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Here you can name and shame the scam artists and hopefully alert potential victims before they are conned.
Alexandre Henrique Ventura Nogueira from Homes Real Estate has been a very successful scammer. He has sold pre-construction contracts on multiple fake projects such as The Plaza Obarrio, The Plaza San Francisco, The Consortium and The Plaza Coste del Este.
Of course, he doesn't even own a shovel and has built nothing although he does fake 'groundbreaking' and uses the photos to obtain the next installment.
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Lol this guy was all over the news and not mostly because of his scam.
He was involved with David Murcia and admitted to being a friend of his. When most were
giving Murcia their back.
Originally Posted by Panamanian Offshore
That's right he was planning to export the DMG ponzi to Panama and other countries. Here he is at a press conference in Bogota with his sidekick Alex Altshoul in November 2008 just before Murcia was arrested in Panama. What is surprising is that Juliet ****** an American attorney with offices in Panama city (Panamanagement) who represented Ventura and his Plaza condo hotel frauds was also there. She was trying to persuade everyone that it was just a more sophisticated version of selling Avon and that Davis Murcia's business plan was brilliant. She later founded the 'Friends of Davis Murcia To The Rescue' Foundation along with Ventura.
Then Murcia got sentenced to 30 years in Colombia before being extradited to the USA for money laundering etc.
"No le tenemos miedo a esta persecución"MG | ELESPECTADOR.COM
Last edited by Contrail; 07-09-2010 at 09:54 AM. Reason: Typo
Has anyone looked into these guys: Hatfield Oak International
Yes, but they have been active since early 2006. Now it's mid to late 2010.....
On May 29th 2009 Alexandre Ventura was arrested and detained in prison until June 26th when he was released on bail of $1.4 million. He faced at least seventeen separate fraud charges mostly concerning real estate transactions.
Since then he has disappeared from the radar and the Panama press have been silent on his massive scams. It might be unconnected but the mayor of Panama City Bosco Vallarino is a business associate of Ventura and used to promote the Homes Real Estate scams for him. If you are scammed in Panama please don't expect that the politicians will be concerned nor will the law assist in recovering your money for you. Welcome to Panama...
Last edited by Contrail; 07-15-2010 at 06:32 PM. Reason: Typo
I have to say I don't understand why people are buying things that haven't been built yet. Wait until you can see and touch it.
Excellent advice jonr. However, this was in the heady days of 2006 / 7 when greed took over and people believed the realtors who told them that property prices were going to explode and if they didn't get their deposit down today it would be gone by tomorrow. The realtors also always had renters falling over themselves to rent your property in the future and usually a mate at the bank who could fix a mortgage for you pronto before you had to pay the 70% balance, you just couldn't lose....
Last edited by Contrail; 07-16-2010 at 12:18 PM. Reason: Typo
That's a good synopsis of the "good old times" Contrail.
Here is a paste of the letter sent out by ******** ****** from Panamanagement on behalf of Alexandre Ventura promising that everything is on track with The Plaza Obarrio, just a new location....
March 28, 2008
Dear xxxxxx
You are one of our valued investors, who have executed a contract for the purchase of Unit 28-A in The Plaza (Obarrio) in Panama City, Panama (the “Original Agreement”). We are pleased to share with you that the project is proceeding to the next stage of development and we need to inform you that due to a recent feasibility analysis, the Developer has made a decision to relocate the project to another, better suited parcel of land for the construction of the Plaza building. The new location provides a much better access to the property and is also situated in the heart of Panama City in Obarrio on Samuel Lewis Boulevard. We are also pleased to inform you that the value of your investment has increased and similarly situated properties are currently being sold at or about $2,900 per m2.
Pursuant to Section 10 of your Contract, we are specifically authorized, in our sole discretion, to decline the construction and to return the funds paid to you. We are, however, convinced that the new location will make the project very successful and therefore, we would like to offer to you the opportunity to participate in the new Plaza project with substantially similar rights and obligations stated in your Original Agreement and to apply all of the moneys paid thereunder to the new contract. Your Unit number and purchase price will remain the same. In addition, although new owners will only receive their units furnished by participating in the rental program, your Unit will be delivered to you fully furnished even without your participation.
The groundbreaking ceremony at the new location is scheduled for April 2008 and we would like to offer to you a special opportunity to join us at the groundbreaking ceremony as a token of our appreciation of your continued
Investment Letter Page - 2 -
support of our projects. We will provide the roundtrip airfare and accommodations for 3 nights in Panama City for the groundbreaking to the investors who will chose to participate in the new Plaza project.
After receiving signatures as requested below, our loyal investors will be provided with a draft of the new contract, containing substantially similar provisions, rights and obligations as your Original Agreement for review, comments, if any and/or execution.
In the alternative, you have the option, pursuant to Section 10 of your Original Agreement, to request a full refund of your advances of the purchase price, paid to date, together with a 1% annul interest and to execute a settlement and release form. Upon issuance of the full refund, the Original Agreement shall become null and void and of no further force and effect.
Please, indicate your choices, as provided below and return the signed original to our attorney as provided in the cover letter. We will be in touch with you promptly to follow-up with the appropriate actions based on your decision.
We hope to continue working with you and regardless of your choice, we would like to thank you for investing in our project.
Very truly yours,
____________________
Alexandre Ventura Nogueira
President
Investment
Over two years later, still waiting for either that groundbreaking or the return of the stolen deposits ********......
Last edited by Contrail; 07-22-2010 at 11:24 PM. Reason: Typo
And another from Ms ****** requesting a scam extension.
445 Park Avenue, 9th Floor World Trade Center, Calle 53, Marbella
New York, NY 10022 Panamá City, Panamá Republic
MEMORANDUM
TO: Investors in the Plaza Obarrio Project, Panama City
FROM: ******** M. ******, Esq.
DATE: May 2008
RE: Investors Update - The Plaza Obarrio Project
We represent The Plaza Project Corporation and A2SN Development, Inc.
As we discussed in our recent telephone conversions, the Plaza Obarrio Project is moving
forward. The major development is the letter from the Ministry of Housing, allowing a
Condo Hotel project to proceed on the new lot without changes in current zoning. Attached
are the letter and a translation for your information.
Please, be advised that the location of the new lot for Plaza Obarrio Project is Samuel Lewis
Avenue and Juan Ramón Poll C. Street, Obarrio Urbanization, Bella Vista, District of
Panama, City of Panama (next to Metro Pharmacy). It is a much better location in a quieter
block, yet in the heart of the business district of Panama City, close to banks, shops and
hotels.
Due to the current short schedule for governmental offices (our notice is also attached for
your information) we are experiencing delays in obtaining necessary construction
approvals, hence the groundbreaking is also delayed – we will keep you informed of any
new developments.
Please, feel free to contact me if you have any questions regarding this matter. You can also
email info@panamanagement.com or call +212-541-3909 (US office) and +507-269-0060
(Panama office).
New York Office: Panamá City Office:
Telephone: 212-541-3909 Telephone: +507-269-0600
Facsimile: 212-541-3907 Facsimile: +507-269-0062
This letter is from the Homes 'in house lawyer, Lic. Juan Diego Arauz Arango and he blatantly lies in order to avoid returning the deposits. He asserts that every investor was notified of the delay in construction and thus missed their opportunity to recover their deposit and that the delay was on the advice of the builder who was unable to break ground in the 'dry season'. What Mr Arauz could not do was provide evidence of this 'notification' and what he failed to mention was that the project did not even have initial planning permission and had been marketed illegally.
Bear in mind that lawyers in Panama have little to fear from censure and some effortlessly lie in writing as a matter of routine.
HOMES – Real Estate, Investment & Services, Inc
Calle 53, Obarrio
Trump Plaza Ground Floor
TEL. (507) 215 1878
Fax. (507) 215 3489
E Mail: jdiego@panamarealestates.com.pa
Tailor Made Servers: Dedicated Servers Done Right. For You.
Panamá, 14 Noviembre de 2007
Licdo. XXXXXX
Real Estate Lawyer (Abogados)
Panamá – Ciudad de Panamá
E.S.D.
Estimada XXXXX
Por este medio, me comunico con usted en relación a la nota enviada a nuestras oficinas el día 6 de Noviembre de 2007.
En su nota expresa la intención de cancelar el contrato de promesa de compra y venta de la unidad 28 A del proyecto The Plaza Obarrio.
En el caso de la devolución lamentamos informarle que de realizarse la devolución la solicitud de la misma se debió haber realizado 10 días después de la ultima posposición es decir mes de Agosto, con esto no indicamos que el proyecto no se vaya a realizar el inicio de construcción se estima pertinente para la época seca según la recomendación de nuestros constructores.
Por otro lado le comunicamos que la posposición de la misma fue notificada debidamente a su email, adicionalmente al enviar notificación de devolución se tomo como indica la clausula decimo tercera aceptada de su parte.
Gracias, se despide, en espera de sus comentarios,
_____________________________
Lic. Juan Diego Arauz Arango
Abogado/Attorney in Law
Legal Departament
Homes Real Estates Invesment & Services Inc.
Last edited by Contrail; 07-23-2010 at 09:18 AM. Reason: Typo
In a different vein here is a guy to look out for. He is a black Panamanian but pretends to be an American tourist with a flawless American accent and his scam featured on the Panama Guide a number of times. He sat down at the next table to me in Pomodoros in Cangrejo a few months ago. A smooth talker and in no time at all he was telling me that he had taken a taxi to the canal but had left his bag containing his wallet, credit cards and passport in the cab and was flat broke.
Next, his sister had sent him some money via Western Union but he couldn't collect it with no ID. He came across as far too polished and relaxed for someone in his predicament. I didn't know but said that it was possible to pick up funds at Western Union without an ID by using a secret question. Not what he wanted to hear and he moved off in search of another mark. Apparently he also pretends to be an ex serviceman and has taken in a number of gulliable tourists with that scam, so don't fall for it.
Here is latin american justice:
YouTube - Judge Nunez Misconduct Overview - Chevron Ecuador Lawsuit
Always stay protected, always stay with the money and be able to get the fk out of the jurisduction from which you operate.
Here are a few more names of people that assisted in the Homes scams.
Boris Michailov - Head of the sales team for Homes.
Eleonora Michailov - Canadian Realtor in Toronto who marketed the scams across Canada (and the mother of Boris.)
Alex Altsoul - Ventura's partner
Alexander Kaplan - Salesman
Jenny Levy - Saleswoman
The Michailovs are currently marketing real estate in Panama through the New World Realty Group.
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Here is an email exchange with Alexander Kaplan a salesman for Ventura. In order to scam yet another deposit for the fake Consortium apartment building in San Francisco, Kaplan maintains that the piling work and foundations are finished and construction will commence within a week, he also states that a bank will grant a 70% mortgage. Kaplan fails to mention that the 'developer' Ventura is in the same office and he knows damn well that the lot is nothing but a desolate landscape. Do not believe anything a realtor tells you without first independently checking as Panama is full of liars like Kaplan waiting to steal your money.
RE: INFO REQUEST: CONSORTIUM - ID # 97
From: "Homes Real Estate Investments & Services" <alexk@panamareals.com>
Hello Gerlad,
Deposits for consortium:
10% on signing
10% after one month
10% one year after six month of second deposit
the rest is on closing , local banks provides morgage of 70% with approx. 6.5% rate
Consortium remains to be most attractive project in the area of San Francisco, located at same street as Sheraton Hotel and Atalapa Convention Center, with easy access to Av. Israel, 50th street and International Airport Tocumen, 5 minutes distance: John Hopkins Hospital and main city MULTIPLAZA Mall.
If you have more questions, im here at your sevice anytime
Regards
Alex
Alexander Kaplan
Homes Real Estate Investment and Services
Trump Plaza, Calle 53, Obarrio
Panama Ciudad
Mobile: (507) 674 220 75
Office: (507) 209 2911
Fax: (507) 215-3489
alexk@panamareals.com
www.panamareals.com
----- Original Message -----
From: Gerald Hamilton
To: alexk@panamareals.com
Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2008 3:43 PM
Subject: The Consortium
Hello Alex,
Thank you for the very quick reply with the info, most impressive.
I'm not sure what this means, "10% one year after six month of second deposit" please could you clarify.
I see on your website that construction started last September. How is it progressing, can you give me an idea of when you think it might be completed so that I can do some planning?
Regards,
Gerald
RE: THE CONSORTIUM
From: "Homes Real Estate Investments & Services" <alexk@panamareals.com>
Hello Gerald,
Sorry for misleading, i ment 10% 6 month after second deposit
as for the construction, according to the developer, the piling and foundation works are finished and they are starting to go up during upcoming week.
Regards
Alex
August 9, 2010
Via email, fax and Federal Express
This is ******** ******, Esq., General Counsel of PanaManagement Corporation. I discovered today the website: PANAMFORUM.COM - which illegally posted my name and comments fraudulently posted by an impostor. We do not have any affiliation with the named real estate projects in Panama and I have not posted on that website….
I hereby provide you with a 48-hours notice to (i) direct your client to remove my name and comments associated with it and (ii) to disclose to me full contact information of the owner of this website with real physical address, telephone and fax for the service of process purposes in connection with a lawsuit for libel and defamation we are filing next week.
If you do not comply, we will sue your company in order to obtain a Court order for the information I requested above –it will cost you thousands of dollars to fight it.
So, you will either contact your client and they will immediately remove my name and comments from their website or we will proceed with lawsuits in both State and Federal Courts. If your client refuses to remove my name and company, I strongly suggest that you shut down this website – I assure you that your fees for hosting this webpage will be dwarfed by the legal fees to oppose our lawsuits. If you have an in-house attorney, I recommend that you forward this email to that office NOW.
Sincerely,
******** ******, Esq.
_____________________________________
This e-mail message and any attachments hereto are confidential and may be
attorney-client privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, please,
notify the sender immediately by telephone at (212)541-3909 or by email to
j******@prodigy.net, and delete all electronic copies of this message and
any attachments hereto from your PC and/or server and destroy all hard
copies hereof, if any.
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PanaManagement Corporation
445 Park Avenue, 9th Floor,
New York, NY 10022
Telephone: (212) 541-3909
Facsimile: (212) 541-3907
Panama Office:
World Trade Center, Suite 1505
Panamá City, Republic of Panamá
Telephone: +(507) 269-0060
Facsimile: +(507) 269-0062
Panamá Mobile: +507-6773-2232
Website: http://www.panamanagement.com
International Project Development Group LLC
Tel. No.: (516) 869-4997
Fax No: (516) 684-9836
U.S. Mobile: (516) 313-9176
Email: j******@prodigy.net
**Please consider the environmental impact before printing this e-mail**
**Por favor considere el impacto ambiental antes de imprimir este e-mail**
Enjoy Panama!
In India it is common and smart to buy property up to 3 years prior of completion. If you can invest in the pre-phase of a serious development it can be very rewarding. Of course, Panama seems to have way different dynamics.
"¡Ándale! ¡Ándale!¡Arriba! ¡Arriba!" >>> http://www.panamaforum.com/living-pa...fact-book.html
Ms ****** seems quite deranged to think that someone is impersonating her.
However, here is what we do know about her:
1. She attended the press conference in Bogota with Alexandre Ventura and Alex Altshoul in November 2008 to sing the praises of David Murcia. She also represented DMG in the United States.
'******** ******, representante de la firma en Estados Unidos, aseguró que el modelo de David Murcia es un negocio brillante y redondo.'
"No le tenemos miedo a esta persecución"
2. She represented Alexandre Ventura in the Plaza Obarrio scam.
Greetings,
We represent The Plaza Project Corporation and A2SN Development, Inc.
Attached, please find an important correspondence regarding your investment in the Plaza Obarrio project. Please, review it, indicate your choice of options offered therein and return the signed original to our New York or Panama office at the address below. Please, let me know if you need a hard copy or you can print and sing the attached document.
Please, feel free to call me if you have any questions regarding this matter. Since I divide my time between New York and Panamá offices and travel extensively otherwise, if you have an urgent message, please, e-mail my assistant, Elsie, copied above, and she will find me.
We are looking forward to working with you.
Kind regards,
******** ******
_____________________________________
This e-mail message and any attachments hereto are confidential and may be
attorney-client privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, please,
notify the sender immediately by telephone at (516) 869-4997 or by email to
j******@prodigy.net, and delete all electronic copies of this message and
any attachments hereto from your PC and/or server and destroy all hard
copies hereof, if any.
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PanaManagement Corporation
445 Park Avenue, 9th Floor,
New York, NY 10022
Telephone: (212) 541-3909
Facsimile: (212) 541-3907
Panama Office:
World Trade Center
Panamá City, Republic of Panamá
Telephone: +(507) 269-0060
Facsimile: +(507) 269-0062
Panamá Mobile: +507-6773-2232
International Project Development Group LLC
Tel. No.: (516) 869-4997
Fax No: (516) 684-9836
U.S. Mobile: (516) 313-9176
Email: j******@prodigy.net
3. She seems to be practising law in Panama but does she have a Panamanian law degree?
Last edited by Contrail; 08-12-2010 at 09:57 AM. Reason: Typo
Nice wiki puff, but for some reason, no mention of Alexandre Ventura, A2SN or David Murcia.
i'm not sure what the psychiatric term is for "impersonating" yourself (perhaps it's psychopath) but here's some more bullshit from ******** circa 2008
Greetings,
As we discussed, I requested the confirmation of location of the new Plaza – please, see below from my office in Panama:
“Be advised that the location of the new lot for PLAZA OBARRIO PROJECT is Samuel Lewis Avenue and Juan Ramón Poll C. Street, Obarrio Urbanization, Bella Vista District of Panama, City of Panama (past Metro Pharmacy).”
I also would like to let you know that the architects are working on all required permits for the ground-breaking.
Please, let me know if you need any other information.
Regards,
********
_____________________________________
This e-mail message and any attachments hereto are confidential and may be
attorney-client privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, please,
notify the sender immediately by telephone at (516) 869-4997 or by email to
j******@prodigy.net, and delete all electronic copies of this message and
any attachments hereto from your PC and/or server and destroy all hard
copies hereof, if any.
-------------------------------------------------------------------
PanaManagement Corporation
445 Park Avenue, 9th Floor,
New York, NY 10022
Telephone: (212) 541-3909
Facsimile: (212) 541-3907
Panama Office:
World Trade Center
Panamá City, Republic of Panamá
Telephone: +(507) 269-0060
Facsimile: +(507) 269-0062
Panamá Mobile: +507-6773-2232
International Project Development Group LLC
Tel. No.: (516) 869-4997
Fax No: (516) 684-9836
U.S. Mobile: (516) 313-9176
Email: j******@prodigy.net
Surely the permits are ready by now for groundbreaking? Oh wait, Ventura illegally marketed the project with no planning permission, I'll dig up the link from La Prensa.
Whenever I read a tag line such as "consider the environmental impact before printing this e-mail" I instinctively reach for my wallet. Now I know why.
I did a little research today and while I don't know the full facts about these scams, judging from ********'s course of action and her evasive "lawyer speak" it's pretty obvious she is trying to intimidate our higher ups into removing this thread and/or shutting down this forum entirely without providing any further information.
Maybe I'm wrong, but I strongly believe that if these emails and her association with the scams were simply made up, she wouldn't have thrown such a ridiculous temper tantrum. Instead, she would have contacted a forum admin and kindly asked to remove any falsified posts.
Even if she was involved, she could have simply said something like "Yes, we represented them, and when we found out they were a scam we terminated the relationship, we will do our best to help investors, please remove or amend these posts as they unjustly hurt our reputation".
Our hosting arrangements are safe (we survived the Panamalaw episode in the face of massive legal threats and DDOS attacks), so it's basically a coin flip between heads - ignoring her and tails - writing a response explaining our stance on threats, scammers, censorship, etc.
Enjoy Panama!
Contrail (08-14-2010)
Perhaps Ms ****** will have better luck suing Usenet?
******** ****** The Fraudsters companion - misc.invest.real-estate | Google Groups
Homes Real Estate also operated in Florida.
Homes Realty USA LLC Company Profile - Located in Miami, FL - Alex Ventura Norgueira
Here is 'Dr Hans Reinisch' a novelty flag seller from Florida with a fake hotel management resume who is the chief executive of the so called 'Octagon Group' contracted to operate the non-existent Plaza Costa del Este that of course wasn't brought to you by Alexandre Ventura.
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