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California Wow faces fraud suit

Published: 30 Sep 2012 at 17.50
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Members of the embattled health Club California Wow (CAWOW) on Sunday filed fraud charges against the bankrupt fitness operator for allegedly failing to provide the services agreed upon and to refund their membership fees.

The charges were filed with the Consumer Protection Police Division by about 50 members of the financially troubled health club accompanied by Saree Ongsomwang, secretary-general of Foundation for Consumers.

Ms Saree said her foundation had received complaints from 587 affected members under life-long, yearly and monthly membership contracts demanding a total of more than 30 million baht in compensation from the company.

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banmebkk
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Discussion 5 : 01 Oct 2012 at 10.575
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@Disc 4 - Eric Levine already sold his $20 million home in Phuket to a Russian guy last year. He is no longer in Thailand, he took all the money and ran when allegations involving the company's accounting surfaced last year.
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Discussion 4 : 01 Oct 2012 at 07.414
In the meanwhile Eric Levine was enjoying his life in his 65,000 Square Foot Supersized Thailand Beach House.
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Discussion 3 : 01 Oct 2012 at 02.273
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I don't know what worries me most. Business strategies that can not work in the long run or gullible customers. Anything that is described as "free", lifetime", "special" is probably to ask for problems.
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Discussion 2 : 30 Sep 2012 at 21.152
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I hope they arent waiting until he has transferred all his money out of the country to go after him looking for money .
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Discussion 1 : 30 Sep 2012 at 18.201
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CAWOW CEO Eric Levine should be in jail. Glad I never joined California SCAM.
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