Threatened with court after I gave bad trustpilot review

[Fetteler]

I started this thread mostly because of the threat from the unless enforcement firm. (if you are good at cryptic clues- 'Not day, wily chicken killer' investigations).
However the scoundrel who cheated my son has a string of scammes behind him, mostly across Europe in the boat/yacht business. He owes sums probably into the millions. He and his brother go by a verity of names. It astounds me that this guy dosent make any attempt to hide and is allowed to dissolve companies and start new ones and seems invulnerable to the law. I know what happens Im late with a parking fine.

He still has stands at tech trade shows displaying the drone that my son built!

See some of his 'activities'.

http://keithburtonpaulgearyscam.blogspot.com/

http://keithgearyscammer.blogspot.com/


That email to my son was not what I would expect from a decent company's 'Head of Legal Affairs'. Its an illiterate rant. Had they attempted some explanation for the lack of results or some type of appeasement I may also have taken down the review and left it there, however the email confirms my suspicion that they are a bunch cowboys and I feel obliged go further with this, not least to protect others.

Strange they can leap instantly to action when their reputation is threatened yet have achieved zero against a man who has lied and cheated his way through life. Also they accuse me of hiding behind a keyboard. I used my full Google profile with photo and email address whereas all their 'good' reviews are from nicknames with no credibility or accountability.

Again, thanks for the advice so far. All advice welcome. I am considering my options to
1. recover my sons money.
2. to hold this recovery firm to account for their unprofessional attitude.

[charitynjw]

United Kingdom March 15 2019
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Employees may consider that confidentiality is a price worth paying to avoid prolonged, uncertain and costly litigation and employers want to protect commercial interests and their reputation.

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• (b) As a means of improperly threatening litigation against, or otherwise seeking improperly to influence, an individual in order to prevent or deter or influence proper disclosure.

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[Amethyst]

The debt owed to your son that he has a ccj for is really separate issue from the NDA / defamation allegations of the debt collection company.

It doesn't look like the company the CCJ is against is bankrupt - nor the individual - although seems he uses different names etc so it likely would have been useful to keep relations vaguely good with the debt company to find out what the actual situation is - as recovery of your sons money is the priority. Is the judgment against the company or the individual ?

The debt company reputation is as it is and presumably that's why it was decided to use them over high court bailiffs. There isn't any reason why they'd treat clients any different to debtors - if you go to the bully boys you get bullies.

Blogging and reviewing and what not is just going to cause shit for you and your son and isn't going to get him any close to getting his money back.