Brokewater Marine Scam

[Rain City]

Just saw this article this morning. Wow. Anyone here get burned?

Fraud investigation at Surrey boat dealership leads to 33 charges: RCMP

Nearly three dozen charges have been laid against the owner of a Surrey boat dealership, Mounties say, after an investigation that lasted 20 months.

bc.ctvnews.ca

 

[Pineapple Express]

I just saw this article about the same place

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/surrey-bc-boat-dealer-fraud-33-charges-1.5929604

I know that it's been talked about before...don't recall if any SFBC members were directly involved

 

[Howzer]

If I had a boat there I would be worried, that's for sure....

 

[Fisherman Rob]

Breakwater Marine has come up in a number of discussions, to the benefit of SFBC members!

 

[Bonefizz]

"Another customer, Nick Wu, alleged when he brought his boat in for repair, it was later sold without his knowledge. In 2019 he claimed he was out $42,000."

yikes man

 

[wildmanyeah]

I don’t understand how this was not considered stealing after the first two incidents and went on for so long.

 

[dradons]

I hope he gets a long sentence. I think we are too soft on non-violtent crimes(White/Blue collar business crimes)..... Some person out $42K. That would be crippling to me. That is serious damage.

 

[Gong Show]

I have found the police to be brutal on this lately.
"It's a civil matter"
No, it's theft and that is in the criminal code.
"Nope, civil matter."

 

[fishin solo]

Shocked that Aaron is still alive....... 20 years ago you would have found his body floating down the mighty Fraser out to sea...... good times to be a crook , thief , or criminal...... he will likely get a slap on the wrist and some fines and restitution that nobody will see a dime of........ if they do, it will likely be 5 cents on the dollar......

 

[noluck]

too bad the kid went the wrong direction, i knew his dad quite well. also hope he pays for what he has done

 

[spring time]

too bad the kid went the wrong direction, i knew his dad quite well. also hope he pays for what he has doneDi.

Did they live in North delta I went to school with a Aaron fell

And my daughter plays ball with a girl and they were affected by him, I forget the story but I think they were one of the ones that started this

 

[sir-vivor]

This is nothing new, back in the late 80's and 90-'s when I was an auditor at the Bank, I had one special account , a large boat dealer in Winnipeg, that committed fraud (details to long to get into but involved credit cards, kiting, inventory, pay offs, empty boxes claimed to be full of product and on and on), after the smoke cleared he took the bank for just over 2 million, and that was HUGH money in those days. Think about it you could have bought a house in Winnipeg for 50-70K. Anyway, the Gent called the bank asked for a meeting and then explained what he did and the next day moved to Texas. He scammed many people and couldn't have cared less. But, every year that Bank location got a Chrismast card from Dave, wishing everyone a Merry Christmas. Oh and the Bank never prosecuted him because THEY DIDN'T WANT THE BAD PUBLICITY ! Its an old record that has played over and over and over for years. All I can say is DON'T TRUST ANYBODY, HAVE PROPER DOCUMENTED PROOF ANYTHING YOU LEAVE AT ANY DEALERSHIP OR HAVE DEPOSIT ON , or JUST BE A VICTIM !! And ..... TRUST ME ! , is the first sign your being scammed !
Looks like finally, if guilty, one of the scum bags will pay but the victims will never get full restitution for the aggravation and grief !

 

[Ringo]

This is nothing new, back in the late 80's and 90-'s when I was an auditor at the Bank, I had one special account , a large boat dealer in Winnipeg, that committed fraud (details to long to get into but involved credit cards, kiting, inventory, pay offs, empty boxes claimed to be full of product and on and on), after the smoke cleared he took the bank for just over 2 million, and that was HUGH money in those days. Think about it you could have bought a house in Winnipeg for 50-70K. Anyway, the Gent called the bank asked for a meeting and then explained what he did and the next day moved to Texas. He scammed many people and couldn't have cared less. But, every year that Bank location got a Chrismas card from Dave, wishing everyone a happy Christmas. Oh and the Bank never prosecuted him because THEY DIDN'T WANT THE BAD PUBLICITY ! Its an old record that has played over and over and over for years. All I can say is DON'T TRUST ANY BODY, HAVE PROPER DOCUMENTED PROOF ANY THING YOU LEAVE AT ANY DEALERSHIP OR HAVE DEPOSIT ON , or JUST BE A VICTIM !! And TRUST ME ! , Is the first sign of a problem !

Sadly, this is very true.

 

[noluck]

Did they live in North delta I went to school with a Aaron fell

And my daughter plays ball with a girl and they were affected by him, I forget the story but I think they were one of the ones that started this

dads name is Larry

 

[Bennie]

too bad the kid went the wrong direction, i knew his dad quite well. also hope he pays for what he has done

Knew the Dad as well and always had good interactions.

 

[Capt. Jack]

Ya know the guy's scamming you, stake out the business, He leave at the end of the day, follow him home...
several weeks or months later...strike. Revenge is a dish best served cold. Just make sure you don't get caught.
Ya can do little things, over weeks or even month, or perhaps even years.
If you do it right, the poor sap will think he's having a run of bad luck.

 

[Rain City]

Ya know the guy's scamming you, stake out the business, He leave at the end of the day, follow him home...
several weeks or months later...strike. Revenge is a dish best served cold. Just make sure you don't get caught.
Ya can do little things, over weeks or even month, or perhaps even years.
If you do it right, the poor sap will think he's having a run of bad luck.

I like this guy.

 

[fishin solo]

Death by a thousand cuts lol

 

[Capt. Jack]

Well, ya don't wanna kill 'em, just drive them nuts.