Eddy was extremely kind to me and my family after my uncle, Thomas Philipp, was murdered in Sosua back in 1989. He was truly unique and a symbol of Sosua in its prime.
WOW...i just read your story. Fascinating! What happened?:
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2009
Yesterday, I received a message about my Dominican (haha) estate that wasn't at all funny. Because this is a legal issue, I am going to attribute all alleged actions. If I don't say "alleged", I can personally testify to the fact.
Background: My uncle, Thomas Philipp was murdered in his Larimar penthouse apartment in 1989. Two months earlier, my uncle told me he feared for his life at the hands of a Hungarian mobster who called himself Tomas Reinis. The Dominican government at the time was Balaguer, a blind puppet of numerous interests. Balaguer backed Reinis fully, and my uncle's murder was ruled "accidental". Ten years later, the original coroner testified on my behalf that my uncle's death was not accidental. The ten year statute to prosecute expired on May 16 of this year.
Fast forwarding past two sets of inept or criminally negligent lawyers (Kaplan, Russin, Herredia; Jesus Garcia Tallaj):.
The estate is broke, trying to maintain Jesus Garcia Tallaj (our lawyer by duress) and his mother and ex-wives. We fall into bed with Ian Schembri-Sant, who promises us 1.2 million for one of our hotels. We net about 300K, and take back preferred shares in Sosua Bay Resort for the remainder. Schembri take on a partner, Armando Casciati, who loans him $20 million to develop our 5 acre property. Schembri and Casciati fall out and Casciati claims that our preferred shares belong to him. I laugh, because we have proof. He, however, is able to convince a Dominican Court that forging my signature on the shares means that the shares belong to him. Schembri assures us that all will be well if we trust in his lawyer, Sonia Uribe.
According to Schembri, Casciati is able to bribe the Puerto Plata judges to accept his ownership of our preferred shares. Our only hope for money is....guesss who...Ian Schembri-Sant.
Fast, fast forward to 2009. Ian Schembri notifies us that Sonia is now working for Armando, regarding Larimar, the second hotel my uncle built. He is going to grab it in early November. Tell me, what's a good Dominican-American-Canadian girl to do in these circumstances?"