Complaint Review: Suntasia - Capital Vacations - Treasure Island Florida

Hello, I have been reading your comments on Austin Shaw and his related companies, such as Vacations in Paradise. I am a news reporter and have been covering his case. I thought it might be of interest to you that Mr. Austion Shaw was sentenced to 12 months in jail on Jan.26 2009 in a Barrie superior court. The Crown was only able to pin him down on one count of defrauding the public. It was a very complicated case and took years. The fraud is in connection to his buisnesses: Vacations In Paradise as a division of Nitsua Marketing which is wholly owned by Shaw. Other neames are Sunrise Vacations Club. Court heard that Shaw offered memberships at a price of $3000 to $10,000 with great promises for vacations and cruises beginning in April 2004 in Collingwood. Court heard that deticetives discovered Mr. Shaw was "heavily involved in gambling, particularly at Casino Rama." He lost $100's and thounsand of dollars of (likely your) money there. Many of the complainants in this crime have obtained judgements against Mr. Shaw in Civil court - however, the chances that they will be reimbursed are very slim. I hope the fact that he is in jail - at least for a short time - helps. News story will be in tomorow's paper (Feb. 25, 2009). Tracy

Thanks for posting that information, Always good to hear! Now, If someone could explain the link/connection between Shaw and FTN Promotions, Suntasia, Capital Vacations, et al. It would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

Mr. Austin Shaw turned himself in to the Barrie detatchment of the O.P.P on Hhas been formally charged with one count of fraud over $5000.00

Mr. Austin Shaw turned himself in to the Barrie detatchment of the O.P.P on Hhas been formally charged with one count of fraud over $5000.00

Mr. Austin Shaw turned himself in to the Barrie detatchment of the O.P.P on Hhas been formally charged with one count of fraud over $5000.00

Mr. Austin Shaw turned himself in to the Barrie detatchment of the O.P.P on Hhas been formally charged with one count of fraud over $5000.00

This is a story that was in the Toronto Star in September 2004: Riverview Lodage / Alpine Lodge / Nitsua Marketing / Sunrise Vacations / Vacations in Paradise Sep. 10, 2004. 01:00 AM Hundreds fear holidays lost in firm's collapse ROBERTA AVERY SPECIAL TO THE STAR COLLINGWOOD, Ont.-News that the owner of a now-defunct local travel company is wanted by police on a fraud charge has left hundreds of people fearing they could be waving goodbye to their dream vacations. "It looks like we got scammed over really bad. We're out $9,000 and have nothing to show for it," said Jessika Angeline. More than 150 couples who have contacted the Collingwood Chamber of Commerce to complain about their dealings with Vacations in Paradise have similar stories, as do the more than 60 people who have been interviewed by the Collingwood Ontario Provincial Police. Police issued a warrant for the arrest of Austin Shaw after receiving numerous reports from people who claim they handed over an average of $5,000 to $15,000 to his Vacations in Paradise company, but say they have not received the promised cruises, bargain flights and discounted stays at luxury resorts. "We're getting more and more complaints in every day. We had another four come in overnight," said OPP Constable Steve Hardisty. The Vacations in Paradise office on First Street in Collingwood closed down about two weeks ago. The phones are disconnected and police have been unable to locate Shaw, 51, who is wanted on one count of fraud over $5,000. "Right now, it's one count while we determine if all the other complaints warrant criminal charges," said Hardisty. Shaw is described as six-foot-two with brown hair and brown eyes and may be driving a white Cadillac Seville with an Ontario licence plate ANAB 704. The Collingwood Chamber of Commerce cancelled Shaw's membership last year when complaints about Vacations in Paradise started flooding in and they could not be resolved, said general manager Carol Barrett. Initial complaints were about alleged high-pressure sales tactics; later there were complaints that promised vacations were not forthcoming, she added. The Angelines filed a claim against Shaw and Vacations in Paradise in Barrie's Small Claims Court. Their case is scheduled for Sept. 28.

For those of you looking for information on austin shaw, you may want to start in collingwood ontario canada. Austin ran a timeshare and telemarketing company there for 4 years under the names nitsua marketing/ vacations in paradise / capital marketing/scott financial/ andre automotive. Mr shaw is originally from alberta and still has 2 daughters there. he ripped off hundreds of members of vacations in paradise when he disapeared lately. he also ran their credit card numbers without authorisation and withdrew thousands of dollars from thier accounts. mr shaw left collingwood owing thousands of dollars to local businesses, employees and business associates. mr. shaw was involved in a relationship with a woman by the name of lisa martin and they purchased several properties together in collingwood. mr.shaw has been the subject of numerous t.v. reports and newspaper articles in ontario and their is a warrant out for his arrest. By the way ,one of mr.shaws daughter's names is asia and mr. shaw used this name as a password on all his computer and banking accounts. mr.shaw has a serious gambling problem and in all likelyhood is still involved in scams. the cheap vacation certificate scam is something mr.shaw has beem involved in in the past

Suntasia and Capital Vacations are fictious business names owned by a company called FTN Promotions, Inc, 8751 ULMERTON BLVD, LARGO FL 33771. The principals of this company are: BRYON WOLF 6116 KIPPS COLONY DR W GULFPORT FL 33707 PCEO ROY ELIASSON 3006 LONGBROOKE WAY CLEARWATER FL 33760 Registered Agent: DONALD L BOOTH 8751 ULMERTON BLVD LEGAL DEPT LARGO FL 33771 If you do a search on either of these names at sunbiz.org you'll find they have all kinds of companies (presumably scams or future scams) under their names. Their phone number, according to corporate documents, is: 727-471-0288 They used to have a principal named David Reilly, however he was removed in March 2004. I would file complaints against FTN Promotions with the Florida Dept of Agriculture and Consumer Affairs, the FTC, Fraud.org and definitely dispute the charge asap with your bank. It may also be prudent to change your bank account number to avoid future charges. I have found no information on an Austin Shaw as mentioned by the original poster. I have, however confirmed the information by David in Corpus Christi to be highly accurate (I am a legal researcher). If you feel like sending Bryon a Christmas card, his home address is: 10733 CHAPMAN CT SEMINOLE, FL 33777 . If you feel the need to call him at home his home number is: (727)320-9538. His pal Roy's address is current on the corporate documents and his home phone is : : (727)538-2475.

I recieved a call from "capital one vacations" today and was a little bit suspicious. a couple of months ago my wife recieved a call (similar to the first post) in which she ended up giving up our checking account number. I believe money was illegally withdrawn from my checking account. I have written an e-mail to the fdic and the fbi concerning this company. If anyone can tell me who I need to contact regarding this issue it would be helpful. Thank you very much,

Hey, they accessed my account and I don't even know how they did it. I want to do what ever it takes to take this guy down. If you have any suggestions or Idea's then let me know and I will be onboard for what ever. I want to track this guy down too. Moooorrreee then you can even know. No I don't have money to buy my baby's school clothes, or money to put gas in my tank to get to school everyday. So if you have any information please e-mail me as soon as possible. Thanks

Hey Kevin.... Where did you get AUSTIN SHAW from? The owners/executives are Roy Eliasson, Bryon Wolfe, Vance Vogel, Leonard Soli (There are some more people but I cannot remember) (Roy and Bryon are the owners...The new office is located @ 8751 Ulmerton Road..Largo..FL..33771..727/471/0276. I do know that Bryon lives somewhere on 22nd Avenue South in Pasadena Yacht Club. (in FL) but do not know the location of the other con artists. We definitly need to put this company out of business..Not only for the consumers but for the employees as well for they are treated unethically. Sexual harrassment, on the job drinking (execs) and drugs. I know that some employees that are working 8 hours without a lunch. I know that the company only puts through a certain amt of refunds so they can build their interest up. They also send out mail diliberatly late so consumers cannot cancel in time before they are charged. At one point there were employees setting up accounts with each other using consumers acct info to get commission. These consumers were billed and would call in to be told that it was a mng/trainee call and they accidently processed the sale. They sell to the mentally challanged, minors and elderly people. THEY NEED TO BE STOPPED. I am glad that I have quit and moved away from this sinful company. They are all going to hell. I hope that this info is helpful..

Look Guys & Girls, Capital Vacations AKA Suntastia AKA VersaTalk need to be stopped by us all. With a team effort on this, all of us victims of Austin Shaw can track him down. If the authorities won't do anything then we should. Someone must know where Austin Shaw is, it seems from one report that he also rips off his staff as well as us customers. Come on, there must be one person who knows where this guy is, if you recently worked for him feel safe in letting us know, it is him we want, not you. I am willing to get TV exposure on this guy and ask that TV cameras come with me when I have a location for him in Florida. I am willing to go there from CA to seek justice and expose this sad and evil rip off creep big time. The only way to stop him is get this on TV and pay him a visit. He will keep cloning his scam companies and pop with scam after scam if he is not stopped. I am willing to pay a reward for information leading to the wherabouts of Austin Shaw. I have lost money from my Bank account but I am willing to invest more of my money just to catch up with him. Please help me with information regarding AUSTIN SHAW and his Capital Vacations AKA Suntasia scams. This time AUSTIN SHAW look out because I will make it my mission in life to track you down. You prey on innocent victims like me, but I am about to become the hunter of you....bigtime. All readers, please join me in going after him.

Look Guys & Girls, Capital Vacations AKA Suntastia AKA VersaTalk need to be stopped by us all. With a team effort on this, all of us victims of Austin Shaw can track him down. If the authorities won't do anything then we should. Someone must know where Austin Shaw is, it seems from one report that he also rips off his staff as well as us customers. Come on, there must be one person who knows where this guy is, if you recently worked for him feel safe in letting us know, it is him we want, not you. I am willing to get TV exposure on this guy and ask that TV cameras come with me when I have a location for him in Florida. I am willing to go there from CA to seek justice and expose this sad and evil rip off creep big time. The only way to stop him is get this on TV and pay him a visit. He will keep cloning his scam companies and pop with scam after scam if he is not stopped. I am willing to pay a reward for information leading to the wherabouts of Austin Shaw. I have lost money from my Bank account but I am willing to invest more of my money just to catch up with him. Please help me with information regarding AUSTIN SHAW and his Capital Vacations AKA Suntasia scams. This time AUSTIN SHAW look out because I will make it my mission in life to track you down. You prey on innocent victims like me, you son of a b***h but I am about to become the hunter of you....bigtime. All readers, please join me in going after him.