John of Brisbane
Ashgrove,#2Consumer Comment
Thu, January 27, 2011
George of Sydney, I hope I am not too late. I recommend you do not send Mitchell anymore money. He has been telling me all sorts of misleading things about Chartered Medical for more than a year now and not one deadline has been met.
You will be interested to know that the lawyer who was involved withFinchum on Snapshot and Snappybids, Greg Bartko,was recently convicted in North Carolina of securities fraud, for a separate scheme he was involved in,and is currently in prison awaiting sentencing, which is scheduled for March 2011. Here is an excerpt from the Department of Justice press release:
Atlanta Securities Attorney Convicted of Fraud Scheme and Sale of Unregistered Securities
RALEIGH, NCUnited States Attorney George E.B. Holding announced that in federal court on November 18, 2010, Gregory Bartko, an Atlanta, Georgia securities attorney, was convicted of one count of conspiracy to commit mail fraud, the sale of unregistered securities and money laundering, four counts of mail fraud, and one count of the sale of unregistered securities. The defendant faces a maximum of 90 years' imprisonment on these charges.
A rereading of the Snapshot SEC filings at the time, and the involvement of Bartko and his firm Capstone (which was also involved in the North Carolina case), is very interesting in light of the above case.
So George I would like to get in contact with you to discuss this further in person and also what action to now take.
I was also sold dud shares in Matech, Global Business Services, Snapshot, Snappybids, IPO Partners and then Chartered Medical by Barry Mitchell.I know of other Aussie investors in the same boat. It was all a classic bait and switch exercise. It is time to get justice.
george
sydney,#3REBUTTAL Owner of company
Sun, October 31, 2010
I have also invested good money with both Roger Finchum Sr and Barry Mitchell.
I originally invested in a company called Matech on the recommendation of Barry Mitchell. I invested $15,670. The company is now worth nothing.
I also invested $20,000 into Snappybids, which was a venture setup by Barry Mitchell and Roger Finchum Sr. Sappybids was supposed to file for an IPO, but this never happened. I was promised that my capital would be returned but this never happened. I have lost this total investment.
I was contactd by Barry Mitchell on the 28/10/2010, with another investment, called Chartered Medical. Barry Mitchell and Roger Finchum SR are setting up this new company. They are offering to convert my snappybid shares into Chartered medical shares, because "Roger feels bad that the deal to sell SnappyBids fell through when the prospective buyers filed bankruptcy". But in order to do this, I must first send a token payment of $2000, to Barry Mitchell to make this happen.
My correspondence with Barry Mitchell is as follows according to emails:
Original email from Barry Mitchell on the 28/10/2010. His email address is [email protected]
Hi Barry,
Thankyou for the email on Chartered Medical. I have had a look at the website. It looks like a normal website.
I have a few questions.
How does Chartered Medical make its money?
What proof do you have that the company shares are worth $1.00?
What does Snappybids have to do with Chartered medical? How are you able to roll over the Snappybid shares into Chartered medical Shares?
Why do I have to pay $2,000 for 2000 Chartered Medical Shares? Cant I just rollover the Snappybid shares into the Chartered Medical Shares?
If I invest in these shares, how am I able to sell these shares later and recoup my investment?
It all sound promising, as did Matech and Snappybids at the start. Now both companies are worth nothing and I have lost $36,000 of capital and interest that I would have otherwise received if the money had been just sitting in a bank term deposit.
Again I only have your word that this investment will work. What other documentation do you have that I can analyse about this potential investment. Eg. Business Plan , Sales, Expense and profit forecasts, current assets, current turnover, profit and loss statements, company gearing, etc.
Regards
George
Wildy
San diego,#4UPDATE EX-employee responds
Fri, October 23, 2009
I've known Mr Finchum since 1999 and have known him to be lying and manipulative and long suspected his only income is money other people have invested in non-existent companies. He always has some business to invest in that never produces a product or service, the investments manage to only cover his 'expenses.' When I "worked" for him, he created an alternate persona and script for me in order to manipulate his girlfriend and her husband for his own means and to move in with them and their children in Manchester, NH. Doubt is always met with anger and heavy protestations, and he offers "proof" in the manner of providing contact information for attorney's in TN that will vouch for him. His TN homes have suposedly been put in trust for his grandchildren, but are sold and replaced at his whim. His assets are well hidden, he makes multiple promises that are never kept. His companies exist on paper only and his employees and board members are family members, girlfriends and other people in his personal life. He has filed initial SEC papers, but has multiple excuses and reasons that the transactions were never completed. When he stated that he sent a FedEx package, he was unable to supply a tracking number. He claims to live a life based on honor, trust, honesty and communication; he deludes himself that he lives to these standards. He is always accused but its never his fault that he hasn't delivered; he is always right and everyone else is wrong. He changes his cell phone number's frequently whenever he needs to hide, and is always unlisted. He is unable to discern truth from lies and unable to tell the truth when it would serve him best. He is a con man, extraordinaire!
Where there is smoke, there is fire. Caveat emptor!
Jack
Lake Havasu City,#5Author of original report
Tue, December 04, 2007
Also see report#211546
James
Somewhere,#6UPDATE EX-employee responds
Thu, January 25, 2007
Mr. Finchums home is located at 100 Newport Circle, Hendersonville, TN, 37075 I know he is responsible for ripping off hundreds of people, that is why I quit. I have spent the last year making these sites for him that were supposed to become big things. They all amount to nothing now, the last year of sleepless nights and hard work are nothing but ripping people off that are willing to invest in things that I created. I've never felt so betrayed. I will list the sites so maybe someone else who got ripped off will find this in a search: ooglebay.com, snappybids.com, securestatus.net, mydesknotes.com, desknotes.us, and vericoin.com. Now that I have quit Mr. Finchum has been threatening to sue and at the same time offering for me to make it "right" to him by doing more work for him. He is still using this scare tactic on me today and I quit almost a month ago. I will not remain anonymous though, I have done nothing wrong and I hope this doesn't damage my reputation I am James (Jim) Porter. I can be contacted at [email protected] . I hope this info helps and if you or anyone needs anything else just let me know. P.S. his "office" for these companies are located at 639 East Main Street Suite 6 Lower Level, Hendersonville, TN 37075 and his cell is 603-231-7127
Jack
Lake Havasu City,#7Author of original report
Sun, August 06, 2006
The date when Roger D. Finchum Sr. endorsed and deposited my personal check into a Snapshot, Inc. bank account should be 10/14/03 instead of 03/14/03
Jack
Lake Havasu City,#8Author of original report
Sat, August 05, 2006
I was Ripped-Off for $5000, which was my initial investment amount. Since the court awarded settlement and interest this Rip-Off amount is to date in excess of $6250 and increasing at the rate of 10% per annum.