Richard Haughton
Flying Sporran Treasure Hunt Helps Secure Asset Freezing Court Order –
Ames PIECES OF EIGHT! PIECES OF EIGHT! WHERE IS AMES’ CASH? A treasure hunt conducted by the ‘Flying Sporran’ for the secret stash of twice bankrupt double glazing salesman David Ames, who has taken money for 6000 properties in the Caribbean and built just 300, has led a judge to put a ‘freezing order’ on […]
HARLEQUIN’S MISSING MILLIONS. TRY LOOKING AT KOH CHANG!
TAKE £500 MILLION TO BUILD RETIREMENT HOMES IN THE CARIBBEAN – FIND A RESORT PREFERABLY AT LEAST 10,000 MILES IN THE OTHER DIRECTION- LIKE THAILAND – GET SOMEONE ELSE TO BUILD IT- AND NOW YOU’RE WHISTLING DIXIE! – I am not holding my breath waiting for the BBC to broadcast the edition of Panorama it was going […]
Harlequin Goes Into Receivership
SMART NEW BLUE ISLAND HOPPER FOR SALE? Well as I have been following the Harlequin saga, particularly with regards to the projects it initiated in Pattaya – later taken over by Briton Richard Haughton, former President of the Pattaya-Jomtien Rotary Club – I should at least record here that Harlequin Property & Hotels has now […]
Harlequin lavished millions on promotions but built little
£1 MILLION SPENT ON 2 DAY PROMOTION ATTENDED BY THE PRIME MINISTERS OF ST. LUCIA AND ST.VINCENT. HAVE PATTAYA OFFICIALS LUCKED OUT? (In the British sense of the expression) Intrepid local paper sleuth John Austin of the Basildon Echo in the U.K. is pressing on with his enquiry into the locally based Harlequin Property Company […]
THE GREAT HOLIDAY HOMES SCAM – EXPOSED – Thailand’s Rotary Club Con Men
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST – BUT HAVE THE THAI AUTHORITIES NOW WOKEN UP? At last the press has caught on. And a BBC Television documentary is to follow. Harlequin the British development company which offered duff projects in Thailand has today been exposed in the ‘Mail on Sunday’ for its activities in the Caribbean […]
Is Thailand’s Attorney-General Moving Against Dodgy Developers?
Emerald Palace Visited By Police – Sensation A controversial condominium project in Pattaya linked to a British company, which has taken billions of pounds for property projects, which have never been built, in the Caribbean and Thailand, was yesterday (Wednesday) visited by police and Pattaya Consumer Protection Officers. (Picture by CB) Emerald Palace on Pratamnak […]
THE SECOND ANNUAL FLYING SPORRAN GOLDEN GLOBES AND DIGITS 2012
It’s been a hell of a year and the judges have really been scratching their heads with the motley collection on offer for this year’s awards. There are of course some of the old contenders still there who unbelievably just keep popping up again and again. But there have been some delightful new arrivals on […]
Harlecon! Property Developers in Thai rip-offs face High Court – UK –
HARLEQUIN RAN ‘SYSTEMATIC FRAUD’ – CLAIMS THEIR ACCOUNTANT (Picture: David Ames) – A company run by a former bankrupt British double glazing salesman responsible for selling off plan developments on Thailand’s eastern seaboard is finally going to be grilled in the High Court in London over its activities. The boss of Harlequin, Essex businessman David […]
Foreign Owners Protest Thailand’s Low Life Foreign Property Cowboys-
WILL JUSTICE PREVAIL IN THAILAND AGAINST THESE PROPERTY FRAUDSTERS? – Foreigners, who arrived in Thailand to find that the deeds to the homes they had bought in Pattaya had been hawked to a Thai bank for a loan by the developer, will protest tomorrow at the local office of the Attorney General. After banging their […]
UPDATING SOME OF THAILAND’S RE-INVENTED FOREIGNERS
Nuclear sub commander? Global Property Magnate, Royal Marine Commando? Or Tupperware Salesman? Take your choice. Flying Sporran’s Midweek Diary October 4 2012 They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery so you can imagine how delighted I was to see the birth of a new website called andrewdrummondbangkok.net. Obviously some financial wizard has bagged the […]
