By Chris Lang World Wide Carbon LLC was a company registered in Atlanta in the US. From 2013 to 2018, the company claimed to sell investments related to carbon credits. In total seven victims handed over US$1.7 million. On 1 December 2020, in the District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, Mark H. Loewen,…
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UPDATED – Brett Tremain: “We currently hold 9.5m REDD’s carbon certificates 2012 to 2017 vintages”
By Chris Lang Someone called Brett Tremain recently sent the following message via LinkedIn: I hope this finds you well, the reason for the request is we are protecting 125,000-hectare site in Para Brazil from a high deforestation and forest degradation that has been running since 2009. We currently hold 9.5m REDD’s carbon certificates 2012…
Response from Martin Horan, CEO of RemoveReports, to REDD-Monitor’s post about Gurpreet Singh Rai: “If the removal is possible, Please let me know the cost and we will get it straight to you”
By Chris Lang In May 2019, REDD-Monitor wrote a post about Gurpreet Singh Rai, who described himself as a “prominent figure of the Carbon Market”. The post outlined some of the companies Rai has been involved in: London Carbon Market, Carlton Chase, and SDKA International, ending with a cameo appearance by Luke Ryan and his…
Response from Guy Conroy, CEO of Green IS Group Limited: “We are giving you the opportunity to correct your article or remove it until it is accurate prior to issuing any legal takedown notice”
By Chris Lang In July 2020, REDD-Monitor wrote about a company called Green IS Group. The company offers investments in “Green Bonds”. Based on what the company itself says about the investment, I described the bonds as “an extremely high risk, completely unregulated investment”.
The Carbon Credit Registry carbon credit “reformatting” scam continues: A company calling itself Williams & Gray is running a recovery room scam
By Chris Lang Earlier this week, REDD-Monitor received an email from “John”. John had been cold called by Simon Humphries, who claimed to be from a company called Williams & Gray. Humphries told John that Williams & Gray could sell the carbon credits he had been scammed into buying years ago for more than £20…