Tangled Web of Missing Shares ; Lost Certificate Unveils a Complex Network of Rogue Brokers, Corrupt

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Mrs J. T. writes: Nick Bryan of German broker FSW suggested I invest in FollowUs, which was expected to float on Aim at quite a premium. After many calls I invested Pounds 5,278, but after three months I had no certificate. Marvin Brooks of FSW apologised, saying FollowUs had unfortunately not floated. It had held my money instead for shares in a different company, Europe Vision. Again, I trusted FSW, but again, after more than four months, I still have no certificate.

I AM afraid this is a can of worms. But let's start with FollowUs. This is a genuine company with a real business allowing firms to keep track of vehicles, or parents their children, by monitoring the location of their mobile phone.

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Tangled Web of Missing Shares ; Lost Certificate Unveils a Complex Network of Rogue Brokers, Corrupt

FollowUs has never announced why it scrapped its flotation earlier this year, but I can tell you that huge numbers of its shares fell into the hands of Atlantic Capital Partners, a German broking firm that was raided by police from Berlin and the City of London.

They were investigating Daniel Gooding, alias Daniel Tresadern, the firm's head...

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