Angry Investors Want Money Back
Angry investors, their patience running out, decided to show up at the office of United Investment Club in suburban Lake Worth to try to get their money back. The office is in the Crexent Business Center at 8401 West Lake Worth Road near the Turnpike.
"They're not here. They got all our money but they're not opening their doors," said Nerline Horace Manasse of West Palm Beach. She told us she lost $25,000.
People say they were told they'd double their money in three months.
"All of us that are here, we gave all of them our life savins'!" Manasse shouted.
Most of them say their investments haven't made a nickel.
"This is injustice! This is America. Stuff like that shouldn't be happening. This is injustice and we are here because we want our money that we worked hard for," she explained.
With so many frustrated investors filling the hallway and tempers starting to flare Palm Beach County Sheriff's deputies were called in to take them outside.
They left peacefully, and gathered in the parking lot.
All these people say they lost money in several investment clubs run by a guy named George Theodule. Clubs with names like Creative Capital Concepts, Crown Ambassador Investment Club, and United Investment Club. They say all the clubs were based in the same office at 8401 West Lake Worth Road.
We tried to reach Theodule and got this recording: "The person you are trying to reach is not accepting calls at this time. Please try your call again later."
"There was people that I knew that went in it, and they were getting their money, see what I'm saying? And that's the reason you take a chance," said Robert Brown of Tamarac, who lost $15,000.
Like the dozens of others who showed up, Brown is asking the same question. Where's my money?
"Angry doesn't cut it right now. Believe me. You're beyond angry? It's beyond," he said.
Brown says the investment club offered him the chance to double his money in three months. He thought it sounded pretty good.
Another guy agrees. He lost $20,000.
"It is a whole lot of big mess, 'cause that's the only thing I have. I have three kids and a wife," said Monasse Lamy of Delray Beach.
A crowd of about one hundred people vowed to return again Friday morning to fill out complaints that will be sent to the Florida Attorney General's office. They also will discuss getting a lawyer to try to recover their money.










