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• Scammed investor 2018-12-10 3:03:36 PM I am struggling with depression and anxiety. I feel abused, robbed, fooled. I don't know what to do and how much more I can bear this pain. How can FSCO allow Fortress to run the biggest scam in Canada and still keep their eyes closed for the damage done. Nobody is actively working to recoup our money. Nobody cares!!! Ford cares about buck a beer! Unbelievable!!

• 2018-12-10 2:13:27 PM IS THERE A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT ALREADY STARTED? I THINK WE SHOULD ALL JOIN NOW AND PROCEED BEFORE THESE SCUMBAGS LEAVE THE COUNTRY!!!! ANY INFO TO JOIN WOULD BE HELPFUL.

• Dismayed at our society 2018-12-10 2:05:07 PM You are absolutely right. How can this happen?? FSCO needs to be held accountable as does fortress and all the mortgage brokers who sold these products. Let’s group together and commence class action suits. We need to get this money back for people. This is a crying shame and NONE of us are just going to let this pass. Contact David Franklin, contact Mitchell Wine. Let’s get things starred people, and let’s keep the pressure on. Things are starting to snowball here with all the victims of this horrendous fraud. Keep the comments coming. Join the Facebook group. Email Bill Morneau. And keep emailing him. The time for action is now.

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• Down but not Out 2018-12-09 11:22:51 PM WHITE COLLAR CRIME PAYS IN CANADA 11,000 people DEFRAUDED out of MILLIONS and no one seems to care! White collar crime is just as serious a crime as murder! Me and my family have been affected by the actions of the FORTRESS GROUP just as if I had been shot by a gun or run over by a car. At least if I was dead my family would still be able to carry on financially. With white collar crime the money is gone and we’re left to cope with GRIEF and FINANCIAL RUIN! And the perpetrators get off with a slap on the wrist and are able to go out and prey on the next bunch of unsuspecting victims! Between 2007 and 2009, when VINCE PETROZZA and JAWAD RATHORE were directors of Phoenix Credit Risk Management and Phoenix Capital Resources Inc. they admitted to a stock manipulation scheme which contravened the securities law and engaged in 'conduct contrary to the public interest' and subsequently had to pay $3,000,000 to the Ontario Securities Commission to compensate victims. Forward to 2011 when they moved on to start the FORTRESS GROUP OF COMPANIES, which included FDS BROKER SERVICES INC., FFM CAPITAL INC. and FMP MORTGAGE INVESTMENTS INC and then set out to DEFRAUD 11,000 other unsuspecting people. YOU SEE FOLKS, LEOPARDS DONT CHANGE THEIR SPOTS!!! In 2012 I was introduced to a friend of my boss who was a mortgage broker. I trusted him. He presented me with the Mady/Collier project in Barrie and as I was born and raised in Barrie it seemed like a good fit. I would be helping with a local project. I did my homework before I invested, checked out Mady Homes, who had a 40 year stellar track record, the City of Barrie was planning on leasing one whole floor as well as a group of Barrie lawyers who were leasing another whole floor. The project seemed solid. Many people much smarter than me (other investment brokers, police officers, businessmen) were investing. Had I seen even one article that FSCO hinted at problems with Fortress or syndicated mortgages I would have backed away. I was told that I would need a minimum of $100,000 or they wouldn’t even consider me. So I put $60,000 RRSP money and obtained a HELOC for $40,000. This was to be for 2 years until the project was completed with a possible extension of 6 months. Never at any time was I told that there was a possibility that I could lose my money. Unfortunately before the 2 years was up Mady declared bankruptcy. At first my broker kept assuring me that everything was fine. He even went so far as to bring Jawad Rathore up to Barrie to meet with me and they both assured me I was still on title and that Fortress was going to step in and finish the project. Gradually after that my agent was becoming more distant, not answering phone calls or emails and eventually then nothing from him at all. Meanwhile, my husband had had a stroke and was diagnosed with dementia. I had been commuting to Mississauga for my job (office administration) and had to quit to be closer to home. I took a minimum wage retail job but eventually the financial strain and emotional wear and tear got to me and we had to sell our home which my husband had lived in for 54 years. We moved to a small retirement community 30 kms outside of Barrie where I could get some caregiver assistance and I am still working part time at another minimum wage job at the age of 72 The hopes of ever recovering my money were disappearing and I didn’t know who to turn to. It was embarrassing to admit to anyone what I had done and had lost our retirement savings. By chance, a few months ago, I was 'googling' Fortress and found David Franklin's name. I emailed him and he got back to me the same day. Through him I have found other investors who have all be defrauded by Fortress and let down by our own government. FSCO should be sued for not doing their job to protect Canadians from this situation. They ignored the evidence their own staff presented to them back in 2011. Why were these low life scum bags allowed to set up shop as FORTRESS and perpetrate fraud on 11,000 more investors with their previous track record. Where was FSCO and why did they allow this to happen?