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Diligere, Equity-Invest Are New Firms of U.K. Con Man

August 14, 2023 admin ardelis solutions, codes2you, diligere, equity-invest, john bernard, john clifton davies, Ne'er-Do-Well News, the inside knowledge

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2023 20:13:22 +0000

John Clifton Davies, a convicted fraudster estimated to have bilked dozens of technology startups out of more than $30 million through phony investment schemes, has a brand new pair of scam companies that are busy dashing startup dreams: A fake investment firm called Equity-Invest[.]ch, and Diligere[.]co.uk, a scam due diligence company that Equity-Invest insists all investment partners use. A native of the United Kingdom, Mr. Davies absconded from justice before being convicted on multiple counts of fraud in 2015. Prior to his conviction, Davies served 16 months in jail before being cleared on suspicion of murdering his third wife on their honeymoon in India.

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A Serial Tech Investment Scammer Takes Up Coding?

April 3, 2023 admin A Little Sunshine, alan john mykhailov, blackstone corporate alliance ltd, Breadcrumbs, codestoyou, colette davies, david bruno, DomainTools.com, drydennow.com, igor gubskyi, igor hubskyi, iryna davies, john bernard, john clifton davies, maria yakovleva, mariya kulikova, mysolve, Ne'er-Do-Well News, safeswiss secure communication ag, secure swiss data, the inside knowledge gmbh

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Mon, 03 Apr 2023 16:13:42 +0000

John Clifton Davies, a 60-year-old con man from the United Kingdom who fled the country in 2015 before being sentenced to 12 years in prison for fraud, has enjoyed a successful life abroad swindling technology startups by pretending to be a billionaire investor. Davies’ newest invention appears to be “CodesToYou,” which purports to be a “full cycle software development company” based in the U.K.

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Fake Investor John Bernard Sinks Norwegian Green Shipping Dreams

February 2, 2022 admin A Little Sunshine, freidig shipping, guy devos, harald berglihn, harald vanvik, inside knowledge, john bernard, john clifton davies, Ne'er-Do-Well News, nils-odd tønnevold, the weeknd, Uber, Web Fraud 2.0

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2022 18:05:52 +0000

Several articles here have delved into the history of John Bernard, the pseudonym used by a fake billionaire technology investor who’s tricked dozens of start-ups into giving him tens of millions of dollars. Bernard’s latest victim — a Norwegian startup hoping to build a fleet of environmentally friendly shipping vessels — is now embroiled in a lawsuit over a deal gone bad, in which Bernard falsely claimed to have secured $100 million from six other wealthy investors, including the founder of Uber and the artist Abel Makkonen Tesfaye, better known as The Weeknd.