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We’ve lost millions, claim investors EXCLUSIVE by James Bryce
AN Estepona-based financial services company has been accused of ‘ripping off’ expats to the tune of millions. Dozens insist they have been mis-sold by Offshore Investment Brokers (OIB), which is neither registered with Spanish regulator the CNMV, nor the UK’s FSA. Turn to Page 7
Vol. 6 Issue 130
THE mysterious case of a house sold six months after its owner’s death is at the centre of a dispute between the past and present owners of a care home. The claims come as a heated row between the owner and former owner of Villa Jacaranda, in Alhaurin, could see its residents forced to
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Dispute over claims that a former care home owner ‘sold a dead resident’s Blackpool homes’ months after his death
find a new home. The feud between previous owner Georgie Shap-
iro, 55, and current owner Iain Sands, 53, is now set to reach court.
March 08 - 21, 2012
EXCLUSIVE by Wendy Williams
Among numerous claims by both parties is that former owner Shapiro concealed the death in 2009 of home resident Ronald Bosson in order to sell two of his prop-
‘Worst day of my life...’ Mercadona pet food death victims tell their sad stories to the Olive Press
“IT was one of the worst days of my life,” insists British expat Dee Murray recalling the heartbreaking moment she had to put down her beloved pet Aly. The 10-year-old German Shepherd needed a lethal injection after suffering serious kidney failure linked to Mercadona dog food. One of thousands of victims of the supermarket petfood scandal, broken by the Olive Press 10 days ago, the dog, which she had raised since she was a five-week-old puppy, had been left in a crippling state due to an excess of vitamin D in the own-brand pet food Compy.
VICTIMS: Carol Cook with sick dogs Tosh and Lobi
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CLAIMS: Shapiro (left) at Jacaranda Christmas party
erties six months later. Despite Shapiro insisting this is not the case, the Olive Press has seen emails purporting to be from Bosson sent using Villa Jacaranda’s email three months after his death. Former care home manager Paul Price – who worked for Shapiro – confirmed that he and her were the only staff with access to the home’s email account. The Olive Press has also seen missives from Shapiro’s own email to both an estate agent and the buyer of the two properties in Blackpool, in Lancashire, encouraging the sale to go ahead with no mention of Bosson’s death.
Dementia
Meanwhile, bank statements show that the money from a third, earlier house sale, entered Bosson’s account just days before it was withdrawn and deposited in Shapiro’s personal account. Price confirmed that Bosson suffered from dementia and would have been unable to compose the emails written in his name, even when alive. Turn to Page 5
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