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Jail for cold-caller who scammed elderly wine investors – Jonothan Piper gets...
Insolvency Service press release (30th September 2016): Jonothan Piper, from Wanstead, has been sentenced to five and a half years’ imprisonment after pleading guilty to one count of fraudulent...
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Barry Gamble (The London Vines Ltd) made indefinitely bankrupt
Barry Michael Gamble – bankruptcy report As 2016 draws to a close I am sure that Barry Gamble's many friends and fervent admirers, who may include Emma and Katie, will appreciate an update, especially...
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Olivier Uguen and offers of fine wine
Offer sent out by C.D.P.C. on 13th January 2017.C.D.P.C. Olivier Uguen est Gérant (manager/director) Despite being made personally bankrupt and banned provisionally for 10 years at the Tribunal de...
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Montevino Partners Mark 2: a briefly splendid phoenix + Michael Moore jailed
Thomas Roger White Montevino Partners Montevino Mark 2'We try to do things a little different here at Montevino.' Thomas White Thomas White: details of two of his five companies – Spirited Ventures...
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Thames Valley PolicePress Release: Saturday 18 February 2017, 4:27pmTwo men have been sentenced for duping victims in a £362,000 wine scam, following a Thames Valley Police investigation.Thomas Hole,...
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Spirited Ventures Ltd: Insolvency Service investigating undeclared creditors
Breaking news: Today I have been contacted by Mark Ireson, senior examiner and deputy official receiver for the Public Interest Unit of the Insolvency Service. He is looking into the incomplete list of...
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Montevino Partners Ltd – into liquidation (28th April 2017) + various updates...
.... going bust .....As already reported by investdrinks Thomas Roger White has decided to put Montevino Partners Ltd, the phoenix company of Spirited Ventures Ltd that traded as Montevino Partners,...
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Montevino Partners Ltd bust for £1.5 million
'A wine merchant you can trust' Yes! ... to go bust owing £1.5 million Thomas White – sole director of Spirited Ventures Ltd and Montevino Partners Ltd At its creditors' meeting on 28th April 2017...
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Crimson Fine Wines – two directors banned 20 years in total
Craig Cooper and Jefferey Kushner, the two directors of Crimson Fine Wines Ltd, which was closed in the public interest on 17th August 2015 in the High Court in London, have been banned from acting as...
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Montevino Partners/ Spirited Ventures – police warning of possible recovery...
PS Escrow – about us Claiming 15 years experience but website set up in May 2018A warning from Hertfordshire Police's Serious Fraud and Cyper Unit has recently been sent to clients of the now failed...
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Twelve By Seventy Five Limited – exchange DRC for an unsaleable investment
Twelve By Seventy Five Ltd, now run by sole director Sultan Rashid, pride themselves on their expertise: 'We ensure your portfolio is expertly and reliably managed for the best results and keep in...
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Wine investment scams: Court success for Essex Police
Christopher Brummitt sought by Essex Police for skipping bail prior to sentencingAn update on Mayfair Worldwide Trading, Commodex Global and Winchester Associates involved in wine investment and...
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Mayfair Worldwide Trading etc: fraudsters jailed for duping wine investors...
Home page of Mayfair Worldwide Trading Ltd Mayfair Worldwide Trading Limited– 'Trusted Worldwide' !!!!Christopher Brummittcurrently on the run Press release: 5th April 2019'A group of fraudsters were...
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Dow & Jones wound up in High Court – overpriced wine investments and stock...
Dow & Jones, a wine investment company that investdrinks has long warned against using, was would up in London's High Court on Tuesday 17th March. Wine was sold at double its value, much of the...
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The enduring myth of wine's exemption from CGT
From the UKV International AG site One of the signs of a dubious wine investment company is the bold claim that profits from wine investment are tax free in relation to capital gains tax. Unfortunately...
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Warning scam clone site: Barkingside Premier Storage
About us: Barkingside Premier Storage Last week I was contacted by a former client investor of now bust European Fine Wines who had been contacted and told that miraculously they had some additional...
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Barkingside Premier Storage/TMT Investments: more cloning (Part 2)
Home page of the TMT Investments site the site is a scam using a company name that has also been cloned This second post on the Barkingside Premier Storage scam includes coverage of TMT Investments...
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Metropolitan Bond – another scam clone of the legitimate London City Bond site
NB: There are no miraculous stashes of wine left over from bust European Fine Wines. 'I can confirm that all the wine purchased by the Company has been sold and I am not awre of any wine held in bonded...
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Warning scam cloned site: Fidelity International
Scam Alert Yesterday I received the email below from someone (JR) who had been emailed by 'Linda Parker' (almost certainly not her real name), an 'administrator' in the supposed 'Financial...
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Shopping and staying local and safe during McCovid
As we head into the last two months of this strange year there is no sign of us 'turning the corner' in the fight against Covid-19 as the deadly joker in the White House likes to claim. Instead,...
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Scam alert: Barrett Storage in Canning Town – another cloned bonded warehouse...
Scam Alert Warning If you are contacted by Barrett Storage or anyone associated with it put the phone down. It's a fake site. It's purpose could be to assist advance fee fraud. Barrett Storage,...
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Storage Resources – another advance fee fraud scam
On Friday I was contacted by WV, whose late father unfortunately bought a number of years ago some wine from scam investment companies. She had recently received a letter (see part below) sent to her...
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London City Vintners Ltd – incredible progress despite COVID
There are times when you just have to salute and admire the eye-watering progress made by a young company. Step forward Alex John Bond's London City Vintners Ltd. The company was formed on 19th August...
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Premier Capital Finance Ltd – Irish company cloned by fraudsters?
£ Invoice sent by 'Premier Capital Finance'to John B 19th August 2021 Underwritten guarantee from 'Premier Capital Finance' to John Bwith signature by...
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Lovely plumage! Winebuyers Group Ltd – a phoenix rises
(Please note that this post is a work in progress with some additional material added in the next few days.) On 1st April 2021 (April Fools Day) the recently created (8th March 2021) Wine Buyers...
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