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Report: #1536038

Complaint Review: Grant L Hatlen and Michael Milton - Ft Lauderdale FL

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  • Reported By: Nolan — Abredeen South Dakota United States
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  • Grant L Hatlen and Michael Milton 5109 NE 17th Terrace Ft Lauderdale, FL United States

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Grant Hill and Michael Milton were Senior Partners at Baker Tilly's headquarters in Dubai. Grant Hill resided in South Africa, while Michael Milton was based in Ireland he moved  there from  Florida.

They claimed to offer project financing through Baker Tilly and required me to sign documentation, which was supposed to be officially signed by the firm. However, the documents were forged by Grant Hill and were never authorized by Baker Tilly, which had no knowledge of the transactions.

Both individuals were subsequently removed from Baker Tilly for misrepresenting their capabilities, taking money from clients under false pretenses, and engaging in fraudulent activities. They operated under the guise of a legitimate institution, using Baker Tilly emails and its website to appear credible. However, within three months, their association with Baker Tilly was terminated after the firm discovered their fraudulent dealings.

I wired them funds to set up bookkeeping and prepare everything for the acquisition of a business they had approved. We had multiple calls with the seller, during which they assured us they could finalize and complete the transaction.

They misappropriated the funds for personal use, and none of the money ever went to Baker Tilly as they had claimed.

They have built a career on fabricating stories about their business dealings, but it’s all a lie. Since then, their partnership has dissolved they will make claims without providing any real evidence, but I can present the facts and details to prove the truth.

They also scamed other clients within Baketilly.

I have filed reports with the FBI with no results Grant L Hill.

 

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#3 REBUTTAL Owner of company

Grant Hatlen and Darryn Hatlen

AUTHOR: Grant - (South Africa)

POSTED: Wednesday, July 09, 2025

 Mr Stanley. You approached us to finance an oil refinery | tank farm storage | oil drilling | fuel service stations network in the ECOWAS region. Yet you could not provide proof of land ownership | licensing | feasibility reports | in fact nothing except constant photos and emails of you walking on land you had 'identified' as the site to be developed. Additionally in the short period we knew you, you had several disagreements with other so called board members of your company, all of whom have communicated with me. Lastly, where did we rip you off? We never ripped you off, you couldn't even pay the legal due diligence fees, which we paid and are owed for (by the way the report on you was not at all good) yet we were still interested to continue investigations in the opportunity until you started sending us photos of yourself drunk in nightclubs, a married man, claiming to be spending $50,000 a night on drinks and women. Tell me, who will invest into anyone doing that, who has to be trusted to manage investors funds?

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#2 REBUTTAL Individual responds

Grant Hatlen

AUTHOR: Grant - (South Africa)

POSTED: Wednesday, July 09, 2025

 Nolan has posted against myself and Michael Milton. The truth is, he still owes us money and refuses to pay. He appointed us to help him acquire a company where he wanted to use the company's balance sheet to raise millions to enable him to do the acquisition. This after the company was sold, contracts signed and deposit paid by legitimate buyers, which we discovered when doing due diligence. Further to this, his family disowned Mr Nolan Ulmar, for stealing the money he paid our fees with from the family company without their knowledge or consent. He then asked us to help him raise funding against a piece of land he owned near a lake, which he had sold portions off for cash, without sub division or planning approvals, and the buyers were becoming annoyed and suspicious as Mr Ulmar had taken their money and could not provide title to them after taking their money. When Mr Milton and I informed him that we were withdrawing from helping him, he demanded $800,000 to not go to the authorities, we told him to do whatever he wants, we had done 8 months of legitimate and documented work for him, and he owed us $80,000 as contracted. However, knowing his wife wanted to leave him, that he was facing legal issues for the fraudulent lake land transactions, and his family had blacklisted him from working as a stockman due to fraud and theft, we decided to walk away. All the above is not only documented, we have full details of the above, phone numbers, names, emails and data. Unfortunately 75% of people looking for funding are not legitimate or don't qualify, some, like Mr Nolan Ulmar try almost anything to get what they want, win or lose. By his own admission in the post, several police agencies and the FBI rejected his request to take action, as his spurious claims are easily disproved. It's not worth commenting further, if you have had dealings with Mr Nolan Ulmar and lost money, and need proof of his actions, glad to assist

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#1 Consumer Comment

Grant Hatlen, and his son, Darryn Hatlen; two Indian South African scammers; Bryan Kuizon(Multistream Pty Ltd)

AUTHOR: Stanley - (Ghana)

POSTED: Thursday, June 19, 2025

 Please stay away from Grant Hatlen and his son Darryn Hatlen. These are two professionals scammers. They have mastered the art of confidence schemes. Grant and Darryn has no ability to provide any project funding in any shape or form to anyone. They're both experts of upfront fee scam. Their livelihoods in South Africa are just on just pretending to be project financier and conning gullible companies to pay them upfront fees in return of offering them billions and millions of dollars of funding. All lies. These are two real thieves! Also be careful of Bryan Kuizon of Multistream Pty Ltd. Bryan is a Filipino Aussie who is associated to the Hatlens and also aiding and abetting financial fraud in the form of upfront/advanced fees

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