The Passport Debacle
The next red flag came when I was tasked with talking to customers who had paid thousands for an under-the-table Bulgarian passport to try to convince them to switch to a Paraguay passport. You see, it turns out that just like the ATM, the Bulgain passport program that people had bought into simply didn’t exist. So now I had to explain to tell them that the Bulgain plan was bogus but we had a completely sure thing with a new under-the-table deal in Paraguay. Only problem? That plan never came to fruition either and the lady providing these illegal services was arrested(1, 2).
Next Jeff said that he had a new program in Mexico where he could get them a passport in 2 months or less. But of course, that one didn’t work out either. At the end of it all, he shut down TDV passports and kept an untold amount of money without a single passport delivered. This resulted in the infamous video of him shirtless playing the victim to someone to whom he owed over a hundred thousand dollars. There are many people you can find on the internet who have still never been paid back to this day. (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
Copied from YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9BRFCo_6A9w&t=212s
"Jeff Berwick caught on tape about his Mexico passport scam. Video taken just before the first Anarchapulco conference, which Berwick funded with money he stole from victims of his Mexico passport scam. BERWICK EMAILS BELOW, pressuring a potential victim for $80,000 for a passport, stating to have processed 80-100 passports via his scam, including for children. Berwick did not refund their money. He stole it to promote himself."
Video quotes in comments.
Berwick admits that he "overspent" hundreds of thousands of dollars from just a handful of his victims (who took this video) of the many dozens he defrauded. After funding Anarchapulco with the stolen passport money, Berwick then funded his 2015 Shemitah doomsday scam. After his 2015 doomsday predictions were wrong, Berwick then concocted his 2016 Super Shemitah doomsday scam, fear mongering and pandering for more money.
Below, is copy from a July 30, 2015 email sent from Berwick to a passport client in the Middle East. This email was sent by Berwick nearly SIX MONTHS AFTER Berwick admitted in the February 2015 video above that he had squandered all of the money he took in from his past passport victims, and his passport scam was not working.
From: "Jeff Berwick" [email protected]
Date: 30 Jul 2015 2;17 am
Subject: Re: Confirmation before payment
To: "Fathi Elmuntasser"
Hi Fathi,
...TDV processed about 40-50 clients for Mexico alone from 2013-2015...although when adding spouses, children, etc. the total number of applicants was probably closer to 80-100, albeit many being children...
...if you do not delay in submitting the necessary documents to Mr. Ahmad and Mr. Martin upon request, your process should easily be finalized in the median average of 3-4 months from everything I that have seen of current processes.
Best,
Jeff
On Tue, Jul 28, 2015 at 3;30 PM, Fathi Elmuntasser wrote:
Dear Mr Berwick,
Your last response doesn't give me great confidence in pursuing my passport application. It seem's vague and diverts away from my line of enquiry. This is my concern.
Please respond with an answer to the following:
1. How many successful applications have TDV done for Mexican Citizenship? Single numbers, double digits? "numerous clients" could be 2 it could 22
2. On average how long did it take from starting the process to completion for your customers to getting the actual passport?
Thank you dear,
Fathi
