For those who want PROOF, I have received permission to post the law firm, which is Fieldfisher, and I'm working with the head of the firm's debt recovery department, Mr Rob Surridge. His contact details are here:
http://www.fieldfisher.com/people/s/robert-surridgeI've attached our conversation as MP3. Feel free to take a listen.
The way the winding up process works works, is that there needs to be a "spearhead" person, which is me and I'll be the one that works with Mr Surridge as his client. Everyone who joins in the petition is a 'supporting creditor'. Does this mean that I get paid first if Alpha is wound up? No, not at all. Everyone that joins in the petition is at the same level, meaning Alpha's funds/assets will be divided among all of us evenly (if there is any at all!) This is all spelled out in the conversation I had with Mr Surridge, which is attached as MP3.
I've negotiated a flat-fee of 3300 GBP with Mr Surridge, a cost which will be split among all the final participants. There are about 40 now who are interested. I'm sure how many will go through with it, maybe only 80% of those who expressed initial interest will want to go through with it, so I'll ask for an amount from each participant in that range. I'll setup a paypal account and a final email on Wednesday with the amount you need to send (in GBP) to be considered as part of the supporting creditors in the petition.
Some will say that we shouldn't do this, that we should let Alpha flourish as a company.. to let them try to get back on their feet and hope to retrieve our money at a later date. I feel that is wrong; it will just give Alpha more time to make a clean getaway. If they have the funds and assets , great we all get some of our money back. I'm happy with that. If they don't have the funds and assets then they aren't gonna make it as a company anyway.
Wednesday April 20th is the deadline. Send your 1. full name 2. Amount that Alpha owes you (in GBP!) and 3. full address to
jake@fightalpha.net if you want to be considered.
Keep an eye out for my final email on wednesday.
Fight on.
Board Post is here:
http://fightalpha.net/index.php?topic=152.msg470#msg470Ya... This Sounds legit... Lets send LOTS of money to random people on the internet to chase after lost money. [A legit service would take the fee out of the winnings.] Oh... And there is a Very strong possibility that the amount that Alpha has is LESS than the 3300 GBP fee the "lawyer" gets.
I'm fairly certain anyone can add themselves to the 'bankruptcy' creditors list without paying the 'spearhead's lawyer'.
Good Luck.