I hired a conman in London. He lives Cyprus. Do I take him to court UK or Cyprus?

[legalnewbie]

I hired him on British soil.
He is in Larnaca, Cyprus.
Also, what area does this come under, professional negligence?
He lives in Cyprus, I am in London.
I hired him as an "Internet marketing mentor/coach".
We agreed 12 months skype coaching.
I gave him ALL my life savings. (bank transfer)
It is a very large amount
He hid his face, so it wasn't really skype.
He was too busy to help me. Month 2, I advertised for a Internet Marketing consultant to do the job he was supposed to be doing.
He told me my domain was worth $10 million. I then spent 3,000 pounds on a worthless domain.
I agreed a verbal contract with his PA:
1. that he would read my ebooks.
2. That he would give me emAIL SUPPORT.
bOTH BROKEN.
hE DOES NOT REPLY TO MY 3MAILS. wE DID 3 CRAP CALLS over 3 months. His advice was ABYSMAL.
wEBSITE WAS INCLUDED.
nO WEBSITE AFTER 3 MONTHS. 12 MONTHS finishes IN FEB 14.
He has done this to many people in Uk
I want to get my life savings back and stop him from doing this to others.
No contract was signed.
I did not fill any online forms with conditions box.
I have an online invoice from his companyin Cyprus, Po box no, saying xxx amount received for "12 months coaching"
If I can do it Uk, small claims is 10,000 pounds. My amount want back is 11,800 pounds. I want a full refund, not in part. He just wasted 3 months of my time.

[Amethyst]

Re: I hired a conman in London. He lives Cyprus. Do I take him to court UK or Cyprus?

Ouch. Sadly it is exceedingly unlikely you will ever see your money again. Do you only have the PO Box details ? Is his company registered anywhere ?

Might be an idea to put his name and the company name up so people can have a look into it and see if there are other complaints about the 'service'

What is his website ?

[legalnewbie]

Re: I hired a conman in London. He lives Cyprus. Do I take him to court UK or Cyprus?

If I state his website, and name, my court case might me affected??
He is contactable and traceable.
I can send you a PM with his details.
He does seminars in UK 2-3 times a year in London, to dupe more people.
When people post negative stuff about him online, his solicitor threatens then with a million dollar defamation law suit, then they withdraw the post out of fear.
Only 1 person did not fear him, his review has been online for 8 years.
It is really frank.
He writes how he received the defamation suit threat and ignored it.
What I need to know, is, hire a solicitor in London or Larnaca?

[legalnewbie]

Re: I hired a conman in London. He lives Cyprus. Do I take him to court UK or Cyprus?

I am going to post something on the biggest internet marketing forum in the world, warrior forum, about him, to get a list of others he has done this to.
I have heard he has ripped off many in the Uk.
I will go to TV consumer programs, after court case.
He will probably be in London, Feb, like last year, when I hired him.