Will Divine Concessions International Wil Divine of Concessions International; Scammer, Bull-s**t Artist or ........ ? You decide! Santa monica, California

So often people judge you on a simple google search without knowing anything about you. It is a fact that anyone in the world can write anything about you on the internet and 90% of the people will believe it. I can tell you it is very hurtful that people cast judgement upon you without even seeing if what was posted on the internet is even true or not. Worse yet are those who try to extort money out of you by threatening to post false things about you and if you do not pay them then you are condemned by everyone who views this. I am afraid to say this has happened to me and you can see an example of this here: Personal Website https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtUBFuTKwww&t=5s

The fact is that I have a spotless history, at one point I shared an office an computer systems with some people who were being investigated by the FBI and I offered them all of the computer hard drives from my entire business career to them to aid in their investigation. I know of no one who in my business would have done this willingly with the confidence of even the slightest wrong doing. A few parking tickets have been my only offence in my life and you can now verify this on the internet. If you do not believe me I will be happy to give you the phone number of the person who was leading this investigation. In fact both the FBI and CIA offered to hire me but I turned them down.

Further I have zero civil law suits with anyone even though many that I have done business with have not honoured their contracts with me and owed me money but instead of going through litigation I go on to try to create a positive relationship with others.

I am an idealist, and optimist and try as I might to see how we can see the good in each other and create great things working together instead of trying to hurt other for profit. I can only hope that you feel the same way.

It seems like anyone can use the internet to post false information about you then demand money from you to take it down. I had a business dispute with these guys for a small amount of money which I agreed to pay back but apparently not fast enough for them so they have posted all sorts of false information about me and twisted the truth to make me look bad. What these people are doing is not right, I never owed them any money but agreed to pay them back to keep them happy. However in the end I had to sue them in court to make them stop posting all the false information about me and my company because it has greatly hurt both my business and personal life. Myself and out company has very little financial resources but we have had to spend all our savings on this law suit because these people would not stop. Recently a key employee and someone very important in my life had her mother diagnosed with kidney cancer and she needs $70,000 dollars for an operation to save her life which I do not have because I have spent it on this lawsuit. So I hope that these people realize that when you do dirty dishonest things to get money it does have a ripple effect that can end up killing someone. I have given all the money we can and I am her only real hope so I hope we all can take this is an example that our actions have often severe and lasting consequences. Here are some pics of her in the hospital and deaths door. In my opinion Mike Hepworth, Rick Brown, Basil Botha, Raul Sanabria are responsible for her death if it comes to that. They also call themselves Alpha Resources Management, Inc. They also have a company called Northern Iron Corp., Condor Precious Metals, Firesteel Resources Ltd., G4G Resources and Hepworth + Co.

A new form of extortion is emerging, post false information about a company or individual unless they pay ou money. Not long ago our company made a JV with Mike Hepworth, Rick Brown, Basil Botha, Raul Sanabria who called themselves Alpha Resources Management, Inc. They also have a company called Northern Iron Corp., Condor Precious Metals, Firesteel Resources Ltd., G4G Resources and Hepworth + Co.

The JV was to develop oil projects in Iraq and they put up some money to sponsor the first trip to Iraq, they wanted out of the deal when it became necessary for me to look for other parties because they were not fully supporting our operations there. I agreed to pay them back even though we were not obligated to do so. However since our financial situation has not been good since we ended up solely supporting our operations in Iraq without their help up we could only afford $2,000 per month.

The guys threatened a “media campaign” unless I paid them more which was not possible so they launched into this posting all sorts of false information about me and my company all over the internet including the accusation that we did not even go to Iraq but it was some sort of scam. This is very offensive in that me and my country manager risked our lives there for almost a month and my country manager has been there for months afterwards to pursue projects there. We are all over the Iraqi media, on TV, on radio, in the newspapers so in essence these guys are posting false information to extort money out of us.

These guys were threatening a second wave of their “media campaign” and what they are doing is inventing fictitious people to post on the internet all sort of absurd things. If finally dawned on me because I have never heard of these people and they simply do not exist, also we have traced the IP address back to this guy Mike Hepworth. They have even created fictitious woman to post all sorts of negative things about me that they have made up saying bizarre things that has got my finance’ so upset she has left me and gone back to Russia.

The day when you can let a person destroy another person’s life by posting false information on the internet is a sad day, so your help in creating something positive here would be greatly appreciated. So if you know of these guys please ask them to stop since this crosses the line of all decency.

Well people should think about doing business Alpha Resources Management, guys who pose as different fictitious people posting false information on the internet which is a criminal offense especially when they attack my personal relationship with my wife to be who is so upset by this false fraudulent postings that she has left me and gone back to Russia. We have proof because we have traced the IP addresses of these fictitious people back to their computers.

I had these people extorting me for money on the internet if I did not pay them they would put negative posts about me which is not true so I hope this is not the reason why you do not want to talk since I am the victim here and maybe you not have not experienced this in your life but anyone can write anything about you on the internet and for some strange reason most people will believe it. It is very sad that people do this but it is worse still that it can ruin a mutually prosperous business relationship because of fake news and media that people use to hurt other people.

Not sure why you do not want to talk with me but if you rely on a google search to form your opinion of someone is not a very good way to get an accurate profile. You should view this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtUBFuTKwww&t=5s

Anyone can write anything about you that is not true but for some reason people believe it, hard to understand until it happens to you but it is personally hurtful so before you cast your opinion of someone maybe take the time to know who that person really is and not via Google.

I risked my life for in Iraq by going there with no security to obtain rights to oil fields they wanted.

I find it quite amusing that you think that I am part of some scam, I have never scammed anyone in my life. I have no criminal record nor have I ever been investigated for such things. On the contrary at one point in my life I gave all my money away to help the poor and started the first charity involving the oil industry to help the poor around the world for their energy needs.

Lastly I was contacted by the FBI who were investigating someone I knew and I volunteered to give them all my computer hard drives they could look at for the past 30 years. They did not ask for these hard drives I simply gave everything to them without them asking.

All of the above are facts and I am happy to provide you with evidence. You know I can post something false about you on the internet and most people will believe it and it will be there for the rest of your life like a curse.

To say these things about me is very hurtful and totally untrue and I fail to understand why you would jump to the conclusion that I am a bad person without knowing me, have you maybe thought the opposite might be true?

Are there not enough negative things in the world without us imagining more negative things about each other to add to it? Next time please get your facts straight before saying negative things about someone.

So often people judge you on a simple google search without knowing anything about you. It is a fact that anyone in the world can write anything about you on the internet and 90% of the people will believe it. I can tell you it is very hurtful that people cast judgement upon you without even seeing if what was posted on the internet is even true or not. Worse yet are those who try to extort money out of you by threatening to post false things about you and if you do not pay them then you are condemned by everyone who views this. I am afraid to say this has happened to me and you can see an example of this here: Personal Website http://www.dooid.me/wildivine%20or%20https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtUBFuTKwww&t=5s

The fact is that I have a spotless history, at one point I shared an office an computer systems with some people who were being investigated by the FBI and I offered them all of the computer hard drives from my entire business career to them to aid in their investigation. I know of no one who in my business would have done this willingly with the confidence of even the slightest wrong doing. A few parking tickets have been my only offence in my life and you can now verify this on the internet. If you do not believe me I will be happy to give you the phone number of the person who was leading this investigation. In fact both the FBI and CIA offered to hire me but I turned them down.

Further I have zero civil law suits with anyone even though many that I have done business with have not honoured their contracts with me and owed me money but instead of going through litigation I go on to try to create a positive relationship with others.

I even started the first ever charity focused on the oil industry over 25 years ago called Petroleum Foundation of America to take flare gas in impoverished countries and procvide fuel for heating and cooking and power to people who could not afford such things. I got no support in doing this from the oil industry so I funded it out of my own pocket so I challenge anyone to find anything about me in my career that I am not proud of and was done honorably and honestly.

For 15 years I was a monk living in a monastery where I practice poverty, chansity and obidence and gave away all my positions and wealth to the poor and served them via many charities our monastery set up and others I created. My goal was to be a Saint and practice virtue and try as I might to be selfless. This is not something I share easily since people in my business cannot understand this kind of path in life.

Currently I am working in many corrupt and dangerious countries around the world to give me incentives to people in the government to be honest and to work with me to engineer transactions which are free of corruption and benifit everyone including their own people in providing good paying jobs and business opportunities. I am further providing incentives for both government and industry to doing greater environmental practices and give to charitible causes in the countries where they operate. Please know that all of the above are facts that one can verify not some guys who are putting up some silly nonsense on the internet so as to extort money from people.

I am an idealist, and optimist and try as I might to see how we can see the good in each other and create great things working together instead of trying to hurt other for profit. I really do not understand why some people love to find negative things about each other even when totally untrue and in time become jaded and bitter thinking only of the dark side of life and people. I would rather see the light, hope and goodness and have the courage to unite with those who want to create good and positive things that will benifit all. I can only hope that you feel the same way.

Regards,

Bill

Ever heard of extortion via posting false information on the internet that could ruin your life for years? It could happen to you. Two years ago I got some investors to back me a very dangerous project in Iraq, these investors where Mike Hepworth, Rick Brown, Basil Botha, Raul Sanabria and they are involved with the following companies Alpha Resources Management, Inc., Northern Iron Corp., Condor Precious Metals, Firesteel Resources Ltd., G4G Resources and Hepworth + Co.

These gentlemen backed my trip to Iraq and I went risking my life saving money by not having much security and driving all over Iraq for a month signing MOU's on getting the rights to develop giant oil fields there.

When I came back and gave them the go forward budget they wanted their money back because it was too high and said if I did not give it to them immediately they would do an internet media blitz to destroy my life unless I paid them. Since I was supporting an operation in Iraq I could not pay them back as fast as they wanted so they made false claims and posted them on the internet. They went so far as to create virtual woman to say thing to destroy my personal life all of which worked.

These false postings destroyed my business and our financial situation so much so when the mother of my future wife to be got terminal cancer I would not save her life with urgent treatments because of these gentlemen destroying my finances. How low can people go for the sake of money? But even after two years when I travel the world trying to do business or make new friends they always Google me and these false posting come up and it destroys everything and I get hurtful messages saying I am a "scammer".

The irony is that I risked my life and the life of my associates going through war zones to feed the greed of these gentlemen but it was not good enough to they tried extortion via fraudulent statements. They are being sued and will pay for all this damage when the facts come out in court. But to this day everyone believes this fraud that they have posted and one cannot get it removed without huge court costs.

What is the world coming too? They have cleverly done this by using my name of William Divine, William Devine and my company Concession International, Inc. God help us all if this is what is allowed on the internet. If you want to see a video of what happened you can see here http://www.dooid.me/wildivine

I had these people extorting me for money on the internet if I did not pay them they would put negative posts about me which is not true so I hope this is not the reason why you do not want to talk since I am the victim here and maybe you not have not experienced this in your life but anyone can write anything about you on the internet and for some strange reason most people will believe it. It is very sad that people do this but it is worse still that it can ruin a mutually prosperous business relationship because of fake news and media that people use to hurt other people.

Did you watch the video about the guys who posted false things about me in order to extort money from me? Guys I risked my life for in Iraq by going there with no security to obtain rights to oil fields they wanted.

I find it quite amusing that you think that I am part of some scam, I have never scammed anyone in my life. I have no criminal record nor have I ever been investigated for such things. On the contrary at one point in my life I gave all my money away to help the poor and started the first charity involving the oil industry to help the poor around the world for their energy needs.

Lastly I was contacted by the FBI who were investigating someone I knew and I volunteered to give them all my computer hard drives they could look at for the past 30 years. They did not ask for these hard drives I simply gave everything to them without them asking.

All of the above are facts and I am happy to provide you with evidence. You know I can post something false about you on the internet and most people will believe it and it will be there for the rest of your life like a curse.

To say these things about me is very hurtful and totally untrue and I fail to understand why you would jump to the conclusion that I am a bad person without knowing me, have you maybe thought the opposite might be true?

Are there not enough negative things in the world without us imagining more negative things about each other to add to it? Next time please get your facts straight before saying negative things about someone.

if you rely on a google search to form your opinion of someone is not a very good way to get an accurate profile. You should view this: http://www.dooid.me/wildivine or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtUBFuTKwww&t=5s

Anyone can write anything about you that is not true but for some reason people believe it, hard to understand until it happens to you but it is personally hurtful so before you cast your opinion of someone maybe take the time to know who that person really is and not via Google.

It would be a shame not to do business on a misconception of someone based on inaccurate information.

Right after Brad Griffiths, the Tyab brothers and I created Griffiths Energy which later became Caracal one of the most successful recent oil start-ups I was contacted by some Canadian mining guys who wanted me to do the same for them. I went to Iraq and risked my life on their behalf of these four individuals Mike Hepworth, Basil Botha, Raul Sanabria and Rick Brown. They financed my first trip there and I personally drove all over Iraq with little security in the middle of summer and I signed several agreements on some super giant oil fields on their behalf.

When I returned to the U.S. and gave them the go forward budget they felt the costs were too high they wanted out, I told them I will repay them even though I was not obligated to do so but they demanded all the money otherwise they would invent stories and smear me on the internet. This was five years ago and even though they just fabricated a bunch of nonsense and put it on the internet it has severally hurt my ability to do business and have a personal life.

I never thought anyone would stoop so low as to this and I have asked them to remove these postings for five years all in vain. If you know these individuals then I would ask you to encourage them to do the right thing and remove these posts.

I am writing these because some people are using the internet to extort money out of me by smearing me on the internet with false posts about me unless I pay them off. These postings about me are wrong and they seem determined to do me as much injury as possible to me without knowing who I am. I am available to speak with anyone directly in informing them correct facts. It makes for a great story about the evil oil person who is trying to do bad things  but I am afraid the opposite is true because no one to date had heard my story and been told the correct facts.

I have kept silent to date because quite frankly it is too painful and I have just ignored all of this nonsense. However their postings to make me a villain have hurt me deeply and have destroyed many of relationships with people I care about and love. For some reason some people believe if you write anything on a website that it therefore must be true.

These people do not realize it that it is illegal to publish false information about someone so that it damages both their personal and business relationships. I have had not choice but to sue these people court and my council advises me that I will win considerable damages these individuals and there company for publishing false information about me.

In addition people who have read these postings have personally gone to people who are friends of mine and business associates an telling them what a horrible person I am and none of the people doing these postings has ever met me. However you must know that I have never sued anyone before because I believe in creating positive things helping people and not pursing a fight with anyone but prefer to find a way to work together to create something positive and I have tried with these people but to no avail.

I cannot tell you how much hurt and pain these postings has caused me, almost everyone in business and personal life especially when they first met you does a Google search on you these postings come up and they concluded that I am some sort of horrible person. I can easily put on a website things about these people and all their friends and families will see it and disown them and then they will know what I have been going through. How much pain and sorrow must they bring  to my life, why is it necessary to hurt someone whom you do not know and have some very false notion about?

I find it very ironic that I am disparaged on the internet when I have worked very hard all my life to practice virtue. As a monk in a monastery I also gave away all my money in starting a charity in the oil business to help poor people in third world countries with their energy needs as well as a fund to help woman in poor countries start businesses. I further helped build 25,000 homes and a state of the art hospital in India among other things. This and many things they do not know about me and I would welcome anyone to contact me via the phone, my number is +52-15514152606 and tell you about me.

Some of the people behind this smear campaign are Mike Hepworth, he is behind Nordic Gold also call themselves Alpha Resources Management, Inc.  They also have a company called Northern Iron Corp., Condor Precious Metals, Firesteel Resources Ltd., G4G Resources and Hepworth + Co.

Why must people hurt other people when the world is so full of pain?

Regards,

William Divine

I’ve known about the existence of this complaint for some time now but have been hesitant to post a reply because I have no firsthand knowledge of the underlying dispute. But I do have firsthand knowledge about Wil. Although I haven’t been in touch with Wil Divine for years, I’ve known Wil both personally and professionally. Knowing Wil, I find the conclusions in this complaint to be farfetched. Moreover, I don’t believe that the facts presented in this complaint support the complainant’s conclusions.

This complaint contains some pretty harsh language, such as scam, BS artist, and rip-off. Terms like that generally refer to situations where money is invested for one purpose, and then the money is either spent on something else or someone simply absconded with the funds. But that’s not what this complaint alleges. What is alleged in the complaint is a lack of success, or in the complainant’s own words:

“He took money but delivered nothing.”

No place in this report does the complainant allege that Wil did not go to Iraq or did not make a good faith effort to bring the project to fruition. The complainant only alleges that Wil was not able to procure the contractual agreements they had hoped for. That is, of course, unfortunate for everyone involved, but it does not describe a scam.

As a career oilman myself, I can tell you that oil ventures are, by nature, high risk/high return investments. It would not be unusual to invest $50K and get a return of $500K. It would also not be unusual lose $50K on an oil investment, or even lose $50K several times in a row. That risk is the price investors pay for a chance at high returns. Clearly, oil investment isn’t for everyone.

As for the project failing, the project ended when the complainant pulled funding for the project. The complaint does not allege that Wil no longer wanted to bargain for contracts. The effort ended because the complainant lost faith in the project and didn’t want to risk additional funds. While understandable, he had to know at that the project was doomed without funding. On that point, the complainant has to accept his share of responsibility for the project failing.

The next issue in the complaint alleges that Wil tried to bring other investors into the deal. When I saw that, I couldn’t help but wonder if it happened at a time when Wil was sensing that the complainant was about to cut funding to the project. Rather than lose all efforts to date, it would be reasonable to look for other capital. The complaint stated that Wil gave his word that the deal would be exclusive, but made no mention of a written contractual agreement to do so. We have only the complainant’s word on a verbal promise.

The last issue in the complaint is that Wil did not refund the investment capital. That would be highly unusual. In fact I’ve never heard of it happening. Again, the promise stems from another verbal agreement, since no written contractual promise was alleged. I have to wonder what kind of pressure the complainant might have put on Wil to get him to make such a promise.

I have sympathy for the complainant’s investment loss. I understand that any loss is a big deal to an investment manager. I get that. But the amount of anger displayed in this complaint suggests that the source of investment capital might not have been appropriate for the kind of risks that oil ventures typically carry. Was this investment manager risking the life savings of elderly pensioners? I can’t help but wonder how the complainant got himself into the position of losing money that could make him become this upset, and how experienced of an investment manager he might be.

I’ll conclude with some detailed information about Wil Divine. Wil has spent his entire adult life in the oil business, mostly managing oil lease properties. Wil has specific talents. He was schooled by a family member on the thought processes and motivations of major oil company land managers. Wil knows when a major oil company sees an oil lease as a liability, and what he can say to get a land manager to divest the lease to Wil, sometimes for very little. In fact I’ve seen Wil actually be given oil leases for nothing but the $10 legal peppercorn. What’s more, land managers at Shell, Chevron, Texaco and other major oil companies will take his phone calls, which is a major feat, in and of itself. That’s because Wil speaks their language, understands their problems, and they know him. I’ve always contended that if Wil didn’t have health challenges that a major oil company would have picked him up as a land manager decades ago.

I’m genuinely sorry that the complainant lost money, but knowing Wil I’m confident that he gave this project his best effort. There is nothing in the complaint that suggests otherwise. Wil doesn’t seem to be around anymore and I’m more than a little concerned about him. That could be due, at least in part, to this complaint.

In my opinion this complaint should be taken down, for the simple reason that the complaint does not describe a rip-off or scam. Instead, the complaint describes an effort to procure contractual agreements that never materialized. While unfortunate, it doesn’t rise to the level of a rip-off or scam.

Contact:  o i l p a t c h @ u n o c a l . o r g

Mike Hepworth, Basil Botha, Raul Sanabria, Rick Brown, Latin American Mineral, Inc.

I went to Iraq and risked my life on the behalf of these four individuals, I spent all the money I had and even did not have body guards and other security measures to seek oil and gas fields on behalf of these people.
When they felt the costs were too high they wanted out since they do not understand the oil business, I told them I will repay them even though I was not obligated but they demanded all the money otherwise they would invent stories and smear me on the internet.

Do not trust any of these individuals. If you need to see additional details on this including a video please see:
http://www.dooid.me/wildivine

These individuals have no shame and will invent false things and put them on the internet unless you pay them extortion fees.

It seems like anyone can use the internet to post false information about you then demand money from you to take it down. I had a business dispute with these guys for a small amount of money which I agreed to pay back but apparently not fast enough for them so they have posted all sorts of false information about me and twisted the truth to make me look bad.  What these people are doing is not right, I never owed them any money but agreed to pay them back to keep them happy.  However in the end I had to sue them in court to make them stop posting all the false information about me and my company because it has greatly hurt both my business and personal life.  Myself and out company has very little financial resources but we have had to spend all our savings on this law suit because these people would not stop.  Recently a key employee and someone very important in my life had her mother diagnosed with kidney cancer and she needs $70,000 dollars for an operation to save her life which I do not have because I have spent it on this lawsuit.  So I hope that these people realize that when you do dirty dishonest things to get money it does have a ripple effect that can end up killing someone.  I have given all the money we can and I am her only real hope so I hope we all can take this is an example that our actions have often severe and lasting consequences. Here are some pics of her in the hospital and deaths door. In my opinion Mike Hepworth, Rick Brown, Basil Botha, Raul Sanabria are responsible for her death if it comes to that. They also call themselves Alpha Resources Management, Inc.  They also have a company called Northern Iron Corp., Condor Precious Metals, Firesteel Resources Ltd., G4G Resources and Hepworth + Co.

I think an explanation is necessary. A new form of extortion is emerging, post false information about a company or individual unless they pay them money. Not long ago our company made a JV with Mike Hepworth, Rick Brown, Basil Botha, Raul Sanabria who called themselves Alpha Resources Management, Inc. They also have a company called Northern Iron Corp., Condor Precious Metals, Firesteel Resources Ltd., G4G Resources and Hepworth + Co.

The JV was to develop oil projects in Iraq and they put up some money to sponsor the first trip to Iraq, they wanted out of the deal when it became necessary for me to look for other parties because they were not fully supporting our operations there. I agreed to pay them back even though we were not obligated to do so. However since our financial situation has not been good since we ended up solely supporting our operations in Iraq without their help up we could only afford $2,000 per month.

The guys threatened a “media campaign” unless I paid them more which was not possible so they launched into this posting all sorts of false information about me and my company all over the internet including the accusation that we did not even go to Iraq but it was some sort of scam. This is very offensive in that me and my country manager risked our lives there for almost a month and my country manager has been there for months afterwards to pursue projects there. We are all over the Iraqi media, on TV, on radio, in the newspapers so in essence these guys are posting false information to extort money out of us.

These guys were threatening a second wave of their “media campaign” and what they are doing is inventing fictitious people to post on the internet all sort of absurd things. If finally dawned on me because I have never heard of these people and they simply do not exist, also we have traced the IP address back to this guy Mike Hepworth. They have even created fictitious woman to post all sorts of negative things about me that they have made up saying bizarre things that has got my finance’ so upset she has left me and gone back to Russia.

The day when you can let a person destroy another person’s life by posting false information on the internet is a sad day, so your help in creating something positive here would be greatly appreciated. So if you know of these guys please ask them to stop since this crosses the line of all decency.

Well people should think about doing business Alpha Resources Management, guys who pose as different fictitious people posting false information on the internet which is a criminal offense especially when they attack my personal relationship with my wife to be who is so upset by this false fraudulent postings that she has left me and gone back to Russia. We have proof because we have traced the IP addresses of these fictitious people back to their computers.

got emails of multiple deals, asked for details, offered to fly to California at our expense to see data rooms.

got no details, no details, demands for fee agreements.

told him only success based fees.

no details, told him to not contact him

now got demand for money for his "expenses" finding deals for us.

Beware, this guy is bad news.

Will Divine tried to sue us in California for posting this report. The case was dismissed on 26th April by the court in Santa Monica. Case # SC119326.

We have now filed a case against him and Concessions international for fraud.

Stand by for further updates.

I would like to add that I do not owe them any money, we had a joint venture of high risk and we spent the money in Iraq risking our lives for the JV.  In our agreement there is no provision for paying back money but I agreed to do so to keep good relations.  However since they pulled out of the JV we continued to support the project in Iraq with our own money and therefore are very low in funds to pay them back.  We offered a payment schedule but it was not enough and the threatened to "launch a media campaign" to make me and my company look back unless we gave them the money back. First saying lies about a person or company is illegal and so is extortion.  I am still willing to pay them back on a payment plan that we can afford but they have already started this campaign of lies which is very childish in my opinion, and it only makes them look bad.  Again if anyone wants to hear the whole story I am here at 310-531-7600, Thank you William Divine

I guess it is very sad that I have to go through this but the truth is that we entered into a JV relationship with this company to pursue projects in Iraq.  This company put up the money and I and an associate went to Iraq and spent almost a month there risking our lives to pursue oil projects. This company did not send us funds in a timely manner which put our operations in Iraq is serious trouble so we sought outside help from other parties and this group found out about our efforts and decided to end our JV and asked for the money back.  I have agreed to give there money back but the pay back schedule is not enough money for them soon enough so they are trying to extort us by putting false information around the internet because they know we are very sensitive about our reputation.  It is a sad day in this world when people can post untrue information on the internet to hurt others. If anyone wants to hear the story in detail they can call my office at 310-531-7600  William Divine