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Jerome Cedric
Eric Holin
Bosshard Kurt
Albert Aldrich
On approximately 7/8, we noticed that the Loan Agreement was missing or was being withheld. Both RSA and its representatives requested on several occasions that the Loan Agreement be made available but without response from Balimo Investments AG or Mr Gosta.
On 7/20/2015, Mr Gosta sent to us the Loan Agreement. We reviewed it and became shocked when Balimo, for the first time, inserted a clause for a "four% Transmission Fee". While we were very angered by the "Bait & Switch" that had just occurred, we were too far along in the process not to conclude the transaction and believed that a loan fee was not uncommon for financing in our industry. The fundamental thing to note is that there was No due date for this mysterious Transmission Fee. When we discussed this troubling turn of events with Mr Gosta and Balimo we were told that it "due now and payable" even nevertheless there was no due date stated, it had not been properly disclosed and as is customary in the financing industry, any loan expenses are not payable till the financing institution or bank actually closes on the loan and funds it. The lender then earns its "fee".
We Are Very Concerned At This Point!
On 7/three/2015, RSA received the Escrow Agreement in the identical format with the exact terms and conditions that were spelled out in the Letter of Intent. The Escrow Agreement called for a 1% $250,000 deposit to be made to Balimos Agent. We executed the Escrow Agreement and right now SWIFTED (wired) the funds to Balimo Investment AGs escrow agent Most Important Point
At no point, either in verbal discussions or in writing (via the Letter of Intent & Escrow Agreement), was there ever made mention of an extra "fee" to be charged by Balimo Investment AG. On 7/8/2015, Asjborn Gosta informed our company that he had received confirmation that the escrow funds had been received by Balimos escrow agent. He also informed us that our loan would be closed within 5-7 "business days". This wouldve equated to a funding not later than 7/10/2015. Obviously funding did not occur.
On 6/30/2015, our company We began verbal "Skype" conversation with Balimo Investments AG and its representative, Mr sbjrn Gosta. The objective of this conversation was to establish the terms and conditions to be provided in a Letter of Intent for a business loan to be made by Balimo Investments AG. The initial call concluded and we were told to compose the Letter of Intent that would set forth these terms and conditions discussed. Later that day, we sent the Letter of Intent to Balimo Investments AG that included all points discussed with Balimo for its execution. Within a couple of hours, we received the Letter of Intent executed by Mr Gosta on behalf of Balimo Investments AG. The Letter of Intent was exactly in keeping with what was verbally discussed with Mr Gosta. In fact, Mr Gosta, told us that it was the "best Letter of Intent" that he had ever been presented. He then advised that Balimo would draft an Escrow Agreement that would further bind the parties and allow for funds to be transferred.
Key officials of Balimo include:
-- Further we have recently learned that the escrow agent might be in breach as they are now not in possession of the escrow funds. According to the "Escrow Agreement", the "agent" is to keep in it is possession all of the time the $250,000 escrow. We believe that a breach of the escrow agreement has occurred and that the full escrow was sent to Balimo. This violates the "Escrow Agreement" and places the escrow agent at threat. The "Escrow Agent is listed as PROMISE Service.
Matters became worse between Balimo Investments AG and our company as we tried to negotiate a reasonable accommodation for both parties. Mr Gosta became quite arrogant with us and told us to "go to the FBI" if youd like, it wont do you any good. At this point Mr Gosta also informed us that he was only an "employee" of Balimo and didnt have authority in this matter; however, on 8/three/2015 we received a Skype message from Gosta that he had agreed to in the reduction of the Transmission Fee to three%. We responded by telling Gosta that he had lost our trust and that we would not send any more cash to a collection that lacks any and all forms of integrity.
