Elite Destinations Scam or real? Ari Daniels AKA Daniel Mamann AKA Sebastian Morad: principals of Elite Destinations in question.
Follow the links, make your own conclusions. All information has been copied from current internet listings and cannot be verified to accuracy, other than the pictures with the aliases. That fact alone seems to make all or some of the information appear true.
Old July 23, 2009, 04:02 PM #37
Gustavo
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Some more inconvenient truths...
I just returned to PV last night and had dinner with some friends from the Conchas Chinas neighborhood. Things are totally shut down at the site and apparently they have no electricity. The entrance to the garage is boarded up. I didn't see any guards last night but today I see a couple.
This e-mail was apparently sent out yesterday and was forwarded to me last night as well:
Subject: M Hotels, M Dreams Constructions, S.A. de C.V. - Castles & Condos in Puerto Vallarta, M Enterprises, S.A. de C.V. - The Enchantment in Cabo San Lucas, Daniel Aryeh Mamann
To: Any and all Concerned Parties, Members, Associates - past, present and future
From: Concerned Former Employees of M Hotels
Although as former employees of M Hotels; we are not and have never been privy to any insider information in regards to what was happening behind the scenes and what has actually transpired with the association with various investors or what has or will happen to the developements, known as Castles & Condos, The Enchantment, Mandalay, Cascadas, and M "signature" resort, we feel it incumbent upon ourselves to speak out. To be clear, we were all only employees with a particular job to perform and are not to be confused with being in any position of authority or responsibility on the performance or lack thereof of M Hotels or any of the developements.
http://todopuertovallarta.yuku.com/reply/55413/t/Mamann-Group-M-Hotels-revisted.html
There are also several other family members I could dig up if necessary, In this day and age it's pretty simple to follow a trail with some due diligence to many people who might be of use somehow.
So just some interesting digging and potential sources of future info should we need it, who might have had a hand in helping along that Canadian passport as he would definitely have the right connections (for legal I'm not accusing, I'm alleging. Don't want a lawsuit for defamation of character or slander- I'm merely pointing out the unusual connection). Makes some kind of sense- hmmm.
Here's Tweety's other post I've referred to above dated August 8, 2009:
Daniel Mamann is an American citizen who committed some crime in California and fled to Mexico. His mother filed false papars in Canada and got him a Canadian passport. His real name is Sabastian. He is now in the Los Angeles area living with his mother after leaving Mexico 2 days after he was arrested in Puerto Vallarta for mutiple crimes. He talked his way out of jail and fled.
Donald Wayne Busby is no angel either. He is currently being sued for not paying the construction workers and construction company. He is now and has always been the owner of Castles and Condos. He has his lawyer draw up papers in December 2008 to sell the property to DNG Capital Corp, SA de CV which he did to avoid an embargo and lien against the property for not paying the construction people. He filed for all the construction permits and the building has no condo regine, no electricity, no water and no sewer hook ups.
This Keith fellow he has hired to start sales is probably going to do the same thing as Daniel (Sabastian) did and run off with the money. It is all a scam...
That's all for now.
Indigo502
More to consider…
We have been led to believe that the sudden dissolution of M Hotels and their professional involvement in the developements has been due to the actions of the person know as Daniel Aryeh Mamann. He has been operating an "allegedly" fraudulent business under an "allegedly" assumed name, his real name is appearantly Sebastian Morad. Further to that, he has also "allegedly" embezzled over 5 million US dollars from the investors, partners and members and has closed the business down without any prior notice. Presumably, he has fled the country. He has seemingly deliberately neglected to ensure payment of outstanding monies owing to employees; such as salaries, commissions, holiday pay and severance packages - as required by Mexican law, as well as avoided making payment to various service providers and suppliers. As we are sure you can understand, many former employees are legally pursuing our cases as a whole and to the fullest extent of the law in order to receive restitution and can only incourage anyone finding themselves in a similar situation to do the same. We anticipate that many former associates of Mr. Mamann's will be doing exactly that, here in Mexico as well as in the United States and in Canada . We also wish for this notice to act as a warning to everyone, the world over. Beware of what it means to become involved with this individual. He has proven himself to be unprofessional, untrustworthy and completely unscupulous. From our experience, Mr. Mamann has proven to be an undesirable individual; personally as well as professionally.
In addition, we would like to take this opportunity to suggest to all immigration officials, here in Mexico, the United States of America, Canada and elsewhere, as well as all law enforcement personnel in these three countries and around the world, who may read this; to deny him access to your borders and/or revoke any migratory status that he may have obtained either legally or illegally. This man has "allegedly" bilked, swindled, and literally stolen millions of US dollars from many unsuspecting people from at least three countries. We plead with you to not allow him asylum and encourage you to extradite him expeditiously back to Mexico where he will be held accountable for his actions.
Further; specifically to the members of M Hotels:
Various former employees have found out that someone at M Hotels sent out a mass email on or about July 10, 2009 to Castles & Condos and Enchantment members using a former employee's work email...it clearly wasn't from them. First; this employee was on vacation for the month of June and secondly; the company laid off all employees on June 30, 2009.
More:
128. Re: The Enchantment in Cabo
Jul 24, 2009, 1:25 PM
Howdy~
Before checking this forum this morning, I registered at TUG and read the posts there and issued a reply. Guess Joe- Papa did the same here yesterday. He and I seem to agree that Resorts Advantage is the only organization that has attempted contact. Yet, when pressed for answers they are silent. I reiterate my call for all of you to send repeated complaints to their corporate office. We are but a small number of the hundreds of people who Daniel Mamann ( evidently not his real name)has swindled. We have no idea if the owners we were told are now in charge are real either. (turns out the email advising all of us about the new contacts was sent from Tracy G who was on vacation at the time and all employees of M Hoterls were laid off on June 30- days before we got the email).
The news is not good but we cannot just stop and hope to see the development proceed. Inaction is equal to kissing your money good-bye unless your CC company comes through.
Other than that I have no strong opinions today!!
Puerto Vallarta Real Estate | August 2008
A Note to our Readers
PVNN
July 2009
At the time of publishing in the summer of 2008, Mamann Group appeared to be a new, but growing and healthy company. As with all media, BanderasNews prints announcements of new companies and events throughout the Bay. We now understand that the company has been going through issues, so as a service to our readers, here are the four email addresses that we have for contacting members of the company directly:
[email protected],
[email protected],
[email protected], and
[email protected].
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A New Level of Luxury is Rising in Mexico
PVNN
August 2008
Why is Fraser Smith’s email listed as a member of the company and a letter of denial written the next year?
Some Info on Fraiser Smith
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Joe~
I managed to get a reponse from this guy. His reply is below.
The folks at Enchantment are pretty demoralized. The Cardenas family remains silent. We cannot get any communication from Resorts Advantage and the site just sits. Everyone is seeking cc refunds for default on our contracts. We too signed up with II and our access to their web site is what alerted us to the problems. I suspect your previous theories are correct. In our case the owner/developer is left holding the (empty) bag and we owners are left with less. Still we fight on.
Carlos Cardenas: 011-52-624-157-6664 (Cell, owners son)
Please be advised that Fraser Smith (myself) has no attachment to the project. I solely invested in another marketing company in Puetro Vallarta which also went bad due in principle to the weak economy. I do not know where Mr. Mammann is located. He is likely avoiding contact with me as I lost significant investment dollars through his marketing companies.
Likewise, Mendenhall Smith is not associated with any of these projects. IT is an engineering consulting group in the US.
Unfortunately, I do not have copies of paperwork associated with M enterprises or the Enchantment, but fell free to contact me via email
[email protected] any other questions. Buyers deserve a completed project. Please be aware of misinformation from others associated with Mr. Mamman; he had to of left a number of creditors when the project did not re-start.
Thanks Fraser Smith
Best email:
[email protected]
