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Wyndham Opens New Resort

Wyndham Destinations, has announced they are to develop a new resort in Utah, U.S. They are also expanding their existing property in Arizona.

The new resort in Utah and the expansion in Arizona are under the WorldMark by Wyndham brand. WorldMark operates over 90 resorts across a range of destinations.

The new resort in Utah will be completed in 2020 and will feature more than 150 suites, with one, two and three bedroom layouts. The resort is located near to two of America’s famous national parks, Canyonland National Park and Arches National Park. The resort will also feature WorldMark Presidential … Read more

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Another Successful Timeshare Termination

Its estimated that around 600,000 people own timeshare or holiday club memberships in the UK. Getting out of contracts can be difficult, time consuming and costly.

Praetorian Legal provide our clients with a fully guaranteed, cost effective timeshare termination service. We have saved our clients over £3,700,000 in maintenance fees and have dissolved thousands of contracts.

Many of our clients have experienced years of worry and stress due to their timeshare burden and it is extremely fulfilling to help so many put an end to their nightmare experiences with timeshare resorts.

Today we have the  pleasure of sharing with you, … Read more

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Notorious Timeshare Scammer Sentenced

The leader of a timeshare resale fraud scam which targeted elderly and Susceptible people, has been sentenced to five years in prison and ordered to pay back $3.37 million in damages. The Notorious Florida Based scammer was sentenced to 63 months in Federal prison, for swindling more than 1,000 victims, many of whom were elderly, out of over $3.3 million.

Daniel Boyar from Orlando, Florida, ran an elaborate timeshare scam between October 2010 to April 2012. He and 20 co defendants devised and carried out a telemarketing scam to defraud more than 1,000 timeshare owners out of more than $3.3 … Read more

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Ex–Barclays bosses charged with fraud

Four former Barclays Bank senior bosses have been accused of disguising and hiding £322 million payment during 2008 financial crisis. The Serious Fraud Office have charged John Varley and Roger Jenkins with conspiracy to commit fraud. The other executives charged are Thomas Kalaris and Richard Boath and all four appeared in Southwark Crown Court in London after an investigation into the bank finding financial alternatives to a government bailout following the financial global crisis in 2008.

Edward Brown QC for the prosecution told the jury that by the summer of 2008, Barclays were under extreme pressure to raise capital and … Read more

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Fraudsters sending fake TV Licensing emails

Action Fraud are warning that a new round of Fake TV licensing emails are being circulated and, in December alone, 200 crime reports were made to Action Fraud.

Back in October, Action Fraud released a warning about TV Licensing phishing emails, after a large number of reports were received. New TV Licensing Spoofing emails are part of larger fraud, in which criminals are calling victims and claiming to be bank employees, convincing them to hand over their money.

According to Action Fraud, Fraudsters are sending out fake TV Licence emails regarding refunds and payment issues to people across the … Read more

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Fake holiday scammers stole £600 rent money

A young woman from Cambridge had £600 stolen from her bank account after she entered her details on a fake holiday booking site. Alex Roberts found a cheap packaged deal for a trip to the Maldives for just £700, which included flights. The deal seemed like an opportunity she could not miss and began to fill in her personal information, but her suspicion was aroused as the deal seemed too good to be true. Instead of confirming the payment, Alex closed the browser, however, days later noticed £600 had been taken from her bank account.

Alex spoke to the Sun … Read more

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Ghost Broker Jailed for selling fake car insurance to criminals

A fraudster has been sentenced to two years in prison for setting up fake companies to buy fleet insurance policies for more than 70 vehicles. Police say, some of these vehicles were used by drug dealers and in burglaries.

Suhail Hussain was found guilty of registering seven fake businesses with Companies House and stealing the details of five genuine companies. This enabled Hussain to buy £60,000 worth of false fleet insurance policies, the policies allow businesses to buy insurance cover for all their vehicles under one policy.

Investigators found that Hussain took out 10 fleet policies to cover multiple vehicles … Read more

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Scammers Threatening victims With Jail

Police in Derbyshire are warning residents that scammers are operating in the area again, this time posing as HMRC officials. The police have taken the step to warn residents after numerous reports were made and one victim reported having lost nearly £2,000.

The fraudsters have been telling victims they could be arrested or prosecuted at court, because of unpaid taxes they didn’t know they owed. They then go on to tell their victims that they can avoid being prosecuted if they pay the balance via a bank transfer or by handing over gift cards.

Some of the victims have reported … Read more

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Tesco Cuts Jobs To Save Money

Britain’s biggest retailer, Tesco, has announced it is planning to axe 9,000 jobs as it faces increasing competition from cut price rivals.

Most of the job losses will come from fresh food counters over 90 stores and the head office will also see staff losses. The union says they are stunned at this latest round of job cuts, but Tesco says they have no choice as they are still struggling to turn the supermarket giants fortunes around.

Tesco said to the BBC: “Not only are customers shopping in different ways, but we know that they have less time available to … Read more

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Marriott Vacations in court again

In the ongoing case of Marriott V Ritz-Carlton Club members, a federal judge partly Partially granted a sanctions motion.

Owners filed the motion earlier in the year, claiming Marriott was acting unreasonably, and in bad faith, by hiding essential documents from the court. Marriott Vacationssaid they had simply made a mistake by failing to hand over key evidence in the class action, claiming it caused the owners’ property values to plummet.

In a partial win for the timeshare owners, the judge ordered Marriott Vacations to pay reasonable attorney fees to more than 200 owners, finding that the company withheld an … Read more

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