Complaint Review: Clear Creek Consulting Inc. - Westminster Colorado

After Brandon cope stated that he wanted to settle our differences and send me a refund, I received a check for only $750! It was sent to the WRONG address, and should have been closer to $3000!! I called CCC and asked why I only received a check for $750, Brandon Cope called and left a message that their "legal team" determined that no refund was due, but he talked them into giving me $750! NO, THAT IS NOT ENOUGH TO SATISFY ME!!! Where's the REST of the refund?? I think another $2250 is due to be refunded! And to the correct address! If they get paid $3500 which they said would cover everything from start to finish, then only do a small portion of the work before I find out they lied to me and cancel their services - which leaves me being owed a refund of close to $3000, and they only send a check for $750 (to the WRONG address) and say I wasn't even due that - then our differences are NOT settled and they STILL owe me a refund for the rest of the money!

Brandon Cope, Executive Vice President of Clear Creek Consulting, has contacted me with a resolution to settle our differences and has agreed to issue a refund. We have agreed to settle our differences.

I have been ripped off too and want a class action lawsuit against these liars and theives! If you want to join, email me at [email protected], or if you already have one started or know of one, please let me know. sickntired, you are right that Brandon Cope violated privacy by stating information on a client - another reason NOT to hire Clear Creek Consulting in addition to them being liars and theives!

I have been ripped off too and want a class action lawsuit against these liars and theives! If you want to join, email me at [email protected], or if you already have one started or know of one, please let me know. sickntired, you are right that Brandon Cope violated privacy by stating information on a client - another reason NOT to hire Clear Creek Consulting in addition to them being liars and theives!

I have been ripped off too and want a class action lawsuit against these liars and theives! If you want to join, email me at [email protected], or if you already have one started or know of one, please let me know. sickntired, you are right that Brandon Cope violated privacy by stating information on a client - another reason NOT to hire Clear Creek Consulting in addition to them being liars and theives!

I have been ripped off too and want a class action lawsuit against these liars and theives! If you want to join, email me at [email protected], or if you already have one started or know of one, please let me know. sickntired, you are right that Brandon Cope violated privacy by stating information on a client - another reason NOT to hire Clear Creek Consulting in addition to them being liars and theives!

I hope that any of you that are interested took a moment to read my original posting about this "firm" and of course I use the term loosely because I believe that this outfit of misfit teens/felons/ and scammers have developed the perfect scheme for ripping off and terrorizing those that are already in trouble with the government, be it federal, state or local taxing agencies to which they use your already troubled state of affairs for their own personal gain while they promise you that they will take care of all your fears and get you a deal for a set amount of money.

Lies, lies and more lies. This seems to be the mantra that Clear Creek sets its corporate values upon. I urge you if you have been a victim of this company to write to their Vice President of Services Rian Peonio and ask him to reply to you in writing about any and all concerns that you have or have had with this company as I do doubt that you will get a response in writing but you will be bombarded by phone calls from Mr. Peonio stating that he wishes to speak to you about the contents of your letter but will not under any circumstances reply to you in writing. I did this under the advisement of the Colorado Attorney Generals office and to my surprise when I asked for any further correspondence to put into writing Mr. Rian Peonio informed me that Clear Creek Consultant's Corporate attorneys informed him (Mr. Peonio) that Clear Creek did not have to respond to me in writing because my allegations didn't warrant the time and effort to respond to me by letter and furthermore Mr. Peonio adamantly refused to address any issues I had with this company but he did inform me that I could no longer speak to the Attorneys that were assigned to me and that my case would be kept on his desk for an undetermined amount of time unless I removed my original posting to which he then added that if I did remove my original posting that he would then free up some of my money and would then move ahead with an Offer in Compromise... of course foolish me I thought that my payment of over $6,000.oo was in order for them to get me an Offer in Compromise not for sporadic phone calls to the IRS hotline to see if I had been assigned an agent... for formatting letters two and three times over and charging me numerous times for power of attorney when to my knowledge I had only been assigned two attorneys. I cannot even begin to count the times that I was charged for those involved with my case to sit in their meetings and discuss my case. My question is: What were they discussing when nothing had changed with my case, no agent had been assigned to my case and their plan of action never deviated except for the constant draining of my retainer and then the threats of case termination (which they used the term of will close your case and you won't be protected from the IRS coming after you) unless I coughed up more money. So what were these constant meetings about? How to get more funds? How to drag out my case until I was financially devastated? Well, guess what, Clear Creek Consulting? I am financially devastated as the last $ 1,500.00 dollar retainer caused me to lose my health insurance for nearly 5 months, depleted my funds that I could not pay my heating bill through the winter and caused a chain reaction of debt that I cannot seem to crawl out from and now I'm looking at an electric termination. I mean I guess all these things wouldn't be so bad if my $6,500.00 had actually gone towards the resolutions that they promised.

Clear Creek Consulting promised me resolution within a 60 to 90 day time frame and for the original price of $2,500.00 to which now two years later I'm out $6,500.00 dollars and told on my final statement of services that I owe them money!!! And For what? For ripping me off, for the ton of broken promises or for the tactics that border on coercion to make me cough up more money? Or for Mr. Peonio's fraudulent claims of how they have kept me protected from the IRS and for the liens that they removed, etc... No, they did nothing. There were no liens as of yet, they filed no motions with the IRS and apparently after sending in copies of my tax returns and all my monthly expenses that they stated they needed to file the 40 plus pages of the Offer In compromise they even failed to do that as I never got copies of anything that they did in the way of work on my case. I requested for my file to be sent to me and all they sent me was the copies that I had sent them. Where are the copies of all these letters that were formatted, copies of the Offer In Compromise that they were supposed to fill out, copies of the motions to remove liens that Mr. Peonio had stated that they removed and copies or transcriptions of any correspondence that they had with the IRS on my behalf? There are no copies because they did nothing on my behalf except call the IRS hotline to which I could have done myself. I did request to Mr. Peonio that I wanted a full refund to which he replied “Remove the post and I'll see what I can do but it might take several months” but then I got my final statement of services to which now they claim that I owe them.

BEWARE OF CLEAR CREEK CONSULTING AND THEIR FRAUDLENT CLAIMS

BEWARE OF THE HIGH SCHOOL GRADS THAT CLAIM TO BE SENIOR TAX CONSULTANTS.

BEWARE OF THE FELONS THAT THEY HIRE TO TAKE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION- EVEN THEIR OWN EMPLOYEE BY THE NAME OF KYBOGGS(see postings at (((Redacted))) FULLY ADMITS TO THIS PRACTICE.

BEWARE OF RIAN PEONIO, VICE PRESIDENT OF SERVICES WITH CLEAR CREEK CONSULTING WHO USES LANGUAGE THAT BORDERS ON COERCION IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN A STEADY FLOW OF YOUR FUNDS INTO THE COMPANY BY MEANS OF THREATS VIA THE IRS.

CONSUMER BEWARE, BEWARE, BEWARE!!!

In closing have you noticed that Mr. Brandon Cope, Vice President of Clear Creek Consulting has stopped responding to these posts?

I urge all of you that have been victims of this company to contact the Attorney General of Colorado and your own States Attorney General, the Better Business Bureau. Furthermore I urge you to contact your State Senator and demand that there be oversight of these tax firms and their fraudulent claims.

Also contact the Office of Professional Responsibility_ Internal Revenue Service Office of Professional Responsibility SE:OPR, Room 7238/IR 1111 Constitution Avenue NW Washington, DC 20224

Phone Number: (202) 927-3397 Fax Number: (202) 622-2207

If anyone is interested in Class Action against this company please let me know. This type of victimization needs to stop and pronto!

This is a copy of the letter that I sent Mr. Rian Peonio

April 20, 2009 In regards to: Conversations April 10th, 11th, 14th and 17th 2009 Mr. Rian Peonio V.P. of Services 8620 Wolff Court Suite 330 Westminster, Co. 80030

Dear Mr.Peonio: Subject: Refusal to reply/Stipulation Demands

As per our conversation on the dates stated above I am formally requesting that you place in writing a detailed summary of our conversation along with a detailed explanation as to why you originally refused to reply to us in writing as per my request. In your return letter I am asking that you give us your reasons for refusal to originally honor my request in writing as well as the stipulations you have set out in order for Clear Creek Consulting, Inc., to continue to represent my husband and myself in our tax matters. I also wish to receive from you in writing as to why I am no longer able to speak to the attorneys that were assigned to our case and why our case file folder is being held on your desk until your stipulation demands are met since our statement of services states that we have a remainder of $508 75 left on our current retainer. I am also requesting that you place in writing an explanation of all the negative complaints that have been alleged against Clear Creek Consulting, Inc. by several ex- clients and or ex-employees as well as some current ones, as we have been unable to receive any answers that would restore our trust within this company that you represent. We would also like to receive in writing the educational requirements that a potential employee must have to be considered a Senior Tax Consultant and if you could address in writing an explanation as to why several members of Clear Creek Consulting, Inc. state that they are “Senior Tax Associate and or Advisors” on the social networking site MYSPACE and list no further education than that of a high school diploma. I would like to have in writing the issues of drug abuse on the job site addressed as well as the drug use of your employees during their off time as well as Clear Creek Consulting, Inc. policies regarding employees and drug screening. I am also requesting that Clear Creek Consulting explain in detail the corporate policies on hiring felons which a KyBoggs who claims to be a current employee of Clear Creek Consulting, Inc. states on the Consumer Complaint Boards that Clear Creek does and has hired felons. In closing we hope that you will address our concerns and fears in a timely matter and that we can begin to come to a resolution of these issues.

Respectfully, Donald and Teresa Leslie

Results of My original Posting-Clear Creek Consulting closed my case, kept my money and now claim that I owe them.

CLICK here to see why Rip-off Report, as a matter of policy, deleted either a phone number, link or e-mail address from this Report.

I do not know either the author of this complaint or the company Clear Creek Consulting, however I did some research. I was impressed with how much effort was put into this authors post. I decided to check it out on myspace. And low and behold when you enter Clear Creek Consulting what you will find is laughable if you're not the one who has had your money ripped off by them. Their consultants are a bunch of kids with only High School Diplomas,granted one is a junior consultant. The name he uses is "Napalm Hampster"and he does list his company as Clear Creek Consulting and title junior consultant. He also has pictures with captions stating "I was drunk and high as hell at this company picnic". I would like to know what kind of company picnic that was.He also has comments from friends that say they blaze all day and will save a rock for him. Not really sure what that means, but it sounds like slang for drugs to me. Their senior consultant who calls herself "Red" lists herself as high school graduate in 2006. She states she is 21 years old. Neither list any previous work experience. The other girl I found doesn't state her position or if she's even still with the company. She lists several previous employers most having to do with marketing and I believe a verizon job. Nothing having to do with taxes. Like I said I don't know either party here. It took me two minutes to find this info and I think I would probably pass on this company if I had a tax situation. You would think in this job market if they weren't a scam they could employee someone with real tax experience. People with excellent resumes are knocking down doors for jobs in this day and age. Smells rotten to me!

Make a complaint with the Office of Professional Responsibility. I have attached the information you need to contact them, which is also available on www.irs.gov. The Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) At-a-Glance Mission The Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) establishes and enforces consistent standards of competence, integrity and conduct for tax professionals (enrolled agents, attorneys, CPAs, and other individuals and groups covered by IRS Circular 230. Strategic Priorities OPR supports the IRS strategy to enhance enforcement of the tax law and to ensure that attorneys, accountants and other tax practitioners adhere to professional standards and follow the law. Headquarters Internal Revenue Service Office of Professional Responsibility SE:OPR, Room 7238/IR 1111 Constitution Avenue NW Washington, DC 20224 Phone Number: (202) 927-3397 Fax Number: (202) 622-2207 Program Background The Office of Professional Responsibility provides education and outreach to the tax professional community and administers the enrolled agent exam. To support the IRS' strategic priorities, OPR ensures the integrity and credibility of the American tax system by working through tax professionals and with IRS operating divisions and functions. Circular 230 changes have created a need to increase awareness among tax professionals regarding the consequences of non-compliance. This awareness, plus increased enforcement and additional legislation, should help deter non-compliance. Business Objectives To increase the percentage of tax professionals who do adhere to professional standards and follow the law by: Establishing procedures to identify and address the most egregious non-compliance cases Strengthening partnerships with tax professionals Establishing and communicating standards of conduct for tax practitioners Establishing and maintaining a system of tax practitioner oversight Rejuvenating the referral process Publicizing actions taken to promote the integrity of the system and deter further non-compliance Establishing and administering a system of sanctions for tax practitioners who fail to observe standards of conduct