Eze Group directors ordered to pay back over £400,000
At a hearing in Birmingham Crown Court last week, Dominic O’Reilly and his step daughter Stephanie, who had previously pleaded guilty to offences under the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008 for their roles in aggressive mis-selling between 2014 and 2017, were ordered to pay back £424,560 for their part in running a ‘leisure club’ scam.
Eze Group businesses would invite consumers, typically existing timeshare owners, on a free ‘mini break’, which included a presentation given by Eze staff. Some presentations lasted up to eight hours and attendees were subjected to aggressive and highly manipulative sales tactics to encourage them to sign up for services they did not want or need, including services to dispose of timeshares and a ‘club membership’ offering discounts that didn’t really exist.
The presentations made false claims that victims’ existing timeshares would last in perpetuity and that huge debts would be passed onto their children unless consumers signed up to Eze timeshare disposal services.
If the O’Reillys fail to pay the latest confiscation orders within three months, they will face further prison time: Dominic O’Reilly would face a default sentence of a further two years behind bars and Stephanie O’Reilly would face a default sentence of 18 months’ imprisonment.
For more information, go to https://timesharebusinesscheck.org/eze-group-scam-update/
Mr Bernard Clarke
October 23, 2020 at 2:00 pmWe were EZE Group members and paid over £12,000 to them and never got any holiday from them. I borrowed the money as they said I would get it back in the savings we would save on holiday’s and shopping using a discount card from them. We got nothing.
Nikkie
October 29, 2020 at 1:18 pmThank you for your comment. We would advise you to contact the Timeshare Helpline. This free service is funded by EUROC and is operated by Kwikchex, who are approved by the UK Trading Standards: Telephoning from the UK: 01823 510625, Telephoning from outside the UK: 00 44 1823 510625, Email: info@timesharetaskforce.org.
Paul edmonds
April 21, 2021 at 11:33 amDad and me paid £8000 and never got a holiday didn’t get discounts as promised unfortunately dad passed away 2 years ago. Would like our money back
Nikkie
May 25, 2021 at 10:37 amThank you for your comment, please contact info@rdo.org so we can assist further and please state where you own when contacting us.