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HAVE YOU BEEN RIPPED OFF BY FLY BY NIGHT Busineesmen in Nova Scotia?
TIRED OF TRYING TO GET THE COPS OR COURTS TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT
AND NOBODY WILL?

Well welcome to the club.

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To start with this is not SPAM or some form of scam. If you have been
ripped off and suffered financially because of the crooked actions of
any company or business types in this province they perhaps you believe
as I do that it is time that something be done about it.

Despite laws being on the books to prevent these sorts of crimes there
is no form of enforcement of the laws being done, and the few public
legal authorities capable of doing anything are too underfunded or
overburdened to even process half the cases that occur.

NO MONEY - NO JUSTICE

Most people stuck in this situation are like me. They end up without
having enough money to fight in court, or even knowing where to start.
The legal process is intimidating and even if you win judgement there
is little or nothing that can be done. The companies and individuals
responsible for these ripoffs hide behind the law and a apathetic
legal system that will do nothing.

It seems that Halifax is becoming a haven for companies that are
abusing employees and the system. They setup as incorporated companies
for a short period of time, then when that company gets in financial
trouble they simply walk away from it, set up a second incorporated
company under a different name, and screw all the original companies
employees and creditors out the money that is due to them. I have been
a victem of such a company, and in recent months I have encountered
at least another half dozen individuals who have also been ripped off
this way. The guilty party or company in question simply gets to walk
away with absolutely no repercussions.

I intend to lobby local government officials about tabling a new set
of laws to prevent these sorts of bastards from being allowed to
startup any form of company in the province of Nova Scotia.

THE BEST WAY TO FIGHT IS AS A GROUP

I am currently seeking others who have also been ripped off or robbed
in this same way. I need to know how many other such people are out
there in order to approach the government, Justice Minister, or news
organizations about this problem.

Any information submitted will be kept confidential if you request
it to be so. I am less concerned with names then I am with compiling
a list of how many cases and types of such cases have occurred in
the province over the past ten years.

None of the government departments that I have contacted seem to keep
any sort of record of such activites, or if they do will not release
such information for public consumption. Nothing will be done about
the problem on the basis of one individuals case or complaint.


IT IS TIME TO FIGHT BACK AND PREVENT THIS SORT OF CRIME

Don't expect the Board of Labor, Department of Justice, the Police,
the Registry of Joint Stocks or any other government department in
existance to help you, because they won't.

Everyone of the government departments consider this a civil matter
and thus if you want justice then you must pay a lawyer to deal with
it. The police will rarely deal with any charges of fraud or other
criminal acts that do not involve violence.

The Board of Labor is essentially toothless, and will not deal
with any cases that are more then 6 months old.

The Department of Justice and Crown Prosecutors also say that if the
matter is not violent is generally considered civil and they will do
nothing. If you want justice you have to pay for it.

Legal Aid will also not help you unless the matter is Criminal.

NO ONE seems to be able to stop these sorts of companies from operating
or setting up in the province in the first place, even when court orders
or open public complaints have been filed against the crooks.


PREVENTING THIS SORT OF ABUSE IS POSSIBLE?

This sort of abuse can be easily prevented by by creating either a
public or private non-profit office that excepts and registers
complaints about such activities. Don't expect the local Chamber of
Commerce or Better Business Bureau to do anything.

These companies and businessmen also have no business dealing with
ACOA or getting any other government financial assistance.

At present all companies must file their company name and tax vendors
permit at the Registry of  Joint Stocks. According to the Registry there
is no mechanism or computer software in place to prevent people with
known criminal records, records of fraud activity, or an employee abuse
history from registering a new company.

For the provincial government to set up such a simple preventive system
would cost peanuts, and save a lot local citizens grief ( and maybe
save some tax dollars ). If these sorts of businessmen are on
a provincial blacklist then they should not be allowed to be granted
a licences to operate or do business here. Some policies are in place
to accomplish this, but the Registry Office does not take any steps
to investigate persons with such backgrounds.

If necessary I intend to set up such a Citizens Advocacy Office myself
with webpage postings and advisory notices on companies to beware
working for, or have any sort of business dealings with.


I NEED TO HEAR FROM YOU

Please contact me by email with your name and telephone number if you
are serious about helping me pull this off, or if you have a story to
tell. I wiil contact you.

This sort of nonsense must stop. Please join the cause.


Stephen C.
Halifax, Nova Scotia


If you or anyone you know has been in a similiar situation then please
contact me by EMAIL with their name an number.