial partner, he’s going nowhere. And the letter of intent he had was from 7Capital, who jumped ship at the hideous DD RL produced. If Ames was serious about working with them, surely he’d have rebutted it with his own report.
As the adage goes… “don’t listen to what they say, listen to what they don’t”.
He Paddy, I’ve just googled Bob Storey. It seems that Bob “Big Bobby” Storey is an Irish republican from Belfast who was sentenced to 25 years but now released. Well there’s a thing, so it is. So perhaps you may know “Big Bobby” Storey? If not perhaps you would like to make his acquaintance? Or more to the point, perhaps he might like to make yours. lol lol lol Mind how you go.
@Anonymous 10.48/11.07 The post of 10.54 was not directed at you, but unfortunately you decided to personalize your post with the cryptic “storey” comment at the end.
@ Robert Storey on January 15, 2015 at 8:28 am
Firstly the post ain’t fake mate, maybe you’d like to think a bit harder,
Try putting your post below into Google and see what happens,
“Fatchett does not represent me. on October 24, 2013 at 6:04 pm
It is about time I was truthful about everything. I run the United To Succeed website I am part of the PHIG along with Paul Walton, Richard Ingham, Stephen W and James Shaw. I work at Globtek as a Sales Manager.”
Now that we have determined that the post isn’t fake what the hell have you and the other pro Harlequin mob been sqwaking about this morning.
Mr. Storey are you a sales manager of Globtek?
@Anonymous 12.49. That post you have posted under FDNRM is fake. You know it and I know it. As a piece of anti HP trolling it is very poor.
Additionally, the commenter is a self-declared witness for the Serious Fraud Office (“SFO”) who has been behind a number of online campaigns designed to turn investors against Harlequin and bring down the business. At present, Harlequin is in the process of preparing a claim for defamation and the commenter’s actions have served to undermine yet another SFO witness and prominent Harlequin antagonist from the infamous group of known associates.
So Anonymous 11.44 you are that stupid to think that every post under FDNRM is from Robert Storey. How amazingly naive you are. Lol for a start I have never claimed I ran the United To Succeed website. That’s the other Bob you muppet. Perhaps you would care to ask Paul Walton if he was involved. I think you might get a mouthful of abuse. Also Anonymous, do you really think I would discuss my employment with an Anonymous poster. Google can be your friend, but unfortunately you have been drawn in hook line and sinker. Lol no need for you to think harder, just thinking would be a start MATE.
Paddie the plonker on January 15, 2015 at 10:12 am
– Ames is finished. ( well please explain what will happen if investors don’t buy in to his new hair brained scheme then?)
– Proceeds of crime ( an action that follows on from a criminal prosecution, A criminal prosecution being an action that follows on from a criminal investigation.
For the record and just in case you might have forgotten Ames is currently being investigated by the SFO and Essex Police for Serious Criminal Fraud.)
– SFO about to swoop.( given that the SFO confirmed to Rip Of Britain that they were still “Actively” investigating Ames a “Swoop” could happen at any time, also this was previously pointed out to Ames by DLA Piper his former UK lawyers)
– SRA complaints against Harlequins legal team.
( When someone says they made a complaint about Harlequins legal team to the SRA it is rubbish, when Carol & Dave Ames tells us that they made a complaint to the ICAEW it is true. So you are taking Carol & Dave Ames word
for it, ok fine, whatever more fool you. I’m sure we will find out in due course whether complaints have been made or not )
– Administration of BB ( We just have to wait and see like you have been previously told)
– HMRC investigations ( HMRC petitioned to wind up a company already in liquidation, ASOL why? HMRC recieved a very detailed and comprehensive document on Ames and Harlequin suggesting that Ames and staff members in Harlequin had used a variety of non legal instruments to evade Tax, if HMRC don’t believe that the very well compiled document proves any wrong doing then Dave Ames, his family and staff have nothing to worry about, now have they?)
– Shipleys calling in the inter company debt, ( Shipleys have every right to call in the inter company debt as liquidatiors of HMSSE, to think not is both stupid and wrong, if other agencies take control of the liquidation process which is quite possible given the ongoing criminal investigations into Ames and his companies, then they too could call in the debt, not a very comfortable time for Ames right now)
– The Irish appeal ( Yes there is an appeal, so what is your point? )
– WK are innocent. ( Absolutely they are, as no court has made a decision on the matter, so again what’s your point? ).
– Newman never said ‘sorry Dave’ (Ames did not think that Mr. Newman said sorry either, and given that we are talking about an apology to Mr. Ames, if he states, and it was his voice afterall, if he states that he did not receive an apology, then quite frankly this is one rare occasion where I will give Ames the benefit of doubt and actually believe him. I can do this safe in the knowledge that both sides in the argument on the apology now seem to accept there was none, that is with the exception of a few Pro Harlequin Idiots on here.
– Jon Austin Redhot story ( Jon Austins story is about the Administration of one or more of Ames companies in SVG, so he is just waiting the formal direction on the matter from the master of the high court, following the earlier agreement by Ames and Commissiong to agree a consent order on the matter, are you trying to tell me that Ames is now trying to back out of this consent order, surely not, well today was the deadline for matters to be agreed, was it not?)
The list goes on and on, Paddykins you have been very ineffective indeed.
And the reason…… you would implicate yourself; so shut it and bore off you big fat oaf.
Well, it’s 2015 and the International Airport in St Vincent that was supposed to have been Substantially Finished by the end of 2014, looks like a long way off from completion. This latest report from I Witness News paints a very sad story . It may be years before it is finished, if ever .
http://www.iwnsvg.com/2015/01/13/mountain-of-mud-in-the-middle-of-argyle-airport-runway/
Mountain of mud in the middle of Argyle airport runway
JANUARY 13, 2015 · 1 COMMENT
If anyone tells you that aircraft will land at Argyle in 2015, then that person is lying to you. The middle of the Argyle airport runway is a river and a muddy wasteland. The Argyle airport will take at least four more years, and even then, it will not be a functioning airport.
Since 2006, we have been bombarded with ULP regime nonsense about how the Argyle airport will boost the economy, but the reality is Argyle has been a curse to our country. Throughout SVG, towns, villages and communities have been starved of jobs and money, all for the sake of building Argyle airport for tourists.
From Fancy to Fitzhughes, Union Island and beyond, the needs of Vincentians have been ignored. Hospitals have fallen to ruin, the economy is virtually dead and the country is littered with tombs that once used to be flourishing businesses. The consequence has been high unemployment, high crime, destitution and poverty.
Vincentians have been made to suffer under the economic delusion that tourism and the Argyle Airport will bring prosperity. Well, they will not.
Having an airport does not guarantee prosperity. Barbados has had an international airport since 1938 and tourism for over 60 years, yet Barbados laid-off 3,000 government workers in 2013 and rolled out yet another national poverty alleviation programme a few years previous.
We have been lied to time and again, being told that Argyle airport will be finished in 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015. One need only look at the muddy mess at Argyle to know that it will not be finished in 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 or 2019.
The Yambou River is yet to be culverted; there is a mountain of mud in the middle of the runway area; the northern end of the runway is just mud and is being washed away by the sea; and, the cliff at Peruvian Vale village impedes final approach to the runway and will need to be knocked down and cleared away (See more photos taken in December 2014 here).
http://on.fb.me/14yvnsy
After that, the runway will need to be compacted properly over a number of years, otherwise it will simply break up under the weight of 400-tonne jumbo jets and 590-tonne Airbus planes.
Over 700 million dollars have been wasted at Argyle and the result has been a muddy disaster. Both the financially incompetent Unity Labour Party and New Democratic Party regimes seem intent on wasting millions of dollars more on Argyle. The SVG economy is at real risk of collapsing, because so much money has been wasted at Argyle.
SVG needs change to save the economy and create thousands of new jobs for our people. It is clear that the mountain of mud at Argyle will not resemble an airport before the year 2020. It is a joke to suggest planes will land at Argyle when the runway has a river running through it.
A Green government will put the needs of Vincentians first, not tourists, and immediately abort the Argyle airport fiasco. It is unfair to make our people wait another four years for jobs and cheaper electricity and water. They have been waiting since 2006 for jobs and prosperity, but the ULP regime has failed them.
Written by the Green Party in SVG. I’m sure that will be an open, unbiased article. Not.
Who gives a flying leap who wrote it…facts are facts.
Photos don’t lie…like some people on this blog.
Is Ames building the Airport, if so explains the state its in!
I wonder why Mr. Ames did not name the commenter in his Christmas update? I would have thought he would have loved to ‘expose’…… it.
So Anonymous 12.28, are you saying that p51 of the HP WK submission is a lie? Because it clearly states that “Mr Newman apologises for the offence and upset caused to the Ames family” Have I imagined that? Are my eyes deceiving me? In fact according to the agreed statement,
“He (Newman) did not intend to suggest and has not asserted in these proceedings that the business operated by Harlequin was in fact a fraudulent one”
So there we have it, according to the agreed statement Newman does not think that HP was operating a fraudulent scheme. Wonder if Newman is still a witness for the SFO? Oh dear.
Paddy suffer from selective memory. like nicking money from investors, he forgets thats wrong but he got found guilty
@anonymous 3.20 pm..you have misconstrued the statement…
“He (Newman) did not intend to suggest and has not asserted in these proceedings that the business operated by Harlequin was in fact a fraudulent one”
How can you claim from that statement that Newman does not think that HP was operating a fraudulent scheme?
Because he “did not attempt to suggest” and “has not asserted in these proceedings” does not tell anyone what he was or is thinking.
It is clear from the content of Harlecon, what Newman thought about HP.
Stop saying dumb things, or folks will think you are stupid.
Fraudulent misrepresentation, that must have done wonders for your CV Paddykins….. I don’t think I would give you work, simply because a Judge found you were GUILTY of Fraudulent misrepresentation.
Yes, the very same Padraig “Paudie” O’Halloran guilty of Fraudulent misrepresentation.
The same Padraig “Paudie” O’Halloran guilty of Fraudulent misrepresentation, and who’s money did he take?
Apparently, Ames has none so Padraig “Paudie” O’Halloran guilty of Fraudulent misrepresentation of investors money.
And he is only 42 *uck me!
http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/developer-ordered-to-pay-15m-damages-237978.html
At 8:48 pm the following poster states that someone called Paudie O has been looking at their Linkedin profile, so it stands to reason if this is indeed the case this guy Paudie O would know who he was looking at, but it does beg the question as to why Paudie O sought to look at the profile of an as yet unidentified individual who just happens to be a contributor on BFP,
What probably happened is that following on from the link between Crozier and Newman the poster on here decided to do a bit more research and found a Linkedin profile for a Paudie O.
It could be very possible that Paudie O then looked back at the profile of the poster who looked at the Paudie O profile on Linkedin, after all that is how Linkedin works, nothing at all bizarre about that if indeed that happened.
After all the poster appears not to find it odd that a Paudie O would seek him out, indeed makes no mention of that fact, rather states the following;
“Could I become a partner with N Crozier?
January 14, 2015 at 8:48 pm
Someone called Paudie O a consultant at KSS has been looking at my LinkedIn profile. Is this a new business opportunity I wonder?”
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However it gets better,
At 9.29 pm we get a further post on KSS and Paudie O see below; I don’t really think that this can be classed as a post from the anti Harlequin mob as they are referred to.
Anonymous
January 14, 2015 at 9:29 pm
Just had a look KSS does a lot of work in Malaysia and Indonesia, could be a different Paudie O, who knows, KSS have an office in Dubai, might be worth Dave or Richard Spector giving them a shout, they probably don’t know who they have employed, it is worth contacting them just in case, it’s time these guys were stopped.,
Good work Could I become a partner with N Crozier?
It’s time we put a stop to these guys.
Good news too on the H Hotel front, looks like 2015 will be Harlequins year afterall.
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This is followed at 11.29 pm by another post on KSS, as you can see this poster refers to KSS being a sub agent to a company called “GLOBETEK LIMITED”, however as you will see further down GLOBETEK is not the same company as GLOBTEK, they are two entirely separate companies, no relationship at all between them.
Again this post does not on the face of it appear to come from those labeled as the Anti Harlequin Brigade.
KSS?
January 14, 2015 at 11:29 pm
Looks like KSS is a Dubai recruitment company affiliated in some way to the
The Institute of Recruiters (IOR) and is a sub agent of a UK company called
GLOBETEK LIMITED 06421578 Registered Address: Europa House Europa Way, Britannia Enterprise Park, Lichfield, Staffordshire, WS14 9TZ
Might be why the guy is down as a consultant, hard to know.
I think KSS is also trading as KSS Contracting Dubai, but I’m not sure.
I hope this helps
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Then at 12.49 am a poster asks if this question;
“Is KSS connected to the same Globtek that Bob Storey said he worked for way back in October 2013.”
Well at this point it becomes clear that there are two different companies being referred to Globtek and Globetek.
The poster then reproduces a post from October 24 2013 at 6.04 pm taken from BFP, in fact a quick google using the name “Bob Storey BFP and Globtek will bring you to, or near enough, to the post,
“Fatchett does not represent me. on October 24, 2013 at 6:04 pm
It is about time I was truthful about everything. I run the United To Succeed website I am part of the PHIG along with Paul Walton, Richard Ingham, Stephen W and James Shaw. I work at Globtek as a Sales Manager.”
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Then at 3.08 am you have a poster advising against looking at Bob’s Linkedin profile.
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Then at 5.09 am we get yet another post, rather tongue in cheek perhaps, but it does demonstrate that anyone can look at someones Linkedin Profile without having to have a Linkedin account, therefore making it impossible for anyone to identify the poster for example in this case.
Anonymous
January 15, 2015 at 5:05 am
Google it. Bob storey ( small s and all) sales manager at Globtek, funny he only has 1 connection, weird for a sales manager.
GlobTek, Inc. United Kingdom
22 Longstock Close Chineham, Basingstoke Hampshire, RG24 8WR United Kingdom
Tel: +44 (0) 5601 057 817
Fax: +44 (0) 1256 651 173
His email sales@globtek.co.uk
Someone should give them a call bet you he doesn’t even work for them lol. Longway to travel from Nuneaton to Basingstoke every day for work.
Or better still email him lol.
Well there would go his credibility if he does not work for them lol, plus I wonder what the penalty for impersonating a sales manager is. Lol
What a seriously sad old fool lol. Bob storey eh, bet he will come on here denying its him, what’s the chances guys lol, so why say it over 16 months ago so?
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At 8.28 am we have a Bob Storey claiming that the post dated October 24 2013 located on BFP is a fake, meaning that it was made up, does not exist. Which is rather bizarre since it exists in the archives of BFP, but anyway, I will continue.
Robert Storey
January 15, 2015 at 8:28 am
@Anonymous 12.49. That post you have posted under FDNRM is fake. You know it and I know it. As a piece of anti HP trolling it is very poor.
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Then at 9.20 am we have another poster claiming that they too had Paudie O looking at their profile, remember at 8.48 pm the previous evening we had “Could I become a partner with N Crozier? claim that Paudie O was looking at their profile on Linkedin, are these two different posters or one and the same?. It appears not as this poster refers to the previous poster in the third party, quote from the post “as the previous poster said, you view a Linkedin account and it is confirmed who viewed it.”
Again if Paudie O was looking at these profiles then it stands to reason he knows the identity of these posters, but why would Paudie O be interested in this, he hardly would have known they were posting on BFP, this revelation comes after the alleged fact. It might be a coincidence that Paudie O stumbled upon one profile of an anonymous poster on here, but to stumble upon two profiles on Linkedin of persons who remain anonymous on here is rather far fetched don’t you think?
The Linkedin Profile for Paudie O, shows this individual as being a consultant in Dubai, yet the poster refers to Amman time, I would like to point out that there is an hours difference between Dubai and Amman.
the fish is on the line.
January 15, 2015 at 9:20 am
Oh dear Paudie O, Linkedin tells me that it was a Paudie O’Halloran who was looking at my profile on Linkedin. Not very good at this are you. Are you Anonymous 5.05 Paudie? as the previous poster said, you view a Linkedin account and it is confirmed who viewed it. lol In fact Anonymous 5.05 lol lol lol Posting at 5.05, is that Amman time? lol lol lol
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This is then followed up by a whole heap of posts about subpoenas, SFO witnesses etc, yet Dave Ames in his update of Christmas Eve refused to name those behind who he claims is defaming him.
Then at 11.18 am you have a poster issue what can only be described as a stupid,sad yet potentially sinister threat to the Irish builder.
I would like to point out here that when you google Bob Storey, you do not in fact find any references to Bobby Storey or Big Bobby Storey, you would have to type in Bobby Storey or Big Bob Storey, but never has Bob Storey been referred to as either Bobby or Big on BFP, so I find it difficult to see how the poster can state that a google of Bob Storey brings up Big Bobby Storey.
So one would need to know what they were looking for.
The last two lines of that poster are what I find quite sinister ” If not perhaps you would like to make his acquaintance? Or more to the point, perhaps he might like to make yours. lol lol lol Mind how you go.”
If those who support Harlequin want to make these sorts of threats then sadly I find myself having to agree that Harlequin is one company, I for one would seek to have no dealings with. And I would hope that the Police take these sorts of threats very seriously indeed.
Keep looking over that shoulder
January 15, 2015 at 11:18 am
He Paddy, I’ve just googled Bob Storey. It seems that Bob “Big Bobby” Storey is an Irish republican from Belfast who was sentenced to 25 years but now released. Well there’s a thing, so it is. So perhaps you may know “Big Bobby” Storey? If not perhaps you would like to make his acquaintance? Or more to the point, perhaps he might like to make yours. lol lol lol Mind how you go.
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Then finally we have a response from a poster who calls himself Robert Storey, he is replying to the post referring to the post of October 24 2013.
Remember Mr. Storey originally stated that the post was a fake, now he states that the post was not written by him, stating his reasoning to be that he never claimed to have run the United to Succeed website.
But thats exactly what the following post says, when taken in the context of the previous posts to that post of October 24 2013.
“Fatchett does not represent me. on October 24, 2013 at 6:04 pm
It is about time I was truthful about everything. I run the United To Succeed website I am part of the PHIG along with Paul Walton, Richard Ingham, Stephen W and James Shaw. I work at Globtek as a Sales Manager.”
But if Mr. Storey cared to go back to the thread which contained the post dated October 24 2013 6.04 pm he will note that a poster by the name of “Fatchett does not represent me”, was posting that post in a satirical manner, in that he was in fact denying that he had anything to do with the United to Succeed website, Paul Walton, PHIG, Richard Ingham etc. The post when taken in the context of the thread at the time is self explanatory, and would only have been posted by someone who perhaps had the same views then as Robert Storey has on matters now. All though I will admit, I fail to see the relevance of the reference to the fact that the then Bob Storey claimed he worked at Globtek.
Robert Storey
January 15, 2015 at 11:58 am
So Anonymous 11.44 you are that stupid to think that every post under FDNRM is from Robert Storey. How amazingly naive you are. Lol for a start I have never claimed I ran the United To Succeed website. That’s the other Bob you muppet. Perhaps you would care to ask Paul Walton if he was involved. I think you might get a mouthful of abuse. Also Anonymous, do you really think I would discuss my employment with an Anonymous poster. Google can be your friend, but unfortunately you have been drawn in hook line and sinker. Lol no need for you to think harder, just thinking would be a start MATE.
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These are just my observations, and I cannot for the life of me see how, any of the posts by those who seek to support Harlequin go anyway to demonstrating that Harlequin is a company that is operating successfully, nor can I see any link between a Paudie O and posts on BFP.
Nor can I see any relevance between the Paudie O Linkedin account and the predicament purchasers now find themselves in.
I also took the liberty of looking at both the “Bob storey” Linkedin account in the last hour or so and the Paudie O account referred to on here. I noted from the Bob storey account that even though it states that he is a sales manager for Globtek and not the Globetek a previous poster linked to KSS, he only has 1 connection, and there is no other data available on Bob storey, so I took the liberty of calling both Globtek and Globetek and they both confirmed to me that they had no one employed as a sales manager going by the name of Robert storey or Bob Storey or Bob storey, they confirmed that someone else had asked a similar question of them recently and they concluded that the Robert storey Linkedin account is fake, as I do.
What gave me a bit of a chuckle however was when I looked at the Paudie O Linkedin account, not only does it state that he is a consultant to KSS, but it also states that he is an “Advisor HH&R Investigations & Asset Tracing. LOL, Now I did find this amusing and am most surprised that those who decided to mention a Paudie O and KSS, failed to notice that. Or if they did they failed to mention it.
What I found very sinister about todays posts were the very obvious threats that were made, it is does threats that lead me to believe that someone has rattled someones cage within Harlequin, the question has to be asked what has raised the heckles of someone within Harlequin.
Again these are just my observations, there will be the usual attacks on my post I suspect, but rather then attack posters why don’t those who support Harlequin provide us with some facts about Harlequin that might lead us to believe that the companies will succeed.
Surely this is something that they might try to achieve, and it would certainly bring a breath of fresh air to the debate. Sinister Threats do nothing to paint Harlequin the Ames family and their supporters in any better light.
Good evening, and thank you for taking the time to read my post.
Guardian SIPP is suing investors with pension money tied up in troubled property investment Harlequin for non-payment of the fees related to their self-invested personal pension (SIPP). Jan 15 2015
Nasty little s h i t s!
http://www.professionaladviser.com/professional-adviser/news/2390444/guardian-sues-harlequin-investors-over-sipp-fees
Seriously guys, what has the builder on Ames that has them in such a tizzy today?
€1.5 million is about 0.22% of the money taken by Ames, his Wife and Son.
And what happened all the money generated by Ames selling off all the builders assets?
We had Ames and his supporters crowing about this adnausium.
Did any of this money find its way back to investors, as the poster correctly points out, it was not Ames’ money, it was investors.
So how many investors benefitted from the recovery of the money from the sale conducted by Ames of the builders assets?
And it looks like Ames lied through his teeth to win in the Irish case, so he wins by lying in court, a case subject of an appeal by the way, sells the assets as a result of a victory based on a whole set of lies, and yet refuses to give the investors who are legally entitled to get their money back one red cent.
Yet you have Carol, Dan, Matt and Nicola refusing, yes refusing to pay back shareholders loans from money you now acknowledge was not Ames’ money but investors.
And if as you claim the money was not Ames’ money, why did Ames purchase and pay for properties in Dubai not only in his name but in the names of third parties aswell,
So yes we all agree it’s investors money, but why the concentration and focus on the builder, is Dave afraid he might know about the Davies case, or the Caldwell Cases, or the Canga case, the properties in third party names, the consent order re the administration in St. Vincent, the charges, the liens, the contract novations, the bribes, the lies, the gross over valuation of properties, that initself is a Fraudulent Act, and the other little gems, is this why Ames is using posters on here to threaten the builder in a very sinister way.
Dave get a life, you have no idea who knows what, the builder is the least of your worries my friend,
Now maybe it’s time you stopped trying to bullshit your way out of this, and got off your ass, had a good look around all the brown stuff you are surrounded by and had a good long hard think about the future, you have made too many enemies in your little journey towards fame, fortune and self adoration.
Oh dear poster of 4.55, another example of War and Peace, but unfortunately inaccurate.
The post from Anonymous 12.49 was not satirical at all, Perhaps you should have replicated the whole post, not your selective part. My reply was in the context that the poster was using my old ID of FDNRM, I was not claiming the post was fake, only the posters ID was fake. You could have saved yourself a lot of trouble trawling around the internet if you had comprehended that point.
You then make another mistake. You imply that the post of Anonymous 5.09 picked up a whole range of information about Globtek from my Linkedin account. Wrong. That information is readily available from the Globtek web site.
Now you have made yourself look a complete prat. I left Globtek in 2011. The person you spoke to was Dave Wellman who took over from me.
So your long winded post above is both factually incorrect and you have wasted some very valuable time.
I hope you with held your telephone number from Globtek otherwise we might be having a direct conversation. Just to clear up any mis understandings of course.
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This is not cricket.
http://www.professionaladviser.com/professional-adviser/news/2390444/guardian-sues-harlequin-investors-over-sipp-fees
Bob we don’t F-in care. Now go and neck a winebox and shut the F up. Your posts are so off-topic one can only deduce that they are designed either to bore us all to death or disrupt the thread. I suspect the latter.
I do feel sorry for Mrs Storey.
Tw*tikins, you might not care! but you are a nobody. Looks like the poster 4.55 cared an awful lot. Bore you to death, if only! Looks like you’re getting a bit techy now.
Aye Bob still happy loooooosing £150k
What I find amazing is that Paudie O’Halloran on LinkedIn, a consultant to KSS, does not mention his connection to ICE. Is this the very same Paudie O’Halloran who ran ICE or not? Perhaps someone, Paudie perhaps, could answer this. If it is could Paudies LinkedIn site be a fake? Perhaps a phone call to KSS would help solve this question.
Did you mean to say tetchy Bob?
Tonight Matthew I will be, any stupid name I can think up. Go back to Odious, it’s an ID we can all relate to. Funny how the anti HP trolls when on the back foot can only revert to such childish posts.
No wonder Mrs Bob had a nervous breakdown
Can you imagine being married to him?
I do believe that Mrs Storey feels very very sorry for you. It’s to do with your identity crisis. And your very childish posts.
Crazier is in business with with Paddykins, could she be the ”common entor”
Maybe that’s why she lost the case for her ‘clients’ …… posting things she shouldn’t have done?
Remind me how much did she actually get back for them? And how much did she get paid?
The time line is about right.
Yes how much did her clients lose or loose?
Dear Mr. Storey,
I have just read your post of 5.51 pm, I think you must not have read my post correctly, I did not state that the post from Anonymous 12.49 was satirical, I stated that the post written by Fatchett does not represent me on October the 24 2013 was a Satirical post from that particular poster, and when you read the post in the context of the previous posts from October 2013 you will understand why,
I have, as you can see, repeated the posts that I believe you might have issue with,
The following is the entire post as posted by “Fatchett does not represent me on October 24 2013 at 6.04 pm.”, I have not edited this post in any way.
“Fatchett does not represent me. on October 24, 2013 at 6:04 pm
It is about time I was truthful about everything. I run the United To Succeed website I am part of the PHIG along with Paul Walton, Richard Ingham, Stephen W and James Shaw. I work at Globtek as a Sales Manager.”
Now I did also find this post which I did not refer to in my previous post, this post reproduced in its entirety below, from October 24 2013 at 6.48 pm refers to your linked in account, there are many posts on the issue on that particular thread, again you may claim that once again your ID may have been hijacked. And that is for you to say.
“Fatchett does not represent me.
October 24, 2013 at 6:48 pm
Just because I have a site it doesn’t mean it’s up to date. And why would Jeremy Newman look at my site? Perhaps he wanted to help me with my tax planning.”
But it now becomes perhaps somewhat of an irrelevant point now that you acknowledge that you were indeed a former employee of Globtek.
Now that you have retired from Globtek, would you not find it prudent to remove your Linkedin reference which still states that you are a Sales Manager for Globtek.
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I have reposted the post of January 15, 2015 at 12:49 am at the bottom of this section, I think you failed to understand the point I was making, this is the post your refer to as having had selective elements posted by me, as you can see I have now reposted this post in its entirety.
I however was really only interested in the name of the company Globtek, I was not concerned with the rest of the post as it just contained ramblings, and I felt they were irrelevant to the point I wished to make about the different companies. This is what I had to say on the matter of this post as can be seen from my original post.
“Then at 12.49 am a poster asks if this question;
“Is KSS connected to the same Globtek that Bob Storey said he worked for way back in October 2013.”
Well at this point it becomes clear that there are two different companies being referred to Globtek and Globetek.”
Anonymous
January 15, 2015 at 12:49 am
Is KSS connected to the same Globtek that Bob Storey said he worked for way back in October 2013.
So now Bob Storey is working with the builder, what next?
How long has Bob had this cozy little deal going ? I wonder …………given Bobs pathetic attempts to portray Ames in a good light if he has been working in league with the builder all along ?
It’s actually starting to make a lot of sense now. Bob posts rather ridiculous pro Harlequin comments which are easily rebutted, everyone believes Bob is in Ames’ camp, most look at him as the village idiot, when all along he has been playing the game.
I did rather wonder why we did not get the usual rhetoric from BS Bob when KSS was identified. Instead we get a very oddly posted pro Harlequin post which a later poster which a later poster did state seemed very much along the style of that two faced
b€&@#%d Bob.
Fatchett does not represent me. on October 24, 2013 at 6:04 pm
It is about time I was truthful about everything. I run the United To Succeed website I am part of the PHIG along with Paul Walton, Richard Ingham, Stephen W and James Shaw. I work at Globtek as a Sales Manager.
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You state below see (2) that I made another mistake, not having made any mistakes, to state I made another is wrong, but yes I stand corrected if my post did not read as it should, and for that I apologise, it was not a mistake however, but I admit I should have made myself a little clearer. I was merely referring to the ease at which someone can look at someone else’s Linkedin page without logging on to their respective Linkedin site.
You will also see that I made it clear in my post that there was no data associated with your Linkedin account aside from the name Bob storey and the statement that you are a sales manager at Globtek and you have 1 connection. So again I apologise for not making this point clearer at an earlier stage.
“I noted from the Bob storey account that even though it states that he is a sales manager for Globtek and not the Globetek a previous poster linked to KSS, he only has 1 connection, and there is no other data available on Bob storey,”
(2). “You then make another mistake. You imply that the post of Anonymous 5.09 picked up a whole range of information about Globtek from my Linkedin account. Wrong. That information is readily available from the Globtek web site.”
Here is what I had to say on the matter followed by the post from Anonymous 5.05 am, I was just referring to the first two lines of the post of 5.05 am.
“Then at 5.09 am we get yet another post, rather tongue in cheek perhaps, but it does demonstrate that anyone can look at someones Linkedin Profile without having to have a Linkedin account, therefore making it impossible for anyone to identify the poster for example in this case.”
Anonymous
January 15, 2015 at 5:05 am
Google it. Bob storey ( small s and all) sales manager at Globtek, funny he only has 1 connection, weird for a sales manager.
GlobTek, Inc. United Kingdom
22 Longstock Close Chineham, Basingstoke Hampshire, RG24 8WR United Kingdom
Tel: +44 (0) 5601 057 817
Fax: +44 (0) 1256 651 173
His email sales@globtek.co.uk
Someone should give them a call bet you he doesn’t even work for them lol. Longway to travel from Nuneaton to Basingstoke every day for work.
Or better still email him lol.
Well there would go his credibility if he does not work for them lol, plus I wonder what the penalty for impersonating a sales manager is. Lol
What a seriously sad old fool lol. Bob storey eh, bet he will come on here denying its him, what’s the chances guys lol, so why say it over 16 months ago so?
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Then strangely you make this comment, maybe like me earlier you too were unable to articulate the point you were trying to make in a manner I could have understood, this is what you stated “I was not claiming the post was fake, only the posters ID was fake.” but you stated the following in your post;
“Robert Storey
January 15, 2015 at 8:28 am
@Anonymous 12.49. That post you have posted under FDNRM is fake. You know it and I know it. As a piece of anti HP trolling it is very poor.”
The way this sentence is constructed clearly states that it is the ‘POST’ that is fake and not the ‘POSTER’. but I will give you the benefit of doubt on it.
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I saw no reason to with hold my number from Globtek, However in light of the sinister threats made on this forum over the last 24 hours and your response as set out here to me, “I hope you with held your telephone number from Globtek otherwise we might be having a direct conversation. Just to clear up any mis understandings of course.”, I will now look to raise the matter with the Managing Director of Globtek and possibly others, As pointed out in my post and observations, in know way have I behaved combatively, but given the very serious threats that seem to have been made by a poster, and your apparent combative response, to what in essence is a benign post, I think it prudent to make others aware of the situation.
I for one will not tolerate that type of direct subtle threat from someone I have never even met and from someone who clearly has not taken the time to read my observations correctly.
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To the poster of 8.14 I really do not give a shit what you think. My LinkedIn account is my business and your “prudent” suggestion is of no interest what so ever to me. Unfortunately you go stalking around people’s accounts you get stung sometimes. Bet you would love to get on my Facebook account. “Raise the matter with the MD of Globtek” don’t make me laugh. Make a complaint if you want and to whoever you want. Don’t forget the police have been involved with people stalking me before. Perhaps they might be interested in why you should want to phone Globtek about me? Benign post but not benign actions. What a pity you don’t want the opportunity to clear up any misunderstandings. One might think you have something to hide.
And by the way you concluded my LinkedIn account was fake. Naughty naughty. Not very benign that was it.
@ ascote,tijmo
Good lord man, you’re as tedious as BS. (Pun unintended)
@ ascote,tijmo
1 – withhold (one word)
2 – withheld (one word)
3 – in no way (not -in know way)
Bit like Richard Ingham’s made up LinkedIn account.
The man with a big business, who does not even hold a directorship, or have accounts, not even a cheap and cheerful website, lives in a very average house.
Loser, just a loser.
Ingham is irrelevant.irrelevant. Ames chucks him a few crumbs to pay his car rental, bit like Bob Le Nob.
That will be they day YOU man up Dick.
It’s fun on here tonight. Just wondering if BFP is monitoring this and whether they will take exception to any of the language? 9.32 pm for example?
I see Sportingman is steadfastly refusing to explain how his crystal ball works. Again. http://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/ShowTopic-g147380-i1175-k7868202-Buccament_bay-St_Vincent_St_Vincent_and_the_Grenadines.html
Conference calls went ahead today, not many takers and even fewer people talking, Same old stuff about WK, Ames has the case all but won, all the money will be pumped back into the resorts, no problems with any litigation in SVG, did say he lost a few cases but he is appealling them and confident of victory. Says the cases were brought by a former agent, Judge did not understand the case. New Judge appointed.
H Hotel
Huge interest amongst the travel industry, under pressure to get Hotel open, he could wait for the WK money but with the travel industry screaming at him to open soon he felt the best way was to open it up to investors to fund the build at least until the WK case was over. Usual blaming the down turn etc,
Needs to show movement on H then external funders will pour money in. 100% occupancy for H Hotel once opened. No losers amongst those who invest now. Agents have dozens of clients willing to buy into H, explained these were independent agents who have been to Blu and Buccament, explained he is not selling for a while, but agents are waiting for him to sell again.
Will announce contractor etc once works starts, does not want to expose his build team to attacks by the few antagonists.
Story of administration rubbish, being spread by a former agent. No liens on any of the properties. Liens on Marquis estate but he encourages this.
SFO have not contacted him so he doubts any action there, is cooperating fully with the FCA and SFO when asked, he feels they are targeting agents who may have misold investments and is helping FCA tighten up rules for a potential relaunch of products in a year or so.
So nothing much of interest. Just that H will be the Jewel in the crown and probably the best hotel in the Caribbean and one of the best of its size in the world, the usual Bajan government supports Ames fully, only developer active in the region, weathered the storm whilst 4 seasons and others failed, loads of great trip advisor reviews, will look to buy a second hotel in Barbados, wants to show everyone that all is well, needs cooperation of his partners not really investors, one big family.
Trust has the support of 70% of purchasrrs SIPPs now fully on board, his legal team just finalising documentation.
Small mention of RL, says that they have apologised to him for getting him all wrong. GF not allowed deal with any Harlequin related matters any more.
Promises complete focus on build from here on in, all work on WK case complete.
And so on and so forth, no real time for questions given the tight time frame between calls, happy to meet investors one on one at Basildon, warned not to discuss matters outside of the call.
On TA H Hotel getting lambasted, tired terrible food in need of refurb.
Bucc Bay, tired in need of maintenance, condition being blamed on former builder even though builder gone nearly 5 years.
Staff wonderful food wonderful.
Storey says Airport will open 2016,
H-Hotel has no beach. Any Bajan, and I wish they would, could open
a T-Shirt stand on the twelve foot wide beach which does not belong
to Harlequin.
Well well, just got back from the pub so time to answer a few people.
Anon 9.06 I don’t know what you have been smoking but I guess it’s not legal. What are you going on about, stalking accounts, threatening people with terrorists, fake accounts? How tiresome your rant has been. Go and roll another wacky backy you need it.
@TPB, 9.20 what are you on about. Now it’s Facebook. Who is your wife? If she is anything like you I don’t think she would have any friends.
@st George’s Dragon. There are not many things I agree with you on but yes I would agree with your post regarding 9.32
@worclip, well you are just a pathetic stalker. End of.
That’s all folks. It seems that a LinkedIn site is the font of all knowledge to thick tw*ts who have been found out. Tonight’s lesson, if you are going to stalk someone, check your facts first.
And you know who you are.
“Font of all knowledge”
Font – a receptacle in a church for the water used in baptism; a typeface
Fount – a source or origin, as in “the fount of all knowledge”
After today’s show, I’m more convinced as ever to let the whole thing go. The conference calls could have gone a lot better for Ames to have any hope of getting that eyesore recommenced.
One good suggestion was that investors would put 50% of the required funds into an escrow account, Ames would then be required to provide the other 50% and once Ames had lodged his share, the money would be released by an independent QS reporting to Ames and a representative of the investors, this idea was not warmly recieved by Ames as he tried to explain that there were other costs that would need to be factored in. When pressed on this point Ames was rather vague, he pointed out however that the idea was good in principal, but that it was vital that investors were willing to put initial cash into the coffers of Harlequin to complete outstanding issues such as planning etc, again it was suggested that an independent QS could over see this but again Ames explained that he had invested heavily in in house software to monitor costs and to change this would be a waste of money.
Spelling Police, could you please give the definition of “parade”.
A fellow investor in here has struggled to understand the meaning of the word.
In fact I think it may well have been you!
@tscote etc/Anon 9.06 (still smoking the hard stuff) you see you have all made a serious error regarding the information on LinkedIn. It reads “experience: sales manager Globtek” Now does that mean I am the sales manager Globtek, I was the sales manager Globtek, I would like to be the sales manager Globtek. I could go on but your rants over the last 24 hrs about a fake account have been tiresome in the least. Now if anyone wishes to apologise for the false accusations then fine. Anyone one who has made telephone calls and wishes to write letters to the managing director of Globtek please carry on and make an it it of yourself. If you want the MDs name just ask. Otherwise can I suggest next time you consider an occupation as a Internet stalker you need to raise your game. Lol
Robert, what would your thoughts be if Dave Ames had been found guilty of fraudulent missrepresentation in the court in St. Vincent?
Would you hold Dave Ames in the same light as the builder for example?
Storey your so smart that you invested all your money into Harlequin, your little pension pot and you can’t handle the fact that you have lost it. Bet your wife told you not to do it, and it looks like you left Globtek on a low note, no gold watch for you mate when you left, lol
So typical little legs crap, what about finance?, Does not like escrow accounts (wonder why) The recording has been made available to all relevant parties.
I remember regarding BB finance did the banks not wish to see it open, oh yes it is but where is the finance?
Robert, what would your thoughts be if Dave Ames had been found guilty of fraudulent missrepresentation in the court in St. Vincent?
Would you hold Dave Ames in the same light as the builder for example?
Anonymous 9.27 every aspect of your pointless post is wrong. I was able to retire early, so shove that up your big fat arse. Lol lol
Anonymous 9.13, 9.35, why are you repeating yourself. Let’s read the court documents first shall we. When are you going to post them on here?
Thank you for your response ELS Ames’ lawyers, will be able to confirm the Judgments.
One would hope in the interests of transparency that these judgments will be produced by Dave Ames.
The Judgments in the Caldwell Case and Canga cases.
Bob, we know that’s not true; you were bemoaning not long back you had to take a job on minimum wage because you’re skint.
Caldwell cocked up, did they not? Also Clanger, sorry Canga was paid off.
You have confused me with your (notice the correct use) many IDs. I think you have been talking to yourself.
Mr. Storey a number of judgments have been obtained against David Edward Ames and a number of his Caribbean companies, the only difference between the Judgments in the Caribbean against Ames and the Judgment in Ireland against the builder is that the Irish Judgment was published. ELS will be able to confirm the issue of Judgments should any investors solicitors seek clarification in the matter.
No one cocked up.
Caldwell did not cock up. Investors should get their solicitors to confirm with ELS legal the status of Judgments against David Edward Ames and some of his Caribbean companies.
Dave Ames recently stated that he had no judgments against him or his companies, it’s very important that any investor considering options with Harlequin to get in contact with ELS on 020 7831 0455 for confirmation that judgments have been obtained against David Edward Ames and some of his companies in the Caribbean.
Good that RL apologized, not sure what about though. Maybe they want to get the FSCS valuation down to £1. I really don’t understand what they got wrong about him?
Could one of the pro Harlequin posters enlighten?
“SIPPs now fully on board, his legal team just finalising documentation”
I wait with baited breath.
Even if my SIPP “recommends” I join it, I’m staying as far away as possible. He had his chance and blew it. He’s not getting 5 years of my life to save his little runt. He can be thrown to the dogs – he’s blown £440m and now wants others to bail him out.
Anyone considering transfering funds to Harlequin, should get their solicitors to make contact with ELS Legal LLP Ely Place London. 020 7831 0455 and request information surrounding a number of Judgments obtained against Dave Ames and his companies in the Caribbean.
Even though they are Ames’ solicitors they as officers of the court have an obligation to tell the truth on the matter.
This is a very important update. Judgments have been obtained against Dave Ames and some of his companies in the Caribbean, it is most important in light of this that anyone considering transfering cash to Harlequin should get their solicitors to first contact ELS Legal LLP.
The SIPP story is simply a lie, as usual no proof.
For once I’m in agreement with the anti Harlequin mob here,
If ELS LLP were to produce a letter confirming that no judgments had been obtained against Dave Ames and or any of his companies would that finally shut the Anti Harlequin mob up.
Dave Ames confirmed publically that there were no Judgments against him or his companies, he stated that he has never lost a case, and no judgments have ever been produced, so I would have no problem in asking ELS to confirm this as I doubt Dave Ames would either.
Hopefully once we recieve confirmation from ELS this will demonstrate that all the Anti Harlequin Mob have done is to produce a ” litany” ( their words not mine) of lies in order to undermine our investments. This will demonstrate what “loosers” ( again their words not mine) losers the Anti Harlequin Mob really are.
For the record I just called ELS and they confirmed that there are NO, yes that’s ‘N’ ‘O’ NO get it NO judgments against either Dave Ames or Harlequin and they will CONFIRM, again that’s CONFIRM this in writing to me within the next few hours.
To repeat I called ELS and they have stated that there are NO again I repeat NO judgments against either Dave Ames or Harlequin and I will have this confirmed to me in WRITING in the next couple of hours.
I WILL post the CONFIRMATION letter on here this evening. To repeat I WILL post the CONFIRMATION letter on here THIS EVENING, unlike the anti Harlequin Mob who keep saying they will prove everything but fail to do so, I WILL post the CONFIRMATION letter I recieve from ELS this EVENING.
That should SHUT the anti Harlequin mob UP.
Awaiting letter of confirmation.
It will not shut me up!
When are the management at Buccament Bay going to buy some new towels and brollies?
The towels and brollies supplied to Buvcament Bay were not supplied by Harlequin but by Procure It Direct. Dave Ames was assured by Andy Smith of Procure It Direct that the towels and brollies were of a superior quality, and Dave Ames paid Mr. Andy Smith for goods which he has since found to be defective. Therefore the fault does not lie with Dave Ames but rather with the supplier of the defective merchandise and Dave Ames has been seeking to have the supplier deal with this but as yet has had no joy.
This is yet again another example of the problems Ames has faced when dealing with unscrupulous suppliers and contractors.
In agreement, you neglected to tell us that Ames liquidated TWO of his companies at the end of last year owing millions of pounds. One just prior to HMRC issuing their own Winding Up Order for unpaid tax/PAYE/NIC. £257, 341.54 at the last count.
The fact that there are no Judgments against DA (If that’s true) is merely a smokescreen and a distraction. It don’t mean nothin’. The company insolvencies and lack of cash flow are far more serious.
Towels & Brollies, what other problems has Dave faced?
Towels and Brollies
Don’t be ridiculous! They are about five years old and the brollies and sunbeds are subjected daily to salt laden air, and tropical sun and rain. Any hotelier in the region could tell you that they need to be replaced far more frequently.
Here’s another problem that Dave and the Ames family face
Director Loan Accounts
According to the Company’s records there were two overdrawn Director Loan
Accounts and two overdrawn Loan Accounts and the Joint Administrators have been attempting to realise these funds for the benefit of the Company’s creditors. With regards to the Director Loan Accounts, the Directors'[sic], Mrs Carol Ames and Mr Daniel Ames, have informed my office that they are unable to settle their overdrawn Directors Loan Account, of £108,575.27 and £49,997.01 respectively, at present. The appointed Joint Liquidators will continue to chase these debts and may take the necessary steps in order to recover these funds. Creditors should note that the Directors’ Statement of Affairs stated that Mr Daniel Ames’ Directors Loan Account was in the sum of £49,997.01, however, according to the Company’s Trial Balance as
at 30th April 2013, this indebtedness was shown in the sum of £57,086.26.
In relation to the two Loan Accounts, please note that Mr Matthew Ames has been imprisoned, due to a non related issue , and I have been informed that he may enter into Bankruptcy so it appears that these funds, in the sum of £32,008.69, may prove unrecoverable. The remaining Loan Account of
£44,795 .23 is due from Ms Nicola Kelliher, however, Ms Kelliher now resides overseas, therefore, this outstanding debt is proving difficult
to realise at present. (source Joint Administrator for HMSSE).
Why don’t they sell their million pound plus houses to repay what they owe the company? Or have they no shame. I suspect the latter.
Excuse me, 1. The furniture came with a 5 year guarantee, 2 News Letter no 6 clearly shows the research and development undertaken by the Ames family and their hotel experts Gareth Ronan and David Campion demonstrates that they understood the conditions. If you care to visit Mr. Campions website Argo based in Barbados you will see that he and his team are experts in climatic conditions in the Caribbean and brings a knowledge in excellence in Arcitecture, interior and exterior design not only to Barbados but the wider Caribbean, that sadly had been lacking in the past.
This can be demonstrated by the fact that Blue Chip companies have chosen his firm over those firms that had operated in the region for years. The firms include Virgin Atlantic, The Marriott Group, The Government of Barbados, The Government of St. Vincent to name but a few.
It might be a bitter pill to swallow by some of the more established firms but Argo has invested in expertise and environmentaly friendly solutions which match the local climatic conditions, something which the more established firms in the Caribbean failed abjectly to do. Fact.
Argo is also very proud to be associated with Dave Ames and his companies.
Yeah well the five year guarantee period is about up. So why don’t they replace them? Not exactly 5* are they?
Dave’s Disco, odious, Whoisthefuss is back then.
FSCS values queried as Harlequin pension redress confirmed
A decision by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme to value investments held in controversial overseas property group Harlequin at 100 per cent for the purposes of compensation is set to be questioned by a claims lawyer seeking higher payouts for investors.
FSCS has finally confirmed it will pay out redress on claims against failed advisory firms related to lost pension growth, but it has said it still reviewing whether the advisers would have been liable for any losses sustained on the underlying properties.
A spokesperson told FTAdviser the scheme is paying interim compensation for Sipp switching claims to compensate consumers for lost pension growth and charges taken from their Sipps, but not yet losses on investments.
According to a claims valuation document on FSCS headed paper, sent to investors by law firm Regulatory Legal, Harlequin investments are being valued at 100 per cent for the purposes of determining the value of compensation.
The law firm said in an accompanying letter it wants to persuade the FSCS to instead use a valuation figures applied by the Sipp administrators. These valuations are often lower and in some cases close to zero, which would increase the potential compensation due.
In July last year, for example, FTAdviser revealed the Lifetime Sipp Company wrote to investors telling them that the value of their investments has been written down to a nominal £1.
Also in July the FSCS published an update stating that it was investigating claims that it had received in order to establish if failed IFAs who conducted switches where funds were transferred to Sipps invested in non-mainstream assets, would be liable.
In August, the FSCS announced formally that it had been receiving queries from investors regarding protection in respect of Harlequin Hotels and Resorts.
At the time, the compensation scheme said that to pay redress it needed to be “satisfied” that authorised firms which had gone out of business were legally liable for any losses potentially suffered by Harlequin investors.
The claims being paid are in relation to advice firms gave to transfer funds from existing pension schemes to Sipps. At the time, the FSCS said in many cases the Sipp fund was then invested in non-standard asset classes, such as Harlequin, many of which have become illiquid.
In April last year, the FCA banned two partners at 1 Stop Financial Services for advising nearly 2,000 customers on switching their pensions – valued at in excess of £112m – into Sipps. Half of that amount went to Harlequin.
An FSCS spokesperson said: “We are not compensating losses on investments, including Harlequin Property held in Sipps, because IFAs’ legal liability for these losses is not certain.
“Top-up payments will be made if legal advice confirms that firms who arranged transfers into Sipps are liable for loss on investments held in those Sipps also.”
In an update sent to Harlequin investors, law firm Regulatory Legal confirmed this by telling investors that “the FSCS are valuing Harlequin investments at 100 per cent of their original value”.
However, Regulatory Legal said that it will “shortly engage” with the FSCS to “persuade” them to use the figure being used by Sipp operators in their valuations as opposed to the full value. The update added FSCS will need to issue/publish a “policy in terms of the value of Harlequin redress”.
Regulatory Legal was not able to respond to requests for comment at the time of writing.
A spokesperson for the FSCS told FTAdviser: “FSCS has not yet reached a decision on whether departed IFAs can be held liable for losses in relation to investments in Harlequin Resorts. Accordingly, no compensation has been paid to date by FSCS in respect of investments in Harlequin.
“Our position is as per our announcement in August. We will update claimants as soon as we are in a position to do so.”
Last October, Harlequin Management Services (South East) Ltd, the UK sales are of the embattled overseas property development business which trades as Harlequin Property, entered liquidation after it was put into administration 18 months ago.
Harlequin Property was the primary UK sales agent for Harlequin’s Caribbean-based resort development companies. It was not regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority.
In the same month, FTAdviser revealed that a second Harlequin firm had gone bust – Harlequin Hotels and Resorts (UK) Ltd entered voluntary liquidation – although the company said that the latest administration did not affect investors, investments or completions.
According to a spokesperson for Harlequin, this was a separate company which served as an “administrative arm that had nothing to do with investments or investor funds (hence no bank account)”.
donia.o’loughlin@ft.com
FT Adviser
I am in awe when I behold the wonderful structure that David Campion (formerly of H Studio) created at the H hotel site in Barbados. Also worthy of admiration are the Merricks Show Villas that H Studio were also involved with. Funny that these are not shown on the Argo website as examples of their latest projects in Barbados.
Blimey the Ames family owes £293,249.46 to HMSSE
Let us hope the Proceeds of Crime Act eventually catches up with them.
Correction to 1.16pm post..H Hotel is on their website..believe it or not. Don`t`know why anyone would be proud of that eyesore.
So if the SIPP is valued at 100% does that mean that investors have in fact not lost anything?
Is the Harlequin airlift between BGI and SVD up and flying again? A lady on TA said Harlequin Air no longer operate the service.
@Anonymous 2:09pm
No it means that FSCS do not count any “loss” from the investment.
It does not mean the investment is still “secure” / rigid – it means that FSCS, from a legal perspective, are yet to decide on whether they can cover responsibility for it.
The much-circulated document from RL highlights that the FSCS are indeed paying for the pension transfer, but are holding back on the actual investment (for now).
Their 100% valuation therefore means they will deduct that full amount from any compensation calculations, leaving SIPP investors with compensation for the advice only.
RL’s job, and the job of others now, it seems, is to persuade the FSCS that the value of the investment is much lower than that, as this will provoke the FSCS to pay out for those items.
It does not mean SIPP investors are “out of pocket”, nor that their investments will not be paid by FSCS. It simply means FSCS is working on ascertaining whether the advisers are indeed responsible for the ill-performance of the product.
@ Grumman Goose
The aircraft is still flying, it regularly graces Antigua skies as it goes about it’s daily business. It doesn’t go anywhere near any of the wonderful five star resorts run by Harlequin though, so I think it’s fairly safe to add Caribbean Helicopters to the long (and growing) list of suppliers who are not prepared to supply goods or services to Harlequin for free.
Legal Charges Warning.
Dear all,
The following has come to our attention, we therefore advise anyone looking to complete at either Buccament Bay it the H Hotel Barbados to seek immediate independent legal advice,
We hope to update everyone as events unfold.
This warning is issued Friday 16th January 2015 at 14.00 hrs and contains the latest available information on assets owned by Dave and other members of the Ames family.
A company called CLC Nominees recently obtained legal charges over a number of properties owned by Dave and Carol Ames, these charges have been registered in the UK over the following properties.
(1). 19 St Cleres Crescent, Wickford SS1 8NN
(2). Unit 11 Honywood Business Park, Honywood Basildon.
A watch has now been placed on other known assets of the Ames family to see if charges will be registered against any other Ames family properties but the UK land registry office has indicated that they have recieved notice of further charges being applied, these notices lapse after a period of six weeks if no additional charges have been applied.
We will update everyone accordingly.
CLC Nominees is a company owned and controlled by Carter Lemon Cameron Solicitors of 10 Aldersgate Street London EC1A 4HJ
Cater Lemon Cameron represented the Davies group in a class action suit against Dave and Carol Ames in the UK, it was widely reported that the Davies group had lost the action, however in light of these recent charges granted in favor of CLC Nominees, it appears that the original information on the Davies case may have been incorrect.
Therefore we Strongly advise investors who are considering further investment in any of the Ames family businesses to obtain immediate independent legal advice and have their solicitors contact ELS Legal LLP. 10-12 Ely Place London EC1N 6RY, The contact will be a Richard Spector. The contact details for ELS are
Tel; London UK 0207 269 5120
Fax; London UK 0207 269 5121
Email; info@elslaw.co.uk
Mr. Richard Spector acts for the Ames family and a number of the Ames family businesses. He has a duty as a practising solicitor to up hold the ethics of his profession as laid down in the standards as set out by the SRA, and therefore has a duty to be honest in relation to issues surrounding his clients ( Members of the Ames family et Al) in circumstances where his clients ( Members of the Ames family et Al) have denied that they are the subject of any adverse judgments and where his clients ( Members of the Ames family et Al ) are pursuing investors for additional funds.
Legal Liens Warning
A number of legal liens have been registered against the assets located at the Buccament Bay Resort in St Vincent and the Grenadines, following on from succesfull litigation against Dave Ames and some of his companies in the Caribbean by a number of investors.
Judgments have been registered against Dave Ames and a number of companies he owns in the Caribbean.
As a result of the liens, completions at Buccament Bay cannot be legally completed, this reason for the delay in completions runs contrary to the wholly false information provided by PHIG in their last update.
PHIG have their registered offices at 10-12 Ely Place, London EC1N 6RY. The same offices as ELS Legal LLP.
As a result of the Judgments and resultant liens being put over the assets of The Buccament Bay Resort, until such time as those liens are removed completions cannot continue.
This warning comes as a result of the update from Dave Ames on the 24th December 2014. See extract below taken from the update with reference to the completions.
Extract from Ames update 24th December 2014; “With the monies that we receive from completions at Buccament Bay Resort, we are continuing to develop and expand the Resort. In the last four months we have opened a further 23 villas and are in the process of completing further facilities to enable us to increase the revenue for the Resort with the increase of visitors using these additional villas. We continue to look for investors to complete at Buccament Bay Resort, If you are interested in , we would ask you to speak to Dan Dalligan or Vinny Stenning to see how we can work together to include you in this process.”
Therefore we strongly advise investors who are considering completing at Buccament Bay resort to obtain immediate independent legal advice and have their solicitors contact ELS Legal LLP. 10-12 Ely Place London EC1N 6RY, The contact will be a Richard Spector. The contact details for ELS are
Tel; London UK 0207 269 5120
Fax; London UK 0207 269 5121
Email; info@elslaw.co.uk
Mr. Richard Spector acts for the Ames family and a number of the Ames family businesses. He has a duty as a practising solicitor to up hold the ethics of his profession as laid down in the standards as set out by the SRA, and therefore has a duty to be honest in relation to issues surrounding his clients ( Members of The Ames Family et al) in circumstances where his clients ( Members of the Ames Family et Al) have denied that they are the subject of any adverse judgments and where his clients ( Members of The Ames Family et al) are pursuing investors for additional funds.
@ascote etc etc. well have you written your letter to the MD of Globtek yet. Have you worked out who the MD of Globtek is yet? Do you need some help compiling your letter? You seem to have gone very very quiet today. Perhaps you’re trawling the net seeing whatever other misinformation you can dig up. I would hate to think your threat was a fake.
@anonymous 9.55 well we are still waiting proof of the judgements. Another smokescreen with no back up. No surprise there then.
Well well, So this week has not been very good for Dave Ames,
Freezing Orders and UK Property Charges.
CLC nominees a company owned by Carter Lemon Cameron obtained and registered a number of charges on properties owned by the Ames family including St Cleres Crescent and 11 Honywood business park.
The UK land registry office have stated that they are on notice for a number of other charges to be registered against further Ames family assets in the UK,
I suspect that CLC Nominees has registered the charges on behalf of the Davies group which would put pay to the idea that the Davies group lost their action against Ames, an insider at Barcklays in Wickford has also confirmed that the freezing orders against Dave and Carol Ames remain in place.
Not withstanding the fact that Ames and his family and their businesses are being investigated for serious criminal fraud,
and that Ames has clearly stated that neither he nor his companies are in a position to repay debts to purchasers as they fall due,
and hence by definition an admission that Ames through many of his companies is trading insolvently,
It is as a result of all this, that anyone considering putting any additional cash into Harlequin should review the previous FCA / SFO warnings on Ames and his companies, and should seek immediate independent legal advice.
They should also consider instructing their solicitors to contact Richard Spector of ELS Legal LLP, 10-12 Ely Place London, the solicitor acting for the Ames family for confirmation of the above. I say this given the previous assertions by Ames that he has never lost a case, and his recent requests to purchasers for additional funds.
Liens and Judgments in SVG
In the last PHIG update, difficulties with completions were blamed on the lack of understanding of the legal process surrounding the completion by solicitors in SVG.
It is now clear that the statement by PHIG was wholly untrue and a deliberate attempt to cover for the true reason why completions cannot be completed.
A number of Judgments have been obtained against Dave Ames and a number of his companies in SVG, as a result, a number of liens have been registered against the assets at Buccament Bay.
These liens need to be removed before purchasers can legally complete on their properties, in order to have the liens removed Ames will have to satisfy the judgments obtained against him.
Therefore I strongly advise all investors who are considering completing at Buccament Bay to obtain immediate independent legal advice and have their solicitors contact ELS Legal LLP. 10-12 Ely Place London EC1N 6RY, The contact will be a Richard Spector. The contact details for ELS are
Tel; London UK 0207 269 5120
Fax; London UK 0207 269 5121
Email; info@ elslaw.co.uk
Mr. Richard Spector acts for the Ames family and a number of the Ames family businesses. He has a duty as a practising solicitor to up hold the ethics of his profession as laid down in the standards as set out by the SRA, and therefore has a duty to be honest in relation to issues surrounding his clients ( The Ames family and some of their businesses) in circumstances where his clients ( The Ames family and some of their businesses ) have denied that they are the subject of any adverse judgments and where his clients ( The Ames family and some of their businesses) are pursuing investors for additional funds.
Note there are numerous charges and liens registered against other assets under the control of David Edward Ames ( Dave Ames) in the Caribbean in addition to those assets at Buccament Bay.
Don’t give a crap about judgements! Just want my deposit back and Dave and Carol etc to come back to planet earth. I feel sorry for the long list of companies on the Shipley report Dave /Carol owes money to. How many people have they left in the shit as well as investors without a second thought.
What Judgments? Why aren’t they available, oh yeah they don’t exist lol ha ha,
Not this old crap about charges again. An insider at BARCKLAYS in Wickfords? On come on? A charge on a property is meaningless unless the property is sold. It will only apply to DA if an “order for sale” is made. This is old recycled news. The anti HP trolls must be getting desperate. Don’t hold your breath those of the Davies group. Any money is a long way away. Paid any more fees recently. After all selling concrete blocks cannot be cheap for the Crazier gang.
The list of companies owed money on the Shipley report by Dave/Carol was vast. You would almost think Dave etc had done this before once or twice?? 🙂 Pair of selfish old shits putting it mildly !
@Dave the good hearted Christian gentleman, I like this new ID. Makes Dave look like a nice person.😏
Perhaps the charges are connected to some legally binding agreement where by, hmmmmmmmmmm, let me think, say by July possibly, of course I am only guessing here, but let’s say by July 2015, if Ames has not paid the Davies group, two million or so Quid, an order is in place that the Ames’ properties can be sold as a result of a default on the part of Mr. and Mrs. Ames perhaps.
I did not see Ames update us on the 24th of December or at any other time to tell us that his and his missus’ freezing orders had been lifted,
Strange that, that’s something he and the old bag would love to crow about. But heh it’s purely speculation on my part, I mean how would I know?
And Sam Commissiong telling me that Ames and his companies had Judgments against them but Ames was appealling them so they don’t count until the appeal process is complete, have you heard that before? I haven’t that’s new to me.
I wonder if Richard Spector from ELS could confirm this? Well Richard? Care to fill us in? Surely your not shy about putting pen to paper now are you.?
Sam Commissiong has confirmed there are Judgments against Ames and some companies he owns in SVG, now when will Ames come clean about this ?
Sam tells me that those judgments…….,……………….well I think I will keep that little gem for next week.
Why is Ames being so coy about these judgments, and the wording contained in them? Well for one it will make his updates of the last 4 years even more laughable then they already are.
What a pathetic horrible little family, Dave my old mate, you are truly a pathetic individual, when all this comes out, and if by a very small chance you have not been accommodated by her majesty by then, I think you will be begging the authorities to bang you up.
Richard what about you ? Did you not ever hear Dave say that he never lost a case? Are you aware of any judgments, and if you are, where does this leave you when the shit hits the fan? Or are you unaware that Dave Ames is seeking funding from purchasers to continue the build.?
I mean if there are outstanding Judgments, is there not a risk that monies paid over by purchasers will be used to service the debt, or is it a case, as a lawyer for Ames once said, with respect to the spending of certain money, ( I think it may have been Sam, can’t think of anyone else who’s moral compass is askew, nor who throws the SRA rule book out the window, with the exception of Simon Terry of course. )
Sorry anyway back to what I was saying, yeah it had to be Sam, when he stated that all the money was being spent in the ordinary course of business.
Richard even you would not stoop that low. I believe you are decent and honorable, and not in this for the cash, I believe you play this with a straight bat. So I hope you don’t end up getting sucked into the whirlpool, no not you Richard, you are straight as a dye.
When Harlequin goes bust great news for SIPPS
“A charge on a property is meaningless unless the property is sold. It will only apply to DA if an “order for sale” is made. This is old recycled news. The anti HP trolls must be getting desperate. Don’t hold your breath those of the Davies group. Any money is a long way away”
So the pro Harlequin mob (both of them) think withholding money contractually required to be returned to investors is fine then? You’re showing your true colours now.
@Anonymous 8.34 it’s all part of the legal process. Crozier started the legal process with her freezing order so it has been responded to. Is July 2015 as stated in the post above, when an order for sale is due to be applied for? Perhaps someone at Barckleys bank can tell us lol.
Why would anyone hand over money at this stage to a company that has pissed over £400m up the wall to create a partially complete resort and seemingly nothing more to show for it? What makes anyone think that these funds will be looked after any better than the rest?
I do wonder why the authorities are letting this situation carry on. I presume that they think their primary duty is to bring any crime, if a crime has been committed, to Court and this requires the whole investigation to be completed in a water tight way. This could take years of course and their attitude has to be “buyer beware” on anyone else who hands over their money before their work is complete. Either this or they are allowing Harlequin even more rope to hang themselves with at this late stage. As the SFO has recently confirmed that their investigation is ongoing you can be sure they are watching every move like a hawk and no bank account is hidden from them.
Until the SFO declare the all clear or prosecution why would you risk your money on such a scheme?
It gives those who have the charges some guarantee though does it not? It stop an unscrupulous developer selling the assets does it not? It means that those who have the charges will get their money eventually does it not?
Every pro HP response on this issue just demonstrates how morally bankrupt the majority of you are.
@Anonymous 11.03am…
this is what you promised …
“For the record I just called ELS and they confirmed that there are NO, yes that’s ‘N’ ‘O’ NO get it NO judgments against either Dave Ames or Harlequin and they will CONFIRM, again that’s CONFIRM this in writing to me within the next few hours.
To repeat I called ELS and they have stated that there are NO again I repeat NO judgments against either Dave Ames or Harlequin and I will have this confirmed to me in WRITING in the next couple of hours.
I WILL post the CONFIRMATION letter on here this evening. To repeat I WILL post the CONFIRMATION letter on here THIS EVENING, unlike the anti Harlequin Mob who keep saying they will prove everything but fail to do so, I WILL post the CONFIRMATION letter I recieve from ELS this EVENING.
That should SHUT the anti Harlequin mob UP.”
So where is theCONFIRMATION Letter?
Just asking.
https://mega.co.nz/#!7dAkTSxK!nTnixRajtJc3mBJ7H-G7u407vT9Zkp00G1f8_ylUIvU
Perhaps it’s got caught in the queue behind the BB administration and the concrete mixer taking over H Hotel. Just saying.
The best idea is to leave little legs to cock it up himself, who can he blame then?
Once Harlequin SVG, (or whatever its called this week) goes wrong ‘LL’ has catastrophic problems.
The SFO will then cut him off at the knees, mid you he looks like that’s already been done. Tee hee 😉
@ Anonymous 8.57 pm you have lost me, what do you mean. Confused
Bobend will no doubt say its fake / out of date etc.
Richard Spector have you been telling some porkie pies recently. 🙂
Looks like no one has properly completed so. Oooops
Dave you naughty little man.
It’s a fake/ out of date.
Perhaps the person who posted the documents from SVG tonight might post the Full Judgment associated with the document?
I’d also like to point out that Dave Ames must have lied when he said he never lost a case.
So how many want to complete now on Buccament Bay eh?
Oh yes Richard Spector what is that I hear you say, something starting with the “A” word? Do tell. What’s good for the goose must be equally good for the gander don’t you think?
Maybe you should be less hasty when putting pen to paper in the future, or is it one rule for Ames and another for the rest of us. Just think about the “A” word for a while, have a good long think.
Cause that could very easily end up biting you in the ass my friend, ………………. Oh but of course, you were only acting on instructions. So think back over the last 12 months or so, think about any little faux pas you may have made, acting on instructions of course, that will be your saving grace………..you hope………
@ Blue Rinse, is it a fake, or is it fake and out of date, or is it real but out of date, and if it is real but out of date as you might claim, then what document or other evidence can you show that post dates this document, in the absence of further evidence to show that this is out of date, then sadly most of us are stuck with the facts as per the document.
How can a document dated 6th Dec 2013 refer in it to a date 17th May 2013? Psychic powers perhaps?
It’s all going wrong, lets get in to his legal team….
Lol Blue Rinse, have you been drinking ?
December 2013 came after May 2013, unless you are from the Planet Ames, where everything is redefined. But we are here on planet earth.
Blue Rinse on January 16, 2015 at 10:12 pm
How can a document dated 6th Dec 2013 refer in it to a date 17th May 2013? Psychic powers perhaps?
Ops yes got that wrong hic. However by putting the reference at the top of the page into the SVG court hearings SVGHC2014/426 the reference is to Beverly Modder vs Brian Worme. Therefor for clarity perhaps the correct court reference number can be quoted.
Blue Rinse, what are you supping man, this is planet earth, not planet Ames.
This is the case you are referring to;
Wrong country, wrong number, year is correct though.
Beverley Modder v Brian Worme
Categories: 2014, Grenada, High Court Judgments, Judgments, June
Beverley Modder v Brian WormeGDAHCV2012/0296CENAC-PHULGENCE, M [AG.]Delivered: 12/06/2014 1 EASTERN CARIBBEAN SUPREME COURT IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE GRENADA GDAHCV2012/0296 BETWEEN: BEVERLEY MODDER Claimant and BRIAN WORME (trading as B.M.W. Designs and Building Construction) Defendant Before: Kimberly…
Not really sure what that Blue Rinse was all about, if it was meant to discredit the court document, the attempt to discredit it went down like a lead balloon.
Then why is the number 426/2014 written in felt tip pen on the top of the sheets. Why is there no reference to the actual court number? What is the actual court number?
@ Blue Rinse, the case number is shown on the first page of the document case no. 85 / 2012.
Judgment was granted in that case on the 17th of May 2013. Judgment was made against Dave Ames, Harlequin Management Services South East and Harlequin Property Caribbean Ltd the Defendants.
The judge notes there are several pending matters ‘against’ Dave Ames, Harlequin Management Services South East and Harlequin Property Ltd, hence the reason the plaintiffs registered their interest in the 19.5 acres by way of an Incumbrance.
The Incumbrance was granted on the 6th of December 2013.
The Incumbrance was then filled with the Registry High Court St. Vincent and the Grenadines.
This has been filed in the Registry High Coury St. Vincent and the Grenadines as document number 426/2014. As in the 426th document to be filed with the Registry in 2014.
All Registry documents are filled manually in St. Vincent unlike in the UK where much of the process is computerised.
This makes searches difficult and cumbersome in St. Vincent as they must be done manually, with in most cases a need to trawl through all fiiled documents every year as these are filed numerically, but it does not excuse Dave Ames, Sam Commissiong or Richard Spector for that matter, as they were well aware of the Judgment, the additional pending action, more of which occured in September 2014 and December 2014, with dozens more cases now in the pipeline.
While all this has been going on in the background and out of the public eye for the most part, Dave Ames has been painting a very different picture, even announcing completions this despite the fact that those completions if indeed they were real were fraudulent transactions on the part of Ames as a result of the incumberances on the 19.5 acres, the only registered land.
Please see the following, and this is just a small number of claimants, note not all involve Mr. Caldwell.
http:// http://www.eccourts.org/wp-content/files_mf/casemanagement8thto12thdecember2014masterraulstonglasgowag. pdf
http:// http://www.eccourts.org/wp-content/files_mf/casemanagement8thto12thdecember2014masterraulstonglasgowag. pdf
Please close the gaps before clicking on the links.
There have been many Judgments in the High Court in St. Vincent against Dave Ames, his wife and companies, strangely the court has not ‘YET’ updated its website. ( I wonder why).
The Master of the High Court has accepted a consent order to put many of the Caribbean companies into Administration.
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Blue Rinse,
The case number is referred to on the first page of the Incumbrance, the case no. is claim no. 85 of 2012.
Judgment was made in favour of the Plaintiffs Raymond Caldwell et al against the defendants, Harlequin Management Services South East, Harlequin Properties (Caribbean) Ltd and David Ames on the 17th May 2013
The Judge recognised that there were several pending matters “against” Harlequin Management Services South East, Harlequin Properties (Caribbean) Ltd and David Ames and as a consequence signed off on the Incumbrances on the 6th of December 2013.
The Incumbrance on the 19.5 acres registered land at Buccament Bay was then filed with the Registry High Court St. Vincent in 2014 as file no. 426, hence the reference to file no. 426/2014.
The system of filing registered Documents with the Registry High Court in St. Vincent is done manually, unlike in the UK where it is automated. The process for documents searches in St. Vincent is very tedious and time consuming given the nature of the manual filings. As in the case of this Incumbrance it is filed as document 426/2014, so cross referencing the documents means a physical manual search, thats the way it is in St. Vincent I’m afraid.
Below is just a small list of cases underway against Dave Ames, Carol Ames and a number of the Ames companies in the High Court in St. Vincent, the latest round of cases I can find records for took place on the 12th of December 2014. That is not to say that there are many more out there.
http ://www.eccourts. org/wp-content/files_ mf/listofmattersbeforemasterd.kelsick23091444. pdf
http ://www.eccourts. org/wp-content/files_ mf/casemanagement10thto13thnovember2014masterraulstonglasgowag. pdf
http ://www.eccourts. org/wp-content/files_ mf/casemanagement8thto12thdecember2014masterraulstonglasgowag. pdf
http ://www.eccourts. org/wp-content/files_ mf/casemanagementconference29thto31stoctober2013masteragnesactieag. pdf
http ://www.international-adviser. com/ia/ media/Media/Documents/st-vincents-high-court. pdf
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Blue Rinse,
The case number is referred to on the first page of the Incumbrance, the case no. is claim no. 85 of 2012.
Judgment was made in favour of the Plaintiffs Raymond Caldwell et al against the defendants, Harlequin Management Services South East, Harlequin Properties (Caribbean) Ltd and David Ames on the 17th May 2013
The Judge recognised that there were several pending matters “against” Harlequin Management Services South East, Harlequin Properties (Caribbean) Ltd and David Ames and as a consequence signed off on the Incumbrances on the 6th of December 2013.
The Incumbrance on the 19.5 acres registered land at Buccament Bay was then filed with the Registry High Court St. Vincent in 2014 as file no. 426, hence the reference to file no. 426/2014.
The system of filing registered Documents with the Registry High Court in St. Vincent is done manually, unlike in the UK where it is automated. The process for documents searches in St. Vincent is very tedious and time consuming given the nature of the manual filings. As in the case of this Incumbrance it is filed as document 426/2014, so cross referencing the documents means a physical manual search, thats the way it is in St. Vincent I’m afraid.
Below is just a small list of cases underway against Dave Ames, Carol Ames and a number of the Ames companies in the High Court in St. Vincent, the latest round of cases I can find records for took place on the 12th of December 2014. That is not to say that there are many more out there.
http ://www.eccourts. org/wp-content/files_ mf/listofmattersbeforemasterd.kelsick23091444. pdf
http ://www.eccourts. org/wp-content/files_ mf/casemanagement10thto13thnovember2014masterraulstonglasgowag. pdf
http ://www.eccourts. org/wp-content/files_ mf/casemanagement8thto12thdecember2014masterraulstonglasgowag. pdf
http ://www.eccourts. org/wp-content/files_ mf/casemanagementconference29thto31stoctober2013masteragnesactieag. pdf
http ://www.international-adviser. com/ia/ media/Media/Documents/st-vincents-high-court. pdf
Anon @9:16
I was replying to Blue Rinse who seems to support HP in not fulfilling their contractual obligations to more of HP’s victims (Caldwell et al) by mocking the charges against HP’s land (the lonely 19 acres, only 81 acres short of Dave’s claim) however Blue Rinse has just exposed him/her self as another HP goon, so I could have saved my self the effort.
Hello St. George’s Dragon.
Robert here. Cleaning up now.
Yes Anonymous posting the same thing multiple time does seem a waste of effort does it not. Funny how if someone asks for clarification they are a HP goon. You do agree with clarification, no? You think DA should be transparent but you don’t like your assertions questioned. Funny that.
@ Blue Rinse
But there is no meaningful transparency where Harlequin is concerned. Even the basic requirements of company law have been disregarded for years and so nobody can inspect the audited accounts of the SVG companies because they haven’t been filed.
Maybe Harlequin are redefining transparency in the Caribbean. If so the new definition seems to be something like;
1. Publish an update full of hope and crammed with all sorts of tempting promises.
2. Get a load of people to place positive posts and repeat the claims made in 1 above.
3. Require anyone who questions the claims made in 1 above to prove their scepticism using documents that we don’t bother to publish (in contravention with the law and good business practice).
4. Fail to deliver the promises set out in 1 above and then claim that;
(a) you never said them
until someone unearths some evidence that you did and then claim;
(b) the claim has been taken out of context; or
(c) it was the fault of someone that you trusted but who turned out to be a shit
(d) some other excuse that seems like a good idea and that nobody can disprove
5. Repeat from step 1
A question.
Ames told me that the PM of SVG would stop any Court action against BB, in a nutshell the PM wound not allow it to fail because it employs so many people.
So, if that’s true what is the point of Court action if they will just get stopped?
Furthermore, if this is true can anything be done about it? Otherwise we are just Pi**ing in the wind.
This would explain why the stump had the contracts with his SVG company.
Perhaps if the claimants had asked questions they would not have invested in HP. But there again if they asked questions they would have been goons? They just accepted everything that was told to them. But that would be ok. The moral is dont ask questions.
No matter who says what, I would hasten to add that I take anything with a pinch of salt from anyone who claims to “know” what’s going on. I think the web became far too tangled years ago.
I know what Ames told me. If true is a disgrace and the UK government should do something against this corrupt little country.
@ Don’t worry Dave I have your back.
The PM in SVG may in the past have indicated to Ames that he would intervene in court actions, however as you pointed out we only have Dave Ames’ word for this and we now have sight of an Incumbrance which was awarded against Dave Ames along with proof of a Judgment.
The PM may have intervened had it only been one or two cases, but I have had a quick look at the Court Listings in SVG and the number of cases where Ames and his companies are defendants is staggering.
I’ve provided a few examples.
11 October 2014, out of 20 cases in front of the Judge that day 10 were involved Ames and Harlequin as defendants.
11 November 2014 out of 20 Cases 4 involved Ames & Co as defendants.
12 November 2014 out of 18, 16 were against Ames & Co
13 November 2014 out of 18 cases 13 were against Ames and Co.
8 December 2014 out of 18 cases 7 cases were against Ames and Co.
11 December 2014 out of 16 cases 6 cases were against Ames an Co.
12 December 2014 out of 18 cases 17 were against Ames and Co.
Out of the sample cases taken above there were a total of 128 cases, 54 were unconnected to Ames or his companies, 1 case involved Ames and his companies as Plaintiffs and 73 cases involved Ames and his companies as defendants.
58 % of all cases heard in the reporting period were against Ames and his companies.
For a tiny country like SVG the burden on the court service there is huge. I doubt very much that Ralph would now interfere in the court process with such case numbers against Ames and his companies.
As I stated these figures do not represent all actions against Ames and his companies.
@anonymous 3.48, your posting above is completely at odds with the post of Anon 12.58. As he says:
The system of filing registered Documents with the Registry High Court in St. Vincent is done manually, unlike in the UK where it is automated. The process for documents searches in St. Vincent is very tedious and time consuming given the nature of the manual filings. As in the case of this Incumbrance it is filed as document 426/2014, so cross referencing the documents means a physical manual search, thats the way it is in St. Vincent I’m afraid.
So are you saying that on Saturday you have carried out a manual search of the court listings?
Perhaps you could supply a link to the pages where you found your list of court listings?
I ask again what can be done, this would never have happened in the Empire, some tin pot little Island riding roughshod over English people.
@ Anonymous 4.18pm I think you are getting a little confused. The court posts dates of cases in SVG so that lawyers, witnesses, Plaintiffs and defendants and others involved will have notice about a case, this is entirely different to the filing of court documents. The registry office in St. Vincent is not automated,
I found the links to the cases in a very comprehensive post by Anonymous at 12.01am Jan 17 2015, a further post by Anonymous at 12.36am Jan 17 2015, then a repost by Anon at 12.52 am.
Blue Rinse even refers to the posts at 9.12 am by saying; “Yes Anonymous posting the same thing multiple time does seem a waste of effort does it not.”
Well it looks like its important to repost certain posts as not everyone seems to have read them, as in your case Anonymous 4.18 pm.
Please find the links below to the documents you are seeking, and see my repost below that, to a post you might have missed, apologies to Blue Rinse but it appears that some posters may have missed the earlier posts.
You will have to close the gaps in the links for the links to work, alternatively just Google Raymond Caldwell David Ames and they come on Google.
http ://www.eccourts. org/wp-content/files_ mf/listofmattersbeforemasterd.kelsick23091444. pdf
http ://www.eccourts. org/wp-content/files_ mf/casemanagement10thto13thnovember2014masterraulstonglasgowag. pdf
http ://www.eccourts. org/wp-content/files_ mf/casemanagement8thto12thdecember2014masterraulstonglasgowag. pdf
http ://www.eccourts. org/wp-content/files_ mf/casemanagementconference29thto31stoctober2013masteragnesactieag. pdf
http ://www.international-adviser. com/ia/ media/Media/Documents/st-vincents-high-court. pdf
Blue Rinse,
The case number is referred to on the first page of the Incumbrance, the case no. is claim no. 85 of 2012.
Judgment was made in favour of the Plaintiffs Raymond Caldwell et al against the defendants, Harlequin Management Services South East, Harlequin Properties (Caribbean) Ltd and David Ames on the 17th May 2013
The Judge recognised that there were several pending matters “against” Harlequin Management Services South East, Harlequin Properties (Caribbean) Ltd and David Ames and as a consequence signed off on the Incumbrances on the 6th of December 2013.
The Incumbrance on the 19.5 acres registered land at Buccament Bay was then filed with the Registry High Court St. Vincent in 2014 as file no. 426, hence the reference to file no. 426/2014.
The system of filing registered Documents with the Registry High Court in St. Vincent is done manually, unlike in the UK where it is automated. The process for documents searches in St. Vincent is very tedious and time consuming given the nature of the manual filings. As in the case of this Incumbrance it is filed as document 426/2014, so cross referencing the documents means a physical manual search, thats the way it is in St. Vincent I’m afraid.
Below is just a small list of cases underway against Dave Ames, Carol Ames and a number of the Ames companies in the High Court in St. Vincent, the latest round of cases I can find records for took place on the 12th of December 2014. That is not to say that there are many more out there.
http ://www.eccourts. org/wp-content/files_ mf/listofmattersbeforemasterd.kelsick23091444. pdf
http ://www.eccourts. org/wp-content/files_ mf/casemanagement10thto13thnovember2014masterraulstonglasgowag. pdf
http ://www.eccourts. org/wp-content/files_ mf/casemanagement8thto12thdecember2014masterraulstonglasgowag. pdf
http ://www.eccourts. org/wp-content/files_ mf/casemanagementconference29thto31stoctober2013masteragnesactieag. pdf
http ://www.international-adviser. com/ia/ media/Media/Documents/st-vincents-high-court. pdf
@ Anonymous 4.54 pm, the Harlequin trolls have no interest in the facts as they pertain, they are only interested in trying to trip up anyone who provides information on Ames and his companies.
For example last night you had Blue Rinse claiming that the Incumberance document was a fake by trying to claim that the month of May 2013 came after the month of December 2013.
When corrected he then attempted to cast doubt on the document because of the filing date handwritten on the top of the Incumbrance document.
When all this was explained to him rather then thanking the poster for the clarification all he did was to moan about the fact that the comprehensive responses were posted multiple times.
Now you have another anonymous trying to trip you up on issues pertaining to the automated filing of documents in the High Court in SVG. And asking where you found references to the court cases despite them being posted on here three times in the last 24 hrs.
None of the Harlequin trolls are willing to acknowledge the existence of the Incumbrance or the judgments.
In a nutshell they are not interested in the facts or the truth, their sole purpose is to disrupt the forum and support the Ames family in suppressing the truth.
A day later…still no CONFIRMATION….just another lie from pro Harlequin Troll
@Anonymous 11.03am…
this is what you promised …
“For the record I just called ELS and they confirmed that there are NO, yes that’s ‘N’ ‘O’ NO get it NO judgments against either Dave Ames or Harlequin and they will CONFIRM, again that’s CONFIRM this in writing to me within the next few hours.
To repeat I called ELS and they have stated that there are NO again I repeat NO judgments against either Dave Ames or Harlequin and I will have this confirmed to me in WRITING in the next couple of hours.
I WILL post the CONFIRMATION letter on here this evening. To repeat I WILL post the CONFIRMATION letter on here THIS EVENING, unlike the anti Harlequin Mob who keep saying they will prove everything but fail to do so, I WILL post the CONFIRMATION letter I recieve from ELS this EVENING.
That should SHUT the anti Harlequin mob UP.”
So where is theCONFIRMATION Letter?
Just asking.
What can be done about Ralph Gozales, or is his support a figment of the stumps vivid imagination, or did that alledged suitcase help matters?
Dave Ames stated previously that he had not lost any cases.
However apparently very recently Richard Spector of ELS legal LLP, of Ely Place London, confirmed that there were a number of Judgments against Ames and some of his companies in SVG.
However Richard Spector of ELS LLP, Ely Place, London was apparently also quoted as saying that all these judgments were the subject of an appeal in the Caribbean.
Apparently Richard Spector of ELS Legal LLP has suggested that as a result of the Appeals process the Judgments will have no impact whatsoever on Ames or any of his businesses.
Apparently Richard Spector sought to reassure some third parties that the Judgments in their own right should not have much weight put on them as a result of the upcoming appeals process.
There has been a suggestion that some of the Caribbean Judgments have been registered in the UK, it must be noted that some of these judgments in the Caribbean are against Dave Ames personally.
Again Richard Spector of ELS Legal LLP, Ely Place, London has apparently denied that any Caribbean Judgments have been registered in the UK, however apparently Richard Spector of ELS legal also stated that in the event a Judgment was registered in the UK, it could not be enforced given the outstanding appeals process in the Caribbean.
It must be noted that Richard Spector of ELS Legal LLP, Ely Place, London is a solicitor of record for Ames.
However given previous denials by Ames that judgments had been obtained against him or his companies and with the greatest of respect to, Richard Spector of ELS Legal LLP, Ely Place, London, and of course without prejudice to his apparent statement that no judgments have been registered in the UK, it might be prudent of any solicitors representing clients in actions against Ames and or his companies to carry out independent searches for any judgments that may be registered in the UK against Ames and or his companies.
I’d also like to point out at this stage that I do not know whether the apparent statements from Richard Spector of ELS Legal LLP, Ely Place London, were made in a personal capacity or upon the instructions of his client Ames.
If the apparent statement was made on the instruction of Ames through his UK solicitor Richard Spector of ELS Legal LLP, then it is very important to verify the apparent statement by Richard Spector ELS Legal LLP, Ely Place London again in the context of previous statements by Ames that there were no Judgments against him and or his companies.
It is also prudent to carry out an independent search for any registered judgments in the UK, given the charges against a number of the Ames family properties which were discovered as a result of some recent independent searches.
I’m certain Richard Spector of ELS Legal LLP, Ely Place London would only act on the instructions of his clients, for if he has made any statements in a personal capacity as a practising solicitor and if those statements were subsequently discovered to be incorrect then Richard Spector ELS Legal LLP, could face serious sanctions from his governing body, the SRA.
Sorry I did not quite catch that. Where does Richard Spector work again?
Has anyone connected to Ames not had a SRA complaint against them!
This looks fishy
https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=2&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CCQQFjAB&url=http%3A%2F%2Fcitywire.co.uk%2Fnew-model-adviser%2Fnews%2Flaw-firm-ordered-to-pay-9-8m-missing-from-stirling-mortimer-fund%2Fa450917&ei=-L-6VPeYGcvaau7tgsAG&usg=AFQjCNF51vb_rdY8JeB1PinTDy25JOkOfQ&sig2=paiWajzouFWdMVdhbmzcbA
Surely no solicitor would be thick enough to lie for Ames?
Nah. I don’t believe it. Why would a solicitor deliberately partake in misrepresentation and deception?
No, I’d need to see proof that this Richard Spector chap did that.
It would appear that the link from SRA all the range refers to ELS International. Is that the same company as ELS Legal LLP, Ely Place London? It’s just that ELS International Lawyers address is given as 12,Burleigh st, Covent Gardens.
Weird, there is another Richard Spector, a Solicitor employed by ELS Legal LLP, Ely Place London, hence forth who shall be refered to as Richard ( The Cusader ) Spector.
This Richard ( The Crusader ) Spector of ELS Legal LLP, Ely Place London has a completely different view in respect of Civil Judgments.
This Richard ( The Crusader ) Spector of ELS Legal LLP, Ely Place London, spent last week communicating with individuals he Richard ( The Crusader ) Spector accused of having an improper relationship with Mr. Newman and Mr. O Halloran.
This Richard ( The Crusader ) Spector of ELS Legal LLP Ely Place London believes that a Judgment is a Judgment , irrespective of any appeal process, and apparently believes that all those who have civil Judgments against them, should be criminalised or some such sanction, and Richard ( The Crusader ) Spector ELS Legal LLP Ely Place London has warned anyone having any contact with those individuals with civil judgments against them of very serious consequences if they continue to maintain those relationships.
Given the numerous Judgments against Dave Ames it would therefore be safe to assume that Richard ( The Crusader ) Spector ELS Legal LLP Ely Place London will contact all those looking to complete on the H Hotel and Buccament Bay and warn them in the strongest terms possible to have no further contact with Dave Ames and or his companies which are the subject of numerous judgments or face the severest of sanctions if they fail to heed the very blunt warning from Richard ( The Crusader ) Spector ELS Legal LLP Ely Place London.
So Richard (the crusader) Spector of ELS LLP, Ely Place London definitely has no connection with ELS International 12 Burleigh St , Covent garden?
Anonymous, there is another Richard Spector ELS Legal LLP Ely Place London who cannot be a Crusader as he is a Jew.
Some call him Dick (the Jew) Spector, ELS Legal LLP, others know him as Richard (the Holiday Jew) Spector, ELS Legal LLP because many times, when he is asked to respond within specific deadlines, he uses the excuse that there is a Jewish holiday of one type or another.
Indeed recently some have called him Dick ( The Paternity Leave Jew) Spector, ELS Legal LLP. That is because his wife had a child recently and Richard (Dick) The Jew ) Spector ELS Legal LLP is/was on extended Paternity leave or so it appears at times when certain deadlines need to be met.
He was also affectionately known at one time as Richard (All the completion money has been spent in the ordinary course of business ) Spector, ELS Legal LLP.
Some others lampooned him by calling him Richard ( I forgot to bring to the attention of the court the Incumbrances on my clients assets ) Spector ELS Legal LLP.
Richard ( Dick the Jew) Spector ELS Legal LLPs’ comments on completion monies, might on mature reflection, not have been the most intelligent words uttered by Richard ( Dick the Jew) Spector ELS Legal LLP, given the now alleged fraudulent transactions, that may have occured as a consequence of the Incumbrance on the 19.5 acres of the Buccament Bay Resort.
How can Richard ( Dick the Jew) Spector ELS Legal LLP, stand by those immortal words now, what with that pesky Incumbrance?
@ Anonymous 9.50 pm, who knows who Richard (The Crusader) Spector is connected to.
Anyone connected to Ames will have serious question marks about their roles, when eventually this mess comes crashing down around Dave, Carol and Dan.
Afterall Ames has groomed a stable of utterly contemptible and morally bankrupt solicitors including Simon Terry who thinks by getting out when he did, will afford him some protection, followed by Ames’ Jew Boy solicitor Dan Abrams ( Rumour has it that both he and Richard ( Dick the Jew) Spector ELS Legal LLP are petitioning HMP for Kosher food in their establishments). And Andy ( don’t know what goes on in Basildon ) Regan.
Anon, you are starting to look very stupid now with anti Semitic remarks. If you think you have some valid information try and keep it factual not using it to be nasty and of course anonymous.
Oh yes, Simon Terry was the one happy to wallow in the gutter of deception and threats. He didn’t even have the class or panache of a super sleuth. He was just Ames’ monkey in the days when it was easy to bully and threaten people, ringing them, making them promises and telling them not to speak to their legal team. Total prat. Can’t wait to see him and Wooller in the dock. Lying bastards.
So Looks like Ames is now suing Wilkins Kennedy for $ 7 Million USD
£ 4.6 million pounds. Now what was that Ames said ?????
So Ames spent £ 6 million quid to recover £ 4.6 million quid.
Screen shot time folks because I doubt that piece on the ELS Website will stay up very long.
http://www.els-law.co.uk/our-experience.html
“We are acting for clients in relation to a $7m claim against a firm of accountants for professional negligence in respect of a multi-million pound development.”
Also this gem guys, Richard is this the Harlecon case? How much of a financial award did your clients recieve? Was this financial award disclosed in the freezing order case? Why did Dave say he did not recieve an apology?
“An area of increasing concern for clients is defamation through the internet and social media. We successfully advised a client on a defamation claim as a website had been created which contained damaging false information about our client. Our clients achieved a financial award and received a public apology as a result of the successful claim settlement.”
@ Anonymous on January 17, 2015 at 10:53 pm
The remarks are far from being anti Semitic, it is Satire, and it is Satire directed at one individual,
Satire is a genre of literature, in which vices, follies, abuses, and shortcomings are held up to ridicule, ideally with the intent of shaming individuals, corporations, government or society itself, into improvement.
It is the intention here to shame Richard Spector into acting in a manner which befits the code of ethics he has chosen to uphold as an officer of the court and under the rules as laid down by the SRA, rather than behaving in a manner that we have come to accept of Ames and his cronies.
Ames told the world that the outcome of the Wilkins Kennedy case was a fore gone conclusion, and that every penny from that case in excess of $ 50 million USD would be pumped back into the business, we however see from the ELS website that the claim is for $ 7 million USD, £ 4.6 million Stg, at least £ 1.4 million Sterling less than Ames has to date spent bringing the case to court, is he deaf, does he not listen to what Ames is telling the rest of the world?
Aside from all this, are we to stand idly by, when an officer of the court tries to mislead us on matters that are very relevant ?
Remember also, it is Richard Spector, a practising solicitor in the UK, who at times uses his religion as an excuse why not to deal with issues in a timely manner.
Richard knows he made “mistakes” and he knows he got off lightly, but he should have learned from this.
I think the revelations of the last 24 hrs far outweigh the concerns you may have on a satirical post, don’t you think. ?
This piece on the ELS website, if it refers to the Harlecon case is a material breach of a Tomlin Order as ordered by the Court. The NDA as it is commonly referred to.
An agreed statement was issued and no where in the agreed statement does it state that the website contained damaging or false information, nor does it make any mention of any financial reward, nor was there any public apology.
If this piece on the ELS website refers to the Harlecon case, then it is both misleading and a material breach of the Tomlin Order and Richard Spector as an officer of the court is duty bound to abide by any orders the court makes, and as a Solicitor should fully understand the terms of the Tomlin order. He will also have understood that at no stage was it ever determined by a court or other authorised body that the information contained on the Harlecon website was either damaging or false, and Richard Spector should be reminded that Dave Ames now accepts that no formal apology was forthcoming with respect to the content on the Harlecon website.
If the piece does not refer to the Harlecon mediation process then ELS should make this abundantly clear on their website.
http://www.els-law.co.uk/our-experience.html
“We successfully advised a client on a defamation claim as a website had been created which contained damaging false information about our client. Our clients achieved a financial award and received a public apology as a result of the successful claim settlement.”
If Ames’ legal advisors want to behave in as reprehensible a manner as their clients do then they too should face the consequences of their actions, for too long there has been one rule for Ames and his legal team and another rule for everyone else.
We cherish and value our system of justice, to let a few take advantage of that system and break the rules that they have sworn to uphold only makes a mockery of the whole system.
If for one moment Ames or Richard Spector found anyone they are in litigation with bending or breaking the rules, they would be the first to file all manner of complaints.
Richard Spector my advice to you is to either ammend or remove the piece on your website or in the alternative to make it abundantly clear that the piece is not in relation to the Harlecon mediation case.
@ Anonymous 9.29 pm
Anonymous, you are starting to look very stupid now with anti-Catholic remarks, (The Crusades) If you think you have some valid information try and keep it factual not using it to be nasty and of course anonymous.
Not that I’m anonymous. But you know what I mean.
Let’s not loose the primary focus of the discussion,
Here is a reminder for any others like Anonymous 4.18 pm who may have missed some really interesting stuff.
@ Anonymous 4.18pm I think you are getting a little confused. The court posts dates of cases in SVG so that lawyers, witnesses, Plaintiffs and defendants and others involved will have notice about a case, this is entirely different to the filing of court documents. The registry office in St. Vincent is not automated,
I found the links to the cases in a very comprehensive post by Anonymous at 12.01am Jan 17 2015, a further post by Anonymous at 12.36am Jan 17 2015, then a repost by Anon at 12.52 am.
Blue Rinse even refers to the posts at 9.12 am by saying; “Yes Anonymous posting the same thing multiple time does seem a waste of effort does it not.”
Well it looks like its important to repost certain posts as not everyone seems to have read them, as in your case Anonymous 4.18 pm.
Please find the links below to the documents you are seeking, and see my repost below that, to a post you might have missed, apologies to Blue Rinse but it appears that some posters may have missed the earlier posts.
You will have to close the gaps in the links for the links to work, alternatively just Google Raymond Caldwell David Ames and they come on Google.
http ://www.eccourts. org/wp-content/files_ mf/listofmattersbeforemasterd.kelsick23091444. pdf
http ://www.eccourts. org/wp-content/files_ mf/casemanagement10thto13thnovember2014masterraulstonglasgowag. pdf
http ://www.eccourts. org/wp-content/files_ mf/casemanagement8thto12thdecember2014masterraulstonglasgowag. pdf
http ://www.eccourts. org/wp-content/files_ mf/casemanagementconference29thto31stoctober2013masteragnesactieag. pdf
http ://www.international-adviser. com/ia/ media/Media/Documents/st-vincents-high-court. pdf
Blue Rinse,
The case number is referred to on the first page of the Incumbrance, the case no. is claim no. 85 of 2012.
Judgment was made in favour of the Plaintiffs Raymond Caldwell et al against the defendants, Harlequin Management Services South East, Harlequin Properties (Caribbean) Ltd and David Ames on the 17th May 2013
The Judge recognised that there were several pending matters “against” Harlequin Management Services South East, Harlequin Properties (Caribbean) Ltd and David Ames and as a consequence signed off on the Incumbrances on the 6th of December 2013.
The Incumbrance on the 19.5 acres registered land at Buccament Bay was then filed with the Registry High Court St. Vincent in 2014 as file no. 426, hence the reference to file no. 426/2014.
The system of filing registered Documents with the Registry High Court in St. Vincent is done manually, unlike in the UK where it is automated. The process for documents searches in St. Vincent is very tedious and time consuming given the nature of the manual filings. As in the case of this Incumbrance it is filed as document 426/2014, so cross referencing the documents means a physical manual search, thats the way it is in St. Vincent I’m afraid.
Below is just a small list of cases underway against Dave Ames, Carol Ames and a number of the Ames companies in the High Court in St. Vincent, the latest round of cases I can find records for took place on the 12th of December 2014. That is not to say that there are many more out there.
http ://www.eccourts. org/wp-content/files_ mf/listofmattersbeforemasterd.kelsick23091444. pdf
http ://www.eccourts. org/wp-content/files_ mf/casemanagement10thto13thnovember2014masterraulstonglasgowag. pdf
http ://www.eccourts. org/wp-content/files_ mf/casemanagement8thto12thdecember2014masterraulstonglasgowag. pdf
http ://www.eccourts. org/wp-content/files_ mf/casemanagementconference29thto31stoctober2013masteragnesactieag. pdf
http ://www.international-adviser. com/ia/ media/Media/Documents/st-vincents-high-court. pdf
And again the Incumbrance, the primary focus of all our attention for now.
Looks like a judgement to me? on January 16, 2015 at 9:12 pm
https://mega.co.nz/#!7dAkTSxK!nTnixRajtJc3mBJ7H-G7u407vT9Zkp00G1f8_ylUIvU
What is it about the toxic toad? The lives he continues to ruin, another solicitor in the firing line, all this being played out in front of the authorities.
A man and his wife who have personal vendettas and who continued to make enemies on their quest to be succesfull, who thought they were untouchable, who use others to pedal their lies.
The damage the Ames family is doing will be immense, investors, agents, SIPP Trustees, solicitors, QC’s, Accountants, contractors, the damage to the image of St. Vincent as a result will be enormous, the knock on affects for the people of that Island, the environmental impact, Merricks, Buccament Bay, the damage done to investor confidence in genuine overseas investments, even dragging prime ministers into the mess,
The damage will be just huge. 1000’s of innocent people who’s lives will be affected by Ames and his family, a name that will be remembered by many but not for the reasons Ames had hoped for and all because of his and his wife’s vindictive nature.
I’d like to call it an illness but that will only give Ames another potential defence,
The family are reviled by many, all very sad. Ames started what he thought was going to be a minor spat and it turned into a vicious war, where he spent millions of investors money in a bid to win that war, instead he opened the gates of hell for him and his family.
He once was asked if all this litigation was worth it, how could it be, he has even more litigation then ever before ahead of him as we face into 2015, investors ready to shut him down personally in a number of locations, the Police and SFO still hot on his heels, HMRC now looking at matters, Young solicitors now getting embroiled in the mess, the authorities monitoring even BFP, potential fraudulent completions in SVG, judgments against him for fraudulent misrepresentations, deals made in the UK with litigants that now could be challenged as potential fraudulent preferences. And his utter contempt for some of his investors did nothing more then allow his enemies have a common purpose, to work together to expose Ames for what he and his family really are,
And against this backdrop he tries to convince us that finance is around the corner.
Very sad indeed. The revelations this weekend did nothing but demonstrate that this is doomed to fail.
It’s a sad time for all concerned.
Ah so Hitler was just being satirical. Your remarks are very insensitive at least especially in light of the Je Suis Charlie issues of late. I think your mouth is running ahead of your brain on this.
@anon 11.32, the $7m is obviously a misprint, it’s $70m or £40m Of course you could have pointed out there was a misprint but instead tried to make something out of nothing. You are becoming very tiresome with all this very personal and repetitive attacks.
@ Anonymous 8.09 am and 8.31 am
Anonymous 8.09 am, I for one see nothing aside from a little satirical jibe in the post. If the guy is Jewish he is jewish is he not? So what’s wrong in calling him the Jew? The builder is Irish and he is called Paddy, so what’s the difference ?
On the other hand for months if not more, there have been posts on here that have been racist, sexist and down right disgusting, yet appear not to have elicited much of a negative response.
Oh yeah those comments were being made against the anti Harlequin mob, so they are fair game.
@ Anonymous 9.31 am.
How do you know it’s an obvious misprint? Or have you not read any of the recent posts.
Dave Ames told us it was a claim for 70 Million USD, his solicitors say 7 million, who would you believe,
Dave Ames told us he never lost a case, yet there is an Incumbrance document which states that he has, is the Incumbrance document wrong ?
Dave Ames said he is moving on with completions, this cannot happen with an Incumbrance, so which is it?
Is ELS referring to the Harlecon website? Is the information contained in that piece also a misprint? Or is that correct ?
Anonymous 9.31 am, pointing out that a solicitor acting for Ames has or is acting in a manner that undermines the ethics of his profession is not Tiresome and Repetitive to most.
Richard Spector should consider behaving in a manner that befits his profession.
Match.com advert for Dave is going to sound great when everyone abandons ship. Three times bankrupt guy with only one child out of three in prison, (another one on the run with investors money from my last scam), looking for super rich woman to make me feel important again.
anonymous 11.18 and 11.27 and 11.34 The court papers clearly state the amount. Are you saying the court papers have been changed? Do ELS actually refer to the Harlecon website by name? Hope you have not breached an NDA there. It is tiresome and repetitive if you keep repeating it all the time. Not exactly set this thread alight with your revelations have you. There really is only you posting In your various anonymous guises that is have a conversation with yourself.
@ Anonymous 8.09 am. Apologies to anyone offended by my post, it was meant as satire, nothing more.
@ Anonymous 12.30 am, i accept your point on the value of the claim, and am willing to acknowledge that I got that point wrong. It looks like it’s a Typo, let’s hope ELS correct this tomorrow.
I do not however accept your point on the oblique references to the Harlecon claim, aside from the fact that this appears on the ELS website, the contents are of interest to some,
I suspect however that this section will be removed from the ELS website tomorrow.
@ anonymous 11.18, 11.27 and 11.34. Please keep posting. Good to read posts from people who sound like they have a law degree or three instead of the usual smut and rubbish on here
Anonymous it’s good to see an acknowledgment and apology by someone who gets a point wrong or where others might have taken offence.
Apologies have been forthcoming on these threads before, but sadly they are few and far between,
I hope we can all take a leaf out of anonymous’ book which should lead to proper debate on the issues at hand. Good man Anonymous.
Looks like $70m to me
“Richard has been involved in number of cross border litigation cases and is currently acting on a $70,000,000 claim in the high court for a hotel and resorts company. Richard’s style is to be strong, focused and persistent to achieve his clients’ aims”.
Using Harlequin to advertise your services as a solicitor is like using Eddie the Eagle to advertise your skills as a ski jumps coach.
I think we can all now accept that the claim is for $ 70 million.
However you can’t blame anyone for being confused what with the lies from Ames and Typos on his solicitors website.
But what about the judgments and Incumbrance? Or the oblique reference to the Harlecon case ?
Can we now look at this issues, the issue of the 70 million seems to have been resolved in a manner normally foreign to the Harlequin threads.
We had a poster take issue over personal insults and percieved insults against religion. We had another poster acknowledging this and apologising.
We had a poster point out that there may have been a typo on the ELS website and again a poster acknowledging this, with neither party having to revert to words like Tw$t and lol. Are we finally seeing some sensible debate on the issues, it certainly looks like that, so I’d like to for the first time commend both sides in the debate over the last 24 hrs or so,
Commendable conduct!
Let’s hope it stays this way.
A poster last night asked about the relationship between Richard Spector and ELS International Lawyers LLP.
Richard Spector, Bernard Wainstein and Joe Ezaz were all partners in ELS International Lawyers LLP.
Joe Ezaz capitulated the firm into the spot light see article below,
http ://citywire.co.uk/new-model-adviser/news/sra- investigates-lawyer-linked-to-missing-10m-from-stirling-mortimer-property-fund/a384788
Bernard Wainstein went onto work with Richard Spector in ELS Spector Law LLP a company incorporated on the 1st of November 2010, on the 6th of October 2011 the name was changed to RFS Law LLP, and again changed to ELS Legal LLP on the 10th of April 2012.
In screen shots taken of Bernard Wansteins LinkedIn account in 2013 Wainstein claims to have been employed by ELS Legal LLP from January 2009 to May 2013, but ELS Legal LLP was only incorporated on the 1st of November 2010.
It looks like that Wainstein was looking to airbrush any reference to his involvement with ELS international LLP.
Wainstein whilst working for ELS Legal LLP was also employed as an in house solicitor for Harlequin Hotels and Resorts ( The Cayman Island Company) based in London, between November 2012 and April 2013.
It must be noted that ELS acted for two of Ames’ companies in the Jurisdiction case in the UK in addition to a partner in ELS acting as an inhouse solicitor for another of Ames’ Caribbean companies.
In May 2013 Wainstein left ELS Legal LLP and went working for Sharp Electronics.
His current LinkedIn profile makes no reference to Harlequin Hotels and Resorts.
Below is another link to a story on ELS Legal LLP.
http: //m.professionaladviser.com/ifaonline/news/1932776/investors-threaten-sue-stirling-mortimer-law-firm- spain-property-advice
ELS International LLP is now in Administration
See link below
https ://m.thegazette.co. uk/notice/L-60205-61
(Please close the gaps on the links for them to work).
The trading address of ELS International LLP by a weird coincidence, was the same as ELS Legal LLP’s.
Birds of a feather flock together,thats why Crazier is in business with Paddy.
@Anon 2.38. Thank you for the clarification on ELS and ELS International, although I disagree with the address being the same. As was pointed out on several occasions ELS Legal address is Ely Place London while ELS International address was 12 Burleigh Street. This was indicated in an earlier post. I suppose it’s a bit like any company which has several branches or divisions in the same company, where one part could be doing something which is unknown to another part/division. A bit like Wilkins Kennedy really where the goings on in the Southend office might be unknown to an office in London.
No, more than three law degrees.
Does anyone remember this little gem from 2011? Mr Sawkins’ crystal ball was almost as good as Sportingman’s.
http://www.travelagentcentral.com/saint-vincent-and-grenadines/harlequin-resorts-poised-be-major-luxury-player-caribbean-latin-america
@ The od (ious) couple on January 18, 2015 at 3:30 pm
A rather odd comment in view of what has transpired over the last 72 hrs.
We have Dave Ames yet again apparently lying, issues which remain unanswered about Judgments and Incumbrances, an allegation that Spector on the one hand seems to state that a judgment is not a final judgment until the appeal process has been exhausted in respect of Ames, yet when it comes to the Builder, no benefit of doubt is given even though his Judgment is also the subject of an appeal,
Therefore ( whilst your more then welcome to state an opinion ) I still fail to see what any relationship between any parties has to do with the issues that have now come to light. I just do not see the relevance of your post,
If Dave Ames has lied on the issue of the Judgments, if somehow he is continuing to state that he has allowed investors to complete on properties in SVG whilst Incumbrances are in place, then there is a very strong chance that he may have lied in the Irish Court aswell,
And again whilst your entitled to make comments like;
“Birds of a feather flock together,thats why Crazier is in business with Paddy.”
(1). You are implying that Niki Crozier has engaged in some wrong doing, but to substantiate your belief could you not provide some evidence of this ?
References to a small few anonymous posts on a site similar to Barbados Free Press does not constitute proof.
Perhaps pointing us to formal criminal investigations against Nikki Crozier could help?
Whereas with Ames and his companies, we have dozens of sources of information which point us to the fact that there are very real concerns that he may well be operating a business in a manner which would indicate that various laws have been broken.
For example;
(A). The ongoing Criminal Investigation by the SFO.
(B). The ongoing Criminal Investigstion by Essex Police.
(C). The failure by Ames to produce audited accounts for his companies in the Caribbean as he is required to do by law.
(D). The theft of Plant & Machinery from the Buccament Bay Project.
(E). Giving conflicting evidence on the land issues in various matters subject to litigation. (Lying on record)
(F). Giving conflicting evidence on the solvency issues of his companies in various matters subject to litigation. ( Lying on record).
(G). Trading whilst insolvent, again an illegal act.
(H). Using the term ” Monies expended in the ordinary course of Business” to describe the use of monies in respect of purchasers deposits and completion monies where some of these deposits and completion monies have been used to fund litigation and adverse cost awards.
(I) The Wilkins Kennedy defence whereby in papers submitted to the court, a senior partner of that firm accuses Dave Ames of operating a scheme very similar to that of a Ponzi Scheme.
(J). Newspaper interviews where senior Harlequin staff claim that Ames purchased the land in the Caribbean with his own money.
(K). Stating that delays in completing at Buccament Bay were down to inexperienced local lawyers, when it was known that an Incumbrance was in place which would have prevented completions going through as a matter of law. ( I will caveat this by saying the information re completions and the in expierience of local lawyers came by way of a PHIG update, however I have made the assumption that the information would have been provided to PHIG by Ames or those associated with his various businesses, but will stand corrected of this turns out not to be the case)
The list goes on.
(2). Yes a judge made a judgment against the Irish Builder, in much the same way as Judgments have been awarded against Ames and his companies in the Caribbean as can be seen not only from the Incumbrance document posted on here but from the court listings which also show a number of default judgments made against Ames and his companies in SVG.
Mr. Spector is at pains to point out that Judgments against Ames and his companies are the subject of numerous appeals so no real determination can be made on matters until the litigation process including the appeals process has been concluded.
Yet we have an identical situation with the Irish builder whereby a Judgment has been made against him which is also the subject of an appeal.
Mr. Spector is a decent solicitor, is he not ?, and in the most part, upholds the ethics of his profession, therefore applying his logic in the Ames et al judgments pending appeal the same logic must be applied to the Irish case,
Now you don’t have to agree to this logic, but if you don’t agree to Mr. Spectors logic and remember he is a trained Solicitor so should know what he is talking about, then you would have to agree that Ames as a result of the numerous judgments against him, is just as bad if not worse then the builder.
Now I can state on here as a matter of fact that the poster who calls themselves ” The od (ious) couple” is related and worked with Matt Ames in stealing money from investors.
I have the same proof that you have that Nikki Crozier has engaged in wrong doing. ( think about it for a minute ).
I also know that ” That the od ( ious ) is currently working with Dave Ames, again I have just as much proof as you have that Nikki Crozier is working with the Irish builder. ( just think about that for a minute).
Therefore if you seek to support Ames and you are working with him, as I have stated, is as a matter of fact above, then I too can say;
“Birds of a Feather Flock together, That’s why ‘ The od (ious) couple is in business with Ames”
Yet neither of our statements brings us any closer into understanding what Ames did with close to £ 500 million quid and I suppose the relevant question of the moment being how can Ames complete on units with an Incumbrance in place.
By the way I’m not attacking you here, as I said you are more then welcome to contribute to the debate in anyway you see fit, as is everyone else.
@ Anonymous 4.01 pm.
I took the adress from the link on BFP to the London Gazette where it states that the principal trading address of ELS International Lawyers LLP is given as 10-12 Ely Place London, the same address as ELS Legal LLP.
Here is an extract from the Gazette Link.
“ELS INTERNATIONAL LAWYERS LLP
(Company Number OC317454 )
Registered office: Mountview Court, 1148 High Road, Whetstone, London N20 0RA
Principal trading address: 10-12 Ely Place, London EC1N 6RY”
I find it odd that you and others keep referring to the WK defence that MacDonald implies that DA was operating a scheme similar to a Ponzi scheme. If the implication is that the scheme was illegal then by implication WK were involved in acting as accountants for an illegal scheme. They cannot have it both was. Perhaps WK will be investigated by the SFO in that case. That of course would be ironic considering where the original complaint to the SFO came from.
@ The od (ious) couple 3.30 pm, let me rephrase an element of my post in order to avoid confusion, lol. I have put my rephrasing in between the double brackets, ahhhh that makes more sense now. lol, bloody I pad.
“Now I can state on here as a matter of fact that the poster who calls themselves ” The od (ious) couple” is related and worked with Matt Ames in stealing money from investors.
I have the same proof that you ((are related to and have worked with Matt Ames as you )) have that Nikki Crozier has engaged in wrong doing. ( think about it for a minute ).
I also know that ” That the od ( ious ) is currently working with Dave Ames, again I have just as much proof ((that you are working with Dave Ames)) as you have that Nikki Crozier is working with the Irish builder. ( just think about that for a minute).
“Therefore if you seek to support Ames and you are working with him, as I have stated, is as a matter of fact above, then I too can say;”
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Investors & Agents Special
blu, St Lucia
£25 per adult per night bed & breakfast or £75 per adult per night for the all-inclusive package
£15 per child (under 12 years of age) per night bed & breakfast or £50 per child per night for the all-inclusive package
1 x FREE 60 minute spa treatment per booking
@anon 5.21, not according to their web site it isn’t.
Buccament Bay Resort
£99 per adult per night
£89 per child per night (under 12 years of age)
1 x FREE 60 minute spa treatment per booking
You obviously don’t have three law degrees or more. How does an accountant know a new client is running a ponzi scheme when they issue a letter of engagement ?
ELS will be another victim of the cancer like destruction Ames has on people and business.
@ Anon
January 18, 2015 at 5:45 pm
Talking about Crazier 😉 are you?
How the heck can someone decide who I’m related to, via a blog? That’s mighty impressive Paddy.
Sandals St Lucia, 7 nights £1399. all inclusive, save up to £2250 per person.
Take off flights, say £600, take of investors and agents discount, say 10% = say £750 per week or £110 per night. See discounts all around. Means nothing.
Anonymous on January 18, 2015 at 5:35 pm raises a very good point,
I have reposted his post for reference at the bottom of my response.
Yes I recall a previous poster, a Robert Storey, I believe ( I stand corrected if it is not him) explaining both on here and on the RL forum that the SFO had informed him of an initial complaint made by Wilkins Kennedy in or around January 2010. Allthough I also seem to recall an earlier date also being mentioned sometime in 2009.
Just to clarify a few points, Wilkins Kennedy acted as auditors for HMSSE ( now in liquidation) and as can be seen from their defence, they also provided some accountancy services to Harlequin Property SVG Ltd, one of the plaintiff companies, however they state that they did not act as accountants of record or Auditors for that company, pointing out that it was a company called PKF and BDO who carried out these roles in the Caribbean, again as is pointed out in their defence.
Under the money laundering act 2007 Accountants and Auditors have an obligation enshrined in law to report suspicious activity to the Police / SFO.
They are also prohibited from making any public reference to any reports they may have made.
Given that Wilkins Kennedy were still employed by HMSSE when the initial complaint was alegedly made to the SFO, the complaint might well have been as a result of Wilkins Kennedys obligations under the Money Laundering Act 2007.
Because Wilkins Kennedy were not the accountants or auditors of record for Harlequin Property SVG Ltd, as per the defence documents, and further more given that they provided no services to Harlequin Hotels & Resorts Ltd. ( The Cayman Island company) as can be seen from the defence, coupled with an application to have that company struck out of the case.
The assertion therefore that Wilkins Kennedy was involved in any fraudulent activity on the part of Harlequin, because they happened to provide some services to one of the Caribbean companies does not imply any wrong doing on the part of Wilkins Kennedy, however that is not to say that Wilkins Kennedy have not engaged in any wrong doing, I don’t know, do you? Yes it is Ames’ assertion that they have, but that’s his word for it, hence his legal action against Wilkins Kennedy, and we will have to await the outcome of that case and seemingly any subsequent appeal, before we can say for sure what if any involvement Wilkins Kennedy have in the alleged criminal enterprise being operated by Ames.
But as of yet, the authorities have made no indication that they have pursued or intend to pursue Wilkins Kennedy.
But the fact remains that as part of Wilkins Kennedy’s defence they have alleged that Ames was operating a business akin to a Ponzi Scheme.
What is probably even more odd about this is the fact that the SFO informed a third party about an initial complaint made by an accountancy firm. But Mr. Storey says this is what happened then who are we to question this.
See original post below.
I find it odd that you and others keep referring to the WK defence that MacDonald implies that DA was operating a scheme similar to a Ponzi scheme. If the implication is that the scheme was illegal then by implication WK were involved in acting as accountants for an illegal scheme. They cannot have it both was. Perhaps WK will be investigated by the SFO in that case. That of course would be ironic considering where the original complaint to the SFO came from.
Better than the YMCA – oh dear, where to start?
Sandals has three St Lucian hotels with multiple levels of room specifications. Of course they can afford to offer discounts on their cheapest rooms when they can amortize the cost of the promotion across the entire range of rooms at a single resort and at the other two resorts on the island. BB seems to be on permanent fire sale low price discounts with added extras if the reviewers on TA are to be believed. Even the reviewers who rate BB positively acknowledge the continuing problems and nearly all add the caveat that it is only OK if you get it for a cheap price.
Sandals, of course, are not trying to generate enough profit from one small partly completed hotel to pay for its completion, return an unrealistic level of profit to investors or replace the hundreds of millions siphoned off from other non-existent ‘developments’.
‘Means nothing’??? – oh, I think it does!
@ Anonymous on January 18, 2015 at 5:41 pm
@anon 5.21, not according to their web site it isn’t.
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Not sure which website you are referring to, I can only find a website for ELS Legal, see below.
Address for ELS Legal LLP as copied directly from their website
ELS Legal LLP is registered in England and Wales with registered number OC359156 | VAT No 131 3342 61
Registered address: 10-12 Ely Place, Holborn, London EC1N 6RY. ELS Legal LLP is authorised and regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority No. 5564434
The Principal trading address for ELS International Law as per the London Gazette see link below is;
ELS INTERNATIONAL LAWYERS LLP
(Company Number OC317454 )
Registered office: Mountview Court, 1148 High Road, Whetstone, London N20 0RA ( that being the office of the administrators)
Principal trading address: 10-12 Ely Place, London EC1N 6RY
https: //m.thegazette.co.uk/notice/L-60205-61
Couldn’t make this up – I can’t wait to hear the scuttlebutt from this WK case, if it gets to court.
You do have to laugh at the ignorance or the stupidity at times of some of those who appear to support Harlequin.
Just look at this for example,
@ 5.15 Anon posted an excellent post, at 5.37 Anon went even further by explaining an element of their post to ” The od (ious) couple” apparently these posts have gone straight over the head of ” The od (ious) couple.
Here’s what ” The od (ious) couple “had to say in response, lol, it is so funny.
“The od (ious) couple on January 18, 2015 at 5:50 pm
How the heck can someone decide who I’m related to, via a blog? That’s mighty impressive Paddy.”
I’m not too sure how old you are, indeed I know nothing about you, but you really did not grasp the meaning behind the posts from Anon.
Let’s look again at what Anon said at 5.37 and see if you can work it out this time. Lol, I’ve just included the 3 most relevant paragraphs, it’s not that difficult to see where Anon was coming from, lol my 13 year old is even laughing here, cmon now, surely you can spot it, lol
“Now I can state on here as a matter of fact that the poster who calls themselves ” The od (ious) couple” is related and worked with Matt Ames in stealing money from investors.
I have the same proof that you ((are related to and have worked with Matt Ames as you )) have that Nikki Crozier has engaged in wrong doing. ( think about it for a minute ).
I also know that ” That the od ( ious ) is currently working with Dave Ames, again I have just as much proof ((that you are working with Dave Ames)) as you have that Nikki Crozier is working with the Irish builder. ( just think about that for a minute).
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@ Legal Eagle, BBay Watch & Anon, you have to agree, the pro Harlequin responses tonight are just nothing short of farcical and hilarious, for the first time in a long time I’m actually enjoying the excellent and clever posts on here being followed up with the most ridiculous arguments and questions, lol.
I know the matters are serious, but just looking at the responses tonight from some of the pro Harlequin mob, you really do have to laugh. Jesus is this representative of who we gave our money too. I’m sorry but it’s so funny tonight. I know I should not laugh.
@ Anonymous 7.19 pm, you could not make this up, Ames and his missus are on one last ego trip, I guess hoping that Wilkins Kennedy might throw them a few million quid just to shut them up which will be covered by an NDA, but where Spector won’t be able to control himself by posting the outcome on his website in an oblique kind of way in the hope that his contempt of court will not be noticed.
Ames has destroyed Spector, he just has not realised it yet, he has made a few mistakes and each one of them has been recorded for, well …………………….
Spector will find out eventually, and it ain’t a few anonymous bloggers that he needs to concern himself with, my guess is that he might find that he too will be requiring the services of a good criminal lawyer soon.
Richard where is Dave getting all his money from at the moment? Is it being spent in what any normal person could consider the normal course of business?
Hmmmmmmm we will see.
@legal eagle. You seem to want to connect me with a comment made on here at 5.35. Could you explain how you made your deduction. I would be very interested in your explanation.
Mr. Storey if you did not make the statements about Wilkins Kennedy then as stated previously I stand corrected, not a problem.
I do recall a poster stating that they had been told by the SFO that Wilkins Kennedy had initiated the original complaint but for the life of me I can’t remember who it was, I did think it was you,
No harm done, thank you for your clarification.
Jeez you’re tedious Bob. Maybe you’ve had too many boxes of wine over the years and are loosing you’re memory?
Or is this just your selective memory again?
Legal Eagle, you may find this link helpful
http://www.lawyers-and-solicitors.com/find-a-solicitor/els-international-lawyers-llp/
Also page 13/111 in the HP submission against WK. is a copy of an invoice to Harlequin Management Services SVG ltd
Item: “In connection with accountancy and ongoing budgets and cashflow budgets for all of the Harlequin developments”
That would suggest that they were the Harlequin accountants. .
!@11:23
Wow!!!! We now have the Harlequin goons attempting to create a legal
precedence to save their butts. Good Luck !!!
@ Anonymous 11.23 pm, thank you for taking the time to locate and post a link to a directory service for solicitors,
Unfortunately what you have provided is an out of date link for ELS International Lawyers LLP. If you try and click on their published website link you will find that it is broken or off line.
On the 5th of May 2012 ELS International Lawyers LLP entered into Administration;
Elizabeth Arakapiotis, was appointed the Administrator. She is employed by an Insolvency Practioner called Kallis & Company
(http ://www.kallis. co.uk/contact)
who have their company Registered office at;
Mountview Court, 1148 High Road, Whetstone, London N20 0RA
Mountview Court, 1148 High Road, ( that being the office of the administrators)
As a result of the administration of ELS International Lawyers LLP their registered offices were also located at the offices of the Insolvency Practioner / Administrator. Again that being;
Mountview Court, 1148 High Road, Whetstone, London N20 0RA. This address can be confirmed by doing a search on companies house online, and the search is free.
The new registered office for ELS International Lawyers LLP is also confirmed in the Gazette, a link to the relevant page is provided here;
https: //m.thegazette.co.uk/notice/L-60205-61
The new trading address for ELS International Layers LLP is given as;
10-12 Ely Place, Holborn, London EC1N 6RY.
This means that whilst the registered offices for ELS International Lawyers LLP (in administration), is the Insolvency Practioners office, the company is still trading given that it’s in Administration, the trading address is as above 10-12 Ely Place London EC1N 6RY.
The new trading address for ELS International Lawyers LLP can also be found in the same document in the Gazette, so just click on the link again to confirm.
The registered and trading address for ELS Legal LLP is as per their website;
ELS Legal LLP is registered in England and Wales with registered number OC359156 | VAT No 131 3342 61
Registered address: 10-12 Ely Place, Holborn, London EC1N 6RY.
This address can also be confirmed by doing a company house search.
ELS Legal LLP is authorised and regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority No. 5564434
If you need to do a company search on
ELS INTERNATIONAL LAWYERS LLP
I have included the company number for you,
(Company Number OC317454 )
Therefore the old address for ELS International Lawyers LLP is no longer valid, the administrators may have sold the offices to service some of the residual debt, who knows. But for the avoidance of any doubt ELS International Lawyers LLP no longer have a presence or connection with the
Address;
12 Burleigh Street
Post Code
WC2E 7PX
DX Address
DX40008 , COVENT GARDEN
Country
England
I hope this addresses part one of your post comprehensively,
I will follow up on your second issue in a follow up post as you do again raise some very interesting points and they too need to be comprehensively addressed.
Thick Finger
Thick Finger ??????? Am lost.
I was wondering when someone was bright enough to spot the subtle change in spelling, from legal to leagle
Legal eagle, interesting that. Usually when posting on BFP the poster ID remains the same for consecutive posts. However if one was changing the poster ID which resulted in having to re type an ID then one could mistype ones ID. Why did you type in Thick Fingure under the ID of Anonymous? Not posting under multiple IDs are we?
*finger
@Legal Eagle, you made an interesting comment in your post of Jan 18th 6.52
“Given that Wilkins Kennedy were still employed by HMSSE when the initial complaint was alegedly made to the SFO, the complaint might well have been as a result of Wilkins Kennedys obligations under the Money Laundering Act 2007.”
WK were formally disengaged from working with Harlequin in June 2010 yet the SFO investigation did not begin with any intent until 2012. Could it be that the SFO did not not take the original complaint seriously until the same person had made multiple complaints.
Perhaps you could indicate how the “money laundering act 2007” is appropriate in an alleged Ponzi scheme? You being the Legal Eagle.
I have just spent sometime reading the long and sometimes racist posts, that aside, the long windy nature of them is boring.
However, I have picked up on some very salient points.
1. Buccament Bay completions.
They can’t happen because of the liens.
2. If you have / are thinking of completing email Specter, he will have to confirm the truth. Ask how the completions are progressing and about the liens.
Looks like Ames is running out of money, fast. Does this mean the PM has turned his back on stumpy?
Could the knowledgeable poster, put a draft letter on BFP to send to ELS in such a way they have to answer.
Push them into a corner, Spector won’t cause himself a problem for Ames.
Looks like he is losing friends fast.
@ Anonymous 9.49 am, the simple answer to your question on thr money laundering act 2007 is that we don’t. Thats the whole idea, we don’t know.
A poster with an Id ” Robert Storey” originally claimed that he was told by the SFO that they had received a complaint from Willkins Kennedy, a Robert Storey came on here yesterday denying it was him, which ever Robert Storey originally stated that the SFO had recieved a complaint from the WK might be able to get the SFO to answer your question.
@Nonymous aka Legal Eagle. I think it would help to keep to one ID. You earlier apologised for connecting me to a comment, but you have now repeated yourself again. It’s obvious you are posting under multiple IDs hence your Leagle Eagle gaff. So if you think I have previously posted something you claim then either substantiate it or could I suggest another apology.
Also if you don’t know why the money laundering act has any significance then why quote it.
As stated by another poster, if Harlequin was operating as an alleged Ponzi scheme then WK, or an employee of WK was aware of that while acting in an accountancy role. That surely means WK is guilty by association.
Bob for months you were sqwaking on about the SFO on BFP and on the RL forum, so just shut it,
It’s very simple mate, You told the world about the SFO, now you are saying it wasn’t you, so it was another Bob Storey then,
Another question for you Bob, and I bet you won’t answer this one, who else did Ames accuse of stealing lots of money from him, go on mouthy, answer that question?
And I answered the last post and no I’m not legal eagle, why don’t you call the SFO and ask them why they are not investigating Wilkins Kennedy, the last time I looked ( some 15 mins ago) the SFO are not investigating Wilkins Kennedy they are investigating Ames and Harlequin.
@Anonymous good to see the short period of friendly debate has been shattered by an anti HP troll. Well done, the expression “just shut it” just about sums up your level. I bet you are gutted the RL forum is closed.
A small selection of posts and threads from Bob Storey aka 36 FDNRM etc etc etc
I like this from Bob in 2013 ” in my humble opinion I dont think a full investigation into HP will take place, but what do I know”
Here is just a sample of what he said.
Looks like Bob is suffering from memory loss.
Oh yeah Robert, we all know this is a different Bob Storey, and close the links to read them, don’t worry the links don’t contain a virus.
https: //barbadosfreepress.wordpress.com/2013/04/23/breaking-harlequin-property-applies-to-go-into-administration/#comment-1334659
https:
//barbadosfreepress.wordpress.com/2013/04/06/bbc-bribery-allegations-a-distraction-in-the-harlequin-scandal/#comment-1306212
https:/
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https:/
/barbadosfreepress.wordpress.com/2013/03/14/harlequin-properties-stunner-no-agent-confirmed-harlequins-land-holdings-or-company-information-sipp-pension-investors-advised-to-act-immediately/#comment-1292095
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https:/
/barbadosfreepress.wordpress.com/2013/07/30/harlequin-wins-lawsuit-against-padraig-ohalloran-by-proving-dave-ames-is-unfit-to-manage-your-money/#comment-1444484
https:
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https:/
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So, what’s happened with the completion money?
Bob you are such a hypocrite. You have posted here under lots of different IDs.
How’s your insider mate at the SFO these days – Joe Whatwashishisname? Not so long ago you posted here on BFP implying that you had some sort of special relationship with Joe [sp] because the SFO contacted you for a witness statement. Imagine that! That must have made you feel so important Bob.
Anyway, well done on learning how to use the spell check and your correct spelling of substantiate. I am impressed Bob. But then again hmm… maybe it was someone else who advised you about what to post.
As understand things, and go easy on me.
Ames, has taken several millions in completion monies, these can’t proceed because of liens on the land – correct?
So, what has he done with the money?
Simple enough question, furthermore, should he not just simply refund the money?
Was that a flying PHIG, sorry PIG 😉
Robert you appear as usual unwilling to answer questions. You were asked if anyone else had been accused of stealing money from Ames, given that you ( ok you will say it’s not you, Blah Blah blah blah blah) always quote from the particulars of claim submitted by Ames in the Wilkins Kennedy case, I would like to turn your attention to para. 25 on page 13.
” Harlequin Property initially engaged Ridgeview as the main contractor on the Buccament Bay Project. The contract with Ridgeview was terminated in and around July 2008.( on the advice of Mr. MacDonald) as a result of breaches of contract by Ridgeview and misappropriations of substantial sums that Harlequin Property exclusively had paid for the development of the Buccament Bay Project”
Funny that eh, you never mentioned that, SUBSTANTIAL SUMS.
Misappropriations MISAPPROPRIATIONS of SUBSTANTIAL SUMS. No not the Irish Builder this time but Ridgeview.
And if Ames goes down for operating an aleged Ponzi scheme or any other criminal act, it really won’t matter who was in league with him, because it won’t have helped investors in anyway now would it Bob.
Joe Hopkins is a true gentleman, but Bob would know that if he actually met him.
Joe (Hopkins) Bob alluded to the fact that he had a special relationship with Joe Hopkins.
Joe Hopkins of the Serious Fraud Office.
That’s just Bob, being ‘Bob’.
He thinks he has a relationship with Dave, mind you Dave has shafted him!!
Looks like someone has been monitoring Bob for some time now,
Funny how Bob Storey always dissappears when he gets caught out, no doubt he will reappear in a different guise or as Robert Storey spouting some crap about Wilkins Kennedy or proof that it’s him or that we are all gullible idiots.
Bob’s just angry because he actually paid for his unit when he recieved his staged payment slips.
We sent them to all investors, but only Bob paid.
Didn’t half surprise us, so we kept sending them, Bob paid again, we got our commission!!
Dave said if he keeps paying keep sending 😉
That name ‘Gullible Old Bob’ = GOB.
That’s what we called him.
Ok Bob Wilkins Kennedy is as guilty as Ames, that’s sorted then. Joe should confirm this to you later.
So now Bob what about the Incumbrance? And the completions?
Are you one of the lucky investors who has a fraudulent completion on your property as a result of the Incumbrance, or like with the SFO investigation and your humble opinion there ( that the SFO would not continue with an investigation) is it your humble opinion here that the Incumbrance makes no difference?
And why is someone storing all your posts?
If you ask me it looks like you, or at least your posts are assisting someone and I doubt it is shorty.
Well Legal Eagle looks like I have rattled your cage. Nothing like rallying the troop (s) You can monitor my old posts as much as you like, so long as they are mine. Nothing like trying to change the subject is there. Will you go back to Legal, or is it Leagle, Eagle LOL No credibility at all. By the way your gaps in time between your various posts need to be a bit more varied, just a small tip. Now be a good troll and think of something interesting to say, because all your comments above are so way off the mark. Troll on.
Robert what are you prattling on about, the discussions have always centered around Ames and the alledged fraudulent activities surrounding those companies, you sir are the one who constantly attempts to distract and disrupt the discussions with your sad little side show.
Have you any views on the Incumbrance? Have you any views on the substantial misappropriations by Ridgeview? Have you any views on the ongoing SFO Essex police investigations ? Have you any views on the fraudulent completions as a result of the Incumbrances ? Is Ames just as bad as the builder given all the Judgments against Ames ? Or do you concur with the view of Spector that those judgments mean nothing because of the appeals ?
No of course you won’t answer any of the above,
Your views on the above would make for interesting reading, also perhaps you would like to state which of the comments in those published today are not in fact from you. ?
You won’t answer this either, no, all you will say is, prove it was me or some such nonsense.
Toodle pips you silly sad foolish old man.
Bob, you are a stupid old duffer. Ames won’t look after you, he just won’t.
Could somebody tell me, in simple terms, what this means, i mean is it a couple of hundred thousand or millions.
@avoti troll along now. Why not ask your alter ego Leagle Eagle if he is going to answer the second question he was asked and promised to answer.
Ames through one of his “Expert” witnesses a Paul Mc Taggart claimed that Harlequin paid Ridgeview c $ 33 million USD, Another ” Expert” witness for Ames Sanjay Amin stated that the value of work done by Ridgeview was c $ 5 million dollars. So when we do the math, that’s a staggering $ 28 million that Ridgeview appear to have stolen, funny that. And this is from evidence produced by Harlequin themselves, is that substantial enough?
Does anyone in their right mind seriously think that if Ridgeview had
stolen USD $28 million that Ames wouldn’t have them in court.
Give me a break !!!
I find this talk of misappropriation by contractors interesting.
Under a normal building contract, the contractor signs up to a lump sum for a defined scope of work That lump sum may contain provisional amounts for things not known at the time of tender but there are contract mechanisms for those amounts together with the costs of any changes instructed by the client, to be valued by the quantity surveyor. The quantity surveyor also vets applications for interim – usually monthly – payments on account.
Those procedures are standard and if they are followed there is no way on earth the contractor can “misappropriate’ anything. The quantity surveyor holds the purse-strings and only releases money when the work is properly done or when the changes in cost are proved to be fair.
I guess there are a number of possible answers as to how the alleged misappropriation took place (1) Harlequin thought they knew better how to do things on their first construction project than the rest of the industry (2) there was no quantity surveyor (3) the quantity surveyor failed to do his job properly (unlikely as I have not heard anyone is being sued for negligence).
Bob, you have nothing of value to add to the discussion, so why do you bother? You used to be active in providing information to try and defend HP and Ames, which actually provoked some intelligent discussion and ironically usually exposed more problems and discrepancies than you were trying to cover or defend.
Yet now you’re just a page filler. You haven’t provided anything of substance for quite some time now, is that because your job of defending HP is no longer possible? Even you, the man with all the answers, has no more answers?
The bottom line is that Picknell and Smurthwaite must now be
happy that they got away from Ames so early in the game with
their reputations intact.
Ames claims in the Wilkins Kennedy case that Ridgeview misappropriated “substantial” sums.
This could have been discovered recently by Ames given the state of his accounts, or this could be Ames lying once again.
A look at the Statement of Claim from Ames will cause some serious problems for Ames, Hefin Rees and potentially ELS.
I for one would not like to be in their shoes when this particular balloon goes up,
Whatever about Ames, QCs and Solicitors have duties not to mislead the courts, this is a fundamental basic of the legal system we have come to rely upon. When officers of the court act in a manner which brings our judicial system into disrepute then like all other citizens who break laws, they too need to be brought to account for their actions and punished accordingly.
There is a lot more to this then meets the eye, and I am sure it will come out in the wash at some stage.
I’m sure there are many out there who wish to God they had now never had the pleasure of meeting the Ames family.
Those who thought that the road to Ames was paved with gold are slowly realising that the only gold on that road is that of a fool.
I don’t actually think it is this Bob bloke. Nobody, could be so thick as to defend Harlequin and Ames to this degree. It’s one of the Bunker muppets.
@BP
What language are you posting in? Translate please.
Anonymous 5.51 good bit of page filling there troll.
Your responses are all the same now Bob, you’ve peaked. We can all write your posts for you now, you can retire happy in the knowledge that your legacy will live on. This should save you some time:
I’m a stalker, clearly stalking you. I can’t help my self in discussing you, therefore you are very important. You have no need to answer all the questions asked because everyone on here is a troll, and you don’t answer trolls. You don’t answer anyone who uses multiple IDs, although you are allowed to change yours as often as needed because everyone here is a troll trying to get you. You had your personal information posted on here, and had a mystery phone call and that is a reason for being evasive and derailing threads even though you did the same to others, but that’s ok because it’s you. And I haven’t provided anything of substance either, just another trolling post about you filling up the blog, clearly demonstrating how important your are.
We want ALL Harlequin ALL the time. As my wife Sharon in her stockings said to me last night, more, more, more. More Harlequin.
@anonymous 6.11 more trolling bet you get fed up of this before I do troll
Mr. Storey I will respond to you by nine this evening UK time.
I’ve a funny feeling that Robert Storey is about to open another can of worms for Ames in Storeys goading of Legal Eagle, I bet Ames will be really pleased.
It’s a dam good job no one gives a shit what you think then.
Mr. Storey apologies for the short delay, will have it to you in about 45 minutes.
Dear Robert, sorry for the delay. After reviewing the statement of claim in detail, a report on which I will issue to the interested parties in due course, it is my belief that Wilkins Kennedy on the basis of the evidence contained within the statement of claim cannot be called Accountants for Harlequin.
I hope that you are satisfied with this answer, if you have any further queries please feel free to contact me.
While you are waiting you might care to peruse some of BobGob’s previous posts.
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Fatchett does not represent me.
March 15, 2013 at 11:19 am
@Eddie Lizzard2, because I do not subscribe to the Searchlight newspaper. Let me explain something. I am unemployed, my wife does not work through illness. WE HAVE NO INCOME, apart from my BB rental. So dont call me a lazy git. You know nothing about me. Pillock.
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March 18, 2013 at 4:13 pm
@Lighthouse and anybody else. You want proof or not? The quiestion was “am I getting a rental return” The answer is yes. You people really do not have a clue do you.
@RL your very quiet on this. Or do you think it is another “fairy story”?
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March 26, 2013 at 2:17 pm
@Anon73, no audits? I have QS sign offs on my property. Wonder if that property had the drains attached or not?
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Canuck
March 26, 2013 at 7:12 pm
FDNRM – seeing as you were one of the few getting paid, are your payments still up to date? Mine aren’t, am about £800 behind!!
Fatchett does not represent me.
March 26, 2013 at 7:33 pm
@Canuck yes.
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April 24, 2013 at 12:14 pm
@Anon, I don’t know what is going to happen. At the end of the day it might have been easier for DA to put his hands up, walk away and take the consequences. But he did stand up and admit he got it wrong and is, I believe, trying to retrieve the situation. BB is in profit now so perhaps he will expand that and coupled with the new airport uplift, increase occupancy, turnover and profit.
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Fatchett does not represent me.
April 24, 2013 at 3:11 pm
@Anon 2.44. See post below, believed to be 6%. It won’t keep SFO at bay. Remember they are, I believe, carrying out a preliminary investigation before deciding on whether to go for a full blown one. Unless that has changed.
@ Paul Walton, you don’t think he is just going to sit back and let a court order be carried out do you. That’s a bit nieve if you think so. Also he is not going to tell staff before hand in case it leaks out. By the way Fatchett told me he only represented 20 people and was not going to take any more on. Where does the 1000 come from? Also potential lenders will look at the assets, I.e. BB which is something to lend against.
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April 26, 2013 at 8:42 am
@Anon/BBaywatch. Could I suggest you read the latest SVGTA’s news letter, item 2. I dont know how to put the link up. The CEO of tourism anticipates between 190000 and 250000 tourists by air in the first 2 years of the airport opening., and several airlines will be operating out of the airport when it opens. Now this begs the question, where are they all going to stay?
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@Legal Eagle, I would have thought that someone in the legal profession ? Would have been able to give an answer to the person who asked the question. I have asked no question relating to the role of WK as accountants. However as the WK invoices in the HP submission clearly say for accountancy services, then I for one find your answer rather strange. However the original poster of this question may accept your reply. I’m sure many on here will await your report with interest.
What a pity you did not waste hours and hours earlier. The above posts would have clarified all the stupidity about fake LinkedIn profiles. Who spent all that time on tracking down Globtek, or was it Globetek, posting up inncorect contact information, writing to the MD of Globtek etc etc. keep it up troll saves me having to answer the stupid comments on here. Loving it!
For the Attn. of All those interested parties.
I would like to thank Robert Storey for raising the very interesting issue about the role played by Wilkins Kennedy, if it were not for Robert we might all remain ignorant of certain facts as are contained in the statement of claim produced by David Edward Ames and his excellent legal Team, Hefin Rees QC and the team at ELS Legal LLP headed up by Richard Spector.
However I could give you the short legal answer, that being no, this does not suggest that Wilkins Kennedy were accountants for Harlequin.
However it appears that you may not understand the nature of “Harlequin” or more importantly the companies Dave and Carol Ames control.
So it is important to explain this.
(1). There is no such legal entity as Harlequin, no company owned by any of the Ames family is called Harlequin.
It does not exist, nor has it ever.
(2). Each and every company owned in part or outright by any member of the Ames family or any combination of Ames family members are all seperate and distinct either trading or dormant companies.
Between them the Ames family own or control dozens of companies, some trading ( insolvently or otherwise) some dormant.
I have not used the term ‘legally’ trading given the insolvent nature of the companies as per the report of James Albert Baker.
There is no connection between any of the companies. They are all wholly seperate entities.
‘Harlequin’ is often referred to as a Group by Ames and others, but there is no such entity as the ‘Harlequin’ group as a matter of law.
This was further demonstrated in the case RL took against two of the Ames’ companies in the High Court of Justice, Chancery Division, Companies Court, on the 29th of July 2014. in the matter of Buccament Bay Resort Ltd. and Harlequin Property (SVG) Ltd and the Insolvency Act 1986.
In this case both Dave Ames and his in house solicitor demonstrated to the court that the companies were distinct and seperate,
indeed they clearly demonstrated to the court that HMSSE was merely an intermediary which recieved funds and passed them onto the companies in the Caribbean.
This is very important in the context of your post and the relationship between Wilkins Kennedy and companies owned or under the control of the Ames family.
The Administrators of HMSSE (now in liquidation) apparently did not feel that taking a case against Wilkins Kennedy would be prudent,
this is interesting given the assertions by Dave Ames that the outcome of the case being taken by his other companies against Wilkins Kennedy is a foregone conclusion.
Wilkins Kennedy were the Auditors for HMSSE, however there are no invoices from Wilkins Kennedy to HMSSE produced in the claim.
Now you refer to the description of the invoice as written in the Harlequin submission and indeed you have provided the quote from the Harlequin submission,
“In connection with accountancy and ongoing budgets and cashflow budgets for all of the Harlequin developments”
This raises a number of questions?
(1). If as you correctly point out Harlequin are stating that this invoice is for all of the Harlequin developments, why is it that only one of the Resort Development Companies is suing Wilkins Kennedy, that being Harlequin Property (SVG) Ltd. ?
There were 6 RDC’s and given Mr. Ames and Mr. Regans assertions in the UK High Court that all the companies are seperate entities why is only one RDC company suing Wilkins Kennedy?
Wilkins Kennedy are also being sued by Harlequin Hotels & Resorts the Cayman Island company, but Wilkins Kennedy are seeking to strike that company off as a claimant.
Wilkins Kennedy sent no invoices to this company as per the statement of claim, nor is this company mentioned by Wilkins Kennedy in any of the invoices submitted to either Harlequin Property SVG Ltd or Harlequin Management Services (SVG) Ltd.
(2). You quote from a fee note / invoice from Wilkins Kennedy to a company called Harlequin Management Services (SVG) Ltd.
(2a.) Harlequin Management Services (SVG) Ltd. does not exist. It is not a company.
(2b.) Harlequin Management Services (SVG) Ltd. is not a plaintiff in the case.
(2c.) There are 9 Invoices from Harlequin Management Services (SVG) Ltd. from the 29th June 2007 to April the 30th 2009.
Given that all the companies owned by Ames are distinctly separate legal entities and given that Harlequin Management Services (SVG) Ltd,
aside from the fact that it does not exist,
is not a plaintiff company,
nor is it an RDC (Resort Development Company),
what evidentiary value do these exhibits have, and I suspect that Kennedy’s the insurers solicitors will seek to have this evidence struck out on the basis that it is irrelevant to the proceedings as have been taken by the plaintiff companies.
The question I suppose that has to be asked next is,
why were invoices being sent to a company that did or does not exist? And why were these invoices paid ? These invoices were being generated for close to two years, so I doubt that this can be put down to a typo.
Indeed what company paid these invoices?
Did Ames ask Wilkins Kennedy to send invoices to a company that does not exist ? If so why ?
Robert you have raised some really interesting points here in your tenacity to obtain comprehensive responses.
Is this why Wilkins Kennedy reported Ames and his companies to the SFO as per hour or the other Robert Storey claims ?
(3a.) Three invoices were sent to Harlequin Property (SVG) Ltd on the 31st of January 2007 by Wilkins Kennedy.
(3b.) These invoices were for a number of services, including reviews of contractor books, production of draft accounts for submission to government etc.
(3c.) The invoices also included for costs in relation to “Partners Time in relation to work performed for Harlequin Property Thailand including site attendance, meetings and other ad hoc duties.
Detailed discussion with solicitors and Architects re company development and shareholder issue.”
(3d.) The invoices further detail fees for meeting Harlequin Property’s (SVG) Ltd. Swiss Bankers,
detailed discussions with regards to the Italian sale,
and attendances at the offices of PKF to discuss reports produced on the SVG operation.
(PKF being the auditors for Harlequin Property SVG.)
Why were invoices sent and then paid for by Harlequin Property (SVG) for work Wilkins Kennedy were carrying out for Harlequin Property Thailand, again an unrelated company?
Why was it never disclosed that Harlequin Property (SVG) held bank accounts in Switzerland ?
Was investor money held in these accounts?
What was the purpose of these accounts ?
Were these accounts identified during the Davies case?
Was this why a contempt hearing was being taken against Ames and his wife?
Why was investors money for Caribbean properties (Harlequin Property (SVG) Ltd) being used to pay for services provided to Harlequin Property Thailand ?
How many more invoices for goods & services provided to Harlequin Property Thailand by others, were sent to and paid for by Harlequin Property (SVG) Ltd.?
Was the money sent to Harlequin Property SVG, what is afterall investor money, sent from HMSSE for the development of the Buccament Bay Resort or was it used for unconnected businesses?
What was Ames selling in Italy, the Italian Sale, or was he buying something in Italy.?
(4a). As per the invoices from the 30th April 2008 to May 2010 Wilkins Kennedy along with providing services in connection with accountancy and ongoing budgets and cash-flow budgets for all of the Harlequin developments.
Wilkins Kennedy were also invoicing for for the time spent in attending meetings and discussions with third party investors and business partners.
(4b.) In April 2010 Wilkins Kennedy reviewed a detailed loan agreement with a David Rastall.
(4c.) Wilkins Kennedys last invoice for the preparation of accounts for ” The Company” was in the April 2009 invoice. “The Company” being Harlequin Management Services (SVG) Ltd. this was for the accounting period to 30th April 2008.
(4d.) Wilkins Kennedy also invoiced for work in relation to the preparation of red book valuations, this is dealt with in more detail in the defence.
What was the video that Dave Ames starred in at the Grove in August 2009 all about ?
For 7 years now as per the invoices, Dave Ames has been seeking finance, from third party investors and business partners, yet to date has failed to secure finance, why is this?
What happened the detailed Loan Agreement with David Rastall ?
Who is David Rastall ?
How can accounts be prepared for a company that does not exist ?
The red book valuations referred to in the invoices and the defence by Wilkins Kennedy are rather startling, when analysed and cross referenced against the sales prices of the units,
They demonstrate that Ames was not selling properties at 50% below market value but in some cases at rates which exceeded those in the red book valuations.
The only invoices issued and paid for were to two entities,
(1) a company registered in SVG, Harlequin Property (SVG) Ltd.
and
(2). invoices to a company that does not exist, Harlequin Management Services (SVG) Ltd.
Wilkins Kennedy acknowledge that they prepared accounts for this company (the only company they acknowledge preparing accounts for) for the accounting period to 30th April 2008.
Even if Wilkins Kennedy drafted accounts for Harlequin Property (SVG) Ltd, which is not stated in the invoices, and if these accounts were those referred to in the invoice, then yes it could be said that Wilkins Kennedy provided an accounting service to one of dozens of companies Ames and his family owns, for part of one financial reporting year. that year being to year end April 2008.
However the statement “In connection with accountancy and ongoing budgets and cashflow budgets for all of the Harlequin developments” on every invoice, does not necessarily, and as a matter of law, indicate that Wilkins Kennedy were the accountants,
Given the detail contained in the invoices, and the specific references to the preparation of accounts for one company for one financial year.
It seems that Wilkins Kennedy was acting in a consultancy role or as advisors for Ames, given the diverse nature of the work invoiced.
That in itself does not necessarily make them accountants for all of the Ames family companies. Again I remind you that no company or group called Harlequin exists.
The Ames family have dozens of companies, at least six resort companies, yet Wilkins Kennedy acknowledge in their invoices, that they produced accounts for a company that does not exist in legal terms for one financial year or part there of.
I know that this does not form part of the question asked of me, but something else I thought was worth bringing to the attention of investors, in the disengagement letter of Wilkins Kennedy dated the 7th of June 2010,
(this was incorrectly labeled by Ames’ legal team in their statement of claim as the disengagement letter of Harlequin).
This from the disengagement letter sent to Harlequin Management Services South East Ltd ( Now in liquidation)
(a.) “We will no longer liaise with HM Revenue and Customs in relation to their ongoing company PAYE enquiry and self assessment enquiry in relation to Mr. David Ames.”
I do wonder if the accounts in Switzerland will pique the interest of HMRC.?
Of even more interest see below.
(b). ” Please also note that upon the director’s instructions we have not sought formal FSA clearance in relation to the use of SIPPs for purchasing hotel rooms sold by the company.”
This letter was sent to The Board of Directors of Harlequin Management Services South East, by Wilkins Kennedy on the 7th of June 2010.
Therefore either Dan or Carol Ames as directors of that firm instructed Wilkins Kennedy NOT to seek formal clearance in relation to the use of SIPPs for purchasing hotel rooms sold by the company. Yet they were selling SIPPs for nearly two years by this stage.
In a similar letter sent to Harlequin Property (SVG) Ltd on the 2nd of June 2010, Wilkins Kennedy state ” At this time we would like to state that we have NOT prepared detailed budgets and cash flows for the company as a whole or on any one site with the exception of that at Buccament Bay”
They also state in the paragraph “Respective Responsibilities” ” You will be solely responsible for identifying another ADVISOR to take on these ……………………
“Our responsibilities, on resignation as ‘ADVISORS’ include those set out in our institutes Code of Ethics (Section 210). …………………..
Wow that was worth waiting up for. Wonder if the move by HMRC on ASOL has anything to do with Ames little tax enquiry.
I just love it when the Harlequin trolls really open up a can of worms.
Wonder if the missing millions are in Switzerland and what kind of an idiot would produce self incriminating evidence in his own case, ouch
Anon 12:12
Betcha the answer to your question is ……….David Edward Ames
Heh whatsthefuss, whats got your cage rattled what’s your problem, this is all shit from Ames.
It’s there in black and white, no need for Paddy or anyone else to make it up.
Why don’t you blame Ames groupies for always asking stupid questions. Like know it all Bob and his different guises.
Heh just stumbled onto this thread, hiya everybody. 😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃
Sorry for bothering you but I have a question? Hypothetical I know. But here it is anyway, cause I’m in a bit of a bind, I don’t want to say to much but here goes
Just say a guy was having his personal tax affairs looked at by HMRC say about 4 years ago or so, and that guy managed to convince HMRC that he was subsequently tax compliant. Is that it, is he ok? Even if later it’s discovered that he had some property stashed away somewhere foreign, like in a hot place, like a desert say, that he paid for, but didn’t put in his name,
Say that came to light 4 years later,
Is his lawyer required to file an SAR if his lawyer knew about the tax investigation and the property ?
Are in house lawyers exempt from filing SARS ?
Just wondering ?
Are QCs exempt from filing SARS ?
Again just wondering ?
Say if the average Joe on the street knew something surely they don’t have to file an SAR ?
Would the guy be ok if he sold the property on the QT?
I heard once that a lawyer called Simon Telly I think his name was, said that the average Joe can only talk to the Police if approached, is that true?
So if I know something I don’t have to say anything right ?
Like I don’t want to get into trouble or anything, I mean I might know something but I don’t know what to do.
That Simon Telly bloke seemed to know his stuff, he told me its best never talk to the police cause even though I’m not involved they would implicate me cause they get bonuses for those they stiff.
I mean I don’t want to say nothing to HMRC if they will do me. Do you see what I mean ?
Just read this it’s all mumble jumble about what lawyers have to do and stuff. Sounds complicated
Anyway sorry for taking your time guys, was just asking. You all seem very serious here, think I better go somewhere else bye 😃😃😃😃😃😃😃
http:// http://www.lawsociety.org.uk/support-services/advice/articles/seven-steps-to-sars-success/
Id like to know what the hell all this is about? I bought my unit through a SIPP in 2009. Dave Ames told me my unit was SIPP approved by HMRC anyone else in the same boat ?
(b). ” Please also note that upon the director’s instructions we have not sought formal FSA clearance in relation to the use of SIPPs for purchasing hotel rooms sold by the company.”
@legal eagle…you are so cool ! @ anonymous 2.15. In same position as you. Sipp 2009. Bought in St Lucia. Hope he goes to prison. If clever Ames had his money in switzerland he probably knew hmrc were targeting them about a year ago. The hmrc declared an amnesty period for people in uk? to come clean before they contacted them as they had access to info.
Well, well not looking good for Ames and co.
We have investigations into his legal team – past and present, no more completions at BB, HMRC sniffing round and no finance…I could go on….
What was Ames saying about a perfect storm? 😉
What happened to the completion money?
@eddie the eagle, and here you go again. You seem to like addressing all your replays to me, realise I did not ask the question, and then apologise. Well Eddie you have done it again. The question regarding the invoice was not come from me, so your reference to me is futile, as is your follow up posts you have sent from your anonymous IDs. Do try and be accurate. Of course well done for posting the WK defence before the pre trail meeting the end of this month.😏😏
Are you implying that discussing the WK defence is sub judice Robert?
I’m sure Eddie knows what he is doing and would not be that silly. However he does seem to have a fixation in addressing all his answers to me, so perhaps his judgement is a bit clouded at the moment.
You’re all missing one huge point. With the SVG Government stopping completions, BB will be starved of cash and die.
@Legal Eagle.
Thank you for the post, very insightful.
@Dtwcg
Yes I too was sold a “property” through a SIPP by a dodgy IFA. I don’t understand how they can still be trading and now have repercussions. The only thing I would say is that if they ever do start building again, they’ll not get anywhere, with the outstanding deadlines etc.
Ames browbeaten legal team will be joining the long list of people sullied by Ames the cancer.
Robert my information comes from the Documents submitted by Ames’ lawyers not by Wilkins Kennedy.
The documents are public so can be discussed.
And I am rather surprised at your apparently biased comments, given that on January 14th, reference was made to the letter of disengagement, and extracts taken from it, yet you failed to raise thie issue of the pre trial meeting then,
“Anonymous on January 14, 2015 at 8:23 am
@anonymous 3.12 you need to get a life mate. Anyone who reads your new rendition of war and peace would recognise that 2912 is a typo.
Note 5 if you read page 40 of the HP WK submission, letter of disengagement, it clearly says that: to the board of directors ,Harlequin Properties SVG LTD (this being a claimant company) no?
“This firm (WK) will no longer be assisting in the preparation of management accounts for audit by BDO
Dealing with the audit queries raised by BDO
Desktop budget for Directors consideration.
And by the way it’s “you’r” (short for you are) not your, but to show up your (see the difference) pettiness would stoop to your (there it is again) level.
Grammar lesson over for the day.
I guess you need a good lie in after the verbal bullshit you wrote above.”
Mr. Storey you have made plenty of references to Wilkins Kennedys and Mr. Newmans involvement in this both on here and on the Regulatory Legal forum,
For years now we have heard about all of the alleged wrong doing by others and I say alleged because the more detailed analysis of the statement of claim demonstrates that David Edward Ames is both a liar and has engaged in criminal behaviour.
Yet you seem to espouse the view that this criminal behaviour should go unpunished, Ames has comitted criminal acts, that is now clear from the statement of claim. Those acts are being reported to the proper authorities and are not being posted on here, so you will have no need to worry about any pre trial meeting being prejudiced.
I am referring to other issues in the statement of claim, that for the time, being will not be posted on here,
Dave Ames is a very dangerous man and he and his wife should be treated as if they were on the run with loaded weapons.
@Anon 11.19, unfortunately though it was an English pussy though.
@eddie the Eagle., there again you are confusing me with someone else. Nowhere have I suggested that the documents cannot be discussed. So seem to think I am the only one posting on this site.
And just for the record perhaps you can point out where I have espoused that any criminal act should go unpunished? There that should give you something to do for a few hours.
New teef cost a few ‘Bob’
And how much did the Irish builder help himself to?
A Judge found him guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation. Where did the money he helped himself to come from – yes correct, investors.
The Irish builder was found guilty, by a Judge of taking money from investors.
Don’t bother Paddy, with the 0.0000000001 % or whatever crap you spout about its not much -it was millions.
You stole investors cash, you are dishonest.
You got caught, don’t like it and now want revenge.
Paddy you are guilty. You took investors cash. Pay it back.
That’s right!
Paddy stole it!! A lack of contract made it so that the dodgy Irishman could steal millions of your money! This was on top of the monumental £250m fraud the IFAs created in “recommending” a twice bankrupt, can’t count, father-of-and-is-himself-a-total-and-utter-fraud, 6-toed baffoon who can’t even string together a sentence without resort to one of the canned favourites “let’s be clear about this” or “we’re pleased to announce”.
Ames has less about him than a washed up, half eaten corpse left to rot in the midday Caribbean sun. His little fingers, like pulsating maggots found in the eye sockets of said victim, are working overtime to cover his tracks. All smiles and no substance. No wonder no financier wants to get involved, the whole project was a farce from the beginning. The builder episode just confirms it utterly and resoundingly.
Thus ends my “rendition of war and peace”, no doubt littered with the “litany of lies” which “anti-Harlequin” “trolls” apparently lace their tirades with.
Paddy was found guilty – end of.
Venerable sir, I wish this was the case. Everyone just wants the pesky builder – the one who stole millions of their money – to be silenced forever. But alas! He has lodged an appeal. He wishes to clear his name. A tricky situation when dealing with the tefflon GV.
Now the question everyone wants an answer to – where is the promised finance? This is one question no-one has answered, and yet proves time and time again to be the soft underbelly of the litigious beast that is the Harlequin “group” (non existent). I surmise if a backer was plucked out of the obscurity of the world’s trusted financial institutions, “investors” would gain much needed solace from the planned construction (planned being a key word). But no. Nothing about that. Just ongoing hollow rhetoric about how a builder and two mates seemed to pull the rug out of the business model which was meant to provide guaranteed 10% returns, guaranteed buyback, incredible build deadlines and, most of all, financial security for 1000’s of investors. Wonder where all that went?
Paddie the plonker
January 20, 2015 at 12:22 pm
Paddy was found guilty – end of.
No he wasn’t it was a civil case. There was no jury. Why do you trolls endlessly post this fib? Ames did not negotiate or sign a contract with O’H. What ‘successful entrepreneur’ would ever get himself into such a ridiculous predicament? What one needs to ask is WHY was there no contract? I think Ames met his match with the Irish one.
@ Paddie the plonker 12.01 pm.
A Judge made a finding against the builder which is now the subject of an appeal, in much the same way as a Judge made numerous findings against David Edward Ames in St. Vincent and they too are the subject of appeals.
We even have Richard Spector a solicitor for Ames putting huge weight on the outcome of appeals but only in respect of Ames, funny that.
However much and all as this might be difficult for you to fathom or indeed that you find infuriating, David Edward Ames comitted perjury in the Irish case, that is blindingly obvious when you look at the UK statement of claim, in the alternative Ames is comitting perjury in the UK,
If this was not bad enough, throw in the RL cases in the UK (yes cases) the Davies case, the Canga case and the Caldwell cases and you will find contradictions everywhere.
Has it not dawned on you yet that some individuals might have access to documents pertaining to all these actions, whereby it is easily demonstrated that Ames has lied.
So given that Ames is a compulsive and habitual liar, worse still a criminal in that he has comitted perjury on more then one occasion, there is a very serious element of doubt surrounding the soundness of any judgments granted in his favour of Ames and or any of his companies.
I also suspect that Ames’ legal team are leaving him in droves, according to the SRA , Andrew Neil Regan and Daniel Jared Abrams have joined the list of solicitors and legal firms that have walked from Ames, Simon Terry, Bernard Wainstein Hefin Rees QC, Nabarro, DLA Piper, Carter Ruck, notwithstanding those other legal firms in the Caribbean, Brazil and elsewhere.
And finally the Builder did pay back what it is alleged he took indirectly anyway, because we have Dave Ames claiming that he sold all the builders assets, yet strangely enough even though Ames likes to be ” Transparent” we never did find out where the proceeds of this sale ended up.
And for the record the Judgment in the Irish case was for c 00.2 % of the money Ames took in deposits. Zero point two percent.
Whether you like to face facts or not that is the figure in % terms, it’s less then a million quid sterling, not the millions you have mentioned, these are undisputed recorded facts.
Pension advisers’ FSCS levy soars by 73%
‘Pension advisers face a massive increase in the amount they pay to the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) as the service prepares for a “significant” rise in claims linked to self-invested personal pension (SIPP) advice…
…But many of these investors have also suffered significant investment losses as a result of advice to invest in risky, non-standard assets such as overseas property developments, Neale said, in what seems to be a clear reference to Harlequin Property.’
http://www.professionaladviser.com/professional-adviser/news/2391059/pension-advisers-fscs-levy-soars-by-73
“But many of these investors have also suffered significant investment losses as a result of advice to invest in risky, non-standard assets such as overseas property developments, Neale said, in what seems to be a clear reference to Harlequin Property.
Thousands of savers put around £400m of largely pension money into the overseas property scheme which is now teetering on the brink of collapse – most of the investment was made via SIPPs.”
As usual Legal Eagle is very selective with the sections of the WK submission he quotes, He fails to mention the letter of disengagement
From the letter 2nd June 2010 Harlequin Properties (SVG) ltd.
“we will no longer be providing tax and accountancy services to the above company”
And a follow up letter on the 2nd June 2010 to Harlequin Properties (SVG) Ltd
“And we will no longer assist in obtaining the following in relation to the BB project.
Item 3 “Liaising with the builder re construction costs and monitoring on the construction budget”
Item 4: “assisting with the preparation of management accounts for audit by BDO”
From a letter 2nd June 2010 Harlequin Management Services (South East) Ltd
“We will no longer act as auditors and accountants to the above named company” This is supported by an invoice 30 April 2010 for £3525 for:
“in relation to general advice and accounting services for the period” and “Company Secretarial services including preparation and filing of dormant company accounts and annual returns”
Also you selectively quote the following” They also state in the paragraph “Respective Responsibilities” ” You will be solely responsible for identifying another ADVISOR to take on these ……………………” which is followed by the following “or to satisfy the need for services we provided”
Obviously WK are implying that they provided a service over that of being an ADVISOR.
Funny that this is all the builders fault again, but it’s not now is it, because Ames says in the statement of claim that Ridgeview misappropriated substantial sums too, and why if Ames was so successful in a previous life, did he allow two companies again not withstanding the allegations against Andy Smith and PID which makes three companies, to rip him off in such a spectacular fashion?
Now did any of those three companies assist Ames hide assets from the prying eyes of HMRC ?
Did any of these companies try to complete on properties that were subject of Incumbrances ?
Ames accuses others of stealing his money, sorry investors money but Ames has no problem paying for professional services to a Thailand Company from investors money destined for the Caribbean.
The man is a repulsive disgusting hypocrite. Accusing others of misappropriation, when all along he was using Caribbean investors money for his Thai and other operations and guess what we will never know the true extent of what went on, why? Oh yeah there are no accounts.
How many properties did Ames purchase in Dubai, do we know? How many I wonder ? How much money does he have in the Swiss Banks ?
We don’t know ?
He won’t file accounts, he is breaking the law by doing this, but what does he care?
@Anon 1.10 One has to wonder why with this supposed telling information against DA in the Irish case that Paddy has not pursued his appeal with some vigor. After all if he won his appeal then DA case against WK would be substantially weakened. Perhaps there is a fear that the appeal will be unsuccessful. Regarding the plant and machinery issue that keeps cropping up with no substance, I would refer to p59 of the HP submission from Grant Thornton. It would seem that much of the equipment was inherited from Ridgeview and it has been left in a condition of scrap.
@ Anonymous 1.30 pm I think we are well past the point of worrying whether Wilkins Kennedy acted as accountants for Ames or not. Frankly that is becoming irrelevant,
The facts that were highlighted on Legal Eagles post is something that I suspect Ames will find difficult to recover from. If Wilkins Kennedy have been complicit in the activities of Ames then I have no doubt that they too will be prosecuted, but last nights post probably sounds the death knell for Ames, all it will take is one tip off to HMRC and its curtains, and my guess is that these guys have finally obtained the Golden Bullet.
But I think Legal Eagle did acknowledge that some accountancy work had been undertaken, but just in case here is his post again, for anyone who may have missed it.
Legal Eagle on January 19, 2015 at 11:08 pm
For the Attn. of All those interested parties.
I would like to thank Robert Storey for raising the very interesting issue about the role played by Wilkins Kennedy, if it were not for Robert we might all remain ignorant of certain facts as are contained in the statement of claim produced by David Edward Ames and his excellent legal Team, Hefin Rees QC and the team at ELS Legal LLP headed up by Richard Spector.
However I could give you the short legal answer, that being no, this does not suggest that Wilkins Kennedy were accountants for Harlequin.
However it appears that you may not understand the nature of “Harlequin” or more importantly the companies Dave and Carol Ames control.
So it is important to explain this.
(1). There is no such legal entity as Harlequin, no company owned by any of the Ames family is called Harlequin.
It does not exist, nor has it ever.
(2). Each and every company owned in part or outright by any member of the Ames family or any combination of Ames family members are all seperate and distinct either trading or dormant companies.
Between them the Ames family own or control dozens of companies, some trading ( insolvently or otherwise) some dormant.
I have not used the term ‘legally’ trading given the insolvent nature of the companies as per the report of James Albert Baker.
There is no connection between any of the companies. They are all wholly seperate entities.
‘Harlequin’ is often referred to as a Group by Ames and others, but there is no such entity as the ‘Harlequin’ group as a matter of law.
This was further demonstrated in the case RL took against two of the Ames’ companies in the High Court of Justice, Chancery Division, Companies Court, on the 29th of July 2014. in the matter of Buccament Bay Resort Ltd. and Harlequin Property (SVG) Ltd and the Insolvency Act 1986.
In this case both Dave Ames and his in house solicitor demonstrated to the court that the companies were distinct and seperate,
indeed they clearly demonstrated to the court that HMSSE was merely an intermediary which recieved funds and passed them onto the companies in the Caribbean.
This is very important in the context of your post and the relationship between Wilkins Kennedy and companies owned or under the control of the Ames family.
The Administrators of HMSSE (now in liquidation) apparently did not feel that taking a case against Wilkins Kennedy would be prudent,
this is interesting given the assertions by Dave Ames that the outcome of the case being taken by his other companies against Wilkins Kennedy is a foregone conclusion.
Wilkins Kennedy were the Auditors for HMSSE, however there are no invoices from Wilkins Kennedy to HMSSE produced in the claim.
Now you refer to the description of the invoice as written in the Harlequin submission and indeed you have provided the quote from the Harlequin submission,
“In connection with accountancy and ongoing budgets and cashflow budgets for all of the Harlequin developments”
This raises a number of questions?
(1). If as you correctly point out Harlequin are stating that this invoice is for all of the Harlequin developments, why is it that only one of the Resort Development Companies is suing Wilkins Kennedy, that being Harlequin Property (SVG) Ltd. ?
There were 6 RDC’s and given Mr. Ames and Mr. Regans assertions in the UK High Court that all the companies are seperate entities why is only one RDC company suing Wilkins Kennedy?
Wilkins Kennedy are also being sued by Harlequin Hotels & Resorts the Cayman Island company, but Wilkins Kennedy are seeking to strike that company off as a claimant.
Wilkins Kennedy sent no invoices to this company as per the statement of claim, nor is this company mentioned by Wilkins Kennedy in any of the invoices submitted to either Harlequin Property SVG Ltd or Harlequin Management Services (SVG) Ltd.
(2). You quote from a fee note / invoice from Wilkins Kennedy to a company called Harlequin Management Services (SVG) Ltd.
(2a.) Harlequin Management Services (SVG) Ltd. does not exist. It is not a company.
(2b.) Harlequin Management Services (SVG) Ltd. is not a plaintiff in the case.
(2c.) There are 9 Invoices from Harlequin Management Services (SVG) Ltd. from the 29th June 2007 to April the 30th 2009.
Given that all the companies owned by Ames are distinctly separate legal entities and given that Harlequin Management Services (SVG) Ltd,
aside from the fact that it does not exist,
is not a plaintiff company,
nor is it an RDC (Resort Development Company),
what evidentiary value do these exhibits have, and I suspect that Kennedy’s the insurers solicitors will seek to have this evidence struck out on the basis that it is irrelevant to the proceedings as have been taken by the plaintiff companies.
The question I suppose that has to be asked next is,
why were invoices being sent to a company that did or does not exist? And why were these invoices paid ? These invoices were being generated for close to two years, so I doubt that this can be put down to a typo.
Indeed what company paid these invoices?
Did Ames ask Wilkins Kennedy to send invoices to a company that does not exist ? If so why ?
Robert you have raised some really interesting points here in your tenacity to obtain comprehensive responses.
Is this why Wilkins Kennedy reported Ames and his companies to the SFO as per hour or the other Robert Storey claims ?
(3a.) Three invoices were sent to Harlequin Property (SVG) Ltd on the 31st of January 2007 by Wilkins Kennedy.
(3b.) These invoices were for a number of services, including reviews of contractor books, production of draft accounts for submission to government etc.
(3c.) The invoices also included for costs in relation to “Partners Time in relation to work performed for Harlequin Property Thailand including site attendance, meetings and other ad hoc duties.
Detailed discussion with solicitors and Architects re company development and shareholder issue.”
(3d.) The invoices further detail fees for meeting Harlequin Property’s (SVG) Ltd. Swiss Bankers,
detailed discussions with regards to the Italian sale,
and attendances at the offices of PKF to discuss reports produced on the SVG operation.
(PKF being the auditors for Harlequin Property SVG.)
Why were invoices sent and then paid for by Harlequin Property (SVG) for work Wilkins Kennedy were carrying out for Harlequin Property Thailand, again an unrelated company?
Why was it never disclosed that Harlequin Property (SVG) held bank accounts in Switzerland ?
Was investor money held in these accounts?
What was the purpose of these accounts ?
Were these accounts identified during the Davies case?
Was this why a contempt hearing was being taken against Ames and his wife?
Why was investors money for Caribbean properties (Harlequin Property (SVG) Ltd) being used to pay for services provided to Harlequin Property Thailand ?
How many more invoices for goods & services provided to Harlequin Property Thailand by others, were sent to and paid for by Harlequin Property (SVG) Ltd.?
Was the money sent to Harlequin Property SVG, what is afterall investor money, sent from HMSSE for the development of the Buccament Bay Resort or was it used for unconnected businesses?
What was Ames selling in Italy, the Italian Sale, or was he buying something in Italy.?
(4a). As per the invoices from the 30th April 2008 to May 2010 Wilkins Kennedy along with providing services in connection with accountancy and ongoing budgets and cash-flow budgets for all of the Harlequin developments.
Wilkins Kennedy were also invoicing for for the time spent in attending meetings and discussions with third party investors and business partners.
(4b.) In April 2010 Wilkins Kennedy reviewed a detailed loan agreement with a David Rastall.
(4c.) Wilkins Kennedys last invoice for the preparation of accounts for ” The Company” was in the April 2009 invoice. “The Company” being Harlequin Management Services (SVG) Ltd. this was for the accounting period to 30th April 2008.
(4d.) Wilkins Kennedy also invoiced for work in relation to the preparation of red book valuations, this is dealt with in more detail in the defence.
What was the video that Dave Ames starred in at the Grove in August 2009 all about ?
For 7 years now as per the invoices, Dave Ames has been seeking finance, from third party investors and business partners, yet to date has failed to secure finance, why is this?
What happened the detailed Loan Agreement with David Rastall ?
Who is David Rastall ?
How can accounts be prepared for a company that does not exist ?
The red book valuations referred to in the invoices and the defence by Wilkins Kennedy are rather startling, when analysed and cross referenced against the sales prices of the units,
They demonstrate that Ames was not selling properties at 50% below market value but in some cases at rates which exceeded those in the red book valuations.
The only invoices issued and paid for were to two entities,
(1) a company registered in SVG, Harlequin Property (SVG) Ltd.
and
(2). invoices to a company that does not exist, Harlequin Management Services (SVG) Ltd.
Wilkins Kennedy acknowledge that they prepared accounts for this company (the only company they acknowledge preparing accounts for) for the accounting period to 30th April 2008.
Even if Wilkins Kennedy drafted accounts for Harlequin Property (SVG) Ltd, which is not stated in the invoices, and if these accounts were those referred to in the invoice, then yes it could be said that Wilkins Kennedy provided an accounting service to one of dozens of companies Ames and his family owns, for part of one financial reporting year. that year being to year end April 2008.
However the statement “In connection with accountancy and ongoing budgets and cashflow budgets for all of the Harlequin developments” on every invoice, does not necessarily, and as a matter of law, indicate that Wilkins Kennedy were the accountants,
Given the detail contained in the invoices, and the specific references to the preparation of accounts for one company for one financial year.
It seems that Wilkins Kennedy was acting in a consultancy role or as advisors for Ames, given the diverse nature of the work invoiced.
That in itself does not necessarily make them accountants for all of the Ames family companies. Again I remind you that no company or group called Harlequin exists.
The Ames family have dozens of companies, at least six resort companies, yet Wilkins Kennedy acknowledge in their invoices, that they produced accounts for a company that does not exist in legal terms for one financial year or part there of.
I know that this does not form part of the question asked of me, but something else I thought was worth bringing to the attention of investors, in the disengagement letter of Wilkins Kennedy dated the 7th of June 2010,
(this was incorrectly labeled by Ames’ legal team in their statement of claim as the disengagement letter of Harlequin).
This from the disengagement letter sent to Harlequin Management Services South East Ltd ( Now in liquidation)
(a.) “We will no longer liaise with HM Revenue and Customs in relation to their ongoing company PAYE enquiry and self assessment enquiry in relation to Mr. David Ames.”
I do wonder if the accounts in Switzerland will pique the interest of HMRC.?
Of even more interest see below.
(b). ” Please also note that upon the director’s instructions we have not sought formal FSA clearance in relation to the use of SIPPs for purchasing hotel rooms sold by the company.”
This letter was sent to The Board of Directors of Harlequin Management Services South East, by Wilkins Kennedy on the 7th of June 2010.
Therefore either Dan or Carol Ames as directors of that firm instructed Wilkins Kennedy NOT to seek formal clearance in relation to the use of SIPPs for purchasing hotel rooms sold by the company. Yet they were selling SIPPs for nearly two years by this stage.
In a similar letter sent to Harlequin Property (SVG) Ltd on the 2nd of June 2010, Wilkins Kennedy state ” At this time we would like to state that we have NOT prepared detailed budgets and cash flows for the company as a whole or on any one site with the exception of that at Buccament Bay”
They also state in the paragraph “Respective Responsibilities” ” You will be solely responsible for identifying another ADVISOR to take on these ……………………
“Our responsibilities, on resignation as ‘ADVISORS’ include those set out in our institutes Code of Ethics (Section 210). …………………..
What an absolutely useless page filler. “in case anyone missed it” FFS its a short scroll up the thread. WK role in this is not irrelevant, anything but in fact. That is the whole purpose of the HP case.
In case anyone missed the earlier post.
As usual Legal Eagle is very selective with the sections of the WK submission he quotes, He fails to mention the letter of disengagement
From the letter 2nd June 2010 Harlequin Properties (SVG) ltd.
“we will no longer be providing tax and accountancy services to the above company”
And a follow up letter on the 2nd June 2010 to Harlequin Properties (SVG) Ltd
“And we will no longer assist in obtaining the following in relation to the BB project.
Item 3 “Liaising with the builder re construction costs and monitoring on the construction budget”
Item 4: “assisting with the preparation of management accounts for audit by BDO”
From a letter 2nd June 2010 Harlequin Management Services (South East) Ltd
“We will no longer act as auditors and accountants to the above named company” This is supported by an invoice 30 April 2010 for £3525 for:
“in relation to general advice and accounting services for the period” and “Company Secretarial services including preparation and filing of dormant company accounts and annual returns”
Also you selectively quote the following” They also state in the paragraph “Respective Responsibilities” ” You will be solely responsible for identifying another ADVISOR to take on these ……………………” which is followed by the following “or to satisfy the need for services we provided”
Obviously WK are implying that they provided a service over that of being an ADVISOR.
Once again Bobbit is only interested in irrelevancies and skilfully avoids commenting on the real issues.
@ Anonymous 1.42,
Again you raise some excellent points and these too need to be addressed.
The speed of the appeals process is not determined by either the plaintiff or the defendant but by the court system, it is the court of appeal who set dates. In Ireland there are delays of between 4 & 6 years in the appeal process as can be seen by doing a quick Google search.
These delays are as a result of the volume of appeal cases and resultant back log and not as a result of some action on the part of the appellants to delay the process.
One could also use your hypothesis and state that if Ames were confident of success on the appeal case that he would want to have the appeal process expidited thus putting the judgment beyond doubt.
I am glad you refer to the Grant Thornton report that you have relied on your post,
I must therefore bring you attention to one very significant paragraph, that is paragraph 1.21 page 60 of 111.
Grant Thornton were provided with a data base of transactions And they were instructed to assume that the data provided by Ames was factually correct.
By stating this the chain of evidence was broken between Ames Solicitors and Grant Thornton, because it is at this point that Grant Thornton were “instructed to assume”
And these words are vital in a case. “Instructed to Assume”
This however in itself is not a problem as it should not be difficult for Ames to provide the servers or access to an independent IT expert to examine the servers from which the original data that was passed over to Grant Thornton was obtained from,
If however Ames could not provide access to the original servers and there should be no reason that he can’t, but if he couldn’t, then the evidence provided by Grant Thornton would have no further evidentory value given that the provenance of the original material provided to Grant Thornton by Ames legal teams cannot be proved beyond reasonable doubt.
However I note from para 4 of page 110 of 111 that Ames engaged the services of The Risk Advisory (London) a firm of IT experts so I suspect that they would have custody of the servers which contain the original information that was provided to Grant Thornton.
If and as I expect Kennedys the lawyers for Wilkins Kennedy’s insurers will ask that an independent IT expert will be appointed to ensure that the information contained on the servers from which the original information is stored corresponds with the information that Ames lawyers gave to grant Thornton and who’s lawyers “instructed” Grant Thornton to assume that the information was correct.
I do wonder why Ames or his lawyers did not just give Grant Thornton access to the server, but nevertheless having an independent it expert examine the server will close that evidence gap.
Once that has been achieved then and only then can we rely on the information supplied in the Grant Thornton Report.
I will concede that on the face of it, and to be fair to Harlequins legal team, they seem to have done the correct thing here by engaging The Risk Advisory (London) to preserve the contents of the server whereby the evidentory chain remains intact.
I shall research this further, but given such a huge case in monetary terms, I cant see that Ames legal teams under the steward ship of Hefin Ress would leave themselves exposed here.
@ Anonymous 1.42 again thank you for highlighting yet another very important document that being the Grant Thornton report.
Yes it is worth highlighting again your selective response. Par 1.21 refers to $13.3m.
Par 1.22 refers to $50.7m where GT says “I have reviewed supporting documents in respect to payments by Harlequin. There would be no dispute regarding that amount then..
@anonymous 13.36 hmrc have access to info regarding swiss bank accounts now. Are Dave/Carol still resident in uk? Are they paying themselves via the new ‘real time’ PAYE system linked to hmrc or from elsewhere? Who cares? Just hope they end up in prison with the ifa’s!
@ Anonymous 2.12 pm I think we are at cross purposes here,
I see that you are very frustrated, yes the issue of the role Wilkins Kennedy played within Ames’ different companies is important.
The thrust of the case is to what the role played by Wilkins Kennedy extended to.
But you have not understood my post, my post was in response to an assertion that Wilkins Kennedy acted for ‘Harlequin’, the word Harlequin being used by the person who raised the very valid question to describe an entity which represents either a company or a group of companies in the legal sense, and I pointed out that this was indeed not the case.
If you would like me to repost my reply so you can read it again, then I will be only too glad to oblige.
Therefore I was not being selective in my extracts, but extracting those sections that were relevang to my post in answering the question asked of me.
If you would like to ask me a particular question I will of course respond, this way the confusion surrounding Wilkins Kennedy and the services they provided to Mr. Ames and his companies can be explained, unless of course as Mr. Storey pointed out, you feel my responses and evidence could prove prejudicial to the case being taken by two of Dave Ames’ companies against Wilkins Kennedy.
I’m being careful in my posts addressing the matters raised because there would be an obligation on me to report suspected wrong doing to the relevant authorities, regardless of who might have engaged in the wrong doing, hence I will not engage in speculation or supposition in any references or statement of facts I might make.
Mr Eagle, yet again you refer back to me and some response being prejudicial to the WK case. Would you like to point out where that comment was made.
@ Anonymous 3.26
I think you have missed my point completely,
My concern is not with any figures quoted but the manner in which data was provided to Grant Thornton in order to allow them to carry out their independant expert report.
See my comment.
“Grant Thornton were provided with a data base of transactions And they were instructed to assume that the data provided by Ames was factually correct.”
Grant Thornton were asked to assume that the information that Ames provided through his solicitors was correct.
Given the issue of the Incumbrance and other issues that have come to light recently there has to be question marks over the veracity of information emanating from Ames or from his companies.
All I am doing is to examine the chain of evidence ( the data) from its source to that of the end recipient Grant Thornton. If the chain of evidence remains unbroken then the data contained in the Grant Thornton report must be accepted as being correct, if however the evidence chain is broken, for example if the original source of the information has been destroyed for whatever reason then the chain of evidence is broken and because Grant Thornton were told to assume the information provided by Ames was correct, it would be difficult if not impossible for Grant Thornton to act as an expert witness on the basis of an assumption being made with out having the source of the data being made available to both sides.
But as I also pointed out, given the size of the claim by Ames through two of his companies against Wilkins Kennedy and given his excellent legal representation in ELS Legal and Hefin Rees QC, I’m sure they have all their bases covered so to speak. I would be most surprised to find that this was not the case.
The term “Harlequin” is referred to in the Grant Thornton analysis. I think you might find that the $13m which you alluded to in your comment about GT were to assume was factually correct, was the amount that Paddy had misappropriated.
@anonymous 10.20 not sure how building resuming would benefit us sipp people? My tailormade ifa said Mr Ames informed them in meetings attended by tm staff in 2014 that he doesn’t have to build sipp apartments etc. Situation totally confusing. Mr/Mrs Ames I hope you at least have the decency to give the gentleman with cancer his money back!
I just did a very quick calculation based on the return I was told I would get before I invested taking into account the increased equity on my units and the forecast rental income, and am down by about £650k, over $1m! Imagine how much Ames would owe if he was held to his initial commitments, yet he can’t even return people’s deposits. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again…the whole thing is hugely embarrassing for all concerned. Us ‘investors’ must look like a right bunch of gullible losers to any outsiders looking in, but don’t even slightly compare to how the Ames brigade look!
Robert, I have reposted below a post from a Robert Storey earlier, if this is not you please accept my apologies, if it is you, could you please explain what you meant by stating,
“Of course well done for posting the WK defence before the pre trail meeting the end of this month.😏😏”
I would also like to point out that at no time have I posted a defence or claim from any party on here.
I have, as can be seen from my post, referred at length to the Statement of Claim provided by ELS legal in the matter of Harlequin Property (SVG) Ltd & Harlequin Hotels and Resorts Ltd Vs Wilkins Kennedy.
I also refer to the defence of Wilkins Kennedy at one point in my post.
I have responded accordingly to you, I would hope that you could afford me the same courtesy.
Thank you in anticipation.
@eddie the eagle, and here you go again. You seem to like addressing all your replays to me, realise I did not ask the question, and then apologise. Well Eddie you have done it again. The question regarding the invoice was not come from me, so your reference to me is futile, as is your follow up posts you have sent from your anonymous IDs. Do try and be accurate. Of course well done for posting the WK defence before the pre trail meeting the end of this month.😏😏
@ Anonymous on January 20, 2015 at 4:00 pm
You might find this bizarre coming from me, but yes I wholeheartedly agree with you in that, if the provenance of the data provided to Grant Thornton can be traced back to its original server then it will be difficult if not impossible to argue that the data in the Grant Thornton report is flawed, and as you correctly pointed out, if that is the case, then the figure of $ 13 million as per your post could be considered as being correct.
I can assure you I would not try and argue that point.
I am doing a little digging on the subject matter of the Grant Thornton report and shall update you all if I discover anything of interest,
Please don’t be surprised by my comments, as I said I will only deal in and report on facts and not speculation or assumptions or suppositions.
“The term “Harlequin” is referred to in the Grant Thornton analysis. I think you might find that the $13m which you alluded to in your comment about GT were to assume was factually correct, was the amount that Paddy had misappropriated.”
I’m in the market for a new car and fancy something nice. Does anyone fancy buying a £100k stake in my ‘investment’ for the knock-down price of only £80k? If you are interested I’d get in there quick to avoid disappointment!
There you go again Mr Eagle, for a “legal” person you are not very accurate with you quoting are you. I have not pointed out anywhere that your response is prejudicial to any case. Tut tut now behave and do try and be a bit more accurate please. Perhaps you should take a little bit more of an interest in the little winking yellow faces. Perhaps humor is not your strong point.
Bob why don’t you just answer the question, all your questions get answered.
What did you mean when you said this.
“Of course well done for posting the WK defence before the pre trail meeting the end of this month.😏😏”
By the way a wink is 😉, or this 😜, but not this 😏😏, that is a sheepish grin normally posted by someone who has been caught out you plonker.
Actually why don’t you just shove off you fool.
Anon its ok. Robert Storey does not want to respond and that is his prerogative, there is little point in engaging in further with a gentleman who for his own reasons refuses to engage in any normal manner.
We all know what was meant by this comment, sadly Robert Storey does not understand what the case management conference entails, but he is one of millions that does not understand the legal system, why should he. I am only on here to give everybody else an understanding of events based on fact.
Robert Storey like most others may well not have made his initial investment had he had a better understanding of the facts. To understand and accept that you are facing massive financial loss, especially as we get older, is something we all dread, Robert Storeys views and opinions are flawed but I think it has more to do with his fear of financial loss then any support for Ames.
Robert Storey is symptomatic of many of the traits that victims go through when facing such losses, denial, anger, an apparent flippant attitude, argumentative, statements like how do you know, prove it, and you no nothing about my circumstances…… Etc etc etc
Denial that he posts on here, changing meanings, to suit his own arguments, paranoia, denial of paranoia, laughing at comments, trying to demonstrate that he has control by not engaging but rubbishing posts and statements by responding with flippant remarks, poor grammar at times would indicate that the victim is going through an even worse patch.
He is also exhibiting signs of depression, and mood swings and craves support as has been seen from time to time on here,
But Robert needs support, not to be ridiculed, or the butt of everyone’s jokes, this will not aid his recovery process, but he will only recover of he acknowledges the problems he has, and at the moment he is in the denial phase, look all we can do is humour him, the shock of loosing his investment when it happens might be the jolt he needs. But for now just humour him.
“Of course well done for posting the WK defence before the pre trail meeting the end of this month.😏😏”
@mental health act. “I am only on here to give everyone else on here an understanding of events based on facts” So that would be Legal Eagle talking again. You are not very good at switching IDs are you. Mind those fat fingers again. As to the contents of your post, being patronising is very childish, very immature and trying to belittle a poster really is a sign of losing the argument.
My reference to facts was in respect of mental health issues that victims suffer as in your case, no one is trying to be little you, it’s ok let it out, let the pain and suffering manifest itself in anyway you want, it’s ok.
I’m not Legal Eagle, or Anon, or Anonymous, that type of paranoia is normal, just think of all those posters who have stolen your I’d, I’m real and there for you, it’s ok Robert let it all flow, that’s it let it all come out.
No one is loosing arguments Robert, what does it really matter who says what on here, no one cares, this is just a fun place for you and me and others to be on.
Who cares whether Dave Ames has engaged in aleged Tax Evasion by hiding properties in Dubai in other peoples names, you know it’s a lie so do I, shhhhhh its ok,
You know Dave will pull this off, I know it, it’s ok, Dave is our hero isn’t he. Shhhhhhhh, that’s it, breath deeply and close your eyes, go to your happy place, yes the villa amongst the palm trees, mmmmmmmmm, the birds singing in the trees, mmmmmmmmm, the smell of the Filet Mignon wafting through the air, the sound of singing filling the air, Les Miserables, the serenity of it all, think of that place Bob, it’s ok, think of your fridge filled with boxes of wine, oh look Bob, your friend Joe Hopkins wants you to join him for Tennis, look out onto the Horizon and watch the pirate ship Bob gently up and down in the beautiful clear waters of the Caribbean, it’s ok shhhhh,
Good boy Bob, look it’s Pat Cash and his manager Duncan his neighbour with his keys too, shhhhh its ok, dream about it shhhhhh.
Could everyone else lay off Robert Storey, I don’t think he will be good, so lets just humour him,
Now now Bob just chatting to all your friends out there in cloud cuckoo land, your friends, they think your a hero Bob, they do, your so clever Bob, your my hero. You really are.
Robert I’m not concerned by an ID or whatever a poster wants to call him or herself, I’m more concerned by the facts contained in particular posts, you do have serious issues probably caused by stress, you do appear on the face of it to be very troubled, I have tried giving you the benefit of doubt,
If a poster wants to get a dig at you and blame me, that’s fine, I have no problem with it, do you?
If you say it’s me, ok fine, this is a blog site, it’s not like I’m ever going to meet you now is it?
I have no problem with you responding to me by using multiple ids and denying you are you, It does not bother me, so why should it bother you if you suspect the same thing,
For the record I will continue to post as Legal Eagle on all matters relating to issues raised about Ames, his companies, Wilkins Kennedy and any others who may be referred to in the context of litigation.
Those posts you may find rather interesting, and Robert keep asking those questions because you know I am only too willing to answer them.
And we are allowed a little humour too, so here is a wink for you 😉😉 note the one eye closed, not having a dig at you Robert just taking on board what you said about humor.
I think what we are seeing on here is a case of schizophrenia. Mental health Care is talking to himself while pretending to be Legal Eagle. You see you absolute muppet, there are certain traits in both your posts above which gives the game away, the same grammar, same phrases, same content. I think you need help. But of course I am just one poster who you seem to want to spend an awful amount of time on. I wonder why that is? You must be rattled to the point of being paranoid. What exactly is it you are afraid of? Not only are you losing the argument, you are certainly losing the plot. 😂😂😂
Robert please where does it say in my post that I did not post as Mental Health Care ? please point to any part of my post where I state that I did not post as Mental Health Care.
Then please demonstrate how you can be certain that Mental Health Care is Legal Eagle,
That would be the same way that you can say I respond to you using multiple IDs and denying you are you.. “It does not bother me” Oh I think lots of things bother you.
Robert for years you have steadfastly maintained a stance, a stance where you, without considering the facts have made accusations against many individuals,
You maintain this stance based on a single judgment from a case in Ireland that is the subject of an appeal, you also stated that the SFO had sought you out for the purposes of an interview, you stated that it was your humble opinion that the SFO case would not go much further then a preliminary investigation stage, you stated that members of the SFO had imparted information to you, you did not just do it on here, but on the RL forum also. When confronted with the statements you have made in the past, you have either denied it was you or blamed others for hijacking one of your multiple IDs.
It appears that you do not have the courage to stand up for what you believe in, when confronted with facts that are proven to be at odds with the information you have provided.
Below is an example of this,
For years you claimed you knew the identity of Ralph, Malcolm White etc, calling Malcolm White, Paddy etc, then Ames announces that he too knows the identity of Ralph etc, yet failed strangely enough to disclose this, what he did say was that Ralph was an associate of the Builder, but note unlike your previous statements of fact on the matter, Ralph turned out not to be the builder.
You also fail or are unwilling to read posts, merely referring to them then asking wholly unrelated questions.
Thousands of investors are seeking the truth, you are not helping matters, you are seeking to muddy the waters by introducing false and irrelevant information onto the forum, when faced with undisputed facts you crawl away for sometimes a few hours sometimes a day or two, until that particular storm has passed.
You refuse to answer questions, you refer back to incidents where by your identity was revealed, you claim to have recieved anonymous phone calls which you dealt with, and all this time you have been on here waffling on,
Dave Ames has been deceiving individuals. You have no idea what is going on, you may be getting snippets of information from Dave Ames, but you have no idea of the trouble he is in, but I do, I have the facts, and I’m not the only one with the facts,
And those facts paint a very different picture to the facts being painted by others.
You don’t provide facts so you are safe there. Yet you do you upmost to ridicule any facts that are presented. You once ridiculed a spread sheet, stating that it was a forgery, but where did that forgery originate, those who produced it said they were able to prove it came from Ames, you derided this as being absolute nonsense, but how do you know?
You don’t, yet you champion a cause of disruption on here, you are doing nothing to assist your fellow investors, but you appear to have taken it upon yourself to ensure that all negative comments about Ames and his companies is ridiculed, scoffed and mocked at.
See the difference between you and me, is I want to see justice done, you are seeking vengeance.
There’s a big difference.
Well said legal eagle, Bob the weasel is only bothered about Bob.
So as you know so much who is Ralph? “Ralph turned out not to be the builder” Your long converluted post is again factually incorrect. But who cares when you post what you want to.
Je suis Ralph
‘Bob’ sounds like a Basildon bunker member of staff most the time, perhaps Mrs ‘A’? No offense intended Bob.
Ralph is an old ‘friend’ ( term used loosely), of Dave Ames called Gregory Ferrari, an associate of Ames and then Builder from his SVG days.
Hence why Dave refused to name him, it’s a funny old world but Gregory is politically connected in SVG, so I very much doubt that Ames would (1). Seek to pursue one of his old business partners and (2). Rock the boat in this an election year.
Pursuing an old business partner might just get your dirty laundry hung out in public.
Now that I’ve answered that question for you, perhaps you might like to answer a question of mine.
Should Ames have come clean about the Incumbrance and the numerous judgments against him?
Yes but one thing “legal eagle” I don’t hide behind an anonymous ID like you. So reveal your true ID. Quite funny really that when you appeared as Legal Eagle you were quite polite and were prepared to debate some of the points. But as you have been challenged on some of your interpretations of the truth your posts have become more vitriolic and personal. Dont like to be challenged do you. You brought up the subject of the spread sheet. I proved it was a fake by proving that my particular details were wrong. If mine were wrong then how many more were wrong?
Contrary to your notion that I make sure that all negative comments about DA and his companies are ridiculed scoffed and mocked at I challenge the ones with no substance. And seeking vengeance? For what?
There is a Patrick Ferrari that frequently posts letters on
the i-withness-news.svg blog. I wonder what the relation ship
to Gregory might be. Anyway now that we know he resides
in svg the choosing of the name Ralph is very interesting.
Robert you can call me Francis D. for now.
My name is Francis.
Look I’m prepared to start over with you.
I’m glad you confirmed the issue of the spread sheet, see the spread sheet that you saw came directly from one of Ames’ companies HMSSE, so if your stating its false then HMSSE sent out a false document.
I’m not saying you are wrong, but I can’t (yet) understand why HMSSE would produce false documents, maybe you could assist me here,
Does anyone else on here have proof or an alegation perhaps that Ames or his companies may have produced false or forged documents in the past ?
Robert was the value on the document higher or lower then the amount you paid, I don’t need to know the figure, also according to the document, you might recall that your unit was down as a resale, can you confirm whether you understood this to be the case ?
I ask this because this will help me understand reasons why HMSSE were producing false spread sheets if what you say is correct, now it could also be a typo, so your information helps build a bigger picture.
I don’t know who produced the spread sheet, I cant extrapolate that information from the spread sheet, so all I have so far is an apparently false or incorrect spread sheet sent out by HMSSE.
Are you absolutely sure that the figures contained on the sheet as per your unit are incorrect? Because this sheet will form part of a much bigger picture which may, but not necessarily does indicate a pattern of fraudulent behaviour, you don’t have to answer right now, as what you are saying could be very damaging to HMSSE and other Ames companies.
Looked up “Gregory Ferrari” and seems he is someone real according to this brilliant comment:
“The Buccament deal was put together by a Vincentian ‘Gregory Ferrari’, a Bajan ‘Roger Manning’, and two Englishmen, ‘David Ames’ and ‘David Mann’. The only man of wealth was Roger Manning. The four partners formed a Vincentian company. David [Dave] Ames was really no-one of any importance, with little or no money, described as a man of straw, twice bankrupt in the UK. In the UK Ames worked for Southend United Football Club as a general dish rag and gofer, sometimes attending school football matches and reporting on boy players with prospects.
Later in the UK Ames had a firm distributing plastic furniture, an interest in a Garden center and a double glazing firm. He was never a successful man and went bankrupt twice. He was always a flash cocky and bumptious little man. In the UK described as a barrow boy type.
Remember before Buccament Ames had never done such a project, in fact had never done a lesser project even. This was his first project and he new nothing about what he was doing, he rapidly learnt that this was a cash cow and millions of dollars, pounds and Euros’ started to roll in.
Ames used his knowledge in advertising double glazing to start and advertise the Buccament project. Unfortunately he refused to tell the other partners how many units he was pre-selling and where the money was being banked. Ferrari and Manning decided they wanted out, because they lost trust in Ames, and had no control over the finances which Ames was stashing offshore, the money was and is still hidden from both the UK and the SVG authorities.
In the mean time Manning had shipped all the plant and machinery needed for the project from Barbados to Saint Vincent.
Ames paid off Ferrari and Manning, and they slipped away from the scene bound by non-disclosure agreements. Manning shipped all his equipment back to Barbados.
The project now changed. Originally a wall was to be built at the high water mark of the existing beach, the swamp like ground behind the wall back filled , this was to eliminate the possibility of surge tide flooding. The ground was to be piled and the villas and apartments built over pilings. Of course all of that was changed it was considered to expensive. Instead they built the units on concrete slabs, merely above sea level. Putting staff and guests at serious risk if there is a surge or mild tsunami type occurrence. They filled the sea in front of the beach with thousands of tons of rocks and boulders, without planning permission, to reclaim a large area from the sea, just a nod and wink and approval of their ULP minders. They have built a swimming pool, restaurant and bar on what was the beach. They have brought in white river sand to make a new white beach. They have built on or up to the old road that went to the beach past Murphy’s restaurant, that was. They re-routed the road and blocked it so as the public have lost the use of it. The land that they have taken from the road and beach is now worth several million dollars, SVG got nothing for it, unless someone in ULP has been paid off.
Ames has not put one cent of his own money into the project and neither has Harlequin At some time during all this but seemingly fairly early on, Ames got rid of Dave Mann, Mann has been crawling round the area collecting scrap metal and compressing it for export. He was paid off by Ames, but knocked for half of what he was due, Ames bilked him.
To justify what appeared to be huge loss’s in the project Ames claimed that Ridgewood the first contractor he used, had stolen or embezzled money and goods. They left owing traders in Kingstown and elsewhere hundreds of thousands if not millions of dollars. Then the Irish contractor based in Barbados a man that owned a company called ICE, Ames again claimed that they had embezzled or stolen money from Harlequin. Ames sued Paudy in Ireland and lost, he has lost all cases against Paudy, why is that do you suppose (NOT CORRECT. AMES WON MISAPPROPRIATION OF $1.6m). ICE again left owing huge amounts of money to Vincentian traders and contractors.
Let there be no doubt Ames has now opened up business in numerous countries, selling land that proved to be worthless in Panama, projects in Brazil, and numerous other islands. There are serious accusations about his dealings in Thailand. The British government have been investigating Harlequins claims that have encouraged people to bank their pensions into the Harlequin projects. People have been unable to get their money back, even though a contractual clause allows them to opt out, they have been told to wait for two years. He has taken deposits from people from all over the world for all sorts of projects, he has been trading off the Buccament project and taking peoples money from everywhere but no one knows where it ends up.
Some 45 million went to a company owned by his son and wife last year, as commission on sales.
I know much more than this, like other exposes that I write about, I also am in the know, right next to everyone that counts, eating at the same table as top ULP politicians and contractors.
WILLIAMS, whatever went on at Ottley Hall and Italy has no bearing on this matter. This is happening here, now, and is a tragedy waiting to happen, not if, but when.
Contractors are owed millions for hire of plant and work done. FRANCIS the Philistine, who has taken on the position of protector, said that it is all to do with Quantity Surveyors being unable to agree what work is owed for. That is totally untrue, these people are owed the money, there is no dispute about their right to payment, its just that Harlequin are unable or unwilling to pay them
WILLIAMS, I have never seen you giving evidence regarding Ottley Hall, that makes you a person of possible criminal investigation. Although I doubt you can be prosecuted for the old offense of with-holding evidence, to much time has gone by.
You certainly should be interviewed. And for you to admit to something that you did not report to the authorities years ago shows us what kind of man you really are. We know that you have been promised something from the airport project, remember you told us you were doing a business plan?
The more you write the more I am apt to believe that you are a morally corrupt nasty little old man”
kentonxtchance.wordpress.com /2012/06/13/buccament-resort-shows-investor-confidence-st-kitts-pm/
There were 4 partners in MAM investments before it became Harlequin property SVG.
Gregory Ferrari ( a brother of Patrick I believe), Rodger Manning ( Barbados and owner of Black Bess Quarries etc), David Man ( UK) he was married to a niece of Rodger Manning and David Edward Ames.
Ames fell out with Gregory Ferrari and Rodger Manning in 2005 accusing them of trying to rip him off, he also accused Rodger Manning of sexual assault ( unproved), on Dave Mans wife when she was younger.
Sam Commissiong arranged an EGM where along with Dave Man and David Edward Ames they voted Rodger Manning and Gregory Ferrari off the board and out of the company.
This explains a lot about Ames and Harlequin.
In short, they are total and utter incompetents who have no business trying to build 6 resorts (or however many it is), let alone one. No wonder Ames feels he’s been “ripped off” – I would too if I didn’t have a clue about what I was doing.
I’m surprised the guy can even count.
Wonder how much of investor funds was used to pay off Ferrari, Manning and Man ?
The wife is the bean counter, she had the FSA permissions to run Loans Made Easy. He can’t count read or write, why do you think he loved all the glossy pictures?
Well no wonder it’s in the shitter then.
Hope we can get closure soon.
A summary of the company valuations that James Baker did; the information for HMSSE and HH&R UK (ASOL), came from the deficiencies per the statements of affairs from the liquidators.
It makes for pretty grim reading.
Estimated deficiency
Harlequin Management Services (South East) Limited
In liquidation
£89,103,553
Harlequin Property (SVG) Ltd
Insolvent
£18,000,000
Buccament Bay Resort Ltd
Insolvent
Two Rivers Beach Resort SA
Insolvent
£11,248,000
Waters Meet Beach Resort SRL
Insolvent
£4,112,583
Las Canas Beach Resort SA
Insolvent
£24,742,917
Harlequin Developments (SVG) Ltd
Insolvent
£3,600,000
Harlequin Boutique Hotel Ltd (St Lucia)
Insolvent
£582
Harlequin Boutique Hotel Ltd (Barbados)
Insolvent
£245,518
Blu Hotel Ltd
Insolvent
US$1,100,000
Harlequin Resorts (St Lucia) Ltd
Insolvent
£150,389
Harlequin Hotels and Resorts Cayman Ltd
Insolvent
£3,552,558
Harlequin Air Ltd
Insolvent
US$2,000,000
Harlequin Property Caribbean Ltd
Insolvent
£83,000
Harlequin Hotels and Resorts UK Ltd
In liquidation
£209,628
Fantastic news, so now that we have that news about Paddy when can we start getting our money back Dave?
Paddy only lost his plonker but you lost us about £ 500 million quid.
Just looking at the statement of claim, Ames spent £ 7 million quid on the builder case, he is now going after Wilkins Kennedy,
How much is that costing? Surely a
$ 70 million dollar claim is not being done on a no win no fee basis? I see that ELS are Ames’ solicitors of record, given the size and complexity of the case surely they are not willing to spend a year to two years on a case on a no win no fee basis especially where Ames stated in the RL case that he had a 65% chance of winning, realistically given that Ames said 65% we can call that 50/50.
Ok Ames is using much of the Builder case in his case against Wilkins Kennedy, but lets put the costs at another £ 2 million, including QC’s etc that’s a hell of an outlay over the next 2 years. For a case of its size and complexity and given the deep pockets Wilkins Kennedys insurers have it could be a costly case, I’m not saying that ELS are not upto it, but to spend all that time on a no win no fee, I actually take my hat off to them if that is the case.
Rumour has it that Ames has after the event insurance, insurance to cover the other sides costs if he looses,
Premiums for ATE insurance range from 35%~45% of the potential costs. So let’s say for arguarguments sake that the Wilkins Kennedy costs come in at about £ 4 million, a conservative figure for a claim of $ USD 70 million quid, that will cost Ames another £ 1.8 million quid, so we are looking at a figure of about £ 4 million quid,
Where will this money come from? If he needs to remove the Incumbrance for completions he will need to pay off those claimants, looking at the case list let’s put a conservative estimate of £ 3 million quid to be paid out to claimants in 2015.
That’s £ 7 million quid he will need to find this year.
And what if his ATE cover is not adequate, he runs the risk of Wilkins Kennedy taking a security for costs action, if succesful Ames could be required to lodge a considerable sum with the court.
I say all this yet the Ames family can’t pay back HMSSE the c £ 250 k they owe.
If ELS are taking this on a no win no fee, and Ames doesn’t win, I’d hate to be the guys in ELS.
Or if HMRC, the SFO or ESSEX Police were to move, and I wonder what ATE provider would provide insurance with that risk?
One things for sure Ames can’t back out now, given the statements he has made about the case.
It will be an interesting few months. That’s for sure.
Really would anyone be so stupid to trust Little Legs to build a sand castle.
Dear Investor,
If you can commit to instalment payments on a stage completion at H, Barbados, you could swap your investment for the Caribbean’s future outstanding luxury hotel.
H, Barbados has attracted the most attention from external financiers for good reason: it is relatively fast to build and the exceptional standard of the concept, design, location, and our trading hotels’ reputations all promise a magnificent and popular hotel that will shake up the Caribbean tourism industry.
Harlequin is now in a more stable position than it has been for some time and, with the expected professional negligence case against Wilkins Kennedy likely to be decided in the near future, Harlequin must now continue its restructuring efforts by restarting construction of the 78-room H, Barbados project, which we aim to open in 2016
It looks like Dave has forgotten that he’s already had £7,395,000 (or US$ 11,220,000) from the poor mugs who put down deposits on this project in 2011. At that time, they were promised that they’d get a quick return on their cash as the hotel would be open for business in 2012.
Remember, that promise was made by Harlequin in 2011, well after Buccament was opened, any and all defalcations by Paddy had been identified, all the accounting issues arising from Wilkins Kennedy had been identified and before the cash ran out from selling to SIPPs.
What makes the new promise of a 2016 opening credible? Has Harlequin got a signed, fixed price building contract? Is the planning consent valid? Will any cash handed over now be held in escrow, only to be drawn down against an independent QS’s sign off? Is there a project/build program? GANTT charts, anyone?
If the answer to any of the above is “no”, and you still want to give the GV your cash, I have a slightly used bridge that is for sale, if you’re interested.
Deluded totally!
Inept and amateur are two words which spring to mind.
Surely you’d identify the contractor, development team & pre-planned build schedules *if* you had them.
I think we can agree that as they are not forthcoming, Ames likely doesn’t have them. I’d imagine his aim is to get money first and then worry about the “finer details” later on… you know, like planning permissions. Poor soul, £440m and up shit creek without a paddle.
How long does it take Bob, for you to actually to see it’s over. You have lost your money, no doubt you worked hard for it, all your life for.
Yet you prattle on defending your hero, it’s time Bob for you looked back at what your hero has done for you and your retirement.
We can add Vince Cable to the list of people looking at Harlequin.
I need cash very soon, I’ve made agreements with a number of parties to give them back some cash, honestly I have, so I need your cash to give it to them. I can’t wait for the financiers cash, if I don’t get cash now, I can’t pay for the WK case or the money I’m paying out to investors in the Caribbean who are trying to have me put out of business by getting an Administation. I’m also having difficulty with selling my properties in Dubai and any way most of that money is accounted for already. Just look at the Shipleys report.
“H, Barbados has attracted the most attention from external financiers for good reason”: In other words I want to change my business model into refurbing small hotels, just look on TA at the amazing success story that is Blu St. Lucia.
“with the expected professional negligence case against Wilkins Kennedy likely to be decided in the near future,” then why do you need payment by instalments? What do you call near future Dave, 12-18 months to trial, trial of one month maybe two, (just look at the length of the Irish case) 1-2 months for the Judgment, 7-10 months for an appeal, so 2-3 years is near future eh?
H, Barbados has attracted the most attention from external financiers for good reason: it is relatively fast to build and the exceptional standard of the concept, design, location, and our trading hotels’ reputations all promise a magnificent and popular hotel that will shake up the Caribbean tourism industry.
Yep Vince Cable was also after another fraudster in the Ames family. The little rat declared himself bankrupt so I doubt if he ever faced ‘a proceeds of crime hearing’. Wife Mandy took her half share as he is entitled to do.
http://www.echo-news.co.uk/news/11101423.Vince_Cable_and_victims_of_fraudster_eyeing_his_luxury___700_000_home/?ref=rss
I guess it depends from what pot the house was purchased from, she can’t keep it if it was the proceeds of crime.
You have got a point there OWTH
I wonder what happened to the rest of Matt’s assets? Some time ago wasn’t he quite a big shot in the Far East? Maybe that calamity with a certain helicopter ditching in Hong Kong’s Victoria Harbor affected his judgement.
read more here…http://www.scmp.com/article/722224/too-few-life-aids-ditched-helicopter
‘Ames and Barclay, who are senior executives with a United Kingdom-based investment firm, say they did not want to go public with…’
Which one was that then…hmm?
Still waiting for the “new” Echo expose. Does it really exist or was it another fanciful headline.
Bobby, don’t worry your little brain about the Echo splash. It’s coming soon love.
Has anyone noticed with the recent news, that a certain poster who used to hide behind anonymous IDs until he was caught out has once again disappeared? As have similar posters who I could have sworn were the same man, but can’t be because he was always decrying the use of multiple IDs.
I would like to hear about the spreadsheet. The poster in question says he “proved” the spreadsheet was false. I don’t remember seeing that proof. I do remember a certain Robert Storey claiming it was wrong, but he didn’t provide any proof of this, just general arm waving and accusations of forgery. Pretty much what we have come to expect from someone who demands proof from everyone else, and when provided with the proof, claims it’s a forgery without actually proving how he came to that conclusion.
Mr Storey, if you are still there would you care to comment?
I thought and still hope I’ve made my peace with Robert Storey, I did ask him last evening if he was absolutely sure that the spread sheet produced was false or a fake, I also asked him just to confirm whether the figure on the sheet was higher or lower then that on the sheet. Again Mr. Storey if you could answer those questions it will help greatly with getting to the bottom of the riddle of the spread sheet.
Apologies meant to say if the figure on the sheet was higher or lower then the price paid by Mr. Storey.
Well well not posted since 8.52 last night and I’m being missed. Touching.
Hi Robert can you give me an answer to my questions as I’m on a very tight schedule and need to get this information over to the SFO as was promised to them. Your answers will help close the loop on the matter of the false spread sheets.
You would of course be helping all your fellow investors by assisting me.
Thanking you in advance.
Payback is a bitch ain’t it lol
@ Whatsthefuss, many of us found the posts most revealing, did you know that Dave Ames had a beneficial interest in property registered to a Richard Ingham?
Bet you did not know that.
Whatsthefuss, you and Bob say it’s the builder and Ames says it’s the associate of the builder, well who is it then?
Are you afraid of the Builder? Is Ames afraid of the Builder ?
Just wondering .
whatsthefuss @ 4;13, I would prefer if you did not post and pretend to be me on here. People may think its me and not just you being a shit stirrer
Ah there Mr Eagle we have a problem. I am more than happy to give Joe Hopkinson of the SFO, Joe.hopkinson@sfo.gsi.gov.uk any information he thinks is applicable. Of course some would say I have not made Mr Hopkinsons acquaintance before, buts that’s their problem. Probably easier to do that rather than pass it through a middle man, no offence intended. If any of my information is going to the SFO then I would hate it if my follow investors were disadvantaged by the facts not being passed on accurately. As I said no offence.
Perhaps Mental Health Care would like Mr Hopkins tel number? Oops no don’t have that, only Joe Hopkinsons.
Anon, I didn’t say anything of the kind, like I just posted, somebody is posting as me on here.
I don’t know anything about the subject so don’t comment.
Actually that would be excellent Mr. Storey, if you would therefore give the SFO the false spread sheet then they can add it to their evidence.
Most appreciative of that suggestion, I can now send my findings with a note to expect some information from your good self.
Your suggestion is a very good one and most appropriate in the circumstances, I should have thought about it myself.
Again thank you.
Richard you do realise that Whatsthefuss is causing you alot of unnecessary grief.
Erica Broughton may well have been under surveillance, Ames spent c £ 150 k, that we know about on surveillance of the builder and Erica was the subject of threatening behaviour as a result of her alledged interactions with the builder.
Ames spent over a million quid on personal security and surveilance of the builder, so people posting in your name are really only trying to drop you in it.
I agree its not you, just some bloody cowards trying to make life very difficult for you.
Anonymous 4:52, I cannot do anything about people pretending to be me on here, its been going on for years now and there’s nothing I can do to stop it.
All I can hope is that people realise it’s not me and see through people using my ID. Past evidence shows however that people don’t see through it too often.
Trip Advisor 2015 Awards are out…Best Hotels etc.
Top 25 Hotels in the Caribbean…BB not there
Best Service Awards, top 25 Caribbean..BB not there
Best All Inclusive in the Caribbean top 25..BB not there,
Guess they have been too busy redefining excellence in the Caribbean.
Soon the only folks staying there will be “investors” who can now book at less than 100 B Pounds per day.
Funny you should say that, I received my American Express ( Platinum no less 😉 magazine not even a mention of Buccament Bay or no that other crappy little hotel Ames recons is fab.
Looks like whatsthefuss aka Richard Ingham is worried and doing a bit of back peddling, what’s up ? Only like bullying women do we?
Someone rattled your cage. Could that be the same person who got Ames so worried.
Like most wannabe tough guys you back down the moment someone stands up to you.
You ponce, you excuse for a man. Grow a pair.
Don’t we all like the posters with the big balls who post behind an anonymous ID. Big man anonymous 6.24.
The problem Ames has on BFP is that those who appear to support Ames have probably done more to damage him then any anti Harlequin / Ames posts.
Just look at those posters who referred to the Wilkins Kennedy invoices, in their attempts to link Wilkins Kennedy they focused attention on the invoices, for example it can be clearly seen that Harlequin Property (SVG), was paying for services provided to Harlequin Property Thailand, investors money which was supposed to be spent on Caribbean properties was spent on Thailand.
Did Ames have permission from his investors to do this ?
You have Robert Storey telling us that a spread sheet is false, it may we’ll be, but Robert does not know where the spread sheet originated from, so highlighting a document that may be false and is alleged to have come from Ames or through one of his companies only focuses attention on all documents produced by Ames Harlequin given their previous for producing “false and forged documents”.
Then you have the case of Richard Ingham, and the allegations made about him and his relationship with Ames, we now know that Ames engaged in surveilance, it’s in Black and White, so all those who derided posters who claimed they were the victims of surveilance may in fact have had very real fears.
We know Richard Ingham has had business interests in the Middle East and Dubai, now given the investigations into Ames overseas affairs, Richard Ingham even if innocent could end up spending money on solicitors to prove his innocence in certain ongoing investigations, none of us want our personal finances probed, none of us, but thanks to Ames, even investors through potential mortgage fraud could find themselves dragged into this mess.
Robert Storey is probably the best known of those who seek to support Ames, and we, all Dave included, have Robert through his many guises to thank for the rather damning information that was unearthed recently.
I think you will find, mr Anonymous, that all the information posted on here regarding WK are from the Harlequin (a generic term) submission regarding the WK case. This information is readily available and is in the public domain. It also shows that WK were invoicing for accountancy services, which were for a “supposed Ponzi scheme”. Wilkins Kennedy were, in that case, the accountants for a possible Ponzi scheme. I guess the sarcasm coming from anonymous 7.10 comes from the fact a plausible defence has been posted to the previous protestations posted on here. Likes to dish it out but cannot take comes to mind. Troll on son, troll on.
I have realised that there is of course no need to keep posting as Legal Eagle, Leagle Eagle, anonymous or Anon anymore as I have now posted my real name, Francis D. So Francis D it will be for now on, in the spirit of openness and conciliation that I have advocated.
@ the poster of 7.33 pm.
Dear sir / madam, looking at the Statement of Claim, you will see that HPSVG Ltd & HH&R Ltd the plaintiffs are claiming that the Wilkins Kennedy role was far greater then just that of accountants.
Their role as described in the claim, included
(A). accountancy,
(B). book keeping,
(C). formulation of budgets,
(D). seeking and arranging third party finance,
(E). Quantity Surveying,
(F). Project Management,
(G). Construction Management
(H). Advisory Role
(I). Liaising with different Government Agencies.
(J). Training Agents,
(K). Training in house sales staff,
(L). Dealing with staff issues,
(M). Dealing with company structures,
(N). Dealing with company tax matters,
(O). Dealing with SIPP related matters,
(P). Attending sales functions, road shows and launches.
(Q). Dealing with local lawyers…………….
Etc Etc Etc Etc.
So the role of Wilkins Kennedy as aleged was far greater then just that of accountants.
A massive role, would you not agree?
Yet for all the services that Wilkins Kennedy provided as aledged in the Statement of Claim, they got paid the princely sum of £ 137,500 a year,
Let’s take that in the context of what one employee from the Basildon was getting a year, that being £ 142,527 for Simon Terry.
On the issue of the Ponzi scheme, No one after reading the statement of claim and taking it at face value could say that Wilkins Kennedy were complicit in the Ponzi Scheme,
From looking at the statement of claim, Ames is trying to demonstrate that if any illegality had taken place that it was down to Wilkins Kennedy, so if it’s a Ponzi Scheme then it’s the fault of Wilkins Kennedy and no one else.
Looking at the statement of claim, and taking it at face value I really feel to se what role Dave Ames played in any of this.
Who cares about this Wilkins Kennedy bullshit.
If you’re to believe GV, it’s a foregone conclusion that the case will be won. Since Dave doesn’t lie, embellish the facts, cover up information pertinent to an informed decision, or point the finger of blame, we can trust his word, can’t we Anonymous?
Anyone who can read can see Ames doesn’t know what he’s doing, can’t run a business to save his life, and is laying blame for his massive failure at an accountancy firm who he thinks ripped him off.
A more appropriate venture would be to issue a rebuttal to RL’s DD, which as we are all too familiar, is “strewn with errors”, as well as detail how any of the money going into H Hotel is actually going to be used.
But no. That’s too much to ask. Instead people get 1hr conference calls, scant email bulletins, pie-in-the-sky claims & the most bestial of propaganda about their “award winning” resort(s).
I relish the day when that peabrain is in the dock for criminal fraud, negligence, misappropriation & proceeds of crime.
Are you back to Legal Eagle now. Ok let’s play that game then.
Of course the question is how would you know how much Simon Terry was paid. I would suggest that information came from a tax return? Of course one thing you have missed off your list of responsibilities is submitting PAYE returns for various members of the HP employees. Have WK breeched a confidence by revealing an employees tax affairs?
Inland revenue staff would have access to this info re Mr Terry’s tax return, his friends and probably everyone in the public he drinks .
The information that I have pertaining to the payments made to Simon Terry the inhouse solicitor for HMSSE sadly have not come by way of any tax certificate, I would love to see a tax cert relating to his remuneration.
I have stated previously that some on here engage in speculation,
Anonymous 8.46 would like us to believe that a tax specialist previously employed by Wilkins Kennedy and who is referred to in the statement of claim is responsible for passing on details of monies paid to Simon John Terry.
Anonymous 8.46 is demonstrating the lengths that they are prepared to go to discredit any and all posts including those of mine, they have no interest in dealing with the facts, no interest in reading public documents and no interest or intention of admitting that all they seek to do is disrupt and make wholly false allegations.
For the avoidance of doubt, the payments made to Simon John Terry, from June 2010 to June 2013 are to be found in the Served Appendices, Appendix no. 11, page 109 of 111, para 1.4.
This document forms part of the bundle of documents that is being liberally refered to on here.
Now you might require a calculator because the figure quoted is for 85 % of his time as is clearly stated.
Once you total the amount you then divide by a figure of three. Three being the number of years between June 2010 and June 2013. Please also note for the avoidance of doubt that June 2010 precedes June 2013.
I hope this clarifies this for you,
Please feel free to ask me any other questions,
Legal Eagle,
Ha ha ha Legal Idiot you just dropped your mate Jezza in the crapper, idiots,
Lol resorting to taking information from tax certs lol, wonder what the ICAEW will make of that Tw&t. Silly boy, silly silly boy.
So Dickless Ingham, it was not you that abused Erica? Or attempted to bully people on the RL forum – now someone rattled you, you’re being Mr Nice guy.
Playing the victim lol wonder who taught you that you gutless fagot.
Anonymous 8.46 I would love to see the tax returns and company PAYE returns for Simon Terry and all the others employed by Ames in the UK including that for Dave Ames himself.
That way with the information that I have at hand I could ascertain whether Dave has all his tax affairs in order, which would aid me greatly in the work I am doing to see if I can discover any wrong doing on the part of Mr. Ames or indeed whether I can and should vindicate him.
Thank you for taking the time to make suggestions to me, all the suggestions you make I certainly take on board.
I would hope that the figure which I provided on here is able to be calculated from a Tax Return which Simon Terry should have produced to HMRC and I do hope that you are not suggesting that Simon Terry has engaged in any type of scheme in which to evade tax given the company PAYE tax enquiry of 2010 by HMRC.
I intentionally left out any references to the filing of tax returns for Carol, Daniel and David Ames in the Wilkins Kennedy disengagement letter addressed to The Board of Directors of Harlequin Management Services South East Ltd. as I was only dealing with matters which relate to the Plaintiff companies in the case those being HPSVG Ltd and HH&R Ltd.
I also left out the reference to the filing of tax returns for Nicola Kelliher, who borrowed substantial sums from HMSSE but cannot now be located in order to repay those sums as apparently she has left the UK.
You will find this letter on page 36 of 111, in the document entitled Served Appendices. you will also note in my post of 8.31 pm that I made no reference to the matter of the ongoing HMRC Company PAYE enquiry and self assessment enquiry in relation to Mr. David Ames which is contained in the same letter at page 36 of 111.
I also find it odd that you and Anonymous 9.42 pm would suggest that I would engage in an illegal act in my quest to ascertain the facts as are readily available for all to see. I fail to see how you can connect me with Wilkins Kennedy or any employee past or present.
Those who seek to support Ames continue to base their assertions on supposition and innuendo, rather than on the facts as they present themselves. Your posts are baseless and void of any factual content.
This behaviour is self serving in that it does nothing to improve the image of Ames his family or indeed their companies.
I have yet to understand why you continue to demonstrate your absolute ignorance to the facts and matters that are of concern.
Notwithstanding all this, and for the avoidance of doubt I obtained the remuneration for Mr. Simon Terry from page 109 of 111, Appendix 11 to the particulars of claim, para 1.14 quote ” Simon Terry (In-House Solicitor costs for 85% of time during period June 2010 to June 2013″ £363,446.00
I will explain how I came by my figure of £ 142,527 to save you the time of having to post another baseless post before you allege that I had to engage Wilkins Kennedy to carry out the exercise and thus breach any confidentiality. I took the figure quoted in the Appendix “£363,446.00” divided it by 85, (that being the % of costs as stated in the Appendix) and then multiplied by 100.
I then divided this figure by 3, 3 being the number of years between June 2010 and June 2013. For the avoidance of doubt and so as to be clear, June 2010 preceded June 2013.
Again I hope this answers your question,
Please feel free to ask me any other question.
Legal Eagle.
Francis D, you seem to have your facts wrong. Par 10 page 3 states that “between 2006-2010 WK was paid £821,443 in professional fees to carry out the professional services for which it had been retained for companies in the Harlequin group, including £510,302 in fees by or on behalf of the claimants”
Anonymous 10.39 pm, in a previous post I identified where Wilkins Kennedy had invoiced the claimant companies and were paid, for work unconnected to the claimants, for example the invoice for work associated with Thailand, Italy, and the meetings in Switzerland with the Swiss Banks.
I also removed an estimation for the training of the sales agents and sales staff, as they cannot be considered to have been employed by the claimant companies, those being HPSVG and HH&R, rather they were employed by HMSSE the sales company.
I also made an allowance, and deducted an amount for the work Wilkins Kennedy carried out for and I quote ” In connection with accountancy and ongoing budgets and cash-flow for ‘ALL’ the Harlequin Developments.”
As again, only one resort development company is a claimant, yet invoices were generated and paid by the claimants for costs associated with all the development companies, therefore these costs or an estimation of such should be removed to arrive at a more correct figure or estimation for the amount as actually paid to Wilkins Kennedy for services provided to the claimants.
Its also worth noting that the statement at para 10 page 3 is incorrect as only one of the two claimant companies was invoiced and paid money that being Harlequin property (SVG) Ltd.
Indeed if you want to rely on the statement at para 10 page 3 and you should cross reference this with the invoices as contained in the appendices,
when you do this you will find that a total of £178,683.70 was invoiced to and paid by the claimants and not the £510,302 as stated at para 10 page 3.
Those being the invoices to Harlequin Property (SVG) Ltd. If you had read one of my previous posts you will have seen that Harlequin Management Services (SVG) Ltd, does not exist and more importantly it is not a claimant company.
So even though para 10 page 3 states that “between 2006-2010 WK was paid £821,443 in professional fees to carry out the professional services for which it had been retained for companies in the Harlequin group, including £510,302 in fees by or on behalf of the claimants” It is this statement that is in fact incorrect when cross referenced against the evidence provided.
It is important not to take statements out of context and to cross reference statements with all the data contained in the submitted documents, in this case the appendices. I assume that ELS will amend the statement of claim at some point to make an allowance for the issues I have highlighted.
It really is time that Bob and co. gave it up. Legal Eagle is running rings around them, all they are doing is making themselves and Ames look like even bigger cu$nts then they are.
thanks legal eagle your posts are both refreshing and informative,
The pro Harlequin mob and those morons in the Basildon Bunker are just a bunch of stupid wank$rs,
And where’s that idiot Storey tonight?
Looks like those in Bluebell Wood are in for a bit of a surprise shortly.
I suppose the GV will try and sign an NDA with HMRC, or will it be “Me Lord, it’s because of HMRC, I’m bankrupt……..again………again twice, and its Ingham you need to be looking at me Lord. He owns them properties not me, I swear………… It was Wilkins Kennedy what fuc$ed up me tax affairs me Lord, it was I swear……….”.
Sir Walter Scott summed it all up beautifully :
“Oh what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive”
@the Eagle Comic. Well well Mr Eagle for weeks you have decried the facts in the WK submission, but now you want to use some information. How ironic. Your figure you have used for Simon Terry of £363,446 is correct, well done. However no doubt that figure will include other items such as company NI contributions, pension contribution, perhaps a company car, expenses etc. so the expression of what an employee got a year, is probably incorrect. There is a difference between, “got” and “costs” However the fact you have recognised a figure from the submission is a start.
yet again you are banging on about Harlequin Management Services (SVG) Ltd does not exist. How did WK, a top 20 accountancy firm, manage to invoice for £19,800 on the 20th June (invoice no R552247) or R52637, and others.
I know for a fact that the Authorities have questioned Ingham about his relationship with Ames when they were in Dubai and the issue of the properties.
Why is it that Ingham never comments on these allegations.
All,
FSCS Redress
We are now into the next phase. The FSCS currently have a position on Harlequin which will result in investors receiving redress for the pension transfer loss, but not for the investment loss.
The current approach leaves SIPP investors significantly out of pocket which is unacceptable. No one is exempt from the problem.
For investors who transferred personal pensions, this on average will amount to a couple of thousand pounds redress. For investors who transferred occupational pension schemes, this will amount to significantly more. In this case, the maximum FSCS pay out of £50,000.00.
None of our clients, nor any client of any other firm or even investors undertaking their own FSCS applications will find this satisfactory. The real loss sits with the Harlequin investment.
The approach of the FSCS is at odds with that of FOS. FOS have effectively written down the Harlequin investment to nil value on their redress calculations.
This disparity needs to be dealt with as all investors (whether clients of RL or not) will face the same problem.
How do we solve the problem ?
Firstly, we are going to approach the FSCS for our clients and put the legal argument that the 100% carrying value is at odds with the approach of FOS and the Emptage Court of Appeal judgment.
Secondly, we will write to all the other claimant firms (Magenta / Holkham et al) and ask them to agree a joint consistent approach with us to the FSCS.
Thirdly, we will be writing to all SIPP investors in early February 2015 seeking their authority for us to put their name on an “Interested Party” list.
Who will help us ?
We have already liased with Queens Counsel in order that they can prepare the submissions.
We intend to lodge the “Interested Party” list with FSCS alongside our submissions.
Timescale
We will write to SIPP investors in early February 2015.
We will write to FSCS in March 2015 with our submissions and Interested Party list.
Upon receipt of the FSCS response, we will then return to our clients with our advice. Depending on the response, we will proceed accordingly.
Queries
Please address any queries to our team on 01384 889900.
Regulatory Legal Solicitors
So the FSCS seems to have taken the opinion that they won’t cover the Harlequin investment as a loss.
The shame.
Now let’s see what little legs, the mafia family, the anonymous disciples, the bunker morons, Robert Storey and the mess that is “Harlequin” can pull out the hat.
I for one am not holding my breath.
Is there any chance the anti Ingham trolls can get their act together. One is saying he is a failed business man, with no money and a small house. Another is saying he has the money to buy properties in Dubai. If you are going to troll at least be consistant!
I think the point being made is that it wasn’t his money used to purchase property in Dubai. Please try to keep up.
Anonymous/ Legal Eagle, so what benefit would Ingham get by registering these proprties in his name?
I could see the benefit to Ames but whats the benefit to Ingham?
FOS value at £1. FSCS will follow (in time).
No SIPP investor will join the trust as to do so would snooker them.
There will be a battle about this, but in the end FSCS will roll over.
Dear Mr. Dan Dare, I have never decried the facts in the statement of claim, nor in the responses from Wilkins Kennedy.
And I would call upon you to direct readers to where I have done this in the past. If you are unwilling to do this, then I’m afraid your statement on this matter is baseless and without merit.
I actually don’t know if the figure is correct. The figure £ 363,446 being 85% of what it’s claimed in the statement of claim was paid to Simon Terry. But I can’t state that the figures contained in the Statement of claim are correct, can you ?, the only way to verify if the figures are correct is by tracing those figures back to the HMRC tax declarations.
From the statement of claim we can deduce that £ 427,583 would have been the full amount paid to Simon John Terry. But with so many issues appearing with the information in the Statement of Claim, I can’t say for sure if the figure is correct.
You raise the issue of Simon Terry’s taxes, and that is a very interesting point. It appears that you may not have read my posts.
In June 2010 Wilkins Kennedy had reason to write to the Directors of Harlequin Management Services South East Ltd and one of the issues they raised with them was the issue surrounding the ongoing HMRC Company PAYE enquiry and self assessment enquiry into Dave Ames.
I am more than happy to provide HMRC with details of both Simon Terry’s remuneration as per the statement of claim along with issues pertaining to Mr. Ames affairs which may have been uncovered if you would like me to? That way we can let HMRC be the final arbitrator in this matter. Would that satisfy you ?
I also note from the Shippleys statement of affairs that a company owned by the same Simon John Terry is also owed a substantial sum of money in addition to the sums quoted in the Statement of Claim, yet there is no mention in the statement of claim to monies being paid to this company, which would suggest to me that Simon John Terry recieved a salary from HPSVG Ltd of £ 427,853 for 3 years work as a direct taxable employee, with additional payments being made to his company for services provided to HMSSE,
I will investigate these matters further and report back to you, you indeed have raised some very interesting points,
On a final note on Simon John Terry for now, would you perhaps have any details on whether Simon Terry had a company car or any other such benefits, perhaps a Unit or two in the Caribbean as payment for services? These are all considered as taxable income, your input on this matter would be greatly appreciated.
You refer to expenses,
A figure of £ 387,914.00 has been given for flights and hotels in the statement of claim,
You refer to the company Harlequin Management Services (SVG) Ltd. and you ask a very relevant question, when you are writing a cheque for a third party, the first thing you will ask is who will I make the cheque out to, similarly with an invoice, the accounts people at Wilkins Kennedy may have called the accounts people assiciated with one of the many companies owned by Dave Ames and asked which companies should be invoiced.
The invoices do afterall state that they are “in connection with accountancy and ongoing budgets and cash flow forecast for all the a Harlequin Developments,” and not just the company that has been invoiced.
Dave Ames or someone in his office could have said ” just send the invoice to Harlequin Management Services (SVG) Ltd. ”
It must be noted that Wilkins Kennedy invoiced Harlequin Management Services (SVG) Ltd and Ames through this company paid the invoices.
But you are very correct in re highlighting the issue which I had dealt with in a previous post.
One has to wonder why potentially false invoices were generated, this too merits further investigation and I will revert back to you with a potential synopsis on this. Would you wish me to report this too to HMRC or is this something you would prefer I held off on? I await your views on the matter.
Apologies for not getting back to earlier, and thank you again for seeking clarification from me on the points you raise, you are assisting me greatly in obtaining a greater picture of events and your various posts have in part been beneficial to me whereby you have indeed highlighted some rather salient points, which I must admit, I had over looked initially.
For that I do thank you,
As always,
Legal Eagle.
Legal Eagle, What proof do you have that Ames has registered property in Inghams name? Property that was bought with investors cash and should be returned?
I have not come across any references to a Mr, Richard Ingham in any of the court documents I have reviewed and fail to understand what if any connection Mr. Ingham has with Ames or any of his companies, therefore I am unable to give any views on this specific matter.
However to answer the question in general terms that being what benefit would accrue to someone assisting some one else. ?
Well lots.
Ok and correct me if I’m wrong here, but your question seems to be what benefit does an individual gain if they are the registered owner of a number of Villas or apartments in Dubai where the beneficial ownership lies with a third party. ?
It could be that the beneficiary ( the individual who would benefit from the sale of those properties) could have a legal charge over those properties, for perhaps an acknowledged debt owed to the beneficiary by the registered owner or perhaps as a result of a legal charge resultant from a court action between both parties whereby the beneficiary was succesful in their action against the registered owner.
An example of this is contained in the Statement of Claim, whereby the claimants obtained a charge over some property owned by the Irish Builder pending the outcome of the appeal process.
Other examples of this include legal registered charges obtained against some of Dave and Carol Ames personal UK property assets. Those charges having been obtained over (1). 11 Honywood Business Park, Basildon.
(2). Cleres Crecent, Wickford, (3). Bluebell Wood, Brock Hill, Wickford Essex, and (4). 51 Lucerne Walk, Wickford Essex. by a company called CLC Nominees.
Or it could be that the registered owner was paid a fee by the beneficiary to help the beneficiary hide assets from record, perhaps from the courts, the authorities, the taxman, even the wife or husband.
There are so many reasons why someone could have done this, it’s hard to say.
However on the facts I have to hand, apparently any properties Dave Ames had in Dubai were held by a company called
Yes it is really credible that a top 20 accountancy company would phone a client and ask “who should we send the invoices to” as in which company, and then just do it. Oh really.
Yes one wonders why a Romanian/English teaching assistant with pussy problems would know DA and be in cahoots regarding property in Dubai. Perhaps another false trail by the anti HP mob.
@Legal Eagle
You last sentence was a cliffhanger…
Apologies, don’t know happened there. The company called Harlequin Property Caribbean Ltd.
Dan Dare, I fail to see why you think asking who to make an invoice out to is odd, given that the invoice on the face of it covers a multitude of services being provided to a whole host of unconnected companies.
Anonymous 3.35 I have no idea what relevance any Romanian induvidual has to Ames, but I will try and assertain.
On a seperate note I see that HMSSE was not put into administration because of any restructuring on the part of Ames, but because of the actions of a creditor seeking a refund.
Now that does not concur with the many statements by Ames on the issue.
Anyone care to comment?
Anyone know who the builder was supposed to have taken money from?
Was it the companies in the Caribbean or the company in the UK called HMSSE, the company owned by Carol and Dan Ames ?
And why is there a charge on Bluebell Wood ? Or is this more anti HP trolling?
The charge on Bluebell wood by CLC Nominees is so that they have somewhere to store all those concrete block they are going sell for Paddy, oops sorry Kelltek.
What has hacked off the pro Harlequin gentlemen this evening, the name Ingham seems to provoke a reaction, looks to me like a diversionary tactic,
So wonder who it is they are protecting, if it is not Ruchard Ingham then who is it?
Hmmmmmmmmm I wonder………………
Yeah I ……………….Jesus I just got it, OMG, oh good lord, oh no. It is really over, OMG…….. How the hell did that happen. Oh shit……..
4 posts in 8 minutes 4.55 to 5.03 from someone who thinks that by ranting and raving will really help Ames.
The decisions relating to Ames and his family will not be decided by those on here, Legal Eagles posts are like the time delays on live feeds on the news, Legal Eagle is not asking us for help, he she they are reporting on matters after those matters have been passed onto those who will decide the faith of the Ames family.
And no amount of ranting, raving and engaging in obscenities will change that.
HMSSE was put into administration after a Stat demand was served on them by an investor, and not because of the bullshit statement from that lying lowlife cockroach Ames.
This is a fact.
It was put into administration to stop others coming after them.
And HMSSE is a part of the other companies according to Carol and Dan, and not some independent company.
Anonymous 5.46
You are correct I remember it well.
Dear Carol, you should really try and control the Monkies in your zoo,
a few questions for you, we’re all the PAYE issues dealt with in HMSSE, think about that for a moment, or possibly take a moment to confer with Daniel.
Now if I were to suspect tax evasion on an unprecedented case, what would you like me to do about it ?
Would you not report those you felt had engaged in wrong doing?
Ok so we will give you a chance to respond.Is everything upto date with you or your husbands tax affairs? We know how forgetful you can be? We have ample proof of that and the fact that you are a liar,
No need to answer on Simon Terry we will deal with that matter separately.
People are referring to the documents that have been disclosed to the Courts in the Harlequin V WK case. Are these documents available to the public? If so, where can we access them?
Just curious, if Carol and Dave’s daughter has disappeared, what has she got to hide? Properties etc been put into her name etc ? It is not the action of an innocent person to disappear ?
How many people would support an action that would finally bring and end to this farce. ?
Do you all want to see Ames go down for this? Him, his wife, sons and daughter?
Just say the word.
If a majority of you do, then so be it.
But understand Ames and his family will be out of business, possibly bankrupt, and the companies will end up being liquidated.
So think before you answer, is it time to take them down now. ?
Just remember if you do want this to end, you will end up putting the Ames family out on the street, have a thought for Carols grand children, the age of Dave and Carol and the fact that 4 generations of a family and their extended family will be affected by this.
Do you really want to do this, ? Do the Ames family deserve this ?
It’s up to you,
Looks like Legal Eagle aka Francis D has gone back to Anonymous. Anyway case review to morrow. Bring it on.
It’s a case management conference, it’s just to set out a time table, not sure why you think it’s anything of consequence?
Or is it something more? If it is please tell me.
I’ve never before heard anyone crow about a purely procedural issue.
If a stat demand brought down HMSSE, what could a stat demand do to the Caribbean companies, ?????😄😄😄😄😄😄😄😄😄
@ The Beggining, you say bring it on.
Why does Dave Ames not bring on the financiers, bring on the build of Merricks, bring on the build of the Marquis estate, bring on the build of Two Rivers, bring on the build of The Hideaway and bring on the build of Los Canas????
Instead of telling us the good news about starting a 76 bed hotel refurbishment which is already over two years late.
How about bringing on some mortgages ????
How about bringing on some interest payments ????
How about bringing on the cash to pay back those who want to get out now ?????
How about bringing on some transparency about Matters Dave?????
How about doing that eh ???????
No guess not, it’s all about litigation, yeah bring that on, and on, and on, and on, and on…………………………..
@the beginning. How many years is this crap going to carry on for? If the accountants are guilty, (which sounds like fantasy) , how could you, ie Dave and Carol have had your heads so far up your own arse you didn’t notice your business going down the pan?
Anything to progress the WK claim is of consequence. Still a bit large getting a charge against Bluebell wood, purely procedural.
Perhaps Legal / Eagle / Beagle / Der Spiegel could answer a question.
If a second mortgage to finance an un-regulated offshore property
scheme is illegal and the entity that was invested in payed (for a time)
the interest payments on that mortgage is not the offshore entity aiding
and abetting a crime?
Considering everything in an accountants office, (the donkey work), is generally done by technicians, (AAT staff) and signed off by senior highly qualified partners, it is far fetched to believe a group of professionals in an accountants office colluded together. Yawn.
it is the investors that are the criminals, they , under the guidance of harlequin finance team , colluded together, raised hundreds of millions and gave it to Dave Ames, so that he could piss it up the wall.
the next logical action for the banks would be to go after the criminal investors, that are now stuck with high mortgages and nothing to show for it. Hopefully the criminal investors will be imprisoned, no longer able to continue with their mortgage payments, the criminal investors and their families will pay for their crimes, because losing your life savings is certainly not sufficient justice, and Dave , the innocent bystander, can continue to spend the money from his legitimate business model, building highly profitable resorts in the Caribbean.
Dave is a legitmate business man, deceived by his clients, his accountants, staff at the resort, wife, sons, agents, developers and legal team.
If the investor makes an application for finance or a mortgage, and if the investor uses the money for a purpose other then that that they have stipulated to the bank or financier, then the investor has engaged in fraud or mortgage fraud.
Unless the investor can maintain repayments, the investor could find themselves in trouble, they will find it difficult to renegotiate repayments to the bank or financier, it could destroy your credit rating and you could face not only the loss of your home but a criminal prosecution for mortgage fraud.
If you passed on these mortgage funds to Ames and his companies, no they cannot be prosecuted for aiding and abetting, even if they undertake to make the interest payments on your mortgage.
How could they be aiding and abetting? They are just paying interest payments on monies you borrowed.
However if they arranged or advised you in anyway with respect to your finance or mortgage and you can prove this, and they knew that the purpose stated for the cash was not the intended use of the cash, then they would be complicit in the fraud, along with you.
In each scenario the investor is the one guilty of the fraud.
@Legal / Eagle / Beagle / und Der Spiegel
Thanks for the answer but it still seems tho me that these loans would
not have been taken out unless the mortgagee KNEW that the
interest payments would be made.
Anonymous 7.35
I would guess it would be goodbye Harlequin.
Jane would you like us not to go ahead and pull the trigger?
Anonymous 9.52
I would wish the best result for the investors.
Ames will claim the best result for investors will be to give him at least 5 more years to try to sort this mess out.
So if we know he has comitted an offence, are you asking us to remain silent in the hope that Dave Ames might pull this off in the future.
Jane are you one of the investors who obtained a mortgage for a home renovation?
Anonymous 10.11
Do not remain silent.
There you are Anonymous you have a mandate from one person, Jane, to go ahead. Such power, stuff the other 5999.
Lord have mercy, 10:59. Do you think you have not already been
“stuffed”
Some one still thinks there is hope? Is that Bob by any chance?
Wake up and smell the coffee. The GV has blown all the money. There’s nothing to save. Let the authorities sort this mess out.
Feed them to the dogs that’s my vote
Bit tasteless Paddy given everything going on right now, typical anti Harlequin Bull. Keep it up Paddy, keep it up mate.
Just so you’d like to know Dave and Carol are in great form. How’s Jezza enjoying unemployment, be joined by his mate Mac soon, bring on tomorrow 😄😄😄😄😄😄😄😄
Go Dave Go,
I always wondered who the people were who ended up on Jerry Springer and Jeremy Kyle.
Now I know.
It’s you Anon.
I can’t understand how you can blame one small group of people for your master’s utter failure? Paddy took money because he didn’t have a contract. You lie with the dogs, you’re going to get fleas.
The more I look at what’s gone on (Thailand, Panama, frivolous spending), the more I see a hopeless wreck of a once bright dream. And to the two guys who actually still think it’s salvageable, I do hope you don’t get scammed like you have to 1,000’s of helpless victims, as it looks like you’re ripe for it.
– PPR
You just summed up what I think most of us are thinking.
Advice to invest in a troubled unregulated overseas property scheme has helped push 24 firms over into failure, the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) has said.
The FSCS said it has received around 130 claims against two dozen defaulted firms in relation to advice to invest in the Stirling Mortimer property funds. A firm is declared in default by the FSCS if it is unable, or likely to be unable, to pay claims against it.
Often claims against a firm are referred to the FSCS by the Financial Ombudsman Service – which deals with complaints against active businesses – once it becomes clear that the firm will not be able to pay redress it is deemed liable for.
The cost of compensation to investors via the FSCS is paid for by the industry in the form of levies.
This year pension advisers face a 73% increase in the amount they pay to the FSCS as it prepares for a “significant” rise in claims linked to self-invested personal pension (SIPP) advice – specifically from investors who have suffered significant losses as a result of advice to invest in risky, non-standard assets such as overseas property developments, like Stirling Mortimer, HARLEQUIN PROPERTY and Arck.
However, Stirling Mortimer investors have been told there is no prospect of receiving compensation until a fraud investigation into the investment has been concluded. The FSCS said it will not decide whether it will pay investors compensation until after the investigation by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) is completed.
Dramatic fall
Unregulated Stirling Mortimer invested tens of millions of pounds of UK savers’ money in the Cape Verde islands in the run up to the financial crisis, when property development was booming. The funds – often sold as low risk – have since dramatically fallen in value, and Stirling Mortimer has struggled to find buyers for the properties it developed.
The SFO began investigating fraud allegations against three Stirling Mortimer funds last July. The funds facing scrutiny are the No.4 Cape Verde fund, No. 6 Morocco fund and No.7 Cape Verde II fund. Stirling Mortimer delisted its Global Property fund range – which included the three cells under investigation – from the Channel Island Stock Exchange last June.
Several networks and advisers have been caught up in the fallout from problems with the Stirling Mortimer funds, including Intrinsic and Pi Financial.
According to a Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) ruling in 2007, Intrinsic, formerly Mint Financial Management, advised a client that the Stirling Mortimer No.4 Cape Verde cell was “low risk”. The client claims the investment was described to him as “risk free”.
Even an adviser who showed the FOS his client had ticked the “experienced investor” box – meaning he could at that time legitimately be marketed higher risk products such as unregulated schemes – was ordered by the Ombudsman to pay redress.
“Paddy took the money” at last the truth is being realised. Better late than never.
Not from investors though, from Carol and Dan, Ridgview took the money from Investors along with Wilkins Kennedy, Paddy took the money from Carol and Dan along with DLA Piper,
Ridgeview took $ 28 million, Paddy $1.7 million DLA Piper $ 1 million and Wilkins Kennedy $ 70 million. It’s all there in Black and White.
Ames took USD $750, 000,000,00 yes 750 million, Seven Hundred and Fifty million.
Ames nicked nearly USD $ 20 million, oh yes he did ……………..
How much tax did Carol and Dan not pay ???????????
If they did not pay it isn’t that theft ????????????
How much tax Carol ???????????
What’s that ?????????
I tell you what would be encouraging….a picture of a happy investor being handed their title deeds. That would be great PR for HP and is so obvious the only reason I can think of that we haven’t seen it yet is that it hasn’t happened.
Sid, why would anyone expose themselves to the vitriolic bile from the anti HP trolls?
To show people that completions are happening and start to re-build confidence with investors! So are you saying completions have and are happening but being kept private so that people don’t write nasty things about them on BFP? Really?
No Sid, what I said is that why would a private investor want his/her details put on an Internet blog and then be ridiculed by trolls. It’s no one else’s business if someone is completing on their property.
Sid of course that is what we would expect, but now the excuse from those who still seek to support Ames and his companies, is that they would be exposed to some sort of vitriolic bile, ironically a phase originally coined to describe the posts from those who support Ames et al.
Ames has always described BFP as a fringe blog, which is read by a tiny minority, filled with aleged ‘defamatory’ contributions from an even smaller minority, in a bid to cover for their aleged own wrong doings.
Having read many of the public documents, and looking at excuse after excuse being put forward by the Ames family, the latest being the failure of HMSSE being put down to the builder and a Stat demand by an ‘investor’ one can’t help but feel that all the Ames family are doing is preparing a defence for a criminal trial.
The Ames family are not focusing on the task in hand, instead they are wholly consumed in a battle to the death with the builder, their former accountants and a bunch of connected parties as they see it including a ‘tiny’ lunatic fringe element of investors, who have colluded with the builder and his mates to bring down the Ames family,
That’s the way the Ames family see things…. And that’s want they want us to believe…. Could it be that the vindictive nature of the Ames family, coupled with their serious lack of management skills, coupled with their inability to keep to the same story, is what has brought them to where they are today.
You can blame many issues on third parties, but the aleged tax evasion, sorry that is one matter that is down to the Ames family.
For a family to have taken £ 500 million from investors and to then have alegedly engaged in tax evasion well, need I say any more, I say aleged tax evasion, yet the alegations come from some very reliable sources coupled with some very damning paperwork.
Sorry, I misunderstood you. Though the simple fact that all completing investors to dat have wanted to remain anonymous says it all.
@ Anonymous 2.16
I have a suggestion, why doesn’t Ames get ELS to confirm that completions have taken place, not that their client has informed them, but that they ELS have seen the evidence which confirms that completions have taken place and that full and proper title has been transferred to investors for properties at Buccament Bay. And that these investors are in no way connected to Ames his family or his companies in anyway except by virtue of the purchase contracts they hold.
Added to this ELS could independantly verify that there is either no Incumbrance on the land at Buccament bay or in the alternative that they confirm that the Incumbrance in no way affects or impinges on the rights of investors to obtain full title for the properties they are completing on.
That way, no one investor would be the subject of any vitriolic bile as suggested by your good self.
Your thoughts on this would be most welcome.
That sounds like a very fair suggestion. The only reason I can see that would stop HP doing this is if there simply haven’t been any completions. If we know Ames like we think we know Ames he would shouting this news from the rooftops (if there really are any rooftops!)
Anonymous that is an excellent idea, simple to accomplish and would severely dent or damage any arguments put forward by those seeking to damage Ames his family and companies through vitriolic bile.
So why did Ames not think of this before?????!
And there you go Sid. Notice the long winded post from Anon 2.23. You ask a simple question, to which you get a simple reply. However anything simple is high jacked by an anti HP troll. If I had completed I would want my identification kept confidential as would you I suspect.
@ Anonymous 2.49 what about the suggestion from Anonymous 2.38 ?
That way investors identitys would never be made public ?
Sorry to burst your bubbles but even if there was a picture of GV, the “completer” and the title deeds being transferred, watched over by the Lord & Saviour Jesus Christ himself, I still wouldn’t believe him.
Ames lied to me personally and has continually pulled the wool over everyone’s eyes. He’s a criminal and thief. He has defrauded millions of sterling & will now have to face the consequences of breaking his promises.
You just don’t rip people off & saddle them with the blame.
Admittedly a few months old (May 2014), but here’s a video of the H Hotel site: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbRYBJ_lPio
Oh and yes, you can clearly see the KFC next door.
@anon2.23. Thankyou for your post. This situation is very frustrating. Harlequin obviously can still afford to spend a fortune on advisors/solicitors. They must still have money to burn, (ours).
4:30
wow that really is
wow that really is pitiful…
Two directors of HMSSE.
One on right stole £108,000+
One on left stole £59,000+ in directors’ loans.
This is what your money bought people. These two paid themselves handsomely out of your hard earned cash.
What does Daniel Ames actually do?
What does Carol Ames actually do?
Looks like this could also be a judgement?
Maybe Legal Eagle knows about it?
http://www.sec.gov/answers/ponzi.htm
What is a Ponzi scheme?
A Ponzi scheme is an investment fraud that involves the payment of purported returns to existing investors from funds contributed by new investors. Ponzi scheme organizers often solicit new investors by promising to invest funds in opportunities claimed to generate high returns with little or no risk. In many Ponzi schemes, the fraudsters focus on attracting new money to make promised payments to earlier-stage investors to create the false appearance that investors are profiting from a legitimate business.
Why do Ponzi schemes collapse?
With little or no legitimate earnings, Ponzi schemes require a consistent flow of money from new investors to continue. Ponzi schemes tend to collapse when it becomes difficult to recruit new investors or when a large number of investors ask to cash out.
What are some Ponzi scheme “red flags”?
Many Ponzi schemes share common characteristics. Look for these warning signs:
– High investment returns with little or no risk.
Every investment carries some degree of risk, and investments yielding higher returns typically involve more risk. Be highly suspicious of any “guaranteed” investment opportunity.
– Issues with paperwork.
Do not accept excuses regarding why you cannot review information about an investment in writing. Also, account statement errors and inconsistencies may be signs that funds are not being invested as promised.
– Difficulty receiving payments.
Be suspicious if you do not receive a payment or have difficulty cashing out your investment. Keep in mind that Ponzi scheme promoters routinely encourage participants to “roll over” investments and sometimes promise returns offering even higher returns on the amount rolled over.
Ponzi Scheme
1. Typical Hook
Earn high investment returns with little or no risk by simply handing over your money; often the investment does not exist or only a small percentage of incoming funds are actually invested.
2. Interactions with Promoter
Promoter generally interacts directly with all participants.
3. How The Scheme Works
Funds from new investors are used to pay purported returns to earlier investors.
4. Collapse
May be relatively slow if existing participants reinvest money.
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Let’s see where Harlequin fits in here.
– What is a Ponzi scheme?
“involves the payment of purported returns to existing investors from funds contributed by new investors” – yes, interest payments.
– Why do Ponzi schemes collapse?
“With little or no legitimate earning” – yes (BB is “just breaking even” and no others built yet)
– What are some Ponzi scheme “red flags”?
— High investment returns with little or no risk.
“Be highly suspicious of any “guaranteed” investment opportunity” – guaranteed 10% returns?
— Issues with paperwork.
“Do not accept excuses regarding why you cannot review information about an investment in writing” – accounts, build schedules, contractors, etc.
— Difficulty receiving payments.
“Be suspicious if you do not receive a payment or have difficulty cashing out your investment” – don’t join the trust. You should be able to get a refund.
– Ponzi Scheme
— Hook
“little or no risk by simply handing over your money” – 30% down, 100% finance.
— Interactions with Promoter
“Promoter generally interacts directly with all participants.” – emails.
— How The Scheme Works
“Funds from new investors are used to pay purported returns to earlier investors.” – no evidence for this
— Collapse
“May be relatively slow if existing participants reinvest money” – or if they are asked to “invest” into H Hotel.
….
Conclusion.
Looks to me like Harlequin has developed many of the hallmarks of what the SEC define as a “ponzi scheme”.
The gentleman on the left of the picture is Mark Sawkins former general manager of Buccament Bay and VP of HH&R, the gentleman who left Ames after he was warned that his personal bank account with Scotia Bank in St. Vincent would be closed over suspicions of money laundering. Ames was transferring funds through Mr. Sawkins accounts.
He is now the general manager of the Fairmont in Dubai.
The two gentlemen on the right of the photo were employed by the Blue Mountain security group, and provided personal protection to the Ames family in the Caribbean and the UK. The Ames family spent in excess of £ 1 million pounds on personal security after June 2010.
Dan and Carol Ames were not according to Ames connected in anyway to the Caribbean operations, so this shot could only have been of them taking a holiday at Blu Hotel in a personal capacity, along with their body guards and a VP of HH&R.
The shot is taken at the entrance to the BLU Hotel St. Lucia.
One can only imagine the money being spent, not their money, investors money.
The vehicle in the background was one of a number of vehicles Ames acquired with enhanced security protection, including bullet proof glass and run flat tyres.
The security at Buccament carried firearms as directed by Sean Ghent who was an independent security consultant and provided personal security along with his brother for Ames. He is not in this photo.
I should have added that Carol and Dan Ames in a private personal capacity cut the ribbon at the opening of the Blu Hotel St. Lucia, the woman at the rear of the picture is another employee of HMSSE now in liquidation, none of these individuals could have been connected with the Caribbean operations, Dave and Andy Regan ( former inhouse solicitor to Ames and his companies) said so in the RL UK hearing.
It looks to me like staff of HMSSE give freely of their holiday time to open Caribbean Resorts, how very noble of them, it fits in with their celebrity status.
Look at the video posted by WYBWTTTYCTD at 3.19 pm.
Yes that is the ‘Black Knight’ Mr. Gary Player, now take some time to listen to what he has to say, listen carefully, listen very carefully.
Is he not up on stage selling the virtues of the Marquis Estate to the hundreds of agents gathered in the room ?
Is this not the Grove Launch Event of July 2009 in which some 2000 agents attended.
Did he say “We want to do something”, not “they want to do something” but “we”,
Did he also not say there was ” Something exciting about this particular venture”, ?
And is Gary Player not worth in excess of $ 200 million USD ?
Would he not have an excellent status with financiers and banks?
Did he not state that his organisation had raised over a billion dollars for charity ?
So why if Gary Player believes so much in Ames, through his excitement for this particular venture, and given that he wants to do something, why does he not put his money where his mouth is and at least underwrite or gurantee a loan to Ames to get H Hotel built, or perhaps the Marquis Estate started ?
He stood there in front of all those agents, he said ” We want to do something” …………… well why don’t you Mr. Player, why don’t you ?.
I could also be a little bold and go as far as to suggest that much in the same way that Wilkins Kennedy are complicit in the aleged crimes of Ames and his family? So too could Mr. Gary Player, remember this was “we” not “they”, I wonder is it still “we”, ?
Did Ames carry out any vetting of Mr. Pat Cash prior to engaging his services to teach young kids tennis at the former Pat Cash academy now the Pat Cash tennis club ?
I ask this in light of the many abuse scandals that have come to light in recent years, abuses by celebrities.
I am in no way suggesting that Pat Cash engaged in activities of this nature, but I do wonder if Ames considered it appropriate to engage the services of a self declared violent individual with a cocaine addiction.
We have all been told we can kick the habits that form the basis for our addictions, but addicts will always be addicts and coupled with an admission of violence in the past is Mr. Cash really the best role model or ambassador for Ames and his embattled companies.
Don’t get me wrong, I admire Mr. Cash for his acknowledgement of the issues of his past, and for the way he is dealing with them and his mental health issues.
However maybe Pat Cash should consider his position and association with Mr, Ames in this current climate, we have seen many times how celebrities have battled with their inner demons for years, some have succeeded in banishing those demons or keeping them at bay, others have regressed with sometimes tragic consequences.
For now Pat Cash has dealt with those issues and he should be proud and indeed commended for the way he has dealt with them, but given the pressures and alegations surrounding Ames and his companies, is it not time that Mr. Cash considered the potential exposure to Ames and the affect it might have on him ?
@Anon 3.54. Bullet proof glass and run flat tyres? But no privacy glass? I think not.
Anonymous 5.05, you don’t require privacy glass if you have privacy screens, which you will find are available in Range Rovers and many other vehicles.
Privacy glass also tends to attract unwarranted attention, most security operatives and companies will now tell you that they try and operate as covertly as possible, preferring to use internal privacy screens as opposed to fully blacked out windows, a blacked out vehicle always stands out no matter where it is, ever noticed a vehicle with blacked out windows parked alongside the pavement, with bystanders wondering who might be inside, if you pass a vehicle at the pavement with clear glass the chances are you will pass it by without giving it a second thought, not even noticing it,
Security is all about blending in with your surroundings without attracting too much attention to yourself.
And I can’t see your correlation between privacy screens and run flats,
Funny my RR had privacy glass and nobody tried to peer inside my car. And every RR in the UK has privacy glass. And what is a privacy screen. Sorry but it’s a bog std RR, the sort used by a limo service.
Hey Anonymous 5.39 pm, the Range Rover in the photo posted at 3.32 pm does not have privacy glass, lol. So maybe the standard privacy glass was removed and replaced with bullet proof glass?
Google “RR with bullet proof glass” every one has privacy glass. Nope you are wrong.
Some references to clear tint free bullet proof glass. Most vehicles are armoured by independent specialist contractors and not normally by the manufacturer of the vehicle, there is a wide variation of specs to suit individual customer requirements,
You can get clear and or tinted glass, I suppose the proof of this being the windscreens, many countries ban the use of tints on windscreens.
Lex an (Transparent Armor)
Lexan is a transparent polycarbonate armor that is typically used in flat applications and still offers good light transmission (transparent armor). Lexan offers excellent optical clarity with a unique combination of properties, which can make it an excellent candidate for safety and security glazing to suit a wide range of security applications. Available clear or bronze tinted,
http ://www.texasarmoring.com/armored_vehicle_bulletproofing_materials.html
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Note para 3 below ” Tansparency is better tint-free”
http:// simple.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bullet-proof_glass
Bullet-proof glass, or bullet-resistant glass, is a type of strong, clear material that resists bullets. Complete protection against all weapons is not possible.
It is usually made from two or more types of material, one hard and one soft. The softer layer makes the glass more elastic, so it can flex (bend) instead of shatter. There must be a clear view through the glass. Bulletproof glass varies in thickness from three-quarters of an inch to three inches.[1]
A popular method is stick a special plastic film to the inner surface of ordinary glass. This ‘security laminate’ bonds to the glass with an adhesive. This gives a protection similar to the multi-layered bullet-resistant glass. Transparency is better, tint-free; thickness and weight is reduced as much as 50-70%. The laminate can be stuck on to existing windows; this a called a ‘retrofit’.
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I’m not too sure what this trivial argument is about, Ames has acknowledged that he spent in excess of a million pounds on personal security, we should be asking ourselves not on what he spent this on, but why? and more importantly with whos money,
I for one did not expect that a portion of my deposit would go on a personal private security detail for the Ames family.
50% of my money went on commissions.
13% went on the construction of about 100 units.
About 8% of my money went on buying land,
About 29% of my money remains unaccounted for, with someone previously pointing out that upto 20% of my money was spent on repaying interest to other investors.
So of the 100% of the money I handed over about 21% was spent on construction and land purchases,
Funny that, If I had bloody well known that I would never have invested.
And looking at the statement of claim by Ames in the Wilkins Kennedy case. At least the builder spent 77% of the money he got on the build of Ames is to be believed. Ames only spent 13% of the money he got on the build. Yet Ames and his supporters on here are trying to make such a big deal about the builder and others.
The figures contained in the statement of claim speak for themselves and show me who the real crook is.
The black glass is “pivacy” glass, right?
I am getting sick sh$t of the nauseating comments from those who support Ames.
I have read the statement of claim from Ames, read the RL due diligence, waited for Ames to correct it which he didn’t, read all the Shippleys reports, and this is what happened my money.
I am sick to death of hearing about the builder and Wilkins Kennedy or anyone else for that matter, the figures I have all come from Ames,
The following makes for sobering reading.
Of the money I and all other investors gave Ames, close to £ 500 million quid.
c 16% was spent on Construction
c 6% was spent on land purchases
c 50% was spent on Commissions. ( an absolute disgrace)
c 20% on interest payments for other investors. (This is what really gets me, Ames was getting investors to borrow cash, and using my pension money to make interest payments for those investors who borrowed money).
c 8% unaccounted for.
So of the money I gave to Ames to build my unit, only 16 % was spent on building, and 6 % on the land ( in some cases we don’t know if Ames paid for the land),
We all know Ames only built around 100 units.
At least the builder out of the c USD he was paid spent c 80% of this on the build.
So Id have been far better off paying the builder directly. I really would.
It’s there in bloody black and White, yet for 4 years Ames and his cronies have told us about the builder this, the builder that, Wilkins Kennedy this, Wilkins Kennedy that, Mr. Newman this, Mr. Newman that, Ridgeview, Nikki Crozier, RL, Paul Walton, Erica Broughton, Richard Ingham etc etc etc,
The Judgment, the defamation case, the case against Wilkins Kennedy. I’m just sick of the sh$t.
c 22% of my money went on build and buying land.
Of the c 7.2 % of our money given to the builder at least 80% of this was spent on construction.
So for me after looking at all the figures the real crook is Ames. Ames spent 78% of our money on activities unrelated to the buying of land and build.
Yep
I hope to see a follow up holiday (project) at some stage given my old age.
I also have bullet proof glass.
The spec for the windows is a client spec, you can have clear or tinted. But who bloody cares, Ames spent over a million quid on private personal security for his family,
Now I think you should read the post from “Where is my money gone”?
That makes for some pertinent and very grim reading. I also note no gloating on today’s case (review) management case, so perhaps you would like to update us all?
@Where did my money go?
Bravo. Exactly what most people feel.
You’re right – those who support Ames are nauseating and disgusting. The only way I would consider being supportive is if my snout were in the trough.
Thank you for the comprehensive post.
I just watched the video. What a woeful sight. So pompous – I can see where all the money went. On things which didn’t need to be bought, like a £1m launch party.
What a stupid stupid man.
And @WDMMG thank you for your great post.
@ Where’s my money gone?
An excellent synopsis showing what a bunch of bloody hypocrites Ames, his family and cronies are.
You have opened my eyes to this and firmly put pay to the diversionary tactics of the morons who still want to support Ames.
Quite funny really that when you appeared as Legal Eagle you were quite polite and were prepared to debate some of the points. But now you back to Anon, Anonymous, Where is my money gone aka Jezza.
Everytime you have been challenged on some of your interpretations of the truth your posts have become more vitriolic and personal, just look at the defamatory attack on Pat Cash. Dont like to be challenged do you.
The incorrect attack on Pat Cash based on lies no facts is then followed up by a post from Jezza aka where is my money gone pretending to be a poor investor.
Paddy stole your money so did WK, fact. Look at the judgement in the Irish case. The judge said WK were involved in the fraud. Fact and that is good enough for me. So sod of Jezza. Tw$ts
Quotes from some familiar names who attended the £1M junket in Aug 2009 in aid of that company NOT run from the UK.
The Brown Nose prize goes to Linda on Nightingale PR’s table…
I wish to congratulate Dave Ames and the entire Harlequin team on such a successful launch event for their various projects in the Caribbean. The preparation required to host thousands of guests was surely staggering. It was my pleasure to be part of the event.
Gary Player
Now things have hopefully calmed down a little I wanted to drop you a line to say what an exceptional day it was at your launch. Your enthusiasm resonated through everything, which made it truly a day to remember.
I think the finale of Les Miserables with you and your daughter singing on stage was the piece de resistance. It set the event above any others I have ever attended and had us almost in tears on our table!
Kindest regards
Linda
Linda Nightingale
Nightingales PR
May we first thank you and Harlequin for a great day yesterday at The Grove. It was not only informative but gave us a chance for the first time to meet other investors at Buccament Bay and Two Rivers who are in a similar situation to ourselves. We thoroughly enjoyed the Les Miserables performance also (and the canapés
Derek and Cheryl Kerby
Fabulous event my clients really enjoyed it!
Debbie Mulungye
The Harlequin launch was a marvelous show, a rich mixture of serious business and enjoyment everyone seemed animated
Sam Commissiong
I’m sure this will result in many additional sales in the very near future and if this is an indication of what Harlequin are trying to achieve then there should be lots to look forward to going forward.
Justin Last
On behalf of me, my clients and my contacts who attended the Grove function a sincere thank you for an excellent presentation and function superbly organized
Ian Falconer
Great event at the start of the week, we all got a lot from it!
Robert Shaw
I hope you are all well. I just wanted to write to thank you for a great day and event last Monday at The Grove. Both David and I really enjoyed it and found it very useful, and it was great to hear from Dave Ames his vision for Harlequin moving forward
Katie Foster
I think that you achieved everything that you set out to do with this event and that is a credit to your hard work and leadership of what is now a very impressive and committed team.
The golf day was exceptionally well organised and executed and I can say, having attended many such events in the past (including PGA European Tour Pro-ams), that this was as well organised as any I have been to before. Unfortunately it did not extend to improving my play – maybe next time!
Mark Finney
Thank you so, so much for inviting me and for your kind hospitality to your fantastic launch. I really enjoyed myself and enjoyed meeting all the contacts in relation to the Harlequin hotels and resorts. It really was a fascinating and interesting couple of days and I am sure all of your hard work has paid off immensely
Hayley Byatt
I thought it went fantastically well and I’m sure you will make an incredible number of sales as a result and establish yourselves as market leaders! All was great from the food through to the hospitality and ambience, not forgetting of course the fantastic Les Miserables.
I’m looking forward to working with Harlequin more and more over the immediate and long term future and wish you every success.
Paul Nicholls
Many thanks for inviting me yesterday. It was a great event and I enjoyed myself and met many more members of your great staff.
My best wishes for your continued success.
Malcolm Allan
Your vision is spectacular and your determination and enthusiasm so commendable.
Glenn Chalkley
Just a quick note to say congratulations on an excellent evening.
Thank you very much for inviting me, I enjoyed it very much. I would say that everyone who attended could not have been anymore impressed.
Neil Vinton
Congratulations on such a great day on Monday!
Richard Shawyer
Mr Dave Ames
We just wanted to say many thanks to you and your staff for putting on such a wonderful launch at the Grove today. We were extremely grateful for the opportunity to meet you, the dignitaries, and other like minded investors.
I would also like to thank ALL your staff including Daniel Dalligan, Sonia, Louisa & others for their help in answering our ‘never ending’ questions during the purchase process.
Thank you for taking the time to talk to us personally on the day, and answering all our questions.
Congratulations and very best wishes.
Ps. we have invested in St Lucia, Barbados & Brazil.
Regards
Lloyd Farrell & Rosaleen Bunbury
The opportunity to see the Ministers of the Islands and to hear their enthusiasm for the project was more than reassuring. It was just such good news to hear how pleased they were to have a Harlequin development in their countries and how they admired David’s insistence on getting every aspect of each project to perfection.
The presentations of the sportsmen were special, showing how much they wanted to engage with the visitors and local children.
Again, many thanks for including us in your wonderful celebration.
Rosemary Thomas
Thank you very much for inviting us to your unforgettable event. It was very professional as well as a lot of fun!
Fabrice Leclercq
Hope you are well and in positive spirit after the fantastic launch event?
I have to say that I think it is up there in my top five events on corporate level.
Lea Bragagnini
There was so much quality around and about the event, I’m sure no one could fail to be impressed.
Hopefully soon you’ll get a moment to reflect on the success and I hope you feel suitably proud of what you and your team have achieved so far, and will achieve in the future.
Alistair Burns
What can I say but a fantastic launch event for you, the team and for Harlequin? Thank you kindly for the invitation to myself and my wife and your generous, warm and splendid hospitality. You must be very proud of what you and your team have achieved so far and the support from Presidents, Senior Ministers, service partners and sporting legends alike, was overwhelming for us, let alone how you must have felt being up on stage. Not to mention your first occasion on the stage of a West End musical, can it really get any better!!
Thank you again for the great event, congratulations and I look forward to watching out for the first open event at Buccament Bay.
Keith Waterman
just wanted to thank you and all of the amazing Harlequin staff
for what is without doubt the most incredible and enjoyable day of the year so far. I am very grateful for the exceptionally kind hospitality, programme of events and entertainment enjoyed by myself and my guests throughout the day.
Tim Earle
The launch event was of a scale and standard not matched in the industry; Harlequin’s success in producing a low-entry point to access high-quality overseas homes in premier resorts is now clear to see.
Andy Bridge
Bob, every post you make just makes you look more of an idiot, why do you bother?
Bob, don’t be a dickhead, you only have to “Google Pat Cash drug addiction”
and you will read the FACTS about him , as revealed by him. It is, however, irrelevant to the story about a twice bankrupt English property developer who has apparently ripped off thousands of investors in “off plan” property developments in the Caribbean , for hundreds of millions of pounds .
Pat Cash is but another causality of this disaster that continues to unfold.
At least he gets to enjoy the resort for two weeks per year.
Shut up Bob and give up trying to defend the undefendable dwarf conman, he’s beyond defending, it’s all over Bob you old piss smelling Alzheimer’s suffering moron.
Let the truth dawn on you, it has on me.
Good Lord !!! …I wish that was the real “whatsthefuss”
Hi I just stumbled on this blog and wanted to ask a question?
I’ve just been watching Wall Street, Money never sleeps and a documentary on Enron and it got me thinking,
I have a question but first Id like you to read my post and then perhaps you could tell me what you would do?
It is interesting to note the following;
Note (A).
“Confidential communications between a client and his legal adviser are not privileged if made for the purpose of committing a fraud or crime. For these purposes, it is irrelevant whether the fraud is that of the client, the adviser or a third party acting through an innocent client. Fraud in this context is a wide concept extending to iniquity, which embraces, for example, a plan to enter into transactions at an undervalue to prejudice the client’s creditors. However, disclosure of such documents in such circumstances will only be ordered by a court if a particularly strong prima facie case of fraud is shown.
Note (B).
“The Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (PoCA) requires solicitors (and accountants, insolvency practitioners, etc.) who suspect their clients of money laundering (a term covering a wide range of acquisitive criminal offences) to report them to the authorities without telling the clients they have done so, subject to a maximum punishment of 14 years in jail. However, the Court of Appeal confirmed in 2005 that PoCA does not override legal professional privilege.”
What would constitute suspicious activity?
This is a difficult question to answer, and is also a difficult call for a partner in a legal firm to make, so let us look at a hypothetical scenario,
At this point I would like to make it clear that any potential similarities in this hypothetical scenario with anyone else is unintentional & purely coincidental.
Let us say, that I was a solicitor, hypothetically, and let’s say I acted for a client ( a plaintiff) in a case where as part of the evidentory documentation presented to me by the plaintiff, this was to include a letter, whereby I discovered that my client (the plaintiff) had been the subject of a personal tax enquiry some four years ago.
Now I also act for my client (the plaintiff in the other case) on a different hypothetical matter. And during the course of this hypothetical action I have been asked by my client to represent them in a hypothetical financial transaction they were in the process of undertaking.
For the avoidance of doubt the following is hypothetical and any similarities to anyone is unintentional and if there are similarities these are purely coincidental.
The financial transaction was the subject of a non disclosure agreement between all parties, which meant that the financial transaction would have remained secret, no one aside from the interested parties would ever be aware of the transaction.
The financial transaction involved my client looking to transfer a sum of money to a third party.
My client held a beneficial financial interest in a number of overseas properties but was not the registered owner.
I had reason on a previous matter to get my client to issue me with a complete list of their assets, to which they complied.
My client however, had forgotten that they had a beneficial interest in the properties subject to the financial transaction as outlined above, and as a result had not declared them to me in their original list of assets.
The registered owner of the properties subject to the financial transaction I am referring to, was a third party unconnected in any way to the businesses of my client.
The properties had been registered in the name of the unconnected third party for about 4 years and during this time my client was the beneficiary of any financial remuneration accruing from the said properties.
Now that got me thinking, my client had a number of other similar properties, but these were registered in a company which he owned, there were a couple of other properties registered in his name, so I wondered why these other properties to which my client had the beneficial financial interest were not registered in their name.
And then I remembered the previous HMRC ongoing investigation into my clients personal tax affairs and I became suspicious, my suspicions were further aroused by the fact that my clients were being investigated for serious criminal fraud, a fact I had only recently became aware of given that I did not act for my client in that matter.
Was my client engaging in tax evasion by having these properties registered in the name of an unconnected third party where my client had the beneficial financial interest.
The properties were worth a considerable sum of money, so how come my client had forgotten about them, was my client genuinely suffering from memory loss?
I was only aware of these properties, I have no idea if my client had a beneficial interest in any other properties, where they were not the registered owner, my client could have had, I just don’t know, indeed my client could have had a beneficial interest in dozens of properties.
I could have asked my client why they had not registered the properties in their name given that they were the beneficiaries of any financial remuneration arising from the properties, however if my clients admitted tax evasion to me, in essence a fraud perpetrated against HMRC, then all communication between me and my client would not be covered by legal privilege as a result of fraud see Note (A). above.
If I suspect even the slightest bit of wrong doing on the part of my client with respect to any financial transactions then I have an obligation to report this as note (B). above.
However if I believe my client is acting in a proper manner and had genuinely forgotten about the assets in question, then I should act in the best interest of my client, by giving them the benefit of doubt and should offer them tax advice on any liability accruing from the disposal of assets to which my client holds a beneficial interest, where I believe my advice is covered by Note (C). below.
I think at this point I would ask my client to produce evidence from HMRC that they were satisfied that my client had all his tax affairs in order including an acknowledgement that a full declaration had been made in respect of my clients financial interests in properties to which they had a beneficial interest but were not the registered owners.
Note (C).
Lawyers are protected by professional privilege from having to disclose advice that they may provide on clients’ tax matters. In contrast, and unlike their American counterparts, British accountants do not enjoy such privilege, and are under general obligations to make disclosures to HM Revenue and Customs. The Chairman of HMRC in February 2010 criticised lawyers who exploited this difference to compete with accountants for clients, saying that he would crush any instances of law firms saying “bring your tax issues to us so we can ensure that HMRC can never get access to them”.
In this particular hypothetical scenario I discussed the matter with my QC, when I broached the subject of the non disclosed assets with him, and the fact that my client, whilst the beneficiary of any remuneration which might attach to those assets was not the registered owner, my QC asked me to say no more, and duly resigned, stating that due to his work load he would be unable to act for my client on the matter of the financial transaction. My QC had previously worked with my client and was aware of the original HMRC enquiry. My QC advised me to find another QC who would not be aware of previous issues relating to my client and advised me to use different QC’s in respect of different matters pertaining to my client,
My QC advised me not to discuss any further issues pertaining to my client as my QC was duty bound to report suspicious activity in the same way that I was under an obligation to do.
Now I know what I would have done in this hypothetical scenario, but what would you do?
I would be interested in any views you might have,
Thanks.
Just looking at the ELS Legal website,
They appear to be the go to guys for defamation, Carter Ruck eat your heart out, there is a new kid on the block.
http ://www.els-law.co.uk/our-experience.html
ELS acted for Ames in the Harlecon defamation case, but the outcome of the arbitration in that matter was the subject of a Tomlin order and NDA and where Ames acknowledged he had not recieved an apology.
But it looks like the Harlecon case was not the only defamation case ELS were involved in, it appears that ELS may have learned from the mistakes made in the Harlecon case, and in the case below were far more successful.
In the case below which mirrored the Harlecon case, ELS managed to not only obtain an apology, they also managed to obtain a financial award for their client, and managed not to have this outcome governed by an NDA.
Bet Ames was seething with jealousy especially given that ELS had obtained a financial award for their client in this case.
One does wonder though if the facts contained on the Harlecon site were indeed true given that the outcome of the Harlecon action was the subject of a Tomlin order / NDA unlike the case referred to below on the ELS website. I guess as a result of the Tomlin order / NDA we will never know.
“An area of increasing concern for clients is defamation through the internet and social media. We successfully advised a client on a defamation claim as a website had been created which contained damaging false information about our client. Our clients achieved a financial award and received a public apology as a result of the successful claim settlement.”
And it looks like ELS are cutting a swathe in the professional negligence market too, we know ELS are acting for Ames in a $ 70 million dollar lawsuit in the UK against Wilkins Kennedy, but it looks like Wilkins Kennedy are not the only accountants being pursued for professional negligence, see below. ELS are pursuing another set of accountants in respect of a development in a seperate but smaller case for $ 7 million dollars.
However unlike the Ames case where ELS are suing Wilkins Kennedy for professional negligence across a number of developments controlled by HP (SVG) Ltd and HH&R Ltd for services provided “in connection with accountancy and ongoing budgets and ongoing cash flows for all of the Harlequin developments” .
ELS are pursuing a second accountancy firm for professional negligence relating to a single resort for a figure about a tenth of the claim against Wilkins Kennedy, which is probably a prudent move on the part of ELS given the vast resources that they will need to commit to the Wilkins Kennedy case.
See below;
” We are acting for clients in relation to a $7m claim against a firm of accountants for professional negligence in respect of a multi-million pound development.”
In November 2010 the High Court ordered law firm ELS International to pay it [Stirling Mortimer] €9.8 million that went missing from the fund. Former ELS partner Joe Ezaz was accused of misappropriating the money and in April 2012 Stirling Mortimer reached an out-of-court settlement with ELS and Ezaz over the funds. The board said that to date it had sold some of Ezaz’s previous assets for €3.5 million and was in the process of selling others.
ELS has now fallen into administration and Stirling Mortimer…
more here
http://citywire.co.uk/new-model-adviser/news/troubled-property-fund-fights-to-recover-50m/a658318
I know Pat Cash.
Interesting Joe Azaz and ELS and Sterling Mortimer.
Very interesting and attack Richard Spector.
Harlecon case and ELS website.
Attack accountants rather than lawyers?
I forgot to mention about David Ames and money laundering on St Vincent. IT IS involved with a white powder.
Still can’t figure out why the Ames family have paid themselves so much from the early days of the business if it was a genuine business. Why buy Bluebell whatever it’s called if they aren’t making any money. New company owners don’t usually take much of a salary in early years. Just looks like they were in this to get everything they could from the beginning without any thought for us investors. If this ever goes to a criminal court are we allowed to watch? Dave and Carol Ames just look like greedy selfish bastards hiding assets, laundering money and stashing money in switzerland.
@Anon, anonymous, anonymous, Whatsthefus, good lord I wish that was the real Robert Storey. You simpletons are so guilable aren’t you. Say after me ” I must not believe everything on BFP” tw*ts
A Question 1.15 aka legal eagle amongst others, why don’t you use your real ID of Francis D? Or perhaps you have forgotten you thought that one up. You really such an obvious fake. Next you will say that Ralph is Gregory Farrari! Ho ho ho.
@Robert Storey. If that is the real Mr Storey. I am a female investor/poster. I don’t appreciate the word ‘tw@t’ being used to describe us investors that have lost our investment and are receiving no return.
Gullible – easily deceived or cheated.
Guilable – word not found
Do you know what the meaning of tw*t is? Perhaps you should look it up before making a comment.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2923980/Hedge-fund-boss-cost-investors-350MILLION-Mayfair-based-firm-collapsed-rogue-trading-jailed-13-years.html
Hedge fund boss who cost investors £350MILLION when his Mayfair-based firm collapsed due to his rogue trading is jailed for 13 years
– Magnus Peterson was jailed in one of the first prosecutions of 2008 crash
– From 2003, he used one company to mask flailing accounts of another
– Swedish born Peterson then launched Ponzi-like scheme amid 2008 crisis
– He used fresh investments from ‘pensioners’ to repay out-of-pocket clients
– In 2009 he was arrested by Serious Fraud Office but charges were dropped
– A 2012 High Court case launched by creditors saw financier bankrupted
– Criminal case was reopened as a result and Peterson found guilty of fraud
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A hedge fund boss whose investors lost £350million when his Mayfair firm collapsed as a result of his rogue trading has been jailed for 13 years.
Magnus Peterson forged relatives’ signatures, wrote fraudulent IOU’s and lied to auditors to keep the Macro Fund afloat while he extracted millions from the company for himself.
The company collapsed in 2009 in an ’emblematic’ example of the financial crash, with 51-year-old Peterson convicted of eight counts of years later.
Today the Swedish national was jailed for 13 years at Southwark Crown Court.
The father-of-four was previously ruled against in a High Court action launched by creditors of one of his companies.
It was this ruling which prompted the Serious Fraud Office to criminally investigate the financier after previously fearing there was no ‘realistic prospect of conviction’.
During his three-month trial at Southwark Crown Court, jurors heard how Peterson blew 20 per cent of the fund over a few days of ‘disastrous’ trading.
Having convinced investors – many of whom were pensioners – to agree to an ‘option overlay’, Peterson told clients they could not lose or gain five per cent of their original input.
The trader began using a separate company, Weavering Capital, to mask how much of his clients’ money he had lost.
Trading with money from the Macro Fund, he invented deals and profits produced by the latter company to keep the scheme going.
At one point the financier forged the signatures of his father-in-law and brother in Sweden on documents including one declaring responsibility to the Irish Stock Exchange.
But following the credit crunch of 2008, investors began seeking returns on their original cash instalments.
It was then that Peterson launched a Ponzi-like scheme – using fresh cash investments to pay off debts to older clients.
As jurors were told, ‘he was robbing Peter to pay Paul.’
In 2009, the Macro Fund was closed and Peterson later arrested in one of the first prosecutions of its kind following the financial crash.
The Serious Fraud Office did not pursue allegations of fraud however in the belief there was no realistic prospect the trader would be convicted. The case was closed in 2011.
The following year, a High Court action launched by Weavering Capital creditors however found he and some others liable for millions.
n its wake and with the appointment of David Green QC at the SFO alongside threats of a judicial review from scorned creditors, the case was reopened.
While swindling investors out of millions, it emerged Peterson had pocketed £7million for himself by the time he was brought to court.
He was found guilty of fraud, forgery, false accounting and fraudulent trading and acquitted of seven other counts including fraud by false representation.
Sentencing today, Mr Justice Peter Smith said the trader had ‘fooled’ those who trusted him with investments.
TIMELINE OF DECEIT
August 2003: Macro Fund launched on Irish Stock Exhchange
March 2009: Fund put into administration
April 2009: Joint administrators mount proceedings against Peterson
September 2011: Serious Fraud Office drops investigation
October 2011: Civil trial at High Court begins
May 2012: Peterson ordered to pay £289million in damages for defrauding investors
July 2012: Serious Fraud Office reopens criminal investigation
December 2012: Peterson is charged with fraud offences
October 2014: Criminal trial begins at Southwark Crown Court
January 2015: Peterson is jailed for 13 years
‘You were playing for high rewards and the punishment should reflect that, which is why I am sentencing you to 13 years in prison.
‘Investors were entitled to expect integrity from you.
‘The jury found you guilty on eight counts of disloyalty, fraud and forgery. The Macro fund was liquidated in 2009 with losses of more than half a billion dollars for investors.
‘You are a clever man and the fraud was clever, dishonest and sophisticated. You are articulate and have charm and your submissions to the jury were fluent although they made no real sense.
He added the man had duped regular people out of hard-earned savings and contributions intended for charity.
‘These were not just adventurous speculators, they included those saving for their pensions and charities.
‘You did not have direct dealings with those cheated, but you knew well enough who would be your sorts of victims.
‘It is no excuse that others might have been expected to safeguard the interests of others, and that others were involved in your wrongdoing.
‘You acted in concert with others and it beggars belief that you were not leading a scheme and that others were not led by you.’
According to the Serious Fraud Office, it was one of the first hedge fund prosecutions of its kind to arise out of the 2008 financial crisis.
Amanda Pinto, QC, for the Serious Fraud Office, said: ‘This case is about a fraud carried out by Mr Peterson, through the investment fund the Macro fund, which he ran between 2003 and 2009.
‘Investors put millions of dollars into the Macro fund…In the end, the fund went down to the tune of over 600 million dollars, losing all their money.
‘And this was not because of bad luck or incompetence – this was because of dishonesty.’
Anonymous 11.03 am
You could almost say that the name is Ames not Peterson!
Anonymous 11.03am
The Harlequin case some investors took legal action.
Investors may have won the case?
@ a question who am I ? 9.36 am
How do you know A Question 1.16 am is Legal Eagle ? Or why do you think it ?
Harlequin do forgery.
Wilkins Kennedy.
The style is gives him away. And he is talking through his tw@t. Tax evasion ho ho ho. HMRC did full checks on Harlequin for SIPPs, so there is no way that Harlequin or Dave could have evaded tax. You lot are really gulible. Funny he did not mention his Romanian Pussy that Senka Besirevic as being the person that owned the property in Dubai that he said Dave paid for.. oops thats right he did not say Dave, he said it was hypotheticle.
Let me point this out to EVERYONE Legal Eagle aka Francis D aka A Question 1.16 am last night is a liar and a coward. Why hide behind a hypotheticle post using a anonymous Id lol. Do you really think that HMRC will investigate Harlequin because of a tip off from A question. HMRC had to pass Harlequin for SIPP FACT. And Lawyers defend clients, not report them, TW@T. Troll on, troll on usual pathetic bile ho ho ho.
And no were does it say Pat Cash was convicted of being a cocaine addict or a wife beater FACT so I suggest you all shut up with the defamation and tell the truth for once. Pathetic bile.
Robert, please calm down.
The truth is that Ames took in £440m to build a number of resorts. To date, he has not done this, and we are attempting to discern why.
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‘if’ harlabollocks passed the checks for SIPPS, was it because ‘harlabollocks’ was set up by their accountants with companies house with Carol as director, ie not Dave?
HMRC issued a Winding Up Order – that’s how confident they were about their investigation into Harlequin’s tax issues.
What a sad perverted depraved mob the anti HP mob are. They seem to have a fixation with female genitalia. How depraved is that. As pointed above and in a previous post the word tw*t has two meanings. I would suggest the implication in the postings where I have used it is “a person regarded as stupid or obnoxious” But the anti HP mob only see it with a sexual connotation. That just about sums up the depravity of their postings, eh Jane. Oops Jane where has your post gone? It seems to have disappeared. How do you do that, get your own post removed. Of course tw*ts could mean twits! but that would not be disgusting enough for you would it?
Thank you the HMRC. Goodbye Harlequin.
I new I would get it right in the end- it is the tax man again.
@ Whatsthefuss 5.04 pm, easy tiger, what has you in a flap now?
Why would the Builder be pissed off with Ames ? Ames did not sell any of the builders stuff, I fail to see why you raise that point.
The builder did not drag anyone into this? Ames did, he brought on the case. Ames thought he would cause as much trouble for the builder as possible, that is Ames’ style. He has his own problems with Carol and Matt, Nicola and Dan. He has dragged his own family into a criminal case.
According to Carol and Dan Ames the builder did not take investors money, what do you make of that then?
And no one was convicted of anything in Ireland, it was a civil case, one which is being appealled. But heh put what ever spin on it you like, if it makes you feel any better.
Dave and Carol have numerous judgments against them in SVG, and apparently some of them are being appealled.
Now what do you think of Dave trying to take in cash to pay off a number of agreements he has entered into to repay investors recently, the fact that he is doing this marks a change in his previous attitude, but he should have made this clear when looking for investors to fund the construction of the H Hotel, a bit of honesty and transparency would not go a miss here.
Robert you have been very quiet, sort of, well what do you make of A Questions 1.16 am’s post earlier, ?
Was it hypothetical? I suspect that it might not have been,
@where did my money go? My tm ifa has been on business/working holiday with harlequin to the Caribbean four times since 2009. Who pays for all this? Probably us investors!
Robert & Whatsthefuss, perhaps you might like to make a comment on the post from ‘ Where did my money go?”
To add to the figures from ” Where did my money go?”
Ames spent c £ 7.5 million on litigation and security against the builder,
How much did he pay Carter Ruck in addition to this in his bid to silence all negativity,
The grove launch cost in excess of £ 1 million quid,
The launch in Wembley probably in excess of £ 500 k
The Dubai properties held by Harlequin Property Caribbean Ltd £ 5 million quid.
The Dubai properties not in Ames name £ 2 million +
The UK properties £ 3 million +
The share holders loans
The list just goes on and on and on ……..
Of the money I and all other investors gave Ames, close to £ 500 million quid.
c 16% was spent on Construction
c 6% was spent on land purchases
c 50% was spent on Commissions. ( an absolute disgrace)
c 20% on interest payments for other investors. (This is what really gets me, Ames was getting investors to borrow cash, and using my pension money to make interest payments for those investors who borrowed money).
c 8% unaccounted for.
So of the money I gave to Ames to build my unit, only 16 % was spent on building, and 6 % on the land ( in some cases we don’t know if Ames paid for the land),
We all know Ames only built around 100 units.
At least the builder out of the c USD he was paid spent c 80% of this on the build.
Why do you want to continue the debate about bullet resistant glass? Odd that seeing as it’s been done to death.
Anonymous 7.57 no one mentioned bullet resistance glass today, what is being posted is the absolute indiscriminate expenditure by the Ames family on matters wholly unconnected to the build of the resorts.
Are you ok with the fact that Ames used purchaser funds to amass a small fortune in property in Dubai, and then tried to hide some of this. Are you?
I am not, and I’m not alone.
Transparency my ass, the wilfull attempt at hiding property is anything but transparent.
Where did my money go was talking about bullet resistant glass. The question was is bullet resistant glass transparent or opaque.
Anon 1 – have you not realised yet it’s not me posting about Erica and Paddy?
It’s somebody taking the piss and your falling for it.
I am not commenting on issues on here, I’m keeping my own counsel.
Anonymous 8.43pm
Transparent.
FFS no mention of bullet proof glass anywhere here, but lots about how Ames managed to spend our money on nearly everything else but building.
The interest payments are really interesting, he had to service the interest payments from new money coming in from investors.
Where did my money go? on January 23, 2015 at 8:29 pm
I am getting sick sh$t of the nauseating comments from those who support Ames.
I have read the statement of claim from Ames, read the RL due diligence, waited for Ames to correct it which he didn’t, read all the Shippleys reports, and this is what happened my money.
I am sick to death of hearing about the builder and Wilkins Kennedy or anyone else for that matter, the figures I have all come from Ames,
The following makes for sobering reading.
Of the money I and all other investors gave Ames, close to £ 500 million quid.
c 16% was spent on Construction
c 6% was spent on land purchases
c 50% was spent on Commissions. ( an absolute disgrace)
c 20% on interest payments for other investors. (This is what really gets me, Ames was getting investors to borrow cash, and using my pension money to make interest payments for those investors who borrowed money).
c 8% unaccounted for.
So of the money I gave to Ames to build my unit, only 16 % was spent on building, and 6 % on the land ( in some cases we don’t know if Ames paid for the land),
We all know Ames only built around 100 units.
At least the builder out of the c USD he was paid spent c 80% of this on the build.
So Id have been far better off paying the builder directly. I really would.
It’s there in bloody black and White, yet for 4 years Ames and his cronies have told us about the builder this, the builder that, Wilkins Kennedy this, Wilkins Kennedy that, Mr. Newman this, Mr. Newman that, Ridgeview, Nikki Crozier, RL, Paul Walton, Erica Broughton, Richard Ingham etc etc etc,
The Judgment, the defamation case, the case against Wilkins Kennedy. I’m just sick of the sh$t.
c 22% of my money went on build and buying land.
Of the c 7.2 % of our money given to the builder at least 80% of this was spent on construction.
So for me after looking at all the figures the real crook is Ames. Ames spent 78% of our money on activities unrelated to the buying of land and build.
Anonymous 8.43pm
We have the law in this country.
I was thinking about this earlier. Ames & Storeys concentrated attacks for a time on Mr. Newman, might just have been rather ill judged to say the least.
Mr. Newman is afterall a Tax Expert, so who better then to tip off HMRC on any tax irregularities that Ames may have.
If Mr. Newman discovered that some properties were held for the benefit of Ames perhaps?
After-all, all he has to do is to fire off an anonymous tip off in the direction of HMRC, he could also direct them to certain matters anonymously of course……
Now what sort of stupid c$nt would try score points by goading Mr. Newman ?
Oh yeah lol, for one you have Bob the stupid c$nt Storey. Followed closely by that pair of stupid c$nts Carol and Dave.
So when HMRC pull the plug we all have that stupid pric$k Storey to thank for loosing everything. Yes our very own prize pri$k Storey.
I was directing my post at “Whatsthefuss”, now that you have clarified that it is not you Richard, then it remains directed at the other “Whatsthefuss”,
Richard we know it’s not you, the last thing you need is for HMRC to be all over your tax affairs thanks to Ames.
It’s easy to say something like “I have nothing to hide” but HMRC audits are rather nasty affairs, and add the Ames element, trust us on this, he will say anything to save his skin, just take the documents from the Irish Case, compare them with what was said in the RL case, compare both those to the Shippleys Report then compare all that against the Statement of Claim in the HPSVG & HH&R vs Wilkins Kennedy (A firm). Given that Ames has been hiding assets, anyone and I mean anyone associated with him runs the risk of having their personal affairs probed.
Ames will soon cause an awful lot of unnecessary trouble for quite a few individuals in the most unexpected of ways.
Anon 1 – HMRC investigations are of no concern to me for a few reasons, firstly because I have nothing to hide. Secondly, I’m not worried as I have a good accountant representing my business and me personally who knows the full facts and has dealt with them properly.
And lastly, even if you have nothing to hide, it can be expensive to defend yourself with accountants costs costing fortunes. Happily my company and me personally are covered by an insurance policy that covers the costs of HMRC and VAT investigations.
If the tax man wants a snoop around I’m comfy with it.
@ Whatsthefuss thank god you have insurance and I’m not implying by that that you have done anything wrong. But other innocent folk haven’t.
I know your not in the current firing line, I know who is, and it’s amazing what people will do to extract themselves from a situation.
I think most investors will be shocked when all the dust settles and not at Ames, they have come to accept the worst from him. So nothing he does will shock anyone anymore.
@ Whatsthefuss, I have a question, has your opinion of Ames changed for the worse or better since you first met him? And do you think he should have dealt with the various litigation matters in perhaps a rather more low key fashion if at all, given the way the litigation has appeared to have backfired by way of Harlecon, BFP etc and the resultant exposure of the financial weaknesses of Ames’ companies. ?
Anon 1 – on a personal level my opinions of Dave Ames are no different to that of 10 years ago. I have no issues with him.
As for the litigation, I do not know enough of the facts to comment and if I did comment I would only get stupid comments from other posters so I am better off not expressing an opinion.
Hi Gonsalves
@ Whatsthefuss, I appreciate your response, it is a pity that the issues surrounding Ames could not be debated in a manner that does not decend into farce and churlish name calling.
There are a number of sides to this affair,
(1). Ames and his companies and those who are employed by them.
(2). Investors and third party creditors.
(3). Mr. O Halloran, Mr. Newman & Wilkins Kennedy.
(4). The third party legal firms representing investors.
(5). And the authorities.
Without acknowledging the above and respecting the views of all players then there was never much hope that matters would have improved.
Views can be put forward without either resorting to filth and obscenities, views can also be espoused without the need to ram these views down someone’s throat.
But the fractious nature of the debate does nothing except alienate the parties even further.
Ralph Gonsalves,I thankyou for the conversation that we had earlier.
However I cannot and do not wish to be involved in the drugs trade.
You explained how you use Buccament Bay as a cover.
My decision is made but I wish you well for the future.
Funny how the reply last night to the foul mouthed moron Amight have just pissed on etc etc was removed. Funny how you can call someone a stupid c$unt which the word being implied could not be mistaken but using the word tw*t is not acceptable. Incredible.
Go and try some Horlicks Bob
During the clean out another post that must have been stuck in moderators purgatory has appeared further up (by Anon Jan 23 @9:30pm) with quotes from those who attended the Grove launch. Scary reading, including this one below:
“Mr Dave Ames
We just wanted to say many thanks to you and your staff for putting on such a wonderful launch at the Grove today. We were extremely grateful for the opportunity to meet you, the dignitaries, and other like minded investors.
I would also like to thank ALL your staff including Daniel Dalligan, Sonia, Louisa & others for their help in answering our ‘never ending’ questions during the purchase process.
Thank you for taking the time to talk to us personally on the day, and answering all our questions.
Congratulations and very best wishes.
Ps. we have invested in St Lucia, Barbados & Brazil.
Regards
Lloyd Farrell & Rosaleen Banbury”
Sadly Lloyd and Rosaleen weren’t aware that the money the handed over for their units was probably spent on a round of drinks at the launch party, and this is just the “normal course of business” for Harlequin. Their life savings were probably pissed up against a wall (literally) with in a couple of hours of handing it over.
More victims who will never see their money again.
Anonymous, a truly sobering comment (pun intended).
I wonder how these people will be feeling now? They even were suckered into Brazil, which as yet has not been re-compensated and has no hope of progress (no land was ever bought yet deposits were taken).
I’d have more remorse for Ames & friends if they genuinely fell at some obstacles. But the commissions, flashy bullshit (brochures, parties), wild speculative promises, constant stealing of money, no substantive progress, unwillingness to heed to the needs of the victims, is just causing more trouble than it’s worth.
There’s a reason why he didn’t want us to know he had been bankrupted twice. Why his son went to jail for fraud. Why he didn’t get to build the resorts…. it’s him. Wouldn’t touch him with a bargepole. Imagine him talking to financial institutions – all the financial folks I know are heavy on numbers. I am as yet to see any official accounting numbers from them.
What do you think?
I doubt it now. I have very foolishly shown the hand of the WK defence team which makes the case against Ames more difficult. I just wish I had kept my big mouth shut.
-LE
Explain please…
It’s a Harlequin stooge writing it Anon. WK case is civil, would need a criminal trial by likes of SFO or police to convict him and get him thrown into jail. Besides, I’m sure the legal teams on both sides would hold any “information” from this “fringe blog” in contempt (professionally of course).
Another telling comment from the grove launch:
“Great event at the start of the week, we all got a lot from it.
Robert Shaw”
If this is the same Robert Shaw of Tailormade fame, then yes Robert, it appears you did get a lot from it.
I have read many of the recent comments on BFP re the Ames family and his companies, and I took the time to read the statement of claim in the Wilkins Kennedy case along with all of the supporting documentation. I also reviewed the Due Diligence report provided by Regulatory Legal, and what I found was most interesting.
Having compared the RL due diligence document with the statement of claim in the Wilkins Kennedy case, I noted that there was a difference in the build costs for Buccament Bay. The RL due diligence puts this at c £100 Million but the information contained in the statement of claim puts the build cost at c £71 Million.
There are other notable points to make from the RL due diligence.
In 2011 Ames began selling rooms in Hotels that he was looking to refurb, one of these hotels was the hotel Blu in St. Lucia, according to the RL DD.
HOTEL BLU ST. LUCIA,
Hotel Blu was purchased for £3,437,500 yet only £346,147.00 was spent on the refurbishment. The purchase price of this hotel along with the refurbishment cost comes to a total of £49,784.82 per room. based on 76 rooms. Yet these rooms were for sale for c £300 K each or a total of £22,800,000.00. with c £7 Million to come in deposits.
WHERE IS THE COMPLETION MONEY FOR HOTEL BLU?
This hotel is open but we have never been told that Ames has asked purchasers to complete on this, why not ? This would give Ames c £15,800,000 in cash. Did Ames sell any units in the Blu Hotel ?
H HOTEL BARBADOS,
We know from the RL due diligence that Ames spent a total of £ 3 Million purchasing this property and an additional £ 2,330,012. on the “refurbishment” to date.
5 STAR BUILD RATE CARIBBEAN £106-£120 PER SQ FT / £1060-£1200 PER SQ MT.
We know the build rate in Barbados for high end 5 Star is between USD $160 /£106 – $180/£120 per sq ft. complete, inclusive of infrastructure and design costs, therefore the £2,330,012 expended by Ames should have given a completed build of between 19,444 & 21,875 sq ft. Yet the H Hotel is no where near this.
The H Hotel was originally marketed as a USD $5.5 Million conversion project, to date USD c $ 3.5 / £2.3 million has been spent on the ‘conversion’.
AVERAGE PRICE PER UNIT H HOTEL BARBADOS £300 K
The average price for a unit at the H Hotel Barbados was £300 K, We were told that this hotel was sold out. Giving a total of £21 Million.
Ames has been asking investors to pay for the continued build of the H Hotel yet Investors have already contributed £6.3 Million.
COST OVERRUNS
If investors were to pay for the continued build on a phased basis this should be on the back of architects & QS certificates for the value of work completed, a QS therefore would have to determine the value of the work & percentage completed to date and any investor going forward would be well within their rights to ask for this information and for an explanation into the apparent enormous cost overrun on the project to date.
This cost overrun is something financiers will also want addressing.
MERRICKS,
We know from the RL due diligence that the cost of the build works to date at Merricks has come to £2.2 million to date. Yet the audited accounts for Harlequin Property SVG (the only audited accounts) to April 30th 2007 show a build cost as of that date of £5,695,480.00 for Merricks, Ames is also on record as indicating that the build cost was in excess of £8 Million subsequent to this.
MONEY EXPENDED TO DATE ON BUILD COSTS AT MERRICKS
So let us take the figures contained in the RL DD first, £2.2 Million of build should have given Ames a completed build of between 18,333 & 20,754 sq ft of completed build, about 18 completed units.
However if we take the audited accounts for HP SVG to April 2007 we should have seen a build of c 47,462 – 53,730 sq ft of completed build.
And if we take the statement from Ames subsequent to the date of the audited accounts then we should have seen a completed build of between c 68,333 – 77,358 sq ft of build.
POSSIBLE CONSULTANT FEES / PROFESSIONAL FEES
Ames may put the bulk of the expenditure at the three projects I have detailed down to consultants fees, but if this is the case it would be incumbent on Ames to explain how or why he had to pay close to £10 Million in consultancy fees for the three hotels referred to.
BUCCAMENT BAY
In the statement of claim a figure of c $ 5 Million is attributed to the work carried out by Ridgeview Construction on the Buccament Bay site, Ridgeviews’ contract was terminated in July 2008 after Ames discovered that Ridgeview had ‘allegedly’ misappropriated substantial sums from Ames, as per the statement of claim in the Wilkins Kennedy case, but this figure does not correlate with the figure shown in the Audited accounts for Harlequin Property (SVG) Ltd to April 2007, the figure in the audited accounts given for work in progress and construction costs at Buccament Bay was for £6,672,254.00 USD $ 10 Million. This would suggest and in the absence of knowing the amount of money paid to Ridgeview in the period April 2007 -July 2008 that far in excess of USD $ 5 million was ‘allegedly’ misappropriated by Ridgeview, yet Ames has never sought to pursue Ridgeview through the courts for the return of this money.
THE EXCUSES FOR NON PERFORMANCE, THEY NO LONGER HOLD ANY WEIGHT.
I also do not support the assertion made by Ames, that the Builder, Wilkins Kennedy or the Global Economic downturn was individually or were through a combination of all three events, collectively responsible for the failure of the Ames family business,
I say this for a number of reasons,
Ames relies heavily on segments of the Irish case in his action against Wilkins Kennedy, as can be seen from his statement of claim, and it is in this context I refer to the litigation,it must be noted that the Irish judgment, is the subject of an appeal, and the appeal is referred to in the statement of claim.
NEWSLETTER
(1). The newsletter below was produced in September 2012, this was over 2 years after Wilkins Kennedy had resigned and after the builder had been removed from the project.
http:// http://www.harlequinhotelsandresorts.com/downloads/HQ_NEWSLETTER_GENERAL_2012.pdf.
The Newsletter of September 2012 coupled with the many updates and newsletters in the period from June 2010 – April 2013 gave no indication of problems with any of the Ames family companies, however it is the Newsletter of September 2012 that is of most interest.
We know that at this time Carol and Dan Ames were wondering what to do with HMSSE and had approached a number of Insolvency Practitioners, Ames will of course deny this, but notwithstanding this, 8 months later Carol and Dan Ames began the formal procedure of putting HMSSE into administration.
Ames originally told us that this formed part of the overall restructuring of his companies, indicating that this was a premeditated move on the part of the Ames family, given that they no longer required the sales arm of the business.
It has since transpired that this was NOT the case. HMSSE was entered into administration as a direct result of a Statutory Demand being issued to that company.
This greatly differs from the story Ames was and is telling interested parties.
This is very true of the News Letter which paints a picture of a company on the up, bucking the trend and moving forward on all fronts.
SHIPLEYS LLP REPORT AND CHRONOLOGY OF EVENTS PROVIDED BY DIRECTORS OF HMSSE.
(2). Furthermore, it has since come to light, through the Shipleys LLP report on HMSSE, and despite the claims by Ames that HMSSE was not an integral part of his Caribbean companies nor connected to them in any way aside from being the main sales agent, his wife Carol and son Dan put the failure of HMSSE down to the misappropriation by the builder of funds from HMSSE, and not through any misappropriation from the unrelated Caribbean companies.
INDEPENDENT EXPERT.
(3). Ames engaged the services of an independent expert in June 2010 to ascertain whether Ames should remove the ICE Group from the Buccament Bay Project, The independent expert advised Ames that the company should not be removed from the project, furthermore stating that Ames should pay a premium to the company in order that they be allowed to continue with the work of constructing the resort.
This Independent expert report only came to light as a result of the action against Wilkins Kennedy and forms part of the Wilkins Kennedy defence.
It is worth noting that Wilkins Kennedy in their defence submittals are asserting in the proceedings that Ames did not have the liquidity to complete the resorts as per the contracts he had with investors, and have indicated that will seek to prove this in their case.
FORGED FRAUDULENT DOCUMENTS.
(4). Yet despite the recommendations of the Independent Expert engaged by Ames in relation to the retention of the Ice Group, in June 2010 Ames proceeded to instigate legal proceedings against the Ice Group et al, using documents that were subsequently proven to have been forged and or altered, however it was not possible to prove that Ames was culpable in forging the documents.
CONTRADICTORY EVIDENCE
(5). Whilst Ames was awarded damages in the subsequent Irish trial, now the subject of an appeal, events that post dated the case demonstrate that Ames has on many occasions contradicted the evidence he,his wife and witnesses gave originally in Ireland. Some of the contradictions resulted in a complaint being made against Sam Commissiong, the SVG lawyer for Ames, to his regulatory body in SVG, other contradictions to evidence that Ames and his wife gave led to an action of contempt proceedings being taken against them in the UK. The action having been stayed after settlement proposals were offered by Ames and his wife.
PAYING A KEY WITNESS??????
(6). In addition to this and from the statement of claim, in the Wilkins Kennedy case, it was discovered that a key ‘non expert witness’ for Ames, a former accountant to the ICE Group, had actually been paid by Ames.
I find this odd and wonder if Ames or his legal team brought it to the attention of the Irish court that a key witness had been paid by Ames, I also find it bizarre in the context of the claim Ames is taking against Wilkins Kennedy, that Ames paid a former accountant for the ICE Group to act as a witness against the ICE Group. It seems to go totally against the thrust of his claim against Wilkins Kennedy.
GRANT THORNTON
(7). I also note form the statement of claim a schedule of the alleged misappropriations, produced by Grant Thornton, on the face of it, this ‘alleged’ schedule coming from a respectable firm of accountants would appear to be a document that can be relied upon, however on a closer examination of the document, the information produced in the schedule was not provided by Grant Thornton but by Ames, and Grant Thornton were ‘instructed’ to rely on the information provided by Ames and were instructed to take it that the information was correct.
Yet Grant Thornton are referred to by Ames in the statement of claim as having carried out a forensic examination of the documents, to do this Grant Thornton would have had to have independent access to the source of the documents, yet as they stated they were given the documents by Harlequin and told by Harlequin’s legal advisors to accept them as being correct.
Grant Thornton make no reference to any attempt being made by them to authenticate or independently verify the information or provenance of the information provided by Ames to them. The ‘alleged’ misappropriations were not ruled upon by the judge in the Irish case and as such, until such time as a ruling is made in respect of the alleged misappropriations, thats all they are, allegations of misappropriations. I fail to see what evidentiary value they hold in respect of the Wilkins Kennedy case, a point I suspect the lawyers representing the Insurers of Wilkins Kennedy will raise in the course of their case.
THE AMOUNT OF THE ‘ALLEGED’ MISAPPROPRIATIONS
(8). Ames’ claim in the Wilkins Kennedy case is for a sum in excess of $70 Million as can be seen from the statement of claim. Ames reproduces many elements from the Irish case which form the bulk of the statement of claim against Wilkins Kennedy, but when broken down, the damages awarded to two of Ames’ companies in the Irish case amounted to 3.7 % of the money paid to the ICE Group for the construction of the Buccament Bay Resort, or 0.26% of deposits investors paid. It is however noted that Ames’ claim is that 24% of the monies paid to ICE Group for the purposes of building Buccament Bay were misappropriated or USD $13 Million dollars, if indeed this was the case, this is only 1.7% of the total deposits paid by investors. We know that Ames’ original budget to refurb the H Hotel stood at £3.6 Million and the property purchase cost was a further £3 Million, giving Ames a profit before tax of £14.4 Million USD $21.7 million, just on H Hotel alone.
Obtaining completion monies on the Blu Hotel would give Ames c £ 15.5 Million USD $23.3 Million before tax. That Hotel is operating.
PLEASE NOTE I AM IN NO WAY CONDONING ANY MISAPPROPRIATION AND I AWAIT THE OUTCOME OF THE APPEAL ON THAT MATTER, I AM USING THE FIGURES TO DEMONSTRATE THAT THE FAILURE OF AMES’ COMPANIES CANNOT BE PUT DOWN TO THE LEVEL OF MISAPPROPRIATION AS CLAIMED BY AMES.
THE CLAIM AGAINST WILKINS KENNEDY
(9). I have reviewed the Statement of Claim as filed by Ames’ on behalf of his companies.
Ames claims amongst other things that Wilkins Kennedy failed to advise him to put a contract in place with the builder, this I find ridiculous in the extreme.
Ames had just fired a previous contractor for ‘alleged’ misappropriation of substantial sums of money, the same Ames who claims to have run a string of successful businesses over 30 years, the same Ames who had sold his construction business to reinvest his money in resorts in the Caribbean, yet in this instance he is suing Wilkins Kennedy for not advising him to enter into a build contract with a builder, yet had no problem throwing cash at the builder knowing that their was no mechanism to control the expenditure as is alleged in the statement of claim.
Ames stated in the UK high court in the RL action that he spent 50% of his time a year overseas from the summer of 2009 with 60% of this spent in the Caribbean, he stated that he had senior staff members located at Buccament Bay, Wilkins Kennedy in their defence documents stated that Ames had engaged independent Architects and project QS’s on the Buccament Bay project yet Ames wants us to believe that the Builder still managed to misappropriate millions and that this is all the fault of Wilkins Kennedy, and no one knew about it except Wilkins kennedy until the last minute. Sorry I just don’t buy it. I look forward to seeing how this plays out in court, if it ever gets that far.
THE DIVERSION OF 73% OF INVESTORS DEPOSITS AWAY FROM THE BUILD AND LAND PURCHASES IN THE CARIBBEAN.
(10). Whilst Ames blames everyone and anything, except himself and his family for the reasons why his companies have failed in such a spectacular fashion, and having spent in excess of £10 Million on litigation costs, Ames blames a select few for ‘allegedly’ diverting 1.7% of investors deposits away from the build of the resorts when Ames and his family diverted 73% of investors deposits away from the build and land purchases.
The information in the statement of claim when coupled with the RL due diligence, due diligence Ames had every chance to rebut, but chose for whatever reason not to, demonstrates that a mere c 27% of investors deposits were spent on land acquisitions and build costs.
And whilst Ames amazingly claims that companies are not allowed to make a profit until such time as the contracts they are engaged in are completed, his family had no problem with taking c 50% in commissions etc through HMSSE, nor did Ames see an issue with investing in excess of £ 7 Million in personal property for him and his family from investor deposits.
Yet despite all this, Ames continues to lay the blame for the financial collapse of his and his families companies at the door of a select few.
THE BUSINESS MODEL
The much vaunted Business model of Ames failed as a result of the extraordinary commissions paid relative to the cash brought in.
As has been seen, 50% of the cash taken from deposits was retained in Commissions by HMSSE,
Of the c £500 Million paid by investors in deposits c £250 Million was retained by HMSSE, some of which HMSSE paid to third party agents in commissions.
This is not a business model,
(1). Take a 30% deposit (with nothing else to pay until completion)
(2). Take 50% of the deposit in commission.
(3). Attempt to raise external finance whilst selling units to be in a position to offer completion mortgages, but either way continue to sell.
(4). Offer Guaranteed Mortgages initially, then change this to Guaranteed Mortgages subject to status, then change this to endeavour to provide mortgages.
(5). Give opening deadlines without having either the units sold or the external finance in place to bridge the build gap.
(6). In the absence of guaranteed mortgages, swap completed units with investors who do not require mortgages.
(7). Failing all else ask investors to begin to make progress payments as the build progresses.
Agents were also offered units in lieu of cash commissions, however it is not known if any of these transactions were reported to HMRC, as HMSSE would have been required to do.
THE BUSINESS MODEL THAT COULD HAVE WORKED
If Ames had paid the commissions on a pro rata basis, based on the cash forthcoming from investors on a staged basis, this would have resulted in Ames having an additional c£175 Million in cash reserves.
Example 30% deposit, 30% of commission, balance of funds from investor on completion, balance of commission to the agent.
To put the £175 million into perspective, this would have paid 350,000 monthly interest payments for those purchasers who obtained mortgages.
If Ames was paying the interest for 2000 mortgage investors, he would have been able to maintain the interest payments for 15 years.
If Ames had deposited the money he would have earned interest in respect of this sum of c £8 million a year.
In addition with such strong cash reserves, Ames would had a far better chance of convincing main stream financiers to lend him construction capital, the interest payments for this would easily have been met from the interest accruing on the cash reserves Ames would have had.
Even if half of the £175 Million was held in reserve to cover the interest payments of investors, this would have given Ames an additional £87,500,000.00 to build his resorts with. This would have built Ames a staggering 825,000 sq ft of completed units or approx 850-900 units.
These completed units would then have given Ames between £140 Million and £200 Million in completion monies.
Indeed if Ames had thought about this he could have used some of the remaining £75 Million to provide guaranteed mortgages.
THE STUMBLING BLOCKS TO FINANCE
Ames was aware that financial institutions were nervous of Ames’ financial exposure in the interest payments he was making on behalf of investors, Ames alluded to this in an interview in 2012. This was a stumbling block to Ames obtaining finance.
There however was another stumbling block to Ames obtaining finance, contained within the statement of claim and defence in the Wilkins Kennedy case are references to a number of red book valuations carried out at the instruction of Ames.
Those red book valuations clearly demonstrated that Ames was not selling units at 50% below market value, but selling them at or above the value being attributed to them in the independently commissioned Red Book valuations.
The red book valuations were undertaken over a period of time by three separate industry experts who all arrived at the same conclusion, thus eliminating any potential for error.
These red book valuations would be considered by anyone looking to provide third party finance or mortgages, but the red book valuations put the bulk of properties sold to investors into potential negative equity from the offset.
HMSSE AND THE LIQUIDATION
I have always wondered how a company that was just acting as an intermediary could collapse owing so much money. £5,525,154.25 to over 300 creditors.
HMSSE took in cash from investors, hived off a c 50% commission and so should have sent c £250 million, or the remaining c 50%, to the Caribbean for the land purchases and build of the resorts. Yet looking at the statement of claim coupled with the RL due diligence only c 27 % was remitted to the Caribbean for the purpose of the land purchases and build costs. c £115 Million remains unaccounted for.
How can a company that siphons off cash from the top, end up owing in excess of £ 5 million quid. The sole purpose of HMSSE was to act as the main selling agent. Their audited accounts up to the date of the disclaimed accounts gave no indication of any financial shortfalls. It was a simple case of cash in from sales / deposits. Given that HMSSE acted as the middle man, the intermediary, how come between £92 Million and £115 million remains unaccounted for? It passed through HMSSE’s accounts as intermediary, so where is it? Where was it sent ?
SUMMARY;
Note Ames will say that c £400 million was taken in deposits, with c 50% going in commissions.
But even with these figures, the build cost as per the statement of claim coupled with the information from the RL due diligence demonstrates that
c £92 million remains unaccounted for not having been spent on the build or land purchases.
The RL due diligence states that £50 million is unaccounted for but we were able to update this to between £92 million and £115 million from the information contained in the statement of claim and an analysis of the Shipleys documentation coupled with the James Baker report.
Which ever way you look at it, whether it be the £50 million in the original DD report from RL or the updated figures of £92 – £115 million as per the new information in the statement of claim, it has to be acknowledged as staggering, that no accountability with respect to these amounts is available or forthcoming from the Ames family.
The fact remains however that only 27% of investors deposits was used for the build and land purchases of the resorts.
It is for this reason that Ames has failed to honour his contractual agreements to his purchasers and for no other reason.
These figures are based on the statement of claim from Harlequin, if the statement of claim is inaccurate then these figures will be amended accordingly, however if the statement of claim is inaccurate, what does this do to Ames’ chances of victory in the Wilkins Kennedy case.
At a guess the bulk of the unaccounted for funds were used to establish the Hotel Operating company start up expenses and were used to make the monthly interest payments of the mortgage investors.
What is even more staggering, is that Ames (a so called property developer) from early 2007, was actively seeking finance, as can be clearly seen from the court documents, yet despite the fact that it was apparent that finance was not forthcoming he chose not to amend his business model until the collapse of HMSSE, a business model that saw c 73% of cash from investors being spent on non build or land purchases.
And what is even more staggering is that we have Ames nearly 9 years on still trying to convince the world that finance is just around the corner, even though he is being investigated for criminal fraud by the SFO and Essex Police and has HMRC probing at least one of his companies ASOL.
Since the collapse of HMSSE we have seen Ames’ business model changed to incorporate a trust and a model where by those with cash to complete are being now asked to pay for the build in stages.
What selectively inaccurate work of fiction above. No accusations backed up by facts, just guess work. For instance your comments regarding Grant Thornton. The part where you quote from the Grant Thornton report, having taken the amount that Ames “instructed them to rely on the information “. That was the amount that was misappropriated by ICE and subject to the Irish case. Do you expect GT to forensically examine this information? It was not part of their remit. Well at least you have confirmed the inaccuracy of the RL DD. More innuendo regarding false evidence again not backed up with facts. As to the rest, you have just wasted a big chunk of your weekend with that load of tosh Ralph
I thought it was very interesting and thought provoking post. What’s your problem troll? I can’t wait to see you and the rest of the disgusting Basildon crims in the dock.
Schadenfreude
If your opinion has not changed bout Amam then you really are thick, Dick.
Okay, with all this damming information about Ames / Harlequin, why is he still carrying on?
Can someone just answer this?
Could be litigation and litigation and litigation?
Anonymous 9.30 am.
See page 53 of 111 of the Appendices of the statement of claim where it says that the report is for the Irish Case, also page 54 of 111.
See also page 60 of 111, From Paul Jacobs of Grant Thornton, ” I have been instructed to assume that the data provided to me is factually accurate ”
Paul Jacobs is the head of forensics and investigations (Dublin) see page 62 & 63 of 111.
Ames refers to the “Forensic Examination” in the main statement of claim.
@ Analysis of the facts 02.55 am, great post, by the way just to add to your piece on Grant Thornton, see below,
I wonder will Ames call a guy called Ian Richardson a director of Grant Thornton in the UK over fraud and investigations as a witness also, I doubt it. Ian has an interest in Ames and Harlequin and has done for quite some time and not one whereby Ames should feel comfortable.
I suspect that Ames used Grant Thornton in Dublin to muddy the waters here so to speak, I say this because one of Ames’ employees destroyed the source of the information that Ames claims was provided to Grant Thornton,
Kennedys the lawyers for Wilkins Kennedys insurers are fully aware of the events surrounding this and will be raising this matter in the course of the trial.
Ames is a dirty player and consummate liar as is his wife and son Dan. And are prepared to lie to everyone.
It’s insane, almost like nobody wants to actually be the one to act against Ames in actually shutting this whole farce down.
If this accountant guy and the builder have so much information (and I believe they do, and are behind the long detailed posts)
Why are the authorities taking so long in doing something?
I agree anon 100%, but he is still living the high life whilst the authorities have the thumb up their arse, its wrong. Simple.
@ Anonymous 09.30 am nows your chance to prove with facts that any part of the excellent post of 2.55 am is false.
Go on mate, we are waiting.
@Anon, p 60 “I have been provided with a database of transactions totalling US$13.3 m upon which my work has been performed. I have been instructed to assume that the data provided to me is factually accurate. However, as set out in this report in respect of the Irish payments I have obtained assurance over the accuracy of the data provided to me through performing various procedures”
Good enough for Grant Thornton, good enough for the Irish judge, but not good enough for you. But as usual only a selective quoting from any official documentation.
Now how about backing up the statement that ” Ames proceeded to instigate legal proceedings against the ICE group et al using documents that were subsequently proven to have been forged or altered, ”
Or
“Other contradictions of evidence that Ames and his wife gave led to an action of contempt proceedings being taken against them in the UK. The action having been stayed after settlement proposals were offered by Ames and his wife”
So there we have two statements with no back up supporting evidence at all.
Meanwhile, Ames is a free man. Continues to live like his son the life or a millionaire.
I don’t give two hoots about the WK case or if the Irishman had a dip. I care that Ames is walking round a free man and no one is stopping him taking MORE money off people to continue his tin pot schemes.
@ Anonymous 11.48 am, Grant Thornton were able to preform accuarcy checks on the Irish payments, which amount to less than $ 2 million of the $ 13 million allegedly misappropriated.
That’s 3.7 % of the money paid to ICE, that could have been salary, profit, anything. The accuracy checks could have been cross referencing against Bank account statements etc, the alarming point is that accuracy checks apparently could not be carried out on over $ 11 million of aledged misappropriations.
That my friend is what Grant Thornton are saying.
It was well known in the Caribbean that Ames used forged fraudulent documents in the initial case, a specialist team from KPMG’s Forensic Unit were flown in from Prague to assertain on behalf of the ICE Group that forged documents had been submitted in the initial litigation initiated by Harlequin, it was however not possible to prove that Ames was culpable in the issue of the forgeries, but it was proved that certain documents were forged. That my friend is a fact.
We are all fully aware of the contempt proceedings in the UK, what more can one say on that matter ? Are you saying the contempt issue was made up ?
What is it that you want to know? That Ames has lied? Yes he has, that Carol has lied, absolutely yes she has, just take a few moments to read the Shipleys report for example and the chronology of events provided by Carol and Dan Ames,
Who would believe Paddy as a witness, he has been found guilty remember. problem is he wont say to much because he will shoot himself in the foot. thats what you get when you nick investors cash, mistrust.
Excellent Post @Anonymous.
@incompetence?
It’s a tricky one because there are so many parties involved. Innocent until proven guilty etc – Ames took the money, now he’s being played to demonstrate how he can pull it through. He just needs to trip & all the hyenas will pounce.
There are a growing number of parties waiting to get their share of the spoils when this goes down. They won’t go away until either Ames is taken down, or they get their money back.
Lets just expose another little lie regarding the @analysis of facts” epose.
H hotel Barbados
,”H HOTEL BARBADOS,
We know from the RL due diligence that Ames spent a total of £ 3 Million purchasing this property and an additional £ 2,330,012. on the “refurbishment” to date”
The actual part from the RL DD says this on P24
The resort comprises of the proposed development of …… units. Deposits received total …. with stage payments totaling ….representing a total sum received for expenditure on the site of…..A sum of …. has been spent on the land with a total building cost of …..representing a total expenditure of ….. On the figures supplied this leaves a total of ….. of investor monies that has not been spent on the resort.
So where exactly does it say in the RL DD that supports your figures quoted? Because all the figures I have on my copy of the DD are blanked out.
Either
1)You are a liar
2)You are quoting from confidential figures that RL have.
Which is it
.
All the investors are just greedy. Why can’t you just pay the money you owe to Dave? He’s done nothing wrong.
Go Dave go!
Crow does fly high, but when ‘e come down, de ants does still eat out ‘e eye.
Look out carol-dan.a-dave.GV-amanda-Dan.Danilgan-vinny-katharine.wooliy- wobert.lidl whine.box-sonja.sharfty-porky.pimpled pitsea.boy-matt.fraud.clinkwanderingnichola.
From RL DD:
Anonymous 1.14 pm, why are you on here ?
If I have the figures then sadly they are no longer confidential, but for the avoidance of doubt, the figures quoted in the excellent post of 2.55 am are the same figures contained in a letter sent to me by Regulatory Legal on the 23 May 2014
This was the due diligence interim summary, which is legally privilidged, but you would know this had you been a client of RL’s, so you would have had the letter, I mean where else did you get the statement of claim?
From Dave perhaps,
The figures quoted in my legally privilidged letter come from figures Ames sent to the BBC, these are the same figures contained in the excellent post of 2.55 am.
Now please don’t bother prattling on about the letter being legally privilidged, because it’s about time the truth came out, so RL can sue me if they wish,
The ref on the letter is GWF/HARLEQUIN
And I look forward to sharing the contents of this letter with the right people,
@ Anonymous 1.16 pm thanks for the compliment, see at least you agree with me that the post by An Analysis is just all bullshit.
You were thick enough to give Ames some money Richard 😉
Cash too, just think you could live in a decent house if you never give it to Ames.
And yet you still are his puppet.
Odd no vitriolic defence of the mis quoting of the Grant Thornton report.
Good afternoon Anonymous 3.27 pm
I don’t think you understand when to use the word vitriolic, posts that are factual cannot in all reality be filled with bitter criticism or malice.
The responses to those posts however can be, for instance stating that I am a liar or that I have breached confidentiality, when I have neither lied nor breached confidentiality,
You are very quick to make assumptions and take for granted that what Ames has said is true.
In the context of the Irish case Ames lied, one example of this is where Ames stated that he filed the accounts for his Caribbean companies as he was required to do by law, he didnt. An example of the lies told by Carol, Carol gave evidence in Ireland stating that the the builder had misappropriated funds from HP SVG and HH&R, she must have lied because in another action she stated that the builder misappropriated funds from HMSSE, anyhow the fact that Ames and his wife lied in the Irish case does not seem to bother you,
On the issue of Grant Thornton and for the avoidance of doubt, Mr. Jacobs States the following; “I have been instructed to assume that the data provided to me is factually accurate. However, as set out in this report in respect of the Irish payments I have obtained assurance over the accuracy of the data provided to me through performing various procedures”
Mr. Jacobs was able to obtain assurance over the accuracy of the Irish payments but NOT over the balance of the “alleged” misappropriations,
And yes I have a copy of the Irish transcripts to hand where in those transcripts Mr. Jacobs acknowledges a mistake with the Irish payments, you see it was pointed out to Mr. Jacobs that with respect to the Irish payments a number of figures had been entered twice a fact that Mr. Jacobs acknowledged, a fact that Mr. Rees QC was aware of, yet failed for some reason to correct the anomaly when producing the report in the UK case, an anomaly which I feel Rees may now seek to correct.
In addition the expert witness report of Mr. Jacobs cannot be submitted into the Wilkins Kennedy case under the UK civil procedural rules and there fore as evidence from an expert witness in a non UK jurisdiction will be removed from the statement of claim, in what will be called an amended statement of claim,
And please do not prattle on about the transcripts again, I have them, the Police have them, Jon Austin has them, the Builder has them, all the legal teams have them, the Ames family have them, Jon Austin has them, HMRC has them, Wilkins Kennedy have them, Kennedys have them, RL have them, everyone has them except you Anonymous.
But it’s all irrelevant, read my earlier post, digest what’s written and please understand I can fully back up everything I say, Ames should worry about what has yet to be said and who it might be told to.
This side show you indulge in does not take from the fact that c 73% of the deposits paid to Ames was NOT used in furtherance of the land purchases or build c £ 365 million,
I’m not the builder but what I cannot stand is posters such as yourself, who cannot command any respect from Dave Ames whereby Ames would trust you with the Irish transcripts perhaps, yet in the absense of the full facts you attempt to speak from some sort of a position of authority on matters you cleary either no nothing about or where you know what you are saying is fundamentally incorrect.
Carol Ames told me and many others that Ames paid 10 million quid for Merricks before he ever sold any properties and I can prove that she said this, Anonymous can you prove anything in support of Ames?
You always look for proof of facts, yet you yourself are short of any facts in the Ames supporters club department.
Apologies for the Typos in my previous post, I was typing this out on my brand new I Phone 6.
Oh dear, had your cage rattled have you? What YOU cannot stand is posters such as me? Pompous arrogant dick aren’t you.
Well contrary to you statement above regarding “a number of figures were entered twice” in fact only ONE payment was entered twice, that of $25,800. P 8 par 29. In fact it states in the judges summing up, ” is worth remarking that at the commencement of his x examination, council for the first named defendant acknowledged that there is no great dispute between the parties as to the figures set out in his reports”
P 30, the judge states: I am satisfied that Mr Jacobs analysis of the books and records he has examined and the conclusions which he reached are fair and reasonable and I accept his evidence.
So there you are mr arrogant prick. I don’t care what you don’t want to hear, your posting is wrong, innacurate and is only on here to mislead.
^ round of applause @ Aaotf
@ Anonymous 4.41 pm
“I have been instructed to assume that the data provided to me is factually accurate. However, as set out in this report in respect of the Irish payments I have obtained assurance over the accuracy of the data provided to me through performing various procedures”
Well it looks like the assurance Mr. Jacobs obtained over the accuracy of the various procedures was not great given that he failed to notice the double accounting,
Maybe there were other mistakes, maybe this is why there is an appeal.
Maybe the Judge forgot about the other issues raised and acknowledged by Mr. Jacobs in the transcripts, like the other double accounting issue perhaps, the $ 1 million dollar double accounting accepted by all parties in the transcripts, but omitted from the judgment.
Again maybe this will be dealt with in the appeal.
You are very quick to pounce in the absence of all the facts,
As I stated in my post, I have cross referenced evidence from a number of sources and not just based my post on one single document as you are doing with the Judgment.
But it looks like we will have to agree to differ, it still does not explain why Ames and his family only spent 27 % of the investors deposits on the build and land purchases.
Did I read that an element of the Harlequin v WK case is based on the claim that WK didn’t advise them to form a written contract with the builder?!
Isn’t that a bit like trying to sue your doctor for not telling you that you should breathe on a regular basis?
Well An analysis of the facts, as you have a copy of the transcripts that you keep quoting from, why not post the extract from the transcripts that you say the judge got wrong? Perhaps you do not think Mr Jacobs various procedures were any good, if not why?
Anon 6.04 pm.
Yes this is exactly what Ames is claiming, a look at the Shipleys report is even more bizarre, and I have futher noted that subcontractors to Harlequin Developments ended up on the HMSSE creditor list, now how was this given that HMSSE had nothing to do with the Caribbean companies as per Ames’ evidence in the UK.
Richard, when HMRC and the SFO start looking you will be dragged into it. You know that I know that. Nobody, is so clean in this life.You brought it on yourself.
@Analysis of the facts. Thankyou for your posts. I hope the authorities don’t have to wait for the WK case to be over, Ames etc are a disgrace putting the staff at WK through years of hell as a smokescreen for their own dishonesty.
Mr. Jacobs stated that he obtained assurance over the accuracy of the data provided to him through performing various procedures.
Yet those same procedures failed to find either the double accounting referred to in the Judgment and the double accounting referred to in the transcripts.
This you might find acceptable but from an ‘Expert’ witness I don’t.
However luckily for all concerened Mr. Jacobs will have an opportunity to put his report before a UK court, for cross examination and Rees the QC will have an opportunity to explain why, whilst knowing the document contained inaccuracies did he not get Mr. Jacobs to correct these before he Rees submitted the report to the UK proceedings, Rees may have a wee problem here, he needs to have a serious think about what is contained in the Statement of Claim.
I however believe that Mr. Jacobs was not aware that his report in the Irish case was to be used in the UK case, it probably did not go down well with Ian Richardson a director for Grant Thorntons fraud division who has been taking a very keen interest in Ames’ activities for a number of years now.
If I was a betting man, Mr. Jacobs might just decline an invitation to turn up in the UK. The other issue as pointed out is that Mr. Jacobs ‘expert’ witness report does not conform to UK civil procedural rules and as such will be struck out as an expert report.
In addition I have just been reliably informed that an employee of Ames ‘accidently’ wiped the hard drive and server that contained the original data, given to Grant Thornton, so I very much doubt that the Grant Thornton report has any more evidentory value, given the source of the data was destroyed by one of Ames’ employees.
I have just been sent an email on the matter which I find frankly bizarre. This accident happened in 2012.
Question has to be, how the hell this happened ? And sorry I don’t buy the ‘accident’ story.
Ames had engaged a specialist London IT firm, paid them £ 53,801, yet did not see fit to engage them to preserve the data held on ICE Group servers taken over by Harlequin.
Looks to me like Ames got away with it in Ireland, let’s see if he gets away with in the UK shall we, I will have to pass the email onto Kennedys, for them to review.
Anon 6:48pm, what on earth are you talking about? Why would I be of any interest to the HMRC?
What have I brought on?
@Anon so nobody is so clean in this life, does that include the 3amigos, paddy, Newman and MacDonald?
Really looking forward to Mr + Mrs Ames criminal trials.
@ Anonymous 7.25 pm
And all the investors who committed mortgage fraud too. ????
Tell me something, you seem totally taken by the builder and Newman, have you ever met them?
Or are you going by what Ames and his missus have to say, ?
Just wondering cause I have and I have to say they are not as you and a few others portray them as. And after meeting them I always wondered why Ames chose to take them on, I wouldn’t, not for any bad reasons, but they are very intelligent, and amiable, but I suspect will assist anyone within the law, who needs assistant re Ames, and my guess is they will work tirelessly to see that justice is ultimately served.
Funny thing though, they have said that if Ames is found to have done nothing wrong then they will accept that, but they would not stoop to the level of depravity that Ames and co. do to divert attention away from the monumental cockup Ames made of this,
@Anon, lots of people who post on here are intelligent and amiable but get absolutely castigated. But there again not everyone bought a hertz franchise, a race track etc etc on investors money.
Anonymous no race track was purchased another flaw in the Grant Thornton report.
Why invest in a business like a Franchise and employ people, a franchise in St. Lucia where a huge hotel was to be built, why do this If all you want to do is to steal money, why not just be sneaky about it and purchase properties in Dubai and register the properties in someone else’s name.?
And Anonymous read the defence of Wilkins Kennedy, what a business does with its money is frankly their business, as long as they deliver, Ames didn’t, yet the Wilkins Kennedy defence produces a letter from an independent expert advising Ames to keep on the ICE Group and pay them a premium.
Wilkins Kennedy in the course of the trial will seek to demonstrate that Ames lied in the Irish court and could never have built the resorts, Ames and you seem to think that Wilkins Kennedy will roll over and have their tummies tickled because of some sort of connection between them and Ames, some sort of a fraudulent connection.
WK are out of the loop on this, the case is being run by their insurers? The insurers would be happy if Wilkins Kennedy acted in a fraudulent manner, this would negate their PI cover, so no payment to Dave, awwww.
Why do you think Ames never included MacDonald in the Irish case, Ames is not accusing Wilkins Kennedy of fraud, he is claiming for breach of duty, to sue them for fraud would mean no pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, but he gets people like you to promote the idea on here and elsewhere in the hope that Wilkins Kennedy will throw him a few scraps from the table so that he will crawl away, Ames did not expect the fight Wilkins Kennedy Insurers are mounting and that has thrown him for six.
But all this is a mere smokescreen, allthough if Ames looses the WK case it’s curtains for Ames.
Ames spent just 27 % of purchasers deposits on a build, with 50% going to HMSSE in comissions, Ames used in excess of £ 7 million quid to purchase property in Dubai, yet you have no problem with this, Ames went from owning a terraced house in Wickford Essex in 2007 to owning at least 14 properties worldwide since then, how did he and his family manage to do this?
You have no problem with him using investor money to buy a travel agents,
You have no problem with him using investors money to purchase two planes he no longer owns.
You have no problem with Ames paying for other properties worldwide using investors money but registering them in someone else’s name.
You have no problem with Ames risking investors money by not making correct tax declarations.
You seem to have no problem with Ames, maybe you are Ames.
No proof about registering properties in others names it’s all hearsay
So you think Paddy delivered? $13m misappropriated on a project that was claimed to be a loss leader. You cannot spend money on personal indulgences if you are not making a profit. It’s amazing how a company as well renouned as GT can make so many mistakes. Perhaps the independent expert got it wrong? Who knows. Yes perhaps I am Ames.
I did suspect “Harlequin Travel” was just an acquisition with victims’ money. Quite why is beyond me if he’s apparently having his arm bitten off by the travel industry to “open H Hotel”…
Your right it’s just hearsay, I’m sorry.
Mr/Mrs Ames. Any proof you didn’t register properties in other people’s names? Where is your daughter? Solicitors drawing up the contracts must have checked where they got the money from? Anti money laundering. Why would someone risk getting into so much trouble for you two unless it was your daughter/family member?
There are properties in HMSSE’s name though – I saw them in the Shippley’s document. Why did HMSSE buy property in Dubai? Those were investor funds which should have gone on building. Why were those properties purchased without the knowledge of the investors?
@ Anonymous 9.20 Wilkins Kennedy a UK top 20 accountancy firm did,
Here is another accountancy firm that completely got it wrong,
http:// http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/db42f896-7650-11e4-9761-00144feabdc0.html#axzz3PxtwDJBv
Anonymous 9.20 you are an idiot, lol, you really are, lol love it,
No Anon 9.25 it doesn’t work like that. You don’t throw out an accusation and then ask “can you prove this did not happen” What you need to do is substantiate your claim with proof. Get it?
@ Anonymous on January 26, 2015 at 9:20 pm
So you say this?
“So you think Paddy delivered? $13m misappropriated on a project that was claimed to be a loss leader. You cannot spend money on personal indulgences if you are not making a profit.”
So tell me which one of Ames companies made a profit then???
…………………,…………
Oh yeah HMSSE ( now in liquidation did) for 7 years they posted substantial 7 figure profits until they went bust owing nearly £ 90 million quid.
Funny that.
@ Anonymous 9.38
I have the proof and I gave it to HMRC and the SFO / Essex Police, have you a problem with this?
Anonymous 9.51, yes I have the proof they didn’t. Satisfied.
The articles that Peter Binose writes are accurate.
There is a massive problem building up on our government on St Vincent.
Richard, dear me you seem more upset about someone calling your family fat that Ames losing your £200k, what very odd behavior.
I have reposted ” An analysis of the facts because it raises so many points, yesterday the concentration was on Grant Thornton, today we need to look at the selling on or above market value. That is incredible.
I am not sure what has triggered the pro Harlequin goons, ?
Is it this below or mention of the fact that Ames was buying overseas property but getting it registered in someone else’s name, we had one poster claiming to have passed proof of this onto HMRC and the authorities and another poster saying tongue and cheek of course that the had proof that Ames had not paid for property then registered it in someone else’s name, (a fact in the absence of accounts could not be proved).
Ames had tax problems in 2010, the BDO accounts for that year are also a bit odd with respect to the Dubai Properties, this too has last week been reported to HMRC along with new information on HMSSE and the extent of the employee liability there.
An examination of the HMSSE creditor list from Shipleys shows Caribbean creditors being owed money by HMSSE, why was this?
A poster yesterday described Grant Thornton as a renowned firm, in an attempt to demonstrate that they don’t make mistakes, yet the UK law suit against Grant Thornton for 2.2 Billion dwarfs anything Ames is doing to WK.
The last number of days has shown is what an unmitigated disaster Harlequin is.
I have read many of the recent comments on BFP re the Ames family and his companies, and I took the time to read the statement of claim in the Wilkins Kennedy case along with all of the supporting documentation. I also reviewed the Due Diligence report provided by Regulatory Legal, and what I found was most interesting.
Having compared the RL due diligence document with the statement of claim in the Wilkins Kennedy case, I noted that there was a difference in the build costs for Buccament Bay. The RL due diligence puts this at c £100 Million but the information contained in the statement of claim puts the build cost at c £71 Million.
There are other notable points to make from the RL due diligence.
In 2011 Ames began selling rooms in Hotels that he was looking to refurb, one of these hotels was the hotel Blu in St. Lucia, according to the RL DD.
HOTEL BLU ST. LUCIA,
Hotel Blu was purchased for £3,437,500 yet only £346,147.00 was spent on the refurbishment. The purchase price of this hotel along with the refurbishment cost comes to a total of £49,784.82 per room. based on 76 rooms. Yet these rooms were for sale for c £300 K each or a total of £22,800,000.00. with c £7 Million to come in deposits.
WHERE IS THE COMPLETION MONEY FOR HOTEL BLU?
This hotel is open but we have never been told that Ames has asked purchasers to complete on this, why not ? This would give Ames c £15,800,000 in cash. Did Ames sell any units in the Blu Hotel ?
H HOTEL BARBADOS,
We know from the RL due diligence that Ames spent a total of £ 3 Million purchasing this property and an additional £ 2,330,012. on the “refurbishment” to date.
5 STAR BUILD RATE CARIBBEAN £106-£120 PER SQ FT / £1060-£1200 PER SQ MT.
We know the build rate in Barbados for high end 5 Star is between USD $160 /£106 – $180/£120 per sq ft. complete, inclusive of infrastructure and design costs, therefore the £2,330,012 expended by Ames should have given a completed build of between 19,444 & 21,875 sq ft. Yet the H Hotel is no where near this.
The H Hotel was originally marketed as a USD $5.5 Million conversion project, to date USD c $ 3.5 / £2.3 million has been spent on the ‘conversion’.
AVERAGE PRICE PER UNIT H HOTEL BARBADOS £300 K
The average price for a unit at the H Hotel Barbados was £300 K, We were told that this hotel was sold out. Giving a total of £21 Million.
Ames has been asking investors to pay for the continued build of the H Hotel yet Investors have already contributed £6.3 Million.
COST OVERRUNS
If investors were to pay for the continued build on a phased basis this should be on the back of architects & QS certificates for the value of work completed, a QS therefore would have to determine the value of the work & percentage completed to date and any investor going forward would be well within their rights to ask for this information and for an explanation into the apparent enormous cost overrun on the project to date.
This cost overrun is something financiers will also want addressing.
MERRICKS,
We know from the RL due diligence that the cost of the build works to date at Merricks has come to £2.2 million to date. Yet the audited accounts for Harlequin Property SVG (the only audited accounts) to April 30th 2007 show a build cost as of that date of £5,695,480.00 for Merricks, Ames is also on record as indicating that the build cost was in excess of £8 Million subsequent to this.
MONEY EXPENDED TO DATE ON BUILD COSTS AT MERRICKS
So let us take the figures contained in the RL DD first, £2.2 Million of build should have given Ames a completed build of between 18,333 & 20,754 sq ft of completed build, about 18 completed units.
However if we take the audited accounts for HP SVG to April 2007 we should have seen a build of c 47,462 – 53,730 sq ft of completed build.
And if we take the statement from Ames subsequent to the date of the audited accounts then we should have seen a completed build of between c 68,333 – 77,358 sq ft of build.
POSSIBLE CONSULTANT FEES / PROFESSIONAL FEES
Ames may put the bulk of the expenditure at the three projects I have detailed down to consultants fees, but if this is the case it would be incumbent on Ames to explain how or why he had to pay close to £10 Million in consultancy fees for the three hotels referred to.
BUCCAMENT BAY
In the statement of claim a figure of c $ 5 Million is attributed to the work carried out by Ridgeview Construction on the Buccament Bay site, Ridgeviews’ contract was terminated in July 2008 after Ames discovered that Ridgeview had ‘allegedly’ misappropriated substantial sums from Ames, as per the statement of claim in the Wilkins Kennedy case, but this figure does not correlate with the figure shown in the Audited accounts for Harlequin Property (SVG) Ltd to April 2007, the figure in the audited accounts given for work in progress and construction costs at Buccament Bay was for £6,672,254.00 USD $ 10 Million. This would suggest and in the absence of knowing the amount of money paid to Ridgeview in the period April 2007 -July 2008 that far in excess of USD $ 5 million was ‘allegedly’ misappropriated by Ridgeview, yet Ames has never sought to pursue Ridgeview through the courts for the return of this money.
THE EXCUSES FOR NON PERFORMANCE, THEY NO LONGER HOLD ANY WEIGHT.
I also do not support the assertion made by Ames, that the Builder, Wilkins Kennedy or the Global Economic downturn was individually or were through a combination of all three events, collectively responsible for the failure of the Ames family business,
I say this for a number of reasons,
Ames relies heavily on segments of the Irish case in his action against Wilkins Kennedy, as can be seen from his statement of claim, and it is in this context I refer to the litigation,it must be noted that the Irish judgment, is the subject of an appeal, and the appeal is referred to in the statement of claim.
NEWSLETTER
(1). The newsletter below was produced in September 2012, this was over 2 years after Wilkins Kennedy had resigned and after the builder had been removed from the project.
http:// http://www.harlequinhotelsandresorts.com/downloads/HQ_NEWSLETTER_GENERAL_2012.pdf.
The Newsletter of September 2012 coupled with the many updates and newsletters in the period from June 2010 – April 2013 gave no indication of problems with any of the Ames family companies, however it is the Newsletter of September 2012 that is of most interest.
We know that at this time Carol and Dan Ames were wondering what to do with HMSSE and had approached a number of Insolvency Practitioners, Ames will of course deny this, but notwithstanding this, 8 months later Carol and Dan Ames began the formal procedure of putting HMSSE into administration.
Ames originally told us that this formed part of the overall restructuring of his companies, indicating that this was a premeditated move on the part of the Ames family, given that they no longer required the sales arm of the business.
It has since transpired that this was NOT the case. HMSSE was entered into administration as a direct result of a Statutory Demand being issued to that company.
This greatly differs from the story Ames was and is telling interested parties.
This is very true of the News Letter which paints a picture of a company on the up, bucking the trend and moving forward on all fronts.
SHIPLEYS LLP REPORT AND CHRONOLOGY OF EVENTS PROVIDED BY DIRECTORS OF HMSSE.
(2). Furthermore, it has since come to light, through the Shipleys LLP report on HMSSE, and despite the claims by Ames that HMSSE was not an integral part of his Caribbean companies nor connected to them in any way aside from being the main sales agent, his wife Carol and son Dan put the failure of HMSSE down to the misappropriation by the builder of funds from HMSSE, and not through any misappropriation from the unrelated Caribbean companies.
INDEPENDENT EXPERT.
(3). Ames engaged the services of an independent expert in June 2010 to ascertain whether Ames should remove the ICE Group from the Buccament Bay Project, The independent expert advised Ames that the company should not be removed from the project, furthermore stating that Ames should pay a premium to the company in order that they be allowed to continue with the work of constructing the resort.
This Independent expert report only came to light as a result of the action against Wilkins Kennedy and forms part of the Wilkins Kennedy defence.
It is worth noting that Wilkins Kennedy in their defence submittals are asserting in the proceedings that Ames did not have the liquidity to complete the resorts as per the contracts he had with investors, and have indicated that will seek to prove this in their case.
FORGED FRAUDULENT DOCUMENTS.
(4). Yet despite the recommendations of the Independent Expert engaged by Ames in relation to the retention of the Ice Group, in June 2010 Ames proceeded to instigate legal proceedings against the Ice Group et al, using documents that were subsequently proven to have been forged and or altered, however it was not possible to prove that Ames was culpable in forging the documents.
CONTRADICTORY EVIDENCE
(5). Whilst Ames was awarded damages in the subsequent Irish trial, now the subject of an appeal, events that post dated the case demonstrate that Ames has on many occasions contradicted the evidence he,his wife and witnesses gave originally in Ireland. Some of the contradictions resulted in a complaint being made against Sam Commissiong, the SVG lawyer for Ames, to his regulatory body in SVG, other contradictions to evidence that Ames and his wife gave led to an action of contempt proceedings being taken against them in the UK. The action having been stayed after settlement proposals were offered by Ames and his wife.
PAYING A KEY WITNESS??????
(6). In addition to this and from the statement of claim, in the Wilkins Kennedy case, it was discovered that a key ‘non expert witness’ for Ames, a former accountant to the ICE Group, had actually been paid by Ames.
I find this odd and wonder if Ames or his legal team brought it to the attention of the Irish court that a key witness had been paid by Ames, I also find it bizarre in the context of the claim Ames is taking against Wilkins Kennedy, that Ames paid a former accountant for the ICE Group to act as a witness against the ICE Group. It seems to go totally against the thrust of his claim against Wilkins Kennedy.
GRANT THORNTON
(7). I also note form the statement of claim a schedule of the alleged misappropriations, produced by Grant Thornton, on the face of it, this ‘alleged’ schedule coming from a respectable firm of accountants would appear to be a document that can be relied upon, however on a closer examination of the document, the information produced in the schedule was not provided by Grant Thornton but by Ames, and Grant Thornton were ‘instructed’ to rely on the information provided by Ames and were instructed to take it that the information was correct.
Yet Grant Thornton are referred to by Ames in the statement of claim as having carried out a forensic examination of the documents, to do this Grant Thornton would have had to have independent access to the source of the documents, yet as they stated they were given the documents by Harlequin and told by Harlequin’s legal advisors to accept them as being correct.
Grant Thornton make no reference to any attempt being made by them to authenticate or independently verify the information or provenance of the information provided by Ames to them. The ‘alleged’ misappropriations were not ruled upon by the judge in the Irish case and as such, until such time as a ruling is made in respect of the alleged misappropriations, thats all they are, allegations of misappropriations. I fail to see what evidentiary value they hold in respect of the Wilkins Kennedy case, a point I suspect the lawyers representing the Insurers of Wilkins Kennedy will raise in the course of their case.
THE AMOUNT OF THE ‘ALLEGED’ MISAPPROPRIATIONS
(8). Ames’ claim in the Wilkins Kennedy case is for a sum in excess of $70 Million as can be seen from the statement of claim. Ames reproduces many elements from the Irish case which form the bulk of the statement of claim against Wilkins Kennedy, but when broken down, the damages awarded to two of Ames’ companies in the Irish case amounted to 3.7 % of the money paid to the ICE Group for the construction of the Buccament Bay Resort, or 0.26% of deposits investors paid. It is however noted that Ames’ claim is that 24% of the monies paid to ICE Group for the purposes of building Buccament Bay were misappropriated or USD $13 Million dollars, if indeed this was the case, this is only 1.7% of the total deposits paid by investors. We know that Ames’ original budget to refurb the H Hotel stood at £3.6 Million and the property purchase cost was a further £3 Million, giving Ames a profit before tax of £14.4 Million USD $21.7 million, just on H Hotel alone.
Obtaining completion monies on the Blu Hotel would give Ames c £ 15.5 Million USD $23.3 Million before tax. That Hotel is operating.
PLEASE NOTE I AM IN NO WAY CONDONING ANY MISAPPROPRIATION AND I AWAIT THE OUTCOME OF THE APPEAL ON THAT MATTER, I AM USING THE FIGURES TO DEMONSTRATE THAT THE FAILURE OF AMES’ COMPANIES CANNOT BE PUT DOWN TO THE LEVEL OF MISAPPROPRIATION AS CLAIMED BY AMES.
THE CLAIM AGAINST WILKINS KENNEDY
(9). I have reviewed the Statement of Claim as filed by Ames’ on behalf of his companies.
Ames claims amongst other things that Wilkins Kennedy failed to advise him to put a contract in place with the builder, this I find ridiculous in the extreme.
Ames had just fired a previous contractor for ‘alleged’ misappropriation of substantial sums of money, the same Ames who claims to have run a string of successful businesses over 30 years, the same Ames who had sold his construction business to reinvest his money in resorts in the Caribbean, yet in this instance he is suing Wilkins Kennedy for not advising him to enter into a build contract with a builder, yet had no problem throwing cash at the builder knowing that their was no mechanism to control the expenditure as is alleged in the statement of claim.
Ames stated in the UK high court in the RL action that he spent 50% of his time a year overseas from the summer of 2009 with 60% of this spent in the Caribbean, he stated that he had senior staff members located at Buccament Bay, Wilkins Kennedy in their defence documents stated that Ames had engaged independent Architects and project QS’s on the Buccament Bay project yet Ames wants us to believe that the Builder still managed to misappropriate millions and that this is all the fault of Wilkins Kennedy, and no one knew about it except Wilkins kennedy until the last minute. Sorry I just don’t buy it. I look forward to seeing how this plays out in court, if it ever gets that far.
THE DIVERSION OF 73% OF INVESTORS DEPOSITS AWAY FROM THE BUILD AND LAND PURCHASES IN THE CARIBBEAN.
(10). Whilst Ames blames everyone and anything, except himself and his family for the reasons why his companies have failed in such a spectacular fashion, and having spent in excess of £10 Million on litigation costs, Ames blames a select few for ‘allegedly’ diverting 1.7% of investors deposits away from the build of the resorts when Ames and his family diverted 73% of investors deposits away from the build and land purchases.
The information in the statement of claim when coupled with the RL due diligence, due diligence Ames had every chance to rebut, but chose for whatever reason not to, demonstrates that a mere c 27% of investors deposits were spent on land acquisitions and build costs.
And whilst Ames amazingly claims that companies are not allowed to make a profit until such time as the contracts they are engaged in are completed, his family had no problem with taking c 50% in commissions etc through HMSSE, nor did Ames see an issue with investing in excess of £ 7 Million in personal property for him and his family from investor deposits.
Yet despite all this, Ames continues to lay the blame for the financial collapse of his and his families companies at the door of a select few.
THE BUSINESS MODEL
The much vaunted Business model of Ames failed as a result of the extraordinary commissions paid relative to the cash brought in.
As has been seen, 50% of the cash taken from deposits was retained in Commissions by HMSSE,
Of the c £500 Million paid by investors in deposits c £250 Million was retained by HMSSE, some of which HMSSE paid to third party agents in commissions.
This is not a business model,
(1). Take a 30% deposit (with nothing else to pay until completion)
(2). Take 50% of the deposit in commission.
(3). Attempt to raise external finance whilst selling units to be in a position to offer completion mortgages, but either way continue to sell.
(4). Offer Guaranteed Mortgages initially, then change this to Guaranteed Mortgages subject to status, then change this to endeavour to provide mortgages.
(5). Give opening deadlines without having either the units sold or the external finance in place to bridge the build gap.
(6). In the absence of guaranteed mortgages, swap completed units with investors who do not require mortgages.
(7). Failing all else ask investors to begin to make progress payments as the build progresses.
Agents were also offered units in lieu of cash commissions, however it is not known if any of these transactions were reported to HMRC, as HMSSE would have been required to do.
THE BUSINESS MODEL THAT COULD HAVE WORKED
If Ames had paid the commissions on a pro rata basis, based on the cash forthcoming from investors on a staged basis, this would have resulted in Ames having an additional c£175 Million in cash reserves.
Example 30% deposit, 30% of commission, balance of funds from investor on completion, balance of commission to the agent.
To put the £175 million into perspective, this would have paid 350,000 monthly interest payments for those purchasers who obtained mortgages.
If Ames was paying the interest for 2000 mortgage investors, he would have been able to maintain the interest payments for 15 years.
If Ames had deposited the money he would have earned interest in respect of this sum of c £8 million a year.
In addition with such strong cash reserves, Ames would had a far better chance of convincing main stream financiers to lend him construction capital, the interest payments for this would easily have been met from the interest accruing on the cash reserves Ames would have had.
Even if half of the £175 Million was held in reserve to cover the interest payments of investors, this would have given Ames an additional £87,500,000.00 to build his resorts with. This would have built Ames a staggering 825,000 sq ft of completed units or approx 850-900 units.
These completed units would then have given Ames between £140 Million and £200 Million in completion monies.
Indeed if Ames had thought about this he could have used some of the remaining £75 Million to provide guaranteed mortgages.
THE STUMBLING BLOCKS TO FINANCE
Ames was aware that financial institutions were nervous of Ames’ financial exposure in the interest payments he was making on behalf of investors, Ames alluded to this in an interview in 2012. This was a stumbling block to Ames obtaining finance.
There however was another stumbling block to Ames obtaining finance, contained within the statement of claim and defence in the Wilkins Kennedy case are references to a number of red book valuations carried out at the instruction of Ames.
Those red book valuations clearly demonstrated that Ames was not selling units at 50% below market value, but selling them at or above the value being attributed to them in the independently commissioned Red Book valuations.
The red book valuations were undertaken over a period of time by three separate industry experts who all arrived at the same conclusion, thus eliminating any potential for error.
These red book valuations would be considered by anyone looking to provide third party finance or mortgages, but the red book valuations put the bulk of properties sold to investors into potential negative equity from the offset.
HMSSE AND THE LIQUIDATION
I have always wondered how a company that was just acting as an intermediary could collapse owing so much money. £5,525,154.25 to over 300 creditors.
HMSSE took in cash from investors, hived off a c 50% commission and so should have sent c £250 million, or the remaining c 50%, to the Caribbean for the land purchases and build of the resorts. Yet looking at the statement of claim coupled with the RL due diligence only c 27 % was remitted to the Caribbean for the purpose of the land purchases and build costs. c £115 Million remains unaccounted for.
How can a company that siphons off cash from the top, end up owing in excess of £ 5 million quid. The sole purpose of HMSSE was to act as the main selling agent. Their audited accounts up to the date of the disclaimed accounts gave no indication of any financial shortfalls. It was a simple case of cash in from sales / deposits. Given that HMSSE acted as the middle man, the intermediary, how come between £92 Million and £115 million remains unaccounted for? It passed through HMSSE’s accounts as intermediary, so where is it? Where was it sent ?
SUMMARY;
Note Ames will say that c £400 million was taken in deposits, with c 50% going in commissions.
But even with these figures, the build cost as per the statement of claim coupled with the information from the RL due diligence demonstrates that
c £92 million remains unaccounted for not having been spent on the build or land purchases.
The RL due diligence states that £50 million is unaccounted for but we were able to update this to between £92 million and £115 million from the information contained in the statement of claim and an analysis of the Shipleys documentation coupled with the James Baker report.
Which ever way you look at it, whether it be the £50 million in the original DD report from RL or the updated figures of £92 – £115 million as per the new information in the statement of claim, it has to be acknowledged as staggering, that no accountability with respect to these amounts is available or forthcoming from the Ames family.
The fact remains however that only 27% of investors deposits was used for the build and land purchases of the resorts.
It is for this reason that Ames has failed to honour his contractual agreements to his purchasers and for no other reason.
These figures are based on the statement of claim from Harlequin, if the statement of claim is inaccurate then these figures will be amended accordingly, however if the statement of claim is inaccurate, what does this do to Ames’ chances of victory in the Wilkins Kennedy case.
At a guess the bulk of the unaccounted for funds were used to establish the Hotel Operating company start up expenses and were used to make the monthly interest payments of the mortgage investors.
What is even more staggering, is that Ames (a so called property developer) from early 2007, was actively seeking finance, as can be clearly seen from the court documents, yet despite the fact that it was apparent that finance was not forthcoming he chose not to amend his business model until the collapse of HMSSE, a business model that saw c 73% of cash from investors being spent on non build or land purchases.
And what is even more staggering is that we have Ames nearly 9 years on still trying to convince the world that finance is just around the corner, even though he is being investigated for criminal fraud by the SFO and Essex Police and has HMRC probing at least one of his companies ASOL.
Since the collapse of HMSSE we have seen Ames’ business model changed to incorporate a trust and a model where by those with cash to complete are being now asked to pay for the build in stages.
Who hires a builder to do anything without a contract? I still find that unbelievable and inexcusable in Ames’ case as he wasn’t ignorant of the fact that contracts are necessary as he made sure he had very protective contracts in place for his ‘investors’ to cover the money coming in, but not to protect significant sums going out. Why is that?
@Anonymous who supports Ames.
I understand your commitment, but please remember everyone else’s position. They have not had the pleasure of travelling (probably for free) to the Caribbean. They have not been involved with the building process etc – we are all stuck in rainy England down £50k+ on a property which has not been constructed, being asked for more cash as Ames cannot raise money from any financial institutions (which he said would not be a problem).
This, and the fact that all we’re getting is dog shit about how Ames has been wronged by so many parties, is like taking your face and wiping it in freshly laid steaming pile.
Ames might have had good intentions in the beginning, but you cannot deny this has been one of the biggest fuck-ups in business history. I would be more sympathetic if he had actually built some of the resorts he’d promised. As yet, we only have a few rotting bungalows in BB and a deteriorating B&B.
250 units (at a stretch) is woeful considering he had £440m to build ~9000 (approx & according to RL DD). I’ll let a numbers guy determine the likely figure he could have built if he didn’t spend on commissions, but either way it’s a sight more than the handful he has now.
Very informative, answer me the question why is he still being allowed to carry on?
@Sid.
I suspect that Ames and the builder were thick as thieves at some point, or the builder just thought Ames is a dummy lets have a go at sticking his hand in the till?
@ lets have a repeat of the repeat of a repeat. on January 27, 2015 at 12:22 pm
Please explain to us, why the Ames business model has failed in your own words. Give us your opinion.
So the WK case comes through.
Ames is £20m up (minus the £10m in litigation he’s already spent).
He begins construction of H Hotel again.
What happens then?
Most people’s contracts have broken deadlines, even more unable to “complete” due to not having the money to do so (relying on promised “virtual mortgages”).
They’re going to throw in refund requests (which won’t be honoured, or at most only in part).
So what happens?
Are all the resorts going to be built?
Is BB going to pay its way?
Remember – Ames is getting most of his customers on shitty cheap discount sites. Tavelzoo was the favourite, but it may have changed now. I think I remember Kuoni providing some buyers too.
I presume he’s channelling all the sales through “Harlequin Travel” (picking up commissions on the backend).
I just find the disparity between the people who’ve already bought phantom properties, and the reality of the situation (IE 6000 contracts in breach) to be too great?
I’d like to know what the Harlequin supporters think will happen. I am not trying to goad any sort of response, simply hear your point of view.
When you have invested money into a carribean dream and you visit several Harlequin road shows, where you bombarded with positives of the company. Then after about 4 years and there is no progress and then after 6 years there is still no progress then I guess you would know the reality.
@and then what £10m in litigation? I think not.
By the way if there are still Harlequin investors out there,then look at the history of the company,they have never raised finance and never will with their record ie no carribean yearly accounts.I think that I recognise that building properties was not Harlequin’s agenda.
Basildon trolls you look absolutely desperate. Something must have irked you? And all you can come up with is this misogynist stream of abuse.
“@and then what £10m in litigation? I think not.”
Care to correct?
I know it’s least £5.2m for case in Ireland because the Shippleys report (I’ve forgotten which, but I have definitely seen it in black and white. I’ll get it if you need) showed it. I took the £10m figure from the legal eagle guy. The £5.2m is discounting the California litigation, cases in Caribbean, current WK case, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc
I’ll change it to £5.2m to appease.
Still doesn’t answer the question of what happens if Ames wins and all his problems magically disappear. What then?
I’ve restrained myself in the search of an actual answer from you. So I would hope you honour me the same.
@ At then what ? 1.51 pm
At page 75 para 109.4.3 of the statement of claim the figure of £ 6,187,537 is given for legal costs spent on the Builder litigation,
When you add the costs on the Davies case, and the costs of the 78 cases as shown here on BFP in SVG taken by investors, the costs of the RL case where investors, we were told, were refusing to pay those costs, the costs associated with engaging Carter Ruck etc, the defamation case, ( subject to an NDA), where no one knows what happened, the ongoing WK case, and the cost of engaging criminal lawyers as a result of the SFO Essex Police investigation, then the figure in my opinion would be greatly in excess of £ 10 million.
Could the Irish builder and WK have been set up?
The latest from RL.
Why direct investors to a lawyer in Barbados, why not direct them to the FCA warnings, or suggest they seek a UK lawyer to act for them.
RL stated previously that they were the only game in town, why now state that they will not act for investors seeking advice on completing on the H Hotel Barbados.
“All,
Timescales – FSCS Redress
We are writing to SIPP investors in early February 2015. This letter will set out the action that needs to be taken in relation to the current “carrying value” with the FSCS.
We will write to the FSCS in March 2015 for our clients and those clients of other solicitors / claims management firms who we are working with. We continue to win interim payments for our clients via the FSCS which is good news.
If you are a signed up client with us, you will be added automatically to the FSCS process. If not, please be in contact.
For now, you do not need to take any further action. All is in hand.
H Hotel, Barbados
We have been asked for our advice by investors in relation to the offer by Harlequin which has been publicised in the last month.
We would refer all our clients to http://www.harlequininvestortrust.ning.com so they can review the land title,corporate ownership
of the H Hotel and the comments of our lawyers from Barbados. We do not intend to offer advice to investors as the best approach would be instruct a lawyer in Barbados.
Regulatory Legal Solicitors”
Looks like us investors, the builder and wk have all been pawns. God knows what incentives the ifa’s received. Do any of us know if we have been sold the same unit number twice. I’m sure my tailormade ifa witnessed my contracts? She probably sold it to ten other people!
It has been suggested on here that Dave Ames had reason to have properties where he has a beneficial interest in registered in the names of third parties.
If this is the case, one has to wonder why this was done.
Are HMRC aware of this? from the statement of claim we can see that HMRC were looking into the personal tax affairs of Dave Ames and we’re looking into the tax affairs of HMSSE.
On a seperate note it appears that ELS and Richard Spector may be in breach of an NDA with respect to the defamation claim brought by Ames,
This from the ELS website;
“An area of increasing concern for clients is defamation through the internet and social media. We successfully advised a client on a defamation claim as a website had been created which contained damaging false information about our client. Our clients achieved a financial award and received a public apology as a result of the successful claim settlement.”
I would guess that if Wilkins Kennedy had referred to the defamation claim in a similar manner, or if ELS had clients who entered into NDA’s on any other matter, and Richard Spector had reason to believe that an NDA was breached in some form, then I’d expect that he would be firing off all manner of solicitors letters.
Which in light of the information on their own website would be a tad hypocritical.
@ Anon 3.42 pm,
My guess is that IFA’s shared part of the £220-250 million dollar commission pot. That to me would be enough of an incentive.
The individual plots originally sold were never identified in the purchaser contracts, so they could not be cross referenced off a plot plan, therefore it would be almost impossible to know who purchased which unit,
I don’t mean to disagree, why is there an apartment number on the paperwork acknowledging receipt of the deposit from harlequin and the same apartment number on the contracts? On the royal bank account statement it lists harlequin property as being paid the deposit?
It is my considered opinion many units have been double sold and that’s why the unit numbers changed several times. As there was never going to be any finance i.e. completions how would you know?
I want to see proof of a completion. I want to see Harlequins corrections regarding the DD.
Why would they wish not to ‘correct’ the wrongs and share the good news.
I think we know why not…
Richard Ingham, is just Ames pet poodle, ignore him.
There is no money to be made in H Hotel completions. RL are after the redress and looks like their attention has been entirely directed in that direction.
When I asked RL, they told me they have about 1500 claimants. Serious money, so why mess about with Ames ?
Only a fool would provide more money at this stage. How many more warnings do you need ?
Sadly, you can’t fix the die hard Ames supporters, they are just stupid. If they wish to invest more money, more fool them. It will all go down the pan 100%
I have a question a previous poster asked, if Richard Spector of ELS suspected that Ames might have comitted some type of tax fraud would he have reported it?
Another question I would not mind Richard Spector answering, and I would like his professional opinion on this, does an NDA preclude anyone from providing either the SFO / Essex Police or HMRC with information of suspected wrong doing on the part of Ames.?
Simon Terry former in house solicitor for Ames, claimed in the past that anyone subject to an NDA was precluded from reporting matters to the SFO / Essex Police or any other authorities, Terry is on record as stating that one could only discuss or report matters which were the subject of an NDA if one was approached by the authorities on the specific matter.
I would like to point out to Mr. Spector that I have been testing this hypothesis, in respect of information I have on a particular matter, which is the subject of an NDA, information which merits investigating by the relevant authorities.
I have been advised that there is no legal impediment, preventing me from reporting a suspected criminal act to the relevant authorities, my advice is that Judges would take a very dim view of NDA’s being used as a mechanism by which information on suspected criminal activities could not be reported to the authorities.
As such I will make my complaint against those I suspect of engaging in criminal activities, it will be over to the authorities then to either prosecute the case, or find that my suspicions were without merit.
I’m quite comfortable in doing this as I now believe that an NDA can be breached without fear of sanction in respect of complaints made to the correct authorities.
A civil NDA should not prevent anyone from reporting any legal wrongdoing to the correct authorities. If anything, not reporting known criminal activity is the real offence.
What about say someone who had been found guilty, by an Irish Judge would they make a good SFO witness?
Richard, I don’t care that I don’t know you and have never met you or even know what you look like. I also don’t care that I don’t know what you invested.
But if it pisses you off then I will continue to say it!
Toodle Pip!
Hi Bob, yes, they might. And you’re referencing 1 witness out of possibly dozens so whether he is or isn’t won’t really make much difference, and I expect the SFO are well placed to make up their own minds on that. You seem to be overlooking the fact that the SFO being involved in the first place is the real issue.
So the business plan was to sell units and hope people didn’t have enough money to sue Ames when they weren’t built? Us SIPP people would have to just go begging to the British government for compensation.
Robert it was a civil case in Ireland, but even in criminal cases, we have seen that some of the best witnesses have come from those involved in crimes, you have many instances, plea bargains, where witnesses will assist the authorities in their prosecutions of other individuals in return for a lessor sentence.
The prosecuting authorities don’t care where information comes from aslong as the information proves to be good or relevant.
But an earlier poster raised an interesting point, are the builder and Wilkins Kennedy being set up, my guess is yes, why? Ames like you Bob believes that by discrediting witnesses he will beat the rap as they say.
And Bob as Sid pointed out, there are potentially dozens of witnesses, what about Mr. Newman, He was not found guilty of anything, he would be a good witness, or is this why Carol Ames has made a report to the ICAEW, in a final bid to discredit him,
What about Wilkins Kennedy, what are they guilty of? No judge has found against them.
And what about all those investors out there?
Bob, you seem to think the SFO are basing their entire case of what Paddy said. The SFO don’t base cases on what is said by people, they use hard evidence, like paperwork. Paddy may have pointed them in the right direction, but to think the entire case is built around what one person said is somewhat naïve.
Even you can do better than that.
@Sid, Anon, anonymous x 2. With due respect you are so easily taken in. 4 posts within 30 mins of a “Robert Storey” posting. That’s obsession.
Robert I have an idea, why don’t you suggest to Ames that he should instruct Richard Spector of ELS to make contact with anyone who Ames suspects is talking to the builder and get Richard Spector of ELS to advise them to cease communicating with the builder with immediate effect. This would perhaps stop the builder from getting any more Intel, if this is what concerns Ames.
And furthermore, why not suggest to Ames that he instruct Richard Spector to request from RL and others any information the builder or others might have provided them.
Maybe this information would help Ames win his case against Wilkins Kennedy. A win against Wilkins Kennedy would help discredit them as witnesses, would it not Bob.?
Bob if you feel Ames has done nothing wrong, then give of your time to Ames, to help him put together information that would help Ames beat Wilkins Kennedy, rather then coming on here prattling on about the builder, the builder, the builder ……………………………..
@ Robert Storey (the real one) on January 27, 2015 at 6:50 pm,
Robert Storey 5.43 pm, asked a question and posters took time to respond, then you pipe up with this churlish stupid comment,
“@Sid, Anon, anonymous x 2. With due respect you are so easily taken in. 4 posts within 30 mins of a “Robert Storey” posting. That’s obsession.”
It’s not obsession Bob, it’s answering a question, something you have failed time and time again to do. And if you did not ask the question and were unwilling to answer the question what was the point of your post?
Maybe you might like to answer the question asked of Robert Storey 5.43 pm? Would you care to do that ?
@Anonymous, tell you what, I have an idea, don’t try and drag me into your silly games. I have no idea who Richard Spector is and I have not been prattling on about the builder. I have an idea, stop prattling on about Richard Spector.
@Anonymous 7.04 stop obsessing about me. I have no intention of answering a question posted to someone else. The point of my post, which you seem to have ignored, is that I did not post it. Is that a bit difficult for you to understand. “Churlish stupid comment?” That’s a very childish comment.
@ Robert Storey (the real one), A Robert Storey 5.43 pm asked a question?
He,she, they asked a general question, to all and any poster, it was not directed at anyone in particular, and as a result of the question, various posters took the time to answer the question, sadly you are not the only Robert Storey on this planet, so if you state you are not the Robert Storey of 5.43 pm, then fine, its accepted, just let the posters answer the question posed by the Robert Storey of 5.43 pm.
And given that the Robert Storey of 5.43 pm did not direct his, her, their question to anyone in particular, perhaps you would like to answer the question, or alternatively, remain silent on the current debate surrounding the question which you have clearly pointed out was not asked by you, nor are you willing to answer, simple my friend.
Anonymous 6.50 pm, don’t be stupid. Are you trying to tell us that Richard Spector would go crawling on all fours, to those, his clients have been involved in litigation against and ask them to cooperate or assist Richards client Ames, against Wilkins Kennedy.
Cmon, Richard Spector is a professional, there is no way he would do that, it would take a numpty, a nut, a pillock, a Richard the Third of solicitors, a scrote, an oik, a knobhead, a josser, a div of a solicitor to do that.
When I bought an apartment via tailormade the ifa said the fee in addition to the deposit was to pay legal fees. So the contracts weren’t drawn up by an independent solicitor ? They were drawn up by their in house solicitor employed by harlequin ? Harlequin is a joke.
The Association of Member-Directed Pension Schemes has been unsuccessful in obtaining permission for a judicial review over new capital adequacy rules for self-invested personal pensions, leaving the industry body’s chairman “disappointed”.
more…
http://www.ftadviser.com/2015/01/27/pensions/sipps/trade-body-fails-in-sipp-cap-ad-judicial-review-attempt-khV5xJPzfKqEqL30rFnf3M/article.html
Fatchips just wants Harlequin to fail so he can clear up on SIPP redress claims and is seeking to damaged the investment.
@ Robert Storey (the real one)
Why put your post in the future tense? It has failed (past tense). The visionary business model had no need of third party finance. It simply wasn’t required. Not necessary in any way. So the lack of a financier isn’t stopping this from working. Nor is the drop in the ocean sum misappropriated by the former builder. That sum was so tiny compared to the money taken in by Harlequin. So if the resorts aren’t being built there can only be one explanation. The model failed. Frankly a child could have done the math to demonstrate that it couldn’t work.
As a previous poster pointed out, Ames knew he needed finance, indeed from as early as 2007 he was actively seeking finance, this can be seen from documents in the statement of claim, yet he never once attempted to reduce the commissions payable, just carried on regardless, it seems that Ames’ agents were more important then those purchasers he now calls his extended family, was it that he had to keep the agents sweet to keep the cash rolling in? Looks that way.
its maths not math pillock
Did BDO question the issue of the Dubai properties just before they resigned ?
Was tax paid on these transactions?
Was tax paid on the commissions Ames paid the sales staff at HMSSE ?
Who paid the tax ?
Were staff and agents paid with units in lieu of cash ?
Was this declared ?
What if someone had all the answers ?
Does an NDA prevent anyone from passing this information onto the SFO HMRC Essex Police ?
Does Richard Spector of ELS know about a previous tax enquiry into Ames and HMSSE ?
Would Richard Spector be aware of any transactions that could be considered suspicious in the context of a previous tax enquiry into Ames ?
“Damage the investment”. Yeah … what about that investment … Just watch the returns rolling in, and properties being re-sold again and again for well in excess of 400% capital growth (as promised) whilst owners retain various of their other Harlequin properties on different islands at award winning 8.7 star resorts as somewhere to vacation and play gold and tennis during the winter months in their obscenely wealthy retirement.
Someone punch Bob please. I don’t want to lay a finger on the filthy peasant.
As for the queries regarding contacting the SFO / Police whilst under a NDA.
Imagine a scenario, this is not wholly factual, but hypothetically speaking, let’s say I received a refund off Harlequin some years ago, and after that, I heard about the SFO conducting a survey on their website which invited Harlequin victims to give details on their utterly diabolical experience with Harlequin, and to help the SFO by providing information and copies of communications on Harlequin’s highly illegal practices, regulation flouting advice to agents and victims, and the lies and deceit pumped out of Basildon and directly from Ames’ mouth (not just in videos and literature, but personally). Well, in that hypothetical situation, I wouldn’t have thought twice about trusting the SFO with my confidence. I’m sure that if Ames steered his litigation campaign wagon in my direction I’d be safe for having helped the Serious Fraud Office with their investigations into the Ponzi scheme operated by Ames.
But hey, how on earth would I react in a non-hypothetical situation? Who knows.
Although I have to say, if this was a work of fiction, I’d put Bob in a cage in Dave’s basement, dressed as a gimp and given an ipad to play with.
Admittedly a gimp may interact in slightly less tediously fucking boring diatribe than Bob, and may lead to more plot inspiring counter argument, but that would help with the Booker Prize nomination.
Gosh …
I really miss the old days when we had Monsieur Cleuseau,
Miss Marple and last but not least Hercule Poirot answering all
these interrogatives……………….
I was out all day so have not posted, and it can be ‘math’ or ‘maths’.
http ://www.dailywritingtips.com/math-or-maths/
Yes before anyone says it, I know that Carol, Dan, Nicola and Matt took some £ 250 k and won’t pay it back and the family bought over £ 7 million quid in property in Dubai, some of it in someone else’s name. Blah blah blah.
Go to HMRC, bore them with a stupid tax evasion story, HMRC inspected Dave and allowed him sell SIPPs. So all his taxes are paid up. The HMRC SIPP approval is enough for me.
But the Ames family have not been convicted of anything, not even in SVG, because all those judgments are wrong and politically motivated and according to Richard Spector of ELS, Dave is appealling them all so they don’t count.
The property in Dubai was paid from legitimate profits from HMSSE, profits Carol and Dave never hid, profits no one had a problem with until Wilkins Kennedy went to the SFO. They afterall told Ames to take the profit,
The builder stole the money, FACT. Was convicted and is awaiting sentence. FACT.
Yes Robert, but don’t we have Ames on here stating that he never took
a cent from an investor. You can’t have it both ways dude !
Someone please delete Robert Storey. He’s a liar.
Just wondering now that the Davies case is over I wonder if the lawyers for Ames would give anyone the evidence they compiled for the case to see if there is any dirt on Wilkins Kennedy that might help Ames with the SFO case? As I said Just wondering ? Cheers, Richard Berisivich the 3rd. (Truth Seeker).
@ BS Bob
You can’t have it both ways.
Either we accept that the Irish builder has been found to have breached a civil offense despite his appeal and following the same logic with respect to the Harlequin cases.
If the reports above are true then many more judgements have been made against Harlequin and/or Ames in civil cases and these are subject to appeal. Using your logic that the appeal of the Irish builder isn’t sufficient to render him innocent then we must apply this also to Harlequin.
Your choice. Both have fallen foul of civil law or we have to wait for the appeals to find out.
@Cat 5 E How strange giving yourself an ID the same as a fibre optic standard. Anyway gobshite, why not call round big man, you are welcome to try and punch me. Oh but of course you are too scared 🐓 to call round yourself. You gutless shitless turd hiding behind an anonymous ID. You talk about boring, you need to look in a mirror you useless turd.
More information on the drugs trade in the Caribbean.
Seven police officers arrested on Barbados.
Google Richard Berisivch the 3rd.
HMRC does not approval products. It sets out a list of rules that a product must comply with so not to occur an “unauthorised payment” charge of 55%.
What’s that on the bottom of my shoe? It’s a smelly turd and that’s what you are. Now be a good boy and knob off. Your childish comments add nothing at all go back to being Dave’s Disco etc etc etc.
A question or two for the Irish builder and his cohorts ( he likes that word 😉
1. What about the insolvency meeting in SVG – Proof?
2. HMRC investigations? How would you know?
3. For years now you have been wittering on about how Harlequin will fail, next month, next week – its boring now.
Give us proof or shut it.
Looks like you are just pissed off because Ames beat you hands down in court, after you had a dip into investors cash.
How you can be so high and mighty when you have been found guilty is beyond me.
Paddy is hardly a good witness for the SFO is he, come on 😉
Cat 5 E troll troll troll 💤💤💤 boring as shite.
Bob, could you please explain how shite is boring?
There seems to be unprecedented corruption on Barbados.
Is there anybody on the island who is willing to put things right?
BFP have a lot of knowledge and should know the way to proceed?
Just look in a mirror, that should help you. There again you might find it interesting. Depends on your preferences.
The whole on the Caribbean is corrupt, why do you think Dave picked it.
I can confirm with absolute certainty that HMRC are looking at Harlequin and how the agents commission was paid. However, they won’t tell me any details.
Paddy the plonker asked the following question?
1. What about the insolvency meeting in SVG – Proof?
That was an action in the SVG high court where Dave Ames’ lawyer Sam Commissiong agreed a consent order to have HPSVG and Buccament Bay Resort Ltd put into administration.
Ames is now rowing back on the original consent agreement.
However Dave Ames through a third party has been desperately trying to sell a number of properties in Dubai in order to make a payment off some judgments obtained in the high court in SVG which he hopes will negate the consent order for the administration of his companies.
2. HMRC investigations? How would you know?
I have very recently made an official complaint to HMRC,
3. For years now you have been wittering on about how Harlequin will fail, next month, next week – its boring now.
Harlequin failed along time ago. HMSSE the main sales agency collapsed as a result of a Stat demand having been served. According to James Baker all the companies are insolvent. Ames has stopped building for nearly 2 years now.
He is in default through thousands of contracts,
He needs all purchasers to join a trust. He can’t make interest payments. The list goes on, and on and on.
Give us proof or shut it.
Finally and to BFP and officials. We see many illegal activities and corrupt officials on Barbados. Elizabeth 11 is still your Head of State, and you are a parliament democracy based on the UK. You could do a lot worse than seek advice of the British Government.
@Anon,
1 just because you say so that is not proof. Let’s see the original consent order that puts the 2 companies into administration.
2 so you have made a complaint. It means nothing. It does not mean that there is an investigation. You assume there is an investigation.
3 but it hasn’t failed. BB is still taking in paying guests, paying it’s bills.
“paying it’s bills.” I’m sure many would contest that.
“but it hasn’t failed”
Harlequin’s business model wasn’t to take £440m to build a few huts & letting it run.
Harlequin’s business model was to take that money as deposits for the 9000+ units the business sold to ~6000 buyers, with the intention of building the resorts in an ongoing effort.
I think one of the disparities between the “pro” and “anti” Harlequin camps is summed up with your third answer Cat5E. The pensioners who’ve lost masses of money aren’t exactly calling it a success?
Here are the reason why it’s failed to the pragmatists:
The Interest payments aren’t being paid. Failure.
The units aren’t built. Failure
The mortgages are no-where to be seen. Failure
Refunds are not being paid. Failure
HMSSE is gone. Failure
The “only” option is a “trust” in which Ames gets all advantages. Failure
10% guaranteed returns? Failure
2 year buy-back? Failure
6000 contracts are in breach.
And yet you think that because BB is “paying the bills” all is okay.
I hope you see the other side to your argument. I’m not trying to cause problems, just helping you see why you’d argue that it has failed in its current form.
@Cat 5 E. Don’t remember being asked if I wanted to use my pension to buy a guy from Basildon a hotel in BB or St Lucia or wherever. Us investors don’t own the hotels? What has that got to do with the price of fish!
How can BB be called a 5 star resort, when guests complain all the time about lack of coffee for the machines in the rooms, frayed towels, worn furniture and umbrellas, plastic for drinks..etc? One reviewer just said that they had to go into town to get tea bags…none at the resort.That is just inexcusable.
Then again, the rates being charged today are approx. 50% lower than were being charged in 2012,so perhaps people have lower expectations of quality.
“so you have made a complaint. It means nothing. It does not mean that there is an investigation. You assume there is an investigation.”
So I presume the ICAEW and SRA complaints made by Ames hold the same stance?
“Let’s see the original consent order that puts the 2 companies into administration.”
I would also like to see this
Blu in St Lucia has been getting terrible reviews on TA lately..also, room rates are now around US$100 per night…hardly able to break even with those rates.
“but it hasn’t failed. BB is still taking in paying guests, paying it’s bills.”
if so then please explain why they cannot afford to pay for the most basic housekeeping essentials like replacing towels? This isn’t any kind of capital expenditure and would be part of the annual budgeting of any well run hotel. If there is no money for something that is right there in front of the guests eyes what else is being scrimped on?
Does anyone think its odd that ”Paddy caught with his hands in the till O Halloran” and ”Nikki Crazier Audrey face lift old hag it was my sister not me”
Should be working together, what must her clients who coughed up a fortune think about that?
Must be more money in concrete blocks than litigation.
Anonymous 5.04 pm, speaking of bricks and mortar,
Ames and his family own in excess of 13 properties in Dubai, worth in excess of £ 10 million quid.
Ames and his family own in excess of 11 properties in Thailand, worth in excess of £ 1 million quid.
In excess of 6 properties worth in excess of £ 3 million quid.
In addition to this they have property in Spain and the Caribbean worth many more millions.
A nice property portfolio in any event.
To fund all this, Ames and his family would have had to have a UK taxable income of between £ 20-30 million.
In excess of 6 properties in the UK worth in excess of £ 3 million quid, and Lord knows how much property owned by the Ames family yet registered in third party names.
in excess of 13 properties in Dubai – is it a million ? or just pick a number.
Don’t be so thick Paddykins
Speaking of tough guys Richard……..
Yes the property in Dubai is that significant that Shipleys cannot be bothered to chase it up. Too much trouble. And don’t worry the Broughtons have been on here today. You stand more chance of finding a Broughton on here as you have of finding blue gloves at Tesco.
Or finding out what Ames has on tricky Dickie 😉
Crazier company help people when they have a problem, for example, with a property overseas. Imagine if potential clients knew they may be in business with someone who had been found guilty of fraud.
Panama? Nah that’s no secrete. Is that the best you have got.
*secret.
San Miguelito in Panama the retirement hot spot? Is the pension thief, (Dave), going to retire there with our cash?
Does Dave the pension thief have anything in Ecuador yet? He seems to be working his way round the world laundering our cash!
Now now Padykins, you are not the only one in the inner sanctum. Perhaps I’m Gregory Farrari, or Francis D, or I’m a Man in Amman? You are very narrow minded in your idea who is and who isn’t in the inner sanctum.
I wonder what it is that has got the Harlequin mob all excited again????
Was it the 13 + Dubai properties?
Was it the reference to the ‘consent’ order in the SVG court?
Or was it that it is now known that HMSSE collapsed as a result of a Stat Demand ?
Or is it something else?
All this mention of Paddy, did I not read previously that a guy called Richard ( the crusader) Spector, yes that is what he was referred to in the post, had reason to contact those he thought were communicating with the builder to advise them to stop.
Tell me who gave him the authority to give such advice ? Rather odd behaviour from a solicitor don’t you think? And I heard a rumour that the same guy is now looking for assistance for his client, Ames, off many who he and Ames were embroiled in litigation against. I find this rumour to be bizarre, why would Mr. Spector think that anyone who Ames was willing to drag through the courts would now want to assist him in other litigation, truly bizarre.
Paddy two can play at your game my friend, we know about your little property empire in Dubai 😉😉😉😉,
We even know where they are, and we know that you ‘claim’ to legally own title to these properties, through ICE property (Caribbean) Ltd.
And we are going to shame you here and now.
You ‘claim’ to legally own properties, through ICE property (Caribbean) Ltd., on the Golden Mile, in the Movenpic Laguna Towers, in the Fairmont Palm Jumeriah, the Hasseer Palm Jumeriah and the Villas Dubai.
And we know you spent some £ 5 million pounds of investors money on these.
You give it, but see, while you are on here giving it loads, Dave was going after your assets, my advice to you my friend is to read the small print in anything you sign, see your lies my friend have caught up with you.
And HMRC are going to have a field day with you, cause you were being a naughty boy by trying stupidly to hide these assets,
Oh yes the file has gone to HMRC, try explain that one my friend, lol…….
Shame on you Mr. Richard Spector and shame on the rest of your legal team, Shame on you sir, that’s all I can say. Shame on you.
It is truly a sad day.
@ Anon 28/ 1 / 15 @8.43pm
Your knowledge of Harlequin and David Ames is unbelievable and probably second to no one on this planet.
The big question is can you find any funds to help out the cash investors in the future.
In this case you might need to pull that rabbit out of the hat or in the Harlequin situation 1500 of them.
You don’t think Paddy is posting all this rubbish on here to help anyone? Come on now. He is only on here to try and save his own skin. There again perhaps it’s not paddy. Perhaps it’s Gegory Farrari, or Francis D lol. No Paddykins we know exactly who it is don’t we. Or perhaps it’s Jordan, and not the model.
Paddy post’s on here because he can’t be a witness for the SFO, for one simple reason, he is conflicted and tainted by the Irish verdict. GUILTY.
That’s why I find the relationship with CPC odd, they act for clients against Harlequin but he embezzled cash from the same clients that CPC represent.
And you call Dave…
Tricky Paddy, to point the finger when you were embroiled in it. I wonder why your youtube video of you at Buccament Bay has been removed pending a legal complaint?
It’s ok, Richard Spector is dealing with Paddys relationship with CLC and CPC, he will get back onto CLC and CPC this morning. All is in hand.
I see that the builder has loads of property in Dubai but no land in Thailand unlike Ames and his Thai lady boy wife ‘Cawol tis all gong Wong Ames’. Sorry Richard, the reference to ‘Cawol’ is probably derogatory, so before you go running off there to write to anyone and everyone 😉😉 let me first apologies to all lady boys.
There will be no happy ending!
Freundel Stuart you are the Primeminister of Barbados and you have sworn the official oath of office, that you will be true and faithfull.
Are you true to your oath?
@let him who is without sin cast the first stone
January 29, 2015 at 11:26 am
Tricky Paddy, to point the finger when you were embroiled in it. I wonder why your youtube video of you at Buccament Bay has been removed pending a legal complaint?
Maybe Dave had it taken down because you can hear his banter off-camera agreeing with the Irish One about how well the building work was going. Can’t have that now can we? Wot with the appeal coming up an’ all.
BTW Why do you quote Jesus?
@ Whistle down the wind
All I hear is the Irish man telling porkies and Ames in cahoots with him.
Thick as thieves.
How many times can the Irish one cry wolf? How many times can Ames cry finance is coming?
Probably quite a few more times yet as it seems to do the trick!
Maybe Ames can perform a similar miracle and build some units without having any money?
Or Irish builders.
If it went wrong in the Caribbean because of Paddy ha ha why did it go wrong in Thailand?
It’s okay GV, just say 500,000 Hail Marys and you will get your finance my Son.
Hail Mary, full of grace,
The Lord is with thee,
blessed art thou among women, and
blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.
Holy Mary Mother of God,
pray for us sinners, now
and at the hour of our death.
Amen.
Note to Matt.
If Dave took $400,000,000 from Caribbean investors, plus Thailand etc, has he taken over 1 billion from us suckers in total? His solicitor must be seeing a lot of pound signs if he keeps Mrs Ames sweet.
It is a funny old world.
Respect to a 50 year anniversary just gone.
-P’OH
Wonderful satire. Love It !!! P’OH is really just a SYMPTOM not a
CAUSE in this ridicoulous travesty………………
I think POH is the latter day Irish Robin Hood.
Ames will not prosper, it was been told from above. There is no higher power working with us.
I think Ames’ choice of O’Halloran are a perfect example of how this went tits up.
I saw the video on YouTube entitled “Padraig O’Halloran Lies To Harlequin Investors” (now removed after a legal complaint), and have to say that although I don’t think the guy is a crook, he certainly seemed dodgy as f&ck.
Ames was actually going along with all the superlative bullshit he was saying in the video (levelling the land, taking out natural vegetation, using concrete blocks like they do in the military) and it just stunk. I could smell it through my iPad.
Any responsible developer would know that hiring someone who’s willing to bend the rules so flagrantly would also, I imagine, be less than responsible with the money he’s been entrusted with.
Whatever happens in this ordeal, I have to say that I think I’ve learnt a lot about money… Look at what they do, not what they say.
Video I found on YouTube from 2011.
Wonder how the guy feels about his “investment” now?
A local Buccament Bay worker.
Wonder if he’s still there?
“Are you worried about your pension and future retirement?”
“Yes”
Guardian ( the ones who sue investors for management fees)
Correction you have not paid for it..
I bet Neil feels like a right dick, just like the rest of us.
Paddy and Ames are like peas in a pod, just one of had more money that the other.
Wait util this all falls over, Ames will bring evreyone down with him.
GV has already offered the agents to HMRC on a plate, he would sell his family if it kept his delusion going for a little while longer.
He destroys people lives just like a cancer. Nobody is safe round this toxic little man.
Paddy has been told to stop his posting or face the consequences, same as his plastic cohorts.
Wonder where my pension pot went? Paddy if you are posting please carry on 🙂
Nothing worse than not having a pot to piss in. Yes carry on Paddy so we can all have a laff.
Ames is dishonest = going to prison
I hope so, with his family, and legal team. I wonder if they will look back and think…. Yes that was worth it, when they are all getting beaten up in prison..
Prison is a nasty place
What has the builder done now that has those in the Basildon Bunker so upset?
Is it all this talk of Dubai ?
Thailand Perhaps ?
All the rumours about Richard Spector running around like a headless chicken ?
Is it the legal charges on a number of Ames’ personal assets ?
Is it the rumoured consent order in SVG re the Adminstration of those companies ?
Is it the rumour that Ames is now challenging this consent order ?
Is it the rumour that Ames had properties where he and his family had the beneficial interest but were registered in the names of third parties ?
Is it the rumour that Dave Ames or someone in his company provided James Baker with misleading information ?
Is it all the rumours about a HMRC investigation ?
What is it ?
Are these all unfounded rumours ?
Is it a rumour that Ames cannot pay the interest payments ?
Is it a rumour that Ames has yet to obtain finance ?
Is it a rumour that some of Ames’ legal team know that information contained in the statement of claim against Wilkins Kennedy is manifestly false ?
Is it a rumour that Dave Ames filed the wrong type of accounts in SVG ?
Is it a rumour that Carol, Dan, Nicola and Matt will be liable for tax on the money they borrowed from HMSSE that they cannot pay back ?
Is it a rumour that Ames owes Shippleys a futher £ 165,000.00, Money belonging to Shippleys HMSSE and not Ames, ?
Is it a rumour that Ames will owe tax on this money ?
Is it a rumour that Ames took about £ 400-500 million ?
Is it a rumour that Ames paid agents in excess of £ 100 million ?
Is it a rumour that Dave Ames may have massive tax liabilities in relation to HMSSE staff ?
Is it a rumour that Ames suffers from memory loss when it comes to declaring assets ?
Is it a rumour that there are in excess of 70 legal actions against Ames and or his wife and or his companies !
Is it a rumour that Richard Spector reads this site ?
The list goes on.
My agent said I should use Halkcome compensation, because this is run by a religious person not someone hell bent on just making loads of money ( they said Regulatory Legal just want Harlequin to fail). I can’t find anything about Halkcome – any one able to help me?
@Who To Believe
https:// holkhamcompensation . com
It’s not just RL who want Harlequin to fail. It’s all the SIPP victims (they get paid by the FSCS when it goes down).
Holkham are a claims management company. They are not regulated my the ministry of justice (which means they cannot perform any “solicitor” type roles). All they will do is fill out your FSCS form for you.
Holkham is run by the same man who ran Powerscourt – the main agent for SCS farmland. Through recent action by RL, it’s come to the surface that Powerscourt gave a “loan” to some of the large agents who pushed Harlequin & SCS, which has now been promised to be paid back.
The Holkham guy might be a reverend but that doesn’t stop him being human. Humans make mistakes, and can also become corrupted. Only trust Holkhan as a way to see what options you have. I personally would not touch them.
RL are not as white as they purport. They tried to get the “trust” established so Ames could sell H Hotel to 7 Capital. They got the victims to pay for due diligence meant for their client, but then pulled the plug as Ames would not release the financial information they needed. They then took a stark anti-Harlequin stance, which has only just abated when they realized the FSCS isn’t just going to pay out $100m’s to their clients.
The best thing you can do is outline your investment vehicle (are you SIPP or cash investor?). This will be the main determinant of who you’d choose to go with.
Some recommendations:
– Don’t join Ames’ trust (unless you have 5 years to waste)
– Don’t go with Holkham (they are not solicitors)
– Don’t trust your IFA
– I would personally trust RL (I am a SIPP victim)
The best result for everyone is that Harlequin goes bump, the SIPP people get paid & the cash people get some of the reinstituted business when someone picks up the tab.
Some of the more prudent victims should be forming a consortium to pick up the pieces.
@anonymous 7.05 is it a rumour that you are connected to an Irish fraudster? Is it a rumour that you are just regurgitating the same old unsubstantiated rubbish because you just like to fill in blog space?
Wonder why we have not got an update from Dave Ames about the case review that was supposed to have happened?
I think Dave has a great case, but just on the off chance he doesn’t can you all see what you can dig up on Wilkins Kennedy anything at all, and get it to Dave or his solicitors PDQ.
Anyone who has anything on WK that would help Dave should understand that it is an offence under some Honywood Business Park law I guess, not to provide Dave or his legal team with this.
This information is needed urgently to shore up the 65% chance Dave has of winning.
@ Anonymous 8.29
So none of it is true? Are you willing to put money on it?
I know for a fact the interest payments have stopped.
So why do you think the rest is untrue, is it because of NDA’s ?
Does the existence of an NDA mean its not true ? Was RL covered by an NDA ? So that DD is not true ?
I’m lost, are you saying that Dave Ames has done nothing wrong, Did Jim Baker lie so ? Did Ames’ legal team lie in the statement of claim ? So Richard Spector has not been running around firing off some emails like some crack addict ?
Ok if you say it, it must be true, except of course for the interest payments………….Oh yeah forgot, that was a technical glitch, of course. Well that should be resolved in the next 10 years or so.
No Anon, as anonymous said, it’s all a rumour.
They may be rumours but that does not mean they are not true, so Ames now has an opportunity to update us all.
And that does not mean they are true either. Deal in facts not rumours.
James Baker said all the companies that Ames gave him financial on were insolvent. But they weren’t so why did James Baker lie, or why did Ames give him duff financial information ?
Some of Ames’ legal team have deliberately mislead the court through the statement of claim in the Wilkins Kennedy case, why did they do this ?
Both are facts, both are true.
Ah, here we go again. “Some of Ames legal teams have ……..” Have they? Proof?
I have a question of those few who still support Ames.
Ames treats investors like mushrooms, feeds us shit and keeps us in the dark, yet when he wants something he basically begs us, just look at the trust.
A poster earlier asked us to help Dave Ames with any information we might have on Wilkins Kennedy, why the hell should we ? What has Dave done for me or for most of us? And what if we did have some information, would his lawyers come after us ?
What if I signed an NDA, like Gareth Fatchett did, Simon Terry told investors that if they had signed NDA’s they could not disclose any information to the authorities. So I suggest the same applies to providing information to anyone else.
I think it’s a bit rich that Ames or his supporters would be asking for help with the Wilkins Kennedy case, I say this because of the request by ‘ What happened The Wilkins Kennedy case @ 8.30 pm.
Ames, the manner in which you have behaved towards us investors, no I will not assist you. You being gobby as usual said you have a slam dunk case, so go away and win that case, then come back and give us our money. Simple.
@ Leagle Beagle, yes they have, and sorry mate I don’t have to prove jack shit to you, I just have to prove it to those who will take action on it, and to Kennedys the lawyers for Wilkins Kennedys insurers, and I will, I will prove it to those that matter, not some snivelling Ames adoring cretin.
I am sick to death of Ames, his lies, the way he misleads his own accountants, he misleads courts, and I think it’s a disgrace that certain members of his legal team are allowed to behave in a manner totally contrary to the ethics the have sworn to uphold, if you know something is not true as a lawyer you should not then claim it is true.
@Anonymous 10.19, you obviously don’t do sarcasm do you. Perhaps a tad too subtle for you?
@Anonymous 10.30! You will provide the information will you. Well the case documents have been available for several months now and you are going in the future, at some point in the future, to provide some game changing information. Go for it, I’m sure the world is holding it’s collective breath waiting for this game changing information.
To: Anonymous
January 30, 2015 at 8:07 pm
Thank you very much for your answer regarding Halkcome, it looks like they have no real skills to help.
How can they do such a thing? How could they get money back, just another scam?
I will at least fell better if a proper solicitor does the work for me.
One bunch I would NEVER BELIEVE IS ANYONE ASSOCIATED TO HARLEQUIN.
Vile people.
@ Anonymous 10.34 pm, I think the poster is rather naive, even Ames and his legal eagles knows that they would get little or no support from investors given the way they have been treated. I know Ames and his legal eagles have some neck but I’d say this is a step too far even for them, anyway why do they need help, the case we have been told by Ames is all but won.
Anyone in a similar situation who requested assistance in this manner could only be a crack addict or just so desperate, but Ames and his legal team aren’t crack addicts, that I know of anyway, and Ames told us that he will win the Wilkins Kennedy case, and Ames would never lie, now would he ??????????
Ames has a crack team of lawyers behind him, the best, these guys are the creme de la crime of lawyers.
Truly.
@ Leagle Beagle 10.40 pm, I have some friends who have taken Ames to court in SVG, now once they get their money off that lying scrote, the coward who keeps delaying cases, the coward who is counterclaiming against his own investors, the liar, tax dodger, then yes I will make sure that the authorities get the information to finish him off.
Looks like it wasn’t just Wilkins Kennedy, the Builder and Ridgview that alegedly ripped Ames off.
You never hear the Harlequin trolls saying anything about the rip off that occured in Dubai or Thailand. Yes $ 4.5 million USD. Enough to build another 35 units or so, enough to make some 7000 interest payments,
Ames spent $ 9 million dollars on the Irish case to recoup $ 2 million.
All he had to do in Dubai is spend USD $ 52,000 to recoup USD $ 2.4 million
Another USD $ 90 k to recoup USD $ 900 k.
And we know what a litigous little bastard he is, so why did he not bother chasing all the money he wasted in Dubai, ??????? Or Thailand ?????
Oh yeah he did not have full title to the property, if Ames or his family had full legal title to the properties he could have sued.
The Harlequin trolls go on about the money the builder, Wilkins Kennedy etc stole from Ames but what about the USD $ 4.5 million of investors money Ames squandered in Dubai and Thailand by Ames,
Oh of course that was his money, his and Carols, Dans, Matts and Nicolas, it was their money to do what they wanted with.
Oh no it wasn’t, it was Harlequin Property (Caribbeans) property,
Oooops no it wasn’t it was HMSSE property, of course because the Ames family borrowed the money from HMSSE,
I wonder if they paid any tax on this money ???????
No that’s right they were holding the property as nominees for Harlequin Property (Caribbean) Ltd. so no tax due, clever eh, no flies on our Dave.
Yet even though there are no flies on our Dave, he managed to loose at least $ 4.5 million on these property deals, good man Dave, you are a very bright boy aren’t you, giving money away in Dubai without legally having title to the properties.
Is Ames Jewish ?
The surname Ames is usually either French or Hebrew in origin. The French name comes from the noun amie, meaning a friend or a beloved. In Hebrew it literally means burden, but is actually derived from the eponymous Hebrew prophet Amos.
I would say he is a Jew, because he ain’t beloved and is much more a burden.
Maybe this is why he has over time employed Jewish Lawyers like Daniel Abrams (retired), Bernard Wainstein (retired), Richard Spector (current).
So will Ames join this list of famous Jews?
(1). Joe Ezaz
(2). Baruch Goldstein
(3). David Berkowitz
(4). Louis Buchalter
(5). Meyer Lansky
(6). Nicolai Bonner
(7). Julius and Ethel Rosenburg
(8). Leopold and Loeb
(9). Arnold Rothstein
(10). Jack Ruby
(11). Bernard Madoff.
(12). Will Ames make it here into our TOP 12. ??????????
Following on from the post above we now ask is Ames French?
The surname Ames is usually either French or Hebrew in origin. The French name comes from the noun amie, meaning a friend or a beloved. In Hebrew it literally means burden, but is actually derived from the eponymous Hebrew prophet Amos.
We could say he is French because at one time he was beloved by all his investors. Yes now as in the post above he is a burden.
In the same way he once was a UK citizen, he is now a citizen of the Kingdom of Ralph or St. Vincent & The Grenadines to us mere mortals.
Maybe this is why he employed French named lawyers like Simon Terry, Terry being a Norman French form of Theodoric.
So will Ames join this list of famous French swindlers ?
(1). Philippe Berre
(2). Marcel Petiot
(3). Renaud Donnedieu de Vabres
(4). Jacques Chirac
(5). Henri Lemoine
(6). Christoph Rocancourt
(7). Mark Kapeles
(8). Therese Humbert
(9). Marthe Hanau
(10). Marquis de Rays
(11). Matthew Ames
(12). Will Ames make it here into our TOP 12. ??????????
If it is that easy to recoup money from Dubai, why has Shipleys not done it? Perhaps you are the stupid one.
Because Shipleys are out of pocket with HMSSE. That’s why, who would pay them? Not daft Dave.
Who to belive?
January 30, 2015 at 11:10 pm
To: Anonymous
January 30, 2015 at 8:07 pm
Thank you very much for your answer regarding Halkcome, it looks like they have no real skills to help.
How can they do such a thing? How could they get money back, just another scam?
I will at least fell better if a proper solicitor does the work for me.
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Don’t instruct a solicitor. You’ll be paying out the nose just to ask them question about land title, most of which have been answered already.
If you tell me how you invested, I’ll give you a specific recommendation of how to proceed.
The two general choices are thus:
1. SIPP Claims
RL have this pretty much sewn up, as well as several other claims firms – Holkham & Magenta. The thing to note here is this process is simply about claims management… they will fill in the FSCS form you should have received (if you invested through one of the dodgy SIPP agents who went bump), and then work through the process on your behalf. You don’t need to be a solicitor to do this, although it helps if you want to achieve the correct result from FSCS.
This is why they can often do the work NWNF (no win no fee) – they don’t have to do a lot of work up front, and the work they do have to do is counterbalanced by the sheer numbers of claims (IE they can make a small amount of profit per claim instead of billing per hour as they would with an individual case).
If you invested through a SIPP, you’re actually in the strongest position. FSCS is already paying out for the pension transfer advice, it’s now RL & others’ job to get them to pay for the Harlequin “investment” too. If that happens, SIPP investors get redress.
If you’re a SIPP client, RL are the best chance of success in my opinion. I may be wrong, but they have the largest number of Harlequin clients, have the clout to bring legal proceedings forward, and seem to have experience with this before.
Having said that, Gareth Fatchett has a patchwork quilt of a past. Someone mentioned his wife is / was a director of “KeyData” – a firm his solicitors helped clients achieve redress for. If this is correct, it raises questions about how forward he is with clients. Best advice is take their assertions with a pinch of salt.
2. Cash / Direct Claims
Cash claims are a different kettle of fish entirely.
Firstly, you have two parties – those who took on external debt (loan / mortgage), and those who used cash.
I’ll explain the cash process first.
Cash investors currently have nothing. They don’t own title or any land, and thus are extremely exposed. Instead of this trust, Ames should be giving cash investors a way to own part of the land his RDC’s own. I doubt that will occur.
If you want to get your money out as a cash investor, the only option you have is to get it through Harlequin. Because it’s an unregulated investment, you don’t have the safety net the SIPPs have, and as such you need to be vigilant about how you proceed.
You have a contract with a refund clause. If I were a cash investor, I would instruct a solicitor (doesn’t have to be RL) to send a request for a refund. Harlequin will, if anything, offer an arbitrary figure of ~40% of your deposit as a “refund” (claiming the rest to be deducted in marketing/admin expenses).
Don’t settle for this offer if you get it. Instruct your solicitor to deny the offer and work to get all of your money back. If you don’t get it, take Ames to court in SVG. This will be costly, and may be worth doing with several other claimants. But it should give you the ability to raise a statuary demand (which by the way was the apparent downfall of HMSSE).
This process will take time, and likely be billed by the hour. The choice you have here is the “trust” (don’t join it), or go with a solicitor. RL gave a figure of £1500 to review the cases of cash investors. This is just to determine the next steps, and many felt insulted by the fee although it was itemised. I don’t know any other solicitors who are offering to look at Harlequin in this manor, although they will if you pay enough.
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In terms of loans/mortgages – these guys are in the most fragile position. Ames was meant to pay their interest & stopped two years ago (due to a “banking error”, which still hasn’t been rectified).
Many loan / mortgage applicants actually committed fraud on their application forms – checking the “home improvements” box when the money was to be used on a foreign property. I don’t know the legalities of this situation, but it’s not good.
There are ways to get around the debt people are saddled with. I am not partial to the particulars, but a good solicitor will no doubt know the ways to play the mortgage game – and may be able to come to terms with your creditors (thus avoiding bankruptcy or prolonged interest accumulation).
Fatchett set up a mortgage advice company some time ago. The name eludes me, but it didn’t look overly appealing.
If you have external debt, I would personally pick up the phone to RL, although there will be a lot of other solicitors willing to fight your corner on it.
I have just read the Shipleys report, yes, it is incredible to think that Dave Ames wasted our money so frivolously.
We were led to believe he was a consummate businessman, yet the reality is that Ames is a wreckless gambler.
How can anyone pay 98% for a property and not pay the last 2%,
£ 35k when they are willing to spend £ 6 million on a court case.
No point in asking why Shipleys don’t do it, the question is why Ames did not do it?
Ames is also in the process of selling property in Dubai, is he and his wife and son going to use this cash, to pay back Shipleys what they owe them??
Currently in excess of £ 300k ?
Some on here still try and divert attention away from Ames, but noone cares about the builder,
Also, there is (from what I remember) £165k still outstanding from D Ames to HMSSE, from a property sale. Shipleys mentioned they were pursuing this matter through the appropriate channels, have not heard anything since.
IP are just bottom feeders.
Believe me Anonymous 11.04 a lot of people care about the builder. For some one who likes to talk about money I would have thought $70m would have been of interest to you. You are a bit like Milliband, conveniently forgetting about the national debt because it suits you.
@Anonymous 11:39
The builder is not Wilkins Kennedy. If you’re alluding to the connection between Padraig O’Halloran and WK, it would be best to mention Wilkins Kennedy in terms of the current case. I really don’t care about the builders’ misappropriation (its been beaten to death 1000 times now). Whether that has a bearing on the case against Wilkins Kennedy is another matter; one which I’d prefer to discuss in the context of WK.
@ Anonymous 11.39am I have good reason to believe that Ames is using some unorthodox methods in order to obtain information on Wilkins Kennedy in the hope that it might assist him in his case.
Another poster alluded to the fact that the statement of claim in the case may contain factual inaccuracies, indeed it does. The Harlequin mob want proof of these inaccuracies, trust me the statement of claim is riddled with inaccuracies and falsehoods, which I do not find surprising.
I have found other instances where Ames has provided his ‘experts’ or ‘professionals’ with incorrect or false information for the purposes of litigation in the UK, so it would come as no surprise to me if some information provided to some members of his legal team in the WK claim was also incorrect or false.
I have found other instances in the statement of claim where other senior members of Ames’ legal team have included information which they know to be manifestly false.
This of course is wholly unacceptable.
Which leads me to the conclusion that Ames’ case is rather weaker then he has claimed.
I have also heard that Ames has after the event insurance, however the insurers would have expected the information provided by some senior members of Ames’ legal team to be correct, if it is found that senior members of Ames’ legal team incorporated information into the statement of claim which they knew to be misleading or in the alternative manifestly false, then I suspect there may well be a problem with the after event insurance. Worse the after event insurance could be viewed as having been obtained fraudulently,
A London Law firm recently obtained redress for a number of clients in a case involving an overseas property developer and his wife. The law firm obtained a freezing order against the personal assets of the property developer and his wife and as a result sucessfully obtained redress for their clients.
In another case, another London Law firm achieved redress for their clients in a defamation case, see below the extract from the ELS Legal website,
“An area of increasing concern for clients is defamation through the internet and social media. We successfully advised a client on a defamation claim as a website had been created which contained damaging false information about our client. Our clients achieved a financial award and received a public apology as a result of the successful claim settlement.”
@anonymous 11.44 “I don’t really care about the builders misappropriation” well you bloody well should do. Perhaps some don’t care about DA misappropriations. How would you feel about that. If there had been no misappropriation by the builder then there would be no claim against WK. They are linked like Siamese twins.
@anonymous 12.24, believe you that there are innacuracies? I think not. Why should anyone believe you? Without proof your assertions are worthless.
The only thing linked “like Siamese Twins” is Missing millions and Harlequin.
@anonymous 11.44 “I don’t really care about the builders misappropriation” well you bloody well should do. Perhaps some don’t care about DA misappropriations. How would you feel about that. If there had been no misappropriation by the builder then there would be no claim against WK. They are linked like Siamese twins.
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Don’t tell me what to think. I don’t care about Harlequin or DA. If the scheme had been carried out maturely and as purported in the glossy brochures, there wouldn’t need to be any talk of WK or litigation in any form.
Instead of the promised returns, we’re now embroiled in a special edition of Judge Judy, with Ames crying like a baby that he’s been had a fool by a dodgy builder and his friends. I don’t care that the builder took money. Good on him for swindling Ames. I’m over it. I read the 10 page document Ames posted (where he claimed he “took no salary”) and all the other bullshit. Still here we are.
I’ve read the RL DD, the Shipley’s reports, some of the WK claim and other “factual” information. All I can say is that what the builder (and by association WK) apparently took was nothing compared to the gravity of Ames’ ineptitude. £1.4m on Harlequin Air???? £6m on Ireland litigation?
If this is some sort of strategy for Ames to claw back some money to start building again, I can only feel sorry for the man & his followers. Of all the pomp of the sales team, grandeur of those launch parties & chest beating through his emails, he’s clinging to the vain hope that he’ll extort money from former accountants.
And frankly the builder was only able to get his hands on the money because of the shambolic was the company was being run.
Harlequin supporters have two options; The company spent all the investors money for no great gain because of malfeasance or incompetence.
Either way, the company is wreck that nobody should touch with the longest of bargepoles. The idea that there is a financier waiting in the wings is completely ludicrous.
“Shambolic way” not “shambolic was”
@ Anonymous on January 31, 2015 at 3:14 pm
You state that the following ” Why should anyone believe you. Without proof your assertions are worthless”
Well that statement is incorrect,
(1). There is incontravertible evidence that there are false facts contained in the statement of claim, note; not different facts to evidence produced in other matters, but false and deliberately misleading facts, which will have a direct bearing on the claim, and probably on the after event insurance as well.
(2). There is incontrovertible evidence which demonstrates that Dave Ames or someone employed by him provided inaccurate information to experts employed by Ames for the purposes of litigation and other matters in the UK.
(3). There is incontrovertible evidence which demonstrates that senior members of Dave Ames’ legal team have produced manifestly false information in court documents. This is a statement not taken lightly.
This information has very recently been passed onto all those concerned with Ames and his companies activities, with the exception of Ames and his legal team.
I also believe that some of this information will also be passed onto Ames’ ATE insurers.
I have no intention of producing the incontrovertible evidence that exists on BFP, to do so would allow Ames and some senior members of his legal team an opportunity to figure out a way to dig themselves out of the hole they have dug for themselves.
If Ames and some senior members of his legal team had acted in an honourable manner, then there would be no need for them to dig themselves out of any hole.
Dave Ames along with some senior members of his legal team have abused and made a mockery of the legal system for self gain, this is totally unacceptable, and it is time that this issue was addressed.
If I was Ames or some of his more senior legal team I would be far more concerned with potential criminal fallout from this and if I was one of Ames’ senior legal team members I would be looking to ensure my PI cover was upto date.
@ Deck Chairs on the Titanic 5.18 pm let’s not forget the £ 7 million plus on overseas property, the £ 3 million plus on UK property, all in the name of Ames and his family,
What about the c £ 250 k in shareholders loans owing to HMSSE or the £ 165 k owing to Shipleys?
And how much property is registered in someone else’s name,
@Anonymous 6.48 you really are full of your own importance. You just want to come on here and tell us you have lots of evidence which you have or will pass on but don’t want to divulge what it is. Well just keep it to yourself, your comments are just self indulgent and pointless.
@ Anonymous on January 31, 2015 at 10:43 pm
Your comment is a bit ironic really.
We have Ames telling us that financiers are queuing up to give him money, that the H Hotel will be completed in 2016, that his case against Wilkins Kennedy is a foregone conclusion, etc etc etc, yet we have no proof of this, but you and others would want us to believe everything Ames tells us,
Then we get Anonymous 6.48 pm explaining to you why they have no intention of producing the evidence on BFP, but warning us investors to thread carefully when it comes to Ames by inference of course.
You will also note from Anonymous’ post of 6.48 pm, had you read it, that they have not kept this information to themselves, indeed they state they have shared it with interested parties, just not with Ames his legal team and you.
Anonymous 6.48 pm is also not the only one to warn us, the FCA have warned us, and the ongoing SFO investigation should be warning enough for us.
I’m sorry if your nose is out of joint, in that Anonymous 6.48 pm has chosen not to share their proof with you, your just going to have to live with that fact, I for one understand completely where they are coming from.
Given that Ames has never backed up any of his statements with proof, I hope you consider Mr. Ames’ statements and updates are nothing more than self indulgent and pointless, would you consider telling Ames to keep his updates to himself, perhaps Ames or those who support him should consider shutting it, in the absence of proof.
Listen Anonymous 10.43 pm the days of you and Ames having it all your own way are over, live with it.
Anon 11.43 pm, how dare you take such an arrogant pompous stance with me, you have no idea who I am or what I know.
Dave Ames and his family have been the subject of abuse on here for long enough. Dave has demonstrated that he is a man of his word, just look at the award winning Buccament Bay and Blu St. Lucia, look at the rave reviews on TA, whilst most other developers have failed in the Caribbean Dave has not. Fact.
An earlier poster stated that Dave was currently selling properties in Dubai, and that he and his family have properties registered with third parties to avoid tax, this statement was made to create mischief and is false, a call to ELS’s offices would have corrected the poster on that matter. Dave Ames has nothing to hide, is certainly not in the process of selling any properties in Dubai, nor or properties being sold where he or is family are beneficiaries and neither Dave nor his family have ever been the beneficial owner of properties registered in the name of a third party. Fact.
It really is time this witch hunt against Dave and his family stopped, the real criminals are Wilkins Kennedy and their cohorts, to coin a word used by the anti Harlequin mob.
Anonymous 12.00 am,
You had better read this little gem from TA, for anyone who does not know, departure tax is c USD $ 20.00 payable at the airport.
Looks like Wilkins Kennedy, the Builder and Ridgeview are not the only ones on the take, looks like the Staff at Buccament Bay are now on the take aswell, and given there is no birds eye view from the UK and apparently no senior management at Bucc Bay (maybe their waiting for Matt to be released), well looks like the pool boy is running the place.
Good idea about ELS, I do hope the authorities ask him a few awkward questions under a section 2.
“Buccament Bay – Great 3* Resort”
29 Jan 2015
What can I say,
Biggest gripe on leaving are the reception staff who are awful, dishonest to say the least !! I
checked out last night went to pay the leaving tax supposed to be 40USD however the invoice was 48USD, didn’t question and handed over 50USD, blank expression from the receptionist when I asked for my change – only 2USD to be told don’t have any change. Hum – since found out that guests who queried the 48USD had it reduced to 40USD ?? Met others and they to paid the same as me 50USD and no change. Totally spoilt the final experience.
Food – we ate at Jacks every night except one, that’s the best part of the resort 5* The waiters and waitresses are the best ! the Bay Restaurant, didn’t like the meal so won’t comment any further
Pool – correct the beds are worn but you do get a fitted towel to lay on top of the grubby mattress
Parasols – thrown better away, falling to pieces and not enough disgraceful for a supposed 5* Hum
Pool boys – Vadal is a star, Buccament Bay look after him he’s by far the best
Room go for deluxe upgrade by far the best,
Question I ask myself would I return ?
If I got the same deal and there was no other Caribbean holiday then yes
The staff are on the main excellent, except the young Receptionist (awful, watch the departure tax)
Buccament Management non existent, that’s the main problem
Otherwise 6/10
I have just got some red hot news. It concerns the WK reply to the claim papers. I have shared this information with the interested parties. However I cannot tell anyone on here so you will just have to take my word for it. I’m sure you will understand. Tootle pip.
You’re quite right Anonymous at 9.44am. None of us is interested so keep it all to yourself and don’t bother coming back.
@ Anonymous 9.44 am, why don’t you toddle off over to Richard Spector in the morning with your red hot news, he is after all the goto guy when it comes to information on Wilkins Kennedy. Cut a deal with him, start by looking for 50% of the claim, don’t sell yourself short now.
On a seperate note anonymous, don’t you just love our Dave…….. Ripping off the guests with a departure tax…… Just love it…….. Good on Ya Dave, first you ripped off investors and now you are ripping off the guests, and it looks like your staff are ripping you off. Gosh it’s Ridgview, The Builder and Wilkins Kennedy all over again lol.
This time it’s your staff lol
@anonymous 12.00 am . You must be joking! The last reviews of Blu are mostly very negative … Several of the reviews on BB recently have also been negative , and even when 4 or 5 , speak about frayed towels, lack of umbrellas, no coffee in the rooms, dingy loungers, dirty plunge pools etc….not exactly 5 star.
Besides, how can you claim he has not failed as a developer? Ask the 6000 or so investors if they think he has failed them or not. He has actually failed as a developer in a most spectacular way. If you don’t think so , come look at Merricks and the H hotel in Barbados.
You can then hop over to St Lucia to see that wonderful failure at the Marquis site. If you have the stomach for it , you can then head over to the Dominican Republic , where you will see nothing at all has even started on the two fantastic resorts that were to have been completed years ago.
You are quite delusional if you see this as a success story.
The Builder, Ridgview, Wilkins Kennedy, the sellers of land in Thailand, the sellers of the property in Dubai and the staff of the hotel at Buccament Bay were not the only people to rip Dave Ames off…..
Dave Ames got a court order to remove the builder from the site, but Ames retained the services of everyone else, including the project manager Mr. Webster.
Now on the day Builder was removed Mr. Webster along with a Ms. Quomie went in to the servers and changed the pay rates for all the supervisors and managers working on the construction of Buccament Bay, in many cases doubling the rates and changing values on spread sheets stored on a server,
When Ames took over the site the following Monday morning he offered to take over the responsibility for paying all of the staff and workers at the same rates as were previously paid. He had the week before been in behind the scenes discussions with Kevin Webster on the matter of taking over the site and ensuring that all staff would be remunerated as before.
Ames then began paying the staff at the new rates…. Ironically some of the former ICE staff even sued Ames over salary issues and won. Even Sam Commissiong had reason to mention the very high salaries.
Now Ames could prove all this quite easily, all he would need to do is check some method-data on the server, but guess what?
One of Ames’ employees “ACCIDENTALLY” wiped the server ahead of the initial cases,
So there you have it folks, Another 4-5 million quid ripped off by his own construction management.
Everyone on SVG knows this story…….. Ames is an absolute laughing stock in the Caribbean, but why should he care, it wasn’t his money.
It is such a relief not to be involved in this anymore.
From the TA review posted above:
“If I got the same deal”
This explains most about what we need to know about BB’s “occupancy”.
I saw the Tailormade spreadsheet which outlined who sent visitors to BB back in 2012. It showed TravelZoo was the most popular. That is a discount holiday site. Even now, I’d imagine Ames is using these “tactical marketing campaigns” to fill the resort with window shoppers. No profit and is why he won’t reveal trading numbers, and a good explanation as to why he won’t buy new towels or parasols.
Anonymous 12:00am
“Dave Ames and his family have been the subject of abuse on here for long enough. Dave has demonstrated that he is a man of his word, just look at the award winning Buccament Bay and Blu St. Lucia, look at the rave reviews on TA, whilst most other developers have failed in the Caribbean Dave has not. Fact.”
I sure hope little legs pays you well.
“Question I ask myself is would I return” looks like the answer was yes. There we have it. If it was that bad the answer would have been no.
Ames’ manager told staff who were owed back pay that they would be paid upto date this month, this was on the back of an assurance by Dave Ames that he was about to finalise the sale of some properties in Dubai.
So Ames is going to complete on the sale of property in Dubai and hand the cash to the hotel staff in the Caribbean, what about the c £ 420 k he has stolen from Shipleys LLP, and I’m sure they would be very interested to hear that he is selling property in Dubai, oh yeah he isn’t. That’s right he is just the benificiary of the proceeds of the sale, as was pointed out before by a previous poster,
Yes if course DA is going to tell his manager that he is going to sell properties in Dubai to pay some back pay. Is that really the best you can make up on a Sunday morning?
Anonymous 1.46 pm, what proof have you that Ames did not say this, Ames says many things to appease those he owes money to, he says he has financiers queuing up to give him finance, says he is opening the H Hotel in 2016 so why not tell his managers that he is selling some property in Dubai in order to pay his staff.
Desperate people do desperate things, but if you say Ames is not selling property in Dubai, then so be it, it must be true coming from you.
But Anonymous what proof do you have that DA DID say this? We have lots of things claimed to be either said or done which is untrue.
@ Anonymous on February 1, 2015 at 2:45 pm
You say this, “But Anonymous what proof do you have that DA DID say this? We have lots of things claimed to be either said or done which is untrue.”
No anonymous, we have lots of things said or done which you seek proof of and in the absence of proof being shown to you, you think it’s untrue. I’m sorry my friend but there are those ( who really matter) who have been shown the proof, and who know the statements by the anti Harlequin posters to be true.
Just because something has not been proven to you (yet), this does not necessarily mean it’s untrue.
You have never been able to prove that any statements from the anti Harlequin posters are false, yet the anti Harlequin posters can point to numerous statements by Ames that were false, here are but a few examples.
The administration of HMSSE, formed part of the restructuring; Ah no it did not, HMSSE was forced into administration by a Stat Demand.
The Delay in making interest payments was caused by a Banking Glitch; Again nope it wasn’t. Glitches last days maybe even a few weeks, not years.
HMSSE is going to come out of Administration; No it didn’t.
Phase 1 of Merricks will be complete in 2014; it has not even started.
The Hideaway should have been completed by 2014; Again it hasn’t.
@ Anonymous 2.45 pm, if you wish to remain credible why not demonstrate that one of the facts produced by the anti Harlequin posters is not true?
That way you would add credibility to your otherwise baseless assertions.
So HMSSE was forced into administration by a stat demand. So what. What did that do for the Crazier followers? Did HMSSE going into administration get a Crazier follower any money back? Have any of them received any money back? What did forcing HMSSE into administration actually achieve if that was the case?
What it did was demonstrate to a certain man that he can not continue to blow victims money on what ever takes his fancy without facing some consequences.
The nets is closing. He’s wriggled out of every legal challenge so far, but the shear number of cases coming mean this charade will be brought to the only possible conclusion sooner rather than later.
@ Anonymous on February 1, 2015 at 5:12 pm
“So HMSSE was forced into administration by a stat demand. So what. ”
Response; Dave Ames stated that the administration of HMSSE formed part of the restructuring of ‘Harlequin’, this was a blatant lie.
“What did that do for the Crazier followers? Did HMSSE going into administration get a Crazier follower any money back? Have any of them received any money back? What did forcing HMSSE into administration actually achieve if that was the case?”
Response; I have no idea why you appear to link HMSSE with the Davies case represented by Carter Lemon Cameron. Their case involved obtaining a freezing order over the personal assets of Dave and Carol Ames, we have had no update on this case from either Ames or Carter Lemon Cameron, however public documents show that an entity known as CLC Nominees have obtained legal charges over 4 properties, Blue Bell Wood, Cleres Crescent, 11 Honywood Business Park and 51 Lucerne Walk, Wickford, Essex.
CLC nominees have their registered offices in the same offices as Carter Lemon Cameron in Aldersgate London.
So it could be that the Davies claimants have obtained legal charges over some of the personal assets of the Dave and Carol Ames, we don’t know if the freezing order remains in place, why does Dave Ames not update us. We don’t know if CLC nominees is connected to the Davies case, all we know is that CLC Nominees have obtained legal charges over some personal assets of Dave and Carol Ames, perhaps CLC Nominees are representing a bank, who knows.
Why have ELS not put an update of the Davies case up on their website.
ELS and Richard Spector have no problem in updating us on a recent defamation case see below;
“An area of increasing concern for clients is defamation through the internet and social media. We successfully advised a client on a defamation claim as a website had been created which contained damaging false information about our client. Our clients achieved a financial award and received a public apology as a result of the successful claim settlement.”
So ELS are well able to provide updates on recent cases.
ELS also update us on ongoing matters,
“We are acting for clients in relation to a $7m claim against a firm of accountants for professional negligence in respect of a multi-million pound development.”
I know of a recent case in the UK where a number of claimants obtained a freezing order against the personal assets of an overseas property developer and his wife, this case was settled when the property developer agreed to allow charges against property he and his wife owned in the UK.
The property developer is in the process of having some overseas properties sold to which he is the benificiary of the sale but not the registered owner of the property, the proceeds of this sale will then be used to pay off the claimants.
Anyway I digress, I fail to see why you mention the Davies case, it has nothing to do with the ongoing discussion. Perhaps you can explain your post ?
Frankly it makes no sense, none at all.
Usually when people work in Dubai the earn a few quid. Looks like Ingham failed on that living in his very average house, renting his cars, pretending he owns them.
Sad weid man.
By the way Dick, why don’t you have a company registered to you? for someone with such a ‘successful’ company i find it odd there is nothing, not one thing about it 😉
You’re just a wage slave lol
@ Anon 6.47
Given that ELS won a defamation case and refer to it, they only seem to refer to cases they have won, which speaks volumes about the Harlecon case, ELS make no mention of that case, is it because they lost I wonder? Or is it that it is covered by an NDA and therefore cannot be discussed or referred to.
You refer to a recent case where an overseas property developer and his wife lost a case, and are paying back the claimants, would you have any details on how this happened or could you advise anyone on how to take a case of a similar nature against Dave and Carol Ames, I’m sure there would be plenty of investors willing to explore an avenue of recourse against Dave and Carol Ames similar to the succesful course of action you refer to against a different overseas property developer and his wife.
Renting, or leasing, a car is a common business practice. Helps to claim 50% of the vat back. Of course if all you need is a clapped out van to deliver and pick up bags of clothes then you can get one from the nearest scrappy yard. As to not having a company registered, perhaps you can ask Paddy how he does it, partner in a company but nothing registered in his name.
“So HMSSE was forced into administration by a stat demand. So what.”
Actually it is very important.
HMSSE was meant to be the “main sales agent” for Harlequin properties, with Ames himself alluding to Harlequin being a “British” company not only in the Andrew Drummond video, but also in some of the literature we have been privy to. Unless the Cayman Islands are now subject to Britain’s company laws, I’d say that the closure of HMSSE is very much a step against that assertion, and thus a fraudulent activity to claim otherwise.
Furthermore, the “administration” report of HMSSE was woeful reading indeed. £250k+ stolen in directors’ loans, Dubai property, Harlequin Air, a swathe of creditors who are yet to be paid, the list goes on.
Ames tried everything to stop HMSSE going into liquidation. To think that a simple little statutory demand brought down the entire £440m empire is not only laughable, but also a direct indication into how the scheme was being operated – IE bled dry from the inside.
“Did HMSSE going into administration get a Crazier follower any money back?”
Nor does it mean the other victims will get money out of it either.
Ames’ new line is to sue him in the Caribbean. Which pensioner who’s scraping by, now battling cancer, and having to downside their dream house is going to take legal action against a conman in the Caribbean? He’s paid the authorities up to at least the next election.
This statement certainly shows the vindictive nature of the Basildon bunch – not giving a damn about anyone but themselves.
” What did forcing HMSSE into administration actually achieve if that was the case?”
I doubt HMSSE’s administration was “forced” upon them. More like it was brewing for some time, using the convenience of a statutory demand as a cover for its eventual collapse.
Dear Anon 6.47 pm Could you help us with a way we might be able to take a similar action against the Ames family, I really need closure on this. I can’t afford the interest payments any more and am in serious financial trouble and stand to loose everything I have.
Please please can you help us, Im not alone I know of dozens in a similar situation.
So you are unable to agree amongst yourselves now.
A stat demand forced HMSSE into administration.
I doubt HMSSE’s administration was “forced” upon them.
Do you think you can get together and get your story straight. You would hate to confuse some poor pensioner who is scraping by, having to sell their dream house and is battling cancer wouldn’t you.
£440m down the drain.
What now?
I wonder who the vitriolic Harlequin poster is?
@Anonymous 7.18, of course you are factually wrong regarding DA saying “sue me in the Caribbean” I think you will that RL cocked up by trying to take a legal case in the UK and were told by the judge that they must take their case to the Caribbean. But what’s a bit of the truth on here.
Anonymous 7.18 pm,
“I doubt HMSSE’s administration was “forced” upon them. More like it was brewing for some time, using the convenience of a statutory demand as a cover for its eventual collapse.”
You raise an extremely valid point here, a perspective I had not considered before, indeed Ames is on record as having stated that sales dried up as early as November 2012.
So the story spun out by Carol in the Shipleys report was all a smoke screen,
what you say makes a lot of sense.
Yes the latest discussion is most definetly hitting a raw nerve with those associated with Harlequin,
An earlier poster alluded to the fact that Dave Ames had a beneficial interest in property registered in some one else’s name, if this turns out to be true, one has to ask why, and one wonders whether Ames paid any tax on monies he might have used to purchase these properties initially.
The other question has to be asked is if it turns out that Ames has the beneficial interest in properties not registered to him, how many properties does Ames have a beneficial interest in?
Where did the money come from to buy all these properties?
@Anonymous 8.51, yes very good questions, but as you said an earlier posted alluded to etc etcetera etc. as it was only alluded to with no back up what so ever apart from a reference to a Romanian/English pussy. So your questions are pointless as they are based on “alluded” ramblings.
@Anonymous 7.18, of course you are factually wrong regarding DA saying “sue me in the Caribbean” I think you will that RL cocked up by trying to take a legal case in the UK and were told by the judge that they must take their case to the Caribbean. But what’s a bit of the truth on here.
….
Ames’ words on one of the recorded calls were “see you in court”. Thus if victims are to seek legal proceedings against him in court, and the recent RL case has set a precedent, then the idea that Ames would say “sue me in the Caribbean” is pertinent.
Conjecture, but not implausible; especially considering Ames’ recent emails stating “the inevitable success” in the WK case amongst another blatant mis-truths. The poster’s assertion not being factual holds just as much credence as Ames’ emails.
If you say one isn’t factually correct, then the other must also be incorrect. The WK case is not an “inevitable success” as Ames himself admitted a 60% chance of a favourable judgement. But I suppose this is a better chance than that of achieving finance; promised again, again and again.
Also to say that RL “cocked up” is another mis-assertion. RL took proceedings against a British company with the intention of issuing a winding up petition on one of its subsidiaries. Harlequin is, after all, a “group” according to Ames, which to the layman would be based in the UK (based on Ames’ assertions previously, and the judge’s observations that 30 people in Essex are working for Harlequin).
The claim from Ames’ side was that the company in question was operated in the Caribbean, with Ames himself spending at least 60% of his time abroad. This suggested that Buccament Bay is a legally independent entity to be pursued through the Caribbean justice system. Simply, it means Ames’ claims of Harlequin being a “group” are factually incorrect, as proven in the case you allude to.
If it is indeed the case that Harlequin is not a “group” but a set of individual – non connected – companies throughout the Cayman Islands, Caribbean and other foreign tax havens, wouldn’t it be prudent to assume that Ames has mislead his victims, and their solicitors, as to the legal structure of the scheme?
It would also be fair to point out that the Judge didn’t say the case must be taken to the Caribbean. The judge agreed the case had merit and actually alluded to the UK being the wrong arena for such a case to be heard. Thus, he suggested the jurisdiction in which the company was located – in this case the Caribbean – would be the correct place to issue proceedings.
Of course, you first have to establish why RL would take a case against Harlequin. This is probably due to the fact that Harlequin has not completed anywhere near the 9000 units it sold, and is still in no position to do so. Understandably, clients with resources to instruct solicitors would take the time to claw back the money that Ames has taken in good faith, and still refused to pay back although he has ample personal assets to do so.
Thank you for setting the record straight for us.
@ Anonymous on February 1, 2015 at 8:28 pm
You say the following;
“@Anonymous 7.18, of course you are factually wrong regarding DA saying “sue me in the Caribbean” I think you will that RL cocked up by trying to take a legal case in the UK and were told by the judge that they must take their case to the Caribbean. But what’s a bit of the truth on here.”
You really have no idea what you are talking about, it was Ames’ defence in the RL case that SVG was the correct forum for litigation, this was futher confirmed by Sam Commissiong the lawyer representing Ames in St. Vincent and also the company secretary for both Buccament Bay Resort Ltd. and Harlequin Property (SVG) Ltd.
Read para 14, 15 & 16 on page 9 of the judgment.
Remember lawyers act on the instructions of their clients.
You are either clueless or alternatively deliberately attempting to mislead readers of this blog.
@ Anonymous 9.01 pm
The name of the person you refer to as a Romanian Pussy is Senka Besirevic, ok so you are saying that this woman Senka Besirevic holds legal title to properties in Dubai that Ames has a beneficial interest in.
Ok so all the authorities have to do is approach Ames, or his legal team, Richard Spector of ELS perhaps given that Andy Regan, Simon Terry & Dan Abrams have all scarpered, and if the rumours are unfounded then Dave has nothing to fear now does he ?
I have a simple solution to all the rumours flying around, a cheap cost effective solution.
If Dave Ames or Richard Spector read this blog, then why doesn’t Dave Ames instruct Richard Spector of ELS Legal to write to BFP.
One ; Richard to state in his letter that there is absolutely no truth in the rumour that Dave Ames or members of his family have any beneficial interest in any property any where in the world where Dave Ames or members of his family are not the legally registered owners of those properties.
Richard to also independently confirm that Ames or any members of his family have no financial arrangements with anyone called Senka or called Besirivic or with anyone with a similar name.
Two ; Richard to independently verify and confirm that there are no outstanding issues between HMRC and Dave Ames, members of his family, or that there are no issues outstanding between HMRC and any of the companies controlled or owned by any members of the Ames family now or in the last 24 months.
Three ; Richard to also independently verify and confirm that third party financiers are on board with Ames and will commit funds to the projects once investors sign up to a trust, The funds referred to should be sufficient to allow the completion of one or more resorts.
Four ; Spector could independently verify and confirm that AECOM have been engaged by Ames to construct the resorts. And that the H Hotel in Barbados will start in 2015 and be complete by the end of 2016.
Five ; If Spector could independently verify and confirm that all the information provided to James Albert Baker by Ames for any purpose associated with any member of the Ames family and or their companies was accurate and correct and that Ames did not omit to provide James Albert Baker with any relevant information.
I think if Spector could confirm the five items above then I would be satisfied with the answers.
I feel this would go along way to restore the credibility of the claims being made by Ames and would silence the critics on BFP in a cost effective manner.
So Dave / Richard over to you guys, I’m sure BFP would be only too happy to publish any communication from your office.
@Anonymous 9.30 now now, it’s Romanian/ENGLISH pussy. Her official biog says English, others call her Romanian. And I most certainly did not say she has title to any property. It’s anonymous bloggers who have implied that with no proof what so ever. As usual.
I’ve got a question for Paddy. Why as he in business with Newman, he is not named as a director of Keltek. Or is there another company Paddy and Newman are partners in?
So Paddy over to you guys. I’m sure BFP would be only too glad to set the record straight.
@ Anonymous on February 1, 2015 at 10:42 pm
“@Anonymous 9.30 now now, it’s Romanian/ENGLISH pussy. Her official biog says English, others call her Romanian. And I most certainly did not say she has title to any property. It’s anonymous bloggers who have implied that with no proof what so ever. As usual.”
Apologies, I had thought that you had stated that a Senka Besirivic had title to properties in Dubai to which Ames and or members of his family had the beneficial interests in. In fact I was absolutely sure you did, you are Anonymous are you not? But if you now state that it was not you who said this, then from one Anonymous to another I apologise, the question I have is who said it, if it wasn’t you or wasn’t me, then someone else said it, and as we all know there is no smoke without fire as they say.
But I’m sure Richard Spector could easily write to BFP and put pay to this rumour, the last thing we need is reports going to HMRC and the SFO on the matter if the rumours are untrue.
@ Anonymous 10.50 pm
The name of this particular thread is;
Will the Harelquin Resorts debacle explode in 2015?
The numbers tell us one giant truth: From the start Harlequin was set up as nothing less than a Ponzi scheme requiring a constant influx of new victims to keep everything going.
So what have the business interests of Mr. Newman and the builder got to do with the title of the thread. Much in the same way that the stupid churlish posts surrounding the Broughtons have absolutely nothing to do with the thread.
Haven’t you ever noticed that when the debate surrounding Ames becomes interesting we get the usual attacks on the Broughtons and others, which always suggests that once again someone has rattled Ames’ cage.
So back to the thread and Ames, how come Ames took in excess of £ 440 million quid, yet builds little or nothing and when sales stopped the business ground to a halt.
Look at this Newsletter from September 2012, over two years after the builder, Mr. Newman and Wilkins Kennedy left the scene of the crime.
http ://
http://www.harlequinhotelsandresorts.com/downloads/HQ_NEWSLETTER_GENERAL_2012.pdf
All was going so well in Sept 2012, then sales stopped, of course the demise of HMSSE was caused by a pesky stat demand, which caused the sales to dry up……
How the hell is Harlequin managing to keep going?
The last post was not from me.
@Anonymous 12.08, do you really think the title of this thread is of some relevance? And you think sales stopped because of a stat demand. Sales stopped because the SIPP companies got found out. But perhaps that is not relevant to you.
@anonymous 10:42, Ames and Spector don’t have the time to answer those 5 questions, they are still busy with the questions asked by RL over 2 years ago, coupled with correcting the DD report “strewn with inaccuracies” produced by RL – which due to the multi jurisdictional nature of the Harlequin businesses might take some time for all those slow Caribbean lawyers to get back to them apparently.
Adding another 5 questions will just drag the whole process on for another 4 or 5 years.
Just remember Ames and Harlequin are busy with the “normal course of business,” which as far as anyone can tell, involves starting new litigation and pretending to be a successful property development company. It certainly doesn’t involve developing any property, building resorts, or even maintaining the fraction of the one they have, of that we can be sure.
@its all about transparency. “Or even maintaining the fraction of the one they have” I suggest you read the latest reviews on TA. All 5* reviews. And before we have the usual they must be DA trolls writing them we even have one from Germany no less.
” I suggest you read the latest reviews on TA. All 5* reviews.”
I tried looking for Harlequin Hotels and Resorts on TA and only found two listings. Blu and Buccament Bay. Where are the others? I’d like to read the 5 star reviews for H Hotel, Merricks, Las Canas and the other properties??
In regards to Blu, here are the latest 3:
2 star “Not Recommended”
We stayed 4 days at the hotel during our 3 weeks travel throughout the Caribbean. The whole place looks rundown and used, but we accepted that as we only used our room for sleeping and dressing. Unfortunately it was very hard to sleep or relax because of loud music till 3am and additional noise in the morning from the staff…
3 star “A 3 star at best hotel saved by its staff”
We stayed here during January 2015 on a bed and breakfast basis. After a 90 minute journey from Hewanorra airport we were welcomed by a friendly member of staff and the hotel cat with a complimentary rum punch which was a pleasant touch. Our first impressions of the hotel were that of a slight shock as it is desperately in…
4 star “Right in the heart of Rodney bay”
This hotel has ver nice rooms that have large beds desk area and patio. It’s pool is excellent and bar serves very weak drinks the beach is a 400 yard walk to the beach! The staff is very friendly and the breakfast is amazing. Good hotel for the price
… I don’t see any 5 stars?
BB ones are highly suspicious.
If Ames was being paid to run a hotel he’d be doing okay. But the fact he took £440m to build 9 or whatever it was is criminally inept.
Jog on Harlequin troll.
Has anyone got anything positive to report?
From the newsletter posted by @Anonymous 12:08am
“I believe that Harlequin has proved that it is committed to ensuring that our property investors’ money is used wisely in order to fulfil our commitments and deliver the returns that are expected.”
Dan Abrams, Simon Terry and Andy Regan are still working for Harlequin.
Why did someone suggest not ?
Yes Sid, I’m having some new internal doors fitted today and they look really good.
From the newsletter posted by @Anonymous 12:08am
“It is important to remember when investing in a property that it is the income on that room that ultimately covers the return on investment. The success of Buccament Bay Resort, for example, is due to the high average room rate we are achieving due to the quality of the resort and the facilities on offer.”
So the income on the room is the most important element to the investment? Why have no figures pertaining to current room rental rates have been published for investors to peruse? BB has been running for 5 years now, so where’s the data?
Another lovely quote from the 2012 Sept Newsletter…
“In the early days of selling property in the Caribbean, some people said that this
was all too good to be true and that it wouldn’t happen. I feel that we have proved
them wrong as we are now in the process of handing over legal title to the
properties at Buccament Bay Resort, which is a significant step and completes the
cycle that we promised all those years ago.”
We are still waiting Dave..its been over two years since you said that.
Yet another pronouncement from the GV …good for a laugh if the situation for “investors” was not so bad.
“During the last two years it has become apparent that Harlequin’s brand
associations with Liverpool Football Club, Pat Cash, Trader Vic’s, ESPA, etc. have had a tremendous impact in both attracting holidaymakers to Buccament Bay Resort and also adding value to this and the other resorts that are yet to be opened”
UPDATE:
Liverpool Football Club gone
Trader Vics..never opened.
Pat Cash Academy downgraded to Pat Cash Tennis Club.
Meanwhile, back in St Vincent it appears that the new Airport wont be ready in 2015..and even if it is, not one Airline has committed to landing there. The opposition is exposing the complete joke that is the Minister of Tourism,and his statements about the airport and the airlines that were supposed to be interested in going there.
http://www.iwnsvg.com/2015/02/02/eustace-questions-projected-tourism-boom-without-airlines-committing-to-fly-to-argyle/
Dont worry … on February 2, 2015 at 3:19 pm
Dan Abrams, Simon Terry and Andy Regan are still working for Harlequin.
Why did someone suggest not ? Because they are not.
@ Don’t worry 3.19 pm, please check the SRA register, you will find that none of the above are employed by Harlequin.
Simon John Terry is a consultant at Coyle White Devine Ltd.
Richard rent a car, whatever dirty deal you have done past or present with little legs will have to stand up to investigation that’s all I will say.Maybe you pretend business will investigated by someone 😉
Not even a mention of Simon Terry. Consultant – how the mighty fall!
http://www.cwd-law.com/meettheteam.asp
Is that like Paudie O’Halloran being a consultant (cough) at KSS?
Like Matt Ames being in prison (cough)
Andy Regan bit old to qualify in only 2009, he must be 50.
Don’t worry about the boy solicitor Ames has he will go and work for Daddy
Is that the concrete block?
What ever next, maybe Ingham will be exposed 😉
Mr Terry got his just deserves and more to follow, me thinks.
http://cityam.com/208388/forex-fraudster-alex-hope-gets-seven-year-sentence
The Forex fraudster Alex Hope has been handed a seven year sentence for cheating investors out of more than £5m.
Hope, who became famous for his extravagant lifestyle and celebrity acquaintances – was sentenced today at Southwark Crown Court, where the judge highlighted the sophistication of the measures he used to convince more than 100 investors he was genuine.
The 25-year-old trader was convicted earlier this month for fraud and operating a collective investment scheme without authorisation. The scheme was closed down by the FCA in April 2012.
The scam, which has been likened to a Ponzi scheme, offered clients returns of up to 100 per cent but in reality his trading was loss-making, losing £500,000 of the £650,000 that was in his trading accounts.
Only 12 per cent of the money he took was ever traded; instead he spent £2m on himself, including – famously – £125,000 on a single bottle of champagne.
He also lost more than £1m in a casino, spent £200,000 on designer watches and shoes and more than £600,000 in bars and nightclubs in London, Miami and New York.
In handing down the sentence HHJ Taylor said the impact on the victims had been significant, but said Hope had “shown no acceptance of [his] own dishonesty”.
Hope’s co-defendant, Raj Von Badlo, who had earlier pleaded guilty, was sentenced to a total of two years’ imprisonment for recklessly making false representations to investors and promoting a collective investment scheme without authorisation.
Georgina Philippou, acting director of enforcement and market oversight, said: “Alex Hope presented himself as a trader with a flair for trading on the foreign exchange markets when in reality he spent a good deal of his investors’ money on himself.
“With the assistance of Raj Von Badlo, Alex Hope enticed dozens to invest considerable sums in his fraudulent scheme.
“This case shows that the FCA will vigorously protect consumers from those who break the law and do whatever it can to get their money back to them.”
thisismoney co uk/money/news/article-2903592/200k-bar-bill-forex-fraudster-Alex-Hope-guilty-duping-investors.html
A conman catapulted into the limelight when he ran up a huge bar tab has been found guilty of fraud after he stole £2million of investors’ money to fund a champagne lifestyle.
Alex Hope, who once spent £200,000 on a single bar bill, was found guilty of fraud at Southwark Crown Court today, the Financial Conduct Authority announced He had already admitted operating a collective investment scheme without authorisation, earlier this year.
The FCA prosecuted Hope after he ran a scam that took in £5million of investors’ cash, claiming he would make large returns for them from the profits of his forex trading. Instead, he lost money and splashed out on himself.
Forex fraudster: Alex Hope became infamous for running up big bar tabs. He is pictured with Desperate Scousewives star Layla Flaherty on a night out
The FCA said that between March 2011 and April 2012, Hope took more than £5million from investors and used £2million of this for personal expenditure.
Prior to the trial, his co-defendant Raj Von Badlo, pictured below, pleaded guilty to an offence of recklessly making false representations to investors and a further offence of promoting a collective investment scheme without authorisation at a hearing on 22 July 2014.
In February last year, our sister newspaper publication Money Mail investigated Hope’s co-defendant Von Badlo, also known as Raj Shastri, after he ran property seminars claiming to make investors rich.
Raj says he can make you a property millionaire if you hand over £10,000. Do you believe him?
Currency trader accused of Ponzi scheme ‘was dubbed King Popper after spraying £32,000 of champagne around at a nightclub’
Hope told investors he would trade their money on the foreign exchange markets, delivering out-sized profits.
Hope made himself out to be a talented and successful trader who could make investors a return of up to 100 per cent in just a few months.
In reality, Hope’s trading was heavily loss-making, the FCA revealed. He lost over £500,000 of the £650,000 held in his trading accounts.
Seen before: Money Mail reported on Raj Von Badlo, also known as Raj Shastri, back in February last year
Georgina Philippou, acting director of enforcement and market oversight at the FCA, said: ‘Using fraud and false promises, Hope took in those who trusted him to invest their money.
‘He promised fantastic returns but, as is so often the case with unauthorised investment schemes, those who invested ended up with significant losses and the main beneficiary of the scheme was Hope himself.
‘There is a reminder for consumers here that unauthorised investment schemes are often incredibly risky and if the promised investment returns seem too good to be true they most probably are.’
Hope and Von Badlo will be sentenced on 16 January 2015. The FCA will instigate confiscation proceedings against both defendants.
Raj says he can make you a property millionaire.
Raj Shastri: Money Mail reporter Ruth Lythe investigated his seminars last February
In February last year, undercover journalist Ruth Lythe reported on a property seminar in which Raj Shastri promised to make people property millionaires.
He had built himself an internet presence in which he said he was a successful and wealthy property entrepreneur, including YouTube videos promoting himself.
His website rajshastri.net says: ‘I built a multi-million pound property portfolio in just 5 years, let me show you how.’
One of Shastri’s YouTube videos even includes him being interviewed in BBC Breakfast, while his website has shots of him appearing on a series of BBC property and money shows. He was arrested in May on charges related to the forex scheme with Hope.
Below is an excerpt from Ruth Lythe’s report:
A wodge of crisp new £20 notes has just been thrust into my hand. The man who’s pulled them from his leather wallet is dressed in a sharp black suit with silk lapels.
‘Count them,’ he says. There’s £100. He leans in conspiratorially and asks: ‘If someone gives you free money, why would you refuse them? It’s a no-brainer. The only thing holding you back is fear. It’s not luck. Luck just means seizing opportunities when they come to you.’
This is Raj Shastri and, as he has mentioned several times already, he is a property millionaire. And — as he has also just been telling me and the 100 other audience members gathered in the conference room of a plush London hotel — he thinks we can all become one, too.
Property is a simple game, Raj claims, pacing the stage as images of luxurious homes and his gleaming sports cars flash up behind him.
‘It’s one of the very few things the ordinary man on the street can do part-time to make money that’s easy,’ he says. ‘Houses are not places to live but grey boxes that make you money. Ugly houses make you the money.’
It was on his 40th birthday that Raj decided to go into property, he tells us. With just £950 in his pocket, and living in a room in a shared house, he took the plunge.
He found out about a developer who was selling cut-price homes, and arranged a meeting. He was so nervous he sat in his car for half an hour. Then he walked in and managed to negotiate a discount. Five years later, he had a multi-million-pound property empire.
It’s certainly a compelling tale, and from the smooth telling I’ve a feeling he’s wheeled it out many times before. Stuck in this stuffy room it’s impossible to check just how well he’s done.
Today Raj says he lives next to the Thames in exclusive Marlow, Bucks. I start to wonder if everyone else in the room is buying this spiel. Most look spellbound, and no one leaves their seat. Some are filming the presentation on their mobile phones.
‘The wind blows the same for everyone. It’s how you set your sails that counts,’ he says. The only danger, Raj says, is that we’ll miss out on the chance to make a fortune if we don’t invest today. We’re winding to a close now — and Raj has one final bid to get us hooked.
‘Do you want to see some of my houses?’ he shouts. ‘Yes,’ everyone calls back. A picture of a bland, Seventies three-bedroom house flashes up: it really is the little grey box Raj was boasting about earlier.
‘Do you want to see another one? Has anyone been to Hartlepool?’ he goes on. This, I know, is one of the towns in Britain where house prices have plunged dramatically since the banking crisis. It has left the region with huge social problems.
Raj tells us how much money this house is making him. And so it goes on. For ten minutes photo after photo of Raj’s properties flashes up on to the big screen. There are more flats, townhouses in Clapham, London, and houses in Leicester. The effect is quite hypnotic.
He leaves the stage — and that’s when the sales people swoop. I’d gone into the seminar a total sceptic, but shut in the room with him, Raj’s patter was strangely persuasive. At one point I’d found myself thinking: if the next property boom is on its way, I’d be a fool to miss out.
But while the properties on sale looked decent enough, I can only think you’d have to take on a lot of debt in mortgages to build your empire. If the property market should fall, you could end up owing hundreds of thousands to the banks.
And while Raj was keen to present this opportunity as too good to be true, I can’t help but think that’s probably because it is.
Pennies comparison to the GV.
I started to read this, but after the first couple of paragraphs 💤💤💤💤
No wonder this thread takes so long to load up now.
The whole thing now has become beyond boring. The only think I look forward to is the failure of the Ames family. That would be worth my investment. I have a future they don’t.
Anonymous @2:28 AKA Bob, there is a museum in Munich devoted entirely to toilets and scheisse. Some people think it’s great, they love all the lavvy gags and fart sounds. If there was a museum rating website, these people would rate it 5 stars, “the best museum I’ve ever been to in my whole life!” they would gush. “we’ll be back next year!” they would exclaim.
They are most welcome to their opinion, as am I. I don’t enjoy the asche arts, nor do I find it amusing. Being served scheisse in a plastic glass would leave me cold, un happy, and most likely I would take my business elsewhere. The kind of people that would enjoy a toilet museum are not the kind of people I would take hotel recommendations from, as I would have to question their taste.
As you are well aware, there was a thread on Trip Advisor titled “why are the reviews on Buccament Bay so disparate?” Some thought it was the best resort in the world, others gave a more realistic view on the Harlequin 5 star product. Both kinds of review are equally valid, and both assist in giving the savvy traveller information not only on the resort, but also the people likely to be encountered (which is a major component of a hotel’s atmosphere).
Those wowed by cold towels at check in and amused by “towel art” on the bed have likely never experienced 5 star service. These travellers probably booked through Travelzoo, and chose the cheapest All Inclusive deal they could afford, and would be happy as long as the lager keeps flowing and the karaoke machine doesn’t break. All evidence suggests these are the travellers Harlequin is targeting now, as the 5 star set aren’t buying it (quite literally).
Feed them enough “all you can eat” hamburgers and steak and you’ll have more 5 star reviews than you know what to do with. Those reviews help many of us make our decisions, in fact having experienced Harlequin’s 5 star service at BB personally, I enjoy reading the 5 star Trip Advisor reviews very much, in fact I find them quite enlightening. Please feel free to point them out as they are posted.
I have been to BB.
I concur 100% with the above post. A few questions regarding a 5 star resort, do they have:
– old towels
– damaged loungers
– restaurants that close, some nights books in advance!
– poor showers, TOILETS THAT BLOCK.
– locals taking over the false beach
– located in a derelict building site
– plastic glasses
– no entertainment, unless you call some has been from some West End show
– who wants to play rugby with some z list sports personality – come on!
– the place just looks neglected 5 star no way, 5 star to a twice bankrupt double glazing salesman and his chav family – A 100% YES.
Pictures were on the RL forum, now if people think that’s 5* they would think Blackpool is a great place for an exclusive weekend.
You stupid little man, how the hell would you know where I live.However you neck of the wood is hardly impressive.
The majority of sales in Nuneaton during the last year were semi-detached properties, selling for an average price of £102,438. Terraced properties sold for an average of £88,531, with detached properties fetching £199115.
Paddy must be on his day off?
Why post such a big house when you live at 7 Tiverton Drive, Nuneaton CV11 6YJ?
Silly little man
Come Dick, do some work Dave’s told you to.Chop chop lol
Don’t be rude Robert or Betty will get cross with you.
Well the anti HP trolls have really lost the plot. As pointed out by an earlier poster there is a title to this thread, but the anti HP trolls would rather talk about house prices in Nuneaton. How pathetic, but there again if they have nothing to add then they must feed their egos somehow.
https://m.facebook.com/karen.storey.9?refsrc=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.ie%2F&_rdr
He has the same stupid grin as Ames. So finally the mouthy, female abusing (oh yeah wasn’t him), window licking moron.
Angela. My mother, Betty, who lived with us died last week aged 93. I’m sure you are extremely proud of yourself.
Bob, don’t go nobbling her pension now, I suppose that means you will get an inheritance, tell you what give it to Ames, help the cause, that way she didn’t die in vain. Bet you she is happy being away from Bob. We’re you down the pub when it happened Bob? Or sitting on the loo?
Oh look. Bob lives in a plebeian house. Who would have guessed that he was one of life’s losers?
Oh, hang on a minute; of course, everyone knew Bob was a loser.
The 70s style decor look quite nice in low cost housing.
Sorry, what’s that Bob? Dave’s going to give you the money to buy a new house when he wins the BFP defamation claim? As a thank you for all your hard work here over the years?
But you don’t need more money from Dave, do you Bob. Not with the fortunes you are due to make from your Harlequin investment. How’s the rental income going? Have you managed to remortgage and release the equity to payback your original investment?
*pleasant sigh*
Good to remind myself of the pleasure gained from mocking the Harlequin gimp.
I hate harlequin and everyone associated with selling it but it’s pretty low to make jokes about someone dying! From what little I know Mr Storey didn’t con us out of our cash, ( the ifa’s did that – hope they rot in hell !)
I bet she was a ringer for Nanna Tate.
And deep down, she was hugely embarrassed by that twerp of a Grandson who spends his life locked in his room chatting on internet forums. The rest of his family are of course delighted to hardly see him anymore.
RIP Nanna Tate-Stroey, Gawd bless ya.
Remember Robert – she can now see everything you do. For heaven’s sake, let her rest in peace the dear old lady.
Bob, frankly I don’t give a dam. You have given enough crap out – tough shit.
@Anonymous 8.19, the level the posters on here have gone lower than gutter level, but your comment is appreciated.
Anon RU, did someone turn a rock over for you to crawl out of? There is sick and then there is you.
Only Robert Storey would bring his dead Nan into his tediously monotonous and useless attempts to convince the world that Dave Ames is a successful businessman, and Harlequin is a loser.
You’re the sick man, Storey, not me. You brought your dead nan into this.
Bob don’t give it if you can’t take it, just like Ingham.
People die all the time.
Angela, dont think you can hide behind your fake ID, There are ways and means and then I wont give a dam.
“Harlequin is a loser” ha ha. Freudian slip as my crumpet just popped up.
I of course meant Bob’s attempts at trying to convince the world that “Harlequin is a good investment.” What I typed was what he has actually helped to convince us.
Absolutely totaly true, Bob wants the sympathy vote. Well go and ask Ames for one you won’t get it here.
Your dead mother had no need to be mentioned – weirdo.
Yeah go and ask Ames.for my IP adress.;)
Calm down Bob, looks like you might piss yourself again! Don’t want anymore stains on the carpet!
Hahahaha!
Incidentally, I couldn’t give 2 shits whether it was your mother or you nan. And why the fuck would I re-read any of your posts? What a waste of my precious life that would be.
You brought you dead relative up on BFP you sick bastard, so I am entitled to discuss her here. That’s my prerogative since you informed me of her timely death, in order to try to twist the thread.
What did you expect here? A fanfare of trumpets as headlines were published pronouncing you right, and not absolutely wrong about everything, since your female relative had died at 92?
Piss off Bob, you have a funeral to help the family with. Or so you tell us. Yawn.
If you don’t give 2 shits then what are you doing on here you moron. Crawl back under your rock.
Oh how sweet. Bob has a defender.
Hmm, let me have a guess what the defender’s name is. Does it begin with R remembrance? Or B for burial?
Oh, absolutely brilliant comebacks!
The Harlequin machine in force, trashing its squalid internet reputation even further.
Bob, truly, without you and your incessant “I left school before I was legally allowed to” illiteracy, the mess that is Harlequin may well have stumbled on even longer.
The thing is, you’re so uneducated and unintelligent that you have no idea when people are playing you like a tune on here. You just keep coming back, getting worse and worse, and becoming more and more self deprecating.
Ames is as illiterate as you, so I can see why he thought you were good for the campaign!
Richard, is Bob’s only mate, they share the same paymaster.
Bob no need to be so foul mouthed Karen will tell you off.
Poor Bob, playing the victim card, wonder where he got that trick from?
What’s worse, being a lap dog or a fat old dog washing people’s privates, driving a van, in a semi detached shit hole, with a big fat daughter created in the image of her mother and a husband with a big beautiful pair of bitch tits that wobble around as he’s driving the delivery van?
Bob the victim eh, lol, what’s more upsetting Bob, loosing your Mum or your investment.
Robert, if true that you have suffered a loss in the family, please accept my condolences.
Yeah Bob if true condolences on the loss of your Mum and investment.
I just could not find any obituary for your Mum Robert, it might be that her sad passing has not been recorded yet, I’m glad to see that you and your family sought not to make reference to your mothers passing on your or your loved ones social media sites, I admire that, whilst terribly sad that she passed on, and I am truly sorry for your loss, I admire the way you and your family can move on with life and at least show the outside world that nothing has changed, as if she never passed away.
Your strength and that of your family is an inspiration to us all Robert. It truly is.
I’ve a suspicion that there is no truth to the rumour that Bob Storeys mother passed away last week, doubt that the poster is even Bob Storey or the real one. The Pro Harlequin mob are really a bunch of sicko weirdos if you ask me.
I say this because BS Bob told us his mother was 93 ‘ two years ago’ right here on BFP
Is it really of any interest what goes on with Ingham, or Bob – they just seem to be sad, sorry losers, pretending to be something their not. That’s why they got suckered into this.
They are actually angry with themselves.
At least washing and ironing peoples cloths and being happy with their, lot is a much happier place to be than being obsessed with posting about female genitalia and defending someone who has had 400 million plus and ruined countless lives.
And before you say it I’m certainly not the person you like to abuse.
Sorry to hear your news Bob.
Clearly, the last two posts were from the prolific literary genius Richard Ingham.
One can tell his poor education, with ease.
@ Robert Storey on February 3, 2015 at 7:09 pm
Angela. My mother, Betty, who lived with us died last week aged 93. I’m sure you are extremely proud of yourself.
Bob you on many occasions in the past told us that Betty was your Mother in law, and it’s funny there is no mention of the “sad loss” on you, your wife’s or your families social media pages, nor is Betty refered to in any UK obituary for the period in question, what is sad and disgusting is that you would use this as a smokescreen to divert attention away from posts over the weekend which investors would find most interesting as events that have unfolded over the past 72 hrs or so mark the final death throes of Ames and his family and organisation. Indeed I doubt that the Bob Storey posting recently is the real Bob Storey. Whoever you are, what you have done is to demonstrate the lengths to which you are prepared to go to try and divert attention away from Ames and his companies, a truly pathetic and disgusting action.
And to those using the Broughtons as a smoke screen, you have no idea who posts on here, none whatsoever, but it’s a great way of filling the blog so that victims find it difficult to find the facts re Ames and his business, again a sad pathetic attempt at diverting attention.
And this is a company we are expected to trust. ????????
@anonymous 2.29pm. Thanks for posting. Last nights posts were disgusting and unusually nasty. After reading them all I wondered if it was harlequin posting them as a ‘divide and conquer’ tactic. Harlequin you suck. Hopefully the legal Eagle will return.
Dave had to get Richard Spector to get Corney to get his mob to wind their necks in. Corney knows there is an NDA in place, so no coincidence that all has gone quiet.
Looks like Corney is in trouble, that’s what you get for breaching an NDA. Tw@t, Corney was being a bit too smart for his own good. He should have learned a lesson from Fatshit, he also got a severe wrap on the knuckles for spreading misinformation about Dave.
Well hope your enjoying the current SRA probe Corney, you and your mob deserve it, 3 weeks left before your Mob need to hand over the cash to Dave 😉😉😉😉😉 Bring it on.
Another action lost on Jurisdiction grounds lol, muppets. Bet your Davies clients are not very happy with you.
And Nikki Audrey Crozier Dixon, looks like your gone to ground too, wonder has that anything to do with a recent visit by some officers from the Met lol ha ha.
Bye bye Audrey, enjoy your trip to Spain 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Yeah right lol
Ask Ames about the freezer still in place 😉
Now let’s talk about the finance should we?
The DD strewn with errors?
Maybe HMRC investigations?
OK then, the stat demand that took HMSSE down?
Don’t be a spoil sport, if that’s too emotive the freezing order against the GV’s assets?
Maybe, the day trip to Cockspur street….. Oh poop, Dave have I let the pussy cat out of the bag, I thought you knew! Tut, tut you just can’t get the staff these days can you Dave.
( Especially when you don’t pay them)
Has Dave been arrested yet ? The sfo is on cockspur street isn’t it?
Fatchett seemed very happy when I met him. 1500 redress claims and the trust money. Not a care in the world.
He did comment that David Ames is the only person who has got his firm to back off. Everyone else is in prison (SGG) or going to prison (Arck).
The fact of the matter is that while people argue with Harlequin then it takes attention away from the real issues.
@ Closer, I am a bit confused, why did Gareth Fatchett ‘ Back Off ‘ ?
And what do you mean by the statement ? ‘ While people argue with Harlequin then it takes attention away from the ‘ Real ‘ issues.
I thought for the 6000 investors ‘ Harlequin ‘ was the real issue ?
Ames will end up in prison, it’s just taken a little longer than expected.
@ closer. Whilst posters argue on here about the caribbean disasters our attention is diverted from the big picture? Caribbean is tip of iceberg? Does anyone actually know the total amount of money Ames + co has taken from Caribbean, Thailand etc?
£600 million.
http://www.dorsetecho.co.uk/archive/2004/08/23/5362659.print/
What’s going on?
Erica disappeared, Storey silenced, Ingham warned off, CPC gone (can’t talk about anything), even RL and the attack poodle Walton oddly quiet.
Could they all know something?
To me, there is something happening, are the authorities about to make a move?
I see what you mean Peculiar. It does feel like the calm before the storm.
Could it be the ‘Perfect storm’ Sid……
I called CPC, can’t talk about Harlequin.
I called RL, it seems unless you are in a SIPP you are up sh1t creek without a paddle.
I got the feeling from both, and I hasten to add it’s only a feeling, something is in the offing. If the authorities put Harlequin down they get the blame.
I think in the end we will all just have to take our medicine and put it down to experience as there is no way of pulling £600m out of thin air to compensate people.
Very true Sid.
I think it would be most naive to think this has any possibility of ending well. I further suspect, all the people I mentioned and more, have been interviewed by the SFO – why would they not?
The NDA’s as I understand are trumped by certain authorities.
The weakest link is those parties that have been close to Harlequin.
If HMRC are looking at Ames & Co. Can you see him keeping detailed records of his tax affairs?
Difficult without accounts?
Remember Ladel from PHIG, not looking good. His company is hitting skid row.
What company is that?
ASCOTECH LIMITED
A steady decline, is that why he teamed up with Ames to make a few Bob with Halkham?
The wheels are turning, slowly but turning. Anyone from Hatfield out there?
When this all blows up and it will, the IFA’s will never work in the industry ever – that is a simple fact.
Look out TM scum.
@ Sala lady. Hope you are right about tm scumbags. TM rep even came to house trying to convince me to sign upto trust. They don’t give a shit even now they’ve had their cash and free holidays and we lost everything.
Signing the Trust is the only option for cash investors, for what it’s worth.
However, the SIPP investors won’t sign unless they are insane.
Either way you have 50% that want Harlequin to fail ( SIPPs) and 50% need it to work because they invested cash and have no other choice.
Throw into the mix a twice bankrupt incompetent dwarf with no finance.
You get the Mother of all *ucks ups.
No SIPP investors will sign the trust without their SIPP operator agreeing.
The two biggest providers have claim letters from RL they are dealing with. I suspect that this means they won’t want to play with the trust.
This is a slow death and one which will be an anti climax.
If you agree to the Trust you are just the type of numpty Ames wants. A match made in heaven.
What happened to the meetings in SVG with the IP’s
Just a question, does anyone recognise the street cabinet in this picture? Its a Virgin one.
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.766739,-0.228238,3a,37.5y,273.14h,77.37t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1s21SDsMIUGuiKcl9r8Cup2Q!2e0!6m1!1e1
The noose is tightening lol
Sorry, that has gone right over my head!
Has Ames found the Holy Grail of finance companies yet? The GV must have such exacting standards.
@Amna Not to one poster on here it wont. Someone will have a twitchy arse, the first of many.
I’m all for giving the Harlequin scum and the agents a twitchy arse, but I just wish something would happen.
I expect the authorities are sitting back as they need to be seen to be giving HP a reasonable amount of time to rectify their problems. If they moved too soon HP would surely say that they were in the process of turning things around when they were stopped….just like Matt did in his defense. That said, I think they have had more than enough time to prove they are in control so expect something will happen soon.
@Anonymous February 6, 2015 at 2:04 pm
Ah and now the threats begin.
Let me ask you what on earth will more litigation do anyway? You’ve already blown £440m and now you’re pursuing victims. Pathetic.
Sid, did you get suckered through SIPP or cash? Have you put in a refund request yet?
From the SFO:
Fraud is a type of criminal activity, defined as:
‘abuse of position, or false representation, or prejudicing someone’s rights for personal gain’.
Put simply, fraud is an act of deception intended for personal gain or to cause a loss to another party.
The general criminal offence of fraud can include:
– deception whereby someone knowingly makes false representation
– or they fail to disclose information
– or they abuse a position.
Fraudsters are always finding new ways to trick you out of your money. You could find yourself targeted through emails, phone calls, letters, social networking sites or even chat rooms. For a greater understanding of the types of fraud and how they are classified please see our taxonomy of fraud.
…. let’s see where Harlequin fits in here.
1. Deception whereby someone knowingly makes false representation
Yes
2. Fail to disclose information
Yes
3. Abuse a position
Yes
@Anonymous 4.28. Your assumption that the post has come from HP or DA is way off the mark. No one is persuing victims,
If Ames wishes to pursue individuals for defamation then I expect that a whole raft of documents proving malficus on the part of Ames will be found on a train.
We are all getting tired of the threats being made by Ames, his family and some of those employed by Ames.
@Anonymous 4:38, I was stupid enough to ‘invest’ cash. I did put a refund request in yonks ago but didn’t accept HP’s kind offer as the amount I was offered wouldn’t have been enough to buy half a twix after the Harlequin tax had been deducted. Seriously, I can’t remember exactly how much I was offered but it was less than half of what I spent and would have been drip fed over a number of years – which as it turns out I would never have received thanks to Barclays and their damn system errors. That’s what I was offered to compensate me for the money I invested in good faith on a contract that was 4 years overdue. We’re now another 3 years on and still nothing has happened. I think anyone who is preying for a positive outcome needs to face up to the reality of the situation we find ourselves in.
If Anon, you are the same Anon who has always posted on here, then you are sadly misguided in your protestations. Whether you are the same will soon be known.
Anonymous not sure which way to take your threat ……… I assume you expect Dave to have me assassinated ???
Because sadly that is the only way he will ensure my silence.
In the meantime enjoy this little video.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=tibn5z7y4mE&client=mv-vf-uk&safesearch=always
Dave has nothing to do with my comment Anon.
As the lady on the clip says….if you’ve got any spare cash, Buccament Bay is the place to put it! Maybe she meant bury it in the artificial sand. Maybe that’s where all the money is!!
Rumors have it that 3 chaps from the FSA attempted to access BBR last week, they were attempting to speak with Mr. Ames. It is believed that they wanted a better understanding of how a bankrupt company could continue to support the resort property. However the GM instructed security not to allow the gentlemen from the UK on to resort property.
In the meantime it is alleged that Mr. Ames departed SVG quite expeditiously.
Maybe the wheels are about to come off the Harlequin gravy train at last?!
OMG – David Campion and Susan Boyle have the same speaking voice.
FSA finished in 2013. So that story is not true.
Anonymous 7.17 pm you did not make a comment you made a direct threat.
So you may aswell tell us who you believe are behind all the anti Harlequin posts.
Is it the Broughtons? Paul Walton? Gareth Fatchett? The builder? Newman? Crazier? CLC? Wilkins Kennedy? RidgeView Construction or any number of the 6000 + investors?
Or could it be a former staff member from Wilkins Kennedy, perhaps one of the gentlemen on the Video, Two Vice Presidents of HH&R who swore allegiance to the GV, one guy even giving up a 10 year illustrious career with the Hilton Hotel chain, now no longer employed by Ames?
And what’s Ames going to sue over, or indeed anyone connected with him?
Are you suggesting that they will be sued for telling the truth, or is your threat more sinister?
Has your threat got to do with having someone taken out by someone other then Ames?
What is it?
Oh dear Anon you are getting paranoid now. Direct threats? Someone taken out? You reap what you sow. Patience is a virtue and I have plenty. The mention of a Virgin street side cabinet seems to have tweeted your chain somewhat.
@Anon if push to comes to shove I’ll contribute to a defence fund for anyone sued by GV. What he has done is grossly inept and a sham for all the hardworking people of business in the UK.
Anonymous did make an indirect threat, alluding the idea that he is privy to the IP address of someone who has posted on here. This suggests that the person in question is either A) connected directly with Harlequin or B) has access to the IP address list from WordPress; which would imply they are directly linked to Harlequin.
@Sid Yeah it’s 40% or something after “sales and marketing expenses”. What a joke. If I were you, I’d do the Paul Walton trick and get a few cash people together, go to RL and ask if they can do some sort of group action or something; at least then you’ll get the ability to place a stat demand, which should jeopardise Harlequin even more… after all HMSSE was toppled by a single stat demand lol.
The IP thing is total nonsense. Ames never took any action against anyone, could he have done another drop hands deal?
Anyone can get IP address from WordPress. What makes you think someone is going to be sued by DA. Do you think random pictures of street side cabinets are posted or do you think someone might just think “oh shit”? Perhaps Anon is getting all defensive because he lives in Hatfield.
Yeah,it was that Paul Walton trick and a certain solicitors firm may have been involved.Time for bed.
Lets not forget why Crazier walked away…
It may just work in SVG?
Crazies clients must have been paid off?
That Paul Walton trick,need to know more? Yes please.
Only one SD used.
I believe that RL set a target in June 2014 for their cash investor clients?
If Craziers clients have been paid off, why have CLC nominees put a charge onto certain properties?
They have not been paid, someone was caught posting naughty things done a deal to walk away. 😉
As correctly stated, if the have been paid off why does the freezing order still stand?
Why all of a sudden did the shutters come up ????
“I believe that RL set a target in June 2014 for their cash investor clients?”
RL set a lot of deadlines but didn’t really get very far. I also recall they had a “target” of 6-9 months in order for SIPPs to achieve redress. Although I don’t doubt their SIPP clients are in the most favourable position of all the victims, I presume it will take more than the 9 months to get them any substantial compensation.
“The Paul Walton trick” was to bring RL into the fray with Erica Broughton. From what I remember, the latter set up a forum and started her own meetings. She eventually succeeding in getting a refund (in full I believe) from Harlequin. Paul Walton was working with her – he was a SIPP victim and although I remember seeing his refund “offer” published in the RL forum, I don’t think he took it.
theregionalpressawards org uk/userfiles/files/Winners2013/entries-30130803-01962.pdf
I believe RL cannot act unless they are given a mandate to do so (I’m not partial to the SRA’s guidelines which may stipulate this explicitly: sra org uk/solicitors/handbook/code/content.page). Maybe these would cover it:
– acting for a client when instructions are given by someone else, or by only one client when you act jointly for others unless you are satisfied that the person providing the instructions has the authority to do so on behalf of all of the clients;
– acting for a client when there are reasonable grounds for believing that the instructions are affected by duress or undue influence without satisfying yourself that they represent the client’s wishes.
The reason this is important is that they can only manage a clients’ interests if instructions are issued by the client. Therefore, if you are a cash victim, you may be best grouping together with some other cash victims & going to RL to open a group action. The contracts are in breach so you definitely have a case, it’s just a matter of whether you’re willing to pay the fees to cover it (hence the suggestion of a group action). Any solicitor working on the cash case will be charging by the hour. RL know the Harlequin case so they won’t need a lot of time for discovery, and considering their recent action representing 33 victims, they’ll be in better stead to handle your case in SVG.
The likelihood of you receiving anything back is minimal, but it will turn up the heat. If you get a judgement on the land, you’ll also have claim over anything when it goes tits up.
From the Newspaper snippet:
THE Echo calculated, from Harlequin accounts, up to March 2011 it received around £278million from investors.
Harlequin’s spending to date was laid bare in court papers submitted to Birmingham High Court during a claim for refunds by investors.
– £39million went on land,
– £100million developing Buccament Bay, now valued at £150million, and £6.4million on other resorts
– £40million funded interest for clients who needed loans for deposits. Harlequin says this will be paid back
Accounts for the UK company show from 2006 to March 2011 about £123.5million more from deposits went on marketing, commissions and running the sales business, meaning a total of £312.4million of investor deposits spent so far.
Based on £100million spent building 300 units and facilities at Buccament Bay, the Echo estimated it could cost Harlequin at least £1billion to complete all 6,000 properties sold, leaving it massively short of money.
Despite struggling to start five of its resorts, Harlequin spent over £9million in buying and renovating two hotels where rooms were sold as investments.
SIPP redress is flowing. Not full redress, but interim redress.
RL will not re-enter the fray when they have 1500+ claims to make.
They are best placed as they fully understand it. They won’t get involved in suing Harlequin because they do not want to act for direct investors who will simply moan when they get nowhere.
Look how little RL say negative things about Harlequin. They have lost interest in Harlequin.
Remember for all the huffing and puffing, it was the RL stat demands that forced HMSSE.
Harlequin will collapse, albeit more slowly than first thought. RL don’t want that to deal with. Messy, badly paid, mad and bitter clients.
Move on…..
RL are not interested on cash investor claims, there is no money in it. RL is purely a business. If you want help and sympathy go to a dog rescue home.
some freezing order; Dave still lives in a couple of million quid house and is limited to £10,000 a month – well done Crazier, fuckin great job…. bet your followers are chuffed!
Spain mark 2?
Rosa interesting comments.
Yes, that’s what I meant about “substantial compensation”. I am highly interested to follow RL’s work on the FSCS etc, as will other SIPP victims.
I gathered some time ago that their agenda was the SIPP claims.
Poor Dick, likes to think he knows Ames
It was always the SIPPs.
The money for the trust was a bonus.
@Klorence
RLs DD was of massive importance because it showed that Harlequin was a lie. By the way at £240 it was cheap. I am sorry if it upsets some investors? No I am not sorry,investors should move into the real world.
We all have a ‘laff’ in the office regarding whatsthefuss, Dave says he doesn’t even know him said he could never get rid of him in Dubai just kept following him round like a lost sheep.
@helen. Grateful to RL as a sipp investor. My tm ifa was coming to house etc, ringing up saying I had to join the trust. The RL forum allowed people like myself who had trusted the tm staff and harlequin to communicate with each other and have legal advice cheaply.
@Helen
Indeed I am also grateful to RL. Harlequin continually promises and does not fulfil what it so ardently said was fact.
Something upset you Dick?
Imagined the following:
33 Goodwood Grove
York
North Yorkshire
YO24 1ER
Richard Ingham
Tanya Ingham
33 Goodwood Grove, York NYK211158 Joint ownership
You see Dick your house is worth about £230k about half the price of a decent area of York – So someone done you a favor when they said you were average, your actually below average!!
Strange how you only put yourself on the electoral roll in 2014, something to hide have we?
I never said we met you Dick, but could have seen you and your fat family?
There are no records f or Richard Ingham at any of the selected addresses for the following:
Current Directorships
Previous Directorships
Company Secretary
Significant Shareholdings
Director Disqualification
So tell me Dick how do you manage to have a company and a partnership yet don’t have it recorded?
Something to hide have we Dick 😉
@i want to be like my mate Dave. I hope you are using a proxy server because I might just put you on the next list to go through the Cal courts along with a few others.
@anonymous 4.08pm. Reminds me of kids in infant school. $60,000 down the tube to a load of wannabes
You have all gone off topic again. Why not let’s get back to the original thread title?
OK
Just to remind some of you old trolling fools…
Will the Harlequin Resorts debacle explode in 2015?
Actually Dick house is valued at:
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Property type: Detached house | Tenure: Freehold
This 4 bed freehold detached house is located at 33 Goodwood Grove, York YO24 1ER. Goodwood Grove has 58 houses and flats on it with a average current value of £263,952, compared to an an average property value of £230,235 for YO24. There have been 19 property sales on Goodwood Grove, YO24 over the last 5 years with an average house price paid of £212,257. There are currently 48 properties to buy in YO24 with an average asking price of £200,908 and 19 houses and flats to rent in YO24 with an average asking rent of £209 pw.
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All public record information, matey, so feel free to get the ‘cal’ ip addresses. 😉
All public record information, apart from your true ID. Matey.
We are very happy. We have shed our nutter clients.
No more moany non-payers. All redress from now on.
1500xredressx15%=Happiness
Best bit is that the Harlequin Trust cannot work with so many investors wanting redress.
Posted 3500 letters to SIPP investors to tell them that Harlequin Trust will risk their redress. Even the numpties will understand that. Money talks.
Even GF is smiling again. He’ll be brought back into the fray soon. Like nothing happened.
New Argyle airport to be ready this year. Deja vue?
http://www.caribbean360.com/news/government-allocates-ec74-7-million-complete-argyle-international-airport
-SGD……certainly the runway is not asphalt !
From memory, weren’t the rooms at BB supposed to bring in over £1000 a night of which we were supposed to see 50%? Yet the reality is they are fetching £99 a night and they can’t even sell out a couple of hundred rooms at that rate. Can the pro-Harlequin mob please explain how HP plan to let 30 times the number of units for 10 times the price, which they need to do if they are to satisfy their investors? Common sense tells me that this categorically can’t happen.
Poor Richard, one way to find out, but of course 192 are wrong?
http://www.192.com/people/background-report/?gclid=CI-rqf271MMCFceWtAodrzMA6g
Sid, even the pro Harlequin numbers are dwindling, you have to be pretty dumb to think this will end up in anything but a liquidation. I wish i listened to my gut feeling before I invested……..
Richard, who will you attack now? Someone dislikes you and you have never met them spooky.
Click to access FOSFInalDecision3rdFebruary2015.pdf
Harlequin Marketing Packs and Redress
Attached is a very interesting Final Decision of the Financial Ombudsman Service.
Many investor s were invited to meetings where their financial adviser hosted. More often than not, a member of the Harlequin sales team would attend to explain the Harlequin product.
The two presentations would have been linked together. Eg – the adviser would have either offered to transfer to a SIPP pension or re-mortgage property to create the funds for the investment.
This Final Decision is one of the first through. There have been many adjudications which have been appealed by the IFA firm.
The conclusions of FOS vis a vis the Harlequin investment are as good as an official view.
“The valuation of the Harlequin Property investment may prove difficult”
“I understand that there is no market for the investment.”
The judgment requires the IFA to put the investor back into the position they would have been if the transaction had not occurred plus growth & interest.
The maximum award for the investor is capped to £150,000.00 at FOS. Fortunately, this client invested a smaller sum.
This judgment is great news for investors. Many went to the meetings where they were told of the great benefits of Harlequin. The adviser then effected the transaction. The defence of the adviser was to say they had no part in the Harlequin presentation – eg they were simply responsible for the pension transfer / re-mortgage.
This approach has (quite rightly) been rejected.
Please contact our team if you would like us to assist you in recovering redress.
SIPP – Phil Haslam – 01384 889900
Direct Investments – Julie Norris – 0161 714 2520
@Anonymous 11.20. I know exactly who made the insults and it was not RI. The noose is tightening.
So HP have been under the spot light for how long now?…1….2 years? There’s been a lot of talk in that time about turning things around, building, raising finance, winning high value legal cases etc….but what exactly has been achieved?
Well done RL.
Amazing how people on here have such wonderful power, the power to know, with such certainty the ID of someone, just from a few words. Truly incredible.
Harlequin are subject to a most vigorous HMRC investigation.
I think vigorous is the only type of investigation HMRC do isn’t it?!
What happened to the concrete mixer case in Barbados and the Echo expose we were promised? Gone very quiet.
You squalid bunch of trolls. Will you ever realise that it’s over? Why not address the thread title, instead of endlessly obsessing about obesity and female genitalia? But then again I expect lowlifes like you lot take pleasure in porn. Can you imagine your mothers reading the disgusting posts you put up here?
Shame on you.
Someone needs to seek immediate psychological help.
@ Anonymous on February 9, 2015 at 6:52 pm
What happened to the concrete mixer case in Barbados and the Echo expose we were promised? Gone very quiet.
Indeed, and what about the update from Dave on the restart of construction at H Hotel Barbados, or the apparent theft of assets from HMSSE?
They are questions I would like Dave to answer, the latter preferably at the behest of the Police. !!!!!!!!!!!!!
Well folks that’s it. It’s over. No fanfare. Nothing. As expected it would end and it has, we will not recieve anymore updates from the GV.
The GV, his wife and son are about to leave the stage, quietly, silently into the darkness, ……….. Well not quite so dramatically, but yes it is over….
Finally the lies and deceit have caught up with the GV.
The Wilkins Kennedy case still moves on, however the credibility of the Ames witnesses won’t help that cause.
And the much fabled AEI (after event insurance) well that too looks like it might have to be revisited, but there was never really going to be a case here, Ames was trying it on in the hope that Wilkins Kennedy would settle ahead of a trial.
I do suppose an option still open to Dave and Carol would be to offer anyone a substantial sum of money to assist them in their case against Wilkins Kennedy, but why do that you ask, given Ames’ claims that the case is a foregone conclusion, yes why indeed Dave?????
Good night folks. To all those cash investors, there is still hope, the assets are worth about £ 60 million.
About £ 16 k per person.
Adviser caught out as FOS rules ‘advice’ unsuitable on exec-only sale
Professional Adviser 10 Feb 2015 07:53 by Laura Miller
A presentation given by an IFA at a ‘money club’ is set to cost the firm £45,000 in compensation after the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) ruled its slide show strayed into advice.
The FOS has upheld an investor’s complaint that she received unsuitable advice from the firm – the name of which Professional Adviser is currently unable to disclose – despite the deal being transacted on a non-advised basis.
Central to the FOS’ judgement against the advice firm is that it should have known that highlighting and informing individuals of the benefits of an investment at an event co-hosted solely with the provider of that investment could, more likely than not, “induce” individuals to invest in the scheme.
[The firm] ought to have been aware that by highlighting to individuals the benefits of commercial property at a Harlequin event could, more likely than not, induce individuals to invest
Ombudsman rulings are made on a case-by-case basis, but the unusual decision is likely to raise fresh concerns within financial services about what constitutes a recommendation to invest, and where liability lies.
Welcome to the club
The investor, Ms E, was part of a club where members discussed financial issues and attended presentations about financial planning.
Ms E first heard about the investment at the centre of the claim, unregulated overseas property firm Harlequin, in 2008, when she was invited by the club to a presentation on the scheme.
Harlequin Property and the advice firm Ms E has brought the FOS claim against were the two speakers at the presentation. After the meeting, Ms E paid a deposit to Harlequin, and then contacted the adviser seeking to invest her pension in the scheme via a family pension trust, a type of self invested personal pension (SIPP), which the firm had said it could set up for her.
The adviser sent her a direct offer – non-advised investment – pack, named ‘Harlequin Property Exclusive Pension Plan’. In it the firm said it was not making any recommendations concerning suitability and that Ms E should consult a financial adviser, adding this would cost a fee.
The firm indicated it would treat Ms E as a ‘professional client’ – meaning she had an in depth knowledge of finance – and that it was only setting up a pension trust to enable her to invest her pension in commercial property, and was not providing advice.
Ms E was charged an initial £750 by the firm for arranging the SIPP and £500 a year from year two onwards for acting as ‘scheme adviser’.
Endorsement
Since Ms E invested, Harlequin has suffered a series of catastrophic problems, including warnings from the regulator and and an ongoing investigation by the Serious Fraud Office. Investors – who put £400m of their pension money into the scheme expecting a monthly income from rents on Caribbean tourist villas – have been left without the promised income or even access to their capital, after work stopped on the Harlequin resorts and its sales arm entered liquidation.
In her subsequent compensation claim against the advice firm for unsuitable advice, Ms E said she invested in Harlequin because the adviser at the meeting she attended “listened to and backed up the Harlequin presentation”.
She said she had been reassured by the adviser stating at the meeting that the firm had been established for over 20 years in financial planning and that it would act as ‘scheme adviser’ for her pension investment.
In its counter-argument to the FOS, the advice firm denied it had promoted Harlequin at the presentation Ms E attended. It said it had only presented the facts of how a family pension trust could be used to invest in commercial property.
It said it considered Ms E a sophisticated investor based on her membership of the money club, and that she was therefore able to make her own financial decisions.
The firm added it had provided warnings to Ms E in the direct offer pack and further communications that it said provided sufficient prompts to her to seek advice if she felt it was needed, and as a result, had met its obligations under the Financial Conduct Authority’s Distance Marketing and Appropriateness rules.
Inducement
However the FOS disagreed with the advice firm.
The Ombudsman ruled the adviser had wrongly categorised Ms E as a professional client when she should have been considered an ordinary retail client, and in doing so had failed to act in her interests or conduct its business with “integrity, skill, care and diligence”.
The advice firm presented Harlequin not in an impartial manner but as “an attractive investment thereby potentially misleading Ms E”, the FOS added.
“The endorsement given by [the advice firm] of Harlequin Property was very positive….[the advice firm] ought to have been aware that by highlighting and informing individuals of the benefits of commercial property at a Harlequin event could, more likely than not, induce individuals to invest in Harlequin Property,” it said.
The Ombudsman added: “I consider the direct offer pack was designed as a package to set up a SIPP to purchase Harlequin Property. The pack was also named ‘Harlequin Property Exclusive Pension Plan’. I am satisfied that [the firm] had tailored this product exclusively for potential Harlequin investors.”
Ms E was prevented from making an informed decision on whether or not to invest in Harlequin because the advice firm had not provided enough information about the risks such an investment posed to her, the Ombudsman concluded.
The firm must now put Ms E back into the position she would have been in had she not invested in Harlequin, pay £300 for distress and inconvenience and add simple interest of 8% gross a year from the date of the decision (3 February 2015) to the date of the settlement.
Gareth Fatchett, partner at law firm Regulatory Legal, which acts on behalf of hundreds of Harlequin investors, said: “Many investors went to a Harlequin presentation with their adviser. This judgment combines the two activities together and makes the adviser responsible.”
ends
Gareth Fatchett is winning.
http://www.professionaladviser.com/professional-adviser/news/2394463/adviser-caught-out-as-fos-rules-advice-unsuitable-on-exec-only-sale
And “Anon” your credibility as a witness? More bullshit from the head bullshitter. You are about as subtle as a suicide bomber.
Which firm was it then?
The FOS has upheld an investor’s complaint that she received unsuitable advice from the firm – the name of which Professional Adviser is currently unable to disclose – despite the deal being transacted on a non-advised basis.
RL know which IFA as it is their case.
They seem to have turned it round from the dark days of the SRA complaints engineered by Harlequin.
Money talks, so any investor with half a brain (which for some will be a struggle) will not do anything which jeopardises their potential redress.
@Anon 12.41, can you offer any more details on your statement i.e. what specifically has happened? And does anyone agree/disagree with Anon’s post?
Sid it’s a wind up by the head anti HP troll. No proof just rhetoric. Ignore it.
@Anon 12.41
Can you put a little more meat on the bone.
Sorry bad education. ?
Regardless of what anon 12:41 says, Dave and Carol have a lot of questions to answer, considering half of their squandering went on commissions. Hopefully these questions will be put to them in criminal court.
@£45k compensation!
£300 + interest is the compensation. £45k is to bring the matter back to where it should be if the victim had not put into the scheme in the first place.
I doubt the IFA’s name is as important as that of a potential financier. Either way, I saw the link RL gave us of an FOS document, so I don’t doubt its merit.
We if 50% will get their money back that’s got to be a good thing. In my book RL deserve their cut.
I’m a SIPP investor via TM, and feel very happy with RL, they are the only show in town 😉
Halkham, bunch of cowboys.
What about cash investors? Me, me, me you all make me sick.
What a pity Ex director of Tailormade (in liquidation) can’t see can rent, tough shit.
http://www.zoopla.co.uk/property-history/broome-house/chelford-road/alderley-edge/sk9-7tq/35208182
James Sid, it should be noted that the “Pro Harlequin” supporters call me a bullshitter yet still can’t give us any news re the start date for the H Hotel or the finance.
If my suggestion that Dave might offer substantial sums of money in return for information on Wilkins Kennedy is considered as being about as subtle as a suicide bomber, then I suggest the poster who made that comment knows exactly who I am.
If they know who I am then they would know what I know, perhaps this is why they refuse to name me.
Conversely if they know who I am, then it stands to reason that I would know who they are, and therefore knowing who they are, any information they might provide has to be taken with a pinch of salt.
Dave let me make it very clear to you. We know who the ATE insurers are, and we intend to point out to them some deficiencies in your case, some anomalies, some ‘Mistakes’, you appear to have made.
But to balance things out, if you want to offer us a substantial amount of money for information to help your cause, offer away, we might tell you you what to do with your offer, but offer away anyway.
We would much prefer to see you giving this money back to investors, we really would, but when have you cared about your investors????
Rob Shaw is in the sh1t too 😉 😉
http://www.primelocation.com/for-sale/details/35067910?search_identifier=a429f2176a8782cc152c470f47261acb#D7siC4jDT2ClLjpX.97
Anon, would that not be considered a bribe? Is that illegal?
Whatever you have give him both barrels.
Anon, should it not be Sid James as you are a comedian. And you have not a clue who I am, but I do know who you are. All in good time. Perhaps a clue is in the picture of the street side cabinet in Hatfield, not near you I know, but just a clue to the forensic work going on in the background, matey.
If the FOS or FSCS pay out compensation won’t the government what paying back from Harlequin?
Ames cocks it up the Government pay for his cock up – can’t be right.
@ Anonymous 3.21 pm. And who is paying for all this “forensic” work? Dave ?
And to what end ? Is it wrong to expose the wrong doings of the Ames family ? Is some law being broken in doing so ?
Why go to all this trouble when Dave obtained the IP addresses?
Are the Utilities providers aware that Ames is carrying out a forensic examination of street side cabinets ? Is this some sort of a new addition to his ‘Business Model’ ?
I am delighted you know who I am, now that you know who I am, perhaps you would care to point out which if any of my posts is as a matter of fact incorrect?
If you know who I am, just say it. Tell the world who I am, tell the world I am a witness for the SFO, please do. It will not change the fact that if indeed you know who I am, then you will know what I know, and it’s what I know has you bothered.
At the end of the day Ames could prove to the world that all the negativity towards him is wrong by demonstrating that he has the finance to build what he was contracted to build. Why does Dave always hide behind NDA’s ? What has he got to hide ?
Are you suggesting that Ames or someone associated with Ames is willing to spend money on ‘Forensics’ in an attempt to suppress the truth ?
Why goto the trouble of posting a street view photo of a street side cabinet in Hatfield, I mean why Hatfield if you know I am not from Hatfield, what is the point ?
Here are some more street side cabinets.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/01/24/bt_fibre_investment_adds_50_million_to_pile/
Oh yeah I get it, you are saying that you and your ‘mateys’ are going to find out who I am, but you already know who I am, so you are going to go to a court, say that I’m a nasty man spreading vile rumours about Dave, then before any case will want me to settle by way of an NDA, correct ?
Or do you hope to get a super injunction preventing me from telling the truth ?
Or do you intend to send a virus to my computer to access it remotely. ?
Just wondering, because the one thing Ames is not doing ‘Matey’ is building what he was paid to build.
I hope your ‘forensic’ whatever it is, is a wee bit better then the ‘forensic’ examination of the accounts for Dave’s companies that James Albert Baker is aleged to have carried out, as an example.
If James Albert Baker had carried out a ‘forensic’ examination of the accounts, he would have discovered that the information given to him by Ames or his employees was a whole heap of utter bollocks.
But ‘Matey’ carry on with what ever ‘forensics’ you feel is appropriate, it will not stop the truth from coming out.
The following may be of interest,
Click to access enforcing-an-ombudsmans-decision.pdf
Note the FSCS and FOS are totally seperate entities and as a result may come to different conclusions.
Whilst the FOS decision is good news, it will only be good news if the IFA has the liquidity to pay out on the award, I suspect that many IFA’s will claim they do not have the liquidity to make any compensation payments.
If both the TM directors wee for example sell thier houses they would have some money……r
Big house = big running costs
They have problems.
@WFB ( I don’t feel the need for such vulgar language)
Why would you be interested? I’m certainly not.
Back on track please.
Goodness me, I nearly died reading that rant. I’m out of breath……. please, in future use full stops.
I do find the term ‘monkeys’ and retard ‘offensive. However, maybe we should be relived that one has not started prattling on about female genitalia, or fat washer women.
Can we please keep to the subject of Harlequin; the plight of it’s victims not some ramblings of a disturbed mind.
Harlequin still have no finance, or completions, and a whole raft of authorities looking at them, and all you ‘contribute’ is racist, homophobic and disgusting comments.
Says it all.
@ Anonymous
February 11, 2015 at 10:17 am
Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, brawling and slander, along with every form of malice. Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.
Enough of this rudeness.
Financial Ombudsman Service
enforcing an ombudsman’s decision in court
for a “money award”
for a “direction”
Will Ames use the proceeds from his recent sales to repay the monies owed to Shipleys LLP. Maybe it’s time Shipleys through Charles Russel pursued Ames for the shareholders / directors loans and the £ 165 k.
Btw thank you to BFP for acting expeditiously in removing the wholly offensive posts on this thread, those posts do nothing to further Mr. Ames’ cause.
Will BFP enforce their own rules? I doubt it but it would stop a lot of the nasty, personal comments on here if it was possible to make a complaint and BFP acted like a responsible moderator and removed them if requested.
CHANGE IN COMMENTS POLICY EFFECTIVE September 1, 2009
As listed below, commenters must choose a “handle”. Any name is fine.
Any commenters leaving the “name” blank and showing “Anonymous” will have their full IP number inserted in place of a name.
Up to you…
Hi Folks,
As a result of numerous requests from our readers, we’re going to make a change to our comments policy. Commenters will now have to use a “handle” (ie: a chosen, fake name).
As always, your comments will still be anonymous – we don’t need or want to know who you are.
We’ve just had so many folks leaving the name blank – which ends up showing as “anonymous” when the comment is posted. This makes it difficult to have discussions when people don’t know if they are addressing this anonymous person or that one.
So…
Choose a “handle” (a fake name) for your comments please.
Comments that are left blank will be deleted. -(
… and only one handle per user please. Folks who post under multiple identities will be deleted. (well… their comments will be deleted) 😉
Unfortunately Anon, BFP do not remove ALL offensive comments on here, despite being asked on numerous occasions.
We do our best to remove the bad stuff, but there are thousands of comments on BFP and sometimes people write and say REMOVE THE OFFENSIVE COMMENTS!!!
But they don’t tell us which one exactly.
If we miss a few, then be good enough to email us with the exact reference and we’ll look at it. If you just complain but don’t tell us the specifics, what do you expect?
We’re doing the best we can since marcus left us all too early.
robert
I think you do a great job Robert, given the circumstances.
For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evils. It is through this craving that some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pangs.
Well BFP seeing as you are there, why did you ignore 5 e-mails sent to you asking to remove an offensive post which is STILL on this blog? Just to remind you the e-mails were sent from the 3rd to the 5th.
Bread gained by deceit is sweet to a man, but afterward his mouth will be full of gravel.
@ Anonymous
February 11, 2015 at 4:19 pm
One Anonymous to another, would it not help by stating what the email were, even the month and year you refer to?
Finally, brothers, rejoice. Aim for restoration, comfort one another, agree with one another, live in peace; and the God of love and peace will be with you.
I’m so pleased the vulgar words and hostility have ceased, maybe Mr Ames will see the light ?
I think Paddykins must be on holiday or given up?
Kevange on Trip Advisor..”“Beautiful resort just Not 5 star”
Reviewed yesterday NEW
My husband and I stayed for 2 weeks in January for our wedding Anniversary, we got a really good deal with Topical Sky which included many extra’s. We travelled with BA and a had a connecting flight from Barbados with Liat we experience no Liat flight problems and actually departed 20mins early from Barbados.
Buccament Bay is Beautiful, the service and staff are outstanding, food is good especially Jacks, Ice cream, cakes and different coffee’s in HQ were delicious and our room was one of the best we have ever stayed in (Deluxe garden villa) the bed was so comfy.
Unfortunately what lets this resort down is the lack of maintence in public area’s. Parasols and pool/ beach towel’s are shabby, (and they run out frequently when the resort was full and some people could not get a towel or beach bed after 10am) the pool sun loungers are falling apart but they do give you a cover for them.
I had 3 splinters in my foot from the untreated decking I would advise wearing your shoes / flip flops around the decking as 2 of the splinter’s I got was when I got off my sunbed to put on my flip flops also we had a room that backed onto the river and some nights insistent dog barking woke us.
If you are looking for 5 star this is not for you but if you get a good deal with you travel agency then it is worth it, I would have been really disappointed if I had payed full price as in my option this is not a five star resort but for the price we paid it was worth it and we had a good time.
Stayed January 2015, traveled as a couple”
The place is obviously staring to fall apart..there are many more reports of no parasols, no coffee for the nice coffee makers in the rooms, poor maintenance, dirty pools, lounges showing wear, old towels, etc. I don’t believe it was expected, but maintenance of a seaside resort is a constant and expensive necessity. Funds have to be set aside and maintenance and replacement of many items on a continuous basis if you wish to be considered a 5 star resort.
Well done BFP, still NO ACTION on the request for removal of a post on here. 5, yes 5 e-mails sent between the 3rd and 5th Feb this year. Not even a reply. Pathetic. Lets see if you respond to this then.
Meanwhile, Ames had £400 million pounds….. and we worry about a post we don’t even know about its content?????????
Yes, it is time for closure.
You’re not wrong David.
What’s a Pedofile Bob? Is it some sort of tool for filing your toe nails?
Are BFP running a marketing campaign for nail files Bob?
Please tell us which post seems to be bothering you?
@Anon 1.12 A file for filing your toe nails is a PEDIFILE I’m glad you think that its a subject to laugh at. No one is laughing with you are they, probably just laughing at you.
There’s a file specifically for toe nails? Finally….I’ve learned something from this blog!
Bob there is no such word as a Pedofile, so breaking down the word, pedo as in feet, file as in file.
You have an issue with a number of posts which BFP have not taken down, you emailed BFP 5 times, so rather then suggesting that BFP encourages people to file their toes, or feet, why don’t you post the emails on here and ask BFP why they have not dealt with your complaint, why not allow your peers, view the complaint, who knows you might well garner some support.
However if you are suggesting that BFP encourage paedophiles or paedophilia, well I can see why the would not respond to your emails. Your allegations are completely baseless, using paedophilia as a tool to illicit a response or goad BFP into responding is frankly pathetic, your are correct Bob, no one finds you funny, you once again are demonstrating what a pathetic little freak you are.
And please don’t bother responding by saying it was not you. Yawn zzz zzz zzz zzz zzz.
You are sad, pathetic and seriously deranged individual who really needs help.
BTW Dave Ames has had ample opportunity to address the issues raised on here, yet has failed to do so. BFP have allowed discussion and debate on Ames and his companies for years, BFP have helped highlight the Cancer that is Ames, and it’s detrimental impact on the economies of the Caribbean islands, yes they along with investors are victims of Mr. Ames.
I did not write this.
Of course if the other Bob was American he might use the term Pedofile, but he is British.
Funny BFP have comitted no crime, they don’t owe over £ 400 million quid to victims, they don’t employ bent lawyers or lawyers who throw the rule book out the window, ELS included.
Spector seems not to understand what NDA’s or Tomlin orders or, nor does he understand what a part 31 request is, apparently.
Bob, there must be a website keep your dirty ways to yourself.
@ Robert Storey (The Genuine Article)
Richard Ghost understands exactly what all of those are. He just chooses to ignore the legal niceties surrounding them when his paymaster tells him to. But he’ll scream and shout at everyone else who he thinks is breaching an NDA or the CPR.
For Dick ethics is the county where his client is based.
Someone seems to have an issue with BFP and is trying to resolve it why does one particular poster seem to want to highjack the attempts to solve the issue? Perhaps the poster Anon is trying to prove something? Who knows but why is he interfering?
Now that IS the question ???????
Yes ELS Legal have launched a second new lottery, (subject to status).
All you have to do is to provide ELS with information on Wilkins Kennedy to share or win a guaranteed £ 250,000.00.
Yes that’s a share or win of a Quarter of A Million Pounds.
Just jot down on a piece of paper anything about Wilkins Kennedy, anything at all, false information, forged documents, photos, pissed files, anything, it does not matter.
Send your information to Richard Spector of ELS. Winners will be announced within 7 days of the Glorious Victory by Ames in the Wilkins Kennedy case.
If you are not in you can’t win. So hurry, get writing, get your information into Richard ASAP.
Don’t miss out on this fantastic opportunity.
Terms & Conditions;
ELS reserve the right to exchange cash prizes for properties in Thailand. (All Dubai properties were given away as prizes in the first draw). The lucky winner in Dubai was Senka Besirivic.
ELS and Ames reserve the right to use the information obtained for any purposes and are indemnified from any damage caused to entrants as a result of entering the lottery.
The governing law behind the lottery is North Korea.
All entrants will have to sign an NDA and Tomlin order that can only be breached by ELS Legal or David EDWARD Ames.
FAQ’s
(a). What if Dave Ames looses ?
Dave Ames will not loose. He already has a 140% chance of winning.
(b). What if I make up the information on Wilkins Kennedy ?
That’s OK, Dave Ames has been making it up as he goes along.
(c). Why are you doing the lottery?
Dave wants to give something back to the little people.
(d). What if Dave refuses to pay up?
Dave refusing to honor a commitment, sorry that’s not how Dave rolls.
(e). Why a property in Thailand.?
Dave has dozens of properties in Thailand to give away.
(f). Will I have to pay tax on my winnings?
All winnings are tax free, Dave has not declared his assets to HMRC so therefore they remain off the HMRC radar, so what HMRC don’t know won’t hurt them.
(g). Who has independent oversight of the lottery. ?
ELS Legal, Dan Dalligan, Vinnie Stenning and members of the SPA (Supreme People’s Assembly).
(h). I’ve heard of exactly the same lottery being run by Sam Commissiong in St. Vincent, how is this ?
You could not have heard about any other Desperate Dave lottery as they are covered by NDA’s and Tomlin Orders.
(I). Why do I have to sign an NDA Tomlin Order?
NDA’s Tomlin Orders are used by Dave to prevent HMRC, SFO and Shipleys from finding out what is going on, protecting Dave and you the lottery entrant.
(j). Is using a Tomlin order for the above purpose illegal?
No, if someone does not know that wrong doing is taking place then it cannot be reported as wrong doing because of the Tomlin order.
As they say two wrongs do not make a right, and breaching the Tomlin order is equal in Gravity to the crime the Tomlin Order is hiding.
If people stopped reporting crime, reported crime rates would drop, which is great for everyone. We would all love to live in an area where reported crime was zero. It would be utopia. The perfect place for Dave, Carol Dan and other such visionaries. Police costs would drop immeasurably meaning less tax to pay, more money in your pocket to spend on more overseas propert dreams.
Today’s wise words.
A dishonest man spreads strife, and a whisperer separates close friends.
Andy Regan has left Harlequin according to my contact in the bunker, following after Dan the man.
The Ames family spent in excess of £ 10 million on property around the world, this figure could however be a lot higher, given that the Ames family had some properties registered in third party names.
The revelations follow on from an ongoing investigation into the Ames family assets.
Ames is unable to make the payroll payments, in the last few days he fire saled two apartments in Dubai in order to try and make a salary run for staff.
Shipleys are, apologies, were unaware of the fire sale.
HMRC are, apologies, were, unaware of the fire sale.
We note that Richard Spector of ELS has broken CPR once again. This guy has to take the award when it comes to sticking two fingers up to the SRA rule book.
No point on keep changing your IP address, everyone has a digital footprint.
Management Staff
David Christopher Man Director General
Kelltek Limited Proprietor
Architectural design engineer
Was this ever filled?
Structural Design Engineer
Or this maybe?
Wasn’t Mr. Man a partner of Dave Ames at one point in time. I wonder what dirt he has on Ames?
Weird that you should bring up Mr. Man.
But once again I fail to see what that little side show has to do with the bigger picture, that being the inability of one David Edward Ames to tell the truth about why he has failed miserably to provide what he was contractually obliged to do.
The question, Anonymous, has to be, what if anything, previously stated by various posters on here, is incorrect ?
If what is being said is true then surely Ames needs to provide answers for his mismanagement.
It’s all gone very quiet?….
Well ANONymous, a very good question. Unfortunately we have gone past that point haven’t we? Ralph, Malcome White, API, Anon, Anon RU have all digressed from the main discussion. Perhaps you should ask them what they think about little sideshows. Infact you can discuss it with yourself.
Maybe people are mulling over the William Wise conviction. 22 years for a $130m Ponzi scheme. The similarities to Harlequin, including those involved and in political power has been noted by some. There was even a “resort” of sorts built on St Vincent with victims money, which is now owned privately.
http ://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/william-wise-gets-22-years-in-prison-for-130m-ponzi-scheme-1.2954456
Still think your investment is safe Bob?
Anonymous 6.37 what was the main area of discussion? I was under the impression it was Ames and his companies, please tell me if that is not the case.
How odd that Mr Man, who was a partner with DA IFAs now got a senior position in a company controlled by the discredited Newman. That says everything about Mans credibility. Newman, Paddy and Man in bed together.
@poster 6.31 after today’s news even more so. 100%
@anonymous 6.43, I suggest to ask posters like Anon RU what they would consider their main area of discussion. Perhaps he would like to discuss the colour of his street side cabinet. Lol
Robert care to share the good news?
I’m lost, what has a Mr. Man got to do with this? How is Mr. Newman discredited? And what is the good news ?
Now now Davy boy. Perhaps it’s time to raise your profile a little. Cannot keep in the background forever. Proxy servers just don’t cut it.
Davy Davy will soon be quite contrary lol. Thanks mate, you are a star, as the saying goes keep your enemies close but your freinds even closer, oh yeah what freinds lol. Some witness you have turned out to be lol, 😉😉😉😉😉
Robert Storey has no good news to impart, cause there is none.
Dan Abrams is still at Harlequin.
Andy Regan is still at Harlequin.
Why would people suggest otherwise ?
Because they are shit stirrers who just post disruptive comments to try and cause mayhem. Isn’t that right Davy boy.
Is “Harlequin” registered with HMRC to pay tax or NIS ?????????? No. Why ????????? Cause there is no company called “Harlequin”. So who are Regan and Abrams employed by, well any references to any of Ames’ companies have been removed from their respective SRA files, so possibly they are employed as consultants.
Who knows, but there ain’t no entity called ‘Harlequin’ associated with Ames, so not sure who they are working for. It does not matter as long as they are paying their taxes.
Oh so all the negative comments re Ames and his companies are lies then ????????????
Please do elaborate, this should be interesting.
Toblerone how do you know ?
Sorry who are they working for ?
Which company ?
Question is who are any of the staff working for now?
Harlequin Travel ???
Anonymous 9.40/9.44/9.57 just give it up. You sound like a rabid dog with a squeaky toy. So your new attack is regarding “harlequin” now and who is paying taxes. What has it got to do with you who pays taxes. Don’t you have some concrete blocks to sell?
The SFO has just been ordered to pay £7m in costs for “pursuing a lost cause” Any comment about that?
As a tax payer I have every bloody right to ask whether Ames and those he employs in the UK are paying tax.
And how do you associate the SFO case against Ames vs the case you refer to. ???
Or is Ames now into mining. ??
Oh I see, the SFO lost a case so they will loose the case against Ames too. Ok gotcha. No just looked they are still going after Ames.
Oh I see, let’s drop the case against Ames because well because Dave said so shall we. Ok Dear SFO, please drop the case against Dave Ames because you lost the mining case. Is that ok for you. ?
Lucky for Dave HMRC were not involved in the mining case. Maybe HMRC should be disbanded too.
For everyone else out there, the TAX affairs of the Ames family and businesses are none of your business so keep your noses out of it.
Now now Davy stop being so hysterical. Do you pay your tax? Stop hiding behind your Anonymous ID, we all know who you are. Are you paying tax as an expat? Are you a UK tax payer? It seems your tax affairs should be of interest to everyone also. You cannot see the connection between the SFO losing a case and the Harlequin investigation. But of course there is no company called Harlequin is there.
HMRC will be the final nail for Ames.
Here you go, the article you are referring to.
http://www.finanznachrichten.de/nachrichten-2015-02/32802603-sfo-ordered-to-pay-multi-million-legal-costs-after-failed-celtic-energy-investigation-008.htm
“We are pleased to have a positive conclusion on this case for our client Eric Evans, who was wrongly alleged to be the architect of a fraud. In fact he was the progenitor of a clever, technical commercial agreement characteristic of a dynamic solicitor responsible for the development of many landmark commercial sites along the M4 corridor over many years.”
Note “he was the progenitor of a clever, technical commercial agreement”,
Ok what is clever about what Ames has done ? Failure to file accounts ? That’s not being clever. Offering Guaranteed mortgages ?? That’s not clever. Telling purchasers that their properties were sold to them at 50% below market value? That’s not clever, when all the red book valuations Ames had conducted do not demonstrate this.
Eric Evans added: “The SFO never understood the planning law underpinning the agreement I designed.
Note Ames sold property in the Dominican Republic on land his lawyers advised him could not be built on, What’s clever about that ???? Ames sold land on property he did not own. What’s clever about that ????
Their conduct has been wholly flawed. In attempting to prosecute me with an offence not known to law, they have repeatedly changed their case. They instructed a QC who had personally advised prosecution witnesses.
Note I’m sure in Ames’ case the SFO will know what laws to use when prosecuting Ames, Tax evasion ????? That’s a simple one.
Come on Davy boy. You think everyone should disclose their personal tax position. Tell you what, you start. As a tax payer I have every right to know your tax affairs . Off you go then.
Perhaps Ed Miliband might start his anti tax-evasion money laundering
campaign vis-a-vis British Commonwealth territories using the
Ames/Harlequin fiasco as a “real-life-scenario” that has from what I have
been reading here on BFP raped the retirements of many working-class
Brits.
Anonymous 11.13 love your response.
I just love the Harlequin trolls, one minute its Mrs. Broughton now it’s Davy???? Tomorrow it will be, Lord only knows.
Bob Storey tells us about some great news, but omits to tell us what the great news is. Typical.
Anonymous just now skirts around the response from Anonymous 11.13 pm, probably because even Anonymous would have to acknowledge that Ames is not really that clever.
Is this the new Harlequin angle now? It’s all Dave Man’s fault? So if it wasn’t for that dastardly Dave Man the resorts would all be built?
That’s me convinced. If the Pro HP brigade have a new person to blame then it must be true. When will the court case against this evil man start?
I look forward to the building work starting again soon then. Once the world realises it’s all Dave Man’s fault the financiers will come in droves.
Great news for all.
Ames has recently come into some money, so he is going to pay Shipleys what he and his family owe them, and of course is going to declare the taxable portion of this to HMRC. All will be good, and just in case he forgets to tell HMRC, don’t worry Dave we will do that for you.
No I can’t talk about a settlement with Wilkins Kennedy because that of course would breach an NDA. 😉😉😉😉😉😉😉😉😉😉 Nope don’t even attempt to squeez that little gem from me, my lips are sealed just like the settlement with WK. Sealed with a kiss.
Mr Man, why have you not posted up your tax return? As a UK tax payer I demand you disclose your tax return on here. Ah but your colleague at Kelltek is a disgraced tax advisor, so it won’t be worth the paper it’s written on will it.
Anonymous, no one aside from the Ames family and their management and legal team is a disgrace or has been disgraced. No one. Just because the Ames family and senior management and legal team are willing to lie in court does not mean that those they lie to are a disgrace.
Mr. Spector sir, you appear to be enjoying yourself in this pantomime, you appear to enjoy sharing the leading role, carry on, the floor is all yours.
However sir you really should be beware of the gifts from the one named after the carrier of Christ.
Forced to resign from a top 20 accountancy company. I wouldn’t want that on my CV. Implicated in fraud by an Irish court. I wouldn’t want that on my CV either.
Anonymous, for a while I considered you as someone in the know, however you have now clearly demonstrated that you are either (1). A mushroom like most others or (2). Either a member of the Ames family, management or legal team.
See Mr. Newman and I assume that is who you are referring to, was neither forced to resign nor more importantly was he implicated in any fraud.
Now someone on here suggested that Ames or Richard Spector or both perhaps were offering individuals cash in return for information that would assist Mr. Ames in his case against Wilkins Kennedy.
I personally would advise anyone considering such an action to think carefully before taking up the rather generous offer of Mr. Ames or his lawyer Mr. Spector, and it’s not because I would not want to see justice served, well it’s because I do not trust either Ames or his pet solicitor Richard Spector.
If I was a betting Man (no pun intended), if Ames or Spector were to recieve such information, I doubt very much they would keep this under wraps , my guess is that they would tell Wilkins Kennedy straight away what they had and who they obtained it from, in a rather pathetic but desperate attempt to coerce funds from Wilkins Kennedy ahead of the trial.
Ames and Spector don’t want a public trial, hell no, one look at the Wilkins Kennedy defence would tell you why.
No, Ames needs cash and needs cash quick, why you ask ? Well he owes a number of people a considerable amount of cash. A number of cases in particular in the High Court of St. Vincent are proving a little troublesome for Mr. Ames and his much vaunted legal team.
He also owes Shipleys a substantial sum of money, God forbid if he tried putting unsecured creditors ahead of Shipleys, that would not go down well with them or their UK lawyers.
Some time back we had a poster on here stating that Richard Spector had claimed that even though Judgments had been obtained against Ames for amongst other things Fraudulent Misrepresentation, these judgments were under appeal so no determination could be made until the appeal process had been concluded.
So we have one rule for Ames and another rule for everyone else including the Irish Builder, odd that given the continued defence of Ames by the pro Ames mob. But of course it is what we have come to expect from Ames.
Back to providing any information to Ames or Spector, I would be very slow in doing this, unless of course I was willing to kiss my career good bye, and sorry Ames and or Spector are certainly not worth that.
Secondly I would not trust Ames or Spector to honour their agreements. There is afterall no honour amongst thieves.
If the deal is too good to be true, when it comes to Ames and Spector it normally is.
My father once said when two dogs start fighting it’s best to stand back and let them at it.
What seems like a good idea at the start when it comes to Ames has a very nasty habit of coming back to haunt you. Just look at the majority of investors who are still waiting not just on a return but their units to be started.
Ames is like a plague, contaminating all who come into contact with him, Wilkins Kennedy, Shipleys, James Albert Baker, BCQS, ICE Group, Campion, DLA Piper, Ridgeview Construction, ELS Legal, Ralph Gonsalves, RL, etc etc etc, do you really want to become a member of this elite club????
The problem is that Ames is a liar, and his lies are fully traceable,
Traceable, yes a bit like an IP address even through a proxy server. ISPs can be very chatty if you press the right buttons.
You got caught Paddy live with it. Man up 😉
@anon 12.09pm. Thanks for posting. The sick ifa’s that sold this rubbish have disappeared, some maybe even used the cash they scammed to get some qualifications and move up the career ladder ha . Sick of hearing about the accountants being scapegoated.
Whilst we don’t expect the Ames family or their management team to behave in a manner other then to deceive on an almost constant basis, however we expect solicitors and QC’s to uphold the ethics of their respective professions, and this includes those employed by Ames. When solicitors or QC’s act in a manner which brings disrepute to their professions we as lay people would expect that those solicitors or QC’s are made accountable for their actions.
As lay people are when they break rules.
For example Mr. Andy Regan gave evidence in the RL action which he knew was not true. Mr. Regan is not the only member of Ames’ legal team who have abused their positions as officers of the court.
And yes they should and will in time have to account for their actions.
Ames’ legal team have always relied on the use of NDA’s and other such instruments available to them under UK and Caribbean law in order that respective actions or settlements are kept out of sight of parties not connected to the litigation.
At times Ames and or his legal team have themselves broken NDA’s or Tomlin orders for a variety of purposes.
ELS breached the NDA Tomlin order in the Wilkins Kennedy / Newman defamation case by stating the following on their website;
” An area of increasing concern for clients is defamation through the internet and social media. We successfully advised a client on a defamation claim as a website had been created which contained damaging false information about our client. Our clients achieved a financial award and received a public apology as a result of the successful claim settlement.”
http://www.els-law.co.uk/our-experience.html
Now Spector will attempt to be a smart ass here by stating that he does not refer to Wilkins Kennedy, Mr. Newman or any of Ames’ companies in the ELS statement, however it is blatantly obvious even to a single cell organism who Richard Spector is referring to.
The statement is also manifestly false and deliberately designed to mislead when compared with the agreed public statement on the matter.
Spector, Ames and his inhouse solicitors expect others to behave in a manner which befits their profession and Spector, Ames and his inhouse solicitors use the ethics that the majority of decent solicitors uphold to their advantage.
The liberal use of NDA’s and Tomlin orders by Ames, Spector and the inhouse solicitors makes it very difficult for those looking at the activities of Ames to put the pieces of the jigsaw together.
NDA’s and Tomlin orders were never envisioned as instruments to assist in the perversion of the course of justice.
However there are leaks, and the leaks assist in completing the jigsaw, just look at the ELS statement on their website for example, but even more telling is the case taken by RL in the UK.
Ames succeeded in obtaining an order / injunction refraining the plaintiffs in that case from discussing matters pertaining to the case, then a Judgment was handed down, a judgment that was not covered by the original order / judgment.
The Judgment was in favor of Ames, yet Ames refrained from ever making reference to this particular judgment, probably in the hope that the judgment would not be discovered and as a result discussed. It is not like Ames at all not to shout from the roof tops when he is victorious.
Each and every leak from the Ames camp adds another piece to the jigsaw, and it has taken time to put this jigsaw together.
But one day the Jigsaw will be completed, in the mean time Ames and Co. will continue a campaign in an attempt to discredit those they believe are behind a campaign to bring Ames down.
Last week we had attacks on Mrs. Broughton, then yesterday they were attacks on Mr. Man, today we see attacks on Mr. Newman and the Builder.
Sadly we get the same old responses, and threats that IP addresses will be exposed, and those behind the posts will be prosecuted, but I ask prosecuted for what? for telling the truth ? This is something that Ames and Co. appear not to be able to grasp. The truth.
There is no campaign to bring Ames and Co. down, all many of the posters and readers on here wish to do is attempt to find out the truth behind matters which directly affect them.
Ames is allowed to make hundreds of unsupported statements and claims, but when those statements and claims are challenged we get all manner of threats, abusive posts and all manner of diversionary tactics.
We had Ames telling us that the H Hotel in Barbados was about to restart, yet since this date we have heard nothing, the restart of the H Hotel was of course contingent on investors continuing to finance the build.
We had Ames telling us that the Wilkins Kennedy case was going to generate upwards of $ 70 Million dollars and was a forgone conclusion, then we had Ames “Fishing” for information that would assist his case. With reports that he was even willing to pay for information which would assist him with his case, it was reported that upto
£ 250,000 was on offer.
We have Ames telling the world that he has ATE insurance but refuses to say who the insurers are, perhaps he fears that some nasty bugger might provide the ATE insurers with information that puts pay to Ames’ public claims on the matter.
If Ames is so confident of victory over Wilkins Kennedy, what is he worried about?
We had Ames telling us that completions were continuing apace, we then had PHIG telling us that delays with completions were as a result of the lack of experience with respect to local lawyers in dealing with matters.
Ames continues to tell us that Finance is around the corner, but this is contingent on investors signing up to a trust an waiving all their rights in respect of pursuing Ames for recovery of their cash investments for a period of 5 years after which time all claims will as a matter of law be time barred.
Ames asks investors to pay for the completion of the H Hotel, yet Ames has entered into agreements to repay creditors. Naturally and legally Ames’ lawyers will claim that using the H Hotel money to repay creditors falls under the remit of spending this money in the normal / ordinary course of business and they would be correct, paying off creditors or succesful litigants can legally be considered spending money in the ordinary course of business.
This poses a huge risk for those investors, unless they were to enter into a seperate contract with Ames, whereby it was stipulated that the future monies paid over for the purposes of completing the H Hotel could not under any circumstances be used for any other purpose otherwise considered the within the normal course of business, with the exception of costs directly attributed to the build costs associated with the completion of the H Hotel, then sadly investors could see this money dissappear down a black hole.
Ames also runs into problems if he publishes the fact that the build of the H Hotel has commenced, as this would indicate to litigants that Ames is in funds and could open up an avalanche of claims.
Ames took in excess of £ 200 million in deposits after those he blames for his woes had left the stage.
Just to leave you with the following to think about.
Ames invested c £ 10 million* in personal property, had Ames paid tax on this this would have equated to c £ 15 million. To raise this he would have had to have taken c £ 30 million in deposits.
£ 30 Million would have built c 300 investors units. £ 10 million c 100 investor units.
* Ref Shipley’s report, CLC Nominee Legal Charges, etc.
Anonymous
February 14, 2015 at 1:23 pm
Traceable, yes a bit like an IP address even through a proxy server. ISPs can be very chatty if you press the right buttons.
Actually no they can’t.
Using a proxy server is only an interface between the web server & its software, in this case WordPress, and the client system. If a request is sent to WordPress via a proxy server, WordPress does not have the capacity to determine the original IP address. Only something called a “User Agent” could be stored, but this does not store any geographical information, only IT equipment details like browser version etc.
If the user who posted was using a proxy server which, let’s face it, you should, Ames will find it very difficult to trace the geographic location. Further compounding this problem is the fact that you cannot trace an IP to an individual without some sort of legal instrument.
IP addresses are assigned to ISP’s customers through their own network. Whilst this will reveal the ISP of a particular IP address, it will not give you a specific address or especially name. These are property of the ISP and under protection by Data Protection & several other laws. This is aptly demonstrated by the poster sharing a picture of a comms box – likely the closest they’ll get to identifying someone without court orders.
If you are claiming that you, Ames, or any Harlequin employee illegally obtained personal information from someone’s IP address, you’d be liable for identity theft and breaches in data protection.
With all that information Paddy, how come Ames is still walking round not in jail?
In the past Ames has used forged documents in litigation, has paid Private Investigators to follow individuals around, and when challenged his lawyers stated that any “further” surveilance would be within the remit of the law.
If Ames would tell us who he used for the surveilance then they could be prosecuted for breaking a number of laws……………………… Oh dear me, he has, in his statement of claim against Wilkins Kennedy,
As a previous poster pointed out Ames really could not give a shit who he drops in it. Did he inform the PI that he named him in the WK statement of claim ? I doubt it somehow.
Dave is a really nice guy.
@IT Worker. We have moved on from WordPress. Try and keep up. The information from WordPress was very informative, lots of information for very little outlay. The picture of the street side cabinet worked, the gobshite has gone to ground again, probably scared witless. And your prognosis of having to get a court order. No my friend there are other ways. The net is tightening. A visit to plod could be next.
Anonymous 4.43 pm, you have us all lost. Lol. what posts and what posters are you talking about?
Are you pro or anti Ames? You seem a little disturbed or am I missing something lol. ?
Years ago H Hotel was “sold-out” and Harlequin started to sell units in their second Barbados Hotel (which they had not yet bought, and which has since been sold to the owner of Bougainvillea Hotel) Its strange therefore for Harlequin to be now inviting investors to buy into “H” hotel, since they had previously claimed that all units had already been sold.
Click to access The%20Harlequin%20Hotel%20Barbados%20-%20Investment%20Guide.pdf
Anonymous 4.43pm? I am lost? I lost a pension it took 15 years to earn. Do you mean we aren’t supposed to talk about it? Is your name ‘judge Dread’ ?/ Ames?
How can you sell something you don’t own? Is that not illegal?
Anonymous
February 14, 2015 at 4:43 pm
1. I’m not your friend.
2. I hope you get whatever justice you feel you are lacking. I certainly don’t see how someone’s posting information online can have derailed the entire Harlequin operation. Unless of course it was built on sand to start with (pun intended).
Anon
February 14, 2015 at 5:19 pm
Don’t worry they’re just getting some laughs about having someone’s IP address. They likely work at Harlequin, and consequently are as mature as a prepubescent girl. To think these people were entrusted with other people’s money.
Anon
February 14, 2015 at 5:19 pm
“Never was so much owed by so few to so many”. Say what you want, there’s no rule against speaking your mind. The poster is a Harlequin stooge.
IT worker, what makes you think the information posted online relates to Harlequin. You must be a geek, unable to see outside of your narrow perspective. You assume that anyone who is not anti Harlequin is a Harlequin employee. Your comments belong to a testosterone fuelled teenager, all bluster but no logic, but believe me no one is having a laugh.
@IT Worker 6.55pm. Fscs may never compensate us sipp investors for loss, meanwhile the harlequin wankers are still spending our cash on themselves and dishonest litigation. If they can afford to pay solicitors they could start giving some cash investors their money back. Dave and Carol you are both low life scum bags.
Anon, are you cash investor or a SIPP investor? Your message is confusing.
Doesn’t seem to be that confusing to me. Anon is making two points:
1. SIPP investors, of which Anon is one, may never get their money back from the FCS (presumably, although not stated, Anon thinks this is their best chance of recovery).
2. Harlequin appears to have money to spend but does not feel it is important to repay cash investors and this leads Anon to the conclusion that the Ames are “low life scumbags”.
Again unstated, is presumably Anon’s feeling that SIPP investors might as well not hold their breath on any repayment from Harlequin.
@yatinkiteasy, it’s interesting that the sales from the second H Hotel in Barbados weren’t listed in RL’s DD, and we all know that as HP don’t have proper accounts that all the numbers in that DD came from HP, so what is Dave hiding?
How many other units in other properties did Dave sell? When this finally collapses, the GV’s trial will be riveting. HP is such a convoluted web, seemingly deliberately designed to make tracing where the money went difficult, if not impossible.
Ames and his family are on the process of selling assets. Fact. The Question is, have they or will they use these funds to repay the personal monies and balance of the Dubai property monies owed to Shipleys ?
This is afterall creditors money, including HMRC.
If the Ames family have not repaid Shipleys then the only conclusion is that the Ames family are giving Shipleys the two fingers, probably in the knowledge that Shipleys are not vigorously pursuing either the personal debts or the balance of the money owing on the sale of one of the Dubai properties.
If Ames had assets that he is in the process of liquidating why was Shipleys not made aware of this? Ames’ lawyers would have known about this, the question is did they inform Shipleys.
The Ames family have previously stated that they were not in a position to repay monies owed to Shipleys, but if the Ames family had realisable assets, could they not have given these assets to Shipleys in lieu of the cash that was owed ?
If Ames’ lawyers knew about these assets was there an obligation on them to notify Shipleys.
Furthermore if Ames’ lawyers were aware that Ames was offering assets owned by Shipley’s and not by Ames to potentially repay non related creditors, is this not blatant theft?
How can someone offer another third party creditor the proceeds of a sale of items that are not legally theirs to sell ?
Spector jumps up and down like some demented fool when he considers that NDA’s or other such court approved gagging orders have been breached, but would the court have initially granted those orders had it been known to the court that those gagging orders were designed to cover up a potential theft of assets.
I have never seen such gagging orders used in such a manner.
Is Richard Spector of ELS aware that HMSSE is now in liquidation ? Is he aware that Shipleys are the liquidators?
Is he aware that the Ames family owe monies for loans they took from HMSSE ? Is Spector aware that the Ames family stated to Shipleys in the latest Shipleys update that they the Ames family were currently not in a financial position to repay these monies.?
Is Spector aware of the Dubai and other property owned by Shipleys and not the Ames family ? Perhaps he is not aware of any of this. Perhaps he is oblivious to all these matters.
Perhaps if he read the posts on BFP it might enlighten him?
Perhaps he is not aware of BFP or the content of many of the posts, perhaps like the thousands of investors out there he too is a mushroom. For his sake I would hope he is a mushroom, otherwise Mr. Spector will have some very serious questions to answer.
Yeah yeah yeah Anon. More to the point Davy boy where is your tax return. I demand to see it!!
Anon 2.08 pm, very interesting indeed. Any idea when Ames was selling these assets?
Ames has promised a substantial amount of money to many investors who have sought a refund. So I think a lot of people will be interested to know what Ames has sold and for how much.
Also do you know if the freezing order is still in place ?
Davy boy, has been helping Corney out for a while now 😉😉😉. Haven’t you Davy. Corney got caught 😜😜😜😜😜. Paying Davy was the brightest move now was it Corney and you wonder why you lost your case, and it was you that begged for the NDA, we could not have the world knowing you lost.
To the other poster bullshitting on about Mr. Ames and NDA it was Corney who begged for an NDA not Mr. Ames. See Corney was paying for a whole load of duff information from Davy boy. Corney had to walk away from the case. Fact Corney lost. And so did his clients.
Go sue me Corney lol. You tried to bribe a witness you got caught lol. Davy the alcoholic took you for a ride mate lol.
Yes Anon, it would be very interesting if there was some proof in your assumptions. So here is your chance. What assets do you think that DA is trying to sell? Let me give you a hand with this. A half share in an apartment in Dubai. Now add to that if you can.
Dodgy Dave and Carol hiding assets. Think the judge will be thinking of a big number when they sentence you guys
Somehow I have lost the thread on this thread. Who is Corney?
No Anon not good enough. You have had the opportunity to post a list up but no back up. More and more bullshit. You are just making yourself look stupid now.
Anonymous 3.54 pm so are you stating that Ames has sold no properties so?
We were all stupid investing in harlequin. The ifa’s and Dave etc think our pensions and cash are now their personal piggy bank.
@Anon 4.02. I’m not saying anything. You are the one gobbling on about DA selling properties with your long winded post of 2.08. So come on then enlighten us on the properties DA IS selling, not HAS sold. You specifically said that DA is selling properties. Where and what are they? Here is your chance to put your case. Either put up or shut up.
Anonymous they are in Dubai at the Movenpic Laguna Towers. Sorry I thought you would have known, I was interested in purchasing a few properties myself there and the estate agent offered me the properties the Ames family had a financial interest in, no big secret there. The agent was telling me how much rent the Ames family were getting from the properties, the agent was suggesting that I use a similar arrangement that the Ames family used to keep below the radar screen of HMRC, that is to register the properties in someone else’s name. No big deal. I just did not want to buy something off the Ames family, once bitten twice shy and all that.
Again sorry I thought everyone knew.
Too vague, how many how much? Are these simple questions too difficult for you?
Back when a lot of us invested savings accounts were paying 6 per cent interest. Can’t imagine how much interest Dave and Carol made out of our cash. Most affluent people put cash into shares, not sure why people assume most of the hidden money went into property?
Anonymous 5.11 pm you are a bit of an odd chap, you asked me earlier; “Where and what are they? Here is your chance to put your case.”,
so I told you, properties in Dubai in Laguna Towers, now you say my answer is too vague, you now ask how many and how much ?
Well I was being offered 2 properties for about £220 k a pop.
Does that answer your question? May I ask do you work for Shipleys or HMRC ?
If not then if you would like I can provide them with everything I have, I assume you are asking me all these questions so that you might wish to report this to Shipleys or HMRC, so I will save you the bother, it’s fine, I can do it for you, no problem at all, will be my absolute pleasure.
And I really hate calling you Anonymous it’s so impersonal, so can I call you Richard Ghost or Andy perhaps?
Anon 6.55 pm you might well be correct, to date we have only discovered about £ 12 million in property held on behalf of the Ames family. Probably just the tip of the ice berg really.
No Davy you cannot call me anything. And which two properties were you offered? Of course all respectable estate agents would tell you who the owner is wouldn’t they. No doubt you have already reported this to Shipleys and HMRC so no need for me to is there. So which properties were they, apt no? Description? Which floor, number of bedrooms? I might be interested myself.
Oh and of course which agent was selling them.
Anonymous 7.32 most estate agents would tell you who the previous owners are, with the exception of course of the Ames family, they would never tell anyone who the previous or indeed current owners or of any property, God forbid if the current owners of some of Ames properties found that their property was sold to someone else.
Given that the units in question are in the process of being sold, it would be pointless in making an offer, you however seem most keen on finding out the finer points of the current sale, but why ask me, you know already, you are involved in the sales process, now if you have a problem with the estate agent, take it up with them, although I fail to see what they have done wrong, if anything.
Properties were advertised for sale, I took an interest in the said properties, coincidently the properties were owned by the Ames family albeit not registered in their names, for tax purposes.
The agent explained everything to me, as a result of my due diligence queries, the last thing I wanted to do is purchase some properties that were originally purchased as a result for example of money laundering or some such,
I would hate to loose my investment as a result of the proceeds of crime act for instance and as a result of my due diligence with the agent I discovered that the properties were owned by the Ames family, and sorry for being cynical but I for one want no part in any deal that family is associated with, that is my choice.
Believe me I have nothing at all to do with the sales process. You have to back up your accusations with facts.
I don’t like to bore you but if you want to post under an Anon name, you do need to take care that the finer points of how you write do not reveal who you are.
Lesson Nr 47 in hiding your identity – use of the word “lose”.
Lose – be deprived of or cease to have or retain (something).
As in “I’ve lost my appetite”
Loose – not firmly or tightly fixed in place; detached or able to be detached.
As in “a loose tooth”.
Please try to keep this in mind, Anon 7.55, or your wish to be an Anon might not be as successful as you would like.
The auto correct feature on the I phone 6 is a pain, thanks for pointing that out Spelling Police, but the pro Harlequin mob already know me, I’m Davy, so they say anyway.
I suppose Ames will line us all up at some date and ask us to spell words in a court of law, not sure how that will benefit Ames given that everything being said is true.
Oh no Anon, you are being lined up for something a lot more interesting than that!
Well it can’t be defamation, because I have told the truth, so I wonder what it could be hmmmmmmm, I suppose it never dawned on Ames that his time would be better spent on sorting out the mess that he alone has created. No of course not, he will continue to litigate against those he considers a threat, in that he feels they will expose him for what he is. I always did wonder though why Ames never pushed for a full defamation case in the Harlecon case, that would most certainly have decided matters one way or another.
Ames has always harped on about being transparent, yet we never have transparency, we have lies upon lies. No accounts, no accountability, yet he calls us investors.
All we get is veiled threats from Anonymous posters to other Anonymous posters. That’s all we ever get. Veiled threats in an attempt to silence the critics.
Is Ames the only one allowed to make statements, and furthermore are we not allowed to expose many of those statements for the misrepresentations they contain, or are we to accept everything Ames says, or are we to be frightened into remaining silent on the many misrepresentations emanating from the Ames camp by virtue of the ever constant threat of litigation by Ames, litigation that costs Ames money, money that should be spent on developing resorts.
Anonymous your veiled threats will do nothing to stop those who seek justice. Absolutely nothing.
Again “Anon” you seem to think I am DA. Well I am not. I have nothing to do with HP, I am not an employee.
Nothing has changed, Ames is still a free man.
It’s not true, close as we ever were.
From many recent reviews on TA, it seems that BB has gone from a 5* resort, to perhaps a 3 *.Many guests say things like, it was worth it for the DEALS they got….It seems like the rates are now less than 50% of what obtained two years ago…also, management no longer replies to or acknowledges reviews by guests, something they used to do all the time.
“Redefining Luxury in the Caribbean” is really a joke now.
It really does feel like the whole thing is drawing it’s last breath.
What happened to the trust? It’s gone very quiet. Has it been abandoned?
It’s only a matter of time Sid, the money is all but gone.
My guess is the authorities will move when it all collapses, thereby avoiding being accused of causing HP’s downfall (as we all know the GV will do). The GV knows this and so is doing what ever he can just to keep it ticking along, but the wheels are falling off, one by one.
He’s just delaying the inevitable though, everyone knows it’s already failed, but he knows the day he throws in the towel he’ll be redefining man love at Her Majesty’s pleasure, much like his son is now.
The prisoner in cell block 8…… What exactly? What was it they ate?
If Wilkins Kennedy had not grossly mismanaged the projects and aided the builder in a massive fraud, Harlequin would not be where it is today. There is no way the SFO will or can move ahead of the outcome of the Wilkins Kennedy case. That case is for in excess of $ 70 million which will put Harlequin back in funds, stop all the negativity, and allow Harlequin to move forward as was the initial plan.
Dave Ames and his family have been the target of a very small number of individuals seeking to destroy the business ahead of the Wilkins Kennedy case.
Thankfully some solicitors out there came by information which assists Dave Ames in his case against Wilkins Kennedy and given the shocking nature of the information felt actually obliged to provide Dave Ames with it.
It provides Dave with conclusive proof that he was duped by a top 20 accountancy firm from the very start. Investors need to target their aggression and anger at the IFA’s and Wilkins Kennedy who afterall are the architects of the failure of Harlequin and not at the Ames family who have worked tirelessly to keep the show on the road till after the Wilkins Kennedy case.
The duplicity of the “WK 4” will be revealed. Unfortunately the news from last week could not be shared. But electronic trails are all revealing.
All that can be said for now is that David Man a sacked employee of Harlequin was complicit in a campaign to provide the Serious Fraud Office with wholly false information about the activities of Dave Ames and his companies, documents have been provided that clearly demonstrate that David Man conspired and colluded with other sacked employees of Harlequin including Cliff Jones (sacked head of security) and the builder to provide the SFO with manifestly false information on Dave Ames and Harlequin.
Yes I agree the wheels are coming off, coming off the SFO investigation.
Let not forget HP are “claiming” $70m. That’s like a benefit cheat with his ambulance chasing lawyer “claiming” $70m for the whiplash caused from a low speed rear end accident.
Feb 18th hearing of case v/s i-50 John Doe, is “off calendar” Obviously the intent was not to bring anyone to trial for defamation, but to gain information on the identity of posters on BFP.
Lots of meaningless ip numbers from VPN suppliers.Wonder if it was worth the legal fees?
Anonymous, let me see… trust some random person who posts profanity on a fringe blog to defend a fraud, or trust what the SFO say on their official website?
Look mate you can blame anyone you like, we’ve all seen the video of Ames saying he didn’t need any external finance, and even if he did he’d be able to get it. The mortgages are no-where to be seen. The building is halted and from the looks of it the current resorts aren’t faring too well either.
Not boding well son.
@Anonymous
February 16, 2015 at 4:54 pm
first time that I have looked in on this thread for a while and blow me, strong sense of deja vue. Haven’t we been here before several times in different names/scenarios. Same old, same old, do change the record!
And your last postings were meaningless drivel. If you don’t like what you read on here you are welcome to stay away. Please!!
thanks
Anonymous
February 16, 2015 at 4:54 pm
my fears have been put to rest, harlequin get 70 million and in a few years the other 8800 hotel rooms will be complete, and harlequin will fulfill its obligation to thousands of its investors, and I will be receiving my 10% from the highly profitable resorts, and will be able to spend a month a year at Buccament Bay
hooray !
just don’t expect the cavalry to come over the hill from the airport!
http://www.iwnsvg.com/2015/02/15/private-sector-didnt-expect-argyle-airport-to-be-completed-in-2014/
Even businesses in the local private sector have no faith in the completion dates, oh dear, just have to keep those 50% discounts going even longer to try and dupe some more gullible Midlanders into going to BB!
Not much chance of that, the occupancy is near 100%. Are you that clever that you know the demographics of BB holiday makers? Wow.
Sell anything cheaply enough and you can fill it up, turnover is vanity, profit is sanity. All made very clear, you only have to read the reviews, not at all difficult.
Occupancy near 100%, at rates 50% off, is still 50% of income that should have been received ,
From the chairman`s newsletter Sept 2012..”It is important to remember when investing in a property that it is the income on
that room that ultimately covers the return on investment. The success of
Buccament Bay Resort, for example, is due to the high average room rate we are achieving due to the quality of the resort and the facilities on offer.”
In any case, what does it matter what the occupancy rate and revenue really is, no accounts have been showed to investors, and no”returns” to investors are being paid.
Gullible Midlanders always believe what they are told. Except if it’s by anonymous posters who just pop up now and again, say nothing of any consequence, then disappear back into their pit of self importance.
Just when you think Bobbitt has crawled back under his rock, he reappears.
It’s amazing what a little bit of research uncovers. Somethings were never managed to be covered by an NDA.
A little under five years ago, Ames was advised by his then auditors and accountants to travel back to the UK and commence an orderly winding down of his businesses, he refused to heed this advice and hence we are where we are today.
It was discovered that Ames had sold some of his resorts at a cost below that which they could be constructed.
Financial institutions who were approached at the time refused to entertain Ames and from that time forward, Ames was advised by those closest to him that the dreams he had sold thousands of investors could not be realised, yet despite all this he carried on selling, sales from the period mid 2010 to end of 2012 were in excess of USD $ 1,075,000,000.00 (one billion and 75 million USD) with in excess of USD $ 330 million taken in deposits.
This tale, if the Wilkins Kennedy case goes to trial, will be played out for all to see.
Ames managed to obtain a staggering amount of money from mid 2010 but failed to achieve much else for his 9000 or so investors. He will however leave a legacy behind, a legacy where through his actions thousands of lives have been ruined, where reputations of professional companies have been damaged, BCQS, James Albert Baker, Wilkins Kennedy and Grant Thornton, where individuals such as Sawkins, Campion, Ronan will now face scrutiny and potential prosecution for the roles they played in this.
Thanks to the accountancy work carried out by James Albert Baker serious questions have to be asked as to why huge sums of money were channeled through HD Studios.
The lawyers for Wilkins Kennedy insurers are mounting a robust defence and who better to demonstrate the financial weakness of Ames’ companies then his own accountants, some will respond later by saying that Wilkins Kennedy would only implicate themselves, but looking at their defence and previous court documents they have filed, I fail to see this, furthermore Wilkins Kennedy are mere witnesses in this case, as this case is being defended by their insurers through their own legal teams and not the legal team of Wilkins Kennedy.
And the insurers have little or no appetite to settle with Ames given his almost manic litigous nature.
Having a problem sleeping Davy? You have access to WK defence and “previous court documents”? Yes of course you have.
The problem is that Ames thinks he is God.
Nobody, repeat NOBODY, has succeeded in stopping him, the Irish builder, the accountant, WK, the police, HMRC, the SFO, RL, CPC, Shipleys, the BBC, local press, National press the list goes on, and on………
That is pretty impressive. I have no idea how he does it, but can someone, somewhere kill Harlequin off, please.
It’s just gone on too long now, I’m tired and fed up with the whole thing.
I have no doubt that Ames and co. will go to jail but please let it be soon.
Still waiting for any tangible results.
And who’s Davy?
Still waiting for a return on my investment.
@Please……I gave up asking about 5 years ago!
Interesting that RL and Newman have been “twittering” away to each other. One would have thought RL would have learned their lesson by now. Now what was that about sticking to their core business?
Risk Warning @Risk_Warning on 17 Feb
Harlequin trust end date 6 weeks away. SIPP investors will not join with redress being paid.
“Now what was that about sticking to their core business?”
Why don’t you ask Harlequin. They’ve been building a lot lately.
Advisers are liable for Harlequin pension transfer losses
http://www.ftadviser.com/2015/02/18/ifa-industry/companies-and-people/advisers-are-liable-for-harlequin-pension-transfer-losses-AH7qN8D1Sl7DSq6KivJkKJ/article-0.html
Further Update for FSCS Claimants with Self-Invested Personal Pensions (SIPPS) 17th February 2015
FSCS will consider claims for investment losses resulting from the advice given by firms to switch to the SIPP. This will include consideration of claims for losses suffered in relation to three investment schemes (up to our investment limit of £50,000), namely:
Green Oil Plantations Limited
Harlequin Hotels and Resorts
Sustainable AgroEnergy Plc.
http://www.fscs.org.uk/news/2015/february/further-update-for-fscs-claima-4nyxcsj15/index.html
I would be crapping myself if I were an advisor. No wonder the TM directors are trying to sell their flash houses. Pity that that can all be reversed.
You took the money, you pay the price.
SFO have eyes on you scumbags.
Bloody hell what would you get for £400,000, 000
@Baywatch…just shows how much money can be stolen from ‘Investors”, when the investment is based on a poor , small, Caribbean Island with corrupt politicians, and no proper DD from Government agencies and Central Banks.
Sorry for the cash investors..they are the real losers in this whole sad scheme.
It could not have happened without corrupt Englishmen and corrupt Irishmen.
I have been assured by my MP, Mr. Cameron has taken a personal interest in Harlequin and associated companies.
HMRC have started a Harlequin / agent investigation.
“Each case will be considered on its own facts but the IFAs may be liable for the losses caused by the negligent advice to switch to a SIPP and hold certain investments. When considering future claims, we will be able to take into account claimants’ full losses up to our investment compensation limit.”
One thing is for sure the GB Government will what the coffers topped back up, one way is to make the agent scum pay the tax.
@believe it or not, no I don’t. More bullshit. Who is your MP, Milliband he would say anything for a vote.
My MP is David Cameron, you rude individual.
The way things have gone over the past couple of years, I wouldn’t be surprised if David Cameron ended up buying a couple of cabanas himself!
SVG is not big enough for Cameron, Gonsalves and Ames….
Even iPad Bob has shut his big gob, it’s over Bob or do you still think shorty will look after you LOL
Thank God Bob is back…what would we do without his insightful comments?
Please..Ive just had dinner!
Go away you idiots, you fall for it every time lol
I would love to hear Bob the nobs take on the FSCS valuation!