OffshoreCorpTalk scam exposed: from CClogic front to fake forum accounts

[marioIT]

So I was searching for a friend in Switzerland on linkedin and this guy showed up in Lucerne... It sounded familiar, then I saw OCT.com and it messed up my day

I had already forgot about OCT since my ban... but this Linkedin profile triggered something in my head, AGAIN!

I knew there was something still missing...
I had not investigated the Swiss path... there should be something more...
A man can't disappear easily these days.

At a point my brain went like:

I've really found the missing link that joins all @JohnLocke dots around these countries. It's all clear now. And it is all in our faces.

What I discovered today is another confirmation of this:

He pretends to have bought the forum from CCLogic and rebranded it

After these findings now I have no doubts @JohnnyDoe is 100% spot on.

- We can learn a very important lesson here.

One can spend a lot of money and hide behind:
1) nominees
2) "anonymous" companies (no public shareholder register)
3) in "anonymous" countries ( 🇨🇭 )
4) incorporated using anonymous payments... (crypto)

but if you leave a long trail behind you and, not only that... you make a stupid error at the end of the whole chain above,
that small stupid error renders all of that structure and money you've spent and the relocation totally worthless and totally traceable to you. 😱

I am not posting these details here for now as I think is a bit too much and not in my style.
But it's all public really, the only thing not immediate is how to spot the link. Once you get it and follow it, you'll get the full circle and will come right back at the start. 🙂

The funny thing is that on his swiss companies he has a code of conduct and talks about Integrity, Honesty, Professionalism, mutual Respect and Fairness

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Also now that I skimmed through this thread I read again those PR articles about the forum's change of ownership:

"Originally founded in 2009 by CCLOGIC, [...] its purchase in 2016 by entrepreneur Brian Larsson."

I googled and found another recent PR website, article by "offshorecorptalk", shows a different year, backdating the purchase 🤣:

"Acquired by Brian Larsson in 2011"

article signed by Brian Larsson, Blackwater International Ltd, 44 1904 783101, pr@offshorecorptalk.com,

OffshoreCorpTalk Celebrates 15 Years of Community and Innovation

/PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- OffshoreCorpTalk, the leading online community for asset diversification and tax optimization, proudly marks its 15th anniversary in 2024....

www.prweb.com

this is so pathetic he even messed up the years in his own PR articles 😀

This guy is so noob for being a long term admin of such a forum.
I thought it was just bad temper, the bans/censorship, but it really is a brain issue. 😛

 

[JohnnyDoe]

this is so pathetic he even messed up the years in his own PR articles 😀

This guy is so noob for being a long term admin of such a forum.
I thought it was just bad temper, the bans/censorship, but it really is a brain issue. 😛

He is just a small disorganized scammer, not worth of too much attention except as comic relief.
His only advantage is that OffshoreCorpTalk is so irrelevant and amateurish that visitors keep their guard low. His entire fraudulent scheme has always been in front of our eyes.

 

[marioIT]

The whole story told by @EliasIT and other users like @ImKing on OCT aligns perfectly with the (public) Swiss information I have found about @JohnLocke ... dates, company structure, location etc
if you read his posts from mid 2022, that's when he incorporated in Switzerland and then he moved full time there.
He even asked help for Lugano/switzerland and me, petertaradash @JohnnyDoe aswered his questions too, just to be banned after some time 🙄
(spoiler: he didn't choose Lugano)

He said he moved there pretty much to run away from danish and then german tax agencies and that he would save like 90k of taxes. Saving 90k means he was not doing much 🤣

Post in thread 'LTD & WISE with Passeport MA'

Jul 26, 2022

you ask for troubles. I move to Switzerland for the same reasons⁠ you are looking for. Even people here say it is very expensive I safe with⁤ my current income 90K euro every year by moving there. For me it is a⁣ lot of money.

You ask for trouble doing what you want to do if you⁢ execute your plan. At least I would make use of such anonymous company setups without︀ KYC until you relocate, that will keep you safe for some time.

• EliasIT

He was very interested in Switzerland (his words) "not having extradition treaties with other EU countries". If you dig in the fake users like @ImKing , you'll find that was his first objective.

The last day I learned that Switzerland has no extradition agreement with many of the EU / European countries. That mean, if you lived in a particular country and cheated your tax auth. for tax, VAT etc. & you're willing to relicate (also you must have money for that) to the Switzerland, they can't get you there.
This is completely new for me, I don't even have seen other countries doing this nor discussions about that around here.

🙄

Based on what I have observed from cases of people in other⁤ European countries, Switzerland seems to be a haven for those who have run into trouble⁣ with tax authorities in their own countries.

We already linked in previous post messages saying he had troubles with danish SKAT agency first, and now Germany is after him too...

Post in thread 'Moved to Swiss - German Tax man is after me.'

Jan 30, 2024

Based on what I have observed from cases of people in other⁤ European countries, Switzerland seems to be a haven for those who have run into trouble⁣ with tax authorities in their own countries. I know personally that there are quite a⁢ few people from Sweden, Denmark, and Italy in Switzerland because authorities in their home countries︀ can't do much in Switzerland, as it is a non-EU country and there is no︁ legal judgment.

The latter is crucial; if you don't leave your country and settle in︂ Switzerland before receiving a legal judgment, then it's game over, and you have to pay.︃ But if...

• EliasIT

Post in thread 'Most trusted place to setup company in Europe?'

Nov 24, 2024

I agree with Switzerland, it’s where I’ve chosen to establish my AG, which operates as‌ a holding company. I use Switzerland as a sort of prestige brand, and it works‍ very well in the countries I operate in.

• EliasIT

and here was already planning the setup and suggesting it to other people:

It depends very much on your budget.

Similar setups have already been described very well in around OCT.
Anyway, here comes the short version. Setup a Trust in one of the following countries:

• Cyprus
• Cayman Islands
• Romania
• UK

Let the Trust create a holding company in one of the following countries:

• Switzerland
  ...

You make sure to use, Trustees, Nominees and to transfer all your assets to the holding company. That has to be done in a legal form where the holding pays for the assets that are moved in, OR, you ask a lawyer and tax advisor to help you move the assets into the holding legally.
The last part is the most important since if you end in court somewhere, they will penetrate the entire structure if you fail to do things correct.

then he moved there

I agree with Switzerland, it’s where I’ve chosen to establish my AG, which operates as‌ a holding company. I use Switzerland as a sort of prestige brand, and it works‍ very well in the countries I operate in.

Thread 'Almost done registering a Swiss AG, where to bank?'

May 31, 2022

I would like to know, is there any reliable EMI or Neobank to use for a Swiss Holding AG ?

The agent that is setting up the company said there are banks in Switzerland that may be able to open a bank account for the company, but it could be difficult.
To avoid wasting a lot of time, I thought to start with some EMI's that could work for my company.

Anyone has some good names?

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here he tells he funded the holding AG with contribution in kind (crypto) and tell us openly he owns the company...

I'm holding 100K euro in stablecoin USDC in the‌ believing it was safe to store my retirement in that coin.

The Wallet is owned‍ by a Switzerland company owned by me, I was not able to open a business⁠ account yet for the company, that's why I store them in stablecoins.

exactly what I found out for @JohnLocke ...
"Contribution in kind: Upon incorporation, the company acquires, according to the agreement dated xx.xx.2022, x.x Ethereum (ETH), xxxx Tether (USDT) and xxxxx USD Coin (USDC), for which 100 registered shares at CHF 1'000.00 each are issued" = 100k that @EliasIT wrote about in the above post...

and he even wrote about the next 15 years plan, this is his plan to disappear "from tax agencies":

Some of you must be wondering about my recently created threads. First Switzerland, then England and Portugal and then this thread.
My plan is to use services like Celver to create a real address in e.g. South America, here I receive mail and all that and here I want to say I have moved to. It has worked before so that part is clear enough for me.Now my plan is to buy a house in Portugal, England, Switzerland and possibly in Dubai. First rent, to see if the places I find are worth living and then buy.
The purchases will take place through my realestate Schweizer AG.Do you think I can avoid taxes for the next 15 years this way?

I have already a Wise account for my Switzerland AG - everything is going well. However, there is too much money in there now and I would like to follow the evergreen saying, "don't put all your eggs in one basked" !
I'm in a stage in the middle of my journey to completely disappear in a few months. After that, I don't care about CRS any longer.

one does not disappear after he forgot he used tons of fake accounts to tell the whole story of his life and all the moves 😛
and can't even tell here what his main mistake was as there's sensible data there... but trust me, it's too embarrassing for an offshore guy that wants to disappear!

“Lies upon lies. Once you started lying, you had to continue, and then it was like being captain of a leaky ship, always plugging holes in the side to stop yourself sinking.”

also found another scam alert list from 2005 where his names shows up:

Directory

The identities of legitimate companies appearing below may have been compromised. Disclaimer: Please note that the list below was created in 2005. Some of the names below are stolen identities. SFA…

scamfraudalert.co

and more details from 2006 about that....

Roomba without a Butt – Krunk4Ever!

a bank like page which only purpose is to offer jobs.
Anyway, there were a couple email addresses scattered throughout the email/application:
nicos@open-financial-ltd.com
manager@open-financial-ltd.info
manager@international-escrow.info

http://www.open-financial-ltd.com/ and http://www.open-financial-ltd.info/ both point to a bank like page which only purpose is to offer jobs.

What’s worse is that http://www.international-escrow.info/ is just a random page holder by GoDaddy.

Anyway, I call back and tell him this is indeed a fake, a scam and he actually questions my judgement! He goes from what he read on that website, this was a legit bank in Latvia which is a branch under some Switzerland bank. I ask him where he read it and he tells off their website. I’m like OH MY GOD! Sigh…
He then questions what reason would there be for someone to randomly offer jobs. I go, identity theft and then everything clicked for him.

What’s interesting about this scam is it appears they found his information on Monster.com.

and even more details:

Ripoff Report > Open-financial-ltd Review - Internet - Openfinancialltd

Ripoff Report on: Open-financial-ltd - Openfinancialltd openfinancialltdinfo is a scam internet

www.ripoffreports.com

The way the scam works is very simple. A phoney check is mailed to the victim. The check is supposed to be deposited into an account and a fractions is sent overseas. Once the money is withdrawn against the scam is complete. All that is left is for the victim to send the money over seas.

What happens is that the bank will allow you to deposit money into an account with a check. What they will not do is check to see if the money from the check is in the account. The money will be credited to your account under your name. After about 14 days if the bank has not recieved the money from the scammers account the money will be debited to your account. Think of it as a promise that is not being kept. You deposit a check with as a promise that the funds will be available. When the funds are not made available, you are now liable for any money that was with drawn against.

I think it's all for now. Can't go further without doxxing him hard 🤣

 

[JohnnyDoe]

I think it's all for now. Can't go further without doxxing him hard 🤣

Worry not: with the help of @gh0p’s services he and his aliases will be safe 🤣
And he will be able to enjoy his hard earned 90k.

 

[Marty McFly]

Worry not: with the help of @gh0p’s services he and his aliases will be safe 🤣

birds of a feather flock together

@marioIT which site do you use to check Swiss companies and connected people?

 

[marioIT]

@marioIT which site do you use to check Swiss companies and connected people?

zefix and moneyhouse but you need to find the lead from the uk company registry, his name doesn't appear "directly" through a name search in switzerland...
he uses a nominee...
you need investigative skills to find the day it was incorporated, where and who's the director.
have to go through @EliasIT and other fake aliases posts...
And when you find that, in that range of time (week/month) you'll see just a company... and it has a familiar name...

I'll not post it here, but it's not my fault if one calls his super secret holding company as an anagram of his names 🤣

 

[marioIT]

oh I didn't see he even listed the previous danish "trust" in the about page of OCT 🤣

It would've been much easier if I saw that to prove it's always the same guy... anyway:

I saw the wayback machine archived the about page on offshorecorptalk in May this year:

About OffshoreCorpTalk.Com

web.archive.org

it said:

You see it says the forum was operated by "Nisa Trust ApS" till 2021... when it was sold to blackwater (he's PSC here too), since then "undisclosed ownership" aka 🇨🇭 holding...

guess who owned that nisa trust Aps thing? just give a check in the danish public registry or google it...

always the same guy of blackwater, the swiss company, cclogic and all other companies listed in previous posts 😛

OH WAIT but wasn't it bought by peter larsson in 2011 (or 2016 whatever)???? 🤣

 

[JohnnyDoe]

And this guy has been selling, directly or through aliases, offshore companies and privacy solutions for like 20 years 🤣

 

[Justit]

@marioIT , I may have said it before, but your investigative skills are truly incredible! It’s like following the most captivating detective story 😅 I’m always waiting for the next chapter or episode 😅… just absolutely wow 🔥

 

[marioIT]

Thank you, I could do better, but it's all off the cuff... I've got no patience to better formatting the posts etc... but I guess content is more important and we got the gist of it in these 7 pages 😀
there will be no further episodes for a while!

oh, one last thing...

The name attached to CCLogic is Brian Larsson

well...
search in this page below, or scroll down to "CC Logic" with the space 😉

Danish business directory website 1

If I am reading this danish business directory correctly, the guy™ used the same name as the Cypriot company (CC Logic) for his sole trader business in his home country 😏 , then he renamed it later...

But of course it's just a coincidence...

also in these two websites you can find the CC Logic references...
This one still got the whole business mission too:
Danish business directory 2

Cyprus Company Formation and Offshore company Formation, register your Cyprus or Offshore company through the professional services of CCLOGIC.COM, we offer our services as well for the opening of real Cyprus Bank Accounts and Offshore Bank Accounts, further, we can help in the opening of merchant accounts for high risk and regular e-commerce business in Europe.

another one:
Danish business directory 3

You know, when the cypriot company was incorporated nominees were used... so the names won't show up...
but using the same name for a sole trader biz in denmark around the same period... must be just a coincidence too...

But yeah, of course this is the guy that owns it now... and of course he's a real guy ( like Peter Bang )🤣

https://cy.linkedin.com/in/brian-larsson-9a303647

 

[Rick]

Visionbill.com | The WebDirectory on the Internet

Do you look for Social Bookmarking of your website? Or a place to submit your Links, Articles,WebSite or Press Releases to ? Then you found the only place on the Internet now, Visit Visionbill.com the Web Directory where your WebSite get the promotion in deserve.

web.archive.org

visionbill seems interesting, and look, where have I seen their main advertiser before? 😀

 

[Columbus]

Visionbill.com | The WebDirectory on the Internet

Do you look for Social Bookmarking of your website? Or a place to submit your Links, Articles,WebSite or Press Releases to ? Then you found the only place on the Internet now, Visit Visionbill.com the Web Directory where your WebSite get the promotion in deserve.

web.archive.org

visionbill seems interesting, and look, where have I seen their main advertiser before? 😀

seems interesting indeed.
Screenshots from bhw forum

 

[JohnnyDoe]

he was banned from BHW 🤣 🤣🤣

 

[marioIT]

sadly i don't think that's him, but it would be funny 🤣 visionbill is 2003ish stuff, pre CC Logic... It was sold multiple times since then.
BTW if you search by name in that same danish directory you'll find many other companies ran by The Guy™

Hvem er Nicos Vang Andersen?

Medieprofiler om personer og virksomheder.

www.paqle.dk

also gave a look at older whois on domains...
and here another Pete... Leeman this time!

but then found an email...

filter by that email...

BUT I remember someone here told me there was also mentorgroupgold.com website, Peter BANGS owns it... from Denmark 🤣

ok then let's filter for Peter BANGS then:

that serpconsult reminds me something...

so who is Peter Bangs really ? 😉

ALSO you can see that the same domains owned by peter bangs were owned by the other guy ™
e.g. sacha-oil.com

and also that nisatrust.com reminds something from a few posts ago...
but nisa trust was owned by the danish guy not peter bang... 🤣

OffshoreCorpTalk owned by nisa trust in the About Us page from post #127

@JohnnyDoe it all falls apart quickly! usually they say follow the money... here it's follow the domains!
and this is just a quick analysis, there could be other gems hidden there!

 

[Marty McFly]

The Guy™ is now in panic mode, ramping up his SEO efforts to try explain the world that Offshorecorptalk is not a scam 🤣

 

[marioIT]

BTW I found where he's got @alley 's avatar from... the woman in the picture is/was a real person:

Posted on November 18, 2012
Combining an education, management and HR resourcing background, Margot’s passion for developing careers has been evident from the outset of her own career journey.
As General Manager of the career management practice, talentinsight she has successfully tied together her own pathway from teaching in country Queensland, to leading business teams in a large Professional Services organisation in London, before moving into HR Consulting in Melbourne.

As a founding partner in both talentinsight and the group company, Talent Resources Group (TRG)...

Featured Member: Margot Anderson

“Hearing about LBD was like a breath of fresh air – a group of intelligent, positive and successful women who were keen to connect and offer genuine encouragement in a small highly engaged forum. The diversity of the group and the energy and passion of the individuals involved was apparent from

web.archive.org

 

[Columbus]

BTW I found where he's got @alley 's avatar from... the woman in the picture is/was a real person:

Featured Member: Margot Anderson

“Hearing about LBD was like a breath of fresh air – a group of intelligent, positive and successful women who were keen to connect and offer genuine encouragement in a small highly engaged forum. The diversity of the group and the energy and passion of the individuals involved was apparent from

web.archive.org

Wow, thats funny and astonishing at the same time 😀.
how did you start your research? How did you know about littleblackdressgroup?

 

[marioIT]

can't reveal all of my secrets 😉
there are some of those fake user avatars that trigger something in me...
how it started??? "that face is so weird it must be fake..."

on my part, I must say that in high resolution she looks better 😆

now I have a few other avatars to check...

 

[Columbus]

BTW I found where he's got @alley 's avatar from... the woman in the picture is/was a real person:

Featured Member: Margot Anderson

“Hearing about LBD was like a breath of fresh air – a group of intelligent, positive and successful women who were keen to connect and offer genuine encouragement in a small highly engaged forum. The diversity of the group and the energy and passion of the individuals involved was apparent from

web.archive.org

She got a website btw 😅

 

[marioIT]

ask her if she's got an account on OCT else tell there's a guy using her image 😉

btw she looks way better now! 🙂