By Chris Lang Since May 2018, if you buy ice cream from Ben & Jerry’s Scoop Shop in Wardour Street, London, you will also buy a small part of a carbon credit. For every scoop of ice cream, a penny goes to buying carbon credits from the Cordillera Azul National Park REDD project in Peru.
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A company called “NLC Partners” is running a recovery room scam
A company called “NLC Partners” is contacting people who were scammed into buying carbon credits as investments. NLC Partners claims to be able to sell the carbon credits. Needless to say, this has all the hallmarks of a recovery room scam.
Red flags: Radley Ventures Nominees, part of the Thorn Medical network, is selling shares in Med Cell Plc, a Liverpool-based firm linked to stem cell company Med Cell Bahamas
Radley Ventures Nominees is involved in selling shares in Med Cell Plc, a UK registered company linked to a stem cell research company in the Bahamas.
Boiler room scammer Michael Nascimento jailed for 13 years
Michael Nascimento has been sentenced to 13 years in jail for his role in a series of boiler room companies. Between July 2010 and April 2014, the scammers cold called members of the public promoting investment schemes in Madeira. They promised guaranteed returns of between 125% and 228%, and convinced more than 170 people to…
Why is there still no ban on cold calling in the UK?
By Chris Lang The UK government has once again postponed its proposed ban on cold calling. The government is holding another consultation and in Autumn 2018 will present legislation for discussion in both Houses of Parliament.