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Andy Chaudhuri / Whitecode Labs / Stream41 Unpaid Invoice for Contracted Services / Beware Employment Scam with Andy Chaudhuri Sunnyvale California
I am a freelance content writer and found a job posting online for a new startup in California called Stream41 (http://stream41.com/index.html). I applied to the posting and was contacted very quickly by a man named Andy Chaudhuri. He was very charismatic and talked quickly and highly positively about the nature of his business - he was always in "sales mode". After the call I researched the company and his name and found several negative reviews regarding his parent company, Whitecode Labs (http://whitecodelabs.com/). After several red flags, I proceeded hesitantly with him and just wanted to find out what would happen.
I signed a digital contract with him and was invited to join Stream41's slack channel (an internal chat program for collaboration) with other people who had recently joined the team. Based on the contract, we agreed I would develop 4-5 pieces of content for ~$50 each (an initial project total of $250-300).
I have emails from Andy agreeing to these rates but after several weeks of not hearing from him, I finally had to call him directly. After weeks I called him & he was irate & dismissive and said he would "pay the invoice in the second or third week of June". I immediately stopped work and set a reminder to contact him during the "second or third week of June" as he promised to pay.
During this time I reached out to two people on his team to find out about their experiences. One told me she had not been paid by him & simply stopped work. The second person was still on the team and expressed grave concern that she would never be paid despite him promising his staff to pay.
I began sending him invoice reminders and emails during the second and third week of June to no avail. He eventually wrote back CCing his legal team (he doesn't have one - he just created an email domain "legal@whitecodelabs.com") & he refuses to pay the invoice as he promised or return any emails.
His businesses lists several addresses (search for Stream 41 & Whitecode Labs). BEWARE OF THIS FRAUD!!!
Addresses include:
Stream41
940 Stewart Dr #325 Sunnyvale, CA 94085
415-374-6288
(listed on Stream41 website: Stream41.com)
Whitecode Labs
555 W 5th St
Los Angeles, CA 90013
(Listed on Yelp https://www.yelp.com/biz/white-code-labs-los-angeles)
Whitecode Labs
3505 El Camino Real
Palo Alto, California 94306
(310) 382-7609
(Listed on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whitecodelabs/)
3 Updates & Rebuttals
Kimberly
napa,California,
United States
Andy Chaudhuri is a fraud and fake!!!!
#4General Comment
Wed, October 17, 2018
October 2017 I paid Andy Chaudhuri, XYZ Innovations inc. $14000 to build me a program. Complete rip off, he kept sending bogus files saying it contained coding but I could never see my program itself in a demo or in operation.
I had to hire another IT proffesional coder to confirm the files were all bogus crap. He sent me screen shots of my own website photoes stating they wer log in screens for my new program. He did not deliver anything after our 10 week agreed contract time. There is so much more I could say.
I read what a commenter wrote July 2018 and it is 100% true to what I experienced. all of the names he is operating under and addresses below are the ones I found as well. Stream41 is the newest of his scam companies.
I immedietly filed a lawsuit and received a judgement against him . Today I found him on the cover of CFO Tech Outlook!!
https://www.cfotechoutlook.com/magazines/August2018/Financial_Security/
This guy is the real deal as far as scammers!!!!
Jody
New Orleans,Louisiana,
United States
Resolved
#4Author of original report
Tue, July 03, 2018
Resolved
Andy
San Jose,California,
United States
RE: Harassment, Character Assassination, Defamation, and Breach of Contract.
#4REBUTTAL Owner of company
Sun, June 24, 2018
RE: Harassment, Defamation, and Breach of Contract.
to Jody Ray Bennett.
RE: Harrasment, Character Assassination, Breach of Contract and Defamation.
Dear Mr. Jody Ray Bennett.
To Whom It May Concern:
It has come to my attention that this person- Jody Ray Bennett, has constantly tried to attempt to defame me from the date of his commencement period while working with me, and now it has come to my clear attention that he has made defamatory and false statements about "Andy Chaudhuri", White Code Labs and Stream41. I have attached screenshots of email snaps where he have tried to communicate with me agressively. In his post above he has said, the following that are completely untrue. He has said the following; "He has received “Red Flags" against my company, before, could we "ask him", or "investigate" what red flags is he talking about? "He also indicated that, "His businesses lists several addresses (search for Stream 41 & Whitecode Labs). BEWARE OF THIS FRAUD!!! BEWARE OF THIS FRAUD!!!" We had rented We work offices before. Could you please investigate how this is fraud?"
By indicating that I was on the "sales "mode" he has character assisanated me. He has also harrassed me to oay a certain amount of funds of work not approved by me. I ”Andy Chaudhuri”, and we “White Code Labs/Stream41”have suffered substantial harm / economic harm / reputational harm/ harm to my business / harm to my character and reputation /damage or injury – as a result of the defamatory and false statement(s) that he has made. [Because of all the false statements I have injured the user such as to the user’s character, reputation, trade, profession or business.
We hereby demand that you: immediately cease and desist from making any and all false and defamatory statements against me-“Andy Chaudhuri”/”Anurag Chaudhuri” and my company” White Code Labs/Stream41; within the next 12 hours of the date of the letter, remove all defamatory statements and content from Yelp and Ripoff Report, location of publication as follows: https://www.yelp.com/biz/white-code-labs-los-angeles and https://www.ripoffreport.com/reports/andy-chaudhuri-whitecode-labs-stream41/sunnyvale-california-94085/andy-chaudhuri-whitecode-labs-stream41-unpaid-invoice-for-contracted-services-bewar-1448532 below
and notify us in writing when these tasks have been completed.
If you do not cease and desist within the above stated time period, we will be forced to take appropriate legal action against you and we will seek all available damages and remedies.
Sincerely,
Andy Chaudhuri.
White Code Labs
Stream41