Equipment Resale, Fort Erie

So I paid a visit to the home of KMC Holdings / Equipment Resale at 51 Queen Street in Fort Erie today...

It's quite a sight... Bushes are growing over the walkway... destroyed old phone books/flyers decaying on front steps... bird poop on door handle...

Oh, did I mention the dirty stained mattresses on the front lawn? haahahahaaa...

I had to break through some cobwebs to get to the front door... Looking in the window I can see piles of unopened mail and other debris on the floor of the foyer... I was pretty sure nobody has been here in a while...

Found a car in the driveway with no plates...

The handle on the back door was missing... in the backyard there was a Ford HD pickup with the name "Fulline Farm and Garden Equipment" on the side... also back there was a decent looking Mercedes Benz (with plates) and some kind of sports car under a tarp...

Of course, nobody answered when I banged on the doors... Other than the Benz and the Ford pickup, the place looks pretty much abandoned...

The hydro meter on the side of the house was missing and there was just a metal plate there instead...

Oddly enough there was a sign on the house for HOC Global Solutions, but I'm pretty sure they are no longer here and the current owners just decided to keep the sign up to add to the confusion of any potential bill collectors...

I spoke to a couple neighbours... One said they have seen some dudes come and go, sometimes parking a flatbed truck out front... The other mentioned they saw some police activity there recently...

This is going to be a tough one to collect on.... haahahaaa...
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where to next Sherlock.... if trail leads to Winnipeg - let me know - #InsideTransportDetectiveAgency
 
Old HOC customs office I do believe. I would like the sign.
Yes, that is an old HOC Customs office... but they are no longer there...

If you really want the sign, I think you could probably just pull up out front and put a ladder against the house and pull it down... haahahaaa...

From what I can see, there will be nobody there to stop you...
 
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We are connecting dots all over the place, but this is a good ol fashioned shell game....

I've been in touch with the customs broker on this load and they currently have another shipment of 2 forklifts that is sitting in bond... The customs broker has also not been paid and said they will now refuse to clear this shipment at all unless all parties are paid...

Apparently the contact they have for the load is named Chris Dickson... Which, if you are following, appears to be a combination of the two previously mentioned names of Chris Taylor and Glen Dickson! o_O
 
Another connection between these two companies..

I ran a corporate profile report (at a cost of $8) on KMC Holdings in Fort Erie. The name of the person who registered this business is none other than Glen Dickson!
 
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Pose as a buyer for their equipment and would like to view/meet in person
Good Plan Sir... I'll have to call them from another phone number as they seem to be unwilling to take my calls...

Hey, is anyone out there willing to call them and see if they answer? haahahaa...

Phone number for Chris Taylor is 289-401-1513
 
The real question is "Glen Dickson" a real person or a fake identity?
I believe that he may be a real person, as he is listed as the person who incorporated KMC Holdings.

It's the other names I'm not sure of being real... Chris Taylor of KMC Holdings... Nick Taylor (the buyer of the forklifts) of Ferranti Machine... And the best one yet, is I've been given a name of Chris Dickson as being the contact person on another load of forklifts that is currently in bond. I am trying to find out who is the carrier on this load so I can warn them not to deliver without payment up front...
 
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To add even more confusion to this... hahahaa..

I've heard back from KMC's book keeper... Sounds like a cute little old lady...

She called me back and we spoke a few times. She claims to have never heard of Glen Dickson and gave me yet another name as the person she reports to and says he is the owner. He resides in Florida most of the year, usually comes back in April, yadda yadda...

Said she only works Friday afternoons and only does basic book keeping tasks, knows nothing about the operation.

She called me back late today and said she and the 'owner' have been unable to get in touch with Chris Taylor for several days. She then told me that the car that Chris is driving is owned by KMC Holdings and she found out today that the car was impounded in Ottawa this week... o_O

Haahahahahaaaaaa!

Damn, my head is just spinning with all this shit!

She says she will try to get me a replacement cheque next week because she claims that she printed one and it was given to Chris two weeks ago...
 
Latest installment of this saga...

Using the information we got from the Corporate Profile Report on KMC Holdings, I paid a visit to the residence of Glen Dickson... It's a quiet little townhouse condo complex in Fort Erie... Looks much nicer than the craphole house they call their head office... haahahahaaaa...

Not surprisingly, there was an un-plated vehicle in the driveway of this place too! haahahaaa... This guy has multiple cars but seems to have a shortage of license plates for some reason.

A nice little old lady answered the door and said Glen wasn't home... I'm guessing his mom? haahahaaaa...

I didn't want to hound her about her son's mis-deads, so I went on my merry way at least knowing where I can serve him now.
 
This is really like an onion... Every time I peel back a layer I just see more and more layers below... haahahahaaa... And I don't seem to be any closer to getting my $1,700 freight charge paid...

Here is the latest...

Yesterday I received a call from a Sergeant with the Niagara Regional Police... No shitting! haahahaaa...

He had several questions for me about my investigation into KMC Holdings and I wasn't sure where he was going at first... I answered his questions and provided whatever information I could.

He finally told me that this was in regards to a fraud investigation.

From what I can gather, either the person who was listed as the buyer on the Rate Confirmation or the owner of the business who's address was listed on the Rate Confirmation has contacted police to report that someone (probably Glen Dickson) is using their name and/or address to perpetrate a fraudulent transaction.
I sure hope to get to the center of this onion at some point!

That's all for now... Stay tuned for tomorrow's episode... o_O
 
This is really like an onion... Every time I peel back a layer I just see more and more layers below... haahahahaaa... And I don't seem to be any closer to getting my $1,700 freight charge paid...

Here is the latest...

Yesterday I received a call from a Sergeant with the Niagara Regional Police... No shitting! haahahaaa...

He had several questions for me about my investigation into KMC Holdings and I wasn't sure where he was going at first... I answered his questions and provided whatever information I could.

He finally told me that this was in regards to a fraud investigation.

From what I can gather, either the person who was listed as the buyer on the Rate Confirmation or the owner of the business who's address was listed on the Rate Confirmation has contacted police to report that someone (probably Glen Dickson) is using their name and/or address to perpetrate a fraudulent transaction.
I sure hope to get to the center of this onion at some point!

That's all for now... Stay tuned for tomorrow's episode... o_O
How did this person find out their ID was being used fraudulently .... this gets better ... I predict this will have something to do with all the stolen vehicles in ON ... you never know
 
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How did this person find out their ID was being used fraudulently .... this gets better ... I predict this will have something to do with all the stolen vehicles in ON ... you never know
Well, I alerted the person who's business is located at the address that was listed as the buyer's location on our Rate Confirmation during my investigation. He took it a step further and contacted the person named on the paperwork as the buyer. So, whoever is pulling this scam used a fictitious address and a fictitious name for the buyer and now the business person located at that address and the person who's name was used (both of which have nothing to do with the transaction) are pissed that someone is using their information to pull a scam...
 
Well, I alerted the person who's business is located at the address that was listed as the buyer's location on our Rate Confirmation during my investigation. He took it a step further and contacted the person named on the paperwork as the buyer. So, whoever is pulling this scam used a fictitious address and a fictitious name for the buyer and now the business person located at that address and the person who's name was used (both of which have nothing to do with the transaction) are pissed that someone is using their information to pull a scam...
Good God! I'm on the edge of my seat!!
 
This is really like an onion... Every time I peel back a layer I just see more and more layers below... haahahahaaa... And I don't seem to be any closer to getting my $1,700 freight charge paid...

Here is the latest...

Yesterday I received a call from a Sergeant with the Niagara Regional Police... No shitting! haahahaaa...

He had several questions for me about my investigation into KMC Holdings and I wasn't sure where he was going at first... I answered his questions and provided whatever information I could.

He finally told me that this was in regards to a fraud investigation.

From what I can gather, either the person who was listed as the buyer on the Rate Confirmation or the owner of the business who's address was listed on the Rate Confirmation has contacted police to report that someone (probably Glen Dickson) is using their name and/or address to perpetrate a fraudulent transaction.
I sure hope to get to the center of this onion at some point!

That's all for now... Stay tuned for tomorrow's episode... o_O
The real question is "Glen Dickson" a real person or a fake identity?

Had a feeling that Glen isn't Glen....
 
So, I heard back from the book keeper for KMC Holdings last Friday, the one that sounds like a cute little old lady that I mentioned in a previous post.

She said that she had talked to the owner's wife and because they are unable to get in touch with Chris Taylor, the guy who's company car was impounded in Ottawa, that they agreed to cancel the cheque they gave to Chris (which has probably already been cashed by him) and issue a new one.

Of course, because the owner is in Florida, she will have to courier the cheque to him down there where he will sign it and courier it back. She estimated that she would have the signed cheque back by Wednesday (that was yesterday) and that the owner's wife had instructed her to hand-deliver it to me.

I did call the office yesterday and left a message for the book keeper to check in on her promise. Never heard back... I called again this morning and got voicemail again, but this time it said the mailbox was full...:rolleyes:

Wild goose chase anyone? haahahahaaa...