belaire golf resort and spa

Where do I sign up for the class action lawsuit????? I have all the documentation needed but need to where to email everything.

danielac18 wrote:

As to what I´m aware of our group (Connell & Associates) only needs around 10 more people to get the law suite started, they will not give any one any information unless they send a copy of there contract and a proof of a payment to the timeshare, just to make sure it´s not Copelas team asking for information.

There´s no fee, once they have 30 people we will see the costs.

His name is Connell, not McConnell. And like I said before, you have to send a copy of your Timeshare contract and a proof of payment so they can be sure your a real victim and not Copela´s people trying to get information.

If you are a real victim there shouldn´t be a problem in sending that information to them, then you will get the answer you are seeking.

You can contact Mr. David Connel at this toll free number 1(866) 425-0970 or at this e-mail address http://www.mexicolaw.com.mx/

Guess what people?

Antonio Copela is back in jail! I´m not aware of all the details but here is the link.

http://www.vallartauno.com/index.php/secciones/slideshow/396-detienen-en-el-aeropuerto-de-pv-al-defraudador-de-tiempos-compartidos-antonio-copela-engano-a-cientos-de-personas-con-el-desarrollo-inconcluso-belaire-de-marina-vallarta

I translated the news report: By Jorge Olmos Contreras

According to reliable sources, Antonio cupel , the fraudster who conned timeshares and hundreds of people selling Belaire development located in Marina Vallarta , was arrested on Monday December 16 at around 14:00 hours at the international airport " Gustavo Diaz Ordaz " by officers of the Federal Police. About details , no authority has issued some information, but it is known that he was captured a second time and this time would have been made available to a Federal Prosecutor

In its December issue of UNO VALLARTA , which will be in service on Wednesday a report on the fraud committed by Antonio and his son Jonathan Cupel Tomasello 18 is published .

The following is an excerpt :

Just a scare was what they experienced Cupel Antonio and his son Jonathan Tomasello to be stopped by bailiffs not exhibit bail after an allegation of fraud recently . Stepped jail a few days, but pay a million dollars left free to continue committing crimes . These two con artists operating in Puerto Vallarta and have defrauded hundreds of people without having been punished criminally

After posting bail of one million dollars , scammers Antonio Coppela and his son Jonathan Tomasello regained their freedom in recent days, after they were arrested by the Investigating Police Regional Prosecutor of Jalisco in the Marina Vallarta area of influence where these fraudsters operate to swindle hundreds of foreigners with the story of a week of vacation exchange in this tourist destination or make them partners nonexistent projects.

Antonio and Jonathan are two of the major players that have been reported by this means as those who form a network of timeshare scammers , but authorities have not taken action on the matter and continue to commit crimes like that.

His victims had seen a glimmer of hope that obtaining justice when they were arrested , however , after displaying a bail of one million dollars were again free to continue his bandit life.

The fraud for which they were arrested Antonio Coppela and Jonathan was reported by a couple of Americans who were quiet , but they hired a competent team of lawyers to demand reparations . At least they managed to Cupel Antonio and his son exhibited a million dollar bail, however, many others have failed to recover anything , especially since this band of fraudsters changed the company name Belaire development and operations triangulated share purchase and simulated lot sale of Marina Vallarta to another corporation, which always appeared cupel son , Jonathan Tomasello and his daughters, but were caught in the fraud.

They also changed the address of the name to Tijuana, perhaps to complaints PROFECO not be reached and finally and in a fraudulent manner , liquidated and extinct society Belaire to circumvent justice and your mega fraud go unpunished . (Read more in the printed edition )

I just used an online translator so that is what it sent back.

I have tried Profeco before and sent in paperwork they asked for and got no answer and it has been over 2 years now.

I received a rather strange phone call about a week ago. It was from a man with a rather heavy accent. He said that he wanted my email address. He told me that Antonio was in jail and that funds had been obtained from him and the judge will be passing them out when the judge receives all the paperwork. The gentleman that I spoke to told me that he was a student soon to be attorney. I told him that I would not be sending any money ever. He told me that it was fine. I asked how he found out my name, but he told me that it is public record. I did give him my email address but have heard nothing. Has this happened to anyone else?

Haven't received this call yet, but if it is another scam I'm sure it is coming! Thanks for letting us know.

I will be at Paradise Village in Nuevo Vallarta for 2 weeks in March. I will gladly check out the lawyer situation while I'm there if I can get all of the information, like who I need to contact there, etc. I would love to get some of my stolen money back - or send those guys to prison for a long, long time!

I just got burned on a similar transaction with the Playa del Sol Grand (now the reputable Blaire Spa..... in Nuevo Vallarta). It wasn't the same firm and we were contacted to consider selling. Everything looked on the up-n-up for weeks, i.e.; Escrow in the US, fair price, beautiful and sought after units. The only thing that made me nervous was that we paid $3050 up front. Escrow was to release funds to us and THAT DAY, it turns out to be a fraud. I cannot/will not pay anything upfront so before I send my documents, I need to know what, if any, is due upfront.

leong30 wrote:

I called McConnell last month, spoke to someone and gave my EMail address and never received a message. Is this for real?

I also have called Connell and emailed the firm - no answer until an email on 1-8-14. What's up?

leong30 wrote:

I called McConnell last month, spoke to someone and gave my EMail address and never received a message. Is this for real?

Pauletteb45.

I was in PV for the holidays, a lot of people had like 2 weeks of for vacation, have you considered that maybe that´s what happened with them?

I'm sorry, I am not sure what you are asking. We purchased in Belaire', paid cash of $27,000 and were given a certificate guaranteeing a buyback beginning 2011. I have bee trying to get results with no results. They only have 1 (yes, only 1) customer care agent. I have been told they would honor the certificate, then no action for a year, now he says I must come in person. Financially, that is impossible. I am just wondering how much it will cost to join the class action and no one seems to know!

danielac18 wrote:

Pauletteb45.

I was in PV for the holidays, a lot of people had like 2 weeks of for vacation, have you considered that maybe that´s what happened with them?

Last Feb. 2012 I few down to meet in person with Tony. (hope he still jail and rots away)There was suppose to be new buyers from Mexico City and we needed to meet them in person. They were going honor our contract to buy back our Hotel u which had been changed Belaire Golf Resort and Spa. Guess what it was only Tony and his cronies a a long drive out there. We got sucked into another deal call Signature Club Premier now located out in Punta Mita in a Hotel called Hotel CINCO. We were also promised our my back by transferring our ownership to the new place. I think you all know that worked out. There are so many scams now going on the only thing I believe is I will not sent any more money to anyone, I am not sending a copy of my Passport picture to anyone either. I have had calls from LA telling me he had been scam and all i needed to do was $2000 he had a law firm in Mexico that was going to help. I put him on hold and never heard from him again all "bs". There has been so many call from Lawyers, and other deals if I kept a log it would fill the page of names and companys and pledges of I can help get your money back. I have read ever page on this site some have a lawyer for 2 plus years no one can find him he always in 2 or 3 different places and the stories just keep building! I feel better NOW!!!! Remember the old say NEVER BELIEVE WHAT YOU HEAR AND ONLY HALF OF WHAT YOU SEE???

walacej wrote:

I received a rather strange phone call about a week ago. It was from a man with a rather heavy accent. He said that he wanted my email address. He told me that Antonio was in jail and that funds had been obtained from him and the judge will be passing them out when the judge receives all the paperwork. The gentleman that I spoke to told me that he was a student soon to be attorney. I told him that I would not be sending any money ever. He told me that it was fine. I asked how he found out my name, but he told me that it is public record. I did give him my email address but have heard nothing. Has this happened to anyone else?

We also received at this point at least 21 phone calls from Thomas Vasquez a volunteer/legal assistant with the law firm "Mexican Federal Fraud Investigation Unit of Mexico"-based in Guadalajara. the attorney is Saul Fernandez Quintero. Thomas said that we do not have to pay any money upfront. When we sent our contracts and copies of our payments whether credit card or check we would be given a case number. A judge would review our case, tell us the amount of money we would receive and then we would be told what the commission/payment would be. I'm not sure whether he asked for copies all our passports or not. He really is bugging us! Believe me not a dime will be sent on till we received the cash in our hands! but if I'm to believe what I've been reading on these 35 pages in red week they are going to want payment before we receive payment and they will not take it out of the proceeds. I have rec'd paper work from from Larken & Larken and tel calls from other attys wanting to get our $s back by the judge. We were among the first people in January of 2007 to fall under the spell of Antonio, we bought a one-bedroom and a three-bedroom-we like the idea of being able to use weeks from the back end of the 100 years to give to our four children for their vacations, plus there were no maintenance fees or dining requirements!!!! Antonio took our timeshares in Bermuda and Grand Mayan as a deposit. and of course took our money! We have met Sergio, Mario, Marce, Alex and talked with Alan Dale, Philip Green, Michael Hightower, Michael Logan. I even have Antonio's cell phone number( which of course now probably has been changed} He wined us and dined us cuz we introduced him to friends and family who also "invested". I guess I should have seen the handwriting on the wall when my husband told me that Antonio was wearing a $750,000 watch. To this day I still think that Bellair was legitimate-but things began to truly fall apart when Antonio ran out of funds when he had to go so deep to reach bedrock to construct the first building. My sister who also "invested" went this November(2013) to meet with Michael Logan in Punta Mita. She almost fell over when Antonio came out of an office to meet her. He had a contract ready for her to sign!!!!!!! She saw the article in the newspaper about him being arrested and mentioned it to him and he said "Isn't is too bad?" I guess we'll never see our money and he'll never get put in jail.

Let me give you a bit more to chew on. I believe (know) there never was a Michael Hightower or Alan Dale having "talked" to each but just Antonio posing as such right from the U and not Vegas, further Philip Green never existed except on paper. Michael Logan and Mario Seg were real people with big lies as well as the rest of the crew. Marce is related to Copela and just as dirty as he and the rest of his family. And, yes, we too lost our timeshare and LOTS of money to these thieves but they still can't steal our integrity of which they have none. Remember, what goes around comes around and Tony will fall, and fall big time. But you are bang on with most of your story compared to ours. However, I sleep well every night and don't have to keep looking over my shoulder, which Tony better keep doing.

These thieves did the same to my elderly parents. My father died still thinking that the extra $$ he sent them would amount to a condo.

They stole my parents other timeshare away from them as well.

I hope karma gets them, big time! My mother could really use the $$ they stole from the both of them. Now she can't travel like she would be able to if they hadn't given so much to these thieves.

Why Mexico allows this, I have. O idea.

Unfortunately, Pam it happens in both Canada and the US, though it might occur more in Mexico due to different laws and enforcing them. That's when heartless, cruel, evil people like Tony come in and suck the life out of people, sometimes destroying marriages, families and personal lives in the process. They have no conscience about their deeds but yet ironically demand respect from others. It's almost a Napoleonic complex with Tony and we know how that ended.

I am one of the original developers/investors of building the Belaire, not a timeshare owner. I can tell you for a fact that Antonio and his crew are incredible sociopaths. Let's just say that life is definitely stranger than fiction in their world. Think Sopranos on steroids!! I won't get into details but let your imagination run wicked and the add 110%. I wish you all the best but it won't be easy. There are reasons he gets away with it. The government is in his back pocket. And the $750,000 watch is most likely a fake. All of them were years ago but he has made many millions in that time so who knows. Good luck to all. Oh, and doubt Tony ever had any intentions of actually building the place, it's just a front for generating cash. There was actually never any plumbing in the model units.

carolynt40 wrote:

walacej wrote:

I received a rather strange phone call about a week ago. It was from a man with a rather heavy accent. He said that he wanted my email address. He told me that Antonio was in jail and that funds had been obtained from him and the judge will be passing them out when the judge receives all the paperwork. The gentleman that I spoke to told me that he was a student soon to be attorney. I told him that I would not be sending any money ever. He told me that it was fine. I asked how he found out my name, but he told me that it is public record. I did give him my email address but have heard nothing. Has this happened to anyone else?

We also received at this point at least 21 phone calls from Thomas Vasquez a volunteer/legal assistant with the law firm "Mexican Federal Fraud Investigation Unit of Mexico"-based in Guadalajara. the attorney is Saul Fernandez Quintero. Thomas said that we do not have to pay any money upfront. When we sent our contracts and copies of our payments whether credit card or check we would be given a case number. A judge would review our case, tell us the amount of money we would receive and then we would be told what the commission/payment would be. I'm not sure whether he asked for copies all our passports or not. He really is bugging us! Believe me not a dime will be sent on till we received the cash in our hands! but if I'm to believe what I've been reading on these 35 pages in red week they are going to want payment before we receive payment and they will not take it out of the proceeds. I have rec'd paper work from from Larken & Larken and tel calls from other attys wanting to get our $s back by the judge. We were among the first people in January of 2007 to fall under the spell of Antonio, we bought a one-bedroom and a three-bedroom-we like the idea of being able to use weeks from the back end of the 100 years to give to our four children for their vacations, plus there were no maintenance fees or dining requirements!!!! Antonio took our timeshares in Bermuda and Grand Mayan as a deposit. and of course took our money! We have met Sergio, Mario, Marce, Alex and talked with Alan Dale, Philip Green, Michael Hightower, Michael Logan. I even have Antonio's cell phone number( which of course now probably has been changed} He wined us and dined us cuz we introduced him to friends and family who also "invested". I guess I should have seen the handwriting on the wall when my husband told me that Antonio was wearing a $750,000 watch. To this day I still think that Bellair was legitimate-but things began to truly fall apart when Antonio ran out of funds when he had to go so deep to reach bedrock to construct the first building. My sister who also "invested" went this November(2013) to meet with Michael Logan in Punta Mita. She almost fell over when Antonio came out of an office to meet her. He had a contract ready for her to sign!!!!!!! She saw the article in the newspaper about him being arrested and mentioned it to him and he said "Isn't is too bad?" I guess we'll never see our money and he'll never get put in jail.