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Original Message:

Re: Manhattan Club Lawsuit (by Robert B.):

Fellow Owners, Thousands of us have been cheated and scammed for years by an unscrupulous band of crooks lead by Ian Bruce Eichner. The NY Attorney General conducted a multi-million dollar, 3-year-long civil and criminal investigation into their illegal conduct and then settled with Eichner and his cronies as they admitted their criminal conduct. They were allowed to walk away SCOTT FREE by paying a token financial settlement, and by promising to stop breaking the law. To add insult to injury, the AG agreed that the restitution will only be paid to owners who, despite being defrauded for years by TMC, continued to pay maintenance fees to the criminal enterprise. The NY Attorney General’s undercover investigators have evidence of all the fraudulent sales tactics recorded on video. The crooks admitted to it all as a part of the settlement! What CRIMINAL punishment is being imposed? NOTHING! And they are still violating the settlement with impunity! I’m having a hard time understanding why everyone on this site is not cheering at the thought of finally having a lawyer who is willing to take on TMC on our behalf with each of us only being asked to contribute a small retainer; less than we have been paying EVERY YEAR in maintenance to TMC. The sale to BlueGreen has apparently collapsed, so now is the time for us to take aggressive legal action and bring pressure to bear.

Please stop rationalizing over why you can’t, won’t, or shouldn’t take any steps to fight back. After being screwed so badly and investing thousands of dollars, why would you consider walking away for a lousy $100? I want some justice, don’t you?! I want the people who cheated me to be held accountable, don’t you?!

I urge all TMC owners to contact Jean-Marc Zimmerman at (908) 768-6408 and ask him to represent you too.

Bob Biello rbiello2@gmail.com