Jorge Barahona Speaks Out on Casino Forty Plus Matter
To all players,
First I would like to mention that I am glad to be
able to communicate with all of you thru this site. I
have not been able to contact any of you, because I
could not kept any personal information of any of our
players, only their account numbers and the amount of
money owed. I am willing to cooperate in everything
that I can in order to clear this matter as soon as
possible.
I also believe that the least I can do is provide you
all with an explanation of how and why Forty Plus is
not available anymore. I was hired to start this new
casino operation, based on my previous experience,
unfortunately the investor of the operation decided to
close it, according to him, simply because the
software does not work the way it was supposed to. The
entire casino staff was fired at the end of October,
including myself and the local office was closed at
the end of November; all the assets were sold in order
to pay the local responsibilities, such as taxes,
employees salaries and any other corresponding
amounts. At the moment of its closure, I was not able
to contact any of you and inform you in how to
proceed.
However, since I have been in this industry for a
while, I feel that I have a personal and professional
commitment to all the players that came into the
casino and deposited their hard earned money trusting
me and my staff, I would like to inform you all that
what I can do is try and return the original amount
deposited to all the players that money is owed to in
the next 180 days. This is because I have to follow
procedures that are established by the payment
methods. I cannot promise to pay any winnings because
I do not have the financial capability to do so,
simply because as many of you, I am only an employee
that depends on a monthly salary.
This situation, even though is not my fault, has
affected me, that is why, I will do whatever is on my
reach to solve it ASAP. I will also like to add, that
I, Jorge Barahona, do not owe any monies to Odds On,
as it was mentioned in one of the articles here. The
people of Odds On know that all the above statement is
true.
Once again, I would like to apologize for all this
inconvenience and I will commit to solve this matter
as soon as possible. You can reach me at the posted
e-mail address with your account number and your name
and any other queries you might have. Also, please
send your information at the email address that Odds
On posted (
service@oddson.com) so I can coordinate
with them in how to proceed.
Sincerely,
Jorge Barahona/
InfoPowa is still awaiting a full reply to the following additional questions posed to Senor Barahona:
Thank you for your response.
Perhaps I might ask a few more questions?
1) Are you prepared to identify the investor who pulled the plug on Forty
Plus? Is he in Costa Rica or Canada? Would he be Marty Jensen?
2) Can you say why the players were not told the casino was closing and how
their accounts would be settled? Surely an email from management using the
casino's email facilities could have been organised - our information from
reliable sources is that players were just left stranded.
3) Odds On claim they do not have any information on the casino's operations
or its player database. Do you know where that database of Forty Plus
players is? Does Odds On have it? Where is Forty Plus's server/s and the
information on them?
4) Did you or the investor discuss the imminent closure of Forty Plus with
Pierre Gagnon or anyone else at Odds On? If so, what did they say?
5) Can you say how much was owed to players at the time of the closure?
6) Can you elaborate on what measures you are taking to have the unpaid
Forty Plus players paid? Who else is involved in this exercise? Is Odds On
involved? Has Odds On been in contact with you since the closure of Forty
Plus? Is money still owed to Odds On (for royalties etc)
7) Can you confirm that Forty Plus was not using the usual Odds On e-cash
processor?
8) Is there, as far as you know any ownership connection at all between
Forty Plus, Odds On or the English Harbour group of online casinos?
9) Did you use the alias of George Finley whilst you were a manager at Main
Street Vegas and Forty Plus?
10) What are your personal plans for the future?
Thanks
Brian Cullingworth
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