Congratulations all for stepping forward
I thought I would have to be fighting this battle by myself forever.
I am terribly sorry to hear that Godsmack(Vince) and Crocket, Boneless and to any others who have been scammed by them, those that have been following this thread I wrote that letter to Lorraine, who was also ripped off by Michael Robert Ek and Leela Hartong, she (Lorraine) owns and runs the 3w.japalouppe.net ranch. Her story is almost identical to mine. She almost lost her entire horse ranch because of the actions of said people.
When I was down there in Curacao living with Mike and Leela, I heard of you Godsmack and Boneless when I was down there , I am really sad that I couldn't warn you at the time telling you what was happening to me. Especially if you have children. Your money could have been better spent, let me give you a breakdown of " extravagant costs"
And just for anyone that still has their mind in a cloud of denial or is a "doubting thomas", and thinks that there might be still some chance that Mike and Leela have money to pay you back. The fictious partnership does not exist, and never did. This "Partnership Deal" existed only to finance Mike and Leela desire for a good time. :
While was I down there the money was spent on:
- Servants (500 USD per months)
- Rental Jeep/Pickup truck (cost was quite a bit more then a regular car rental) (cost was 1900.00 USD per months)
- House Cost (2500.00 USD per months)
- There was a period where We( Mike, Leela, and I) went out to eat every single day. (cost was approx 150+ USD per day about 4500 USD per months or more if there were guests invited).
- Also alot of money went out for flying people back and forth first class or direct flights from Holland, Sweden, Canada to Curacao(Some of the people were Chelsea Bottoms(ex Python Employee), Vicky(Chelsea girlfriend), Marcel Sas(askdamagex), and Michael Robert Ek.
So total cost was just shy of 10'000.00 USD per months, Mike's site(xlxx.com) earned at most 5'000.00 per months back in 2007/08. So he needed to take at least another 5000.00 USD per months out of someone else's pocket to meet Leela Hartong, and his, "high standards" of living. So I have to figure that there are probably others out there that are still silent and in denial. Peter from Pandamovies.com was paid back money the money he lent to Mike when he sold the site(xlxx.com) The rest of us are still waiting and left holding the bag...
Right now I have a deal in place with Mike that he promised to pay me off in very small increments, he has done this before and then stopped and disappeared, so I don't know how long he will keep up these payments. Right now at the rate he is paying off the debt it will take about 14 years to pay off.
Mike has forced me to take action, I have had to secure my position. Why you ask?...well for me it was not just the money.....it got real fucking personal, I mean REALLY personal, while I was down there living with Mike and Leela.
It might be time for others to take action as well, the way I see it, there are 6.8 billion people on this planet, and there are no shortage of "bad" people...
Mike if you are reading this, "GOD Help You" if you put me on hold again...As we have already discussed my patience with you is at an end.....
