PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY: August 6, 2010 — According to Adam Lacerda, a “veteran of the timeshare industry”, that might be the case. If true, it apparently prompted the self-proclaimed “Robin Hood” (whose cup runneth over with “ingenuity and determined attitude”) to start a Travel Club in 2009 that includes services allowing existing TS owners to “relinquish an obligation to their timeshare or vacation ownership…” [Read More...]

BOSTON, MA (July 22, 2010) – Attorney General Martha Coakley’s Office has obtained a preliminary injunction against several individuals who represented themselves as “timeshare consultants,” for allegedly providing unlicensed legal advice and defrauding owners of timeshare intervals at the Edgewater Beach Resort in Dennisport, MA of over $250,000.
The order, granted on July 15, 2010, by [...]

HARRISBURG, PA (June 21, 2010) — Attorney General Tom Corbett has urged Pennsylvania residents who are having problems involving timeshares purchased from BlueGreen Corporation to file formal complaints by June 24th in order to have those complaints reviewed as part of a wide-reaching consumer protection settlement with the Florida-based company.
Corbett said the settlement addresses complaints [...]

GRAN CANARIA, SPAIN (June 14, 2010) — A new court ruling in Spain on the 27 of May 2010 is set to see an avalanche of timeshare compensation claims against developers. The ruling can now be used by European timeshare owners to seek compensation from illegal contracts signed after 1996 in Spain and its territories. [...]

St. Louis, MO (June 8, 2010) – A company that markets itself as a leader in the timeshare resale business and boasts relationships with some of the world’s most prestigious corporations, also claims a strange address in downtown St. Louis – the long-vacant and padlocked LaSalle Building at 509 Olive Street.
The company, Property Experts Marketing, [...]

TALLAHASSEE, FL (April 26, 2010) – Florida Agriculture and Consumer Services Commissioner Charles H. Bronson today announced the arrest of two unlicensed Central Florida telemarketers.
Arrested by Bronson’s Office of Agricultural Law Enforcement ( OALE ) was Gunnar Jenkins, 31 and Nicholas Thomas, 28, both of Orlando.
Authorities allege that Jenkins was operating Timeshare Gold [...]

McCollum announces 2009 was record-breaking year for consumer recoveries.
TALLAHASSEE, FL (March 11, 2010) — In continuing recognition of National Consumer Protection Week, Attorney General Bill McCollum today announced he is tackling growing abuses in the timeshare resale industry, beginning with the announcement of a significant settlement that could yield as much as $1.3 million in [...]

Thousands in U.S., Canada “financially destroyed”
-by TS Newshound
January 31, 2010 — The Broward Bulldog has published a revealing article by Dan Christensen concerning the infamous EMI Sun Village Resort and Spa in the Dominican Republic. It’s reminiscent in scope and depth of the ponzi scheme run by Michael Kelly a few years ago in [...]

TALLAHASSEE, FL, Jan. 21, 2010 — Attorney General Bill McCollum filed a lawsuit Jan. 19 against a Palm Beach County company alleging deceptive trade practices involving timeshare resales. According to the lawsuit, American Marketing Group, LLC engaged in a systematic pattern of conduct designed and intended to induce consumers to pay an upfront fee for [...]

Las Vegas, NV, December 8, 2009 — Rescission rates are at an all time high due not only to the economy but due to the fact that many timeshare owners are left without assistance and guidance on meeting their obligations.
Timeshare ownership is not economically viable for families with limited resources or family commitments.
It does however [...]