France banned the activities of the fund investment in art
The company offers investors to invest in the work, she did not belong
French Office for Financial Markets prohibited the activities of the fund Marble Art Invest, promises its customers unrealistically high returns (up to 16 percent per annum). It turned out that the London-based company had no right to sell investment products in France. In addition, it offers investors to invest in works that are in fact she did not belong. It is expected that soon a matter of Marble Art Invest will the court.
story made public newspaper Ouest-France, whose article on the Marble Art Invest was published on February 11. An investor in Paris Kosheto Guy (Guy Cocheteaux) told reporters that he decided to contact the artist, whose work he has invested money, and learned from them that they never have sold the company. "The works were virtual». Ouest-France suggests that the Marble Art Invest deceived from 250 to 350 investors.
Before publication of the article topic was much discussion on internet forums. One investor complained that for months he has not received a penny from the fund and that the calls to Marble Art Invest is not responsible. The man who introduced himself as company president, Jean-Marc Dardy (Jean-Marc Dardy), told him a long commentary, which threatened to "detractors" judicial murder. At the same forum, a representative of Marble Art Invest Seguier Michael (Michael Seghier) admitted that he was barred from doing business in France for 10 years, and this, in his opinion, is "too severe punishment" for his stubbornness in relation to tax policy "(the latter is likely to mean that it is reluctant to pay taxes). He also declared his dedication to promoting young artists and the rejection of the practice of inflating the speculative bubbles.
Seguier argues that in Marble Art Invest it is just a "broker", but according to the list of French companies site Societe.com, fund registered in his name. The company has a website, but the owners hide themselves on the eve of the scandal in an unknown direction, he decided to freeze.
material was prepared by Julia Maksimova, AI
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