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Nov 1, 2008

TRUCKERS BEWARE * USA - Clearwater Firm Doesn't Honor Contracts

Clearwater,FL,USA -News Channel 8/The Suncoast News, by MARK DOUGLAS -October 30, 2008: -- For long-distance truckers with troubled credit, it sure seemed like a great opportunity. Sign a contract, send in a check, and in no time they'd be hitting the highway behind the wheel of their own leased rig instead of driving for someone else... But a News Channel 8 investigation has located at least 20 drivers in a dozen states and Canada who say they ended up without a truck, a lease agreement or a refund after signing contract proposals with Global Funding LLC in Clearwater... "They're taking hardworking men's money, and we're getting nothing for it," said Dave Mendenhall, a Global client who hauls frozen seafood between Washington State and Texas... Dozens of customers such as Mendenhall say they signed contract proposals with Global Funding and sent checks to cover lease deposits, advance lease payments and other fees and ended up without a lease or a refund... Global says it is entitled to keep advance payments as "earned income" when clients misrepresent their credit or try to back out of lease offers from third-party funding providers after having signed a contract with Global... The Florida Office of Financial Regulation's Bureau of Financial Investigations is now conducting a criminal inquiry according to investigator Clifford Jones, and it's not the only government agency showing an interest... The Florida attorney general is investigating more than 40 complaints against Global. Clearwater police have received seven complaints. And the Pinellas County Department of Justice & Consumer Services has three complaints on file from customers who say Global has refused to refund some or all of their money. It's unclear whether these are distinct cases... Mendenhall says he complained to Florida authorities after Global refused to refund his $4,210 deposit and advance payment...

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