I'm just interested to know if anyone has had any dealings with a Gold Coast company by the name of "The White Knights for Justice" and its director Mr Kenneth Michael Neal aka Mike Neal.
Mr Neal claims to be a White Knight who assist consumers who find themselves in a situation where they have been ripped off and need assistance. On his website http://www.whiteknights.com.au/ he claims there are no set fees for their services (which obviously allows him to get around licensing issues as they relate to debt collection services they perform.)
A couple of years ago Mr Neal demanded $3000 from a lady to recover $100,000 she had lost in a Gold Coast property scam. It seems he did very little to recover her money and soon after demanded more. He refused to properly account for what he had done for the money already handed over, so soon after found himself fronting a QCAT hearing.
After stalling the process in every way he could, 3 different QCAT hearings about the matter effectively came to the same determinations.
1) Mr Neal had been unable to properly account for the work he said he had done on the case, and 2) that Mr Neal had been breaching the licensing legislation which relates to debt recovery services because he had demanded a 'fee for service' and not a donation as he was attempting to claiming.
He was ordered to repay the victim the full amount he had demanded from her +court costs. Just over $3000.
Mr Neal appealed this final decision as well, but his application was subsequently rejected.
Since then Mr Neal tried to convince the victim that he was going to declare himself bankrupt and that she should instead accept a payment of $500 to be paid in installments, as full and final payment of the debt. Fortunately the victim rejected his offer and proceeded with enforcement action through the magistrates court at which point Mr Neal mysteriously came up with the full payment, the day before the hearing!
Since then Mr Neal has been sending emails to the victim (and a colleague who assisted her) claiming that the SAS members of his organization were angry and were likely to retaliate with violence against them. Can you believe this nonsense?
It appears to me that this man is positively delusional. He claims to be an ex SAS member (see his website) but has refused to supply any evidence of this. It also seems obvious that he thinks he is the commander of some sort of covert vigilante group and therefore a law unto himself.
If anyone knows anything else about this man or his dodgy operation I'd be interested to hear about it. Incidentally, a recent investigation by the Office of Fair Trading also found that he was operating in breach of the legislation and I understand he was warned as a result. His actions to date suggest that he is unlikely to take much notice of anything anyone tells him. I think it's time the public were warned that's all.
Hopefully this will prevent someone else falling for his antics.
Hopefully this will prevent someone else falling for his antics.
This so called White Night scammed me out of $900 dollars , he did nothing to find the person I was looking for , took the money and then did nothing, tried calling and calling him, just never ever took any calls and never answered his phone number that he gave me .
I was a single Mother to , and he said also he could find anyone .
Just the biggest liar on the Gold Coast , I thought he was out of business. HE SHOULD BE !!!
This so called White Night scammed me out of $900 dollars....................... ,
Thanks for your post. I believe there are likely to be many more stories like this out there. As I alluded to previously, the Office of Fair Trading has recently investigated his operation and found that he was acting illegally as a debt recovery agent (without being properly licensed.
If in the last 2 years you have found yourself to be a victim of Mr Neal's antics as described above, can I suggest you not only post your experiences here to warn others, but also report your experiences to the Office of Fair Trading QLD. (I make reference to the 2 years, as the Office of Fair Trading don't act on complaints that are over 2 years old. I'm not sure if this is a statutory requirement or an internal policy.)
I believe it is time he was closed down altogether. There are suspicions about many of Mr Neal's very public claims, including his service in the UK SAS. He has repeatedly been asked to show some evidence of this but he refuses to do so, instead claiming it is all secret.
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