Complaint Review: Amerus Corporate Technology/Daniel Semmler - Toronto Ontario

I lent Daniel Semmler the sole owner of Amerus Corporate Technology Inc. $7500 two years ago with an Internet Transfer. Unfortunately I never had an agreement in writing but he verbally promised it back within 6 weeks and that the monies would be held in trust with a lawyer personally guaranteeing no risk to my money at all.  It was to be used to get a Mobility Franchise.  6 weeks later no monies were returned to me.  I confronted him and he assured me that monies would still be coming my way.  I gave him the benefit of the doubt for about 6 months before I involved a mutual friend of ours who arranged for some mediation services.  After getting very upset at me for involving people, Mr. Semmler had agreed to settle the indebtedness before the end of August 2012 with the mediators.  After that date came no monies were sent to me.  I mentioned it again to the mediators and they reached out to him.  He stated it was still forth coming.  

By November 2012 nothing was sent to me.  I got upset and contacted a lawyer to do a legal letter.  Mr. Semmler refused to iisten and proceeded to challenge me and told me he would give me the monies if I told him the email address of a certain individual that I knew.  That person complied and told me that he would be glad to talk with him about his obligation to pay back.  He still refused to settle the debt and lied to my lawyer about monies would be sent.  I filed legal action against the gentleman and his corporation one year to the date of him borrowing the monies from me.  

He decided to get vindictive and countersued me for defamation and costs to fight the legal battle as well as lost wages.  When I told him he could settle out of court, he told me he would send a cheque but I would first have to drop the law suit. I told him you send the monies first, then we'll drop the legal suit.  He told me a cheque had been sent.  When no cheque arrived at either the court house or my home address I confronted him about lying and told him that the legal process would continue until he settled.  

We had a pre trial conference with a judge where he came out swinging at me with all vindictiveness telling the judge I destroyed his reputation and tried to indicate I owed him money.  The judge swifted ruled against him and said you have acknowledged an owed debt and you are entitled to absolutely nothing.  You have an option of settling and paying within 10 days, or a legal judgement would be issued against him.  Unfortunately the judge didn't give me judgement against his corporation.  He tried to fight the judge and she wouldn't have anything to do with it.  I was glad it was over at least that is what I thought.  

10 days later I emailed him when the cheque hadn't arrived to my address, he told me no one was home to receive my cheque as he had sent it out by courier.  When I pressed for proof no proof was sent.  I applied to receive judgement and to my surprise there had been a whole list of judgements against him in the province of Alberta.  I was one of 23 cases that had been filed against him over a 20 plus year history.  I kept on pressing for payment and then he decided to be creative and start sending me invoices for services rendered and back dating them.  He tried to tell me I owed him monies now for services he had done for free and never discussed payment.  It was all done out of spite for the legal judgement.  Then after I challenged him on that front, he decided to make threats of contacting clients my father had done business for.  My father hired a lawyer who put him in his place and warned him any actions against my fathers clients would result in criminal charges of defamation would be used against him and his corporation.  He decided to defame my father and I to the lawyer.

Through out this whole ordeal, I have discovered that his corporation had lapsed until April 2012 when he revived it. He also then let it fall into arrears this year with the Alberta Government.  He has made no effort to repay and he is determined to defraud me of my hard earned monies.  I have tried garnishment on banks but he has no personal bank accounts due to his history of defrauding many people, including a mutual friend.  He hides behind his corporation which is just a shell.  Furthrmore Telus Mobility has no record of his corporation ever applying for a franchise and he still doesn't have a franchise.  It is my belief that he is a scam artist with no intention to ever pay even with a court order and wilfully defrauds people out of money.