TIMESHARE BOSS FACES CHARGES
A timeshare company boss who I’ve written about previously in this column is among 18 people facing fraud and money laundering charges.
The Crown Prosecution Service yesterday announced that it has authorised the South West Regional Organised Crime Unit to charge Mark Rowe and 17 others with 79 counts relating to an alleged “large-scale fraud targeting timeshare owners” between January 2013 and 2017.
Rowe, 51, of Taunton and Tenerife, and the others were said to be directors, sales reps or administrators at companies including Monster Group Travel, Monster Rewards and sellmytimeshare.com.
Peter Highway, senior investigating officer from the Crime Unit, said: “This is clearly a significant step forward in a complex fraud investigation that began more than five years ago and has affected thousands who have collectively invested upwards of £25 million.”