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…
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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…

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…

Seven years ago, Renwick Haddow and Kristan Gander set up a scam in Dubai called Platinum Commodities. The company’s CEO, Robin Berlyn, is still trapped in Dubai. A couple of weeks ago he tried to swim to freedom
By Chris Lang When the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority took Capital Alternatives and several other companies to the High Court in 2013, Renwick Haddow and the other people behind the scams did not stop scamming. Instead, they moved their operations to Dubai.

A company calling itself Carbon Credit Registry is running a recovery room scam
By Chris Lang REDD-Monitor recently received an email with the subject “Another VER scam site…” The email stated, I thought it would be a good idea to let you know (in case you’ve not already come across it) about Carbon Credit Registry: https://www.carboncreditregistry.co.uk. They are doing the old ‘reformatting’ trick.