Latest Headlines From The Timeshare Industry

Tuesday 11th September 2018

Hilton Grand Vacations Expand To The Caribbean.
Hilton Grand Vacations has announced that it is expanding its timeshare holdings to the Caribbean, and is planning a purchase of The Crane Resort in Saint Philip, Barbados. It is expected to sell for $54.6 million.
Hilton Grand Vacations is acquiring the existing one, two and three […]

Another Successful Claim

Wednesday 5th September 2018

Here at Mercantile Claims, we have the pleasure of helping many clients end their nightmare timeshare experiences and helping them reclaim money for contracts that were mis-sold to them. It is extremely rewarding to be able to help so many clients, who more often than not have been through years of financial […]

Some News From The Timeshare Industry

Tuesday 4th September 2018

Another Timeshare scam, this time from Malta !
Police in Malta and the Malta Tourism Authority are investigating a timeshare company who allegedly defrauded clients out of thousands of euro’s. The company named as Platinum International Malta Ltd sold a timeshare membership with cost between €2,000 and €3,500 and promised to provide its […]

Another Successful Claim

Monday 3rd September 2018

Mercantile claims have the pleasure of helping over 6,500 clients terminate their timeshare burdens, which often have caused years of financial hardship and stress. It is extremely rewarding to be able to help so many people, who more often than not have been through some thoroughly harrowing experiences.
Being able to provide these […]

Holidaymakers be warned, timeshare scams haven’t gone away !

Tuesday 31st July 2018

Trading Standards are warning holidaymakers to be on alert whilst traveling abroad, for salespeople pressuring people into buying timeshares and holiday products, which could lead to people being parted with thousands of pounds of their hard earned cash.
Trading standards have seen a growing number of complaints from holidaymakers, regarding timeshare sales, holiday […]

Timeshare Fraudster Sent To Prison For Repeat Telemarketing Offences

Friday 29th June 2018

Wesley Scott Aldred, from Kissimmee, Florida has been sentenced to 21 months in prison for violating the conditions of his probation order. He was previously convicted for telemarketing fraud in 2015, for participating in a timeshare resale fraudulent scheme. The company, named Premier Timeshare Solutions, defrauded timeshare owners all over the United […]

The Sophisticated Scammer, Timeshare Scams Have Doubled

Wednesday 6th June 2018

Timeshare, Cryptocurrency, Financial And Legal Scams Have Doubled In The Last Year !
 
More and more customers are falling victim to scams involving timeshare, cryptocurrency, binary options investments and bogus solicitors, according the the charity, Citizen’s Advice. Scammers posing as professionals from financial and legal services are on the rise and such cons […]

Banned For Life !

Tuesday 29th May 2018

Two Florida Businessman Have Been Permanently Banned From Selling Timeshare’s And Ordered To Surrender Their Assets.
The two businessmen, Jess Kinmont and John Wenz, ran and operated ‘Pro Timeshare Resales LLC’ from 2011 to 2016. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the US’s equivalent of Trading Standards, brought the case against the pair to […]

Brothers Behaving Badly – Timeshare Scammers Jailed

Thursday 10th May 2018

The Birmingham brothers have been ordered to pay back “Hidden Assets” or face an additional 15 months in prison.
Brothers Amarjit and Shivjit Bagharian, from Smethwick, were both jailed for seven years in February 2016 after admitting a conspiracy to defraud topping £1 Million. Operating under 2 bogus companies, Sun Properties Solutions and […]

Crown Court Trial Starts For Four Charged with Timeshare Fraud

Friday 20th April 2018

The trial of Francis Madden, Claire Garland, Keith Furneval and Jean Furneval begins with prosecutors claiming that the four fraudulently obtained hundreds of thousands of pounds from unsuspecting customers wishing to purchase holiday products, over a period of around five years.
The four were charged in July 2017 in connection with the alleged […]