Mr. Asvadi's story is very similar to mine with mostly the same names. Heritage and York's response to him is their classic guilty response. Blame the victim. I personally caught Donald Kaplan in bald faced lies designed to get our money which he did. Its a confidence game he and his President plays. The rest of the folk like Sly and Shaunak Patel are just contract complicit players.
Notice the Heritage and York verbal treatment of Mr. Asvadi in their reply to an apparently honest accounting of damage he suffered. That's a confidence game they play. Please feel free to contact me with your problem. Their BBB claims are the best they got. Try talking to the BBB. You'll feel like you're talking to the person you're complaining about.
Glad to build momentum. Good people should not let this continue. (((redacted)))
Let me preface by emphasizing this is my personal experience and each individual case may have a different outcome. I am merely writing to warn people that what you get promised is not necessarily what you will get.
In October of 2012, I received an email from Heritage & York Financial Group, LLC in Chicago noting that they understand my company is in need of financing to accommodate growth and they are able to assist. As we were going through a major contract the financing would have expedited our plans tremendously, I reluctantly replied and got an appointment with a “case assessor”, a Mr. Tom Wyscocki (Managing Director) at my facility on Tuesday 10/23/2012 at 4:00 pm.
This meeting was very positive. Tom knew exactly where we were and how our company like so many other companies are at the “tipping point” ready to accelerate into the fast track using funds from sources that Heritage and York continuously work with. He subsequently arranged a meeting with another assessor to “qualify” our firm.
This meeting took place on 10/25 with a Gentleman named Don Kaplan . This older gentleman was good, so convincing after a quick research I was ready to sign up. He went on to tell me about how his son was kidnapped, how he was involved in several multimillion dollar deals throughout the world and how many connections he had in the banking and cooperate world and he is ready to help us out. The catch: to accept I had to fork out
$1,850 upfront to cover the initial app and the travel expense.
$11,000 deposit and $11,000 upon completion of the “report”
For a grand total of $23,850
I was told the money would be used to create a report that will be used to attract the potential investors.
So I did some more research on this gentleman online and he was legit. He was a CEO of a big meat processing firm in FL that was sold to a much bigger company. So I decided to take the plunge.
On 10/26 A gentlemen name Shaunak Patel was assigned to my case and collected information for this “report” on almost daily basis. Everything seemed legit and the report was completed early about 4 weeks later. The report was obviously a templated report with a small part of it based on the information that was provided.
I was then put in touch with a gentleman named Sylvester Gbewonyo Jr in early Jan 2013. These guys all had the same title, “Managing Director” at Heritage and York. Sylvester Gbewonyo Jr. went back and forth for about a 3 months with the conclusion that I either had to borrow money at 18%-22% interest rate or there would not be a realistic chance to get financers or investors interested as the stock market is offering much better return than any company would at the moment.
Last night I was watching the movie American Hustle and saw a lot of parallels between my case and what was being promised in the movie. Even the initial “qualifying” stages were put together so proficiently.
All an all an expensive lesson but one that everyone else out these in my position should be very wary of.
Heritage & York Financial Group Reviews
Mr. Asvadi's story is very similar to mine with mostly the same names. Heritage and York's response to him is their classic guilty response. Blame the victim. I personally caught Donald Kaplan in bald faced lies designed to get our money which he did. Its a confidence game he and his President plays. The rest of the folk like Sly and Shaunak Patel are just contract complicit players.
Notice the Heritage and York verbal treatment of Mr. Asvadi in their reply to an apparently honest accounting of damage he suffered. That's a confidence game they play. Please feel free to contact me with your problem. Their BBB claims are the best they got. Try talking to the BBB. You'll feel like you're talking to the person you're complaining about.
Glad to build momentum. Good people should not let this continue. (((redacted)))
Let me preface by emphasizing this is my personal experience and each individual case may have a different outcome. I am merely writing to warn people that what you get promised is not necessarily what you will get.
In October of 2012, I received an email from Heritage & York Financial Group, LLC in Chicago noting that they understand my company is in need of financing to accommodate growth and they are able to assist. As we were going through a major contract the financing would have expedited our plans tremendously, I reluctantly replied and got an appointment with a “case assessor”, a Mr. Tom Wyscocki (Managing Director) at my facility on Tuesday 10/23/2012 at 4:00 pm.
This meeting was very positive. Tom knew exactly where we were and how our company like so many other companies are at the “tipping point” ready to accelerate into the fast track using funds from sources that Heritage and York continuously work with. He subsequently arranged a meeting with another assessor to “qualify” our firm.
This meeting took place on 10/25 with a Gentleman named Don Kaplan . This older gentleman was good, so convincing after a quick research I was ready to sign up. He went on to tell me about how his son was kidnapped, how he was involved in several multimillion dollar deals throughout the world and how many connections he had in the banking and cooperate world and he is ready to help us out. The catch: to accept I had to fork out
$1,850 upfront to cover the initial app and the travel expense.
$11,000 deposit and $11,000 upon completion of the “report”
For a grand total of $23,850
I was told the money would be used to create a report that will be used to attract the potential investors.
So I did some more research on this gentleman online and he was legit. He was a CEO of a big meat processing firm in FL that was sold to a much bigger company. So I decided to take the plunge.
On 10/26 A gentlemen name Shaunak Patel was assigned to my case and collected information for this “report” on almost daily basis. Everything seemed legit and the report was completed early about 4 weeks later. The report was obviously a templated report with a small part of it based on the information that was provided.
I was then put in touch with a gentleman named Sylvester Gbewonyo Jr in early Jan 2013. These guys all had the same title, “Managing Director” at Heritage and York. Sylvester Gbewonyo Jr. went back and forth for about a 3 months with the conclusion that I either had to borrow money at 18%-22% interest rate or there would not be a realistic chance to get financers or investors interested as the stock market is offering much better return than any company would at the moment.
Last night I was watching the movie American Hustle and saw a lot of parallels between my case and what was being promised in the movie. Even the initial “qualifying” stages were put together so proficiently.
All an all an expensive lesson but one that everyone else out these in my position should be very wary of.