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Just to add to this, I have the Head of Intelligence and another senior officer of the Serious Fraud Office coming to see me next week re our complaint.
I have also received a letter from Lord Triesman's office (he is Chairman of the FA), asking me for more details of what has happened to us.
The Florida Department of Business & Professional Regulation has responded to my complaint and is currently looking into this.

dougie give me a bell on [protected] ill tell u all about mri or email me melvins@blueyonder.co.uk

Folks, if you need local help, just give me a shout at www.whitemountain.ro. I'm not involved with the development, nor those shady characters at MRI, but I do have a permanent business in Brasov, not very far from the Cold Moountain developement.

Kind regards
Damian Galvin

You might want to check this link out.
http://www.swap2ndhome.com/martinez_negligence.html
This link has been designed by a UK lawyer. He is collating information from anyone that went on an inspection trip with a view to buying property abroad through MRI, and was introduced to Martinez Echevarria/Legal Independence by MRI. He and a reputable Spanish lawyer are assessing individual cases for free, with a view to forming a Class Action against Martinez Echevarria/Legal Independence.
If you think that you have a claim then click on the link and submit your details. There is no obligation at this time, you are not committing to anything, just tell your experience and you will be informed in the near future as to whether you have a valid claim.

We have purchased a property in Aspen Heights, Bansko and felt we were totally misled and misguided with what we purchased. We tried everything to get out of the contract when we had only purchased 50%, but were advised to go ahead and complete purchases as contract was so water tight. I beleive we have a case to take them to court to clain our money back. The apartment we purcashed was to have access to own private golf course - this is not the case.
I BELIEVE THEY HAVE RIPPED OFF EVERYBODY WHO PUT THEIR TRUST IN THEM.

URGENT REQUEST for information.

We are looking into the case of people who have paid Legal Services Agency to take an action against MRI. We have done some preliminary searches into the existence of: Legal Services Agency, Pavlova and Dramov and Nataliya Veselinova Pavlova and can find no proof of this being a proper law firm. At the time of writing we have our lawyer in Sofia investigating the situation.
This 'law firm' seems to have taken a case against MRI based on preliminary contracts with them and recently lost the case in the local courts. Claimants have been asked to pay MRI's legal costs, it appears.
I cannot understand why a case would be brought in such a manner. It's almost as if the case was put together with the purpose of losing. A cynic would perhaps say that it was to put people off claiming against MRI at all. They are, after all, vulnerable in Bulgaria as they have a construction company with 2 developments and, therefore, tangible assets.
Perhaps the very helpful Dave (ex-MRI employee) had another agenda?
We would like to hear from those of you who have paid this firm. Do you have a name and Bulgaria Bar Association number for the lawyer who went to court on your behalf? If so we will do our best to get to the bottom of it.
Many thanks.
N. Sarabia
BSN Legal

Hello again

Sorry, the last posting went up twice by mistake.

N Sarabia

We also purchased in bansko and have been well and truly led up the garden path by MRI. What I cant understand is how they seem to be getting away with ripping so many people off all over Europe and nobody seems to be ableto touch them!
I am speaking to a UK based lawyer who specvialises in conflicts with overseas developers and agents and it sounds like he will be able to help. For those who may be inetersted I have posted his details below:
Richard Hayes
The Terrace
Grantham Street
Lincoln
LN2 1BD
[protected]
[protected]

I had a very bad experince with these ripp off merchants when I purchased in Bulgaria (bansko). I am now in the process of persuing them legally through a UK based solicitor who specialises in property fraud in Europe. Muy advise is avoid these cowboys like the plague they WILL rip you off GAURANTEED>
For those interested I have posted the details for the solicitor I am using below:
Richard Hayes
The Terrace
Grantham Street
Lincoln
LN2 1BD
[protected]
[protected]

Hello again

We have had a BSN Legal lawyer look into the case being handled by Pavlova and Dramov, who are, it appears, licensed to practice law in Bulgaria. The case has been put together quite badly and, unfortunately, these lawyers have lost the case - meaning if the case loses again on appeal the clients can never again go after MRI for their money back.
Our lawyer is handling the appeal for one of those affected by ex-MRI Dave and his lawyers to see if he can change a few things to make the case stronger (under the law he has to go forward with the case on the basis of how it was begun).

Cyprusjohn - you seem to be having a lot of problems with properties in several countries (all sold to you by MRI!) and we are currently looking into Richard Hayes because of your dubious postings on various websites.

Thank you.

Nicola Sarabia

Nicola
You seem to be casting doubts on everyone’s motives who has posted what should be helpful comments on this forum (including Dave ex MRI employee). You seem keen to cast dispersions on people - i wonder what your motives are? no doubt you are just trying to be a good citizen or could it be that you are flogging overpriced legal services!
The reason I chose UK based advise is that me (and probably everyone on this forum) would not trust a Bulgarian lawyer.
As for your comments about "we are looking in to Richard Hayes", who are you to be looking in to other people credentials?
MRI have LTD companies in Spain and the UK so it is possible to seek legal redress in those countries which is what we are doing. If you have something useful to say on this subject then lets here it. If all you are doing is investigating other legal companies then good luck but dont bore us with it.

CyprusJohn
We do look into any matters affecting our clients - it's part of our job. We charge for our services and for the amount of work we have to do we are certainly not overpriced - far from it! Our lawyers are all very reasonably priced, very experienced and more than up to the job of looking into possibly negligent law suits involving parties who do not necessarily have the client's interest at heart.
Who are we to look into other peoples' credentials? Why not? You're touting for business on behalf of Richard Hayes in this arena so expect to come under scrutiny by anyone who reads your posts. We are happy to be looked into. We give out all our lawyer's details and credentials up front for the purpose of verification should potential clients wish to check them out - why are you so wary of that if you have nothing to hide?
You're totally wrong about trusting Bulgarian lawyers. Most people have experienced the ones who are really working for the agent and/or developer - that's why they aren't happy. There are good and bad everywhere - in the UK too.
You dodged the issue of why you pop up on lots of forums pretending to have bought property through MRI in lots of different countries. No answer to that? Not the best advert for Mr Hayes, really, is it?

Probably for most of the people who bought property abroad through MRI and lost their money this was their first investment attempted made on their own.

Unfortunately even in the twenty first century with all the credit card easy we are all used to, it is far more complicated to buy and own your "second home" abroad than one would want it to be.

The rich people and international corporations always hire professionals to investigate and produce a risk assessment prior to investments.

Some people have lost just a few thousands, but others tens of thousands even hundreds of thousands. With a fraction of this money, invested prior to arrangements with miracle companies like MRI, you could have saved yourselves the trouble and would've received the proper advice for a viable investment in a reputable local builder.

For dose of you who still want to buy property in Bulgaria and need an extra safety net:

An Independent Security Consultant
Private Property & Corporate Investments

Limit exposure to financial and personal risk with ICN - K. Didov, London.

I bought 3 properties back in 2005 in Bulgaria after being advised by MRI. Originally I was going to buy 1 apt but after speaking with MRI they convinced me to use the money I had to put down a deposit on 3 properties and then get a 70% mortgage at 6%apr to pay for them and use the rent I would receive to pay the mortgages. It was a no-brainer. Only everything I was told was a complete lie. I paid my 30% deposit on 3 apts and then tried to get a mortgage but no bank would give me the mortgage MRI said. I ended up with a mortgage with Invest bank at 9.9% so I put all the apartments up for sale as I could not sustain the repayments as the rent promised by MRI never materialised. I couldn't sell them so I asked the bank to repossess them but they have taken me to court for the monies owed. To cap it all the developer hasn't paid any rent for 3 years.
I have been speaking with BSN who took all the details but said there wasn't a case against MRI even though they said there is a definite conflict of interest between MRI, Legal independance and Capital Finance who all advised me.
I am considering using BSN to represent me against the bank to stop the bank repossessing my home in the UK. They say I have a good chance of getting the bank to take back the properties as they are secured against the apts.
Please comment.

mri are such liars they will have to be stopped or theywill be the cause of a lot of people loosing there lifes savings i hate the word mri. rita

contact cpcholding@europe.com for free no obligation advise - they work no win no fee and are based in the u.k

Hi, can anybody please tell me if they had a successfull outcome with persuing there cases against MRI for properties bought in Bulgaria, myself and my husband bought about five years ago but like many of you we could not get a mortgage after being promised by MRI that this would not be an issue. We have used the solicitors natalia pavalova in bulgaria, we won the first case but then MRI appealed and just got news a few days ago that we lost the second case. Unfortunately we are still waiting to hear from solicitors as they have not been very forth giving with the information and are having a nightmare trying to find out why we lost and on what grounds! Has anybody been successfull in winning there case and what legal team did you use. Any information would be really gratefull. Please email oarthurs@eircom.net. Olivia.

Hi, We're putting some cases together about MRI at the minute and I'd be interested to hear more about your problems, any inside info or anything really!

There's a forum setup ready for any comments:

http://cpcholding.freeforums.org/mri-t7.html

There is still hope. we put a large deposit down on a property in Spain and we have just GOT our deposit back 22/11/11. IF YOU WANT TO KNOW MORE, GIVE US A SHOUT. mikeandjulie10@hotmail.co.uk we are in England.

Just to let any one know, we have just got our deposit back from the builder on a property in Spain.

Has anyone had any successful come back from recovering money from MRI on property or from furniture packages that have never got. If so please advise how? Is BSN Legal an option or any others

My name is Liz, and our Company, CPC Worldwide, is specialized in helping people that have been a victim of property fraud.
It's our job to solve problems abroad and I think that there's a lot of people on here that we can help. Our company was formed out of being disgusted at the way some people have been treated in the past and how so many people feel lost in a minefield.
I have realised I am not allowed to leave any email addresses or phone numbers, but you can easily find our UK company website or contact me privately for further details..

I hope to hear from you soon.

Liz

I am trying to make contact with anyone that lost money with MRI and would help me with some back ground information.
I am working with a group of people that lost money and we are in the process of getting them all a refund, any information about MRI could be of use to us and others trying to get refunds.

If anyone can help please message me or email steve.sparling@theclaimsbureau.co.uk