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A company calling itself “Blackrock Commodities” is running a recovery room scam. Along with other companies calling themselves “Carter & Carter”, “Asio Capital”, and “Alexander Forbes”

Posted on 22 March 201617 May 2017

A company claiming to be called “Blackrock Commodities” is cold calling people who have been scammed into buying carbon credits as investments. “Blackrock Commodities” claims to be able to sell the carbon credits for £5 to a Swedish company called Asio Capital. All you have to do is pay an advance fee. It’s a scam,…

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Carbonballs: How Carbon Neutral Investments made Newcastle United “carbon positive”

Posted on 16 February 201610 May 2019

Last week, REDD-Monitor wrote about the closure of 19 companies in the High Court in London. The companies sold more than 5 million carbon credits to retail investors, for more than £36 million. Hundreds of pensioners were duped out of their life savings.

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Another 19 carbon credit boiler room scams bite the dust. Including (not before time) Carbon Neutral Investments

Posted on 11 February 201622 March 2021

By Chris Lang On 3 February 2016, the High Court in London ordered 19 companies into liquidation, following an investigation by the Insolvency Service. One of the companies is CNI (UK) Ltd, whose director Edward Carlton had previously worked as “Head of UK Operations” at Carbon Neutral Investments.

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The Transition Movement, climate change, commons and REDD

Posted on 3 February 201630 March 2017

“What if the world’s leaders have decided not to tackle climate change? What if they’ve decided it’s easier to deal with the impacts rather than tackle the underlying causes?”

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“Notification of Defamatory Statements”: A letter from Ascendo Consulting about Titan Capital Markets, Paradigm Management Consulting, Aaron Wilson and Victor Godwin (AKA Falade)

Posted on 29 January 20167 May 2021

Capital Alternatives was part of large network of companies that sold investments in hotels, carbon credits, agricultural land, Voice over Internet Protocol, timber, diamonds, gold, platinum, or water bonds.

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