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What Crowdestor Investors Can Do
This is not legal advice. I am not a lawyer. What follows are general observations for retail investors affected by Crowdestor, based on public…
Ventus Founder Jānis Timma Sued Over Bankrupt Energy Deal
An Estonian crowdfunding platform is suing Jānis Timma in a Latvian court over a personal guarantee on a mezzanine loan to a company that…
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Ventus Hired An Audit Firm To … Not Perform An Audit
On December 2nd I posted an article detailing document manipulations, hidden related party transactions, inflated valuations and potentially exorbitant fees by Ventus Energy. In…
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Ventus Wanted Their Responses Published. They Shouldn’t Have.
Ventus claimed that material claims they sent to me were not featured in the article. The first such claim was quickly disproven by citing…
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Ventus Energy: Response to Company Statement
Approximately 6 hours after publication of this article, Ventus Energy released a statement on their Telegram channel. While their response confirms several core findings…
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Ventus Energy: Doctored PDFs, Inflated Valuations and Buying Your Own Assets With Investor Money
A Green Energy Powerhouse That Burns More Investors Than Biomass Ventus Energy markets itself as a green crowdfunding platform, offering retail investors up to…