Неутешительные новости о Banners Broker

15.10.2014 17:48
Banners Broker закрыт - судом Великобритании Isle Of Man
Один из ликвидаторов назначенный в  суде по  инвестиционной  компании Banners Broker International заявил, что кредиторы получат возможность зарегистрировать свои иски к ООО " замороженных " денежных масс.


На прошлой неделе Isle of Man судом, была начата ликвидация Banners Brokers International Ltd после того, как судья постановил, что в интересах справедливости она должна была быть закрыта.
На момент ликвидации в суде сказали, Banners Broker была $6 млн (€4.35m) сидя в " спящем " Мэн банковского счета, но у нее нет других известных активов.

Ее исполнительный директор, канадец Крис Смит, впоследствии сообщил, что остальные деньги были перемещены в недавно зарегистрированную торговую компанию под тем же названием в Белиз. Теперь известно, сколько было перенесено, но он сказал, что в Мэн на счету было только то, что представляло собой фонд на “черный день”, который он не мог перекинуть с острова в ирландском море.

Павел Appleton, который был назначен совместным ликвидатором Мэн фирмы, сказал, что процесс был еще на ранней стадии, и, будучи созданным, это позволит кредиторам, чтобы застолбить свои иски.

“Совместная предварительная ликвидационная комиссия в процессе составления письма, которые будут идти всем известным кредиторам, информируя их о следующих шагах.

“Кроме того, на предстоящей встрече кредиторов будет сообщено и объявляется в соответствии с требованиями закона”, - сказал он в заявлении.

По оценкам 12,000 ирландцев, вложили деньги в Banners Broker, после его продаж, он обещал “гарантированную прибыль”. Отдельно в компании ранее говорили, что насчитывается до 400 000 человек по всему миру, кто купил на его скрытом маркетинговом сайте панели, которые должны были быть сданы в субаренду для рекламодателей с целью получения прибыли.

Мэн суд также слышал, что в дополнение к обычным инвесторам произошли существенные претензии, говорят, стоит $3 млн, зарегистрированных в отношении BBIL бывший независимый Подрядчик в Великобритании Ian Driscoll.

Мистер Дрисколл заявил о  нарушении договора в  деле против BBIL в Мэн в начале февраля и сказал, что он направил заявление  в отношении акционерной  ликвидации для обеспечения возврата суммы денег которую  люди вложили.

Он сказал : " Если существуют активы, которые были перемещены в Белизе они будут продолжаться.

Некоторые инвесторы сказали им удалось получить деньги, которые они заплатили, чтобы BBIL по кредитной карте вернул после отчетной сделки, которая была основана на мошенничестве и товар не был доставлен.

Г-н Смит пытался предупредить инвесторов, что любой, кто делает заявления в суд в остров Мэн не будет оплачен, хотя он не сказал о процессе ликвидации, который будет курировать назначенный судом Следственный комитет.

Канадец сказал, что инвесторы подписали процедуру внутренних споров’, которая запрещает инвесторам возможность регресса через суд.

Люди, имеющие деньги в счетах Banners Broker ждали много месяцев, чтобы иметь возможность получить надлежащий доступ к их средствам после того, как были введены жесткие ограничения.

Banners Broker ранее связывал проблемы выплат с техническими  вопросами, но теперь признал о его ликвидации и отсутствие доступа к фонду с $6m, что окажет влияние на обещанные переводы.

Источник: Irish examiner
Banners Broker Closed Down By The Isle Of Man – UK Court
 
One of the liquidators appointed to the controversial investment company Banners Broker International has said that creditors will get an opportunity to register their claim to the company’s frozen cash pile.
Last week Banners Brokers International Ltd was put into liquidation by an Isle of Man court after a judge ruled that in the interests of justice it had to be wound up.
At the time of the liquidation the court was told Banners Broker had $6m(€4.35m) sitting in a dormant Isle of Man bank account but it had no other known assets.
Its chief executive, Canadian Chris Smith, subsequently said the rest of its money had been moved to a newly incorporated company trading under the same name in Belize. It is now known how much had been moved, but he said the Isle of Man bank account had only represented a “rainy day” fund which it could not get off the island in the Irish Sea in time.
Paul Appleton, who was appointed a joint liquidator to the Isle of Man firm, said the process was still at an early stage and once established it will allow creditors to stake a claim.
“The joint provisional liquidators are in the process of drafting a letter, which will go to all known creditors informing them as to the next steps.
“Additionally, the forthcoming creditors meeting will be communicated and advertised in accordance with the statutory requirements,” he said in a statement.
At estimated 12,000 Irish people had money invested in Banners Broker after its sales pitch promised “guaranteed” profits. Separately the company has previously said there are up to 400,000 people around the world who bought some of its secretive website marketing panels that were supposed to be sublet to advertisers for a profit.
The Isle of Man court also heard that in addition to ordinary investors there was a substantial claim, said to be worth $3m, registered against BBIL by its former independent contractor in Britain Ian Driscoll.
Mr Driscoll took a breach of contract case against BBIL in the Isle of Man in early February and has said he pushed for the joint-liquidation to secure the sums he was owned and the money people had invested.
He has said if there are assets that have been moved to the Belize company they will be pursued.
Some investors have said they succeeded in getting money they paid to BBIL by credit card refunded after reporting the transaction was based on fraud or the product was not delivered.
Mr Smith has tried to warn investors that anybody who makes a claim to the court in the Isle of Man will not be paid, although he has no say in the liquidation process which will be overseen by a court-appointed Committee of Investigation.
The Canadian said investors signed up to an internal disputes’ procedure that prohibits investors from seeking recourse through the courts.
People with money in Banners Broker accounts have been waiting many months to be able to get proper access to their funds after tight restrictions were imposed.
Banners Broker previously blamed payment problems on technical issues but have now admitted the liquidation and its lack of access to the $6m fund will impact on promised transfers.
Source: Irish examiner

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Banners Broker Jump Ship in Ireland – 10,000+ Members In Panic
 
According to the newspaper the Irish Examiner, Banners Broker has terminated its contract with its Irish agent and put tight restrictions on who can withdraw money from its accounts and how often they can do it. Between10,000 and 15,000 Irish people had lodged cash with the company believing they were renting online space that would be sublet to unidentified advertisers.
Banners Broker is home of top earners Simon Stepsys and Jens Holvoet.MLM watchdog Rod Cook released earlier a scam warning about Banners Broker. David Hooker was hired as corporate executive but is not longer actively involved.
The company never circulated figures, either internally or externally, on the volume of money raised from Ireland or elsewhere. Canadian Rajiv Dixit was the chief operating officer for the ultimate parent company, Banners Broker International. He was previously linked to a pyramid scheme in Canada.
Banners Broker had vigorously denied it was a pyramid scheme, but has told investors its current difficulties arose because of a failure to attract enough new entrants. The company had an Irish agent, Paul McCarthy, who runs Maconne Online Marketing. He had hosted many information sessions across the country and publicly defended its operation.
He has now had to close his service centre on Dublin Hill in Cork City and pull out of a five-year lease he had on the premises. Mr McCarthy said his “life has been turned upside down” in the past month and the fallout has caused him the “world of hassle”.
He is fearful of the consequences even though the company is still trading internationally. He was given a day’s notice that the Banners Broker contract would be ended. At one stage, he employed 15 people.
Mr McCarthy said some money is being paid to people. Those who are yet to get back the value of their original investment are being treated on a preferential basis to those who already made their money back. Mr McCarthy said it is his understanding that withdrawals have been capped at $250 (€188) a week.
He said he has kept his phone on and is trying to chase the company on behalf of those with whom he had dealt. “The contract was pulled with a day’s notice and all the support work was gone to an office in Belize,” he said.
“People are ringing me 24/7, my number is the only one they have. I am just telling them what I can but it’s a mess. Chris Smith [the general manager] is still giving a [web seminar] every Friday and there are details on that about what is happening, so I am giving that back to people.”
Mr McCarthy said he has lost heavily as a result of his investment in the product, including the lease he took on the Dublin Hill office. Last November, the company decided to launch a worldwide promotional tour with a headline event at the Citywest Hotel in Dublin.
By that stage it had claimed to have attracted 9,000 Irish affiliates, many of whom had ploughed tens of thousands of euro into its advertising-based product. The company had refused to detail the precise nature of its product or reveal the websites that had hosted its adverts.
At recruitment events held across the country, including one recorded by the Irish Examiner, people were promised that everybody putting money into Banners Broker would make a profit.
A statement released to investors recently asked people to bypass the Cork office in favour of Central America. “All support queries will now be handled by Banners Broker International. All existing queries have been forwarded and will be processed by the Belize office directly,” it said.
 
Source: Irish Examiner