Perla Group International Inc (PERL)

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Perla's helicopter business - scam.

CHARLES D'ALBERTO IS A SCAMMER
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N 9th of Nov, 2014 by D-SFO-L84-32 +1 Votes

a "Charles S. D'Alberto" of "Swiss-American Investments Inc" recently expressed an interest in buying some aviation assets in Italy. He says they are "a publicly traded investment fund". A search on the company name reveals it doesn't exist (there is however a defunct Nevada Corp). A search on his name brings me to this site (thank youl) and Perla Group. Interestingly Perla Group is also a defunct Nevada Corp. A search the phone number he gave reveals (with a bit of digging) an Aerokopter for sale (like Perla Group) http://www.airplanemart.com/airplane-for-sale/show-client-listing/1202/
A reverse search on the number leads to Fort Lauderdale. It would seem to be the same guy and he is too brazen (or too stupid) to cover his tracks.

http://www.complaintsboard.com/complaints/perla-group-dubai-uae-c320636.html


Interview conducted by: Lynn Fosse, Senior Editor, CEOCFO Magazine, Published - May 21, 2012

CEOCFO: Are there any services that Perla Group would like to add to the mix or are you focusing on organic growth?

Mr. D’Alberto: Not at this stage. In fact, what we are trying to do is just further develop the current services that we are providing. For example, the aviation division is an area where currently the majority of the services that are provided are in the area of transporting of our armored vehicles and other equipment. One area that we have focused on and invested in over the past two years is the development of the AK1-3 helicopter that we are introducing into the US market particularly now. That particular market and that particular product for that matter, is not wholly and solely focused on the industries that we spoke about; the police, military, and security industries. That particular product does lend itself to a greater and wider market such as personal aircraft. Therefore, that is an area that we would like to focus on particularly introducing a greater market in the US and Latin America. In fact those two markets are the biggest helicopter markets in the world right now and two markets that we are not operating in. That is an area we can develop quite substantially.


CEOCFO: What is the financial picture like for Perla Group today?

Mr. D’Alberto: We have seen record revenues in the last four months. We closed out 2011 revenues just over $3.1 million. A lot of this has to do with two major contracts that we have had. We are looking at revenues of just over $12 million (Jan – April 2012) which is quite an amazing achievement for our company being four times the revenues achieved by last year and the year before that. We are looking fairly solid in terms of revenue growth. The company has little or no debt. We believe the financial position of the company is quite steady and stable and we will grow quite rapidly.


CEOCFO: Why should investors pay attention to Perla Group?

Mr. D’Alberto: We believe the company is fairly new to the US market particularly. Even our presence here in the US is fairly new. Right now, the company is fairly under dilutive in terms of the fundamentals in terms of our revenue and the way the company is structured. Right now, we believe the company represents good value to any potential investor that might be looking for a particular investment in this type of company in this type of industry, that we believe is growing at a rapid rate.

See bold above - his helicopter is a DIY kit.

http://rotorfx.com/aircraft_services/aerocopter_ak1_3_experimental_kit_helicopter/