Clarity about Richard Charbit's criminal past.

I would like to provide clarity about the results of my inquiry into the question of Richard Charbit’s criminal history.

Richard, unlike your ridiculous “Jaw Dropping” Investigation of me where you did not back a single allegation, nor will you be able to, following are the true facts by your investigating and arresting investigator and your parole officer, backed up by emails, names, and contact details which expose the compulsive liar you are!

Richard, you just posted once again that you are not under parole or supervision. THIS IS A LIE! Stop lying to the community that you are some nice guy who served his time for a minor crime in which you were set up. Here is what you posted ”Since I decided to leave the US, there is NO PROBATION.

. One has to reside in the US to serve probation, other lies by the “writers” of the trash site, but intentional this time because they think VE residents are ignorant of the US law.”

I guess your parole officer, the FBI Agent who arrested you, and the District attorney who prosecuted you are also ignorant of US law. All of them not only confirmed the seriousness of your crime, but also revealed the true agency behind your deportation from the US. The simple fact still remains that you are a convicted felon, more about your “minor crime” later, that is still under supervision from The US Probation Office, Southern District of Florida until November 13,2014. Here is copy of your judgment and an email from your parole officer when I inquired about your status:

01/18/2011 78 JUDGMENT as to Jean R. Charbit (2), Count(s) 1, Imprisonment: 9 months. Supervised Release: 2 years.; Count(s) 2-3, 4-5, Dismissed. Assessment: $100.00 Fine: $40,000.00. Signed by Judge Ursula Ungaro on 1/18/2011. (asl) (Entered: 01/19/2011) 

From: Ricardo_Garcia@flsp.uscourts.gov [mailto:Ricardo_Garcia@flsp.uscourts.gov]
Sent: Monday, April 21, 2014 12:29 PM
To: Ralf Henrich
Subject: Re: FW: Charbit 

Mr. Henrich,
While Mr. Charbit is still under our jurisdiction until November 2014, we are unable to take any action against him unless formal charges of alleged criminal activity are lodged against him by another Jurisdiction.

Ric Garcia
USPO, Miami

Richard, and the entire VE community, I have provided links to all the information listed and before anyone starts with lies claiming that I photo shopped the above, understand that anyone who doubts the validity of these facts can call the US Probation Office, Southern District of Florida at 305 523 5300, themselves. Tell them that you were recently told that someone you have financial dealings with was exposed as a criminal and they are under supervision of their office and you would like to file a complaint with their parole officer. They will ask for the name of the defendant, Charbit, Jean Richard, Case # 10-20732, once they look him up they should confirm that he is under their supervision until November 13, 2014 and they will transfer you to the specialist who handles cases where the convict is out of the country bit still under US probation. Please post your finding on both the VENeighbors Blog and the VEHOA website for all to see the truth.

Also below is an email, to myself, from FBI Special Agent Timothy Wright, the FBI Agent who put the criminal complaint against Charbit together, in regards to an email, also copied below, where I informed the FBI, The District Attorney, Charbit’s parole officer, and US Homeland security about Mr. Charbit’s ongoing criminal activities and his attack on myself and my family.

From: Wright, Timothy J. [mailto:T----------------@ic.fbi.gov]
Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2014 9:13 AM
To: 'ralf.henrich@gmail.com'
Subject: Re: Richard Jean Charbit

Mr.. Henrich,

I forwarded your email to individuals more familiar with Panama. We all agree that our jurisdiction would allow us to look at this matter more closely if the threats were being made from within the US. Given the fact that Charbit is no longer allowed access to the US, we recommend you contact the local authorities in Panama.

FYI, I have been transferred out of the Miami office. I provided you with Charbit's probation officer before but I am not sure that he would be able to provide any assistance either.

I understand your frustration and wish you the best. If circumstances change and you feel we may be able to get involved, feel free to re-connect.

Tim

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From: Ralf Henrich <ralf.henrich@gmail.com>
To: Wright, Timothy J.
Cc: Davidson, H. Ron (USAFLS); Ricardo_Garcia@flsp.uscourts.gov <------------------------------>; Paul----------@DHS.gov <Paul.---------@DHS.gov>
Sent: Sun Aug 03 10:23:24 2014
Subject: Richard Jean Charbit

Dear Agent Wright,

I need your and the FBI’s assistance. If you recall I run a security company in Boquete Panama where a Jean Richard Charbit took residence about a year ago. Mr. denied his identity and then went on to commit an “assault” on the sister of owner of a resort he was trying to extort.

The owner of the resort filed criminal charges and when the country of Panama did a FBI background check on him and his criminal past was revealed and he was expelled from the Country of Panama, just like he was from the US. Panama charged him for “lying” on his application to Panama where he claimed to have no criminal background. Since Charbit entered the country using a French passport and he provided a “report” from France that he had no criminal past, they, Panama, were processing his residency. Once Charbit’s real identity was revealed, Panama took the immediate steps of permanent expulsion and I was told that the US embassy, in conjunction with both French and US authorities, worked in conjunction with Panamanian authorities in this process.

A copy of the notarized letter from the head of Immigration in Panama attesting to Charbit’s expulsion is attached.

Here is where I need immediate assistance from US Law Enforcement.

Mr. Charbit is still the director of the VEHOA, a residential homeowners association in Boquete Panama. Mr. Charbit has convinced a large group of homeowners, and has written this to them on blog posts and emails that he was not expelled from Panama and that he will soon return. Mr. Charbit will not step down and he, with his assistant Olga Suarez, have launched a campaign to personally attack anyone who exposes his real identity. It has gotten to the point where I have personal safety concerns especially after the latest actions. While in Panamanian custody awaiting expulsion Mr. Charbit told Panamanian authorities that I, as well as 4 other who stood up to expose Charbit, were criminals wanted in the US. Panamanian immigration made all five of us come to their headquarters in David Panama. I had to spend over two hours while they ran me through the FBI database system Panama currently has access to. Obviously I was cleared but the director made it clear that Charbit made these allegations.

After this did not work Mr. Charbit made written allegations that I have illegal weapons and am a “gun runner” in Panama. Once again Panamanian Law Enforcement needed me to come to their headquarters where I demonstrated that all my firearms are legally registered and I consented to a search of my residence. I was not the only whom Charbit made this allegation against. Once again I was cleared.

Since I have been in charge of Security for the same residential community that Charbit is running, and many residents trust me and believe me when I explain Charbit’s criminal activities he has done everything to destroy my character. His most recent attack piece, copied below, has completely crossed the line of further criminal activity. Please read what Mr. Charbit wrote and emailed to the entire residential community including my family. He states that the FBI’s CID is working with him.

Please advise as to what my options are against having the FBI in conjunction with the Justice Department press Charges against both Jean Richard Charbit and Olga Suarez, his assistant who admitted she is from Florida and “had to change” her name as someone with the same name as her  had fraud charges in the US. Olga Suarez is Richard’s Charbit’s assistant and is the one who emailed the below “jaw dropping” lies about me to people throughout the world.

Charbit has threatened me many times and I fear for my and my family’s safety.

Here is the latest he put out bringing my wife and children into his psychotic assaults:  Richard Charbit investigates Ralf Henrich…. the results are jaw dropping.

I removed the rest of what Charbit wrote to keep this short and since most have already seen the ramblings of this lunatic.

Now let’s take a look at this minor “crime” in the US where Richard Charbit states:” I was set up by your beloved FBI (that never makes any mistakes and is never wrong, RIGHT?). They found my name and phone number in some one they were targeting:

Here a copy of the criminal complaint against Mr. Charbit and Tzemach Cavid Netzer Korem (more on Mr Korem shortly but pay attention to his name on the complaint) as submitted by FBI Agent Timothy Wright. You will clearly see for yourself that this was no small crime where Mr. Charbit was caught up by a name the FBI found. Richard Charbit was an active participant in a stock fraud scheme where he traveled numerous times to meet with undercover CIs and even paid cash as a down payment on the “fraudulent inducement”. In the complaint he even used the same email that he currently uses today.

                  

Now let’s take a look at Richard Charbit’s “friend and business associate” that was also charged in the same above complaint as Richard Charbit. Real outstanding character Mr. Korem is. If you look at the complaint above you will see that this guy has more aliases than Richard Charbit has cousins. King Richard's partner in the FBI sting, "the little tiny infraction that all in the Valle might have indulged ....."

This link http://www.forbes.com/sites/williampbarrett/2010/10/08/boy-do-we-know-tzemach-ben-david-netzer-korem/ from Forbes magazine, from where the above photo is cropped from, is a most interesting read. I ask the SC and its “advisors”, how do you feel being Charbit’s new partners?   "Birds of a feather.........."

We all will be following your court cases with interest.

Speaking of court cases, as some of you might already be aware, I am back in VE as I had to meet with prosecutors this past Friday for my criminal case against individual steering committee members and the SC as a whole. Interesting that the SC has not informed the VE homeowners of this new criminal case against them, especially since one of them has already been served and the police have attempted to serve the others numerous times. I have been informed that the these individuals could be sentenced up to 18 months in prison upon successful conviction.

Are we VE homeowners to believe Richard Charbit’s claim that “I could have fought deportation because my sentence was less than 1 year and 1 day and there were NO VICTIMS, but I decided against my lawyer’s advice, to leave the US”? Really? Let me get this straight, Richard Charbit decided to not fight deportation from the US, against the advice of his attorneys, the country where his children and grandchildren reside, but he wants to “fight” Panama to get back into VE to help the homeowners get the infrastructure transferred. Does this make any sense to you?

If you read all the court documents related to Charbit’s US criminal case, which are publicly available for view on the Southern District Court’s database, you would learn that his “expulsion” from the US was not related to his sentencing. He was deported from the US at the demand of US Homeland Security.

In regards to the claim that I am not even a resident I respond as follows, I have requested from the SC, on numerous occasions, the requirements and documents to submit to them to prove that I am a “homeowner” of multiple properties in VE. Is it shares in corporations that own properties in VE or is it a power of attorney from the president of the corporation? I can and will provide the SC any and all documentation they request so I can be considered a “legal homeowner” with access to the VEHOA website. Once again I request the SC to answer the question of what makes someone a “homeowner” in VE so we can get this behind us. All I, and my attorney, request is that the SC demonstrate that they have the same documents on file for other VE homeowners as they request of me. I have lived in VE for over 4 years and have spent more time in VE over the last year than Carol Brunner and Richard Charbit combined. I am proud to be a legal permanent resident of Panama.

My criminal case is not the only reason I am in Panama. I am meeting with FBI and Homeland security officials at the US embassy this week in regards to the continued criminal actions of SC members, who are US citizens, and Richard Charbit against my person. As referenced in the above email from FBI Agent Wright, my information was forwarded to individuals more familiar with Panama and I am working with them, in conjunction with Panamanian authorities, to protect myself and fellow VE homeowners to further damage from this groups criminal activities.

Richard Charbit, the US, Panamanian, and Colombian authorities are well aware of your ongoing activities in Columbia. Some people will never learn.

It must be told that I had no part in causing this issue with Richard Charbit other than attempting to have him come clean with his criminal past. When I refused a large "monetary Incentive", to be paid with VE Homeowner's funds by offering me a fake security consulting agreement, in return for keeping my mouth shut, Mr. Charbit went into attack mode. I apologize to the entire VE community that they have been brought into this, but this man, and his diabolical ways, along with his SC and their advisers, have destroyed my business, assassinated my character and created complete lies about me. These actions have resulted  in further criminal charges for which the entire VEHOA will pay to defend.

Ralf Henrich

a/k/a Ralfie the snitch, Adolf

http://www.fbi.gov/miami/press-releases/2010/mm110110.htm

http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=59613681

Hahaha, Charbits letter….

“Wait – is this the same “it wasn’t me” Richard Charbit now admitting that “it was me”?   Why should anybody believe ANTHING written or said by a proven pathological liar?

Electrical Information for all of us from Thalia

Thalia sent an email to Olga asking her to post this letter in the vehoa bloq and according to Olga the SC did not authorize it to be posted on their blog. 
We are posting it because the SC refused too, and we thought it important for all residents to evaluate and make their own decision. Here it is below.

Dear Home owners of Valle Escondido:

This is a translation of original letter and serves only for information and courtesy purposes.

It is regrettable for LIBERTY SERVICES CORP to have to contact you under difficult circumstances such as the one we

have in our hands, in which some residents are suffering without electricity due to the lack of action on the part of its Steering Committee.

As we have stated before, the company LIBERTY SERVICES CORP., corporation of the Republic of Panama, which provides services of operation and management to the Valle Escondido Resort, has been administering for a few years the major client electricity account of all of the Valle Escondido properties with UNION FENOSA, due to the lack of organization of the home owners association.

The electrical infrastructure that have been used by the property owners since they moved into their properties;

corresponds to a common good of the residential and commercial complex, which must be maintained by the property owners.

Liberty Services Corp has been responsible in good faith for the administration of the major client electricity account,

IMPORTANT RULING BY PANAMA SUPREME COURT THAT EFFECTS EVERY VE HOMEOWNER

WHEN WILL THE VEHOA SC START TELLING  HOMEOWNERS THE TRUTH?

THIS IS NOT A FAIRYTALE, IT IS A REAL LIFE NIGHTMARE!


It is rumored Richard Charbit has been telling members of the SC and his group, just last week, that he would be returning to Panama this week.  An attorney did some research and found out that on August 11th the Supreme Court of Panama ruled on an appeal by Charbit to allow him to return.  HE WILL NEVER RETURN TO PANAMA AGAIN IN HIS LIFE!  ITS FINAL! He obviously knew this on August 11th or soon thereafter but continued with his lies. 

To think this SC and its group of supporters continue to believe a pathological liar. Ignorance is a very good reason for this entire SC to resign right now!  Lack of common sense, poor judgement and seemingly lack of intelligence should concern us with these type of people managing our funds, along with complicity of the lies of Charbit!

Once again the SC and their "advisors" are protecting the lies of Charbit and are complicit in his actions. Why have they not told us that the "ghost of VE" is never to return to Panama as determined by the Panamanian Supreme Court and published on August 11, 2014?     

There have been ridiculous comments from SC members and their advisers saying that Charbit's crime was only a minor white collar one, that he served his time, and it was no big deal.

Really?  So now two different countries have permanently expelled Mr. Charbit because of his criminal activity and yet some members of the SC and their supporters not only choose to be associated with this con man but they also want VE homeowners to also support this convict. Mr. Charbit never finished serving his time nor did he pay his debt to society. Richard Charbit is a convicted felon still under parole in the US until November of this year. Don't want to believe it? Just ask Mr. Charbit to deny in writing that he is not still under US parole. He will never do it as he knows it will be another violation of his release conditions. He is also prohibited from denying his criminal identity and the simple fact that he lied to the VE community,with his ridiculous story of him not being the same Richard Charbit that was convicted in the US and that it was one of his five cousins, was another parole violation.

This man can not stop lying and is a professional scammer. He even got his group to believe that his expulsion from Panama was not proper and that he was set up with forged documents. Well the Supreme Court of Panama determined that he was deported under proper procedure. Why was he deported from Panama? Because he lied to the Country claiming he had no criminal past while he was still serving his sentence.

Why, if the country of Panama, with the support of the Panamanian Supreme Court, determined that they don't want this type of convicted felon in their country, just like the US did, would any homeowner want him in back in VE yet alone on the SC? Especially after the Panama Supreme Court ruled that he is never to return. 

Just say NO. We will not support this SC or finance their actions!

To: Valle Escondido Homeowners

Over 70 property owners signed a declaration posted on the VEneighbors blog. ( Click and read here)  

We all stand for change in accordance to the declaration and nothing else. 

This SC has called for a Homeowners meeting this September 27, 2014 at 10 a.m.,  and want our vote for a new budget, and a possible assessment to increase our dues. 

Yet they continue to ignore the pressing questions.  Who will pay for the legal fees and possible damage awards against the community owners, do to the SC’s careless actions against the developer?  We will Not!   

We ask you to stand with us and vote “no” on their proposals. Or you can agree with them and financially support them; as you have that right.   

We have asked this SC numerous times to all resign and let VE start over with new SC members and fresh ideas that will give the Homeowners back their rights! 

They refuse, Why?   WE WILL NOT DEFEND OR FINANCIALLY SUPPORT THEIR RECKLESS ACTIONS OR THEIR PRIVATE AGENDA!  

We received a letter from  someone calling themselves "valleyfromhellresident" that was so full of untruths and misconceptions that we in good conscious cannot post it here. It was entirely an attack piece, false and misleading, and our blog is about giving truthful information to owner/readers. However, we would post it if their authorship is given so they can stand by and answer the defamatory statements to the community directly. 

 

This is our comments to that letter. 

Dear :Valley From Hell Resident, 

So many of our residents have been threatened, demonized, even referred to Panama authorities for absolutely no reason simply because they challenged the SC Chairman Richard Charbit and its members to be honest about who Richard Charbit is since he lied to the entire community about his past.  

He said it was a made up cousin who was the arrested party; but instead of honesty, the Steering Committee collectively were complicit & covered up and lied about his criminal past versus being upfront to the community.   

Their subsequent actions of the SC against the developer ( all documented) without the consent of the Homeowners has many many owners upset. Because the criminal / civil actions have been formally charged against these members of the SC, that could very well end up costing all VE owners a great deal of money in legal fees and damages if a judgement is awarded against us. And those charged criminally could go to jail. These charges as we now know are very serious in Panama, but seem to taken lightly by those charged who have not sought expert legal advice. 

The community has asked this SC numerous times if  they will pay their own legal bills to defend against their irresponsible actions and they refuse to respond in any forum of requests to do so, so what does this tell you?  We collectively refuse to be responsible for these careless & reckless actions. You could say emotions are deep among owners in VE. 

 We feel the group who supports this SC should all tell the community they will as agreed to fund them for any and all legal fees and or judgments against them and it will diminish many of the residents hostilities.  Maybe you can take your frustrations and spearhead this cause in defense of the SC.  It would be so appreciated. 

There is so much hatred and anguish in VE,  many of us wish we never purchased here.  Without getting into the issues and or taking sides of beliefs, we feel in order for this community to heal the following must happen.

1)    All Steering Committee members agree to resign and hold an election where members must be voted in and not appointed by a small group; We need a fresh start with new people and new ideas.

2)    As a community, we review and edit new CC&R’s that help prevent these problems from ever happening again in Valle Escondido that we are experiencing today. The homeowners need to have a vote on important issues; where we have no vote or consideration today.

3)    We insure all of our annual HOA dues go towards expenditures that 100% of our community can enjoy and or considered as priority expenses such as security, road maintenance, landscaping, trash pick-up,  infrastructure transfer & maintenance of same; Not to advisors and or legal fees

4)    Limiting the power of a few and restoring decisions of expenses to the majority.

5)    Should a select group of owners have an agenda against the developer/resort owner important to this group, they can form their own subcommittee, review the facts , offer a plan of objectives to the HOA and have the entire community vote on a cause of action weather to proceed or not. Mediation is our only cost effective way to solve our problems and move forward, holding both the developer and the HOA to an enforceable resolution.  

We are sad you also seem to have these feelings and hope you join us in starting over with a fresh start.

The Steering Committee cannot put politics aside and help these Homeowners without Electricity! What if it were your home without power?!

 VE Community,

I wrote a sincere offer to assist and help the owners affected with no power, I asked that it not become a political chatter of conversation and sure enough, the SC wrote a statement on their blog  (without sending the response  to me personally ) they have made it another "camp your in" response.

I, along with many in this community have made it clear numerous times, but the SC and its members refuse to accept it, WE ARE NOT "ALIGNED" WITH THALIA.  We also are not aligned with the Steering Committee and we do have a right to objectively state our independent opinions on any issue as it relates to Valle Escondido as an owner.   

So for the last time, DO NOT WRITE ANYMORE THAT I SUPPORT THALIA.  I support right and wrong and will always attempt to offer my opinion for solution on this mantra.

Who is responsible for the transformer, I do not know? I offered a remedy for us to go to a 3rd party mediator to decide, but that has been ignored.

There are 17 homes without power and this SC is still worried about the politics of whose side an owner is on versus solving the problem for the owners without power.  Really?    

I say it one more time, If the Steering Committee and its advisers had no power to their homes, right now, today, what would be your solution to get power to your homes today?  Please answer!   

Then offer the same to these owners and fight the Liberty Service argument later!

Lets focus on solutions for VE, not whose camp or beliefs we are on.   I urge the same with Thalia,  I think She has made it clear, She wishes to transfer these assets ASAP, the issue is how and at what level of condition, so lets go to a mediator and wrap this up ASAP! So we can all agree to move on,  Agreed?

Mark Schneider

Time is of the Essence!!!

Olga / Carol,

I was just called into a meeting the owners of the Estates are having & was asked to loan the group of owners w/o electrical power about $6k for a transformer for them ASAP.  As I stated earlier, these folks are  desperate, I have sent a response that you have seen from Carol. 

I am sure She has passed it on to the SC as an offer to resolve this right now, I have not heard back. 

We need to put the politics aside right now and assist and get the monies to the company who can supply this,  the SC can fight with Liberty Services later.

So please tell me where are we financially in our account? If we do not have the funds I'd like to know why? If we do have them, lets do the right thing and get this done now and worry about leverage etc. on Liberty Services at a later date.   I will fund it if the SC agrees to pay me back in the next budget and or if the community wishes to offset it now collectively.  But we can not wait.  We must help our neighbors.

Carol, Please resolve for an answer ASAP to the SC  or my suggestion, lets have the owners vote on this.  We cannot let this continue as these poor folks need their power. 

Time is of the essence.

Mark Schneider

Do we need to go to mediation to resolve the electric problem?

Carol (Bruner),

In response to your email and the subsequent communications below from Analia, I am about solving this problem not engaging in "camps of opinions ".  

For the record, I never offered to loan money to Liberty Services, nor does my email state that;  I am only interested in assisting for the solution for those who are without power and the primary owners injured in VE right now.  This is an emergency and all considerations of solution need to be on the table.  

If the HOA needs to follow some legal path against Liberty Services and if the HOA does not have the funds to solve this problem then I am interested in funding for the solution if this cannot be achieved any other way.  I am not for letting the owners without power to be the pawns of another VE fight without resolution where these folks are suffering.  

Please do not characterize me as a supporter of Thalia and or even as a supporter of the SC for that matter.  I will always offer my opinion (if anyone asks)  purely on how I see it. As for this urgent matter, I think we should form an emergency arbitration group to solve this problem and agree to whatever it takes between the HOA and the developer to sit down with a neutral 3rd party and whatever is agreed, both sides agree to honor the decision and solve the problem.  That's it, nothing more.

This string of communications below between Analia / Olga / Rosa seems quite different from the recent statement forwarded that Olga also wrote here (no oil in the transformer?, if Olga was wrong or misrepresented the truth, she should apologize to Analia, If Analia is not telling the truth, well, I would hold Her to the same standards );  Sadly, we need to get beyond this horrible personal attacks, this is just another of our continued issues in VE with infighting over and over with no resolutions to our problems.  

I say take all of our issues to a binding mediation process in one big box and wrap it up once and for all for resolution.  The HOA will not get everything it wants and Thalia will not get everything She wants. As I stated in the past few months, I do not want to engage in any other process unless it is working towards solutions, the party fighting will never get problems solved.   

Owners need their power back on..this should be urgent to all HOA owners in VE without any other priority or agenda.  What if it was our Baru area for no power?

So help me, help us all, no more position of belief and lets get this solved for these poor folks! 

I will assist & propose moving this action above forward, but it means letting go and allowing a 3rd party resolve our differences.

Are you in?  I will also propose to Thalia if you wish?  Takes both sides!

Mark Schneider

PS.  I will forward our communications to the VE blog in hopes both are posted on both blogs and let our neighbors help decide with us.  Feel free to do same to the SC blog.

Sorry for errors, I have no time for editing etc....

SC Does Not Tell the Truth Again While 17 Owners Have No Power!

What if it was their home without power! Developer forced to write us to get the Truth / Communications to the Community.

Hello VE neighbors,

This is the first time I decide to post something in the website. 

I just read this in the VEHOA website posted by Olga:   the transformer had burned down because of lack of maintenance and having no oil. Again, showing deficient service by Liberty Services.

Olga knows  that this is not true but she has posted this  to create more problems.  it seems they are only focused on creating controversies and not give solutions. It is a shame!

Attached are the pictures and video that proof that the transformer have oil.

The expert in transformer hired by Pat Mains told me that obviously this is not the cause of the damage.

Mr Verdnikov came to see when we did this inspection and he suggested me to take pictures and video of this.

As many of you know I sent emails to the SC last year about the  necessity of a spare transformer and we all know that the SC decided to ignore our recommendation.

Here you can see the mails I sent them Sept 11 last year and Dic 28, 2012 and in yellow the translation of my email below.

De: Cielo Grande [mailto:cielogrande@veresort.com]
Enviado el: miércoles, 11 de septiembre de 2013 03:40 p.m.
Para: 'Valle Escondido HOASC'
Asunto: RV: COTIZACION TRANSFORMADOR 100 KVA

Hola Rosaura:

Deberian contemplar  tener un transformador en stock por cualquier daño futuro

El tiempo de entrega es hasta de 6 semanas y Dios no quiera que pase otro daño como el del año pasado y  no tenemos repuesto.

Se debe informar  a los residentes sobre este tema ya que son daños y gastos  inesperados que no están contemplado en los .02 centavos x kw  por la gestión de lectura facturación y cobro.

El daño de diciembre fue entre piezas de coneccion y el equipo reemplazado  B/ 6013.95 el cual deberá ser reembolsado por la asociación.

Hello Rosa,

Should contemplate having a transformer in stock for any future damage

Delivery time is up to 6 weeks and God forbid  other damage like last year and we have no spare.

You must inform residents about this issue because they are unexpected damages and expenses that are not covered in x .02 cents per kw reading management billing and collection.

The damage in December between  parts and the equipment replaced was B / 6013.95 which shall be reimbursed by the association

Saludos

De: Cielo Grande [mailto:cielogrande@veresort.com]
Enviado el: viernes 28 de diciembre  de 2012  5:45 p.m.
Para: 'Valle Escondido HOASC'
Asunto: RV: COTIZACION TRANSFORMADOR 100 KVA

Rosaura abajo correo del Ing, Villarreal con la cotización del transformador de 100 KVA

Es de vital necesidad tener un transformador de repuesto  It is vitally necessary to have a spare transformer

Saludos,

Analia Velásquez B.

Directora Administrativa

Valle Escondido Resort, Golf & Spa

Boquete, Chiriquí

Tel.: (507)7202454 Ext.:201

Fax.: (507)7201996

http://www.veresort.com

De: Analia Velasquez [mailto:cielogrande@cableonda.net]
Enviado el: martes, 02 de septiembre de 2014 02:40 p.m.
Para: '114 Elliott Verdnikov'; '103 Pat Mains'
Asunto: RE: Receipt of fee paid by Homeowners to assess damage to transformer

HI Gitty & Pat

Attached the picture and video that proof that the Transformer have oil.

The expert in transformer  told me that obviously this is not the cause of the damage.

Mr Verdnikov came to see when we did this inspection

Saludos,

Analia Velásquez B.

Directora Administrativa

Valle Escondido Resort, Golf & Spa

Boquete, Chiriquí

Tel.: (507)7202454 Ext.:201

Fax.: (507)7201996

http://www.veresort.com

This is the report form the electric hired by Pat.

There is his phone number 

He confirmed that what I wrote is true.

Analia Velasquez B 

David, Chiriquí

4 de septiembre del 2014

En la inspección realizada en las instalaciones de Valle Escondido al Transformador de Gabinete 100 Kva se comprobó que el nivel de aceite estaba en condiciones adecuadas, por lo tanto, se descarta que esta sea la causa del daño.

*Celular del Ing.  Alfredo Palma: N° 67471694

Bernardino Raúl Gómez.

Electricista General.

Lic. No  80-600-038.

 

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Offer to fix electric NOW ignored by the Steering Committee

This offer to get the electric working NOW was sent to the Steering Committee on Sept 2, 2014.

No response has been received from the Steering Committee.  We thought the homeowners should know about this option, especially those living without power. 
A quick solution is available here that seems to be a win/win for everyone. Why no response from the SC?

To the SC

If it is decided that funding of the transformer is an issue for the HOA, I will agree to fund it so these owners have power, assuming one can be purchased ASAP towards the solution.  The HOA can sign an agreement with me and pay me back in February, 2015. 

Please do not make this political and or get me involved in whose fault this is, my sole intention is to help solve a problem for the community. 

This should be considered an emergency for any homeowner without power this long and we need to find them a solution.
It is my effort to assist! 

Mark Schneider

Regardless who is responsible, the developer, or the Steering Committee, something needs to be done NOW to help these families. Whether the pay back to Mark comes from the Steering Committee funds, or funds reimbursed to the Steering Committee from the developer if they are found responsible, this is the right thing to do. What are we going to do, let these people stay in the dark until feb or beyond? How would you feel if you were in their shoes?

Owners who have worked on new CC&R's submit their suggestions for others to review and offer input!

Attached is a proposed set of CC&R's that has been worked on, reviewed, and revised by many homeowners in the community. We feel this is a very good starting point and we are hoping for good input from the community to help finely hone these basic ideas before they are put to a vote.
Please carefully read this document and note any ideas you might want to incorporate.
In fact we already have some suggested modifications that we will soon be adding as a comment to the original post.

Thank You
VENeighbors
Submitted by
Rod Parker and Dennis Griffin    

COVENANTS, CONDITIONS And RESTRICTIONS (CC&R’s)

Of The Valle Escondido Homeowners Association

Power Outage - How long will this go on?

Hi All,

We would like to have this posted on the VE Neighbors Blog, as it does absolutely no good to bring this up with the "Self Appointed" Steering Committee. 

Last Thursday, August 28th the power went off in the Valle for about 12 hours.  We understand that something happened in Boquete which caused this outage.  When they repaired it and turned the power back on, apparently the surge caused the safety fuses at the entrance to the Valle to trip.  A Service Tech from David came and apparently made repairs as power was restored briefly.  They stated that the fuses were weak due to  previously being hit by lightening.  

Friday around 9 P.M. something failed again.  The power to the entire Estate area has been out since then and remains out but the power is on in the remainder of the Valle.  We have been told that it is a transformer in the Estates.  

Back in 2012 the Steering Committee was notified of the problem with the transformer and a recommendation was made to purchase a spare to have on hand for just this kind of problem!  The transformer is 10+ years old!  A replacement transformer could have been purchased at that time from the States for about $4,000.00.  Now we understand that there is one available in Panama City at a cost of about $14,000.00!  To purchase one from the States now would take about a month to get here. The one in Panama City could be here within 24 hours.  

The  "Self Appointed" current Steering Committee and the past Steering Committee have dropped the ball.  There is absolutely no reason this should ever have happened!   Some residents in the Estates have lost thousands of dollars worth of food as well as the entire refrigerator.  We are lucky, we saved everything and have a generator.  For those of you who are still blindly following the "Self Appointed" Steering Committee, just ask yourselves how you would feel if you were without ANY power for six days and counting!  But yet they profess to be "working hard for the benefit of the residents of the Valle" - REALLY! ?

ALSO, The SC keeps claiming that Union Fenosa is responsible for the power in the Valle.  Union Fenosa's responsibility stops at the Gate entering the Valle.  They have nothing to do with the power past that point!  Also, true to form, the "Self Appointed" SC is DEMANDING that the Developer fix the problem without even discussing sharing the cost.  So much for negotiations.