| bayside management group |
| Bayside Management Group, Estella Bernal David Bishop, Martin Daas, WIRE FRAUD - TIMESHARE SALE FRAUD San Francisco, California |
| 28th of Jun, 2011 by User817104 |
| Many reports have been made concerning Estella Bernal and Bayside Management Group or their alias Leisure Resort. I am a victim and I am filing suit against Banamex in connection with aiding and abetting a fraud. If anyone has wired funds to Banamex / Bancomer and requested them to return the funds, PLEASE contact me. I will be happy to add you to the lawsuit. I have also located the individual in Mexico who is the "registrant" for their website and I have a local attorney (Mexico City) to assist. While I don't expect the individual to respond to the lawsuit, I am actively seeking a judgment against Banamex and Bancomer for aiding and abetting wire fraud. PLEASE, lets work together to go after the money we lost. |
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| In my case, I wired money to Scotiabank Inverlat and bank Santander, so other banks have also been used. |
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| sir i am a victim also can you please contact me or respond to me so i can be apart of your lawsuit . |
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| We also wired money to Banamex and desire to be part of the lawsuit. You may e-mail us at [email protected] if you need further details. |
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We are also victims of this fraud. We also wired money to Banamex.
BACKGROUND
I was contacted by Bayside Management in April 2011, with an offer to buy our Timeshare Property we own in Cancun, MX. We entered into a contract where they had a buyer for our TimeShare in the amount of $27, 780.00 USD. I was skeptical about this, however they were not asking for any fees or commissions until after we were paid. They provided me with documentation on Banamex letterhead that an escrow account had been established in my wife & my name in the amount of $27, 780.00 USD. I called the Banamex bank in Mexico City and spoke with an escrow officer by the name of Marina Bernal and she confirmed what the letter said and what Bayside Management was telling me. Right prior to scheduled funding a request came from Bayside Management that we were required to pay an Mexican Federal Sales Tax which would in fact would be added to the sale price. They provided my with documentation supposedly from the Mexican Government noting that this tax was due and known as “SAT tax”. So again I called the Escrow officer in Mexico to confirm and she reinforced what Bayside management was telling me. I also requested a letter from Bayside Management guaranteeing that they would be responsible to reimburse me for the tax fees should somehow this transaction not take place. They provided me with such a letter. I wired to the Banamex account to the attention of Maria Bernal the amount of $3, 055.00 USD for Mexican Federal Tax. We in turn received a receipt marked paid on a Mexican Government form called a Declararacion General De Pago De Derechos. Then a second request for Mexican State Tax in the amount of $3, 233.00 USD was received. Again the same drill, I confirmed with the escrow officer and we wired the money to Banamex Bank attention Ms. Maria Bernal. We then received a final funding letter that the funds were to be transferred to our account on Monday June 27th however they needed $1, 890.00 for escrow fees. Again this amount was to be added to our final funding and we received a letter from the Escrow Company representing that the wire amount was going to now be in the amount of $36, 058.00 USD. This amount would cover the original sales amount of $27, 780 plus the monies that we wired totaling $8, 278.00 USD. They also provided us documentation that all taxes and fees that the Government required had now been paid so the funding would take place as scheduled on June 27, 2011. So again I wired the monies.
Over the past two months, throughout this process I have spoken to the following people at Bayside Management:
David Bishop – (the first contact) Purchasing Director
Martin Daas- Admin Asst.
Jonathon Fuller – Executive Director
Barry Shafer- Finance Director
Maria Bernal- Banamex
Note: all of the Banamex Bank Letters have been signed by Lic. Jose Carlos Mantilla
Gerente De Sucursal
After we did not receive the wire on June 27th, I began calling the telephone numbers for Bayside Management In San Francisco
(415) 508-3621
(415) 508-3631
(415) 508-3627
Toll Free (866) 307-0757
In the past I had always made contact at thise numbers. I have also emailed several times to [email protected]
[email protected]
No response from telephone calls or emails.
Now when I call the Escrow office number in Mexico City, Ms. Bernal will not take my calls. I finally realized after several irate calls that I was speaking with the operator & that the number I had been calling was simply a call center and they would forward the call to Ms. Bernal. Now she will not take my calls.
Yesterday, I had a friend that lives in San Francisco attempted to locate Bayside Management's office at 333 Golden Gate Ave. San Francisco, CA 94102 and there is no such physical address.
I plan to pursue this complaint vigorously using all available resources. I am going to contact the authorities, including the FBI to see if they can investigate since there were fraudulent international wires made. I would greatly appreciate any assistance you can provide. Let me know if you require any additional information or require further clarification.
Please contact me as I would like to be added to lawsuit. My email address is [email protected].
Thanks much. TR
Lets get these SOB's. |
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We also are victims of the same scam. We wired $3, 278.00 to Maria Euyenia Ruelas Bernal on March 3, 2011 for Mexican tax for the sale of our time share. Beneficiary Bank was Santander per David Bishops of Bayside Management Groups instructions. After that David Bishop called and requested an additional $3, 933.00 for Mexican Federal Tax. He also sent an email to guarantee all the taxes will be refunded back to us when escrow closes. Thankfully we did not sent the additional amount. It sounded to fishy at that point.
We did open an IC3 complaint for Internet Crime, but nothing has come out of it so far.
Please contact me at [email protected]. I want to be added to the lawsuit. Want to see justice be done to these crooks |
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| Please contact me at [email protected]. I want to be added to the lawsuit. These people need to understand that they cannot get way with this. |
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