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Dieter P. Abt - Pliq - Meteor World Wide Fraud Case commiting business fraud at Pliq, Meteor World Wide, Hollywood sham Los Angles California
*Author of original report: PLIQ MOBILE MARKETING AGENCY/METEOR WORLDWIDE/DIETER P.ABT
*UPDATE Employee: where's the proof?
*REBUTTAL Individual responds: Response posted by counsel for Mr. Dieter Abt and Meteor Worldwide
*Consumer Comment: Support of Dieter Abt
*General Comment: Notice to Poster of Lawsuit
As an attorney who specializes in intellectual property for the entertainment industry, my practice is based in Hollywood, California. In 2007 I was initially intrigued by the emergence of a new company who represented itself as having ties to major studios and television networks for the purpose of advertising. Believing that perhaps we could do business together, as we were bound to have overlapping clientele, I started my research.
The company goes by the name Pliq (internet/mobile marketing), and is owned by Dieter P. Abt who also owns Meteor World Wide, a product placement agency, (well sort of, as they only represent one company really, which is Puma). This, despite Abt's claims of representing many companies. Well, sure enough one of my clients voiced interest in working with Pliq for a mobile campaign and asked what I knew of this new startup company.
Imagine my surprise when I uncovered the blatant and fraudulent business dealings of the owner. While self promotion is the norm in Hollywood I have to draw the line when a company is founded and mismanaged by the same individual who, as it turns out, ripped off City banks in England by lying about family, business, and personal affiliations in order to mislead investors and prospective clients. Abt tells people he is Swiss born and related to the Nestle family, which has been proved in court to be a false (see article below).
Dieter boasts of his Hollywood relationships with the likes of Sylvester Stallone, Suzanne Somers, Martha Stewart and Joan Collins. I wonder if any of these people who obviously take pride in their personal reputations are aware of Abt's shady business dealings and the utilization of their celebrity status to boost his self promotion. The fact is, Abt was arrested and tried with fraud in1993 for misleading bank officials into believing he was a multi-millionaire who possessed property and collateral he didn't own. I believe this is Abt's established pattern of deception and bears a remarkable similarity to Abt's management of his current companies. Word in the industry (Hollywood really is a small town) is that Pliq is strapped for cash and is seeking a second round of funding, due in no small part to Abt utilizing company funds for the purchase of property in Beverly Hills and expensive automobiles. It's a shame that the company which is staffed with sincere, hard working professionals are being misled by a charlatan who is not worthy of their trust and loyalty. It is my sincere hope investors do their own due diligence prior to funding Mr. Abt's house of cards.
Abt tricked banks, court told (26 July 2001 13:58)
Former Town & County Catering chairman Dieter Abt allegedly hoodwinked City banks out of 2.75m (4.8 million U.S. dollars) by posing as a multi-millionaire with a distinguished history, the Old Bailey heard last week.
As the fraud case got under way last Thursday, the prosecution alleged that Swiss-born Mr. Abt - who falsely claimed to be part of the Nestl family - turned to dishonesty in 1988 when he began lying to obtain bank loans and overdraft facilities.
To add substance to his aura of wealth, Mr. Abt set up a trust based in the tax haven of Liechtenstein. He gave managers of the trust a bogus list of his assets, which included paintings said to be worth 10m, property around the world, a collection of cars and prestigious company shares.
The bubble burst for Mr. Abt when the manager of the trust discovered he had been misled and resigned, the court heard. One of the banks then called in the police and Mr. Abt was arrested in 1993.
The court was told the loan to purchase Town & Country was legitimate, but John Woolfenden, private banking director at Guinness Mahon, claimed Mr. Abt conned the bank into lending him 600,000 using fake collateral.
Mr. Mahon added that it was Mr. Abt's lack of administrative skills which had contributed to the downfall of Town & County.
"He was a networker, he knew a lot of people and how to attract publicity, but he was not a good business administrator, which may be part of the reason why the company failed," he said.
Mr. Abt was charged with four counts of obtaining property by deception and four counts of obtaining a pecuniary advantage by deception between 1988 and 1991.
Darren m
Santa Monica, California
U.S.A.
The company goes by the name Pliq (internet/mobile marketing), and is owned by Dieter P. Abt who also owns Meteor World Wide, a product placement agency, (well sort of, as they only represent one company really, which is Puma). This, despite Abt's claims of representing many companies. Well, sure enough one of my clients voiced interest in working with Pliq for a mobile campaign and asked what I knew of this new startup company.
Imagine my surprise when I uncovered the blatant and fraudulent business dealings of the owner. While self promotion is the norm in Hollywood I have to draw the line when a company is founded and mismanaged by the same individual who, as it turns out, ripped off City banks in England by lying about family, business, and personal affiliations in order to mislead investors and prospective clients. Abt tells people he is Swiss born and related to the Nestle family, which has been proved in court to be a false (see article below).
Dieter boasts of his Hollywood relationships with the likes of Sylvester Stallone, Suzanne Somers, Martha Stewart and Joan Collins. I wonder if any of these people who obviously take pride in their personal reputations are aware of Abt's shady business dealings and the utilization of their celebrity status to boost his self promotion. The fact is, Abt was arrested and tried with fraud in1993 for misleading bank officials into believing he was a multi-millionaire who possessed property and collateral he didn't own. I believe this is Abt's established pattern of deception and bears a remarkable similarity to Abt's management of his current companies. Word in the industry (Hollywood really is a small town) is that Pliq is strapped for cash and is seeking a second round of funding, due in no small part to Abt utilizing company funds for the purchase of property in Beverly Hills and expensive automobiles. It's a shame that the company which is staffed with sincere, hard working professionals are being misled by a charlatan who is not worthy of their trust and loyalty. It is my sincere hope investors do their own due diligence prior to funding Mr. Abt's house of cards.
Abt tricked banks, court told (26 July 2001 13:58)
Former Town & County Catering chairman Dieter Abt allegedly hoodwinked City banks out of 2.75m (4.8 million U.S. dollars) by posing as a multi-millionaire with a distinguished history, the Old Bailey heard last week.
As the fraud case got under way last Thursday, the prosecution alleged that Swiss-born Mr. Abt - who falsely claimed to be part of the Nestl family - turned to dishonesty in 1988 when he began lying to obtain bank loans and overdraft facilities.
To add substance to his aura of wealth, Mr. Abt set up a trust based in the tax haven of Liechtenstein. He gave managers of the trust a bogus list of his assets, which included paintings said to be worth 10m, property around the world, a collection of cars and prestigious company shares.
The bubble burst for Mr. Abt when the manager of the trust discovered he had been misled and resigned, the court heard. One of the banks then called in the police and Mr. Abt was arrested in 1993.
The court was told the loan to purchase Town & Country was legitimate, but John Woolfenden, private banking director at Guinness Mahon, claimed Mr. Abt conned the bank into lending him 600,000 using fake collateral.
Mr. Mahon added that it was Mr. Abt's lack of administrative skills which had contributed to the downfall of Town & County.
"He was a networker, he knew a lot of people and how to attract publicity, but he was not a good business administrator, which may be part of the reason why the company failed," he said.
Mr. Abt was charged with four counts of obtaining property by deception and four counts of obtaining a pecuniary advantage by deception between 1988 and 1991.
Darren m
Santa Monica, California
U.S.A.
5 Updates & Rebuttals
McGuireWoods
Los Angeles,California,
United States of America
Notice to Poster of Lawsuit
#2General Comment
Fri, December 04, 2009
NOTICE TO POSTER OF LAWSUIT
Please take notice that Dieter P. Abt ("Abt") initiated an action in the Superior Court of the State of Arizona for the County of Maricopa, Case No. CV2009-035879 ("Arizona Action") seeking to obtain a Subpoena Duces Tecum compelling Xcentric Ventures LLC to provide Abt with information related to this posting. On November 9, 2009, the court in the Arizona Action issued the Subpoena Duces Tecum to Xcentric Ventures LLC. The Subpoena Duces Tecum seeks information related to your true identity and other information related to messages that you have posted about Abt on the Ripoff Report website, at www.ripoffreport.com, under the pseudonym Darren Motise J.D., Darren M. or any other pseudonym. The Subpoena Duces Tecum has been served on Xcentric Ventures LLC.
Abt seeks this information in connection with an action currently pending in the Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles entitled Dieter P. Abt v. Lisa H. Fields and Does 1 through 10, inclusive, Case No. SC104235.
PLEASE BE ADVISED that you have the right to timely and anonymously file and serve a response to the Subpoena Duces Tecum. Your response can include an objection to the Subpoena Duces Tecum. If you intend to file and serve a response, please do so, or notify us of your intent to do so, on or before December 18, 2009.
PLEASE BE FURTHER ADVISED that on or before December 30, 2009, Abt will be filing a motion asking the court in the Arizona Action to compel Xcentric Ventures LLC to comply with the Subpoena Duces Tecum.
Jocelyn R. Cuttino
McGuireWoods LLP
1800 Century Park East, 8th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90067
Telephone: (310) 315-8200
Facsimile: (310) 315-8210
Carlton Wilding
Calabasas,California,
U.S.A.
Support of Dieter Abt
#3Consumer Comment
Fri, August 22, 2008
My family has known Dieter Abt for over 20 years. This so-called report that has been filed against him is wrong on so many levels I will just address the ones not dealt with by his representative. Mr. Abt (who is Swiss) has long standing relationships with the individuals named in the report, many going back as long as our personal friendship. I have been in his home and at restaurants when he has entertained these friends over many years -- not that any of this belongs in the public eye. How do you keep what is obviously some kind of personal vendetta off of a consumer report website? What's to stop wholesale slander? You don't seem to check anything out before posting because the English acquittal is easily found.
Laura Wytsma
Los Angeles,California,
U.S.A.
Response posted by counsel for Mr. Dieter Abt and Meteor Worldwide
#4REBUTTAL Individual responds
Mon, August 11, 2008
This posting contains numerous false statements that are intended to damage the reputation of our clients, Meteor Worldwide and Dieter Abt. These defamatory statements must cease immediately. We will pursue all legal remedies if the author(s) continue to defame our clients in any forum. The demonstrably false statements in this posting include at least the following: This author of the posting claims to be an intellectual property lawyer practicing in Hollywood, California. However, there is no Darren Motise registered to practice law in California. Meteor Worldwide is a product placement agency with an established track record of success in working with reputable international clients. Pliq is a mobile marketing company owned by a group of investors. Mr. Abt is not the sole owner of either Meteor Worldwide or Pliq. Meteor Worldwide and Pliq are financially healthy and allegations to the contrary are without merit. Mr. Abt has never engaged in any improper conduct with any persons or entities, including his affiliates, his investors, or his banks. Mr. Abt was never involved in any improper conduct with any bank. Indeed, although wrongly accused of deception over fifteen years ago in London, a jury found that Mr. Abt had done nothing wrong. The allegations recited in this posting to contrary are false. The above misrepresentations are intended to damage Mr. Abt's personal and professional reputation and to interfere with the business of Meteor Worldwide and Pliq. Such wrongful conduct must cease immediately. The further publication of false statements will subject the author(s) to liability for defamation and libel. We demand that the author(s) immediately cease and desist from making any further defamatory statements in any form or medium, whether written, oral, electronic or otherwise. This letter constitutes actual notice of the author(s) unlawful conduct. Accordingly, we will deem any failure to comply with the demands set forth herein as a knowing, willful and intentional violation of our clients' rights. This letter is not intended as a complete statement of our clients' factual or legal positions, and nothing herein is intended as a waiver or relinquishment of any legal or equitable rights of our client, which are expressly reserved. Laura A. Wytsma LOEB & LOEB LLP Partner cc: Mr. Dieter Abt Ben Blanco, Esq. Martin Pollner, Esq. Michelle La Mar, Esq.
Iamconcerned
Los Angeles,California,
U.S.A.
where's the proof?
#5UPDATE Employee
Tue, August 05, 2008
I cannot find you anywhere Mr. Motise. I don't believe you are real. I would like to see the actual court documents or at least a reference to substantiate your claims of maleficence. How are you familiar with the work ethic and sincerity of Pliq employees? I am open to any and all information backing your claims. If there is an ounce of truth to anything you you have to report then make a real difference back it up. There are holes in your story, fill them or apologies for your lies.
Darren motise j.d.
Santa Monica,California,
U.S.A.
PLIQ MOBILE MARKETING AGENCY/METEOR WORLDWIDE/DIETER P.ABT
#6Author of original report
Sat, August 02, 2008
SPELLING CORRECTION FOR DIETER P ABT'S COMPANIES PLIQ AND METEOR WORLDWIDE
