consumer alert; GORDON ALLISON OF VAVA'U TONGA IS CONFIRMED SCAM ARTIST. HIS TRICK? HE PARADES HIGH RANKING CORRUPT GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS TO CONVINCE HIS VICTIMS THAT HIS SCAMS ARE LEGITIMATE. Gordon Allison is not his real name, he goes by "Bob Aston" and " Robert Ashton". We don't live in a very pretty world, and sadly people like Gordon Allison use PRETEND goodwill, religion and charm to instil trust in their victims. If that doesn't work then bribery, and cohesion is used to achieve great results. This is how this guy's scam operates, he goes into a small place like vava'u and sweet talks everyone, he gets really connected – coming from zimbabwe he is a very smooth operator- he wines and dines the authorties and literally bribes everyone, here's some information that can be verified easily (as it's a banking matter) for all you legal eagles wanting to get rid of corruption in the kingdom; the Minister of Tourism for Tonga Fineasi Funaki who is as corrupt as they come is best mates with Gordon Allison, why well because last year the minister of tourism was just about to lose his house to a bank foreclosure and guess who bailed him out by paying off the bank. Yep, "Gordon Allison". The Minister of Toursim Fineasi Funaki personally picks up & chaufeurs Gordon around when ever he flys into Nuku'alofa. See link below for the dirt on the Minister of Tourism of Tonga Fineasi Funaki dirty dealings; http://www.rnzi.com/pages/news.php?op=read&id=38703 O.K. back to our story, "Gordon Allison" thinks by greasing the right palms (like Funaki and Vaipulu) he parades these officials to convince naive investors that he is legit – he really thinks he can get away with murder, and SADLY almost does! He thinks Tonga is like Zimbabwe only better, you know you bribe a ministry of lands official and suddenly maps are redrawn and boundaries of property are changed, applications for leases for competitors disappear, *** his old Friend is the now Minister of Justice – he can do anything! Back to our story; this great section of land on the waterfront at Nuapapu was leased on a tenancy agreement which is of course a perfectly legal contract the deal was signed by the leasee a guy by the name of Richard Mortimer it was signed by the land owner and his heirs. So water tight. But that didn't Stop Gordon and his buddy Nesha Rosic from ignoring this fact. Nesha helped Gordon lease land that wasn't on the waterfront, it was right behind Richard Mortimer's block. Gordon then used bribery & bully tactics to try to get his hands on Richard Mortimer's waterfront lot – this is how it went down…… bribery was to the ministry of land staff to re-draw the maps as to swallow Mortimers' lot and have it absorbed into Gordons'- suddenly Gordon had waterfront land. Magical isn't it! (yes, yes really unbelievable ***, but he's a Zimbabwean, Gordon, think the law is made by the guy with the biggest wallet & the biggest stick- and yes I know you wouldn't ever think so if you saw the weasle in his traditional ta'avala, pretending to be a good Christian… yeah, and he says he was a minister too (as in Minister of a church… hummm, right!). The bullying was for a local American realtor (we'll call him RB) who tried to stand up to Gordon but ended up getting harassed by corrupt police (paid by Gordon) and handed a defamation case…. And then Gordon threatened RB's family, now they had a little kid and this *** bag Gordon implied something terrible could happened to the little girl, so RB not wanting to risk his family's safety for justice sold their stuff in Vavau and moved to another country! Anyway Gordon may have paid off the heirs at Nuapapu, he definitely paid off ministry of land staff to dodgy up the maps and he was getting away with it – Richard Mortimer would commission a water tank to be built on his land and Nesha & Gordon would sent their "boys" mafia style to destroy it to pieces! Gordon kept "developing & selling" on Richard Mortimer's block! And he kept selling to investors to the tune of AUD $2.4 million give or take a few thou. That's a lot of poor trusting souls he sold to. Firstly, the property he was building on was already under contract to Mr Mortimer, and secondly, he was "selling" these dream cottages on the water for 99 years cabinet lease when every-one with a ¼ of a brain knows this type of tax allotment only has a 20 year maximum cabinet lease period….Never mind that his development is in fact on the WRONG block ENTIRELY! HECK, he was building on and selling off. he had the dodged up maps, no one said boo and he was so successful at this rip off game that he decided to do it all AGAIN by illegally " extending his land boundaries" over someone else's lot at Nuapapu– this time it was Eric Stark's waterfront lot that was located right next to Richard Mortimer's plot that was simply grabbed and added on to Gordon's land… wow, magic. Don't you just LOVE the Zimbabwean way… you know you just take it, pay the officials and if the real land leasee comes calling well you know- tell them to get stuffed and threaten them and hope they go away…. It doesn't matter anyway since you're selling the SCAM now, yeah…. With me so far? Check out Gordon's scam advertising for the Nuapapu island scam (also spelt Noapapu)here; http://www.uprealty.co.nz/property.aspx?ref=UPH10396 ( Please note; he may delete the website/or link after word of this gets out), I am not sure if the real estate agents selling his scam actually know they are involved in a scam….. they'd be nervous. (but you can click on the cached link and you'll still see the information.) This matter of defamation went to court and had to be withdrawn because all of Gordon's dirty deeds were showing up on public official court records, with names like Samui Vaipulu all over them, this land issue is going to court again, and Richard Mortimer will of course awarded the 6 or so cottages Gordon build on Richard's lot by order of the court. Same will go with Eric's lot…. Gordon still thinks that if he pays enough government officials it'll all be o.k. Gordon's poor investors will never ever be able to recover their money, fact is by the time they get an inkling he'll be long gone with their cash! This guy is a typical African white ***, you know the stuff the whites did in Africa promise the people jobs and riches, only while buying them a meal here, or a bottle of scotch there, give them an envelope stuffed full of $1000 Panaga in small notes to make it all seem more impressive – all the while he's literally stealing their lands and RUINING the reputation of the place to the ground because he's a known scammer. Now like I said he's been so successful ripping off foreigners that he has a line up of other properties to do it in again & again…. Where, well apparently Matamaka village is on his hit list- he supposedly "owns/has" the beachfront there too (what about the leases there you ask?- oh, please, let's not let existing leases or lease holders get in the way of a good property development scam shall we!)- how will the locals feel when angry investors come knocking asking questions; So watch out Matamaka village a scam is on your way soon. Same applies to Falevai village, a development scam is in store for Falevai village too- And drum rolls; the jewel in the crown project for Gordon is everyone's dream an island in Hap'pai….all you have to do is hand over your money to be part of his vision.... no there is no legal leases in his name for any of these "developments" but let's not get technicalities get in the way, after all the new Minister of Justice himself is a "friend" know what i mean, nudge , nudge, wink, wink say no more! o.k. enough cynicism; You have been warned. For people that have already handed over their money to Gordon; You can find Gordon Allison/Robert Ashton/Bob Aston as he has been known living at Mt Talau, he drives around in a green 2 door 4 wheel drive. This information is 100% true, it's been laid out here for you in full so that you do not lose your money to this fraud, whether you chose to believe it or not is of not consequence to me, but if you lose your money on this man's scams you'll have no one else to blame but yourself. A Royal Land Commission has been set up by the Govt of Tonga last week, to deal with this scam read more about it here; http://www.rnzi.com/pages/news.php?op=read&id=50814