In the interests of ensuring no one else is taken in by this charlatan, I’m sharing this with permission from the original author. This is an ongoing scheme that he’s tried in several states and appears to still be attempting it.
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid02MVdPjouCQV9ZJey2XnxXCQPXBPEDzq3oqJzd2xqXduyPPSJeup3eJ3NmALNH5Habl&id=513318602
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Too bad Heat-her Hill remarried, this guy sounds like her ideal mate. 
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So is the scam that he associates himself with an exciting property deal and then rips off potential clients and partners? Or was there an angle to get money out of the property owners?
Is he physically based in the US or is he running this all by computer from another jurisdiction where he can’t be legally touched?
From what I understand, he is in the UK. In Virginia, he actually managed to secure a lease on a facility and had boarders, etc but essentially never paid for anything and it shut down after a couple months.
There doesn’t seem to be any real significant financial payoff in any of the deals, so I’m kind of boggled as to his end game.
I’ve unfortunately had contact with him through the local horse community and I can say that he’s incredibly inappropriate and felt the need to reference his “equipment” while discussing a barn manager position, so there’s that as well.
Ah ok. So he is out of reach of things like small claims court. Who knows, he could even be out in the Wild Wild East somewhere like Romania out of reach of all extradition. Using a VPN to hide his real location.
I wonder if he is mainly deluded or if he actually can cause enough confusion to get some money transfers out of the shenanigans?
I’m fairly certain he’s either in the UK or hiding out stateside somewhere. The barn manager at the VA facility was apparently a friend he’d known for a long time, which didn’t stop him from getting screwed over in the whole deal.
People are coming out of the woodwork with stories about this guy. I’m refraining from sharing much because what I know involves a dear friend who’s already dealing with enough, but I want nothing more than to make sure anyone who’s ever seen a horse knows to stay well away from him.
More from Facebook:
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid0Yx4fdJFHszWsbwTqnzaQajdDAg3RErj9qhQqo1DYfgKCvACsd5jqh9dnNA2gfoWQl&id=100070699136102
The warning is always appreciated.
Based on the FB account, just following proper contract procedure through a competent and diligent title company will flush this out before it gets far. Escrow, verification of funds, etc., processed on time with no delays.
Sounds like he puts out a lot of red flags. Believe those things! 
Did he set up and run a boarding facility for a few months without ever actually being there in person? 
Hire a barn manager promise the moon, pocket boarding fees and ghost everyone?
Is it possible these scams actually fly better at the higher levels of facility where absentee owners, international trainers etc are more normal? Also where deep pocketed financial investors are fairly rare? Like that German woman Anna whoever who impersonated an heiress in NYC until her house of cards collapsed?
People can get giddy in the presence of extreme wealth (or it’s facsimile). Especially people who make their living serving the extremely wealthy.
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Yep, that’s exactly what he did. It’s all just so bizarre to me, the potential financial gain just doesn’t mesh with the level of effort put in to sell each scam.
Confused – did he purchase a facility and close on it? With a down payment and all accompanying closing fees? The facility that had actual boarders.
That’s a lot of cash outlay. But possibly he could quickly bring in a far greater amount in boarding fees and fees for other things set up to commence in fairly short order after getting the keys to the property.
And possibly this could carry on for two to three months without making a mortgage payment. Maybe longer, depending on the lender and how prompt they are on someone not making payments (especially immediately into the loan). Might even skate on utilities for a time with no or partial payments, again depending on the promptness of the utility company. They are not all the same. Especially in rural locations.
Then one day – it all comes to a crashing halt. Gate is locked by the lender. Utilities off. Unpaid employees are gone. Etc.
As has been seen even on this board, sometimes there is a tendency to give apparently wealthy people more time to make up their finances. This is crazy to me but there is some sort of idea that “wealthy people” will come through in abundance in the end. This belief enables a lot of successful scams. If something like that is going on.
This post is purely speculation and guess. I have zero idea of the facts involved. But it would make the scam make sense, as otherwise it’s hard to see what the guy is gaining in $$$.
If he hires people then he would have access to their S.S. numbers, dates of birth etc… wouldn’t he?
It seems like a lot of work for identity theft, but it could be a side benefit.
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Huh. Interesting.
Maybe the idea of working for an absentee employer made it sound more attractive for the people he fake hired. Lol.
The Virginia barn was never purchased, apparently there was some kind of lease arrangement but I’m unclear on the details. I’m assuming an initial payment was made because there were boarders and several horses from the STL area that were “purchased” and moved in. The barn was being run by someone who was friends with him in real life, which didn’t stop him from screwing him over when bills started coming due. From what I understand, he put in well over 100k to get the place going and got left with basically nothing.
Oof. With friends like that…
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I have to admit that looking at the pictures posted on FB he doesn’t look like any “horse trainer” I ever knew—ewww!
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Link?
They’re in the Facebook comments under the post. I’m hoping this will link to the comment thread, but I’m not sure if it will.
https://m.facebook.com/513318602/posts/pfbid02MKUPSfdTb4cM6wAPFi4y2HBPqSnk6tp9bHUjUnNnMP3wTXsuX4JWLquY95u8tzhQl/?comment_id=708250020678509
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