How? Because I found this guy's resume that says he was employed as "Customer Service Manager" at TVI Express in Gurgaon, India Office, up to February 2012.
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Thursday, May 24, 2012
Confirmation: TVI Express dead in India as of February 2012
Previously we have noted that TVI Express had changed their Indian address to "Elite Travel" sometime in 2012. Now we have an approximate date: February 2012.
How? Because I found this guy's resume that says he was employed as "Customer Service Manager" at TVI Express in Gurgaon, India Office, up to February 2012.
How? Because I found this guy's resume that says he was employed as "Customer Service Manager" at TVI Express in Gurgaon, India Office, up to February 2012.
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Tarun Trikha on Facebook, ignores complaints on wall
Someone posted updates about the TVI Express broken promises on Tarun Trikha's Facebook wall. It was ignored. Tarun Trikha wants to launch his own booking portal (bookmytrip.com, in cooperation with someone who was involved with the YTBI scam), his own airline (which is not his own at all), and the hotel reservations have HUGE hidden surcharges.
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
Honest MLM Guy Tells You: AVOID TVI Express!
Unlike others on BizOppers, where they gave enthusiastic endorsements to TVI Express and in "why", all they can do is repeat company recruiting speech, this guy tells you to avoid it.
Though the review is a bit unclear. Is he saying that TVI Express is NOT MLM?
Though the review is a bit unclear. Is he saying that TVI Express is NOT MLM?
Thursday, November 17, 2011
"Shine" is back with more bull**** explanations
"Shine", with an IP address that traced to Saudi Arabia, is back with more moronic comments, where he replies to questions about the legitimacy of TVI Express with "just look at our website".
The only proof that "Shine" have of ethical practice is "look at TVI Express website".
Anybody can write anything on a website. Didn't the entire world got punked when someone put up a website that claimed Internet Explorer users have lower IQ? That turned out to be a hoax. Website in itself is no proof.
Furthermore, TVI Express has been long documented to be a liar and obfuscator when it comes to "truth".
And you expect people to believe TVI Express actually has ethical conduct? Is it ethical to ignore all these problems and concerns?
The "stealing dreams" comment is even more inane, because in a pyramid scheme, in order to have your dream, you have to steal 200+ other people's dreams. (15 person pyramid, 2 of them, comes out to be 225, minus yourself, so 224 people, less if one or more buys multiple memberships) And to achieve their own dreams, they each have to steal 224 more people's dreams.
That's the scam part about pyramid schemes... instead of they scamming 200+ people, they have YOU scamming 200+ people. And because they're in India, when police come, they will come after YOU, not TVI Express. Police can't get to TVI Express, but they can get to you.
Furthermore, MLM and pyramid scheme are outlawed by Islam, and Indonesian Islamic Council on Ache already declared TVI Express a scam.
I suspect "shine" here is a foreign worker or immigrant to Saudi Arabia, probably from Philippines or Indonesia. Does Saudi Arabia still institute caning for haram practices, such as scamming people out of money?
The only proof that "Shine" have of ethical practice is "look at TVI Express website".
Anybody can write anything on a website. Didn't the entire world got punked when someone put up a website that claimed Internet Explorer users have lower IQ? That turned out to be a hoax. Website in itself is no proof.
Furthermore, TVI Express has been long documented to be a liar and obfuscator when it comes to "truth".
- Its owner was NEVER explained.
- It removed its own claim that it is "headquartered in London, UK" with no explanation
- It never could explain why its office in UK and Cyprus are at addresses of virtual offices.
- It cannot explain the "cease and desist" given to it in the US
- It cannot explain why it was charged as pyramid scheme in Australia,
- It cannot explain why its members were arrested in South Africa,
- It cannot explain why its headquarters was raided in India by police
- It cannot explain why its business license was revoked in Indonesia,
- and so on and so forth.
And you expect people to believe TVI Express actually has ethical conduct? Is it ethical to ignore all these problems and concerns?
The "stealing dreams" comment is even more inane, because in a pyramid scheme, in order to have your dream, you have to steal 200+ other people's dreams. (15 person pyramid, 2 of them, comes out to be 225, minus yourself, so 224 people, less if one or more buys multiple memberships) And to achieve their own dreams, they each have to steal 224 more people's dreams.
That's the scam part about pyramid schemes... instead of they scamming 200+ people, they have YOU scamming 200+ people. And because they're in India, when police come, they will come after YOU, not TVI Express. Police can't get to TVI Express, but they can get to you.
Furthermore, MLM and pyramid scheme are outlawed by Islam, and Indonesian Islamic Council on Ache already declared TVI Express a scam.
I suspect "shine" here is a foreign worker or immigrant to Saudi Arabia, probably from Philippines or Indonesia. Does Saudi Arabia still institute caning for haram practices, such as scamming people out of money?
Sunday, August 7, 2011
NEWSFLASH: South African News Named Tarun Trikha as head of TVI Express Scam
http://www.timeslive.co.za/world/2011/08/07/worldwide-probe-into-r1bn-scheme
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There are a couple mistakes but nothing too serious.
a) It's been pretty well proven that there is NO proven link between TVI Express and Pacific Royale Airways (other than one of the Indonesian owners have a very similar name, and some of the investors are from India).
b) Now that PT TVI Express Indonesia has been outlawed, what are the chances of Goenani Goenawan actually ponying up the $$$ for the 10 planes the airline will need?
c) The newspaper didn't call Tarun Trikha a liar. It's proven that he knew of TVI Express problems in South Africa. He's playing dumb. He also tried to claim a 3-year old company can't be a pyramid, clearly ignoring Bernard Madoff's 20-year old scam.
Overall, one of the best reports on TVI Express available, actually (except what you get here, that is, and I really do mean it)
Worldwide probe into R1bn scheme
A poster for an appearance by Tarun Trikha in Manila
A high-flying 27-year-old Indian tycoon is behind an alleged pyramid scheme that the Reserve Bank and state-appointed forensic auditors say has amassed over R1-billion in just two years.
And, according to government investigators in the US, UK and China, Tarun Trikha's company, Travel Ventures International (TVI) Express, is worth at least $2-billion (R13.8-billion) worldwide.
Trikha lives in New Delhi and built his "billion-dollar success story" in just two years. He travels to over a dozen countries a month in his private jet punting his scheme. He claims to have recruited more than a million members globally.
According to local auditors, investors are required to pay a minimum "membership fee" of R2700. Then they receive a "travel voucher" - which is worth virtually nothing in some instances - and the opportunity to receive commission for recruiting other investors.
At least 100000 South Africans have invested in the scheme.
Attorneys and forensic investigators appointed by the Reserve Bank said they were dumbfounded by the scale of the scheme.
Johannesburg lawyer John Kruger described the probe as "an enormous job".
"We ultimately need to interview every single one of the investors. It's going to take a while," he said.
The SA team of investigators are also being asked to determine whether TVI Express is operating in contravention of the Banks Act of 1990.
Ironically, Trikha was this week awarded a licence by the Indonesian government to operate a commercial airline, Pacific Royale Airways - despite the fact that the US, UK, Chinese and Australian governments have barred him from operating TVI Express in their countries.
After interviewing investigators across the globe and in South Africa, as well as former representatives of TVI Express, the Sunday Times has established that:
- TVI Express has more than 50000 members in SA;
- Twenty-three different South African bank accounts, associated or linked to TVI Express, have been uncovered by investigators to-date;
- More then R144-million worth of cash transactions and investments have been identified through the bank accounts and paper work. The investigators say they expect the figure to increase quite significantly in the course of the investigation;
- On average, investors paid between R2700 and R21600 into the scheme;
- Returns for those who invested at the beginning of the scheme were paid out, with some receiving as much as R108000;
- An estimated 70000 people visit the company's website daily;
- TVI Express is under investigation for violating consumer protection laws in Britain, China and other parts of Asia; and
- The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), the country's consumer protection watchdog, has banned all TVI Express operations.
The ACCC, in fact, recently won a judgment in the Australian Supreme Court prohibiting TVI Express from operating in Australia and is still investigating the company for other contraventions.
This week, ACCC spokesman Brent Rebecca said he was not at liberty to "discuss our investigations with the media".
An investigation by Australia's Daily Telegraph newspaper found that the company had recruited more than 5000 members in Australia since 2009 and more than 600000 worldwide.
In the US, TVI Express was recently served a cease-and-desist order that compels a company to stop doing business or face legal action.
Patrick Crosby, a spokesman for the US state attorney's office, could not be reached for comment despite several attempts.
Responding to questions from the Sunday Times, Trikha denied that he was operating an illegal pyramid scheme.
"Have you ever seen a pyramid scheme that lasted for three years ... because TVI Express has been around since January 2009 and it's expanding throughout the globe?" he said.
Trikha, who lists his permanent address as a luxury building in New Dehli's posh Karol Bagh suburb, said he was unaware that his company was being investigated in SA.
"We are not aware ... and TVI Express is more than willing to co-operate."
He added: "To show that we are conducting a legit business, some members (and investors) are in the SA Police Service."
Trikha has visited SA several times. He said his company did not have offices in the country and, instead, operated through the internet.
This week, Tempo Interactive, a business journal in Indonesia, reported that Pacific Royale Airways, which has acquired a fleet of 10 aircraft, had been given the go-ahead to operate between India and Indonesia.
Trikha's Twitter account makes several references to the airline.
On March 14, he tweeted: "Looking for a good slogan for Pacific Royale Airways. Send me your suggestions."
Trikha's TVI Express, the cash cow in his empire, is described on its website as a "billion-dollar success story".
There are a couple mistakes but nothing too serious.
a) It's been pretty well proven that there is NO proven link between TVI Express and Pacific Royale Airways (other than one of the Indonesian owners have a very similar name, and some of the investors are from India).
b) Now that PT TVI Express Indonesia has been outlawed, what are the chances of Goenani Goenawan actually ponying up the $$$ for the 10 planes the airline will need?
c) The newspaper didn't call Tarun Trikha a liar. It's proven that he knew of TVI Express problems in South Africa. He's playing dumb. He also tried to claim a 3-year old company can't be a pyramid, clearly ignoring Bernard Madoff's 20-year old scam.
Overall, one of the best reports on TVI Express available, actually (except what you get here, that is, and I really do mean it)
Monday, August 1, 2011
Monday, July 25, 2011
NEWSFLASH: State Bank of Vietnam joins TVI Express Investigation
According to reports in Vietnamese newspaper, State Bank of Vietnam have requested local authorities to look into TVI Express as a Ponzi / Pyramid fraud
http://nld.com.vn/2011072210199977p0c1014/du-lich-kiem-tien-huy-dong-von-trai-luat.htm
Ill. TAI NGUYEN
http://nld.com.vn/2011072210199977p0c1014/du-lich-kiem-tien-huy-dong-von-trai-luat.htm
Travel - Money: Capital mobilization against the law
Friday, 07/22/2011 22:19
State Bank will coordinate with the police to take measures to prevent this type of service "has just travel money"
As How the employee information, today, in many provinces, such as Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Dong Thap ... there are some individuals and organizations use the Internet attract more people to pay commission to the participate as members of both clubs have travel money. This form of raising capital without interest, to be carried out through various forms of bonuses, high commissions ... in order to entice entice more people to participate. Through the capture of information, the authorities said the operation may cause risks to participants.
Warning prevention
Bank (NH) State of Vietnam has written request the State Bank branch in Dong Thap province (unit had to reflect this situation the State Bank) in collaboration with the authorities to investigate, clear signs of violation, taking advantage of the Internet draws people to contribute money illegally. NH State provides notice to the units and individuals within and outside the banking sector to actively prevent known.
Ill. TAI NGUYEN
In 2010, type "tourism has both money" is a company based in the U.S., trading via the internet introduced in Hanoi. Participants will set the type of room at the hotel for a luxury home and abroad, is the organizational unit level account on the web page with the name "virtual" to track the ranking of and receive their bonuses.
Recently, Ho Chi Minh City and many provinces also appeared several companies launched way, inducing people to pay the participating travel package (not traveling), and introduce many others to be thousand dollars reward.
Japan Mr. Long, head of the Legal Vietnam Export-Import Bank (Eximbank), that reward companies for participating in tourism dollars is a violation of law. If companies sell travel products, but not organized for customers to travel, that means the signs of fraud ...
Talking to reporters Nguoi Lao Dong, Dao Minh Tu, Chief of the State Bank of Vietnam, said: "NH State will learn more about this phenomenon and will coordinate with the police to take action prevention "...
Will support the consumer complaints
Provide business around this behavior, the protection of consumers rights to know the city is monitoring the situation for years more. If receiving a reflection of consumers or the press, societies will offer to local authorities to investigate and clarify. If there are firm grounds to assert that the fraudulent appropriation of capital, associations can represent consumer lawsuits.
Back to the Company for TVIExpress (units are mentioned in the song "Losing money because of travel multi-level model" Nguoi Lao Dong newspaper on the day number 7-7-2011), Vietnamese Phan Thi Thu, General Secretary of Association Protecting consumer interests City, said: The company has "disappeared" in both Hanoi and HCMC. Planning - Investment and Taxation Hanoi guide complainants (Hoang Oanh) to court but the fact the company was "getting away" to the actions difficult. The Protection of consumer rights has also written HCMC People's Committee of Ho Chi Minh City and send a couple of State management agencies in the area informed about the case, thanks to government intervention.
The law only allows banks, credit organizations to mobilize deposits from the population.Even companies raise capital through the issuance of bonds must also comply with the provisions of the Enterprise Law. Therefore, an organization that has no function but receive funding in the form of people selling tourist packages (actual DN for non-commercial travel services) and pay awards, commissions violate law. Dao Minh Tu (NH State Office of Vietnam) |
Thy Tho - Thanh Nhan
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
TVI Wants to Open Office in South Africa AFTER its reps were arrested? Please!
TVI Express (Tarun Trikha) claimed they are opening office in China and Hong Kong. When TVI Express reps were arrested in China, and convicted, TVI Express did nothing.
TVI Express (through stupid reps) claimed to be opening office in Florida in 2011 back in 2010. Now it's almost half way through 2011, the only we learned is TVI Express was sued in at least one state and is CLEARLY illegal according to interpretations of laws by prominent MLM attorneys.
TVI Express can't even survive in its native country India without incident. In 2009 it was chased out of Sikkim, India by police when an FIR (initial report) was done. They got an attorney, paid out 6000 participants, and promised never to return.
Then in 2011, TVI Express office in Hara House, Bangalore, was raided by police and 2 were arrested for defrauding others.
So can you believe them whey they slapped together some stock photos, made a sign, and claim they are establishing an office in South Africa? This is off a fellow blogger, but the picture and words were copied from official TVI Express announcements:
What's hilarious about this is South Africa had already acted against TVI Express, declaring it illegal in 2010, and actually arrested several people in 2011.
Not only is this an zombie article, it's STUPID zombie.
Friday, July 15, 2011
NEWSFLASH: TVI Express HQ in Bangalore India raided by police, 2 arrested
IndiaTimes reports:
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bangalore/2-held-for-taking-many-for-a-ride/articleshow/9241742.cms
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bangalore/2-held-for-taking-many-for-a-ride/articleshow/9241742.cms
BANGALORE: Central Crime Branch arrested two partners of a multi-level marketing company in Wilson Garden for cheating several persons including software engineers by promising them time-share holidays at posh resorts and hotels abroad. In MLM schemes, a member has to enrol a certain number of new members before he becomes eligible for benefits.
Mohammed Nayeem and Ramiz Ashraf Vani, both from Baramulla in Jammu & Kashmir, opened a travel agency called Travels Venture International Express (TVI Express) at Hara House Building in JAT Street off Hosur Road about two years ago. Through their company website, they offered customers annual holiday packages abroad for just Rs 15,500.
CCB found they'd cheated people to the tune of Rs 2 crore. "We're questioning them to find the volume of business across India. We're going through their hard disk and online transactions," an investigating officer said.
The scam came to light when the duo tried to fob off customers with excuses. Once they enrolled a member, they set new conditions of eligibility for accommodation," police claimed.
"They tried to evade customers and when some got suspicious, they approached the police. The company made fake offers with an intent to cheat," said a CCB officer. Both are remanded to police custody.
Sunday, July 10, 2011
Another TVI Express booster avoiding the truth
In March, a website called Go Travel Indonesia has an article on TVI Express:
It claims TVI Express is not scam:
Comments...
1) How does having HQ in Cyprus (popular money laundering location), with offices in UK, India, and Indonesia prove the company is not a scam? It doesn't.
In fact, TVI Express is ILLEGAL under Cyprus law.
Furthermore, why does TVI Express website says it is headquartered in London?
This is NOT even including the PROVEN facts that the UK and Cyprus offices are certainly virtual offices.
2) Partnerships with internationally travel-related companies... but no names. BULL****
In fact, TVI Express was SUED by Lufthansa, AVIS, and Marriott for falsely using their name.
3) Google's business listing is a proof of authenticity? Absolutely not. It is USER-MAINTAINED.
4) TVI Express had NOT been trusted by Trust-Guard for well over a year.
5) TVI Express was NOT backed by World Choice Travel. They are an AFFILIATE with Travelocity Travel Network, which ANYBODY can join
6) RCI partnership has been disproved in 2010.
7) "It pays therefore it is not scam" is a logical fallacy. Here's the truth: Pyramid scheme and Ponzi scheme will pay a few people. Charles Ponzi and Bernie Madoff paid lots of people, but that's in absolute numbers. Vast majority of people were victimized.
Every one of these supposedly proof of legitimacy is a lie.
Clearly, the entire article is a lie. It's also recycled from OLD lies.
It claims TVI Express is not scam:
Comments...
1) How does having HQ in Cyprus (popular money laundering location), with offices in UK, India, and Indonesia prove the company is not a scam? It doesn't.
In fact, TVI Express is ILLEGAL under Cyprus law.
Furthermore, why does TVI Express website says it is headquartered in London?
This is NOT even including the PROVEN facts that the UK and Cyprus offices are certainly virtual offices.
2) Partnerships with internationally travel-related companies... but no names. BULL****
In fact, TVI Express was SUED by Lufthansa, AVIS, and Marriott for falsely using their name.
3) Google's business listing is a proof of authenticity? Absolutely not. It is USER-MAINTAINED.
4) TVI Express had NOT been trusted by Trust-Guard for well over a year.
5) TVI Express was NOT backed by World Choice Travel. They are an AFFILIATE with Travelocity Travel Network, which ANYBODY can join
6) RCI partnership has been disproved in 2010.
7) "It pays therefore it is not scam" is a logical fallacy. Here's the truth: Pyramid scheme and Ponzi scheme will pay a few people. Charles Ponzi and Bernie Madoff paid lots of people, but that's in absolute numbers. Vast majority of people were victimized.
Every one of these supposedly proof of legitimacy is a lie.
Clearly, the entire article is a lie. It's also recycled from OLD lies.
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