St. Maarten Private Eye

My wife and I were introduced to this interesting site from JMB communications. A site for St. Maarten. We have been coming to the Island for more than 5 years and thought seriously about buying. Are you saying that this Realtor McKenzie Outsmarted, and not Scammed this woman? No thank you, since when are Realtors supposed to outsmart their clients? If the C21 heads cannot help victims who have been wronged than that seems reason enough to stay away.
This was discouraging to us and we decided to follow along and see if this guy get his due. We won't be buying on this Island unless someone can refer a person of character. Are there any?

Interested observer

From personal observations, since day one, C21 has been operating as an ILL usion, much the same way LU is. Both are all about THE SCAM, nothing else matters, not your children's education nor your investments. Having read your comments, one must only assume you're in bed with them, totally ignorant or both. You won't put your name and you defend them ... Get a life!

Who ever wrote the Grand Illusion posting is either DELUSIONAL or just plain stupid. Is she or he saying the Horon legal posting is fake? I think if any person searched the NJ court web site, they could probably find the legal ruling themselves. Oh, Delusional, how do you account for the Horon ruling that is posted?

You state that all the comments appear to have all been written by one woman.Oh contrare! I myself wrote one, and only one, of the numerous postings earlier. Truth is not slander, Delusional. Ken McKenzie stole a TV, airco units, microwave and other misc kitchen stuff out of an apartment he was renting in Apr 2005. Ask Det Elisabeth of the Phillipsburg police who took the police report. Ken, (Mr. Property Manager, Mr. Smart Businessman, Mr. Century 21), refused to pay 4 months rent, and we had to get a court order to get his butt out while he played little games, and a later court order to get him to pay up. He obviously thought he wouldn't be pursued. HA!
So Delusional, was Ken such a smart man as you say when he finally had to finally cough up the back rent and then some more plus legal costs of his own?

Remember the old adage, "when you sleep with dogs, you get fleas?" Unfortunately in your case, it appears you didn't get fleas, just a case of blindness. Wake up, Delusional. Tigers don't change stripes.

In my humble opinion these Pirates; Ken and Daunesh flying under the flag of Century21, have no business in legitimate business. Unfortunately though, there are fresh victims to prey on sailing in our waters every day, believing C21 is a reputable flagship. Wrong!!!
These C21 Pirates in my opinion, should all be drawn and quartered.
There are many SXM business people that have nothing more to do with these people or C21for that matter. Good business people who believe; if you have integrity nothing else matters. If you don’t have integrity nothing else matters.
Just look at their crew … in my all my days, a shadier crew of misfits I have never seen. They bait their hooks with pictures in the paper, big smiles and even bigger signs everywhere, trying to pull the old 'bait-n-switch' to baffle their victims with lies and BS stories.
I'm sorry to say; there's not an ounce of professional integrity in the bunch.
Mark is just an apprentice baiter right now but he’s learning from the master and will graduate soon. Then there’s Pamela, in my opinion a wicked witch. And Ritika the worst witch and then there’s Cathy just an ordinary witch … I think they're all Pirates!
I've seen them one-by-one, weed out the troublemakers, forcing them all to walk the plank. Having said that, there are a few lowly stow -a-ways who remain on board and who take the beatings for fear of something worse. Too Bad!!!
But soon enough they will all meet their own demise, eventually there will be no one left to turn on but each other. Ken and Daunesh will come to a face-off soon enough. One has a reputation to uphold (LOL) and the other has one he can only hide from. It should be fun!!!
There are so many Pirates living here amongst us and none of them dare fly their true colors. Because we know them for what they are, shame on us all, for allowing them to maintain this modern day piracy. Thanks to sites like this one and others out there, (hats off to this one) more will be aware to steer clear of these treacherous waters. I love freedom of speech!!!
I for one will contact the corporate office addressing irregularities here in SXM, whether fictional or not. To play on this pitch, you play by house rules, no rules or regulations!
I appreciate the opportunity to post this obviously drawn out critique of C21. Last but not least, Thank you, something will be done about it soon.
I look forward to and welcome any opposing or collaborating points of view.

You are hiding behind anonimity and dishing out shit, without substantiating anything. Too bad.........

I guess as an ex SXM the island spat you out.

I have a good idea why..............

By Flipper in a comment two below this one. The only information that appears to be solid is the document linked to. This document implies that Ken Mckenzie is on the run and a fraudster. There are also several local stories and rumors which support this.
If you have any evidence of further wrong doing on the island, send us the evidence. We would still like to hear from US citizens who are able to track down the lastest information about this document and case.

LH

GOOD LUCK in contacting the corporate office, try Horst Finkbeiner, the head of the Caribbean Franchise, and Brian Couch, one of the heads in Corporate in the US. Be prepared for the response; "each office is independently owned and operated," that is the "standard message," and then of course, they wish you luck.

Rest of this comment has been removed, see below - Flipper

The set up of Century 21 caribbean is professionally run and administered. Slating the operation is not a good thing to do. Horst Finkbeiner is a extremely likeable individual who has an impeccable reputation throughout the Caribbean and Bermuda. His boss also carries that same reputation. Please think before you become slanderous.
Thanks

*NOTE*
I agree, this site is not for personal hate fests and vendettas, when you make accusations then lay out your information and keep it factual, not personal. Just saying someone is a thief, a liar, a pervert, a fraud , a pirate or whatever without backing it up with your reasons and proof for that conclusion is not acceptable here. I didn't publish the comment above and I have taken it down, it served no purpose other than to slur and slander.

Flipper

Yes indeed, he was in Marigot at a restaurant in the Marina Royale, last week, he is still here! After all ,where the hell should he go? Back to the USA?

Another note - Can you please clarify why you think Ken is hiding or on the run. On the run from whom? The document that we posted here is from 2001 and we have no information to tell us that anyone is still actively looking for Ken. Nor do we have any proof he has done anything wrong here on the island other than personal stories which, although I have no reason to doubt, have not been backed up with any proof or documentation.
Now, if you have a lawyer friend in the US you might ask them for a favor to look up this case and find out it's status. :) - Flipper

Seems Ken is still here (the man in black) as I said hello to him and the owner of C21 at the Joe Bonamassa concert at PDP last week.

He was very skiddish as when I looked back that way minutes later he had moved into the shadows.

Yellowman

Is it only scam deals and weird transactions the reason that Ken has pissed off some people on the island?
Could it be that Ken was trying to use an eldery rich lady as his next victum, with his flirtation? Lady finds out that Ken is trying to scam her as well?
She is heart broken and mad not only because she was going to be his next prey but her heart is broken with what she thought was a love affair?
Ken uses people, plain and simple, if you guys do not get it by now, he will prey on your stupid naive ways.

We know that there is a new project being develped on Cay Hill, and C21 ended up as the exclusive agents to market. The Cay Hill people heard of McKenzie's negative reputation and mentioned it to Daunesh Allcott, as did others. Cay Hill people didn't like what they heard. Daunesh made excuses for Ken then and they continued with their plans to stay with C21.

One wonders how and why the Cay Hill people would have even considered dealing with C21 with all the questions surrounding the company and it's Sales manager. McKenzie couldn't wait to get his NV registered with the Island council. He was nervous not having residency, as he was afraid he would be kicked off the Island. Where then would he go if he couldn't go back to the States. Where will he go if he has to leave the Island?

Did he tell the truth when filling out documents for Residency? These are questions many have wondered about. Who knows who will come up with the answers. We'll have to wait and see.

Why wait and see. You could notify the licensing authorities about Ken's reputation yourself. It will be difficult to issue him any license with that history. Even the Governor could be notified and asked why this person is still allowed on the Island. Shouldn't he be deported if he is in illegal hiding?

Hady,

I know a thing or two about the background of Ken 21. This is about him.

Note what the court said:
On August 19, 1998, judgment on a promissory note was entered against Kenneth in favor of plaintiff in the amount of $4,376,734.87. On July 28, 1999, judgment on a related fraudulent conveyances claim was entered against both defendants in favor of plaintiff in the amount of $1,543,524.72. Although a restraining order was also entered to preclude their further transfers or conveyances of any assets, defendants, along with their assets, effectively vanished after the trial.

We close by observing a particularly salient fact in Kenneth's pattern of deceit and avoidance. This is not simply a case involving an absconding judgment debtor, but a case involving an absconding judgment debtor who has proactively engaged in fraudulent transfers to avoid compliance with court orders and judgments.

Nice to have had you here Ken. The airport is open from 06:00 in the morning.
Safe journey to your next destination.

From what I read, they were looking for him and trying to find where he had hidden his assets, what is the status of this court case now? The item is from 2001.

From what I understand there was a response due in the Court here January 16, unless there was a postponement on Horon Holdings. The Bailiff was supposed to serve his wife, but they won't find her here. I hear Ken is trying to sell off some properties. Anyone interested in any deals he "puts together" on his properties should beware of all the pending litigations.
What constitutes criminal on this Island?

Hi to all on this blog post.
It is interesting to read about Ken McKenzie.
It seems he is the same McKenzie from the US court case.
Although he did not change his name as Cromwell did.
But the question is, is it not about time that real estate agents should be licensed to operate on SXM? they have to be licensed to sell realestate in the US.
One needs a special degree to operate as a real estate agent in Europe.
So it is only natural that pirates from the US come here to paradise island to hide their identity, make loads of money and contibute not one iota to the islands tax coffers.
I do believe that it is way past time, but we can still catch up with this issue by evaluating our real estate companies, weeding out the illegals, offering real estate courses to our youth and make it compulsory to have a real estate license to operate on SXM.
As long as those real estate licenses are not sold by the politicans as they do with all other licenses and permits.
On another note, McKenzie works for Century 21, owned by D.Alcott who also owns Learning Unlimited school, would be wise for Alcott to distance himself from this man.

So, what is Cromwells history.

Is this the man referenced above?

A well known real estate agent was a big drug pusher in the 80's and then turned state's evidence and changed his identity, etc.

How did this guy manage to buy several Remax outlets if this is in fact the same person?

Does anyone have the full story here?

Happy New Year to all.

I noticed that there was a reply to the above post but it was removed this morning. Can anyone explain what happened. The messages for Hiding out in St. Maarten read 10 and now it reads 9.
Any input would be appreciated.

After some thought and communication with the poster, I removed it for them because at the end of the day we wouldn't want SXM PE to be responsible for Payton getting knocked off by a hitman for the people he turned against and helped put away. But it seems there are many people who know Peyton's real name so...... I guess there was no point in removing it anyway.

He is a real asshole, so too bad for him.

Flipper

Peyton Cromwell was born David Perry.
He managed to not only change his name but his birth date also, which by the way is very difficult to do. He was a drug runner in the late 70's, seems that he was arrested by the Feds and when his boat was cut open at the Bobby's Marina the entire boat was filled with cocaine.

Cromwell most probably does not have much in his name, he uses other people to be Managing Director etc. He has Island Properties and Carib Trust (could be that the current Director bought him out, but he was an original financial founder) Cromwell has had several run-ins with the law on SXM, fast boats, anyone remember the T.V. series Tradewinds? Around that time he had a boat fiasco somewhere around Oyster Bay.

He also had a boat that ran up and ended up at PJIA fence. Then the biggest crime event, Cromwell was at a birthday party in Grand Case, everyone saw him ordering and drinking Champagne. He left the party loaded up with Alc, got in his jeep and while driving like a stupid in Cole Bay he hit a small car driven by a father and his young daughter. The father drove after him trying to get him to stop, as he had continued after the crash. The father later realised that his daughter was severly hurt.
Cromwell was locked up for one night, why??? Because on SXM the police have no breatherlisers. Go figure!!! French police have them, but the Dutch side police are still in the cave man era. No direct proof that he was drunk, also I believe no investigation was done as they would then have questioned people at the party, unless those people lied or were intimidated. In any case, his drivers license was taken away from him, not sure for how long.

People and myself have seen Cromwell driving his employees cars during the day time hours on the Dutch side. What happened to the little girl? difficult to say, some say that she is a vegetable, others say that Cromwell is supporting the father with money to keep them quite and pay medical bills.

From Cromwell to Ken McKenzie, what a nice picture of pirates SXM attracts to it''s shores. And for those of you that remember, Island Properties sale booth, a small ginger bread style house that was located in Oyster Bay a few years ago, was burnt to the ground by a disgrunteled American home owner in the area. No clear reason why, them say the person was fed up with Cromwell's bussiness tactics.

Betsy

This is very interesting; Isn't Peyton Cromwell the business partner of Lucky Balou in the Coral Beach Club on Dawn Beach? I believe it is him. What a coincidence! Lucky Balou holds a private mortgage for Ken McKenzie for ONE of McKenzie's hidden assets.

isn't Peyton Cromwell the one who sold the old Dawn Beach hotel land to Colombia Sussex to get the westin approved ? And didn't the Westin hotel owner build a house on the cliff overlooking the Westin for Roy Marlin as a thank you for getting the westin thru redtape ?

Somebody please correct me if i'm wrong .

That house is on the market for $1,000,000. thru Century 21 . I guess the owner is unhappy about Princess Heights blocking his view ? Maybe Columbia Sussex can build him another in better location ?

http://www.century21islandrealty.com/gillian.htm

The sale of the house has nothing to do with blocked views, go see yourself, Villa Gillian has the views.
Unlike other houses that previously had beautiful beach views that are now blocked by the ugliest development in town called the WESTIN.
My take is that the house is for sale so that Roy can make a million dollars.
Building that house did not cost him a cent, so if he can run with the money now, why not?
Now that the news is out, Roy will prefer to sell that house, better than still owning it when the police come to haul his ass off for questining.

Yes.
Roy pushed hard for permits and it is suspected he ignored advice of experts.
Not sure if they built the house, but has been rumored that Westin rented it off him and may have even done some work there. It is also rumored that the original deal to purchase the house was 'assisted' by the Venezuelan people who built that big block of condos on Simpson Bay Beach. The villa has the same name as Roy's daughter and is currently on the market for $1 million.

At Century 21.

Peyton, or David has his fingers in many pies and I understand owns much of the valley behind Westin. He is also a partner with some guy called 'Lucky" whos is the financer behind Coral Beach. Some deal has been made with Westin to manage or run this project. 2 units have been sold so far and Peyton is pursuing the case to remove Ms B in the high courts.

Mojo

Mojo, you state it is suspected that Roy ignored advice from experts.
it is not suspected, it is a fact.
The Expert committee negatively advised against the planning permit for Columbia Sussex, Columbia Sussex is the builder of the WESTIN.
WESTIN is the operators of the hotel.

It was published in the newspaper, he blatently ignored his own committee that is set up to advise government on planning permits when there are objections lodged against projects. So please, stop with the suspected, it is a fact that Commissioner Roy Marlin ignored advice to redraw the planning permit development.
No one was against development of the area, but what they did to Dawn Beach is a crime. The beach looks like it is now down to 30%, 70% of the beach is a ugly hotel.
They have built a pool that I suspect (I am wondering if the Kadaster ever went to measure) is on the public beach property.
This could have been a nice development if Caribbean architecture was taken into consideration, balconies, sea views, more greenery and flowers.
And what about their ridiculous retention pond built up a hill, that drains out into the Atlantic Ocean.
A sewage plant up a hill waiting to backfire one day.

Man O Man, maybe a hurricane, maybe a tsunami, maybe just heavy rainfall, or maybe the sewage might just come to show them exactly what they are.
But the day will come.

Background Report for Peyton Cromwell
Address History for Peyton Cromwell includes the following cities:
2 Addresses in ARNOLD, MD
1 Address in WASHINGTON, DC

1 Address in BLUE MOUNTAIN, VA
1 Address in PHOENIXVILLE, PA

1 Address in FRONT ROYAL, VA
1 Address in ROYERSFORD, PA

Background Report for David Perry
Address History for David Perry includes the following cities:
1 Address in ARNOLD, MD

with the internet and zabasearch it is too easy...

IT'S A SHAME WHAT SXM HAS COME TO; BUT YOU HAVE NO ONE ELSE TO BLAME BUT SXM'S POLITICAL ARENA OF POLITICIANS WHO WILL ALWAYS HAVE A HAND UNDER THE TABLE TO OVER LOOK ANYTHING FOR THE ALMIGHTY DOLLAR .THE GREED OF THESE PEOPLE WILL EVENTUALLY TURN SXM INTO THE MOST CORRUPT ISLAND IN THE CARIBBEAN .THE ISLANDS NAME HAS ALREADY BEEN TARNISHED BY OTHER UNBELIEVEABLE CRIMES AND THIS JUST ADDS TO IT.SXM WAS ONCE A BEAUTIFUL, INNOCENT UNBLEMISHED ISLAND ; BUT NOW IT IS LIKE THE BOWELS OF HELL. GOD HELP SXM .

E.S.

Is this the same Ken McKenzie that was training as a massage therapist at Maho in early 2000's??? I have two personal friends that reported he fondled them after they accepted his 'free massage' for training purposes. What a pig.

It is being said that Ken McKenzie moved to St.Kitts some time back when his personal issues with the law was raised on this site.
A very good place for all SXM pirates to move to.

...he's in SXM as I see him all the time. A nice guy who many of us have known for many years. Never heard about any groping going on, from anyone but hey, a little grope here and there...no crime in that, is there?