This is yet another developer which throws shade on all foreign investments in Bulgaria. The company Bulgaria BTL is a developer company which was supposed to build a nice closed house complex at the foot of mountain Vitosha, Sofia. The houses were sold off plan. The company started attracting buyers, by asking them for small initial installment of ? 5000. The latter amount was supposed to be for opening a company in Bulgaria, and later that company was supposed to buy the land and the house.
However, the company just took the ? 5000 and seized the construction. This leads all investors to a dead end. The company website is now closed and the buyers consider themselves as a victims of fraud.
However not everything is lost. Our lawyers have performed a legal due diligence of Bulgaria BTL. Here is what we found:
Company name: Bulgaria Buy To Let LLC,
Company file No 131436790
Registered addres: Sofia, 36 Dragan Tzankov Blvd, Entr. B, floor 5, office 501
Manager: Simon Cristofer James Also
Shareholders: 1.Ingrid Grace Also and
2.Anil Kohli
Registered capital of the company: 5000 levs (about EUR 2500)
Since 2008 there are no activities in the commercial register company file, initiated by the manager. This should be a sign that the company is left. The Commercial register shows that Anil Kohli’s shares has been seized by the court. This seizure is initiated by a Bulgarian citizen. Our legal interpretation is that most probably Anil Kohli owes the Bulgarian person certain amount of money ( EUR 94600, to be specific) and therefore the court has issued a seizure order against Anil Kohli, consequently seizing his shares in the company.
The legal due diligence showed also that the company owes a factory for producing wooden materials for house construction. So far there are no liens over that property, so the quicker creditors get their claims filed in court, the better chance they have to get their ? 5000 back. The factory can be seized so, it will stay there for the plaintiffs, no matter how long the case lasts in court. After getting the positive court resolution, the creditors could put the factory on a public tender, sell it and get their money back. The latter should be done via law enforcement agent.
26 February 2010 5:58 pm
Hi
I invested ?70,000 with Bulgaria btl after the agent told me that the first development at Vladaya was completed. I was later told that ‘delays do happen ‘.
BBTL continued with their story about being able to build a property shell within 12 months, two years into the project. I pointed out that this was a lie, but the company continued to deceive their clients.
Simon Allso recently told me his system was perfect, and builders were capable of building 10 houses per week , his failure to complete a single house at Vladaya does not dissuade him from his predictions. In order to satisfy the needs of the allocation queue, bbtl needed to build over 500 houses, they were struggling to obtain building permission for 100 houses and run out of money before completing one house.
Simon Allso still describes his system as ‘perfect’.
27 February 2010 2:14 pm
WE INVESTED WITH BTL ?15,000 and have not received any refund. we was told by KOHLI that we would have by September 2008 on the phone.
WE ARE WONDERING WHAT ON EARTH IS HAPPENING WITH ALL THE COMMENTS BEING MADE.
10 March 2010 12:37 am
I tried to set up a squidoo lense for victims of this scam, unfortunately Simon Allso sabotaged it.
Unfortunately the agents that sold this scam, Steve Hodgson of ajpropertyeurope, Alan Forsyth of property deals and XX of *** have left their clients to fend for themselves, and have shown little remorse for recommending handing their money over to criminals.
10 March 2010 12:38 am
I wonder how Simon Allso and Anil Kohli sleep at night, they are both serial scammers
10 March 2010 11:58 am
Are you not aware that these guys are convicted fraudsters !!!
10 March 2010 12:15 pm
Dear All,
Have you tried to sue the above mentioned people? The amount of money you are quoting is pretty big, and from what we have checked, I’d say you have pretty good chance of getting your money back. Whoever is interested, just drop me an email along with all relevant case documents.
10 March 2010 3:37 pm
I invested all my children’s inheritance with Mr Simon Allso and Bulgaria Buy to Let. I naively thought I was building a safer stronger future for my little ones.
I was stupid to trust a man, that is it appears run’s one false company after another, this is not business, this is crime.
I have spoken on the internet several times only for Simon Allso to find us and start making threats, normally resulting in having to close down our blogs, or having them closed on us because of Simon Allso making hollow groundless threats. Mr Allso tries to bully, threaten and intimidate people into submission, we have all had enough of this and he will not silence us anymore.
An example of Mr Allso’s attitude towards us, his victims, speaking openly is his pathetic attempt to stop us talking recently about his time in prison.
He is a convicted fraudster, he has spent several years in jail for his crimes, yet he denies this and has made threats against me and others for discussing this, all the information regarding his crime and prison sentence comes directly from the H.M Court website but he still denies his crime.
This is an unscrupulous individual, he seems void of feelings and guilt , he is motivated only by greed and personal gain, he lives a very comfortable life with homes in Hampshire UK and Cyprus, he drives a hugely expensive car and this it appears is not achieved through honest hard work. Simon Allso needs to be stopped and bought to justice, he has committed a serious crime and like any criminal needs to stand trail for his crimes.
If Simon Allso is reading this, and I strongly suspect he is, I have a message for him. Simon we told you we would not go away, we are growing in numbers and strength and we will make sure you are taken to court as soon as possible, we need justice, we need our money.
10 March 2010 3:49 pm
If Simon Allso is reading this, and I strongly suspect he is, I have a message for him. Simon we told you we would not go away, we are growing in numbers and strength and we will make sure you are taken to court as soon as possible, we need justice, we need our money.
10 March 2010 4:06 pm
Apparently there are a lot of people who suffer from their bad investment. I strongly advise all of you to gather all evidence for each individual case and file a claim. This is the only way you can get your money back. Remember the more you wait the less your chance for getting your money is. The company will probably dispose its assets and you will be left with nothing. I have written a step-by-step overview of the legal proceedings in Bulgaria. You can take a look and decide whether you want to file a claim in the Bulgarian court.
11 March 2010 9:33 pm
I invested ?70,000 after being told that Vladaya was completed, I still have this email, Simon Allso is a man without morals, a man that will say anything to get hold of your money.
Anil Kohli is equally corrupt, he strung along the victims of this crime with false hope, while spending his way through our money. He is also involved with two other scams and yet, like Allso, blames everyone else.
14 March 2010 7:13 pm
I lost 15,000 euro and I am not prepared to put good money after bad chasing Allso and Kohli. However, it gauls me to think of what these people have got away with. If a Bulgarian solicitor was prepared to take this case on a ‘no foul no fees basis’ then I would consider pursuing the matter.
15 March 2010 7:45 pm
Paul, we are now considering the no-win-no-fee basis.
15 March 2010 11:31 pm
I invested ?5,000 with Bulgaria BTL in February 2006. I realised this was a scam in May 2008.
16 March 2010 1:01 am
Hi Milen Hristov
If you would consider the no-win-no-fee basis then count me in, and in the mean time, I would be only too pleased to do some internet marketing for you. Give me some information about your company and some keywords that you would like to rank for, and I will promote your company to the best of my ability.Congratulations on having the foresight to have a blog, this has already got your company noticed
Anil Kohli is reportedly on the run, and has taken his wifes jewellery. But this information originates from Anil’s wife, and so we dont know how true it is.
16 March 2010 1:54 pm
I am a victim of Bulgaria BTL. I was in for ?10K. It is very pleasing to see a lawyer firm taking initiative in this horrible situation.
16 March 2010 2:52 pm
We encourage everyone with signed agreements with BBTL or with another connected company to email us scanned copies of those agreements. We are in process of legal assessment of the BBTL case. Any signed documents and/or payment proofs will be in your favour. Please do NOT send/forward email correspondence as it will be irrelevant to the court proceedings.
17 March 2010 12:37 pm
We paid ?5,000 in 2006 and have had lots of correspondence between the Agent and e-mails from Bulgaria BTL but it all appears to have come to nothing. We are desperately trying to get our money back and would love some help to do this.
17 March 2010 12:57 pm
Just a short notice. Does anybody have agreements that are signed by BBTL?
21 March 2010 3:19 am
Hello Milen,
I am a victim of these evil men to the tune of ?5000, courtesy of XX (property agent) who promoted it. His company is now called ***, but was trading as “***” at the time.
Will be in touch.
May God, & a good lawyer (His representatives here on earth) help us all.
21 March 2010 3:44 am
Hi, Is it an offence in Bulgaria to advertise a service that you cannot provide ….. in other words, lie in order to deceive people out of their money?. With clients on their books for 2 years, money running out, building permission for only 23 houses, and only building permission being sought for a further 80 houses, BBTL website still advised potential clients that they should expect to receive a property shell within 12 months …. if not sooner. Th insolvency people , that shut down the main agent, revealed that 300 sales had been made, and so with 50% of houses going to allocation queue, BBTL needed to build over 500 houses.
BBTL literature also talks of building health centre. Many clients / agents were told that bank finance was not needed as the properties were being paid for by developers finance.
Simon Allso and Anil Kohli are corrupt as they come, and no doubt they are trying to squeeze the last of our money out.
Does the Bulgarian law allow for individuals to say anything in order to obtain money, without accountability?, it does seem the UK justice system has failed us.
22 March 2010 12:32 pm
Hi everyone. Just wondering if anyone knows the whereabouts/contact details of Steve/Adam Hodgson formerly of AJ property Europe?
22 March 2010 5:06 pm
I am not sure if Steve Hodgson has moved from his original address, I believe this was on the ajpropertyeurope website, which can be viewed at archive.org , where you can read about the ski chalets. I would like to hear the orgins of the information he fed me throughout 2007, none of which was true. It would be nice to see Steve informing the authoroties of the lies and deception that took place.
23 March 2010 10:14 pm
Dear Milen Hristov
I have Receipts for the ?5,000 sent to BUYBULGARIA LTD in February 2006.
Please advise if you want me to scan and email the receipt.
Best Regards,
Paul
24 March 2010 12:43 am
Recommend the insolvency agency are contacted regarding Buybulgaria and what happened to money after it was sent to buybulgaria. I know the insolvency report showed that not all the funds made it to Bulgaria, but was distributed amongst disqualified directors and their associates. Need to find a paper trail of money from BuyBulgaria to BBTL and find out what % of funds was distributed amongst Kohli / Allso and their associates.
try contacting your local MP, show how Kohli has continued has been implicated in further scams.
24 March 2010 10:41 am
Ok, I receive documents and email but you need to know something. Good evidence will be:
Emails and just printed invoices are no good evidence in the Bulgarian court. Also good evidence could be if you can find evidence in these liquidated UK agent companies- a bank statement showing the payments to BBTL, made by the agent. This could be a good evidence to file a lawsuit too.
29 March 2010 7:35 pm
Ok, so I have to update you all on what conclusion we have reached. Only few of you have sent actual receipts from their property broker, confirming the transfer of the purchase price to the developer. Having studied the documents, we have found that the property brokers have actually transfered money to Buy Bulgaria Ltd. and not to Bulgaria Buy To Let Ltd. (BBTL). What are the consequences?
Buy Bulgaria Ltd. is UK based company. Since it has received your money, you need to sue that company. BBTL Ltd. is a Bulgarian company. So far there is absolutely no written document evidencing that this company(BBTL) has received your money or has any legal obligation to you. Few of you have sent preliminary agreements, but none of these was signed by BBTL. Therefore we can’t use them.
Again, if some of you finds document, evidencing that Bulgaria Buy To Let Ltd. (the Bulgarian company) has received some of your money we can initiate the proceedings here in Bulgaria.
Since the recipient of the money is Buy Bulgaria Ltd., the jurisdiction is UK and you need to hire UK lawyer.
31 March 2010 6:21 am
It seems as though we should be chasing Tim Mannion, Director of buybulgaria. I know that Tim Mannion was guilty of deceiving clients, telling them that BBTL would have 400 houses built by the end of 2007, even though BBTL only had building permission for 23 houses. Tim Mannion was also responsible for telling clients that finance would come from the developers. I think it is upto Tim Mannion to then prove the deception came from Anil Kohli and Simon Allso.
31 March 2010 9:22 am
extract from buybulgaria insolvency report:
payments were made by the company at the instructions of the bulgarian company, for which it was a the agent. these monies were the property of the bulgarian company. Many of these payments were not to the bulgarian company , to third parties including the two individuals subject to the uk director disqualification and their associates. this was a concern raised by the secretary of state in presenting the petition
7 April 2010 6:21 pm
I suggest that you write to Paul Titherton at public interest unit, 21 bloomsbury, London WC1B 3SS with regard to the insoventy of buybulgaria
and ask for full details about how OUR MONEY was distributed. The report I have at the moment does not go into details ,
They require a letter, before releasing any further information
But it was disclosed to me on the phone that substantial amounts of money were sent to Kohli, Allso ,members of their family
and other associates. I think it will show how Tim Mannion should have been aware of wrong doing. Tim Mannion, the man that believed
that BBTL were going to build 400 houses by the end of 2007, despite only having planning permission for 23 houses, and with knowledge
that money was being sent to the fraudsters.
Lets find out how the scammers spent our money
12 April 2010 10:59 am
I will confirm that BBTL actions were allegedly not legal. If we collect enough evidence this could be filed as a fraud in prosecutor’s office in Bulgaria. It’s just I haven’t got enough evidence for payment. So far only one person have provided good evidence and most probably I will file claim and fraud complaint on his behalf.
12 April 2010 12:06 pm
What did they do that is illegal in Bulgaria?
12 April 2010 1:32 pm
Of course, they didn’t fulfil their obligations to the buyers.
12 April 2010 1:41 pm
@Tariq: A civil matter is when you have actually a civil contract signed. Some of the buyers don’t have one, so it’s clearly a fraud.
Also, it’s interesting how they can have thousands euros in terms of income and suddenly run out of money without making expenses.
12 April 2010 2:00 pm
Hello Milen.
My name is Tariq and I suspect that the recent posts in my name are from Simon Allso.
Please be aware of this.I have sent a post to you under the name Tariq The Original earlier today.
12 April 2010 2:18 pm
It is interesting that Simon Allso, whose name incidentally is so liked with fraud that when you type it into Google it gives to the option of Simon Allso Fraud, has chosen to commit identity fraud be posting in my name.
Why would he do this, well for a start I am one of his fiercest critics and have made my feelings about him known across the internet, secondly as he is not the most intelligent person in the world and he is obviously getting worried about being taken to court (again) he thinks he can use my name and reputation to spread disinformation and save his skin. Sorry Simon but it will not work, everyone knows about you and my thoughts on you are well documented, so no one will believe that I have changed my opinion so dramatically.
So Simon Allso and Ingrid Allso, stop posting in my name, give us our money back and admit your crime, but you are not man enough to do this are you?
Peace
Tariq
12 April 2010 2:40 pm
Ok, I can’t check who is who, but I can give this information:
Tariq, who commented Apr 12, 2010 – 10:50 am has accessed my website from PORTSMOUTH, UK
and Tariq who commented Apr 12, 2010 – 2:00 pm has accessed my website from NOTTINGHAM, UK.
12 April 2010 3:15 pm
Tariq Sorry Simon
I know how you construct a sentence and how you often throw in a word in uppercase and your frequent use of exclamation marks. I know you are simon Allso you used my surname as well as my first-name in an earlier posting do day, what a coincidence.
As for you saying “there is no point in chasing money when no crime has been committed and no fraud” you are the only person in the world with this opinion simon and pretending to be me is not going to change anyones opinion. How do you know that allso has not posted under other names?? and why when I and others have been trying to recover our money over a number of years has your name not appeared anywhere. Over to you Simon
Peace
Tariq
12 April 2010 3:31 pm
Mr Tariq Allso
Not only do you use both my names and claim it is only a coincidence but you appear you be very supportive of Allso/BBTL, again you are the only person to hold this opinion.
You also claim to have lost money with Allso/BBTL but think it was all above board and you claim no crime was committed. When you were in prison for fraud simon did you think you were on holiday, or did you acknowledge your crimes. Lets us all look at the evidence, my early postings on this site are in tone the same as my recent postings, yours are the complete opposite, you must think we are fools. Why doesn’t Milen check my email address with my first and last posting, they are the same.
Peace
T
12 April 2010 3:37 pm
Tariq Allso ladies and gentlemen would like us to think that Simon allso in an Angel and that there are two people called Tariq Ali that were both customers on BBTL, that both lost money to this alleged fraud and both ended up on this website, wow that is really incredible. “Guys is also a favorite Allso expression. Simon you really must try harder.
T
12 April 2010 3:56 pm
Simon Allso
It is typical of you to ignore questions when you dont have any answers, it is also like you to insult someone that is getting close to exposing you. Please feel free to call me any name you wish simon, we are on this website to try and find help and justice, you are, as you have on other sites I have been associated with, here to cause trouble and disrupt this forum. I will not reply to you anymore. I think people can judge who is who for themselves, so you just carry on Simon/Ingrid
That folks was my last message to convicted fraudster Simon Allso.
The man that was sentenced to Four years in Prison for Fraud.
12 April 2010 4:18 pm
Hi Tariq
I see that Allso / Kohli are again trying to sabotage th BBTL victims forum, Simon allso is a compulsive liar that would like us to believe that BBTL were capable of building hundreds of houses in a year, when Vladaya should have shown them they were not capable of building one house in three years. They blame the banks, while many of us were told BBTL didnt need banks,
Simon’s only explanation of how the buildings were to be financed were to build ten and then refinance. He doesnt aknowledge that using his rediculous financial plan, meant that building hundreds of houses in this mannner would have taken decades , not months.
Simon Allso is a complete fool, with no morals. He has yet to come up with a viable explanation how so many houses were to be built with very little money.
All his outragous claims are not backed with any evidence, just the rantings of a madman.
12 April 2010 5:58 pm
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12 April 2010 8:05 pm
Milen
I am sure just because there are two people with the same name – one who disagrees with the others actions and comments – it is not ‘suspicious’
It is just two opposing views that I am sure you can understand as a lawyer
If you wish to e-mail me privately I will give you my Client reference of BBTL
My points are vaild in that these people on here are convinced that there is a ‘fraud’ when in fact it seems that the company just ran out of cash like others around the world an hundreds in Bulgaria
Hopefully, they will come back!!
12 April 2010 9:22 pm
Simon Allso just does not get it does he. We all know it is him and his posts have been removed from this blog as he has made a fool of himself here today (not the first time in recent months Mr Allso has done so) I think he must have had some kind of mental breakdown as he no longer makes sense.
Despite this blog being run by a Lawyer, Allso is trying to convince everyone that no offense was committed. He really is not in full control of his faculties, I almost feel sorry for him.
Now be a good boy Simon and leave us alone. It has been made very clear that you are not wanted here, now go.
13 April 2010 1:15 am
Simon Allso has made some outrageous claims over the past years, apparantly in 2007, with clients on books for TWO years, money running out, and building permission for 23 houses, he still couldnt accept that they were any more than 4 months behind schedule.
So lets analyse this he is saying, that BBTL were going to complete Vladaya, sell it, obtain planning permission for Petarch, build 20 houses, complete them, sell them , build another 20, sell them build another 20, complete them, build another 20, buy more land, obtain further planning permission, build another 20, sell them…….. until 500 houses had been complete.
He expects as to believe this, along with that he was imprisoned for being a director… nothing else.
I find it more logical to beleive that the convicted fraudster Simon Allso, a man known for setting up companies as vehicles for fraud, got to together with another deviant, Anil Kohli, and then tricked hundreds of clients out of money on the FALSE PROMISE of 100% finance. Simon Allso didnt care if most clients lost their mony, or a large portion of it,
He then tried to hide this blatant fraud with outrageous claims, with little in the way of proof
14 April 2010 11:29 am
Hello
I see peace has returned, perhaps Allso got the point.
Peace to you all
Tariq
14 April 2010 1:14 pm
I see that the other tariq, the lone one believes that BBTL is a legitimate organisation, accessed the internet in southhampton.
Wow, doesnt Simon Allso live in Andover – bordering southampton
what a coincidence.
23 April 2010 10:34 am
just to let you know milen i have proof where my money ended up .. i have a scanned copy which my agent sent me .this shows him paying my investment less commision into bbtl ood s bank account …..will this help … much would it cost to take these fraudsters to court …
26 April 2010 12:01 pm
I just sent this email to XX of ***
So XX
what is happening with the two deceptions that you sold on behalf of Anil Kohli, Petarch and Mira Rd
During 2005, 2006,2007 Simon Allso and Anil Kohli were unable to secure any more than a ?300,000 bank loan, and the money decieved from 200 clients
Apparantly much of this money was spent on having the best offices, Jeeps / warehouses, and large portions of the money
was transferred to Kohli / Allso their families and their associates. Tim Mannion would have known about the payments.
After 2 years of not securing sufficient funds, BBTL and its agents still continued with the deception about providing
clients with 100% finance,
Simons allso’s argument seems to centre on ‘but we want to build hundreds of houses’
What he cant seem to grasp is that telling people you can build 100′s of houses in a short period of time requireslarge amounts of capital , sufficient building permission and resources , know how. No wonder many of
Anil Kohli deceived me over transfer of funds to off plan property and now how turned the situation around in his twisted mind to somehow make out I am the cause of this, yet in two years he failed to sign the contract.
This whole episode has been a complete farce, has caused devistation to many people, and I dont want these people to get away with it
In order to avoid further bad publicity for yourself, how do you propose we move forward,i am not willing to let this rest, these bastards have taken away any chance of building up a new life,
and I know I am just one of many victims, and we can guess that they continue to rip people off
I feel that Steve Hodgson knows more than he is saying, he told me that I was buying into the first phase of Petarch and Vladaya was built
he then blamed this on BBTL, but then told me we should trust these people and that I should expect 14 properties by the end of 2007,
these were to be built at the 3rd development!!!, meanwhile Kohli and Allso were burning their way through the little money that was left.
Phil,
27 April 2010 7:09 pm
I first heard about BBTL and the 100% mortgage it was offering with the Vladaya Project via the mybulgaria website in January 2006.
The scheme seemed to good to be true so I went to visit BBTL in The World Trade Centre Sofia.
Here I met Simon Also for the first time. I only had 30 mins to spare since my flight out of Sofia was approaching. Simon Also said he would get his main agent in the UK to contact me on my return to England. Tim mannion phoned me the next day. I asked Tim Mannion where was the funds coming from to support the scheme offered by BBTL. He said from a very wealthy English individual. He missled me into believing that bank lending was not required by BBTL. This shows that Tim Mannion was plotting this scam with Simon Also right from the start.
27 April 2010 11:04 pm
Tim Mannion told me he had 10 properties on the 100% finance scheme, and Steve Hodgson 4 properties, I have seen allocation list, all lies. I have also seen some notes written by an employee of BBTL, believe it was Jacqui, she mentioned about a customer complaining, and was concerned that they may start ‘digging’. Anil Kohli can be found at 19 church avenue, SW14. Yes, he lived well on OUR money, kids in private schools, big weddings abroad, expensive houses, Simon Allso driving around in lexus. yes, they enjoyed our money.
Steve Hodgson, where is he now, supporting his clients ?
XX, Tim Mannion ?
9 May 2010 2:38 pm
My e mail facility from home is currently down. However I can be reached at 118 Grange Road Newark Notts NG24 4PW. I first saw this project in Peter Parfitts publication. Alan Forsyth was the instigator and as far as I can remember he failed to mention that he was just a front man. The immpression was and his follow up literature backed this up, he was the main party. It was only after things appeared to be going wrong that he turned round and said he was just a humble agent and he too had lost money. I have subsequently learned of all the scamming that has been going on. I went for Alan Forsyth mainly because he failed and he had several opporunities to come clean, to admit that we had all been had. All manner of excuses were used and I have them all in writing. Talk about contradictions. I am of the opinion these organisations like Forsyths should take the blame, because they too have deceived honest investors and are still not coming clean as to what really has gone down here.If what is being said is true and little or none of the fees left these shores, we all may make better progress seeking legal advice in the UK.
Could somebody contact me on this.
13 May 2010 7:09 pm
The agents are hoping that this will just blow over. Steve Hodgson sent out an email months ago, sad story of have nasty investors had abused him, and how he had no reason to believe that anything suspicious was happening. He seemed to have forgotten his bouts of aggressive behaviour and blaming BBTL for the BS information. XX, Anil Kohli, Simon Allso and Steve Hodgson have all threatened me with legal action , in an attempt to shut me up. Alan forsyth lost his power of speech. XX even had a testimonial on his site, praising his company and saying what a great investment the Bulgarian investment ( scam ) was, and what great due diligence *** did.
Simon Allso now now admits that I do have a genuine complaint, but now with him, but the company. Simon Allso seems not to take responsibility for the lies that pour out of his mouth on a daily basis. This was a pyramid scheme, destined to fail.
The agents seem more eager to go after the victims of the scam, then the perpetrators.
XX, if you check with the insolvency group for buybulgaria, you will see how money was transferred into Ingrid Allso’s and other associates of Simon / Anil’s account. I wonder if Ingrid realises the lives her husband destroys in his quest for other peoples money. I wonder if she cares ?
22 May 2010 8:27 pm
My friend bought in Bulgaria through Alan Forsyth – he seems to have done most of he lsaes. I am a subscriber to his emails and it seems that he has totally ditched everyone considering how he promotes himself as a guru
23 May 2010 8:48 am
I used to attend property seminars, and on a few occassions I heard Alan Forstyth being discussed, by different groups of people, and lets just say, they were not very complimentary.
This was not in connection with Alan Forstyths aiding two known fraudsters to sell a ‘pyramid scheme’ in Bulgaria.
I have been communicating with Simon Allso over the past years, it is plain to see that he is completely dillusional and his arguments are often insane, based on nothing and contradictory.
I have pointed out the blatant lies and inconsistancies over the years, Alan Forsyth has done nothing to help the victims of the scam or taking action against the fraudsters, he never replies to emails, but continues to blow his own trumpet, talking about how great he his.
I think it is time investors realised the risk they are taking whn dealing with Alan Forstyth and XX. Although they both give away property courses, they do not seem to have the read the course themselves. They made so many errors with the selling of this scam, and even when the truth came to light, they still did nothing.
It is a shame with have not seen any of the customer service and due diligence that both Alan Forstyth and XX like to praise themselves for,
25 May 2010 11:58 am
Simon Allso tells me that his wife paid the taxes on the money transferred into her account from the allocation queue.
He describes the payment as ‘expense income’.
I have never heard the term ‘expense income’ before.
thought it was either expenses , or income. I would like to hear more from Mr Allso about how much ‘expense income’ his wife received and what she had done to earn this money. I hope that as an employee of BBTL, that she was registered. I know that she was a shareholder.
25 May 2010 7:52 pm
We have still not heard anything about our ?15,000 that we have lost. My nephew was our agent Ian Summers, how he could do this to family I do not know. Time is going by, there does not seem any hope of a refund.
1 June 2010 4:42 pm
Hi Janet
sorry to hear about your loss. I cannot believe that Simon Allso and Anil Kohli can get away with this, fortunately they chose the agents well. The agents are more concerned about their reputations then their clients money.
This is such a blatant scam. The insolvency report for buybulgaria shows how money was instructed to go to family and associates of Kohli and Allso.
It is a sickening feeling to know that money our money has helped to fund the lives of two low lifes.
6 June 2010 2:46 am
XX of ***, London, but formerly of “***” has run for the hills! The dribble he lavished all over the Internet in ’07 is laughable in it’s audacity!
Following that association, XX loved his pal Kohli so much he took his advice & promoted the equally-silly “Pathways Properties” scam set this time in India. This was at the same time as it was blatantly obvious BBTL was very dubious.
Guru, XX, is all over the ‘net with his greatness, but, take note: he does not believe in the well-known & prudent concept of DUE DILIGENCE. No, XX has no time for this. Better for things to go pear-shaped first, then sort out the mess afterwards…oops no, he doesn’t even believe in acting for his clients afterwards. Beware.
**** Could it be that XX was in on this scam from the beginning along with all the other “agents”?
6 June 2010 5:00 pm
AH
You cannot expect XX to have time to do due diligence AND write up glowing ezine articles and testimonials about himself.
In the same way that Simon Allso believes he cannot be held accountable for the actions of his company, for the emails he writes, for the lies on his website and for the rubbish that pours out of his mouth on a daily basis, XX feels that he cannot be held responsible for his total lack of due diligence.
From early 2007, it was apparant to many of us that the BBTL investment was just a scam, and that some serious questions had to be asked with regard to finance, building permission, resources.
Even the most elimentary of due diligence would have revealed a conspiracy, a pack of lies
Even with so many unanswered questions and the involvement of two criminals, XX continued to sell this pyramid scheme, and then went onto sell for Anil Kohli again
It’s disgusting.
And XX , you have the audacity to threaten me with legal action, shame you didnt have the guts to go after the real criminals.
6 June 2010 7:29 pm
mr AH
I challange you to a duel
I bet I can get more bad publicity about TG and alan forsyth then yourself,
so , traffic geyser, link building and synnd to the ready
lets show the public the real alan forsth and TG, whose after sales customer service is second to none, I mean whos after sales service is none
8 June 2010 9:52 am
We now have another MP, Phillip Lee, a replacement to Andrew Mackay,
I have just wrote an email explaining how Anil Kohli and Simon Allso set up a pyramid scheme in Bulgaria and then siphoned money to send to their family and colleagues. And how Anil Kohli used pathway accounts to pay off his debts( another scam sold by steve hodgson and TG )
9 June 2010 6:49 pm
If it’s any consolation to any of you lot, just think of Bernie Madoff in the US, the man who set up the greatest Ponzi Scheme of them all (even Kohli, Allso etc aspire, but failed, to be a villain of his magnitude)! “Madoff-With-The-Money” has been lounging in Jail for many months now. His freedom is taken away. He will not be remembering the good times he had with other innocent folk’s money now.
Toxic Twins & dastardly agents take note: the famous quote “live by the sword, die by the sword”.
11 June 2010 3:15 pm
If this man, XX, of ***, London, but formerly of “***”, Barnsley, is a “property guru”, given his diasatrous involvement with the evil Anil Kohli – on not one but TWO Ponzi Schemes – is it not better for the innocent, hard-working investor to totally ignore the Guru & instead use his common sense or consult the man in the street? For sure, he would be better off & safer to do this. He may even end up owning a house with his investment intact! Unlike flushing ?5000 down the toilet with XX.
11 June 2010 4:16 pm
Last I heard, the aforementioned XX, of *** (former BBTL evangelist) was flying out Brits to Ghetto town, Detroit, USA. As if the poor folks of this Credit Crunch-hit city hadn’t had enough of financial vipers along comes another manipulator to make things even worse, not to mention the potential fates of British suckers who made a Transatlantic trip.
But was a man behind the scenes a certain, notorious Anil Kohli (aka “Scumdog Millionaire”)?
Scammers move from one scam to the next.
11 June 2010 5:49 pm
The one that got away?
I am talking about a certain persuasive, charming-but-deadly, BBTL newsletter-writing Bulgarian, Miss Iva Tetradova, the evil Sales Manager at the end of the phone when the IT Dept managed to get hold of her.
Is she the one that got away Scot-free?
11 June 2010 7:30 pm
I just had the police around, I think that a certain person is feeling threatened , perhaps if feels it unfair that he is not allowed to spend my families money in peace. This person feels that BBTL was a legitimate business, no doubt he felt the same about sturmen archer and the Buzwell group. Apparantly he had been told by the contractors ( or the fixers and the architects, depending on the day ) that BBTL could build ten houses in a week. The policeman did say that it is possible to build 10 properties in a week, as long as they are wooden sheds.
It was an interesting meeting, i had to admit to the formal director every name under the sun. But I have been advised we should persue the BBTL pyramind scheme further through the police force. Apparantly this may actually be a criminal case, and not civil.
Just need to speak to the right department.
Need to persue this use of pathway property accounts, nitya holdindgs, to pay off BBTL debts.
Anyway, I am thinking of setting up a company, we will set up the main company abroad, it is going to be a holiday company. We are going to charge clients ?5000, and they can fly abroad in the company plane and then stay at the company hotels in the Caribbean, they will be picked up by company rolls royce.
Have we got the planes, hotels, rolls royces, yes, yes , yes, well no, but we want to have planes, hotels etc. If the business fails we can blame it on the financial state of the economy.
Just need the right sort of people to sell it, What is Steve Hodgson and XX upto these days.
Meanwhile I can syphon the money off and give it to my family and colleagues and call it expense income. And if anyone gets annoyed, I will get the police after them. I can maybe start a business of destroying family businesses, perhaps Kohli can join in.
11 June 2010 8:53 pm
Cops & robbers. It would be funny if it didn’t hurt like a hole in the head. Personally I think they are both as bad & inept as each other!
Law? What Law? Law to protect the scammer, fraudster, smooth-talking snake who steals from the innocent, hard-working dreamer who wants a better life.
Clint Eastwood used to be my hero – Bounty Hunter, man-of-the people, justice-maker, Redeemer…. then I discovered Jesus Christ.
11 June 2010 9:24 pm
Here’s another one about XX-I-Am-A-Black-Hole-For-Your-Cash-XX;
In September 2008 (when I had a bad feeling in my stomach about BBTL) I attended one of his invitations to ANOTHER scam event – to sniff him out (he wasn’t there). Don’t believe me? Two weeks ago I spoke on the phone to a lady (who was also at the event in a swanky hotel in Wellington St., Leeds) who revealed a real shocker to me. Herself & her son had subsequently invested around ?80k in a dumb Hurricane Katrina-hit / New Orleans Delta Region revival (US Govt.) scheme for investors & new housing projects never to be seen again. Apparantly, it was a real Mafia-style operation with great planning, wealth on display, hospitality & deception.
At the heart of this scheme was a great deceiver who is now on the run!
******** How come both Alan Forsyth & XX had people at that event? Where corrupt is corrupt goes.
No, I didn’t invest. I was on a plane to Australia the next day.
11 June 2010 10:36 pm
Cops & robbers. It would be funny if it didn’t hurt like a hole in the head! Think they are both as bad & inept as each other.
Law? What Law? Law which protects the scammer, fraudster & smooth-talking snake? What about Law to protect the innocent hard-working dreamer who wants to make a better life for himself / herself?
Clint Eastwood used to be my hero. Bounty Hunter, Redeemer, man-of-the-people, justice-maker. Then I discovered Jesus Christ.
12 June 2010 4:32 pm
If it’s any consolation for any of you lot, just think of Bernie Madoff. The Ponzi King, Bernie “Made-Off-With-The-Money” has been lounging in a US Jail for many months now. The greatest scammer of them all (even Kohli & clan aspired, but failed to be a villain of his magnitude) has had his freedom taken away from him. He will not be remembering now the great times he had spending innocent victims’ hard-earned money.
Take note, Toxic Twins: the famous phrase “live by the sword, die by the sword”.
12 June 2010 5:17 pm
Dastardly BBTL agents: why do you put distance between yourselves & the Toxic Twins? Were you not in bed with them when they initiated these plans of evil? Did you not follow them into their next Ponzi Scheme? What about “after-sales care” for your clients who trusted your lies? Does the concept of Due Diligence mean anything to you? There is no need when all you are after is a quick buck, right?
XX, did you not write tomes of halleucegenic material about yourself & the beauty of BBTL in ’07? Were any of your Testimonials from clients real people? Or did you shell out for a Copywriter to write all that BS?
13 June 2010 4:07 pm
XX, of ***, London, lost ?20,000 of his own money as an investor in the Bulgarian property scam he propagated all over the Web for his pal, Anil Kohli! That’s right. According to XX, he was so in love with the BBTL concept he invested 4 x ?5000 into it himself!
Can it really be true? XX, if you’d invested ?20k of your own money into this scheme & watched it go belly-up just like the rest of us, would you not vigorously pursue these swines like the rest of us here (even join this Forum?) to get your money back?
I don’t believe it, XX, unless you are a very rich man, that you would scoff & not even worry about a mere ?20k of your own money gone down the toilet! No, my view is this is another lie set up as a smokescreen to deceive further.
In fact, here it is: the only reason I invested ?5k of my precious money into this pit was because if a “property Guru” like you is investing in BBTL, then it must be a real money-earner! How wrong I was.
15 June 2010 3:12 pm
XX of ***, London, is a betting man. It’s true! I will explain.
XX invested 20k GBP of his own money into the dumb BBTL scam he promoted in ’07. But as I explained previously in this space, XX does NOT carry out DUE DILIGENCE on his property investments for HIMSELF or his clients. No, XX is a betting man & believes he will be more successful this way! Why waste time on Due Diligence?
You see, when asked how this plan of investment with my money, other people’s money, & his own money had gone so wrong – XX’s answer was: “this is no different from when you book a holiday & the holiday company goes bust. We accept no responsibilty”. Well, thanks XX, you stupid xxxx!
So, to sum up: XX, the Director & Founding Partner of *** attributes his investment success to a philosophy & mentality of a betting man, who takes his chances with his money on the horses or greyhounds without doing any research! I don’t think a wise man, or self-made millionaire would do that!
Or could it be that this is all a smokescreen & XX makes his money by creaming off from the innocent & teaming up with renowned scammers like Kohli & Allso?
15 June 2010 6:04 pm
Oh dear Mr AH
you will be getting a visit from the police or threats from Rob-u-blindXX.
The convicted fraudster and twice banned Mr Allso tells me it was a legitimate scheme.
when they talk about financing, you build ten houses , refinance, build another ten, refinance, build another 10 ( and throw in some ski chalets and a sports centre).. refinance, build another 10 ….. until you have built 500 , should take a year, if not sooner
Now , when talking about timescales, just buy the land and build all the houses at once.
give it to rob-u-blindXX, property expert, who will write an ezine talking about how successful he is, put up a testimonial about how his company does not just write 70 page glossy reports without doing due diligence, and then go out and write a 70 page glossy report without doing any due diligence.
we all make mistakes, so did rob-u-blind gavin learn from his multitude of mistakes, whats that Tim Mannion, you have another Anil Kohli investment, I shall start writing my ezines and glossy magazine straight away,
at the end of the day, it was rob-u-blind XX customers were to blame, nobody could predict that two fraudsters, siphoning money from the allocation queue, couldnt build hundreds of houses in a year , with little money and sod all building permission and land.
16 June 2010 1:30 am
Rob-U-Blind-XX, the Director & Founding Partner of ***, London. I like this name – it is simple, very illustrative, & is better than the posh title which really doesn’t mean diddly squat.
For those who may be getting confused reading this:
*** Rob-U-Blind-XX is also known as
XX-I-Am-A-Black-Hole-For-Your-Cash-XX.
Anyone want to buy a house in Detroit, USA?
19 June 2010 4:29 pm
Interesting link
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/money/article-1197541/I-didnt-think-I-committing-crime.html
20 June 2010 2:35 pm
May be of interest
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/money/article-1197541/I-didnt-think-I-committing-crime.html
21 June 2010 2:55 pm
I forgot about the Webcam! There was a webcam placed strategically at the proposed BBTL building site just to add “validity” to Kohli’s dumbass scam.
In 1-12 months of watching that thing (no, I only checked it 3 times, that was enough for me) I think I may have seen one man, but even he wasn’t working.
No, this was no hive of industrial activity. If you were lucky you might catch the wind blowing a piece of garbage…..
25 June 2010 3:48 pm
I found this article, it sheds light on the moral depravity displayed by Mr Allso.
n both July and August, Sturmey-Archer paid its new parent company, Lenark, ?60,000 in management fees. Sturmey-Archer also paid ?52,000 to another Lenark Group company, Hawson Limited. According to the liquidator’s report, Simon Allso persuaded Mary Waring, one of the new non-executive executors to authorise this payment, advising her that Sturmey-Archer directors Bateman and Smith had approved it. They had not and were not even aware of the transaction. It later emerged that Simon Allso, a former bankrupt, had previously been involved in a large number of business failures in southern England and had been imprisoned for fraud.
25 June 2010 4:26 pm
Fellow “victim” of BBTL fraud, XX of ***, London, refuses our invitation to present his case on this forum.
As documented previously in this space, the Director & Founding Partner of the company, formerly known as “***”, reckons that he, too, put down 20k GBP of his own money into the dumbass Kohli scam & watched it all go belly-up!
But he has no interest in getting his money back. Strange really. Or this a smokescreen to deflect from his insider deal with Kohli & Allso, Mannion?
26 June 2010 10:54 am
Hello Folks.
Please visit this Allso, BBTL blog. http://bulgariabtl.blogspot.com/
Like this site they are doing a great job in trying to allert people to the issues with Simon Allso and BBLT. They need our contributions.
Peace to you all
Tariq
26 June 2010 1:34 pm
I have trouble understanding the laws of the country, two criminals set up a scam company in Bulgaria, every claim made by BBTL was a lie, the lies got worse as time went on. The agents that sold this deal must know that they were now selling a pyramid scheme, with two fraudsters siphoning the money away and distributing it amongst their family and associates.
the police do nothing against simon allso and anil kohli and then send a policeman around my house because I sent some abusive emails to the fraudster simon allso.
simon allso needs to be brought to justice, he is a liar, that holds no responsibility for the lies that come out of his mouth, he blames his actions on the ‘company’, what a coward.
XX threatened me with legal action, and yet does nothing against the fraudsters How do you sleep at night TG, you did not due diligence, and even when their was undeniable evidence that BBTL was a scam, you continued selling it, and then went on to sell another Tim Mannion scam, again with no due diligence. Where do your testimonials come from TG, like the one praising your company for the bulgarian investment ????
I am going to get even with you Allso and Kohli.
XX , you are going to see your name more and more on the search engines, the public need to be warned about the type of investments you sell, and the sort of after sales service they will receive…. none
28 June 2010 3:24 am
Hi All – I found this site as one of mye firends invested with BBTL. I have to say though that you seem to be blaming the agents rather than the developers – apart from getting revenege of the agents you are just coming acorss as irrational. My friend invested in Alan Forsyth who seems to be not mentioned here much even though he seems to have sold the most according to my friend. Phil did he pay you off to not mention his name? AS I said guys this is just my two cents but rather than trying to get revenge of the agents should you not be trying to sort out things legalls with teh developers who you seem to hold less of a grudge against?
28 June 2010 12:03 pm
Tariq and Andy,
Simon Allso was getting quite upset with the abusive emails I sent him, so please do not send emails to simon@allso.net abusing him and I definitely do not encourage everybody you know to send him emails, it would just be wrong,
I just wonder how the police would cope if everyone that hated him sent him abusive emails. The police may actually start to think that Simon Allso is the guilty party.
remember, the profits that were distributed amongst his family and colleagues was ‘expense income’
remember, if Simon Allso is suddenly hit with lots of emails, this could be distressing, and we cannot have that, it will distract him from spending our families money.
And please do not start submitting articles to article directories and blogs , and forums , highlighting the appalling way in which the agents handled this matter.
well happy birthday to me, I would just like to say a special hello to Steve Hodgson, no wonder you have gone into hiding. I dont know how you can live with yourself.
28 June 2010 3:24 pm
Dear XX, please don’t write about yourself on the same level as Donald Trump. I don’t believe that this proper Real Estate businessman ever told anyone a bunch of lies.
You see, XX, I know you check your rankings on Google, Yahoo & Bing, every other day, but, this forum highlighting your deficiencies & the following URL from ’07 still spring up much to your annoyance:
http://www.propertycommunity.com/forum/bulgaria-property/1585-100-mortgaes-bulgaria.html
But the public & the Police deserve to know the truth about you, BBTL, & the lies you have been spreading with this clever technology callled the Internet.
Even on that old posting, an astute gentleman writes:
“your material posted sounds like it has been written by someone who does this for a living”. He means a Copywriter. So, did you write it or did you hire someone to write it?
Rob-U-Blind-XX, it is time to come clean. Your business ethics are questionable.
28 June 2010 3:42 pm
100% mortgages in Bulgaria. Yeah, right.
20k GBP of your own money invested in BBTL. Yeah, right.
But did you cut a nice deal with Kohli, Allso, Mannion? That sounds more plausible.
28 June 2010 4:57 pm
Ring, ring…. “Hello, BBTL, Sofia”
“Hello I am an investor with BBTL. Can I speak to Iva Tetradova, your Sales Manager”
“I am sorry she is not here, ring back later”.
2 hours or one month later – same deal.:
Ring, ring…. “Hello, BBTL, Sofia”
“Hello I am an investor with BBTL. Can I speak to Iva Tetradova, your Sales Manager”
“I am sorry she is not here, ring back later”.
2 hours later – same deal.
“Can I speak to her manager?”
Pause….. “This is the IT Dept not the Sales Dept”
“O.K. What is the name of her boss?”
“He has had a heart attack & no longer works here. We have new boss”
“O.K. What is his name? Can I speak to him?”
Long pause. “He is not here”
“Where is he?”
“He is travelling”
(I have visions of this goon in the south of France spending all my money)
“What is his name?”
Long pause…… “Anil Kohli. Ring back in 4 weeks on his return”
…… 4 weeks later…..
Ring, ring…. “Hello, BBTL, Sofia”
“Hello I am an investor with BBTL. Can I speak to Iva Tetradova, your Sales Manager”
“I am sorry she is not here, ring back later”.
2 hours later – same deal.
“Can I speak to Anil Kohli?”
“I am sorry he is not here”
(Still spending my money but this time in Spain)
“Where is he? Does he ever return to his office??!!”
Long pause…… “He is in England”
“What??!!”
“Yes, he lives in England”
“When is he back in Sofia?”
“Nobody knows. Ring back in 4 weeks”
!!!!!!!!!!!!!! XX of *** you have some explaining to do, I think.
Rob-U-Blind-XX, the finger of suspicion is pointing at you. Why did you not tell me the manager of BBTL lived in UK? If I knew that I wouldn’t have been going round in circles!!!!! Are you in bed with him?????!!!
28 June 2010 5:20 pm
The dumbass reply from ***** XX of “***”?
“Oh, I am very sorry about this. Give Nirmala Sanuasse a ring at Pathway Properties. Here is her tel no. She knows the whereabouts of Anil Kohli”.
Pathway Properties? Isn’t that the dumbass Indian property scam (also conceived by Scumdog Millionaire) that you also tried to get me to buy into *****?!! Not just me, but all my friends too???!!
Then the bombshell…… On calling the deceptive Sanuasse (all sweet & roses) I learn that Pathways has gone into administration & is being liquidated! Is there a pattern developing here???!!!
Then – I type into Google “Anil Kohli”. Oh xxxxx
******* XX & Kohli, what are you upto???! Then I discover about the lovely Simon Allso & Tim Mannion…..
28 June 2010 5:36 pm
Read about the nasty developments at Pathway Properties here:
http://www.propertycommunity.com/forum/india-property/11248-mira-road-pathway-developers.html#post95102
The evil Anil Kohli. Where is he now?
29 June 2010 2:01 pm
Phil I have just looked at this? Is this true?
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/money/article-1197541/I-didnt-think-I-committing-crime.html
I have to say – you sounds like a hyppocrit if it is true as you were caught for mortgage fraud!
29 June 2010 3:54 pm
Does anybody know in which court the Simon Allso trial took place? I would like an anwswer ASAP. Thank You.
29 June 2010 4:25 pm
From the BBC News website today. Now there are similarities in this case and ours. We must, repeat must insist that the Police FSA loot at the BBTL con on our behalf.
Peace to you all
Tariq
Three men accused of running what is alleged to be the UK’s largest Ponzi scheme have been ordered to pay ?115m to the financial regulator.
The Financial Services Authority (FSA) said it hoped to return any money it retrieves to investors.
However, it said those who had lost money were unlikely to be repaid.
John Anderson, Kautilya Nandan Pruthi and Kenneth Peacock were arrested last year on suspicion of conspiracy to defraud, and money laundering.
They are also being investigated over alleged fraud by misrepresentation.
In a High Court hearing, the three men were found to have taken deposits from investors without authorisation from the FSA.
The ruling follows another High Court judgement on 25 March that ordered Mr Pruthi to pay ?90m, Mr Anderson ?13m and Mr Peacock ?11m.
Police are still investigating the high-yield scheme in which hundreds of investors, including sports stars and celebrities, collectively invested ?84m into Knightsbridge-based Business Consulting International.
The company offered investors returns of up to 13% a month. It said it would lend money to distressed companies that needed short-term cash and were willing to pay high interest rates on it.
29 June 2010 8:38 pm
Hi Guys
I think its time to stop wasting your time on these forums. Simon allso and Anil Kohli are laughing at you, you are wasting your time, while they spend your money.
You are no threat to them, I bet Simon Allso is chuckling to himself, knowing that he has got away with your families money, under the noses of the authoroties.
The question you have to ask, is are you going to let him get away with it ?
Involved watchdog, trading standards, or write to Phillip Lee, MP for Bracknell, I will be having a meeting with him, put your case forward, keep it simple , factually based and to the point.
I suggest we go after the agents, they are far more vunerable to negative comments, as TG has revealed.
30 June 2010 3:29 am
Agents deserve scrutiny & rounding up, I agree.
There is one other thing about “heart attack” victim, BBTL partner-in-crime, Simon Allso. How convenient that this snake had a “heart attack” just when the heat was turning up on the scam. I think we should examine his medical records at the time of the alleged health scare.
Anything these goons do – there is a reason why! Smokescreen, smokescreen.
30 June 2010 12:58 pm
Hi Everyone,
I am trying to track down Mr Steve Hodgson. If anyone can give me me any pointers, it would be most appreciated? he’s proving a tad difficult to find but I am sure he has not gone far.
30 June 2010 1:24 pm
Hi Indy,
I would also like to know the where abouts of****** Hodgson, although some may believe he is an innocent party, I know that he is far more involved than he makes out.
He continually ignored the obvious and always sided with the fraudsters Simon Allso and Anil Kohli, supporting their rediculous claims and not questioning the blatant lies.
During 2007, Steve told me stories of how millionaire indians were financing this deal. He knows for sure now that everthing was lies, and yet he does nothing against his chums Simon Allso and Anil Kohli,
Steve is , what 6ft 6, and allows the diminutive Allso to push him around, what is going on there.
Please let us know if you track down ****** Hodgson, he must have made 1/2 million for Kohl/ Allso, plus the money in the pathways scam.
30 June 2010 3:22 pm
Slippery property scam salesman, XX *****, of ***, why did you change your company’s name from “***”? Did you want to take the heat off yourself when the cops start sniffing around asking about your close involvement with Anil Kohli & Tim Mannion?
XX, we have invited you to present your case on this forum but you seem reluctant. I wonder why? Tell us about Tim Mannion also.
30 June 2010 4:03 pm
Nice site for all you detectives out there:
http://www.archive.org
For a nice snapshot of the BBTL scam website as it appeared in ’07, (do the same for http://www.invest-in-Sofia.com ), In the Search box type:
http://www.bulgariabtl.com
1 July 2010 4:42 pm
I note that SIMON ALLSO’s profile on LINKEDIN…
http://www.linkedin.com/pub/simon-allso/11/987/15
Have a laugh at this!!! So, Simon, you describe your passion as Offshore Trusts. Is that where you siphoned all the money of BBTL investors?
5 July 2010 1:37 pm
Hello My Good Friends
Please be on the look out for a company called smart way advertising. It is owned by, yes you guessed it, ex prisoner and convicted fraudster Simon Allso. I hope Allso that you are running this new venture legally, because we will be monitoring it via Google and reporting any breaches we find so all can see. You can contact Simon Allso (ex jailbird and convicted fraudster) at: simon@smartwayadvertising or info@smartwayadvertising
Peace to you all
Tariq
5 July 2010 1:38 pm
simon@smartwayadvertising.co.uk, sorry.
7 July 2010 12:41 pm
How can Simon Allso be possibly allowed to run a company. The man is repulsive. He lies, lies , scams is a parasite, lies more, hides behind his actions by blaming the ‘company’, says his health is poor, and then continues to run more companies ?
He makes me feel phsically sick,
you are a coward Allso, a parasite,
7 July 2010 12:45 pm
Steve Hodgson, have you seen the damage that Simon allso does to peoples lives, is it because you know that you lied in order to sell this scam that you do not lift a finger to help us , still hiding are you,
7 July 2010 2:20 pm
We need forensic analysis into this crime. Here is an expert to appoint for the job:
Raymond Davidson
Head of Forensic Accounting and
Litigation Support Services
Tel: 0113 2449051 or 0771 5174120
Alternatively go to http://www.bartfield.co.uk for general enquiries.
7 July 2010 3:10 pm
More old psycho-babble here:
On 7 Jun 2008, , Iva Tetradova, Sales Manager for BBTL in Sofia, Bulgaria, wrote:
“to those who wish to cancel, we would like to inform you that until completion of the restructuring our standard Cancellation policy will be suspended and instead the clients will recieve a full refund. Upon completion of the company’s re-structuring we will be able to provide more details about this process”.
7 July 2010 3:24 pm
Finally caught up with the swine, Anil Kohli. Actually got him on the phone in Sept ’08. I remember it clearly. It was the day the news broke about the collapse of Lehman Brothers in the U.S., then all hell broke loose on the world markets. Credit Crunch. Another nice convenient response for our snake scammers. Then they pretended just to be another respectable business having hard times with the banks.
Got this crap reply from the Master-of-Lies, himself:
we are currently negotiating with two parties regarding the sale of our developments.It is a very frustrating time due to the state of the market and we have had several false starts.We are only in a position to do refunds ,once we confirm a sale.
We will keep you abreast of how things proceed.
Regards
Anil***** <<———- MORE LIES!!!!!
7 July 2010 3:37 pm
Meanwhile what was slippery scam salesman, Rob-U-Blind-XX, of ***, London, upto?
He was still putting distance between himself & Scumdog Millionaire & claiming to be a victim himself. His favourite tactic? Delay mechanisms he learn’t from Kohli. “Our Lawyers are looking at this”. His lawyers would be forever looking at this
Did you pay them a fortune, XX? I know you are a rich man & like throwing your money away like a gambling man. Afterall, you did invest 20k GBP of your own money in BBTL without doing any Due Diligence.
7 July 2010 5:12 pm
Now sabotaged (& useless since the owner sold out due to pressure from agents), for the record, Forum online has developed going 7 pages deep since 2006 at: http://www.eyeonworldwide.com/forum/comments.php?DiscussionID=8737
7 July 2010 8:21 pm
How can I trace Steve Hodgson, any ideas. He can no longer deny that BBTL was anything but another of Simon Allso / Anil Kohli vehicle for fraud companies, unless he believe its possible to build hundreds of houses with a loan for ?300,000.
Have you ever met such a dishonest bunch of cowards
8 July 2010 2:59 pm
Rob-U-Blind-XX, of ***, London. You are the Founding Partner & Director of your company (nice important title for you), please tell us what the findings of your Lawyers looking at the Bulgarian scam? Unlike you, XX, I like openess & honesty. Also, I firmly believe that a man who hides behind lawyers IS NOT A MAN AT ALL.
Your Lawyers looked at this long enough & you paid them their nice hefty fees, but what was their conclusion? You can tell us, XX.
Just curious but why didn’t you appoint your fancy Lawyers to defend my case (& others like me) who you sucked into this ugly mess?
8 July 2010 3:16 pm
You really love your testimonials, don’t you XX?
8 July 2010 5:51 pm
Smokescreen again??!! Maybe XX never even commissioned his Lawyers??!! Delay tactics. Ah yes, you learned that from Kohli, his favourite trick.
10 July 2010 6:51 pm
Victims of Bulgaria BTL, please let Gary Maynard of hampshire police your feelings about Simon Allso and Anil Kohli.
08450454545 ask for Andover extn 124
PC2352 Gary MAYNARD
12 July 2010 12:46 pm
Hello.
I recently found this forum on a Google search, has anyone noticed that when one types simon allso into google it automatically gives you an option of simon allso fraud, i nearly wet myself.
Anyway thanks for the police contact in Andover. I have just got off the phone to them and they were most helpful and are arranging a visit from an officer from my local force so i can give a statement. I can not say too much about about my conversation but it appears the police are putting together a case for prosecution, at long last something positive is happening.
Please make that call to the Police.
Good Luck
Frank
12 July 2010 3:36 pm
For the record: in 2007, Rob-U-Blind-XX of ***, London, believed so passionately in propagating the BBTL bullxxx all over the Web, that he shelled out for Pay Per Click advertising with Google! That’s right. XX loved this silly Bulgarian property Buy-To-Let on 100% mortgages scam so much, not only did he heavily promote using false testimonials in article directories etc, but he paid out to Google for PPC, as well as putting 20k GBP of his own money into the scheme he got from Kohli. Now that is a believer! Or was he trying to fool you & me?
12 July 2010 8:24 pm
Hi
Please contact http://www.actionfraud.org.uk/report_fraud
I have also contacted dominic littlewood.
I hope that the police can do more than protecting the criminals from harm
14 July 2010 3:51 pm
Hi Folks
Rob-u-Blind’s company *** Tel: xxxx xxx xxx is being answered by Joshua seems like a ‘Very Nice Boy’. He’s a bit slow to answer – so you need to let it ring for a while.
Have any of you thought about applying for a ‘Freezing Order’ on Mr and Mrs A’s Bank Accounts – particularly as the Insolvency Service have proof of monies you paid to BUY BULGARIA and which should have been transmitted to BBTL…were instead paid to Mr and Mrs A and by his admission to her as expenses income.
You might even be able to get an Order for seizure of the Lexus’s
Perhaps he might like to know what it feels like to have no access to his money and no-car to scam around in!
Finding out his and hers Bank account details can be available in minutes!
Unfortunately no trace for AK accounts…as yet – but still looking.
23 July 2010 4:05 pm
More old psycho-babble here. ****** Question: Iva Tetradova, the deceptive, but sweet, Sales Manager of BBTL in Sofia, Bulgaria, loved sending out mad newsletters to us just to add some validity & false hope to our silly investment. But she had a colleague too, named Ralitsa (see below).
Are these two women the one’s that got away with the perfect crime under the direction of the evil Kohli & “heart attack victim”, Offshore Trust man, Simon Allso?
Begin forwarded message:
From: Allocation Team
Date: 3 August 2007 13:57:13 GMT+01:00
To: Allocation Team
Cc: Iva Tetradova , Ralitsa Vlaeva
Subject: BBTL’s office in Sofia
Sofia; Bulgaria
World Trade Centre
August, 03, 2007
Dear all,
We’ve heard you finally got some dry skies and the sun is shining at your end. May it lasts.
About a month ago we have released some information for you all. Ever since we have heard from some of you and from other we haven’t.
Now that Tim Mannion is no longer our main UK agent we’d like to ask you to forward your enquiries to your direct agents and to us here in the WTC Sofia.
Apparently there’s been a lot of misleading information provided to you, lack of response to your e-mails, or very inconsistent and confusing information.
We are now in a transition process and try to provide us clear information as possible. But it will take time before we make sure all clients are being treated professionally.
We are fully aware that you as a client don’t need a quick fix but correct and consistent assistance and as far as this office is concerned we’ll do everything that we can to provide you with that information.
In order for this to happen and for us to stop the confusion, we need you to help us and get in touch with us so we could talk to you and provide the clarification you might need.
We are drafting our next newsletter and it will be sent out to you soon. In the meantime, if you need more general information or something in particular do e-mail us. It might take a little while for us to get back to you, but we’ll definitely return your e-mail and phone call.
Thank you for your understanding.
Have a fantastic warm & sunny weekend & we are looking forward to hearing from you.
Sincerely yours,
Iva & Ralitsa
ITetradova@BulgariaBTL.com
RVlaeva@BulgariaBTL.com
Bulgaria BTL Team –
WTC Sofia
25 July 2010 12:37 pm
Hello My Friends
I would like you all to follow the link below. It is a new article about the dubious business practices of Simon Allso (convicted fraudster and barred director). He is helping to spread more misery and destruction and appears to be getting away with it, or is he!!. Please read the article .
Peace to you all
Tariq
http://perspicacious.co.uk/all-the-news/lisa-buckingham-a-disturbing-lapse-by-the-professionals/28962/
25 July 2010 6:15 pm
Hi Tariq
See I am not the only one keeping a tab on Kohli / Allso
I have just sent a letter, well email of complaint to the hampshire police, I copled allso and Lisa,
It seems that the police can spend time and resources investigating the victims of Allso, and yet sit back and let Allso carry on scamming, unhindered and under the umbarella of their protection
I pointed out that this is not justice,
this is a farce
I offered to go and talk with the Hampshire police
regards
Phil.
28 July 2010 2:29 pm
Thanks Tariq
I am trying to post some comments on the newspaper article
29 July 2010 11:11 am
Hello.
More news from the front. Ingrid Allso is making news as well as convicted fraudster husband Simon Allso, in the following news story from the Mail.
Peace to you all
Tariq
GADFLY’S old chum Simon Allso, we hear, is sufficiently recovered from the heart attack that made him abandon his Bulgarian buy-to-let venture to return to British business. As customers try to recover their ?5,000 deposits from Anil Kohli, his colleague in the oddly-fruitless Balkan enterprise, Allso, is, as they say, ‘moving on’.
A Midlands-based corporate adviser suggests he wants to buy businesses, and we learn his wife Ingrid has founded a franchise outfit called Smartway, which lets companies hire vehicles, rather than buy them, and put their logos on the side.
With Allso apparently involved in its running, what can possibly go wrong?
29 July 2010 3:12 pm
Rob-U-Blind-XX, of ***, London, is upto his old tricks again! The Director & Founding Partner of the ill-fated enterprise in Bulgaria, ***, is enticing poor suckers to promote his new. Detroit, USA, bargain property scheme.
That’s right, if you are daft enough you could do XX’s dirty work for him & tell all your friends, family & associates about his latest deal & “get paid 2000 GBP” per sale. But what happens when it all goes sour like the Bulgarian Kohli scam, XX? Then all these innocent well-meaning dreamers have completely sullied their reputations amongst their nearest & dearest!
Would you run for the hills then, XX, or would you stand by & protect your new victims?
Advice for those enticed by XX’s clever little Detroit plan: STAY WELL CLEAR & spend your well-earned money on yourself or keep it in the bank! Prudent advice from a victim of ***’ Black Hole investments
29 July 2010 8:24 pm
The insolvency group that closed down buybulgaria revealed that money had been distributed to the families and associates of Allso,
I guess the money taken from the allocation queue must have come in handy for Ingrid, allowing her to start up her company.
Simon Allso described the money put into her account as ‘expense income’.
Its funny, not even accountants are aware of the term ‘expense income’.
The mail article is no longer accepting comments. Simon Allso is threatening to sue. Simon Allso is an honest businessman, and having little money, planning permission or land was going to stop him building houses !!!!!
30 July 2010 2:33 pm
A suggestion for XX, of ***, London: we have invited you to defend your case in this hallowed space of the Web multiple times but you have declined. It’s strange really, because I know you love the Internet, XX, & understand it’s power to propagate a message whether that be lies, deception or the truth & to make quick money for yourself even when you have done no Due Diligence for your clients (as in the BBTL & Pathways examples).
You claim to be an all-be-it stupid & naive property agent & salesman. If you are honourable & bonafide businessman, XX, & I know you are clearly a wealthy man, given your accolades all over the Web (most written by you or your Copywriter), why don’t you get your hand out of your fat wallet & do the right thing & give all your “***” victims their hard-earned money back yourself? It is simple & not hard to do.
30 July 2010 4:45 pm
Personally , I would just be satisfied if the agents that sold this scam actually stood by their investors, and actually offered the after sale service promoted on their websites.
Surely there cannot be even an element of doubt that this was a scam. I have yet to hear a plausible explanation how this was anything but a pyramid scheme.
30 July 2010 5:55 pm
But XX, of ***, London is a “victim” of BBTL too (or so he claims
). He lost 20k GBP of his own money into this thing with NO Due Diligence!
Come on, XX. Just take this all on the chin as a bad loss. Accept responsibility for sucking poor folks into this mess. You could have a clear, clean conscience again.
Just cough up all the money you siphoned off good folks, who until they met you, were doing very well in life. You can afford it. You have properties in Barbados, Dubai & the like.
Just treat BBTL & your association with Kohli, Mannion & Allso as a bad affair & start again with a clean sheet. Transfer the monies back to your clients’ bank accounts.
(If Rob-U-Blind-XX is a real scammer & the Toxic Twins are his best pals, he will not follow my advice, which would explain why Due Diligence was never conducted on BBTL in the first place).
1 August 2010 1:57 pm
Hello My Friends.
I was thinking why convicted fraudster and ex jail bird Simon Allso has not got a Wikipedia reference. Surely with his gaining notoriety and with such a public history of fraud and other wrong doings he should have a full Wiki page of his own, somewhere to list every single news article and link about him and Ingrid Allso, any takers.
Peace to you all
Tariq
2 August 2010 2:41 pm
Elaborate Architect’s Plans. That’s right. They had the whole shooting match (apart from constructed houses!) in this scam.
So, what about the evil Anil Kohli, he of the dark, devious psychotic mind? Only a madman like him & Allso would go to such lengths to deceive innocent people & rip them off.
I just think of Saddam. The once arrogant leader on his White horse was a shadow of his former self when the Yanks pulled him out of his Rat Hole. Such is the fate of those who dig a hole for themselves & don’t believe in fighting like a man. Meanwhile Ponzi King, Madoff, enjoys his new home courtesy of US Govt.
The righteous will inherit the earth.
6 August 2010 5:34 pm
W A R N I N G: Do not buy Detroit, USA, property from XX, of ***, London. This man is a conman!
http://www.propertycommunity.com/forum/bulgaria-property/1585-100-mortgaes-bulgaria.html
Read this forum & the post below about Rob-U-Blind-XX & Black Hole Investments. When questioned on the forum below (self-promotion started by XX on 15th Feb ’07), it took him until May ’07 to repost in the same ridiculous B.S. fashion with his head up his xss.
He was asked some hard serious questions but chose just to avoid the issues & warnings from prudent investors. Eventually he was reported to the website owner.
The rest is history, as documented here, in these Bulgarian scam shenagans!
As my mother would say: “I wouldn’t go near it with a barge-pole!”
6 August 2010 5:51 pm
XX, Black Hole Investments (officially called ***, of London), is peddling distressed property in Detroit, USA.
<<—— I wouldn't touch it with a barge-pole!!
7 August 2010 1:26 pm
As replied Phil on your Blog below
The Contractor committed to 10 houses PER WEEK to catch up!!
Phil
PETURCH DOES have Planning Permission and I sent you an ACTUAL copy of the official document from the Mayor’s Office.
I have repeatedly told you that the ‘deal’ offered to you by Anil in 2008 would NOT have been what I offered so you need to continue to take that matter up with him
The timescales went longer purely because of planning delays beyond the control of the company which, again, you have been told many times.
The Building Contractor employed at Vladaya had committed to producing 10 houses per WEEK if required so when the statement was given to that effect it was perfectly possible.
That does NOT mean that the whole plan is not viable – just delayed.
No one had money ‘invested’ in a specific plot and consequently there is no timescale contractually
That does NOT mean I do not think you have a valid complaint – just there is nothing I can do about it.
Believe me, WE would not have started the business of developing property if anyone KNEW what would start happening in 2007 to the market in general!!
Simon Allso
This is simon allsos reply to an email about the legitimacy of the 100% finance scheme.
7 August 2010 3:54 pm
It was only a short delay & walk for Saddam before the noose was put around his neck. Take note, Kohli, Allso, Mannion & all you BBTL agents, also of diseased minds.
Yes, this was an elaborate crime & deception with lies followed by lies followed by lies. In short, this was plain THEFT from the innocent & trusting.
Police Force, authorities & legal professionals: step upto the plate & do your job. We, victims of BBTL want justice, our money back & a conclusion to this urgent nasty matter. The British public needs protecting too! All the evidence is here for you to act on this matter.
10 August 2010 5:31 pm
Dear All,
I’m opening the comments until the end of this week. Then I will close them again, because most of the people commenting are accusing various agents. I have received few emails from agents complaining that our website is defaming them. Since the comments are a lot we are unable to moderate them, and that will be also unfair. Therefore we prefer to close the comments but will keep the content so far. Also when you establish a new place where you can comment or write, I will be happy to put a link from this article to the new place you have for comments.
10 August 2010 6:30 pm
Firstly a big thank you to Milen Hristov for allowing us this opportunity to re-group and find a new home. Secondly a big thank you for allowing us to use his blog and to vent our frustrations publicly.
Well, fellow victims of BBTL we are once again homeless and in need of shelter. It is important that we stay connected, we are stronger in numbers and have a bigger collective voice. We need to buy a domain (nothing provocative) but something on the lines of, “victims of BBTL.co.uk” for example, drop a blog into the website and appoint from amongst ourselves one or two moderators.. and keep the fight alive.
If we use a free service we will be once again moved on and in this same situation, we need our own home. It does not cost very much just a little knowledge, knowledge I am afraid I do no posses, so if any of you can arrange this, please as a matter of urgency arrange a site on our behalf.
I would like to put Phil forward as a potential moderator and I would like to be involved.
I will leave this with you all for now.
Peace to to you all
Tariq
10 August 2010 7:32 pm
A LETTER TO XX OF ***, LONDON:
—————————————————–
Hello XX,
This is getting serious. You are ignoring my clear request to prove your innocence in this BBTL affair where you ripped me & others off by ?5000 a time for the Anil Kohli / Simon Allso / Tim Mannion scam in 2007.
You maintain your innocence in this & stipulated in your marketing material that YOU had invested ?20,000 of YOUR own money into buying villas in Sofia, Bulgaria, via BBTL.
When everything went sour you became very sheepish & pretended to be a victim yourself, I.e. YOU had lost ?20k. Prove me wrong.
You produced your bank records from ’07 to demonstrate that you had passed my (& other buyers’) ?5k onto Tim Mannion’s agency in England. (We were all duped into thinking that was destined for BBTL in Sofia, but it never reached there!).
******* Therefore, in the same way, you can produce records to prove your transmittal of your ?20k, also to Tim Mannion. I know you are capable, XX.
So, what are you waiting for? You are bonafide businessman, right?
***** Don’t you realise your whole personal & business integrity rests on this?!
***** Also, you have an obligation against me & other “***” victims to come clean or prove your innocence!
It is a simple request. Or do you want me to call the authorities in on *** for telling blatant lies?
Waiting on you.
Andrew Hirst
BBTL victim
10 August 2010 11:43 pm
XX
any explanation for this testimonial
“Your research is thorough and detailed”
I have been looking to invest in Bulgaria for a long time and was always a little weary of working with some companies because I felt that all they had was lots of glossy photographs but very little research and facts to back it up with.
*** Sofia villa development was totally different and was supported by pages and pages of information.
I am very happy with my investment. Thank you.
Rita Black, Scunthorpe
XX of ***, its not that hard to determine if this was a scam or not.
just look at the planning permission, land and finance, and then look at the corporate tenants
everything a pack of lies.
In a press conference given by Simon Allso in June 2007, he talks of an investment of 24 million, a few months before running out of money.
Simon Allso also talks of building 23 houses at Vladaya and 80 at petarch, not even a mention of where the other 500 houses were to be built, the houses that Simon only months before was promising investors would be built within a year.
Every time Simon Allso opens his mouth, a stream of lies pour out of it, one month he is talking of building multiple developments at once, the next he is talking of starting one house a week, and as BBTL fall seriously behind, he talks of building 10 houses a week. Simon Allso just cannot stop lying.
XX, can you give a lawful reason why Simon Allso should transfer money from the allocation queue to his wife’s account.
surely you can see that robert, surely the facts show what a pile of BS the 100% finance scheme was.
You will not shut me up by closing down these comments.
11 August 2010 2:53 am
Here is another request put to Rob-U-Blind XX, of ***, London, THAT HE FAILED TO DELIVER ON:
(Dated 29 March 2010)
“I am waiting on you. I want rubber-stamped, fully-signed (with position), official looking receipt, dated April 2007, in the name of “***”. “
11 August 2010 3:09 am
Some “high & mighty” people like XX, of ***, think they can use & abuse good, hard-working people, tell them a bunch of lies & steal from them & expecy loyalty, or praises in return. He thinks that with his fat wallet & fancy Lawyers he can threaten people & shut websites like this one – revealing the hard & nasty truth about him & his badly-chosen best pals – down. No, XX, we want this as a testament to your stupid & bad behaviour & decisions & participation in this Internet Fraud.
Like high-technology, XX? Yeah, we like it too & can use it effectively in a positive way unlike your robotic B.S. postings in ’07 which perpetuated evil & lies. You even went on to promote Kohli’s next scam (Pathways, in India) right at the same thing as BBTL went sour!
We gave you enough opportunity to express your side of the argument here, but typical & arrogant of you – you declined our multiple requests!
11 August 2010 10:45 am
Hi Milen
In my opinion, you might as well close this blog down today, no one is listening, it is a waste of all our time. Some of the people posting here, AH and Phil in particular are happy just to go around and around in circles, saying the same things time after time. it is a waste of my time being apart of this group.
It is no wonder Simon Allso found it so easy to take our money and even easier to keep hold of it. I thought we could fight this together, how wrong I am to think such thoughts.
As I will not be coming back to this site I will say goodbye, I hope you all find some peace and happiness.
Tariq
11 August 2010 1:41 pm
Hello Tariq,
Thank-you for your positive suggestions & contributions -they are valued & noted.
Haven’t you heard the phrase “a house that is divided will fall”? Keep the faith mate. We’ll be back & get the result we want!
As for repeations you are right, but the Search Engines like these & certain keywords
so, I make no apologies for that. Rob-U-Blind checks his rankings everyday. He thinks he owns the Internet but it came back to bite him!
11 August 2010 2:32 pm
Hello Milen,
Thank-you for your efforts & wisdom in helping us, victims of BBTL. We have not got the result we wanted yet but we will persist in our endeavour to “fight the good fight” & get justice & recompense.
Milen, please, if you have any further insights to act for us we will appreciate it greatly. This body of evidence here has tremendous value in itself.
Thanks again, Milen.
11 August 2010 3:16 pm
“I’ll Be Back!”
<<—– Arnie-The Terminator
That guy became the Governor of California!
11 August 2010 3:17 pm
Ok AH point taken, so lets do something about staying together with our own website.
Tariq
11 August 2010 8:50 pm
Tariq,
We keep feeding the search engines with information about the agents selling this project, It is reassuring to hear that we are hurting them
Everybody makes mistakes…. we trusted our money with lowlife like Allso.
But XX of *** just kept on making mistakes, and rather than admit he had screwed up, continued selling the pyramid scheme
what arrogance.And then went on to sell for Tim Mannion and Anil Kohli again.
And then threated us with legal action
Another big mistake.
With regard to running around in circles,
I have convinced our latest conservative MP, Phillip Ellis to take up the case.
I pointed out that the legal system does a good job of protecting the criminals, but fails to help the victims.
11 August 2010 9:52 pm
Thank you for allowing people who have been victims of this scam a collective voice. I will carry on determined in bringing the BBTL organises to account.
Regards,
Paul
11 August 2010 10:22 pm
I propose setting up a private forum, or Members Area. All participents on this forum & BBTL victims will be invited. The purpose is for planning & discussions of progress against the perpetrators & agents. Entry will be vetted to keep out the wolves.
I propose Phil as moderator, if he agrees. Details to follow here if this concept is popular.
This forum has served it’s purpose in highlighting this crime & will protect the public further.
Your opinions please.
12 August 2010 12:50 pm
http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/BBTL_Fraud
<<—- THIS IS OUR NEW HOME, A PRIVATE GROUP ONLY. NO WOLVES OR SNAKES ALLOWED!
BBTL victims – keep upto date with progress & strategies to bring these thieves to book by joining this group. **** You will be vetted prior to entry.
12 August 2010 2:22 pm
XX, of ***, London, does not know what the following words mean:
1. Repentance
2. Apology
3. Due Diligence
4. Morality
5. Safeguard others
6. Ethics
7. Deceit
8. Theft
9. Lies
10. Stupidity
11. Naiveity
12. Incompetence
13. Arrogance
12 August 2010 2:29 pm
**** Subscribe to our new Yahoo Group by sending a blank e-mail to:
BBTL_Fraud-subscribe@yahoogroups.co.uk
12 August 2010 4:41 pm
After subscribing to the Yahoo Group, check your Inbox & verify. Then after our approval you will be a member.
13 August 2010 4:43 am
A post from XX, dated 12th April 2007:
———————————————–
http://www.propertycommunity.com/forum/bulgaria-property/1585-100-mortgaes-bulgaria.html
Re: the post on the blog. This was quite a dark moment for us and the developer. here are the facts regarding this:
1- Having been out to Sofia and having around 50% of our clients also going out, we can confirm that building is going on and at a rapid rate.
2- The developer is now seeking legal action against the person who made those claims.
Unfortunately as I am sure you can appreciate, the internet is extremely hard to regulate and anyone can leave a very damaging post on a blog website.
Because these kind of websites rank very high in the search ranking, they can be extremely damaging for those concerned.
For legal reasons the developer has not replied to this, which therefore only provides readers a very one so sided and distorted view.
As an investor myself, I am more than happy with the investment, continue to be and intend, along with others, to invest further.
XX
***
14 August 2010 12:35 am
If you are curious Rob-U-Blind XX never provided me with proof of his transmission of HIS supposed 20,000 GBP to BBTL (I mean Mannion). No surprise there then
I wonder why not? Maybe he doesn’t possess the proof anyway (no, not because he lost it) but because he NEVER INVESTED IN BBTL HIMSELF ANYWAY which would mean that he lied in his marketing material about that! Why would we ever trust XX?
15 August 2010 4:03 pm
BBTL_Fraud@yahoogroups.co.uk
<<—— When you have subscribed & been approved by our new Yahoo Groups moderator, you can send a broadcast e-mail to all the List members by sending your message to the above E-mail Address.
A note about why I chose this format for our victim support & communication of strategy for the group. I believe this website has raised all necessary valid points & provided sufficent evidence to apprehend these disgusting fraudsters. We don't need to repeat ourselves anymore. Why did I not chose to set up a website for all to see? The answer is eventually it would become sabotaged & threatened with legal action. How fat is my wallet? I don't need to answer that.
But anyway, here are the benefits of our new group. Provided our vetting procedure works we can develope a successful plan of attack & not let it's structure or target be known. Then we can have the element of surprise & have a "Pincer Movement" on the thieves!
Phil & Tariq still waiting on you. Unity is the key here. You will both be moderators also.
15 August 2010 4:10 pm
I forgot to mention there is a file sharing faculty & useful hyperlinks for those given access to the group.
16 August 2010 3:23 pm
Mugshot of Simon Allso & an insight into his latest shady dealings here, courtesy of Lisa Buckingham (Financial Mail):
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/money/article-1297446/LISA-BUCKINGHAM-A-disturbing-lapse-professionals.html
17 August 2010 10:14 am
I have just noticed that someone on the forum was questioning if I had been paid off by Alan Forstyth to keep quiet about him, hilarious.
I wonder if this person has connections with any of the ‘people’ involved with the selling of the pyramid scheme.
I mainly focus on Anil Kohli , Simon allso Steve Hodgson, the man that misled me into buying into this project, and XX, the man that threatened me with legal action and the man that assured investors that this was a legitimate scheme, even knowing it was run by directors with a history of scamming people.
If you question XX, you will find that he cannot answer even the most simplest questions regarding the development, and yet put up dubious testimonials praising his due diligence.
XX was totally oblivious to how BBTL were to fund the 100% finance scheme, what their commitments were, what land they owned, what resources they had at their disposal, what finance. He was completely in the dark ( or so we are led to believe ). But this did not stop him from reassuring investors that this was a safe investment.
I have asked Alan Forstyth for feedback about his involvement with the pyramid scheme , I have yet to receive a single answer back. Alan Forsyth was the first agent to sell this scheme, and as I understand, has not lifted a finger to help the victims of this scam. His after sales service has been non existant.
17 August 2010 12:59 pm
Hello my friends.
I am at a loss as to why the new forum is a closed and ring fenced environment. It should be as public as possible, we need to shout about this alleged scam not mutter angrily behind closed doors. It will never achieve a Google presence and is in my opinion only a good thing for Simon Allso and co as it drives our cause underground.
As for people accusing Phil of any wrong doing I suggest Allso has already infiltrated your ranks.
Please someone buy a ?5 domain name place a moderated forum/blog on the site and lets do this openly and correctly.
Peace to you all.
Tariq
17 August 2010 1:31 pm
We think Tariq is right. We must have both as some things are not for the scammers ears. We must keep exposing them to protect the public. Wish we were warned of them before we handed our money to them. If we don’t get it back we have a duty to inform others. Many thanks to Mr Milen Hristov more people like you are needed.
SK
17 August 2010 3:27 pm
XX BBTL <> NFRC100800237034
Have reported this fraud again online with the above Crime Ref. No. Allocated. (No cop details yet – will let you know).
Also, I have reported XX & *** to Trading Standards to get him shutdown, if not fined. His practices are very bad & deceitful. If Ryanair can get fined for a few jabs at EasyJet, for example, or over-exagerations we can definitely collar Rob-U-Blind for his offences!
In my Police investigation am targetting the whole RING of BBTL (including all property agents) starting with XX since he likes attracting attention
No-one is beyond our focus. They are all in on it together.
****** The bad news? My beloved Yahoo Groups has been subjugated & shutdown…… Within the space of less than a week!!!!
****** Some financial muscle & heavy hand is sabotaging all our websites & forums, even “closed gate” structures.
But the battle is not over yet…..
17 August 2010 3:48 pm
Dark forces are at work but the light will shine through. When the light exposes the truth & lies NOTHING will remain concealed
17 August 2010 3:51 pm
Andy
for real ,who closeddown the yahoo groups ?
There are some of the forum that question our motives for going after the agents.
For one,this was only made possible by the agents that continued to ignore the blatant deception. I copied the agents on emails sent to Simon Allso, in which Simon Allso told the most outrageus lies. The agents said nothing.
During 2007 I continually pressured BBTL for proof of land, planning permission etc, not one agents would involve themselves. I was only requesting they do the due diligence that should have been carried out at the start of the project. There was a wall of silence.
BBTL continued to market the 100% finance scheme with the increasingly more deceptivie claims. The so called property investors should have known better.
17 August 2010 4:08 pm
Two additional points which deserve attention &, I think, have escaped our focus, but should be part of a thorough Police investigation (they were key components of the deception of BBTL):
1. “Guaranteed 10% Yield, or Rental Return” on our proposed villas in Sofia.
2. The Allocation Queue.
The last one was a classic attribute of Kohli – his favourite trick: DELAY TACTICS. He & Rob-U-Blind loved this device to play their evil game.
As for 10% Yield, where was that ever going to come from?!!!!
We were all duped & blinded…. Smokescreen, smokescreen, lies + lies + more lies….
The other key component of the trap was “100% Mortgages”, of course. But the above two points have missed our gaze.
17 August 2010 4:20 pm
Just a reminder. Tomorrow I will close the comments here. So be more consrtuctive and solve the website issue of BBTL victims. As you see I put two more days for commenting.
17 August 2010 4:33 pm
Hello All.
OK here is my email address, tariq2@hush.com I suggest anyone interested in creating a forum and website contact me and we will together create one. I have been advised that Simon Allso has been posting on this site and he is using a more subtle approach than normal, beware. Again a big thank you to Milen for allowing us the opotunity to use this site.
Please get in contact.
Tariq
17 August 2010 5:11 pm
http://www.scambusters.org/NigerianFee.html
<<—— Let's start a section here? This site exposes the classic "419 Fraud" or Advanced Fee Fraud.
Maybe this site can help us?
Scammers love "Advanced Fees". It is a well-known fraud & has been around for years stealing millions off innocent folks. But how does this apply to BBTL? What was our Advanced Fee? COMPANY FORMATION @ 5000 GBP a time!!!!
Who owns a Bulgarian company? Also, we need to focus on the Bulgarian Lawyer allocated by BBTL. He was quite a helpful guy.
17 August 2010 5:21 pm
AH
I do not think that is a very constructive idea.
17 August 2010 5:30 pm
http://www.tradingstandards.gov.uk
<<—— Start by supporting me & reporting XX, of ***, London, here. You can also report Alan Forsyth (who is still operating, I believe) & other agents who entrapped / deceived you as a consumer.
****** Remember: let's support each other & protect the public.
17 August 2010 6:01 pm
Find out Simon Allso’s residential address by clicking here (the owner of www. Smartwayadvertising.co.UK ):
http://www.domaincheck.co.uk/search_results.htm?full_domain=smartwayadvertising.co.uk
17 August 2010 6:09 pm
Let’s place a Freezin Order on Simon Allso’s bank account & seize his Lexus, as suggested earlier.
17 August 2010 6:45 pm
Domain name
smartwayadvertising.co.uk
Registrant
Simon Allso
Registrant type
Unknown
Registrant’s address
2 Cardinal Mews
Andover
Hants
SP10 3FY
United Kingdom
Registrar
Namesco Limited t/a Namesco Ltd [Tag = NAMESCO]
URL: http://www.names.co.uk
Relevant dates
Registered on: 29-Sep-2008
Renewal date: 29-Sep-2010
17 August 2010 8:05 pm
ALAN FORSYTH of http://www.propertysecrets.net here:
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Tel: +44 (0)115 985 3963
Email: service@propertysecrets.net
Company name: Propertysecrets.net Ltd
Registered office: 53 Crusader House, Nottingham, NG1 3BT, United Kingdom.
17 August 2010 8:11 pm
Hi, I found out about your site and was pretty impressed with everything! I am very interested in purchasing ANY property with good growth and rental prospects in the UK. I am living and working in Shanghai….. Look forward to hearing from you. Yours sincerely XX
<<—- Found this posted on Alan Forsyth's website at propertysecrets.net
But is it the same XX?!
18 August 2010 6:08 pm
The original & best anti-BBTL website?
https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=59078797533478913&postID=3206908979227152898
<<—– Keep the fight alive! Post your comments here. You will need a Google or Gmail e-mail account to login & post remarks & strategy.
This is a high-ranking site since it belongs to Google
18 August 2010 10:46 pm
Thread closed!