Owner of latinaffairs.com Dating website Hans Dieter Mertes ripped me off for 8000 USD dollars in his Casalatina realestate scam. We made a deal for a partnership in a bed and breakfast via contracts drawn up by lawyer. He Dieter then took my money and others and bought himself a private house in the Dominican Republic with it instead. When I contacted him about our deal he blocked me and ignored my emails or phone calls. Hans Dieter Mertes is a German national living in the Dominican Republic who had applied for citizenship in Canada, but was denied after he had engaged in fraudulent activity in Canada as well.