If you want to get up to speed on the long train-wreck that is Sanctuary Belieze, click here. The FTC filed suit against the development in Belize after former debt relief company owner, Andris Pukke and others allegedly were engaged in deceptive marketing and false promises to separate Americans from their money. The court-appointed Receiver … Read more
Let’s see if I can summarize this for everyone not up to speed. Andris Pukke is a long known figure in the debt relief industry. His appearance in the courts goes way back into the 1990s. The biggest explosion he was behind was a non-profit credit counseling company, Ameridebt. Sanctuary Belize was a real estate … Read more
The Wall Street Journal has just published a new article on the mess that is known as Sanctuary Belize. The article appears to stem from the FTC massive complaint filed against the foreign development which has roots in the debt relief industry and allegedly targetted retiring Americans. The situation reads like a bad movie script. … Read more
More documents are starting to trickle out in the FTC case against Ecological Fox which includes a vast number of parties. See this for more details on all. But in a previously sealed filing by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) it appears one reason the FTC is going for the gold on this one has … Read more
The court has extended the Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) over the Sanctuary Belize development through at least February 2019. The document damningly says, “the FTC and the Receiver entered the defendants” business premises on November 7, 2018. and found new evidence of the FTC’s allegations and significant corroboration, including documents showing the relevant individuals had … Read more
A reader sent me a screenshot of an alleged Facebook post by a Chris Cammarano who is associated with Sanctuary Belize and a lot owner since 2009. The post by Cammarano gives readers a different point of view, some might even call it “Fake News.” In an apparent defense of actions taken by the Federal … Read more
The law firm of Barrow & Williams in Belize has an interesting relationship, one of their founding members was Dean Barrow, the current Prime Minister of Belize. – Source I bet Dean Barrow is sorry right about now that his law firm ever got involved. The Barrow & Williams website still says Dean Barrow is … Read more
You are probably going to hear more from me coming up regarding Sanctuary Belize. For me this is a fascinating story because of its links going way back to the first nonprofit credit counseling agency to fold in a giant explosion, Ameridebt run by Andris Pukke with Tim McCallan involvement. Some local stories out of … Read more
At the Federal Trade Commission’s request, a federal district court in Maryland issued an order temporarily shutting down the largest overseas real estate investment scam the FTC has ever targeted. According to the FTC, the scam was established by Andris Pukke, a recidivist scammer currently living in California, and he perpetuated it even while serving … Read more
Sanctuary Belize has nothing to do today with debt relief but it did have a strong past with Andris Pukke involved. You can read all the past stories on the Sanctuary Belize saga. I’m posting this story just to update those who have followed along with the allegations and claims made about Pukke directing money … Read more
Andris Pukke from the debt relief world had long been involved with a development in Belize. The development was called Sanctuary Belize and created a very interesting set of stories, click here. The Wall Street Journal is now on the story with an article just out – “The Reserve Belize: A Cautionary Tale About Buying … Read more
In the past I’d written about Andris Pukke from AmeriDebt fame. Pukke went on to become affiliated with a real estate development in Belize named Sanctuary Belize. I just received the following user supplied content on events at the development. It appears there is some similar information on this site. Sanctuary Belize Submitted Update “I … Read more
Way back in 2013 I wrote an article Sanctuary Belize, Andris Pukke, Todd Cook, Peter Baker & Ameridebt in which an allegation was made that Andris Pukke was presenting himself to the public as Marc Romeo. Well I think we can say this mystery is officially solved. That is if we are to believe the … Read more
It seems some property owners of a development in Belize, named Sanctuary Belize, have taken concerns and matters into their own hands and launched a critical website for property owners there. The only reason those of us in the debt world should be interested is because whoever did the research and documentation of concerns, really … Read more
A tipster (send in your tips here) mentioned something about Andris Pukke still dealing with his criminal case filed by the United States in 2010. Pukke, as you may remember, was charged with crimes related to his debt relief activities and wound up eventually serving jail time. You can see the back history if you … Read more