I had a chance to think about what just happened to me and what would have continued to occur, and I am truly appalled that I was led down a garden path and was not disclosed the actual situation on my funds.
• I was put on arbitrage and was getting funds. I was happy about that
• Little did I know that was "FAKE" Money to keep me depositing more money for the use of TNB – funds I would NEVER have access to
• I asked what it meant by the following attached statement and was told it was nothing and I had nothing to worry about. I asked several times about items in the RIGHTSIGNATURE documents and the entire process was NEVER explained to me – just shuffled off!
• During the entire process I was asked over and over again to send more money for different reasons
• I was assured by each rep that my money was safe because they were going to place orders to lower the risk if stocks go up or down
• I was comfortable until I saw the red numbers – however if I liquidated at that point all my funds I would have lost money but at least I could pay off some of my debt
• Each time I was promised I could withdraw cash and when I was concerned your rep told me to withdraw $1000...( I guess to make me feel like I could withdraw the amount in Equity that showed on my account)
• I was included in the 'earning season' see attached – which again was some type of fake money
• My understanding was that this was MY MONEY TO TAKE OUT (it was my profit)
• The last time I talked to David I was told that if I put in another $100K + into the account then I can withdraw $300K of my money
• So I borrowed against my house and cashed in my pension (being told it was a temporary input to get my money out)
• We had several conversations on that topic – I would have been happy to withdraw $200K or even $100K at this point
• So Shaun put me in a terrible predicament. He told me that he would recommend trades that covered both going up and going down
• That did not happen at all
• I now know it was by design that what I was told would be the process -- was not what I was told to do when we did screen share
• Once the stocks dropped – David told me that he talked to his finance director and got emergency funds
• He called me back and said – look if you put in another $100+K you can take out $300K because TNB would deposit $525K which was approved by the Finance Director
• At this point I was already leery because I started to think that this was FAKE money just to get more deposits from me
• I wrote to both David and Shaun and no response from David at this point
Well, it got better:
• I got a call from Finance guy Miller who told me David and Shaun were suspended (HHHHMMMM)
• That in fact my account showed up as (can't remember the terminology) – but not good / suspicious
• That they will give me the emergency funds (which apparently are setup for these types of situations)
• Miller said he can only do $400K but it had a caveat that I had to put in more than $50K and then I can get my cash out
• So that is very interesting!
• Miller told me yesterday that I cannot get the cash that is listed as EQUITY on my account... yet if I put in another $50K+ I can get it out... that is a LIE
• It's a lie because what's the difference if I take it out now or take it out when $400K is in my account? No difference
• The $50K I suspect would have gone into the same hole as the rest and I would not have ever gotten my money back
• If Miller was so sure I could get the funds – then send me a notarized letter from a lawyer indicating if I deposit the funds, I can withdraw them immediately
• After all I was told all along I can withdraw my funds that they are mine (the ones under EQUITY)
• That would never happen as I am not dealing with ethical people who are up front with the situation – but why be ethical when you can manipulate the numbers on an application and keep the funds?
So my question is – if I can take out $300K after depositing $50K – why cant I take out the $250K now?
After all I signed a legal document or was that bogus as well?
As is stands now – no one cares because they did not lose funds – they made money.
The funds in my account are BOGUS numbers that can be manually manipulated by staff and are just there to entice investors to keep adding funds.
I just wanted to document this for those considering -- apparently they are opening an office in Vancouver, BC