Discussions about: Staking - Betfair Football Trading

[byronkincaid]

June 2008 he wins 36K and i'm guessing thinks weeeeee I is a pro poker player now
August 2008 joins blonde
has a couple of minor wins until october when he wins an APAT tourney for 6K

did APAT check that he had a job? i think another person is allowed to play them cos he is a sports betting pro, is that what blatch said too?

then nothing apart from a few small cashes, so i guess he ran out of money and we know the rest...

He won the APAT Pro/Am event anyway so wouldnt have mattered to APAT what he was doing for a living.

he's played other APATs

http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/event.php?a=r&n=34625

[Jon MW]

June 2008 he wins 36K and i'm guessing thinks weeeeee I is a pro poker player now
August 2008 joins blonde
has a couple of minor wins until october when he wins an APAT tourney for 6K

did APAT check that he had a job? i think another person is allowed to play them cos he is a sports betting pro, is that what blatch said too?

then nothing apart from a few small cashes, so i guess he ran out of money and we know the rest...

He won the APAT Pro/Am event anyway so wouldnt have mattered to APAT what he was doing for a living.

he's played other APATs

http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/event.php?a=r&n=34625

I think it was the accountancy thing - but if Blatch was asked and he replied that he was still doing accountancy work, I'd expect that would have been enough.

[byronkincaid]

I think if you go bankrupt you're not allowed to be an accountant anymore? Not the same for an IVA?

[Claw75]

June 2008 he wins 36K and i'm guessing thinks weeeeee I is a pro poker player now
August 2008 joins blonde
has a couple of minor wins until october when he wins an APAT tourney for 6K

did APAT check that he had a job? i think another person is allowed to play them cos he is a sports betting pro, is that what blatch said too?

then nothing apart from a few small cashes, so i guess he ran out of money and we know the rest...

He won the APAT Pro/Am event anyway so wouldnt have mattered to APAT what he was doing for a living.

he's played other APATs

http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/event.php?a=r&n=34625

that's the team championship, which I believe is an open event

[ACE2M]

If he ends up at GA i know their default line is, if you don't legally have to give any money back then you don't. I assume its considered more important to sort yourself than your creditors.

[sharplea]

If he ends up at GA i know their default line is, if you don't legally have to give any money back then you don't. I assume its considered more important to sort yourself than your creditors.

Yeah, but this debt with some of the people that have invested? Sorting himself will have to involve sorting those creditors.

[damo66688]

The IVA doesn't cover Student Loans so h's idea is wrong, sorry bud. Even if you go bankrupt these days, Student Loans, court fines and a couple of other things can't be wiped.

As someone's said above though, the fact that he has an IVA probably means that you guys have next to no chance of getting monies back legally.

And is it the same Neil Blatchley that supposedly got this IVA thingy?

Or are we being led the wrong way (again)?

Based on the info in my link and Blatch's FB (area of living + birthdate) I would say yes.

Don't know his middle name or address but I'm guessing his mates might be able to answer that one. Blatchly (that specific spelling) isn't a very common name though so I would say it's a bit of a coincidence that someone else with the same name, surname, dob and area of living has also got an IVA.

What is Blatch's date of birth? I might be able to find out if that is his middle name

His DOB is 6th May 1982 according to FB.

This is the IVA page on the register I found: http://www.insolvency.gov.uk/eiir/IIRCaseIndivDetail.asp?CaseId=1619057&IndivNo=1&Court=LEICS&OfficeID=95&CaseType=I

I have had a look at this address on UKInfo and seems there is a ltd company registered at this address................called wait for it...........

5 MILLION PORTFOLIO LTD.

http://wck2.companieshouse.gov.uk/57bf8d9f3883d30893e69683df6059e4/compdetails

[NoflopsHomer]

Does anyone have a guess when he started to go bent?

Were the pre Christmas trades kosher?

Because according to the results in the thread he never lost money in early trades.

Posted this what seems like an age ago now:

Even on 22nd August he was not being fully truthful as he put almost £3.6k on Arsenal against Portsmouth @ 1.2 but then had to lay it off at the same price.

And then on August 27th Blatch loses £427.62 in the Barcelona vs Shakhtar game where he backs Barca @ 1.44 and is forced to then lay off @ 1.47.

September 14th sees Blatch backing Chelsea vs Porto @ 1.43 and 1.41 but then doesn't lay off any of the betting until after the game starts @ 1.17. Betting on a match was something he swore he never does. He manages to make about £2k in profit.

The first time he actually make a bet where he DOESN'T lay off is on the 29th September, dropping almost £2.4k when backing Newcastle against QPR after the Toon fail to win. (Typical Newcastle...)

I have read parts of this thread (I couldn't read it all as it is just too much to take in) and, like everyone, I am horrified by what has happened.

Being a compulsive gambler is an illness and certainly Neil is ill.  However, whilst having sympathy for him because of that does not mean that he should not accept the consequences for his actions.  I'm not sure whether there is any legal action that can be taken as, from what I understand, all the investors had an informal agreement and there is no law covering this.  I sincerely hope that no-one takes any physical retribution as this will get you nowhere.

This may seem naive, but a possible way of retrieving some of the money is for the investors to stake Neil in one of the GUKPT main event games and, if he cashes, take back the winnings.  At the end of the day he is still a good poker player and if you one of you was there to take the winning cash from him at the cash desk, you would get some money back and he couldn't go and gamble it on something else.  As I say, perhaps it is naive, but it is a possible way to get some money back.

Possibly the most ridiculous suggestion on the thread so far. Let's put out that nasty fire by pouring gasoline on it.

[Prod.]

not involved financially, but some of my friends are and this is obv shocking!! hope he gets what is coming to him (after everyone is paid back)!

also i read a few pages back about putting him in the well... LOL... this would be good,, make it happen yo!!

don't mean to de-rail the thread but literally lol'd hard if this is Railtard1 the scammer.

If not I apologise.

[damo66688]

Cant see why noone hasdefinately gone to the police with this.  If he has syphoned off the money as it appears then the CPS has powers to get back the money from the Proceeds of crime act where they will go through all his accounts, property etc etc and reclaim what they can.   They can even reclaim the money back if he has passed it onto a family member (which he might have being in a IVA).  There is the possibility he has been a degen and frittered it all away but am sure he is not as destitute as he makes out.  He must have some sort of belongings and money stashed.  Even if it can be proved he passed money to other friends and family the courts will make them liale and slap an order on them.  

Would suggest someone in London reporting this to the City of London Police they have a definitive department for this sort of stuff.

[damo66688]

Sick post

Quote from: GreekStein on September 29, 2009, 04:47:14 PM
Quote from: George2Loose on September 29, 2009, 04:20:20 PM
Dude is the min still 500??? I want in!

lol how are u not in yet!?

errrrrr- well Blatch was waiting for 50k's worth of investment, then was going to say he lost it all on one game and grim the lot of ya but now he's changed his mind

[Jon MW]

Cant see why noone hasdefinately gone to the police with this.  If he has syphoned off the money as it appears then the CPS has powers to get back the money from the Proceeds of crime act where they will go through all his accounts, property etc etc and reclaim what they can.   They can even reclaim the money back if he has passed it onto a family member (which he might have being in a IVA).  There is the possibility he has been a degen and frittered it all away but am sure he is not as destitute as he makes out.  He must have some sort of belongings and money stashed.  Even if it can be proved he passed money to other friends and family the courts will make them liale and slap an order on them.  

Would suggest someone in London reporting this to the City of London Police they have a definitive department for this sort of stuff.

I think talk of the FSA and the City of London police might be misguided as I think they'd only cover areas which they regulate - the fraud took place under the guise of a staking thread so I don't think they'd have any authority in it even if they were interested.

I think there's enough to suggest that the police should be looking at whether there has been a criminal offence, but given the nature of this fraud it's not exactly clear cut, and the most important consideration would be to get a police representative who understood that this doesn't just involve people gambling and losing.

[Murph1984]

Does anyone have a guess when he started to go bent?

Were the pre Christmas trades kosher?

Because according to the results in the thread he never lost money in early trades.

It was the day he put up the original thread.

Things may have escalated with time but he 100% put up the original thread because he was busto with the intention of at least using the funds personally and creaming a bit off for himself.

The string of 26 wins in a row make it seem like it was intended as a "long con" from the beginning though,to get more and bigger investors involved.

[tropicana]

I have read parts of this thread (I couldn't read it all as it is just too much to take in) and, like everyone, I am horrified by what has happened.

Being a compulsive gambler is an illness and certainly Neil is ill.  However, whilst having sympathy for him because of that does not mean that he should not accept the consequences for his actions.  I'm not sure whether there is any legal action that can be taken as, from what I understand, all the investors had an informal agreement and there is no law covering this.  I sincerely hope that no-one takes any physical retribution as this will get you nowhere.

This may seem naive, but a possible way of retrieving some of the money is for the investors to stake Neil in one of the GUKPT main event games and, if he cashes, take back the winnings.  At the end of the day he is still a good poker player and if you one of you was there to take the winning cash from him at the cash desk, you would get some money back and he couldn't go and gamble it on something else.  As I say, perhaps it is naive, but it is a possible way to get some money back.

hi blatch

[Ginger]

As it keeps being mentioned I will state again, the police HAVE been informed.

Not yet walked in, sat down and written a statement (I believe) but informed nonetheless.