Time line - GGC Recovery

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2012

Cobin contacted Berwick/Johnson about El Peñon: 07.2012

Johnson gave power of attorney to Cobin: 29.08.2012
Purpose: to represent Berwick and Johnson for El Peñon purchase and sale.

GGC Business Plan: 08.09.2012

Only business plan ever produced.

First Purchase contract for El Peñon: 10.09.2012
Seller: René Sarrazin
Buyer: Galt's Gulch Chile SA

Berwick-Johnson gave Cobin powers of attorney: 09.10.2012
Purpose: to establish Galt's Gulch Chile SA

Galt's Gulch Chile SA incorporated: 19.10.2012
Ownership: Berwick-35%; Johnson-35%; Cobin/Eyzaguirre-30%. All four named to the board of directors.

Founders' Club Documents.: 20.10.2012
Marketing began. No prospectus, no disclaimers, no verification of accredited investor status. All four partners' background discussed in this literature. This is a must read because it may violate SEC regulations, and does not disclose material information, such as the fact that Cobin and Eyzaguirre were no long with the project, or that Johnson was the sole owner of the real estate holding company.

Galts Gulch Chile ORIGINAL Founders Club Advertisement

Also see this spreadsheet that Johnson made available to the equity investors with impossible revenue projections--$20 million over two years in construction commissions??? Scroll down to the Oct 30 2012 entry.

Johnson began action to oust Cobin/Eyzaguirre.: 21.10.2012
The ink wasn't dry on the GGC SA incorporation papers when Johnson emailed the NZ attorney about establishing a new Chile corp to buy El Peñon.

The Dollar Vigilante 1st GGC Announcement: 24.10.2012
TDVDispatch102412 GGC

Founders Club Projections spreadsheet.: 30.10.2012
Forecast: $200M in real estate sales and $23M operating profit on $27M in revenue over the first two years.

20121030_Chile GaltsGulchSpreadsheet-1

Heads of Agreement Contracts: 30.10.2012
Four "founders" paid into GGC using these "contracts." For $250,000 per unit, they were to receive 1% ownership of GGC. Johnson represented that equity investment in first and second rounds would total $25M. In fact, only the first round was an equity investment and totaled $1.75M. Jurisdiction: London UK, no explanation given. Funds were transferred to a lawyer's account in New Zealand.

HOA redacted

Investor inflow into IGG for Nov 2012: $1.25M: 11.2012

Deed of business closing GGC SA.: 09.11.2012
Agreement between El Peñon seller, Sarrazin , Johnson and Berwick acknowledging that GGC SA would close and the property would be bought by another entity. On this date, Cobin's powers of attorney for Johnson and Berwick were rescinded.

GGC SA shareholders mtg, [disputed]: 14.11.2012
Meeting minutes say that the partners agreed to dissolve the corporation and the partnership. Johnson claims that all the partners met and agreed. Cobin says the meeting never happened and that he did not agree to dissolve GGC SA without being compensated according to their previous agreement. The company was in fact not dissolved until Aug 20 2013 by a subsequent law firm.

It is important to note that the Cobin-Eyzaguirre exit from GGC was not announced to the equity investors, neither was the fact that with the incorporation of Inmobiliaria Galt's Gulch SA (Nov 26), Berwick did not hold equity in the corporation. Two of the investors submitted their funds after this date. This is material information. Johnson had no experience in real estate development, no experience in Chile and does not speak Spanish.

Inmobiliaria Galt's Gulch SA incorporated: 26.11.2012
Inmobiliaria was incorporated as the real estate holding entity for the project. Johnson is named at the General Manager. No board of directors named. Berwick has no management or officer position. All shares are owned by Johnson/Berwick's lawyers because the partners were not in Chile. Johnson did not inform Berwick or the equity investors that Berwick had no position in the corporation. He assumed that he had a 50-50 partnership with Johnson.

Estatutos Inmob. Galts Gulch S.A. _3_

Note that Berwick gave Johnson a power of attorney to act for him with regards to IGG.

Investor inflow into IGG for Dec 2012: $500,000: 12.2012

Asesorias y Servicios Galt's Gulch SA incorporated.: 04.12.2012
Asesorias was incorporated to provide services to Inmobiliaria GGSA. For example: sales, marketing, engineering, etc.

AsesoriasYServiciosGGSA filed extract of constitucion

Deed of sale for El Peñon from Sarrazin to IGG: 19.12.2012
Purchase price: $1,167,000.

2013

El Peñon revealed to be unsuitable.: 03.03.2013
Johnson wrote to Berwick via email: "Pretty much everyone failed to mention that most of the 1714 hectares falls under 500 HECTARE minimum lot size (to protect the habitat), allowing for only 3 homes on 1500 hectares and only land under 600m elevation being able to be built on at 4 hectare zoning, which, Vivianne [the seller's real estate agent], John [Cobin] and German [Eyzaguirre] claimed can be reduced to 1/2 hectare."

Also, there is very little water associated with the property. Johnson did not perform due diligence before the purchase, relying solely on Cobin/Eyzaguirre's representations. Note that it took only two weeks for the GGC Recovery Team's real estate agent to verify the water rights and zoning--one visit to the municipality, and another to the Departamento General de Agua.

Johnson's plan going forward: "I think we need to tell people that we are expanding the scope of the project and our approvals have been delayed a bit, but hope to have sales starting in April, as we redraw the project to include much more land, without giving any specifics."

In other words, Johnson planned to cover up his incompetence and material omissions as he tried to find more land for the project.

N.B. The lower elevation zoning is 10 hectare, not four.

Johnson began his vandetta against Cobin.: 27.03.2013
Johnson contacted his new project lawyer, Andrés Chirgwin, asking him to sue Cobin for misrepresenting El Peñon and violating a non-compete agreement. Chirgwin advised against this while the original corporation, Galt's Gulch Chile SA still existed. Johnson went on to spend more than $100,000 of GGC investor funds on legal fees pursuing Cobin.

Three law firms advised Johnson that he did not perform the required due diligence before he purchased El Peñon. This is a material omission.

Lawyers' opinion--Johnson, no due diligence: 29.03.2013
Chilean lawyers Ernst and Navarro issued a report to Johnson saying he cannot sue Cobin/Eyzaguirre over the El Peñon purchase misrepresentations because it was Johnson's reasonability to perform his own due diligence. Material omission.

Memorandum Galts Gulch S.A. concerning Cobin Eyzaguirre

Johnson tried to partner with neighbors.: 03.04.2013
Johnson asked project lawyer Chirgwin to draw up agreements to be presented to El Peñon's neighbors to use their property for the GGC community where they would retain ownership and split profits with IGG. No takers.

Johnson took ownership of Inmobiliaria.: 26.04.2013
Johnson directed Berwick's and his lawyers who held the shares of IGG to sign 9,999 shares over to him, and one share to Chirgwin. With this share transfer, Berwick was defrauded of his IGG ownership. Berwick didn't know that he was not an owner, officer or manager of IGG for another six weeks.

Johnson did not reveal to potential investors that he was the sole owner or that Berwick had no official position in the project, a material omission.

Total capital contributed by Johnson: $ZERO. As of this date, all the capital was contributed by the four equity investors, who still did not know that El Peñon can't be developed.

Johnson met Ramirez at Lepe.: 29.04.2013
Guillermo Ramirez was the owner of El Lepe-Las Casas property that Johnson purchased a few months later for an astounding $6.8 million. Cobin claims that Eyzaguirre had already negotiated a purchase price for this property of $3 million.

El Lepe lemon orchards had been neglected for approximately five years before the GGC purchase. The avocado orchard was essentially abandoned, and what trees survived were not producing.

Investor inflow into IGG for May 2013: $92,932.: 05.2013

Pre-Sale Lots, 2nd Founders Round Announced: 27.05.2013
Announcement made in The Dollar Vigilante. There is no reference to the fact that the property is under contract with a payment schedule (material omission), and no reference to a prospectus or accredited investor status requirement.

PRESALES Galts Gulch Chile 20130527

Second Founders Round documents: 27.05.2013
Second Founders Round loan agreement, when made public, spurred some commentators to call GGC a Ponzi scheme due to the short, three year repayment and 12% penalty terms.

The infrastructure commitment put IGG under the Urbanism and Construction law requiring Johnson to have gotten insurance or bond to protect investors from the failure to obtain zoning approvals. Also note that in the instructions, there's no mention of the requirement for notarized signatures for the contract--another violation of the Urbanism law. Both violations are felonies.

Also note the jurisdiction is New Zealand.

GGC Second Founders Promesa redacted
Second Founders Round Instructions

Zoning and water questioned: 06.2013
Berwick learns there may be problems with subdivision and with the amount of water on the Lepe/Las Casas property.

Investor inflow into IGG for Jun 2013: $228,800.: 06.2013

Johnson informs Berwick that he defrauded him: 10.06.2013
In this online conversation, Johnson confirms that he defrauded Berwick of his interest in IGG. Berwick is not a director, a manager, a shareholder and has no authority over the bank account. Johnson accomplished this with his incorporation of IGG and his assignment of all shares to himself on Apr 26 2013 (see entry).

This is not only fraud against Berwick, but fraud against all the investors who were not informed that Johnson was the sole owner, director and manager of IGG. Most if not all the people who invested in GGC did so based on Berwick's marketing and thought he was a partner in the corporation.

Johnson Berwick txt msg about ownership Berwick informed he has no stake jun 10 2014

Over the following few days, Johnson sweet-talked Berwick into believing that they were still partners, with both assuring each other that their difference would be resolved.

Weeks of wrangling ensued, with the equity investors dragged into the dispute. An agreement was reached where Berwick would pay Johnson for his stake in IGG. Johnson never signed the agreement, however he kept $141,000 of Berwick's company's money.

Investor inflow into IGG for Jul 2013: $247,000.: 07.2013

FreedomFest, Las Vegas: 10.07.2013
Johnson marketed GGC to libertarians and other free market adherents at FreedomFest as part of his affinity scam. Jeffery Tucker foolishly stated that GGC will be the best investment opportunity for 2013.

Johnson never paid for his GGC booth at the conference. Here's the brochure he printed for the event.

20130823_GGC_FreedomFestBrochure

Johnson's alleged assault on Sandy Sandfort: 20.07.2013
Johnson allegedly assaulted Sandy Sandfort, aged 70. Sandfort worked for GGC for approx. three months. He was very critical of Johnson's management style and questioned the suitability of the Lepe/Las Casas purchase based on his assessment of the water situation. Sandfort was paid compensation for the alleged assault.

Johnson reveals that El Peñon is a dud.: 30.07.2013
Five months after he knew, Johnson finally revealed to the equity investors that El Peñon cannot be developed.

Investor inflow into IGG Aug 2013: $1,367,138.: 08.2013

Johnson, Ramirez closed on the Lepe purchase: 14.08.2013
The payment schedule was renegotiated as follows:

Earnest money: $100,000 (paid)
At closing: $1.5 million, (paid)
2nd payment due Sep 14 2013: $1.5 million
3rd payment due Oct 16 2013: $1,65 million
4th payment due Apr 2014: $2.1 million

The agreement includes crippling late penalties.

Johnson lied about Lepe purchase: 16.08.2013
Johnson told Berwick and the equity investors that the water rights to Lepe would transfer to IGG in approx. three weeks. In fact, the contract says that Guipaca (Ramirez) retains the water rights until the last payment due on Apr 14 2014.

Johnson also lied about the payment schedule and penalties.

Johnson email about Lepe purchase Aug 16 2013

GGC SA finally dissolved: 30.08.2013
GGC SA, the corporation established by Cobin, was dissolved by Berwick/Johnson quorum. This document is strong evidence that the corporation was not dissolved voluntarily on Nov 14 2012 as Johnson claims. Cobin has said that he refused to dissolve GGC SA until he was paid under the partners' original agreement.

JUNTA SANEAMIENTO DISOLUCION Y LIQUIDACION GGC SA signed

Inverex Hydrogenological Analysis of Lepe: 09.2013
This water study says that the Lepe water rights alone account for 80% of the aquifer water underneath Lepe according to government estimates, and that the total water rights for that aquifer are likely three times the amount of water. Johnson did not reveal this information to potential investors, a material omission.

Note that this report is dated two weeks after the real estate closing, representing a lack of due diligence and yet another material omission.

Hydrology Report_Inverex

Investor inflow into IGG for Sep 2013: $$189,725.: 09.2013

Second Lepe payment missed: 14.09.2013
Johnson paid Ramirez a late penalty of $200,000.

Investor Inflows for Oct 2013: $891,189.: 10.2013

Spring Event Flyer released: 05.10.2013
GGC Spring-Event-Flyer 20131005

Farm share program announced: 06.10.2013
No prospectus, no accredited investor requirement. Lots of blue sky.

GGC Farm Program Overview part 1
GGC Farm Program Overview part 2
GGC Farm Program Overview part 3

Agricola y Comercial GG SpA incorporated: 11.10.2013
The share corporation to hold the farm real estate and to conduct farm operations.

Chirgwin memo on corporate structure: 14.10.2013
A year after GGC began, amazingly, the corporate structure was not complete and neither the equity investors nor Berwick had ownership of their share of GGC.

On page 2 of this memo, Chirgwin states that the shares of IGG are held in escrow. At least one investor accepted this information and believed this arrangement would protect him from malfeasance. When he discovered that Johnson agreed to swap IGG shares for Rio Colorado (see blog post XX) and asked Chirgwin how this could happened when the shares were in escrow, Chirgwin's answer was essentially that there must have been an escrow arrangement specified in some contract, somewhere. (?!?)

GGC Project and Structure informative Memo

Second Lepe payment missed again.: 16.10.2013
Johnson paid Ramirez a late penalty of $200,000. Ramirez accepted the penalty, but received the promise of 3% of IGG and $1,000 to be paid with the last payment on April 16 2013.

Tatiana Moroz Video for Spring Event: 17.10.2013
Cute video ad for the Spring Celebration posted to youtube.

Press Release on Spring Event at Lepe: 29.10.2013
The headline read: Galt’s Gulch Chile Holds Inaugural Spring Celebration

prweb oct 29 2013

Spring Celebration held at the Lepe farm.: 30.10.2013
Affinity scam event for sales and marketing of GGC. Johnson paid the following "libertarian celebrities" to endorse the project: Josh Tolley, Ben Swann, Robert Murphy, Angela Keaton, Jordan Page, and assorted hangers on, such as the responsibility-shirking Luke Rudkowski and others. Berwick attended as well, despite the growing rift.

Click on the image to enlarge.

Johnson's press release on the Lepe purchase.: 04.11.2013
Erroneously said that the farm is organic, and that GGC is a self-sustaining community, while there was no one living there. Also claimed there are "over a dozen residential and community buildings." These buildings were all badly in need of renovation, some are tear-downs, since Ramirez had neglected the property for years. This gem of a press release is preserved at PRweb.com.

Johnson missed the Lepe payment, 3rd time.: 08.11.2013
Johnson paid a third late penalty of approximately $200,000. He and Ramirez renegotiated a new payment schedule:

Dec 15--$3.174 million plus $317,472 late penalty for a total payment of $3.492 million.

April 14--final payment of $2.1 million.

Press Release: GGC Accepted Bitcoin: 13.11.2013
Headline read: Galt's Gulch Chile Becomes First Libertarian Community Accepting Bitcoin

prweb nov 13 2013

Agricola shares sold on Crypto-trade.: 21.11.2013
Johnson announced the sale of shares in Agricola y Comercial SpA on crypto-trade, a Bitcoin exchange, with the stated intension of using the funds for capital improvements. Monthly dividends The corporation is not established until Dec 10 2013. See the announcement here.

Johnson offers to buy neighboring property.: 22.11.2013
Really. Johnson made an offer for El Tranque, the property for Cobin's Freedom Orchard residential community, despite being unable to make the payments for Lepe/Las Casas on time. Price: US $2.5M.

Johnson fired GGC law firm Chirgwin et al.: 28.11.2013
Johnson fired his lawyers, Chirgwin Larreta Peñafiel Attorneys. They speculate it was because they 1. felt the duty to represent the GGC companies rather than Johnson personally, and 2. they expressed the duty to respond to equity investor queries.

False post on bitcointalk.org about Agricola.: 28.11.2013
Johnson said that Agricola acquired a 50 ha working farm, etc. In fact, no land titles were transferred to Agricola. To this day, it is a shell company. Go here and scroll down to Nov 28.

Berwick abandons GGC: 12.2013
Berwick and Johnson cannot reconcile. Berwick agreed not to bad mouth Johnson and GGC at the urging of Johnson and the equity investors. This left GGC without a proven marketing outlet and no libertarian spokesman to credibly continue the affinity scam. Sales soon collapsed.

Investor inflows for Dec 2013: $2,017,874.: 12.2013

Press Release on Partnership with BitcoinsChile: 07.12.2013
The headline read: Galt’s Gulch Chile Announces Partnership With Bitcoinschile

prweb dec 7 2013

Agricola y Comercial Galt's Gulch SpA bylaws: 10.12.2013
Estatutos Agricola y Comercial Galts Gulch SpA

Johnson on Josh Tolley's radio show.: 10.12.2013
Johnson appeared on Josh Tolley's radio show, aired in the US. He was selling GGC "organic" farm share program, the 25 acre "organic" lemon orchard, the avocado orchard and residential lots. He said that the farm share and orchard owners ROI will be 20%. Note: the orchards are not certified organic, and the avocado orchard is not producing due to water stress. Note: GGC did not register with the SEC.

Johnson made a partial payment on Lepe.: 17.12.2013
Johnson paid Ramirez a partial payment of $1.98 million, including a late penalty. They renegotiated the payment schedule yet again:
Dec 27--$1.6 million.
Apr 16--final payment of $2.1 million. with the share transfer and $1,000.

Johnson missed Lepe payment: 27.12.2013

2014

Investor Inflows for Jan 2014: $383,455.: 01.2014

GGC Itaú Bank Account Blocked.: 01.2014
Incoming wires blocked due to suspicious activity. Johnson blames a whole cast of villains for this, but it was more likely violations of the know-your-customer regulations.

Johnson paid a partial payment for Lepe.: 03.01.2014
Approx. $932,000 including a $1,150 late penalty. Johnson apparently also gave Ramirez a check for approx. $650,000 that he could cash in 15 days. We assume the check cleared.

The last payment was due on April 16 2014 for $2.1 million, plus the share transfer and payment of $1,000. This payment could be extended to Aug 15 2014 with penalty, of course.

Johnson's Rio Colorado share purchase signed.: 21.01.2014
Johnson agreed to buy 51% of Rio Colorado for $8 million. See the scanned agreement here, and the English translation here.

Johnson uses P. Del Real's personal bank account.: 02.2014
GGC accepted wires from Pamela Del Real's personal bank account at Banco de Chile, from sometime in February through May 2014. Total investor funds into her account: $1,034,225.77, we believe the vast majority misappropriated.

Investor Inflows for Feb 2014: $904,844.: 02.2014

M. Del Real Allegedly Forged Signatures.: 06.03.2014
Del Real submitted minutes for an IGG shareholders meeting held on this date. He claimed that the original owners of IGG shares, Berwick/Johnson's lawyers, Vila and Cordova, attended the meeting and signed shares over to Johnson and the Del Real Family. One problem: Vila and Cordova already signed shares over to Johnson (one share to lawyer Chirgwin) on Apr 26 2013, ten months earlier. (See time line entry for that date.) making this document suspect. Del Real's transfer of shares document allegedly has forged signatures of the two lawyers. Both Johnson and The GGC Recovery Team are pursuing criminal charges against Del Real based on these questionable documents.

Disputed Agricola first shareholders meeting.: 24.03.2014
According to the minutes, in attendance: Johnson, Mario Del Real, Pamela Del Real and Ian Thornton. Johnson make GM with 8,000 shares, M. Del Real made Chairman with 2,000 shares, P. Del Real made Secretary, Thornton made legal representative. Minutes signed by Johnson and Thornton, registration of minutes signed by M Del Real. Johnson claims these documents are "false" and that Agricola is wholly owned by Asesorias y Servicio Galt's Gulch.

Johnson Announced Move of Agricola BTC trade: 25.03.2014
Shares for Agricola were trading in Bitcoin on crypto-trade since Nov 21 2013 (see entry). Johnson announced that he was moving the trading to another online exchange, Ciphertrade.com as of the next week. The transfer didn't happen.

Investor Inflows for Apr 2014: $238,208.: 04.2014

Contract between Agricola and Wehrhahn.: 01.04.2014
Professional services contract for $100,000 with Mónica Wehrhahn Llorente, a woman with political connections who Johnson considered a "fixer."

Johnson sued Cobin/Local Newspaper for libel.: 06.04.2014
Cobin wrote a column in the Curacaví newspaper, El Mauco, calling Johnson a scoundrel and a liar. Johnson spent well over$100,000 of GGC investor funds pursuing this and other legal actions against Cobin. The case against El Mauco was dismissed on Jun 26 2014. The case against Cobin was dismissed in November 2014 when Johnson was a no show at the court.

Johnson removed Berwick from NZ Trust: 08.04.2014
Originally, the corporate structure for GGC was to include a New Zealand Trust and a NZ corporation that would act as the trustee of the NZ Trust. The Chile entities would be owned by the trust. Despite repeated pleas from the NZ lawyer and others, Johnson never completed this structure. (See our blog post on GGC contracts, "We Should Change the Name to No-Contracts-ville.")

Berwick and his wife were named as trust beneficiaries. On this date, Johnson removed them. Berwick was neither aware of their beneficiary status, nor aware of their removal until The GGC Recovery Team informed him in March 2015.

Johnson sold IGG shares to the Del Reals: 14.04.2014
This document says that Johnson, owning 8,000 shares, sold 1,000 shares each to Mario, Pamela and Alexander, leaving him with 5,000 shares. Mario Del Real already owned 2,000 shares. Purchase price: $1.82/share, valuing IGG at $18,181. Johnson claims that this document was falsified, that he signed it on Apr 15, 2014 and that the date and provisions were changed. He has not provide a copy of what he claims to be the genuine document to the investors.

The Recovery Team has a recording of Johnson confirming that he transferred half IGG shares to the Del Reals.

GGC Rio Colorado Stock Swap: 14.04.2014
Johnson and Del Real agreed to swap stock which would have given Johnson 51% of Rio Colorado and the Del Real family 50% of IGG. See our blog post "Rio Colorado: The Con Man Got Conned."

Johnson committed water rights violations: 14.04.2014
Earlier in the year, Johnson took the advice of his agronomist that the existing wells, all of which are shallow and tap surface water, were barely sufficient to maintain the health of the orchards, and not sufficient to expand the farm operations as planned with the farm share program. He contracted to dig a deep well but put in charge of the task someone who lacked experience. This person neglected to follow the regulations of the Dirección de General de Aguas. The mayor of Curacaví heard about Johnson's water rights violations and submitted a complaint to the DGA.

See June 26 2014 entry for more information.

Agricola Vanishes from Crypto-trade.: 14.04.2014
Shares were to be transferred to ciphertrade.com but instead they vanished from this exchange. Johnson made excuses for the disappearance and non-payment of monthly dividends.

IGG Shareholders Mtg to expand share count.: 21.04.2014
The minutes of a shareholders meeting says the number of share of IGG were expanded from 10,000 to 1,000,000. Signed by Juan Francisco Reyes, lawyer. Johnson claims that this document is false but does not give specifics. In a recorded conversation, however, Johnson states that the expansion of shares was valid and that he agreed to it.

IGG Board Meeting: 22.04.2014
First Inmobiliaria Board Meeting where Mario Del Real became Chairman, Pamela Del Real became General Manager and Johnson became Financial Manager. (See April 14 2014 entry.) Johnson claims that this document is a fabrication as well, saying that he never attended a meeting at the reported location when Pamela Del Real was present.

Harvest Celebration at GGC: 24.04.2014
The budget was approximately $100,000 not including renovations to the hacienda and cabañas. Many investors compared their GGC experiences and, not receiving answers to their questions, were unhappy. There were many requests for refunds due to this event. See our blog post "How Do You Say Potemkin Village in Español."

Continuing with the affinity scam, lib celebs who were paid to appear: Josh Tolley, Wendy McElroy and the band Golden State.

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Bitcoin Conference at GGC: 27.04.2014
Johnson loved Bitcoin. It fit in nicely with his affinity scam and as he said in an email to a GGC investor, no taxes. The following BTC celebs who spoke at the conference are listed in the announcement below.

Click on the image to enlarge.

Investor Inflows for May 2014: $19,970.: 05.2014

Johnson and Del Real had their falling out.: 05.2014
The inevitable falling out occurred some time in late May due to the stalemate over the GGC/Rio Colorado stock swap and financial issues. Johnson was again left without a bank account to receive investor funds.

Johnson used Wehrhahn's Bank Account for GGC: 05.2014
Johnson used the bank account of Mónica Wehrhahn to accept wire transfers. According to bank records available to the Recovery Team $360,282.00 were accepted from GGC investors into this account. Sra Wehrhahn passed on these funds to Johnson in the form of checks written to Johnson and various GGC employees, less compensation for work performed for GGC. Johnson claims that Wehrhahn owes GGC $170,000 and accuses various people of stealing these funds, Wehrhahn, Josh Kirley and Ken Carpenter.

Investor Inflows for May 2014: $19,970.: 05.2014

Investor Inflows for Jun 2014: $39,970.: 06.2014

Johnson Tried to Raise $1M to Buy off Del Real.: 06.2014
When it finally dawned on Johnson that he had been had, he turned to Josh Kirley and began a series of communications to raise $1 million from him. At first, he tried to entice Josh with the lucrative Rio Colorado, offering him a percentage. When that didn't work, he confessed that Del Real had tied up ownership and control of GGC, and told Josh that he needed money to buy off Del Real. Josh requested financial and other information about GGC, Rio Colorado, Del Real, etc. to make a decision that Johnson refused to supply. Thus, in Johnson's twisted mind, Josh became his worst enemy. He has been slandering and libeling Josh ever since.

Agricola crypto-trade share buy back: 06.06.2014
Johnson finally bought back Agricola shares on crypto-trade and apparently paid a dividend. He said he had to de-list the company's shares due to know-your-customer regulations. The GGC Farm Share investors with contracts did not receive dividends, however.

Loan Payments Come Due.: 19.06.2014
The first loan payment to a Second Round Founder was due on this date. Johnson made no loan payments to his investors.

Who is Fernando Hernandez?: 20.06.2014
We don't know but the Del Reals gave him shares of IGG supposedly in exchange for work on the project. Johnson says that Hernandez did not provide any services to GGC.

Curacavi Mayor Files Complaint about Wells: 26.06.2014

Headline: Lepe Gringos Taken to Court for Taking Water without Authorization.

Sub-head: The complaint was filed by Mayor Barros and the sons of Uncle Sam risk millions in fines.

Apparently the Lepe Gringos were caught red handed when the Town of Curacaví, through Mayor Juan Pablo Barros, filed a complaint to the General Directorate of Water (DGA) for tapping groundwater from an unauthorized point and, in addition, for performing work in riverbeds without authorization.

In the complaint, Mayor Juan Pablo Barros requested enforcement of the rights of exploitation of water on Inmobiliaria Galt's Gulch Chile, denouncing the extraction of water from wells located in the channel of Puangue Creek, as stated in the complaint.

The complaint was received by the Directorate General of Water then referred to the Court in Casablanca, requesting application of the fine mentioned in Article 173 of the Water Code for each if the confirmed infractions, says the DOH* document.

For his part, Mayor Juan Pablo Barros was quite satisfied with the measure adopted by the DOH, said that all people should respect legislation, and he, as mayor and the primary town authority, faithfully fulfilled the functions granted to him as by any town. It should be noted that this complaint was published by the Town of Curacaví.

Article 173 of the Water Code: Any violation of this code that is not specifically sanctioned, shall be punished with a fine which may not exceed twenty UTM**, without prejudice to other civil and criminal liabilities as appropriate.

*Dirección de Obras Hidráulicas, Directorate of Hydrological Works
** Unidades Tributarias Mensuales, unit of account for taxes and fines, currently around US $64.

Investor Inflows for Jul 2014: $89,940.: 07.2014

Bizarre Cryptic Emails from Johnson Begin: 28.07.2014
GGC Investors received four cryptic emails from Johnson. There were more emails occasionally sent over the next few years. When reading, bear in mind that at this time, very few of the 73 investors knew each other, what was going on behind the scenes, or who any of the people mentioned in these emails are with regards to GGC. For the vast majority of the GGC Investors, this was the first time they had any inkling that their investment was a risk.

For further context, by early July 2014, Johnson had been defrauded out of his ownership and control of GGC by the Chilean thief and his erstwhile partner, Mario Del Real. He had revealed this fact to Josh Kirley and begged Josh to pay Del Real $1 million to reverse Del Real's theft. Johnson's offer to make all investors shareholders in GGC was obviously a sham, a lie to make Josh look bad, since Johnson didn't own or control the shares. Johnson was becoming desperate because his affinity scam/Ponzi scheme was going public, which is why he sent the following four emails.

johnson-1st-email-to-investors-jul-28-2014

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Investor Inflows for Aug 2014: $380,342.: 08.2014

Final Lepe Payment Extended to Oct 15 2014.: 15.08.2014

The Eddie Willers email was sent to GGC Investors: 24.08.2014
This email from investor Josh Kirley was sent to many GGC Investors. See our blog post for the full text at this link.

http://ggcrecovery.com/the-eddie-willers-email/

GGC Investors Go Public: 26.08.2014
First article on GGC by Wendy McElroy
http://www.thedailybell.com/editorials/35591/Wendy-McElroy-The-Fate-of-Galts-Gulch-Chile/

Jeff Berwick's Article about GGC: 27.08.2014
https://www.dollarvigilante.com/blog/2014/08/27/the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly-on-galts-gulch-chile.html

IGG Board Meeting with Johnson/Thornton: 29.08.2014
Johnson called an IGG board meeting and appointed himself general manager. Since previous documents show that M. Del Real is the chairman of the board, the validity of the meeting is questionable.

Josh Tolley Show on GGC: 29.08.2014
Tolley discussed his involvement and concerns about Johnson and GGC.

Berwick's on Declare your Independence: 04.09.2014
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAICmS2-rzc

Johnson's Civil/Criminal Charges against MDR: 24.09.2014
Forgery and malicious use of private documents.

IGG Board Meeting Called by Del Real: 25.09.2014
Declared that Johnson was no longer a shareholder, and removed Johnson as a manager of GGC.

Agriculture Subdivision Approval: 26.09.2014
In a move that was too little, too late, Johnson received subdivision approval for the farm areas. This subdivision was necessary to assign title to the five orchard lots to GGC investors, and to assign title of the remaining agricultural area to Agricola y Comercial Galt's Gulch. Title was never transferred. This approval, which cost approx. $5,000 and took about two weeks was little more than a public relations measure to combat the flood of negative press about GGC.

Folta Supported Johnson: 03.10.2014
With Johnson beginning to realize that he's days at GGC were over, a major investor, Jerry Folta, stepped up to support Johnson. Despite Folta being the only investor to do so, Johnson gained newfound confidence and cut off any attempt to negotiate with the investors.

Del Real's First Extortion Attempt: 10.10.2014
Via email, M. Del Real asked the investors for $200,000 for legal fees for him to defend himself against Johnson in court. He was ignored.

Final Lepe Payment Due and deadlne extended.: 15.10.2014
Ramirez extended the final payment to Dec 1 2014 with penalty, of course. Total: $2.38 million.

Kirley Granted Injunctions against Asset Sales: 16.10.2014
Johnson, having GGC sales completely cut off by the investors going public, threatened to sell "excess water rights" to raise money. The GGC Recovery Team lawyers found an error in the deed for the Lepe purchase. They requested injunctions against the sale of land or water rights while contesting the Lepe purchase in court.

GGC Recovery Team Manages Lepe Farm: 23.10.2014
Tom Baker and E.J. Lashlee went to the Lepe farm to have talks with Johnson and encourage him to leave. They offered him a cash settlement which he refused, likely because Folta could be squeeze for more money than the Recovery Team. Johnson left the farm in fear and the Recovery Team took over the management.

Story about the investor recovery from the Curacaví newspaper, El Mauco. Click to enlarge.

GGC Recovery Team Settlement with Del Real: 25.10.2014
Del Real agreed to accept $30,000 to unwind his fraudulent GGC transactions and exit our affairs.

Del Real's Second Extortion Attempt--$1.2M: 26.10.2014
The day after his settlement agreement with the Recovery Team, Del Real sent a second extortion email, this time for $1.2 million. He was again ignored.

Civil case Kirley v. Guipaca and IGG Filed: 03.11.2014
To declare the Lepe purchase null and void.

Folta Paid Johnson $250,000.: 05.11.2014
Folta claimed to have paid Johnson $250,000 to buy 30% of IGG shares. The Recovery Team later learned that this is based on a promesa, the transaction likely to be triggered when Johnson reclaims ownership of his IGG shares.

Third Extortion Attempt by Del Real: 14.11.2014
Del Real sent attorney Jose Tomas to a meeting with the Recovery Team and our lawyer. We were threatened with deportation and then subjected to another extortion attempt. We countered by presenting our evidence of Pamela Del Real's embezzlement.

Final Lepe Payment Deadline Missed Again: 01.12.2014
Ramirez told the Recovery Team he will seek remedy through arbitration.

Kirley v. Guipaca/IGG jurisdiction petition: 04.12.2014
Ramirez and Del Real (representing IGG) submitted identical petitions challenging the civil court's jurisdiction. This showed that Ramirez and Del Real are cooperating.

Sham Sale of El Peñon.: 22.12.2014
Del Real accepted a purchase and sale agreement from Ana Maria Mazza for $550,000, with approx. $10,000 in earnest money. Closing scheduled for Apr 20 2015. Documents point to this being a sham. The investors' lawyers filed for and received an injunction against the sale.

Kirley v. Guipaca/IGG jurisdiction upheld: 31.12.2014
The judge rejected Ramirez and Del Real's petitions. They appealed.

2015

Guipaca Filed Suit in Arbitration for final payment.: 10.01.2015

Del Real Raided El Peñon: 20.01.2015
Del Real sent several men with trucks to strip the house and storage building, cut down the almond orchard and change the lock on the gate.

Guipaca v. IGG Arbitration, Kirley's entry petition: 22.01.2015
Our lawyers petitioned to enter this arbitration saying it is null and void because the deed upon which it is based is null and void.

Fotosig v. Asesorias: 05.02.2015
Fotosig, a vendor to GGC, put a lien on the only asset of Asesorias, the Jeep, for their fee of $9,500 that Johnson never paid.

Appraisal of Lepe: 06.02.2015
Tinsa appraised the Lepe/Las Casas property at $3.2 million. This does not include the water rights, likely between $1-2 million.

Kirley v. IGG Arbitration: 03.03.2015
Kirley filed suit in arbitration for the return of his investment.

Chirgwin sued IGG for nonpayment of fees: 20.03.2015
GGC lawyer Chirgwin, like just about everyone else, was stiffed by Johnson to the tune of $54,000. However, Chirgwin was hired by Asesorias and should be suing that entity, not IGG.

Injunction against El Peñon Sale Granted.: 26.03.2015
This is in support of the arbitration begun on Mar 3 2015.

Jumpin' G's SpA v. Johnson: 02.04.2015
Investor Jerry Folta's entity, Jumpin' G's SpA, filed a civil suit in Santiago against Johnson as the former general manager of Inmobiliaria GG SA for repayment of Jumpin' G's $400,000 loan.

When The GGC Recovery Team reported on this case, we didn't understand what Folta was trying to do. Obviously, the court would not allow Johnson to be sued as the general manager when he no longer was. Folta claimed that he was not suing Johnson. Please look at the below document. Note in the heading, it says "Demandado: Kenneth Dale Johnson." Demandado is the Spanish word for defendant.

Jumpin' G v. Johnson

It turns out that this was Folta and Johnson's attempt to have the court recognize Johnson as the general manager of IGG, which they thought would remove Del Real--a sort of trick, and an expensive one. The court didn't fall for it and would not hear the case.

IGG SA became Inversiones Merced Limitada: 06.04.2015
Mario Del Real, Pamela Del Real and Alexander Del Real changed the name of the real estate holding company to Inversiones Merced Limitada to dissociate it from the GGC project, and entered into preparatory acts to dispose of the company’s assets to avoid satisfaction of investor claims.

Kirley v. Guipaca/IGG jurisdiction appeal denied.: 16.04.2015

Johnson's FB Flame War Began: 16.04.2015
Campaign to libel and harass GGC investors and former employees.

Johnson's Armed Raid of Lepe: 21.04.2015
Johnson hired four armed thugs to take back the Lepe farm management from the GGC Recovery Team. They held two employees at gun point for hours.

Chile Lawyers v. Johnson for unpaid legal fees.: 11.05.2015
CLP $61,317,567, in today's dollars, $87,596.52.

Chile Lawyers v. Johnson

Johnson Revived GGC Webpage w/ Sales Pitch: 12.05.2015
"Galt's Gulch Chile is a planned community, affording those who plan to live here an abundant supply of fresh drinking water, a plethora of fruits, vegetables and nuts from our 250-acre working farm, or your future home site. Our clubhouse is nearing completion, with accommodations for you to stay on-site at GGC in our guest haciendas or the clubhouse. Please contact us for more information."

Tatiana Tells All: 18.05.2015
See our blog post "Tatiana Moroz Tells Her Story."

McLeod v. Pamela Del Real: 20.05.2015
GGC Recovery Team lawyers filed a criminal complaint on behalf of David McLeod against Pamela Del Real for embezzlement of his GGC investment. A bank receipt shows that she diverted his funds from her bank account used by Johnson to another account for Rio Colorado.

McLeod v. P Del Real part 1
McLeod v. P Del Real part 2
McLeod v. P Del Real docket number

Johnson Provides Some Documents: 22.05.2015
After being cornered on his astoundingly foolish delivery of GGC stock to Mario Del Real which was the proximate cause of the total collapse of the project, Johnson released a series of nine documents with information on each that evaded explaining the circumstances of how they were drawn up and signed. The following is his "explanation" of the documents:

kj-comments-on-legal-docs-released-in-may-2015

Here are the documents:

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iggsa_4-14-14

iggsa_4-29-14

iggsa_5-26-14_capitalincrease

iggsa_6-20-14

iggsa_7-9-14

iggsa_9-25-14

iggsa_5-7-14_4-22-14-compressed

agricolaspa_shareholdermeetingreduction_false_3-31-14_recovered

The details here are more important to our legal team than in understanding the GGC Affinity Fraud.

McLeod v. Del Real Pros. Francisco Jacir Manterola: 05.06.2015
The eighth criminal court of Santiago appointed Francisco Jacir Manterola of the Ñuñoa District Office as prosecutor. Attorney Calvo submitted a petition to the prosecutor to:

1. Investigate the facts submitted with the criminal complaint and petition,
2. Interview Pamela Del Real and Kenneth Dale Johnson about the facts of the case,
3. Subpoena the bank records of Pamela Del Real's Banco de Chile account used for GGC,
4. Search the Del Real house for evidence, and
5. Interview Mario and Alexander Del Real as witnesses.

Petition Nunoa Distrit Attorneys Office - Criminal lawsuit David McLeod.pdf

Guipaca v. IGG Arbitration: 06.07.2015
Arbitrator will not rule on Guipaca's demand for final payment, deferring to the civil judge in the Kirley v. Guipaca and IGG case that is on going.

Johnson v. Wehrhahn?: 18.07.2015
Johnson posted a video claiming that he filed charges against Wehrhahn for misappropriating $170,000.

Folta v. IGG.: 10.08.2015
In civil court, Folta was granted an injunction against the sale of land and water rights at Lepe. Johnson seemed to have convinced Folta that Josh's intention was to remove the existing injunctions and sell assets. How Josh could have done that, we don't know. Even if the injunctions were removed, Josh would not have ownership of the assets to sell them.

Folta also petitioned for Pamela Del Real to be removed as IGG's General Manager in favor of an executor. That motion was denied.

Guipaca v. IGG arbitration travesty of justice

10.08.2015

Without allowing Kirley to enter this arbitration, the arbitrator, Emilio Pfeffer, approved the following agreement between Ramirez and Del Real:

final payment is forgiven
water rights are retained by Guipaca, leaving Lepe with no water
IGG will not sue Ramirez for misrepresenting the land and water rigths.

This agreement violated the injunctions against sale or transfer of assets.

Johnson on Christopher Cantwell's podcast: 08.09.2015
See our blog post, "The Cantwell Interview: Johnson Cornered."

Labor Complaints against Johnson: 23.10.2015
The GGC Recovery Team received a report on 13 labor and enforcement actions against Johnson for non-payment of employees payroll benefits, pensions and health insurance.

Labor complaints report
Labor complaints chart

Kirley receives injunction protecting hwy funds: 24.10.2015
The public works department will be taking approximately two acres of Lepe by eminent domain for a highway project and will pay CLP $109 million (about US $160,000). In arbitration, Kirley received an injunction so that money can be paid to him for Johnson's violation of his contract.

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Johnson begins cultural exchange scam: 25.10.2015
Johnson opened an account with a cultural exchange website that caters to first world backpackers, matching farms and other small businesses with volunteers who work for room and board. He was violating the terms and conditions of the cultural exchange program by using volunteers as a substitute for paid Chilean workers. He was also likely violating a host of Chilean laws having to do with immigration, labor, taxes and social security. He ramped up the number of "volunteers" to over 20 at a time, having them do all the work on the farm, including their own cooking and cleaning.

Johnson's free labor scam continued until late February when the Recovery Team found his ad on the internet and informed the exchange program of his violations.

See our blog post Latest Galt's Gulch Chile Scam--Free 1st World Labor for more information

Investors v. Johnson, Del Real. Fraud Charges.: 17.11.2015
On this date, 22 investors who paid $5.5 million to GGC filed criminal charges against Johnson and the Del Reals for fraud and violating the Urbanism and Construction Act by selling a non-existent real estate development. The court in Curacaví accepted the charges and assigned docket number RUC 1510039752-5.

Palomba et al v. Johnson Del Reals, part 1
Palomba et al v. Johnson Del Reals, part 2
Palomba et al v. Johnson Del Reals, part 3
Palomba et al v. Johnson Del Reals docket number

Kirley v. Johnson, docket # RUC: 1510039858-0: 18.11.2015
This criminal complaint charges Johnson with a felony violation of the Urbanism and Construction Act that requires that the developer purchase insurance or bond when selling lots before obtaining zoning approvals. We have included the complaint and the acceptance notice from the court with the assigned docket number. In Spanish.

Kirley v. Johnson Urbanism Act violation
Kirley v. Johnson Urbanism Act violation docket numbers

Kirley v. Del Real/Ramirez, violation of injunction

18.11.2015

This criminal complaint--docket # RUC: 1510039686-3--was filed against Pamela Del Real as the general manager of IGG and Guillermo Ramirez as the seller of the Lepe property. In arbitration that Ramirez initiated against IGG to receive the final land payment, the two came to the following agreement:

Ramirez forgave the final land payment.
IGG forfeited the water rights under the purchase and sale agreement for Lepe.
IGG agreed not to sue Ramirez for misrepresenting the water and zoning situations on the Lepe property. (See Aug 10 2015 entry above.)

Their agreement violated the injunction that has been in force since October 2014. All parties to the arbitration were well aware of this injunction, including the arbitrator, since our attorney, Lackington, presented this information during arbitration.

Below is the complaint and the notice of court acceptance with the assigned docket numbers. In Spanish.

Kirley v. Del Real Ramirez injunction violation 67507961
Kirley v. Del Real Ramirez accepted docket numbers

Pros. Cristian Cáceres assigned to Curacaví Case: 14.12.2015
Prosecutor Cristian Cáceres was assigned to the Palomba et al v. Johnson and M Del Real criminal case in Curacaví. (Sr. Cáceres is not a relation of GGC investors' criminal attorney Carlos Cáceres.)

FBI FOIA report on GGC affinity fraud investigation.: 15.12.2015
This report shows that the FBI assigned a case number to Johnson's GGC international affinity fraud investigation and transferred the case to the more experienced Los Angeles office from the San Diego office.

FOIA FBI response Dec 15 2015

GGC Feature article in El Mercurio: 20.12.2015

Go here for the article, found on page B18.

2016

Kirley v. Del Real/Ramirez, contempt, pros. motion: 05.01.2016
In this contempt of court case where P. Del Real and Ramirez violated the court ordered injunction against any change in ownership of the water rights at Lepe, the prosecutor submitted a motion to dismiss the case. In her opinion, since the injunction was part of a civil case, the violation of the injunction is a civil matter, not a criminal one.

Kirley v Del Real Ramirez contempt of court, prosecutor motion to dismiss

Kirley v. Del Real/Ramirez, motion rejected: 12.01.2016
Refer to the earlier time line entry on Jan 5 2016.

The judge ruled that the violation of the water rights injunction was a criminal matter and that the prosecutor should proceed with the case.

Kirley v Del Real Ramirez rejection of motion to dismiss

Kirley v. Del Real/Ramirez, Ramirez's lawyers: 18.01.2016
Ramirez named Hector Riccardi and Luis Salazar as his legal representatives in this case.

Kirley v Del Real Ramirez, Riccardi y Salazar representatives

Riccardi is the lawyer who engineered the agreement between Del Real and Ramirez that violated the water rights injunction leading to contempt of court charges.

Fornesic Report Delivered to FBI in Santiago: 26.01.2016
The Recovery Team delivered the forensic report about Johnson's international affinity fraud to the FBI office in the American Embassy in Santiago. The FBI representative was already aware of the case.

Arbitration award to Kirley

18.05.2016

In our arbitration against IGG SA, where Josh Kirley requested that the penalty clauses in his contract be enforced, the arbitrator found 100% for Kirley. He awarded Kirley a refund of his "investment" plus penalties and legal fees, totaling nearly US $1.3 million.

Important points:

Mario Del Real's attempt to steal the assets by changing the name and form of IGG SA is irrelevant.
Kirley's contract is valid, and Johnson was and is still a manager of IGG SA.
The bulk of the award must be paid in US dollars.

Injunctions prohibiting the criminals from disposing of IGG SA's assets are in force until the award is paid.

Pamela Del Real is appealing the decision, with little chance of prevailing.

Sentencia Arbitral Kirley con IGGSA May 2016.compressed.1-12
Sentencia Arbitral Kirley con IGGSA May 2016.compressed.13-25
Sentencia Arbitral Kirley con IGGSA May 2016.compressed.26-37
Sentencia Arbitral Kirley con IGGSA May 2016.compressed.38-48
Sentencia Arbitral Kirley con IGGSA May 2016.compressed.49-50

Venue Change for McLeod v Del Real, Johnson: 24.05.2016
The prosecutor for this case asked the court for and was granted a venue change to Curacaví. The court document for the venue change is link below.

Change of venue McLeod v. P Del Real, Johnson May 24 2016

Appeals Court Hearing about Kirley Arbitration: 02.09.2016

Appeals Court Upholds Arbitration Decision/Award: 17.11.2016
The Appeals Court upheld the arbitrator's decision in the Kirley v. Inmobiliaria Galt's Gulch arbitration where $1.3 million in restitution and penalties were awarded to the GGC Legal Fund. (See time line entry for May 18 2016.)

The court also awarded costs to the fund since there was "no plausible reason" to submit this appeal.

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Judge in San Miguel Blocks Distribution of Funds: 12.2016
After the his decision in the Kirley v. IGG case, the arbitrator ordered the San Miguel court to release GGC funds that they had impounded during the arbitration. The San Miguel judge refused to comply with the arbitrator's order "at this time."

Like the sharks they are, Del Real and Johnson submitted claims to the money which were rejected. But the judge and the court continued to stall on complying with the arbitrators order. Counsel was forced to submit an appeal.

These funds, once released to the investors' lawyers. will be used for the criminal prosecution of the GGC con men: Ken Johnson, Mario Del Real and family, and Guillermo Ramirez.

Felony Prosecution Court Hearing: 12.12.2016
The prosecutor requested a hearing with the court to move the case to official status. Johnson is awol. His attorney spun a story about him needing to go to the US to see his ailing parents, showing evidence of Johnson's airline ticket to Argentina, not the US. The judge continued the hearing to Jan 24 2017.

The local newspaper covered this hearing.
Caso Gringos de Lepe: Kent [sic] Johnson ad portas de ser formalizado por estafa.

2017

Fraud Case Hearing Postponed: 24.01.2017
The court hearing to progress the fraud cases against Johnson and Del Real was postponed. A new prosecutor has joined the case. He is experienced in white collar crime. We expect the hearing to be scheduled for late spring or early summer (northern hemisphere).

New information: The new hearing date will likely be in late fall. Mañana, mañana...

Appeals Court Orders Release of GGC Funds: 04.05.2017
The investors' attorney, Francis Lackington, won yet another victory today as the court of appeals ruled that the GGC funds must be released to the arbitrator, as the arbitrator previously ordered. Here is the text of their decision.

Appeals court decision

GGC Funds Released to Arbitrator: 02.08.2017
As part of the arbitral award in the Kirley v. GGC case, the funds held by the San Miguel court paid to GGC for eminent domain were released to the arbitrator, Tomás Walker.

The arbitration decision has been contested repeatedly by Mario Del Real on spurious grounds for the preceding 15 months. He has even petitioned the Chile Supreme court, who rejected a hearing. As of this writing--Oct 17 2017--he is still burning up money trying to grab this money.

Auction Rules for GGC Real Estate Submitted: 22.08.2017
As part of the arbitration award in Kirley v. GGC, the real estate in the name of Inmobiliaria Galt's Gulch must be auctioned to raise cash for the remaining $1.12 million owed. On this date, the GGC Recovery Team lawyer began that process.

Submission of auction rules for GGC real estate Aug 22 2017

Folta petitions court to join GGC fraud case

23.08.2017

The prosecutor in the GGC Recovery Team fraud cases against Johnson, Del Real and Galt's Gulch Chile is consolidating all the many cases into one investigation in his office.

On this date, GGC investor Jerry Folta petitioned the courts to include his cases against Del Real as part of the investigation.

Folta petition as victim to enter fraud case aug 23 2017 pages 1 thru 45.pdf

Folta petition as victim to enter fraud case aug 23 2017 pages 46-56.pdf

Three items of note to GGC aficionados:

The GGC Recovery Team, not having access to Folta's contracts, estimated that he paid $550,000 for a lemon orchard and $100,000 for a residential lot for a total of $650,000. The petition included here includes his GGC contract and shows that he paid only $30,000 for the residential lot, therefore his total "investment" paid to GGC was $580,000. Rather than correct our estimate, Folta chose to taunt the GGC Recovery Team by saying that we "get everything wrong."
The contract between Folta and Johnson for 3,000 shares (30%) of Inmobiliaria Galt's Gulch was referred to by Johnson as a promesa. It is not. It was a purchase and sale agreement.
This purchase and sale agreement for Inmobiliaria Galt's Gulch shares states that Johnson owned 7,000 shares (70%). He did not. See our blog post Who Owns How Many Shares of GGC and What Did They Pay? At the time this p&s was signed, Johnson had been defrauded of ownership and control of the company. Of course, that fraud is the subject of Folta's law suits against Del Real.

Folta Accepted as Victim in GGC Fraud Investigation: 27.08.2017

Arbitrator assigned in Fink v. GGC: 06.09.2017
The GGC Recovery Team has filed suit in arbitration against GGC for violation of Finks' contract for buying a lemon orchard. CAM, the arbitration center, has assigned Sr. Raimundo Covarrubias to the case.

Mediator assigned to Wang Wong Trust v. GGC: 12.10.2017
The GGC Recovery Team opened a suit against Galt's Gulch Chile for violating Wang Wong Trust's contract to buy a lemon orchard. The contract requires mediation before arbitration.