James Moore found guilty on 7 June 2019, following a one-week trial before U.S. District Judge Richard M. Berman.
Category: UK
Renwick Haddow pleads guilty to involvement in “the fraudulent scheme related to Bar Works”. Sam Aura pleads not guilty
Renwick Haddow pleads guilty for his role in the Bar Works and Bitcoin Store investment scams.
A company called Verified Carbon Solutions is running a recovery room scam together with another company called Kentisbury Trust. And/or SML & Associates
Earlier this week, REDD-Monitor received an email from Brian Smith (name changed). Brian explained that about seven years ago he’d been scammed into buying carbon credits as an investment. Recently, Brian received an email from John Miles at a company called Verified Carbon Solutions. Miles said he was acting as a broker for Kentisbury Trust,…
Guest Post: Nature-based solutions. Separating the wheat from the chaff
Recently, British journalist George Monbiot launched a Natural Climate Solutions campaign. In the spirit of encouraging debate about the dangers of offsetting emissions from fossil fuels against the carbon temporarily stored in ecosystems, I wrote a post asking the question, “Is the new Natural Climate Solutions campaign a distraction from the need to leave fossil…
A story of carbon credits, diamonds, and fraud. Featuring London Carbon Market, Carlton Chase, SDKA International, Gurpreet Singh Rai, and the return of Luke Ryan
By Chris Lang Gurpreet Singh Rai, or Gurps to his friends, describes himself as someone who was a “prominent figure of the Carbon Market”. He claims to have created history in 2011, when he became “the first person to successfully facilitate a commodity trade using a virtual currency”.