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Banned For Life !

Two Florida Businessman Have Been Permanently Banned From Selling Timeshare’s And Ordered To Surrender Their Assets.

The two businessmen, Jess Kinmont and John Wenz, ran and operated ‘Pro Timeshare Resales LLC’ from 2011 to 2016. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the US’s equivalent of Trading Standards, brought the case against the pair to court, in response to complaints made by consumers. The duo appeared in court back in December 2016, when a judge upheld a temporary restraining order against the defendants, halting them from operating the business. The court also ordered that all assets owned by the pair be frozen … Read more

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Scam Awareness Month 2018

‘Don’t Miss A Trick, Be Scam Aware!’

Citizens Advice, Trading Standards and partners across the consumer protection landscape are leading an anti-scam initiative throughout the month of June, for Scams Awareness Month.

The campaign is all about supporting partnerships nationally and locally to give consumers the skills and confidence to identify scams, learn how to protect themselves, their families and friends against these cruel crimes and predatory practices.

This huge cross agency initiative will include social media campaigns and community events, engaging members of the public and arming them with information to better protect themselves. It is incredibly important to … Read more

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Florida Man In Jail For Timeshare Fraud.

A 37 year old man from Orlando, Florida stands accused of running a nationwide, fraudulent Timeshare scheme from his apartment.

David Jolly has been charged with swindling nearly $90,000. Victims say they thought he was selling their Timeshares, but it was all an elaborate hoax.

Jolly is currently being held in jail, as he could not afford the $60,000 bail bond to be released until his hearing. In the US, when a defendant is arrested and charged, a court will set a dollar amount, known as a bail bond. This is required so as to prevent criminals fleeing before they … Read more

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Mandy Coombes – Fraud Victim Birmingham

A Hospital clerk from Birmingham was left distraught after scammers striped her bank account of her life savings. Mandy Coombes had a phone call from someone claiming to be from her bank before all but a few pounds disappeared from her account. A fraud investigation has begun to find out who did it and just how they got access to her money.

Mandy Coombes from Sheldon in Birmingham and her husband Dean were distraught and baffled when she had her life savings of £14,000 removed from her TSB account after a phone call claiming to be from the Banks fraud … Read more

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FCC Hands Down Biggest Ever Fine

The FCC Hands Down Biggest Ever Fine For Man Who Made 96 Million Robocalls.

The US Federal Communications Commission have issued a $120 million fine to a man from Miami, Florida. It was alleged that he had been the mastermind behind 96 million robocalls, tricking customers with ‘exclusive’ sales of holiday and timeshare properties through unsolicited automated calls.

In 2017, the FCC first bought the case against Adrian Abramovich, stating that during a three month period in 2016 he made 96 million Robocalls. The commission proposed a $120 million fine for the offence.

A Robocall is a phone call that … Read more

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A Day To Celebrate, Relax and Enjoy The Festivities

The Marriage of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle will take place tomorrow in St.George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle at 12pm. The Queen granted permission for the ceremony to be held in the place of worship, which seats approximately 800.

The build up to the wedding has dominated the headlines for weeks now, with numerous stories and controversy surrounding Meghan and who will walk her down the aisle. Royal officials have now confirmed Prince Charles shall escort the Bride for tomorrows ceremony.

Details of the Princess-to-be wedding dress has been a tightly guarded secret, which will be revealed on the big. … Read more

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Student Brings Claim Against Her University !

Student Brings Legal Claim For Compensation Against Her University !

Consumer and Human Rights law firm Leigh Day has informed Lancaster University they intend to bring a claim for lost tuition time on behalf of student Cathy Olphin; a case that the firm predicts could grow into one of the UK’s largest group action cases.

Ms Olphin’s claim arises out of the University’s alleged breach of her contractual rights, as a result of its failure to provide the lecturer contract time, to which she argues was contractually entitled and for which she is required to pay annual tuition fees of … Read more

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HERITAGE RESORTS AND HOTELS, CLUB HERITAGE INTERNATIONAL, HERITAGE SALES LIMITED AND NORMAN ANDERSON TO BE INVESTIGATED BY THE FINANCIAL CONDUCT AUTHORITY

Here at Praetorian Legal we represent many owners of holiday products with Heritage Resorts, whose main point of contact is a Mr Norman Anderson. In fact, Norman Anderson appears to be the only point of contact at Heritage Resorts.

Following on from our press release on the 17 November 2017, which can be seen here, we highlighted the way in which of Heritage Resorts and Norman Anderson operate.

A cursory search of the term ‘Norman Anderson Heritage Resorts’ in Google will provide an insight into the sort of man that Mr. Anderson is. He is often … Read more

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‘Right to be Forgotten’ Claimant wants to rewrite History, Says Google.

On 13 April 2018, the English High Court handed down judgement in the first ‘Right to be Forgotten‘ case tried in the English Courts. This landmark case specifically addressed the right to have personal information removed by operators of Internet Search Engine, Google. The Judge in this case held that Google must remove links to articles about spent criminal convictions and sentences of the two anonymous claimants.

Google returns search engine results that feature links to third-party reports. The two businessmen that launched the legal bid to remove some search results about their criminal convictions, stated that the … Read more

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Shocking Staff Reviews for the Financial Ombudsman

Staff members working for the Financial Ombudsman Service have been flooding Glassdoor with negative reviews.

Glassdoor is the ‘TripAdvisor’ of the employment sector, where staff are able to rate past and current employers out of five stars. They can also leave comments on their experiences and many have taken the opportunity to vent on what working at the service is really like for staff.

According to Glassdoor ratings, Chief executive Caroline Wayman has an approval rating of just 9 percent and its not hard to see why, when you read just a handful of the comments left on the site … Read more

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