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Assorted Crooks

This past week there was a very interesting article about the writer of the emails in the House of cards post. The writer is apparently a Mr. Scott Klion, a wanted fraudster and scam artist who lived on St. Maarten for several years in Dawn Beach. The Today writer appears to have concluded that the allegations made by Klion/Tucker are false, the article is clearly meant to destroy his character and it does a good job.

But, rather than convincing us here that the allegations made are false, it in fact does the opposite and convinces us even more that most of them are very likely true, and so does every week that goes by without any report or information about an investigation into the allegations. As we have said before, if only to clear the air and prove them false.

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We did find it interesting that the report on Klion had so much information about crimes and business scams he had going on elsewhere, but it has very little mention of the business deals and scams he may have been involved in here. Who were his partners, in what manner were they partners, was money laundered? If Klion is behind all that is mentioned in the article then it is likely that very little he is involved in is/was straight, all his dealings here on the island should be looked into too.

It does seem that he wants to 'get back' at former contacts here, but to say it's because he feels the heat on his collar and is short of cash makes absolutely no sense at all. It would seem the man is not stupid, he apparently successfully defrauded millions and is now in a place where he is reasonably secure and out of reach. If he did most of it via the internet then there is nothing stopping him conducting other schemes from the Dominican Republic, from the amounts mentioned, it seems unlikely he would run out of cash anytime soon, not in the Dominican Republic.

Revealing others crimes that you previously condoned or were involved in could be considered somewhat dispicable and some would say immoral perhaps, in some bizarre way. No one really likes a stool pigeon or informer, less if it's done out of spite or venegence, but that does not mean the alleged crimes shouldn't be investigated.

Are leads and information always to be dismissed if the source is a known crook or someone who is vengeful? If one member of a gang of thieves is caught because his pals deserted him and decided to give information about his accomplices and associates, should that information be discarded too? Is information only to have credibility when the source is in custody or with a clean record?

Another email was recieved not long after the first two, it went into detail on the two cases mentioned in the first, many of the allegations made about the big company are related to poor business management and practices and really something for civil court, not criminal, we would think.

But other allegations speak of routinely employing dozens of illegals, charging for putting in for their papers and not doing so, underpaying them and deporting troublemakers who speak up. It also mentions insurance issues, basically the lack of. When coupled with the allegations of poor management and the alleged poor financial situation of said company, we have to ask if the tax and labor departments and the federal and island recievers are aware of these emails.

And when you consider the business this company is involved in, it makes it even more important to ensure it's integrity and services are sound. It fact, the whole business field needs to be regulated with oversight more than most others. The suggestion of political and police involvement in such companies is also cause for concern.

So, by all means, go after the writer, Klion Scotty Tucker or whatever his name is, tell us about what he has done, it is interesting and we of course feel for those who lost out to his alleged scams. We must say though, those that invest in a venture that offers 7-11% return MONTHLY probably have more money than sense and some probably deserved losing it, it's just pure 100% greed.

For too long blind eyes have been turned, it's a small island and there are probably only about 2 or 3 degrees of seperation with most residents/locals. Start pulling a thread and you never know what it may lead to, or what it may reveal. There are many threads being pulled right now in St. Maarten.

SXM PE

Also see House of cards and the Marcel Loor Thread.

Updates below

Prosecutor wants Loor to remain behind bars - 13th July 2007

No visitors for Loor - 13th July 2007

Employers Needs to Stick to the Labor Laws---Stop Robbing your Employees - 12th July 2007

Loor gets to eat out? - 12th July 2007

Police Commissioner Marcel Loor Will Face Judge for Extensio - 11th July 2007

Chief Commissioner of Police In Curacao Attending Meetings - 10th July 2007

SMNN - Chief Police Commissioner to Be Replaced? - 9th July 2007

Standard Trust clients not affected say's laywer - 7th July 2007

Holiday - It will be better under new status - 7th July 2007