European City Guide punished

Disclaimer: We have heard reports since 2004 that the ECG appealed this ruling, we cannot find out if the appeal succeeded or not.

22nd September We have recieved clarification on the ruling.

The OFT have now issued a full Press release The fine is of 300,000 Euros (Approx £200,000), and the European City Guide is to be closed for one year

  1. The ECG have the right to appeal, and have 2 months to lodge the appeal, this means they can still trade :(
  2. the fine was the maximum possible, showing that the Catalans really have had enough of this scam :)
Since the ruling the ECG have mailed letters that have the return address for undeliverables of:

CC INTERNATIONAL
SPI ES 046
8058 ZURICH
Switzerland


This could be the first step by the Swiss owners towards moving the business out of Barcelona.

The main thing is that the ECG can no longer try to hide behind the charade that it is a legitimate operation! It is a scam and has been punished for that.

What if you recieve demands for money? You are now in a VERY strong position! The ECG are hardly likely to take you to court after this, it will hardly stand in their favour that government websites call them a scam or that they have been fined and closed for a year.

It is probably easiest simply to ignore their mail, however please feel free to print out the OFT press release, mail it off and rub their noses in it a little....

What we urge against is returning ECG mail as "not known at this address". Your position is so strong that you really do not need to hide.

What Now for Stopecg? We remain, the job is not yet done, the ECG may appeal, and f they lose they can re-open in a years time, also, there are other copycat scams out there that are still bringing misery to thousands. Please keep checking back!

With T&T liqudated and The ECG closed it has been a good couple of weeks, long may this continue!

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