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Carbon credit investment scammer Paul Seakens forced to repay £1 million to victims
Seakens also sent £3.2 million to overseas accounts
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Scammers claiming to be from Horizon Capital Management, United Capital Finance, or Premier Group Finance are running a recovery room scam
People who lost money to a carbon credits as investments scam more than a decade ago are still being contacted by scammers
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Living Investments UK and Hyperion Management are boiler room scams that offered investments in teak plantations in Costa Rica. But will the…
A company called Living Investments UK offered investments in teak plantations in Costa Rica.
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James Moore sentenced to more than 11 years in prison for his role in the Bar Works scam
James Moore has been sentenced to 140 months in prison for his role in the Bar Works investment scam.
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Longer prison sentences for carbon fraudsters behind Carbon Positive Trading and Carbon Capital investment scam after they failed to repay…
Michael Richards, who is serving an 11-year prison sentence has had another 10 years added to his sentence, after failing to pay back £11 million of…
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Carbon credit conman Paul Seakens jailed for 13 years. Luke Ryan jailed for six years
A £36 million carbon credits investment scam
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Response from Guy Conroy, CEO of Green IS Group Limited: “We are giving you the opportunity to correct your article or remove it until it is…
In July 2020, REDD-Monitor wrote about a company called Green IS Group. The company offers investments in “Green Bonds”. Based on what the company…
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Seven years ago, Renwick Haddow and Kristan Gander set up a scam in Dubai called Platinum Commodities. The company’s CEO, Robin Berlyn, is…
A couple of weeks ago he tried to swim to freedom
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REDD-Monitor on Pissed Consumer: 12 replies to 12 lies
Since May 2012, REDD-Monitor has reported on investment scams mainly involving the sale of worthless carbon credits to retail investors.
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Radio 4’s Anatomy of a Fraud: Featuring World Commodity Trading, Heritage FA, Eco-Synergies, IGL Labs UK, Diffraction Diamonds DMCC…
and World Gemological Institute
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A story of carbon credits, diamonds, and fraud. Featuring London Carbon Market, Carlton Chase, SDKA International, Gurpreet Singh Rai, and…
Gurpreet Singh Rai, or Gurps to his friends, describes himself as someone who was a “prominent figure of the Carbon Market”.
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Is carbon credit scammer Sami Raja in prison in the UK, or still scamming in Dubai? Or both?
“Sami Raja was sentenced in his absence and is currently wanted”
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