Andrew George Venton
b.08/01/1967 at Exeter

Former Manager of SARL MyLimousin,
SIRET 50212379700016
€800,000 lost through maladministration & asset concealment
Condemned as Worldwide Bankrupt under French Civil Law
Assets seizable by French State

Until recently working as Export Sales Manager for Teagle Machinery Limited in Truro, Cornwall

[ ANDREW GEORGE VENTON ] [ ANDREW GEORGE VENTON ABANDONS CLIENTS OF HIS FAILED BUSINESS VENTURE ] [ CHARLOTTE FOLEY]

Read on to find out how these people treated trusting clients, employees & creditors & be warned...
On NO account extend this man credit or accept his cheques.

"...legally I have no obligations to you. But what I do have is a moral and personal part of me that wants to do the best I can for all of you that have treated MyLimousin so well." - Andrew Venton, March 2009

"... A word from the bean counter as the team like to call me; in accordance with the payment terms I've attached another invoice for you to send to the bank." - Charlotte Foley, October, 2008

The individual whom this website concerns and whose photograph you see above left is Andrew George Venton. Formerly of MyLimousin, a French building company based in Haute-Vienne, he specialised in renovations. In fact, what Mr. Venton and his business partner Charlotte Foley, *really* specialised in was taking deposits from clients and then stonewalling and lying about progress (or the lack thereof). Mr. Venton has fleeced me of €25,000 and I have had communications from many other victims who have lost varying amounts up to €45,000. By December 2008 his business was already in serious trouble and he was quietly planning to liquidate. This didn't stop him from soliciting further payments from myself and others. In some cases Mr. Venton solicited deposits payable directly into his personal bank account in Manchester. Nor, of course, did he see fit to give any warning to unsuspecting clients who had treated him so well. Indeed, he blithely continued lying about how everything was going fine. Mr. Venton is being pursued by myself and others in respect of very large sums of money solicited for renovation work he knew his company would NEVER undertake. When MyLimousin was liquidated with cash assets of a mere few hundred Euros, Mr. Knowles had several conversations with the official liquidators in France attempting to assist them locating physical assets which might account for the disappearance of vast sums of money. Despite serial admissions from Mr. Venton and his partner Ms. Foley regarding their responsibilities towards their clients and despite numerous blandishments over the course of many months that they would make good the losses they still owe hundreds of thousands of Euros and show no sign of doing so.

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From 2009 to 2012 Andrew George Venton was employed by Teagle Machinery Limited in a salaried capacity as Export Sales Manager. He travelled the world in their behalf, visiting Mauritius, the United states and Canadian provinces whilst all the while under the investigation of the Limousin Prosecutor's office in respect of serious maladministration of MyLimousin and the absorption of over €800,000. After speaking to Mr. John Teagle on the phone in March of 2010 I wrote to him in April of this year informing him of the unsavoury reputation and wrongdoings on the part of his Sales Export Manager, Andrew George Venton. Let me be clear, I make no suggestion that Teagle is in any way responsible for the reprehensible actions of Mr. Andrew George Venton, yet they continued to employ him for a further two years.

Teagle have recently informed me that Venton no longer works for them. I should be grateful to anybody with any information as to his new employers so I can ensure they are fully aware of his disreputable business background and protect themselves accordingly. If you know of or have had dealings with Venton recently I would urge you to exercise caution in your dealings with him and not to expose yourself in any way financially. It is extremely doubtful that Venton would be forthcoming about his distasteful past and unethical business practises much less the Limousin Tribunal's judgment against him so it is necessary for me to make those available here in order that others may at least enjoy a a measure of protection and foreknowledge.

The Tribunal in Limoges declared Andrew George Venton faillite personnelle avec interdiction de gérer under French Law for his maladministration of MyLimousin SARL. Owing to his bad faith in dealing with the Official Receiver the proceedings have even been extended to include his personal worldwide estate. Faillite personnelle is an offence againts Cvil Law with intent and therefore the requisite bad faith must have been established by the French Prosecutor. These are serious offences, which can attract large fines of €75,000 and a period of 5 years' imprisonment if criminal liability is established and should not be taken lightly. You can find out more about such things here. Were Mr. Venton to violate either of these orders he could be further subject to 2 years in jail and fines of up to €375,000. A period of indefinites personal bankruptcy and disqualification from running a business of not less than 15 years has also been ordered by the French Prosecutor. This decision is final and definitive for the stated period.

If anybody is aware that Mr. Andrew George Venton is now (or becomes) in violation of such orders, please contact me and the appropriate authorities will be informed. Furthermore, Mr. Andrew George Venton's debts are NOT to be cancelled and his worldwide assets are subject to seizure by the French State for the aforementioned period. Similarly, if anybody becomes aware of any assets held by Mr. Venton I should be delighted to hear from them in order that the appropriate authorities be informed. It should now be abundantly clear to all the grave financial risk that could be met by any individual conducting any kind of business with Mr. Andrew George Venton.

Here is a copy of the judgement provided to me by the Tribunal. In late January 2011 the Tribunal reconvened to decide on further, possibly criminal, sanctions in respect to the aforementioned. Despite written representations by myself and others to the Official Prosecutor, it was determined not to press for further criminal sanctions against Venton who had already fled the jurisdiction, having failed to appear before them. Sadly, this charlatan and confidence man was extremely lucky to escape relatively lightly with on civil penalties. Should you have any interesting information concerning Venton or if you have any story to tell, please do not hesitate to contact me in the strictest confidence.

This site was authorised by J.A. Knowles and the provable facts contained herein are a matter of private (and now public) record. All enquiries are to be addressed to Mr. Knowles who will happily respond to them in the appropriate manner. Venton & Foley repeatedly betrayed the trust of their clients by breaking commitments and undertakings made to them in respect of thousands of pounds paid to their company in good faith for work never even begun. These people are despicable.