Happy Holidays, Zapatero

FAO: José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, President
Email: jlrzapatero@presidencia.gob.es
The Spanish Government
MADRID
Spain

7th August 2011

Dear Sir

This is the third occasion on which I have written to you and maybe it will be third on which I do so without response; nevertheless, given its anticipated “circulation” I feel sure it will not go unnoticed!

I am prompted to write, yet again, after hearing of your Countries continued economic gloom and the fact that you are having to cut short your holiday in order to deal with the crisis … LUCKY YOU … I cannot afford a holiday after having been defrauded of some €250,000.00 by citizens from your Country! Your problem, Sir, is the underlying corruption and fraud which underlies every facet of Spain’s culture. Take a long hard look at the situation you have with CAM Bank … I alerted the Authorities to the extent of the fraud taking place there years ago … AND VERY PUBLICLY AT THAT. CAM Bank HAS BEEN BUILT upon an overall ethos of fraud and corruption for years and you sir have simply allowed it to perpetuate. A fraud based upon the exploitation of largely innocent “Non- Spanish Nationals” in a huge “Property Scam”.

This scam has been allowed to perpetuate by what must undoubtedly be the most dilatory Legal System in the World … one which would be more at home in some of the more corrupt African States. I commenced a fraud action (“Querella Criminal”) against a Developer, Rafael Aguilera and his Company Trampoline Solera, some three years ago for signing a contract with me for the purchase of a property, taking nearly €200K, then in collaboration with CAM Bank arranging a huge fraudulent Mortgage before finally fraudulently selling MY PROPERTY to a third party. In any Country in the World that IS FRAUD but bringing someone to trial in Spain … particularly if they are NOT Spanish citizens … is impossible! You have a law in your Country … LEY57/68 … but does it ever get applied … a law designed to safeguard the deposits of purchasers from an “off-plan” developer. Justice in your Country is impossible and yet here you are “crying” over the state of your Countries “economic crisis” whilst ignoring the underlying problems. Your actions are akin to the treatment of a Headache with Aspirin whilst ignoring the underlying cause … a tumour the size of the combined area of the Spanish Costa’s which requires removal! Apart from Oranges, Olive Oil and Melons the Spanish economy has relied heavily upon Tourism and the Construction industry fuelled by a desire to “entice” overseas Purchasers to but property in Spain. A construction industry based upon greed, corruption and fraud and yet you have the absolute downright nerve to send a Government representative to the UK with the sole intention of organising a “Road Show” to defraud yet more UK residents!

Sadly I think you will fail to appreciate the severity of the concerns voiced here because I suspect that fraud and corruption run through the veins of all Spaniard’s and therefore you too will not appreciate the points that I, together with thousands of others, are trying to make. For sure, had I known way back in 2004 the “cultural level of fraud” which exists in Spain I would NEVER have attempted to purchase a property in Spain or indeed the one I now have on Mallorca! Justice in Spain is an absolute “non-starter” and then … even when the Court appoint an official as they did in the case of the collapse of Trampolin Solera … Monzón Abogados … obtaining an intelligent response to a question is impossible. Sra. Monzón’s sole intention is to drag out her enquiries for as long as possible in order to build up her fees in an attempt to defraud still further thousands of innocent victims from yet another Spanish Property Scam!

So Senor Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, what are you going to do about this? My guess is NOTHING … you have postured about cutting short your holiday but my guess is that this will be a short lived reaction before you return to another bottle of Fundador Brandy before your resignation on, I assume, a lucrative pension from the Spanish Government. My suggestion is that you go now and at least show the world that you want to see your Country recover. As for me I simply want to see Justice in your Courts, the return of my money whilst I rue for the rest of my life the day I purchase ANYTHING in Spain! I have alerted you now for a third time to the extent of the fraud in your country, to the docile nature of your Legal System and to the corruption within both CAM Bank and Monzón Abogados … doubtless you will do nothing but in case you have forgotten what this is really all about I repeat below the text from my letter of March this year:-

I have written to you on a previous occasion sadly to little effect but on searching the Internet I find that not only have you been contacted by many others about the “off-plan” building scandal in Spain … more specifically have you been contacted by many others about the situation with a company in Murcia appearing in several guises … Trampolin Solera, Trampolin Hills, Trampolin Royal Dreams. All of these are separate companies which are interlinked who together, I suspect, with the respective Banks … most notably CAM Bank … have been able to defraud many hundreds of people of their homes and their life savings.

One of the “letters” you have received early this year starts in the following vein:-
“We understand that improving Spain’s economy is proving difficult. We are very sorry about that, but not surprised.

We feel it is necessary to draw your attention to a case which no doubt is keeping European citizens of all nationalities from buying off-plan property anywhere in Spain, and will continue to do so if it is not dealt with in a just and appropriate manner. ….”

The letter then goes on to document a catalogue of errors made by the authorities which have brought many families across Europe to their knees … mine included!

I really wonder whether or not you have any idea of the mammoth scale of the fraud involved … indeed I wonder whether you really care? The Legal system in Spain … a system over which YOU preside … is so lax that I am forced to say “is it any wonder that your own Costa Del Sol is known throughout Europe as the Costa Del Crime”! Criminals in Spain appear not just to survive but to positively flourish in your Country due solely to the dilatory nature and handling by the Courts and the Justice System in Spain.

I take my own situation as a case in point although by NO MEANS isolated. I purchased an “off-plan” property from Trampolin Solera in or around 2004 and over a period of months paid over some 185,000€ leaving a small balance to be paid upon completion. Eventually the property was finished but when my Lawyers checked through the details of the transaction it became clear that a large Mortgage had been taken out with CAM Bank in 2007 which was (a) far in excess of the balance due to be paid (b) taken out against a highly inflated Bank valuation and (c) some +- 2 years AFTER I HAD SIGNED AND AGREED THE CONTRACT! Worse was to follow … the Developer had in fact subsequently sold my property twice and in fact moved the SECOND purchaser into our home … even in Spain this has to be FRAUD!

The Civil Judgment which eventually followed after some two years produced no satisfaction. A second CRIMINAL action was commenced in early 2009 with a “Querella Criminale” being issued against the Developer, Sr. Rafael Aguilera. All of this was two years and in spite of my making two personal visits to the Court number 2 at the Royal Palace of Justice in Murcia and spoken directly to the Judge Miriam Garcia this matter STILL has not been progressed to Trial. In the meantime the Defendant has been able to dissipate all his assets before placing his company Trampolin Solera SL into Administration. The appointed Administrators are Nerea Monzón and Rafael Jiménez from Monzón Abogados in Murcia.

My question of you, Senor, is just what does an innocent victim have to do in order to gain Justice in your Country … I have been defrauded of in excess of 250,000€ including costs ect and all the while the Defendant is able to simply continue enjoying the “spoils” of his crimes whilst continuing to attempt to defraud others. From your point of view, as the President of your Country, perhaps the real concern should be the involvement of the Banks … and in this case CAM Bank … in what is potentially a fraud of over 100,000,000.00€! I would welcome the opportunity of meeting with either yourself or one of your SENIOR advisers in Madrid but in any event I am copying this email to The British Prime Minister, David Cameron, our own Embassy in Madrid, my Lawyers based in La Manga … Iberbrit and the administrators for Trampolin, Monzón Abogados.

I look forward … hopefully … to your meaningful and constructive response.

Let us now see whether or not you really do have the “courage” to respond!

Kind regards

Yours sincerely



Andrew Wilford


cc: The Rt. Hon. David Cameron, UK Prime Minister
Alex Brown, British Embassy MADRID
AUN, Alicante
Sean O’Hare, The Daily Telegraph
Michael Cashman MEP
Monzón Abogados
Atencion al Ciudadano; case no. 1533/2009
Buyers For Trampolin Hills
ITV Homes from Hell
Finca Parks Action Group

The mayor of Campos del Rio refuses to consider claims

As a reply to our claims of refunds to the town hall of Campos del Rio, we finally received a certified letter. The mayor says he will NOT take into consideration our claims and that he will inform the council about his decision in their next meeting. He also says that we can appeal, which we certainly will. The decision regards whether or not our claims will be considered and is NOT an answer to our claims or requests for clarifications. In our opinion, this is just yet another example to show how lack of proper management and faulty administration on behalf of the town hall is causing unnecessary delays and further grievances to the buyers.
We might add that the new mayor as of the May 22. elections will be Miguel Buendia, whereas this reply is signed by the current mayor, Miguel Navarro Romero.

Stop the Spanish Property Roadshow

Just like me, I’m sure you’re appalled at the insulting cheek of the Spanish Government in sending Sr. Jose Blanco, the Spanish Development Minister (El Ministro de Fomento), around Europe ‘encouraging’ buyers of property abroad to start buying again in Spain . As long as they continue to misappropriate our monies, and betray our goodwill and trust they should not be allowed to set foot in the UK on such a touting-for-business mission.



Please would you help me to circulate information about the petition I’ve set up at this link:

http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/stop-the-spanish-property-roadshow-open-letter-to-davi.html

It is a short, swift web-petition and is in the form of an Open Letter to David Lidington, Minister for Europe in our present coalition Government, and will be open for signatures to be added for one month only.

If you are in agreement with the letter please add your name. All that is required is a name - plus your e-address which will NOT be published. If you wish you can add in which area of the country you are living and there is a comment box if you want to say anything else, but those extras are entirely optional. You can also remain anonymous but it will be a stronger petition if you do give a name. If you are a couple please add both names.

I hope you will support this petition and tell others about it too. We have to move fast on it so please act quickly.

Thanks everyone.

For more on David Lidington see: http://www.fco.gov.uk/en/about-us/who-we-are/our-ministers/david-lidington and

http://blogs.fco.gov.uk/roller/lidington/entry/beating_the_drum_for_british

ruth

HAPPY EASTER

We wish you all a very happy Easter holiday and and wish also to thank the Spanish head of government for the reply we have received from them, after sending them a copy of our petition to the local authorities in Campos del Rio. Anyone interested can email us for a copy of the letter.

Mr. Zapatero and Spain's economy

Some of us still remember the real estate boom in Spain as the good times when pensioners from all over Europe settled all along Spain’s Mediterranean Coast, creating much activity and new jobs in the real estate and building sectors and new markets for all sorts of other services and activities.
Now, as Mr. Zapatero, along with the rest of Spain’s government, is struggling to get over a crisis which seems like an economic quagmire, the boom we saw just a few years ago seems unreal.
But it was real. And why shouldn’t pensioners move to sunny Spain and settle there to relax and enjoy their retirement? Well, this is where the property scandals like Trampolin Hills and many others play a key role. It should not be so difficult for Spain’s government to understand that as soon as they show it is safe to buy property in Spain, we might very well get a new boom, and the ghost towns of unsold property all along the coast might be filled with happy pensioners, busy spending their pensions buying Spanish services and goods.
Mr. Zapatero should understand that the first step to improving Spain’s economy is showing it is safe to buy property in Spain, and that buyers do not risk losing their hard earned life savings because the company suddenly goes bankrupt or the authorities suddenly decide to demolish your home after finding the building permit they issued to be invalid.
As Marta Andreasen points out (see link): “We want a solution now“.
If you, as a buyer of property in Trampolin Hills, wish to, with all due respect, draw to Mr. Zapatero’s attention the importance of showing that buying property in Spain is safe, then you can write to the following email address: jlrzapatero@presidencia.gob.es

Refunds claimed from the Town Hall of Campos del Rio

Marzo, 2011

Al Excmo. Ayuntamiento de Campos del Río
Avda. Constitución nº 11
30191 Campos del Río
Murcia
España

I. Pido que se comprueben y/o que se confirmen los siguientes
HECHOS ANTECEDENTES:

2004, Noviembre:
Se solicita la recalificación de un terreno de más de 1 200 000 m2 en el municipio de Campos del Río, Murcia.

2005, Mayo:
El Pleno del Ayuntamiento de Campos del Río aprueba un convenio urbanístico entre el Ayuntamiento de Campos del Río y la empresa Trampolín Hills Golf Resort S. L. para la construcción de unas 2200 viviendas alrededor de un campo de golf.

2006, Julio:
El Pleno del Ayuntamiento de Campos del Río aprueba la modificación de las Normas Subsidiarias de Planeamiento Municipal que afecta al terreno de Trampolín Hills.

2007, Septiembre:
La oposición niega al alcalde el derecho de votar sobre la aprobación del proyecto, por su participación como agente inmobiliario en las ventas de algunas de las viviendas en Trampolín Hills Golf Resort.

2008, Enero:
El alcalde de Campos del Río, Miguel Navarro, pide públicamente que la oposición vote a favor de la aprobación del proyecto, insistiendo que traerá grandes beneficios a la comunidad y que la oposición no tiene motivos para mantener su actitud negativa.

Abril:
La oposición, liderada por Miguel Buendía, denuncia al alcalde y su partido por faltas en las tramites de aprobación de unas modificaciones del plan parcial de Trampolin Hills, supuestamente en espera a que el derecho de votar por parte del alcalde quedará renovado, 2 años después de sus últimos negocios con la empresa Trampolín Hills Golf Resort S.L.

Mayo:
Un auto dictado en el Juzgado de lo Contencioso-Administrativo número 1 de Murcia por José Miñarro García advierte de la responsabilidad por parte del Ayuntamiento de Campos del Río si el proyecto fallara por causa de la gestión, o falta de gestión por parte del Ayuntamiento de Campos del Río: «de producirse, en hipótesis, un perjuicio masivo a particulares, la responsabilidad patrimonial de la Administración sería evidente por tolerar el Ayuntamiento (no sólo el Grupo de Gobierno) la construcción y venta de propiedades a particulares, de forma ostensible y con abundantísima publicidad sin la pertinente autorización administrativa».

Octubre:
El Ayuntamiento de Campos del Río se decide a favor del derecho de votar del alcalde.

2009, Enero:
El Ayuntamiento de Campos del Río aprueba el proyecto.

Febrero:
La Comunidad de Murcia aprueba el proyecto, sujeto a unas modificaciones necesarias.

Noviembre:
El Juzgado de lo Mercantil 2 de Murcia declara el concurso necesario de la empresa Trampolín Hills Golf Resort S.L.; el Concurso Ordinario 20/09. Tras el concurso, el alcalde y el concejal de urbanismo aparecen en una reunión de compradores prometiendo que se aprobará la recalificación del terreno dentro de un plazo de un mes.

2010, Marzo:
El Juzgado de lo Contencioso-Administrativo número 1 de Murcia declara nulo el convenio urbanístico entre el Ayuntamiento de Campos del Río y la empresa Trampolín Hills Golf Resort S.L., aprobado en 2005.

Hemos visto que el Ayuntamiento de Campos del Río no ha finalizado satisfactoriamente los trámites puestos en marcha en 2004; entre ellos la recalificación del terreno. Por los muy graves retrasos y faltas en la gestión por parte del Ayuntamiento de Campos del Río, la empresa Trampolín Hills Golf Resort S.L. no ha podido cumplir con los contratos de compraventa de viviendas firmados con los compradores.

II. Como comprador de una vivienda en Trampolín Hills Golf Resort, que aún no se ha podido construir, pido que el
AYUNTAMIENTO DE CAMPOS DEL RÍO
admite en trámite esta solicitud, donde reclamo la responsabilidad patrimonial de la Administración y solicito la indemnización pertinente por parte de la Administración, equivalente al importe pagado por mi a la empresa como deposito y pago, para mi vivienda en Trampolín Hills, más los intereses según las tarifas vigentes.

Espero vuestras noticias muy atentamente,

Open Letter to José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, President of Spain

The Spanish Government

MADRID
Spain


4th March 2011


Dear Sir


I have written to you on a previous occasion sadly to little effect but on searching the Internet I find that not only have you been contacted by many others about the “off-plan” building scandal in Spain … more specifically have you been contacted by many others about the situation with a company in Murcia appearing in several guises … Trampolin Solera, Trampolin Hills, Trampolin Royal Dreams. All of these are separate companies which are interlinked who together, I suspect, with the respective Banks … most notably CAM Bank … have been able to defraud many hundreds of people of their homes and their life savings.


One of the “letters” you have received early this year starts in the following vein:-


“We understand that improving Spain’s economy is proving difficult. We are very sorry about that, but not surprised.

We feel it is necessary to draw your attention to a case which no doubt is keeping European citizens of all nationalities from buying off-plan property anywhere in Spain, and will continue to do so if it is not dealt with in a just and appropriate manner. ….”


The letter then goes on to document a catalogue of errors made by the authorities which have brought many families across Europe to their knees … mine included!


I really wonder whether or not you have any idea of the mammoth scale of the fraud involved … indeed I wonder whether you really care? The Legal system in Spain … a system over which YOU preside … is so lax that I am forced to say “is it any wonder that your own Costa Del Sol is known throughout Europe as the Costa Del Crime”! Criminals in Spain appear not just to survive but to positively flourish in your Country due solely to the dilatory nature and handling by the Courts and the Justice System in Spain.

I take my own situation as a case in point although by NO MEANS isolated. I purchased an “off-plan” property from Trampolin Solera in or around 2004 and over a period of months paid over some 185,000€ leaving a small balance to be paid upon completion. Eventually the property was finished but when my Lawyers checked through the details of the transaction it became clear that a large Mortgage had been taken out with CAM Bank in 2007 which was (a) far in excess of the balance due to be paid (b) taken out against a highly inflated Bank valuation and (c) some +- 2 years AFTER I HAD SIGNED AND AGREED THE CONTRACT! Worse was to follow … the Developer had in fact subsequently sold my property twice and in fact moved the SECOND purchaser into our home … even in Spain this has to be FRAUD!


The Civil Judgment which eventually followed after some two years produced no satisfaction. A second CRIMINAL action was commenced in early 2009 with a “Querella Criminale” being issued against the Developer, Sr. Rafael Aguilera. All of this was two years and in spite of my making two personal visits to the Court number 2 at the Royal Palace of Justice in Murcia and spoken directly to the Judge Miriam Garcia this matter STILL has not been progressed to Trial. In the meantime the Defendant has been able to dissipate all his assets before placing his company Trampolin Solera SL into Administration. The appointed Administrators are Nerea Monzón and Rafael Jiménez from Monzón Abogados in Murcia.

My question of you, Senor, is just what does an innocent victim have to do in order to gain Justice in your Country … I have been defrauded of in excess of 250,000€ including costs ect and all the while the Defendant is able to simply continue enjoying the “spoils” of his crimes whilst continuing to attempt to defraud others. From your point of view, as the President of your Country, perhaps the real concern should be the involvement of the Banks … and in this case CAM Bank … in what is potentially a fraud of over 100,000,000.00€! I would welcome the opportunity of meeting with either yourself or one of your SENIOR advisers in Madrid but in any event I am copying this email to The British Prime Minister, David Cameron, our own Embassy in Madrid, my Lawyers based in La Manga … Iberbrit and the administrators for Trampolin, Monzón Abogados.


I look forward … hopefully … to your meaningful and constructive response.


Kind regards