Jimmy Crangle of itefl.org Franchise licence - no refund on a settlement agreement. Fake insolvency claim. Singapore Singapore
To date 19 of us have assembled to share our similar stories of grief at the hands of Jimmy Crangle of itefl.org. (and other business names with one common denominator: Jimmy Crangle).
I was a franchise licence holder from April 2016 to April 2017. I would be selling online education to people wanting TEFL certification. I invested in a franchise licence then spent monthly on advertising.
The commissions were not coming in as promised by contractual agreement. Commissions were very weak in fact. A refund of the investment was also promised by contactual agreement. After it was obvious that I was nowhere near the promised commissions of 50,000 USD for the year I asked for the refund. A Settlement Agreement was established.
The total outstanding in the Settlement Agreement was over $14,000 USD. A couple of small payments were made. Then the company (through its solicitor) reported they were insolvent and could not pay out the settlement.
I saw the web page was taken down. It made the insolvency seem real. Then it was back up. Jimmy is still operating and has a raft of new franchisees. There have been claims of limited franchise licences being sold.
Others in the aforementioned collective have very similar stories. Some are owed much more. This is a summary. The exact numbers for 19 people (and counting) are currently being aggregated by complainants.