The total number of known victims of the fraud is now around 150. The cumulative loss is now over £1.5M
Wednesday, 11 March 2009
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We have recently been in contact with a group of around 30 investors in the Braganza World development. Off plan property on this site in Goa was sold by Churchills. The development never happened and as with so many of the Churchill related properties never even had planning permission. A combination of Churchills and the developer in Goa, Ryan Braganza, have simply walked off with the money. More information
The total number of known victims of the fraud is now around 150. The cumulative loss is now over £1.5M
The total number of known victims of the fraud is now around 150. The cumulative loss is now over £1.5M
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I think they should be put behind bars we trusted them in the sale's they made to us a shop and a studio we have lost up to the amount of £10.000 all the money they have taken from all these good folk they want hanging kind regards Brig
ReplyDeleteMay 2017
DeleteLee Williams of Churchill currently working in Crawley Open House Project, Three Bridges. Living on a boat called Aussie Diver moored Brighton Marina.Email below
http://www.sussexyachtclub.org.uk/members/for-sale/229-macwester-26
Extract from correspondence with my lawyer in Estonia which will be of interest to those people who purchased land in Estonia.
ReplyDeleteDear Mr. Jonathan Ashton,
What I could find out:
1) I was able to find the property (Merimäe tee 6) from the Land Registry. The property is right now owned by a company called OÜ Frinteel. The registry shows that the property was sold to OÜ Frinteel in the beginning of 2007. On the property there is a mortgage in the sum of 7 800 000 EEK (that is about 467 000 £). Mortgage appears to have been set up to guarantee a loan given by a bank. It seems OÜ Frinteel has not paid its loan back for several months now.
According to your letter the final price for the property was 15 000 £. As you can see, the difference between the mortgage and your price is very big. It is hard to believe that a bank would give out a loan without an adequate guarantee. It seems to me that the real price of the property even in today’s real-estate market decline situation is considerably higher than the price asked from you. This brings up the question whether this Churchill International had ever any intentions in selling the Meremäe tee 6 property or they just used the property to get money from you.
Another thing we have to keep in mind regarding the mortgage is that the mortgage will be left on the property until the loan taken by OÜ Frinteel has been paid. So, if the property was sold, the mortgage would still hold and the new owner of the property has a risk that he will lose the property if OÜ Frinteel does not pay back the loan. All in all, this mortgage makes the property very unattractive for possible buyers (including yourself).
2) Concerning the companies involved. First of all legally Churchill International has no branch office or affiliated company in Pärnu – at least what concerns OÜ Frinteel, OÜ Churchills and OÜ Churchill Property Management. Churchill International is not shareholder in any of them. To my understanding Churchill International sold property in Estonia that it did not own itself or own by its affiliated companies. Nevertheless, Churchill International could be involved with the abovementioned Estonian companies through its managing board or shareholders. As follows I will bring out the persons connected to the three Estonian companies. Maybe some of the abovementioned names are familiar to you? It would be great if you could check if some of the abovementioned persons are connected with the Churchill International?
OÜ Churchill Property Management
Members of the board: Karl Stefan Kemp Goldthorpe and Dale Rory Pilkington
Shareholders: Dale Roy Pilkington, Karl Stefan Kemp Goldthorpe
OÜ Churchills
Members of the board: Karl Stefan Kemp Goldthorpe, Lee Cornel Williams. These persons are also the shareholders
OÜ Frinteel
Members of the board: Karl Stefan Kemp Goldthorpe, Elizabeth Katherine Kemp D`Costa and Andrew Jonathan Kemp Goldthorpe
Shareholders: Walter John Goldthorpe, Karl Stefan Kemp Goldthorpe, Elizabeth Katherine Kemp D`Costa, Andrew Jonathan Kemp Goldthorpe and Elizabeth Joan Goldthorpe.
The only name that is present in all three companies is Karl Stefan Kemp Goldthorpe.
3) What we could do next. As seen from above our chances of actually getting the ownership of the property are not good. There are no contractual obligations between you and the Estonian company owning the property. What we could do is to send letters to the three Estonian companies, describe the situation and demand information. This could possibly clear the picture and maybe give additional evidences when you decide to present a claim against Churchill International in the UK or start criminal proceedings. We can send the possible letter in English by post and by e-mail.
If you decide not to send the abovementioned letters we can assist you by sending the information from Estonian registries, if you decide to present a claim against Churchill International.
In conclusion I am afraid that right now we do not have enough grounds to start any civil or criminal proceedings here in Estonia.
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I will pass this to the local police in Christchurch, Dorset plus other information I have around the purchase. I would expect the people involved to be prosecuted under criminal not civil law in the U.K. but in general the challenge now will be finding some one in the police willing to pick this up and take ownership of it.
Compliments,
Jonathan.Ashton
contact :-
Jonathan.Ashton@Tesco.Net