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Carbon Neutral Investments

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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“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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Something phishy from Kession Capital

Posted on 28 January 201626 July 2018

Among the services that a company called Kession Capital provides is to “Lend our FCA permissions to new and existing firms”. These new and existing firms are “appointed representatives” of Kession Capital.

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Vanguard Trading is running a recovery room scam

Posted on 22 January 20164 July 2017

A company calling itself Vanguard Trading International (or Vanguard UK Trading, or Vanguard Trading UK, or Vanguard Global Financial Intermediaries) is cold calling retail investors who have been scammed into buying carbon credits. Vanguard claims to be able to sell the carbon credits. Of course, there’s an advanced fee to be paid. And, of course,…

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The incredible story of Papua New Guinea’s April Salumei REDD project

Posted on 25 November 201518 February 2020

A company called London Carbon Neutral Ltd and eight linked companies have been shut down in the High Court in London. The companies were shut down after “high pressure and intimidating sales people had targeted the elderly and vulnerable” to sell them carbon credits as investments.

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