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Tag: Carbon Credits

Grayson Wealth Management

Grayson Wealth Management and Carpathian Forestry are running a recovery room scam

Posted on 28 May 201511 April 2022

A company called Grayson Wealth Management is cold calling people who have been scammed into buying carbon credits. Grayson Wealth Management’s telemarketers offer them a way of getting rid of their carbon credits. It’s a scam, of course.

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Sustain Green

Sustain:Green’s biodegradable credit card, Nike’s “Air” shoes, and the carbon credits that no one wants to buy

Posted on 26 May 201514 September 2021

By Chris Lang “Credit cards that help the planet.” That’s the sales pitch from a company called Sustain:Green. With the company’s new biodegradable credit card you can “Fight climate change”, “Fund rainforest preservation”, and “Reduce your carbon footprint”.

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G2G Investments: Recovery room? Scam? Or what?

Posted on 6 May 2015

G2G Investments Ltd is “an independent brokerage specialising in offering investment opportunities in gold, silver, and other alternative investments to private clients seeking to hold wealth in capital assured tangible assets”. At least that’s what it says on the company’s website.

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Emerald Knight

How Emerald Knight’s sales pitch duped the Financial Times blog FT Adviser

Posted on 21 April 201517 September 2021

A scam company called Emerald Knight featured regularly on FT Adviser in 2011 – 2012.

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Financial Conduct Authority wins appeal case against Capital Alternatives

Posted on 31 March 20153 April 2018

The Court of Appeal has upheld a February 2014 High Court ruling in which the Financial Conduct Authority won their case against Capital Alternatives and other firms. The FCA accused the firms of “promoting and/or operating collective investment schemes (CISs) in the UK illegally and without our authorisation”.

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