Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "Business Consulting International was a London-based investment company, that collapsed after being exposed by a City of London Police investigation in 2008 as the United Kingdom's biggest ponzi scheme, estimated at £115M. The business was set up and run by London-based Indian businessman Kautilya Nandan Pruthi, in partnership with Kenneth Peacock and John Anderson.Business Consulting International (BCI) was set up and run by London-based Indian businessman Kautilya Nandan Pruthi, in partnership with Kenneth Peacock and John Anderson who both lived in Sunningdale, Surrey.Based from rented offices at 1 Relton Mews, Knightsbridge, the proposal of BCI was that clients lent it money, so that BCI in turn could lend that money at very high rates of interest to \"distressed\" businesses that found themselves unable to borrow from banks for short periods of time.Pruthi via BCI offered investors a return of between 4% and 20% a month on short-term fixed deposits of between four weeks and a year, while Anderson and Peacock via their own consulting companies promised slightly lower rates, passing on their deposits directly to Pruthi.In the last three years of operation (2005-November 2008), the partners each attracted:Anderson: 130 clients, investing in total between £8.4M and £10.1MPeacock: 175 clients, investing in total between £9M and £10MPruthi: 290 clients, investing in total £49.5MPeacock, a member of Surrey County Cricket Club, lured in many sports personalities to the scheme. The three partners would also meet regularly Lord’s and the Oval cricket ground, where they would also meet potential investors. Pruthi additionally bought Apex Motorsports, which he invested the funds money into, and to which he invited investment clients to participate in various UK and global motorsports events.Celebrity clients included former cricketer Darren Gough, and actor Jerome Flynn who invested with fellow members of the Ratu Bagus religious sect."@en }
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- Business_Consulting_International abstract "Business Consulting International was a London-based investment company, that collapsed after being exposed by a City of London Police investigation in 2008 as the United Kingdom's biggest ponzi scheme, estimated at £115M. The business was set up and run by London-based Indian businessman Kautilya Nandan Pruthi, in partnership with Kenneth Peacock and John Anderson.Business Consulting International (BCI) was set up and run by London-based Indian businessman Kautilya Nandan Pruthi, in partnership with Kenneth Peacock and John Anderson who both lived in Sunningdale, Surrey.Based from rented offices at 1 Relton Mews, Knightsbridge, the proposal of BCI was that clients lent it money, so that BCI in turn could lend that money at very high rates of interest to \"distressed\" businesses that found themselves unable to borrow from banks for short periods of time.Pruthi via BCI offered investors a return of between 4% and 20% a month on short-term fixed deposits of between four weeks and a year, while Anderson and Peacock via their own consulting companies promised slightly lower rates, passing on their deposits directly to Pruthi.In the last three years of operation (2005-November 2008), the partners each attracted:Anderson: 130 clients, investing in total between £8.4M and £10.1MPeacock: 175 clients, investing in total between £9M and £10MPruthi: 290 clients, investing in total £49.5MPeacock, a member of Surrey County Cricket Club, lured in many sports personalities to the scheme. The three partners would also meet regularly Lord’s and the Oval cricket ground, where they would also meet potential investors. Pruthi additionally bought Apex Motorsports, which he invested the funds money into, and to which he invited investment clients to participate in various UK and global motorsports events.Celebrity clients included former cricketer Darren Gough, and actor Jerome Flynn who invested with fellow members of the Ratu Bagus religious sect.".