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Tag: Carbon Credits

A company called “NLC Partners” is running a recovery room scam

Posted on 5 October 201821 March 2020

A company called “NLC Partners” is contacting people who were scammed into buying carbon credits as investments. NLC Partners claims to be able to sell the carbon credits. Needless to say, this has all the hallmarks of a recovery room scam.

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Aviation and false solutions: The farce of the “Florestal Santa Maria” REDD project in Mato Grosso, Brazil

Posted on 19 June 201816 July 2021

The Florestal Santa Maria REDD project is built on the farce of REDD, the farce of FSC-certification and the farce of carbon trading.

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Peter Singh Virdee avoids extradition to Germany to face charges of VAT fraud on carbon credit sales. Virdee is now being investigated for corruption in the Caribbean

Posted on 17 May 20182 June 2022

Peter Singh Virdee avoided extradition to Germany to face charges of VAT fraud on sales of carbon credits. But Virdee talked of paying bribes in the Caribbean.

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The Kariba REDD project in Zimbabwe: From carbon credits to EARTH tokens

Posted on 8 February 201831 January 2023

The extraordinary story of the Kariba REDD project in Zimbabwe. Featuring cryptocurrencies, Earth Tokens, carbon credits, and tax havens.

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Interview with Kate Heller, VCS Communications Manager, about April Salumei: “We cannot speak for the other ‘credits’ issued by the project”

Posted on 31 January 201818 February 2020

In 2011, a Swiss company called World Markets AG bought five million “carbon benefit units”. They came from the April Salumei REDD project in Papua New Guinea. World Markets sold the “carbon benefit units” at a profit of over US$5 million.

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