African Land Ltd had a simple offer: Invest in “low-cost, high potential” farmland in Sierra Leone. “We Harvest – You Profit” was the headline of one of the company’s brochures.
Tag: Boiler rooms
Diffraction Limited: Another carbon credit boiler room bites the dust
By Chris Lang The High Court in London has ordered Diffraction Limited into liquidation following an investigation by the Insolvency Service. Diffraction Limited is another part of the web of companies around Eco-Synergies.
UK High Court shuts down “web” of carbon credit boiler rooms – £19 million scam with Eco-Synergies at the centre
A web of companies, with Eco-Synergies at the centre, has been closed down in the UK’s High Court.
Carbonballs: “Enviro Associates believe that demand for all types of emission reduction units will grow more quickly than supply”
REDD-Monitor’s occasional series, Carbonballs features the howlers made by con artists selling carbon credits as investments. This time round, it’s Enviro Associates trying to explain carbon credits to gullible investors.
More carbon credit boiler rooms: ASJ International and Tower Trade
Here’s a comment from a couple of months ago on REDD-Monitor: “I invested with ASJ International Dec 2012 and now cannot get hold of them. Any news?”