Be aware of a con artist
Complaint
Salon owner
Country: Canada
Alain Lefebvre did exactly what the other complaints have indicated. Promised a marketing plan. Fell off after a couple of months and I have not heard from him since. He has not returned my phone calls or emails. I will not let this guy slide. I am going to follow up with the government and the better business bureau and seek legal advice
Comments
Harold Green is one of the best sales people I've ever come across. Very sweet, but possibly bitter sweet in the end.
I will be at Superior Court of Justice on January 14, 2014 at 10:am 7765 Hurontario St 2nd floor Brampton if anyone wants to be there to support this case. I have contacted the CanadianAntiFraudcallcentre.ca which everyone should call 1 888 495 8501 #805855. The Law Society offers a free service to discuss the case. I also have been in communications with Constable Skinner #2095 of Peel Regional Police at 1 800 269 1142 in regards to this matter. I also have an open occurence # with Peel Police it is #13-0608464. Anyone that has been affected by MMG can go into the Dixie division and make a Citizen Report Form and they will be forwarded to Constable Skinner. You can also email info@antifraudcentre.ca Let's put a stop to this scam!
After my court session I will be posting a full account of what happened at our clinic so that hopefully it doesn't happen to anyone else. Thank you. I can be reached at 905 891 9300
I currently work for MMGroup/MMG/Meridian Marketing Group. What is being said is true. They do indeed scam people.
They sign clients to a contract where a certain amount is due at the signing and the other half of the amount is due after 60 days of service. Should the client decide the service is not their cup of tea, they can cancel and get a full refund as long as it's within the 60 days from the signing. Their goal is to impress the clients enough to get past the 60 days and to receive the 2nd payment. From there, Alain and Tina will stop responding to emails.
There have been bailiffs and cops coming in to hand papers to him all the time. We are about to move offices again (2nd time in my tenure) because he refused to pay rent. There are other employees who have not received their pay, and past employees who have had similar problems. Help!
I am going to seek legal advice, is there any way I can do this and get compensation from them? I would most definetely lose my job after but I only found out this whole thing was a scam recently!
Montréal, Quebec, H3K-1G6
Would very much like to speak with you if possible.
I worked for MMG as an account coordinator. Big mistake. Alain has been investigated many times by the police, including on occasion on which they came to the office during working hours looking for him. He lied to customers on several occasions and stole money from clients. His colleagues, Nicholas Synnott and Harold Green, are lying cheats who stole money.
Nicholas and Alain abandoned their lease/contract on McGill College and took off with several thousands of dollars. They took all of the clients' cash then deserted the company HQ (at the time on McGill College) so they were unable to be traced (they left overnight). They defaulted on their rent, and then took up offices in Nun's Island (I hear they've moved again). They just disappeared because they are lying scum--especially Nicholas. He is the worst of the bunch because he would literally take clients' cash as his own. His marketing style is smooth and confident, but he is very deceptive and immoral.
They left the stranded employees and Sylvana (last name now forgotten), the accountant/controller, was left holding the bag. She fired several employees, including me, and then failed to pay any of the owing salaries. My case (and others) went to the employment court and she ultimately paid out (after several months of attempts to make her) using a personal cheque.
Watch out for these people. They are real crooks.
Nice to know that those signing the checks still get stuck holding the bag.
Only way to stop this.
I asked Mr Alan Lefever to come by my office again to have a discussion. He avoided me at all costs. Finally I told him about all the reviews I found on him and I would like him to explain himself. When it seemed to much of a bother for him to come in and talk to me about it, and he only said that these were just angry clients that did not follow his plan, then I decided to cancel the agreement (only 30 days in to the contract). I was well within my rights of the contract, and I wanted my full refund back.
I sent him many emails and phone calls and when I did finally get a hold of him, by email, he accepted my letter to cancel the contract and that he would give me my money back. 3 months later, no cheque, no email no communication. I then threatened him with a lawsuit. This is where he became aggressive, and combative. Telling me how he could crush me and that he has dealt with lawsuits before and it will take years to get to court, etc. He said he would never refund my money and that he would sell my client list to other people to make money off of it.
Well, I filed the lawsuit, and finally it has come to court.
If you are looking for Mr Alan Lefever of MMG or mmgusa.com or Meridian Marketing group then please come to court in Montreal. Here are the details:
Small Claims Court
10, Rue Saint-Antoine Est Montreal (Quebec) H2Y 1A2
June 22, 2015 @ 9pm Salle: 13.08
I would love to see as many people, employees, ex-partners and others who have been screwed by Mr. Alan Lefever to come to court. I will ask the judge if you can speak on my behalf.
I have an open and shut case, that Mr. Alan Lefever would like to dispute, with no defence, that is if he shows up at all.
Come on down and I can show you how to sue Mr. Alan Lefever and his company and the steps I took. Don't let him get away with your hard earned money.
Let me know if you have any questions.
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Just lost 6000$ to this guy and his compagny