Jurnalul National presented yesterday the interlocking chain of companies which siphoned money from Romania to the Isle of Man, in the Irish Sea. Black money, that is.
Today the newspaper focuses on Philip Mark Croshaw, who took part in a large scale scam, which offered fictitious jobs on fictitious off-shore oil-platforms, as manager of over 2,000 companies he set up for conducting his scam.
Many fell for the bite: a promise of a well-paid job which required no experience and no qualification!
The job offers were made by Caledonian Offshore Ltd., controlled by Croshaw, and two Panama citizens: Tito Cordoba and Michael Beiertz.
The advertisement in a central newspaper read "Work now! On off-shore oil-platforms! Openings available. Salaries start at 59,000 USD a year!!!" It ran last year in Romania, and again last month! The advertisement was in Romanian language and the applicants were asked to send a CV by email.
Those sending their applications received information on the economic potential the company had. According to the information package, Caledonian Offshore Ltd. invested in the extraction of crude in the Middle East, The Gulf of Mexico, Venezuela, North Sea, Kazakhstan and West Africa.
The envelope also included a form the applicant was required to fill in with his or her personal data, plus a request to send part of the "recruitment commission", in the amount of 189 USD.
Many Romanians fell in the trap and sent that money.
Some did even more than that, and sent the full amount of the commission, set at 438 USD.
Obviously, no one heard back from the Caledonian Offshore Ltd., until last month, when the companyâs advertisement resurfaced in the same daily.
This time Caledonian Offshore Ltd. asked applicants to send their CVs at job1@fastoiljobs.com.
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