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Category: Isle of Man

Carbon Positive Trading

Longer prison sentences for carbon fraudsters behind Carbon Positive Trading and Carbon Capital investment scam after they failed to repay stolen funds

Posted on 24 August 202124 August 2021

The scammers behind the Carbon Positive Trading and Carbon Capital fraud have been sentenced to longer prison sentences after failing to return their ill-gotten gains.

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Blackmore Bond collapse: Financial Conduct Authority is “responsible for every penny lost”

Posted on 14 May 202023 October 2021

By Chris Lang Three weeks ago, Blackmore Bond’s mini-bond investment scheme collapsed into administration. The Financial Conduct Authority was warned three years ago about one of the boiler room operations that was cold calling pensioners to persuade them to invest in Blackmore Bond. But the FCA took no action.

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The Kariba REDD project in Zimbabwe: From carbon credits to EARTH tokens

Posted on 8 February 201831 January 2023

The extraordinary story of the Kariba REDD project in Zimbabwe. Featuring cryptocurrencies, Earth Tokens, carbon credits, and tax havens.

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Premier Group (Isle of Man) Ltd goes into liquidation. Inspector appointed to investigate Eco Resource Fund. What next for Troy Wiseman and EcoPlanet Bamboo?

Posted on 12 January 201715 September 2021

EcoPlanet Bamboo runs bamboo plantations in Nicaragua, South Africa and Ghana. A UK company called EcoPlanet Bamboo (UK) Ltd sold “bamboo bonds” with a promise of “a 500% return on investment over a 15 year period” on an investment of US$50,000. But in December 2015, EcoPlanet Bamboo wrote to bondholders to tell them that their…

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Bamboozled: Inside EcoPlanet Bamboo’s tangled investment web

Posted on 25 October 201626 July 2022

A glimpse at some of the companies behind EcoPlanet Bamboo’s investment scheme.

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