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BB Solar: A Summary
This is an objective, unbiased account of the last year for The Big Leaf and Rahi Tajzadeh. No NDA was ever signed by Rahi or Bergamo or any parties therein. All accounts can be backed with email and affidavits as needed. Note that ANY email with a non-disclosure requirement will not be listed in this report…but I can safely say that none of the emails I received were sent confidentially…rather there were often stakeholders CC’d on emails.
I own The Big Leaf, a solar energy R&D company in Ontario Canada, which was focused on designing a proprietary solar generator (existing technology), and innovations in solar business modeling.
To pay for the bills at The Big Leaf I held a 9-5 job as an IT Technical Analyst, making a conservative $4,000 a month, and lived at home with mom and dad, while frequently visiting my girlfriend who lived 60km (30m) away.
A great friend of mine introduced me through his acquaintance to Sohail Parekh in Late Summer of 2011. In the first telephone conversation I was told that Bergamo is a $400 Million company that acquires existing businesses and finances their sales and operations as needed.
Sohail said that he needs a company that can sell solar energy equipment, systems, water pumps etc. in Pakistan, India, Saudi Arabia, and some African Countries.
I made it clear that The Big Leaf does NOT have experience in those countries but CAN design systems for use there, and is happy to work on building the necessary infrastructure to develop full sales and support in said regions...but that we would need funding, and Marketing in these regions, even as a Canadian company, is difficult and potentially expensive.
Sohail said that this is exactly what Bergamo does, they fund companies like ours, and that they have enough social and political ties in those regions that the sales will be basically set up ahead of time.
He asked me to give him details on water pumping solar systems and prices, and that he is interested in working with me exclusively…except for one other solar water pump company that is supplying them, owned by a guy named Steve. (I never found out what the company name was or who Steve was).
By July 22 of 2011 I had already sent my first email to Sohail asking for more details such as water requirements (litres per day, per hour, pump power [W or hp], well depth, etc.)
They replied promptly and answered my questions but it was clear that the answers were not given by engineers, rather business people, because the specifications seemed to change over time. (more on that later).
A few days later Sohail asked me to quote Solar Generators for home use, ranging from 10kW to 50kW, including maximum monthly supply available from suppliers, how many parts / complete systems can fit in a 40’ container etc. The email made it seem like large orders would be placed and that a JIT system or conservative sales estimates for market penetration and year over year growth were not being considered for whatever reason.
I offered an NDA to Bergamo but they claimed that we would sign their NDA in a telephone conversation (never happened), and sent the first of many proposals, quotes, presentations, etc. The proposal I sent was to fund The Big Leaf as a system provider to Pakistan, India, etc., as well as developing its own IP (the Clover…can’t say anything about this, sorry!).
The proposal was 17 pages considering I had less than a week to complete it, and they thanked me for the proposal but never spoke of it again.
A few days later I was asked to quote more systems, this time for buildings (apartment, business, etc.). Ranging from 5kW – 50kW. Again I replied with quotes.
Bergamo sent me a detailed email on: “The procedure of the Finance for Proposed Financing of The Big Leaf.”. In their own words. The email stated that:
1. Any Credible Group Bergamo's JV partner submits Business plan and Sign Join Venture Agreement with Bergamo Acquisition Corp for a Project in India ,Pakistan or any where in the world, The project submitted to Bergamo must be Viable that in 2 years 1 Month funds advanced on the responsibility of Bergamo is repaid or repaid in the form of equity. The two years 1 month can be extended to 3 years 1 month. The project must be viable to pay back 500 Million USD advanced made by Bergamo as Bergamo Acquisition Corp has this liability.
2. Upon Signing the JV Agreement and reviewing the viable Business plan for the Project. Bergamo will issue against its credit line an SBLC for 500 Million thru a corresponding Bank for e.g Emire Bank. to a International Bank where Bergamo has relation's to monetize the instrument where Bergamo has joint funding arrangement to monitize the SBLC with international joint funding partner to fund project for its JV partners after receiving the viable Business Plan from JV partners in India & Paksitan or any part of the Globe.
3. Bergamo's joint venture partner must have a project that would earn enough to cover 500 Million USD advanced for the project , in which Bergamo has provided to its joint venture partner/ jointly owned Corporation in India or Pakistan finance upto for e.g 500 USD loan made to the Joint Venture International company.
4. End of 2 years 1 day or end of 3 years 1 day, Bergamo shall be able to collect 500 Million USD loan by the end of 2 years 1 day or 3 years 1 day or convert the loan to equity to satisfy its exposure of 500 Million USD plus profit.
The key issue is viability of the project and credibility of the JV Partner. Please submit business plan and funds required starting from 100 Million USD upto 1 Billion project. So that we can move forward as Bergamo is ready to undertake any viable project in a JV.
Thanks
Sohail Parekh.
***
I already had sent a proposal, and now they wanted a full business plan, which made sense to me, but the viability portion of the email had me concerned, and in telephone conversations Sohail told me that he can get us sales far beyond the $500M mentioned, and all we need to do is run the business while he accommodates sales.
I sent a detailed email indicating what technologies we work with, and why our IP is worth their investment, and that we are in the process of completing a short business plan (20-30 pages). By this time I was hard at work arranging suppliers and the business plan.
By August 15th we had sent a detailed quote on multiple systems to Bergamo.
***
I sent this email to Sohail:
Sohail,
I noticed that Bergamo is already offering solar pumps (some look like they are on a tracker) for about $3 / Watt installed.
http://bergamoenergy.com/solar-pump/
If they are not connected to a solar tracker and do not have batteries then of course we can provide a system that does. But if this is your cost including a tracker then we must re-evaluate our quote, as we have been using average industry prices to be conservative (under promise and over perform).
If there is no tracker then we can be of assistance to provide systems with trackers and we can work together to attain the best PV panel cost which it looks as though you already are getting!
Furthermore I know of a manufacturer that may be able to beat almost any PV cost and still provide excellent warranty and performance and quality.
Let me know what you think…I am still preparing the summary business plan.
Rahi Tajzadeh
***
By September 2nd we sent a 4 page detailed quote on 80 systems (PV and CPV) that we felt would do well in the markets mentioned above.
In a reply email Sohail said: “Well Jam Saifullah Khan Dharejo, Minister for Irrigation is ready to review the Demo and Place order with us. I am out of town will be available on Monday let's discuss this on conference with ***** and myself.” (*** indicates a name I wish not to be revealed out of respect to them).
A further email on September 7th had this to say:
Rahi,
I would appriciate if end of this week we can discuss all of what you have mentioned here. I have been very sick since last sunday.I have spoken to Mr. Jam Saifullah Minister for Irrigation for DEMO, Once the demo is approved by the Goverment they will proceed with the order of the equipment.
Thanks
Sohail Parekh
***
On September 7th another email came my way from Sohail, with a powerpoint of solar tube well systems with Bergamo’s name on the presentation, as though it was their systems…but the images were from online resources. The email asked me to make a comparison to these products and Sohail said in a telephone conversation that this was “Steve’s Company”.
Here is the email (note the misspelling of my name):
“Rahie,
This was submitted to Mr. Herzog please provide comparision for your product. There are 40 Million Tube Wells in Pakistan. We will make presentation with Mr.Saifullah, Shahbaz Shareef, Mr. Naveed Qamar Fedral Minister for water and power.
Your product and the attached product will be demonstrated in front of Pakistan Goverment. Also like to clarify the supplier for the attached presentation will finance Demo Model and travel expense, As Mr. Herzog made it very clear with the supplier, Once the demo is approved and Po is in place then Bergamo will finance the entire order receivd from the Goverment. The Minister is ready to meet us once we have demo in place.
Thanks
Sohail Parekh.”
***
A further email indicated that my SUPPLIER is to bear the cost of a demo in Pakistan:
” I sent you last communication on Sep 7th, 2011. We have to prepare DEMO model and the technical team has to be in Pakistan to demonstrate the Demo model. I have discussed this with both *****’s and if you read the e-mail of Sep 7th, 2011. Expenses connected with the Demo upto the completion must be bourne by the your supplier who is manufacturing the demo.”
***
By September 6th a Presentation was also sent to Bergamo for The Big Leaf’s new venture with Bergamo.
By September 9th I had a presentation to match the one Sohail sent me on the water pumping systems from “Steve” with Bergamo written all over the presentation. It is safe to say that by this time I was spending any waking moment I had on this venture because I was led to believe that Bergamo is the real deal.
I spoke with Sohail and Hillard a few times in September where Hillard proceeded to yell at me and say my prices are too high…which didn’t make sense to me because the prices were industry average and included a 1 axis tracker and installation, which other quotes “Steve” did not have. Also the quotes I sent were about 15%-25% above what they wanted, which is exactly how much MORE ELECTRICITY is generated when you install a 1 axis tracker in Pakistan (exact numbers are 15%-18% but that depends on exact location).
Revised presentations were sent with updated prices.
I was sent an email with a sample Letter of Intent (note the spelling mistakes), which I did not agree to because of the contents. Here are some of the contents in the sample LOI which was sent with no NON DISCLOSURE clauses:
Big Leaf and its group will provide DEMO of the products and the expenses associated for the presentation as agreed will be Bourne by BIG LEAF for the first DEMO in Pakistan for the Minister for Irrigation, Chief Minister, Sindh, Punjab and Boluchistan approval of the demo.
Upon receiving the order from any source either Government or from private party, the order will be distributed on pari pasu basis between the only two Bergamo Acquisition Corp supplier on equal quantity to be distributed between both suppliers. The purchase orders excepted will be accepted with necessary bankable sovereign guarantees and payment guarantees. Upon receiving the purchase order Bergamo Acquisition Corp takes complete responsibility to finance the product once the order is in place.
A mobilization payment of 25% of the selling price will be made available at the start of the project for initial material purchases, logistics and partner distributions.
Profit distribution will be made through out the project bases on presentation of agreed upon documentation.
Bergamo Acquisition Corp will have proprietary rights to the product , upon financing and approval of the Demo by the Government of Pakistan.
***
Note that Bergamo wanted PROPRIETARY RIGHTS to the products which was completely unacceptable.
Furthermore let me make it clear that Sohail and Hillard told me that the role of having 2 companies go to demo in Pakistan (The Big Leaf and Steve’s company) was to instill a feeling of competition or at least to make it seem like multiple bids were being placed and that there was real competition, when in fact Bergamo wanted the profits (60% or more) from both companies. I felt very uneasy but was reassured that this is the way business with governments works.
Whenever I mentioned lawyers Sohail asked me to keep them out of things as it would be too expensive. On multiple telephone conversations this occurred, especially in relation to the LOI.
By October 2nd, I had not signed their LOI and they were pushing me with emails like the following:
Gentelman,
I have spoken with Pakistani concerned authorities intrested in reviewing the demonstration of the Pumps. The 2nd supplier of the pump will be ready for providing demonstration in next two weeks. Rahie i have not heard from you anything after i sent you the LOI with a copy to both ***’s. I just want to inform you that in next two weeks my other supplier will be ready and like to know what is your plan. The LOI is very simple as you can see, it is hard for me to understand why there is no response from you at all.
Thanks
Sohail Parekh
***
Please note that the email states that “other” company is ready to demo in two weeks. Sohail pressured me to get a demo to Pakistan ASAP and sign the LOI.
I responded saying that I can present in Pakistan in Late November at the earliest, and that we cannot INSTALL the demo in Pakistan as we have no infrastructure there to do so, nor did we have a confirmed demo site.
By October 6th a pro forma income statement with viable sales figures was emailed to Sohail. He responded with an “OK”.
October 13th, Sohail sent me 6+ photos of supposed Bergamo officers with top government officials. Sohail, Hillard, and at least one recognizable government official are in one picture, with the rest being people I do not know. The email that the pictures came with had nothing written in it.
A phone call from Sohail followed where he indicated that the government officials are “My people, my friends from childhood…”, and that I was not to worry about getting any sales in Pakistan, India, etc., and that getting the sales is Bergamo’s job, while running the business was my job.
I received a pleasant letter to Bergamo from a minister in Pakistan indicating that he is very interested in seeing the demo in “Late November or earlier”, and that Bergamo has their support. This minister will not be named in this report, but I will call him John Doe.
Hillard sent me an email on October 22 with their competitors systems listed, most were made with Chinese components which are the most cost effective right now.
A new LOI was drafted and the suggestion of a new venture was made in an email by Sohail:
“This Corp can be formed in Canada, With Bergamo Stake Holder, Big Leaf, Both ****’s.
You will be the CEO of this new entity i have no objection and Hillard shall have no objection.
Bergamo Big Leaf Energy Corp Something like this
Thanks
Sohail.”
***
I was working with them on the LOI when this email arrived:
“Rahie, Kindly Fill in the Blanks Your Warehouse Price 11,000 Units and 100,000 Units for 2012 Shipment Program. So that Hillard Knows the cost. Just kindly fill in and return the e-mail. Thanks Sohail. Only Need Price for Below One product do not send multiple options in this e-mail of the various options of the product. Just want to compare price with the other supplier submitted to Bergamo.”
Application:
? Desert control, sea water desalinization, agricultural irrigation
? Daily water supply, forest irrigation, city waterscape
? Landscape fountains, pasture animal husbandry
? Islands' water supply, wastewater treatment engineering.
5.1. Solar pump model SS-1500/2, 3 phase 1500W, 220V AC
Lift: 300 feet Solar panels: 1,950 watts
Daily output: 10M3/day or 2,640 gallons/day
Delivery: 30 units per 40' container, 480 units per month or 16 containers.
Transport: Shipping time to Asia is approximately 24 days.
Horse Power 2
TOTAL COST__Price: CIF Karachi is $______________USD______
(more systems were listed in the email but this is a good sample).
***
By November 15th I was scheduled to fly to meet Hillard and Sohail in Nevada some time around my birthday (nov 22).
I received this email:
We must sign the agreement while you are in Las Vegas. Our 2nd supplier will be going along with you in Pakistan so that you both could demonstrate the product at one time sometime in January. We will perform one demo in Karachi and other in Lahore. There is no rush to ship the product prior to signing and agreement. Would like to discuss fee things in person before you ship anyhthing out.
Yours truly
Sohail
***
By this time we had a business plan, system quoting tools, suppliers set up, and staff ready to work.
Also by this time I was under the impression that a Late November trip was expected, even though I knew it was impossible without travel VISAs and other accommodations…so I suggested December.
Note that by this time I had already blocked off my vacation time from my 9-5 job because over multiple telephone conversations Sohail asked me to be ready to present in Late November.
Then I had to change that vacation time again to Late December, which Sohail agreed to over the phone.
Here is a sample of my emails to Sohail, to give you an idea of my mood:
Gentlemen,
Thank you for your ongoing support. I will reach an agreement with the **** brothers within a few days. In the meantime I am working on the solar generators you are asking for. I still require all the pertinent data for the attached visa application.
Sohail, can you provide me with a list of people and places I will present this generator to/in? I want to be prepared for these presentations so any important information is key. Also, I want to work together with BAC to share resources wherever possible (i.e. we need to outsource marketing rather than do it in house – including graphics, website, and videos). If you already have resources or contacts that would be ideal as it will help control costs.
I am putting together the team that will run BB Solar (Dir of Sales, Dir of Bus Development, CFO, etc.) and want to know how you wish me to set this up. Let’s discuss this further in emails.
We have much to do, and a great opportunity is ahead of us, let’s make the best of it!
Yours,
Rahi Tajzadeh
***
So I went to Las Vegas, met Sohail and Hillard in Hillard’s house, and in his computer room we drafted the last copy of the LOI.
In that room I was told by Hillard that Bergamo owns many companies like GreenSafe Demanufacturing, and their core business is complementary acquisitions: he stated that Greensafe receives its raw materials for free via train, and on the return trip, the empty rail cars are filled with concrete which Bergamo’s subsidiary uses in New York to do road work. He made it sound very sophisticated and foolproof.
Hillard gave me a “portfolio” of companies that they claimed to own, including Greensafe, and asked me to “look through it” and see what they (Bergamo) really do. I did so and thanked them for showing me the “portfolio”.
I call it a “portfolio” because it was a seried of power point presentation slides with various company summaries, which were vague, far too short to mean anything, didn’t indicate any complementary business strategy, or even make me believe it was a real document at all…it seemed like random powerpoint slides…I did not take heed of that red flag.
Later on that same “portfolio” was emailed to me as Bergamo’s business plan, where I was to add BB Solar to the random group of slides. Where Dr. Ghaus’s airplane company also was added. (look up Dr. Ghaus if you want).
Sohail told me that Hillard really likes me and that this will be a great business relationship and that The Big Leaf / BB Solar will receive full funding.
Here is a nice email from Sohail after we signed an LOI in Nevada, in Hillards house, on my birthday (note the spelling mistakes):
Gentelman,
Bergamo Acquisition Corp and Big Leaf Mr. Rahi signed LOI today. I want to personally thank all of you for making this deal possible with Big Leaf
Please review the LOI copy when Mr. Rahi arrives Canada. 60% is Bergamo and 40% is Big Leaf.
As per our previous conversation between Mr. Rahi and both of you. Three of you must sign LOI amoung yourself with Big Leaf upon his arrival to Canada do inform us once it is done.
Looking forward to hear from you soon. and once again Happy Birthday to Rahi.
Yours truly
Sohail Parekh.
***
A few days later I received a call from Sohail indicating Bergamo received $1B and that he wanted ME to contact my local news stations and newspapers to spread the news. I received this email:
Your NewsTrak Report Is Ready
Hillard,
We have recently enhanced the measurement report to provide more information on the activity on your press release from Global-Mobile-Social-Measurable sources in Business Wire's measurable distribution network.
Your NewsTrak Report is ready for viewing.
View your continuously updated NewsTrak Report
This NewsTrak report is for the following release distributed on November 30, 2011 09:36 AM Eastern Time:
Assets Worth One Billion One Hundred Million Euros Now in Irrevocable Control of Bergamo Acquisition Corp PTE, LTD (Singapore), a Subsidiary Company of Bergamo Acquisition Corp
LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--One Billion One Hundred Million Euros Irrevocable Assets Now in Control of Bergamo Acquisition Corp PTE, LTD a Subsidiary Company of Bergamo Acquisition Corp (BGMO.ob)
View Release
***
No details in the email other than the above link were present. No details were made clear to me about the origins, nature, or form of the $1B. I did not contact any news organizations as I felt the information was not credible.
***
By November 30th, Sohail was still not clear on what system and what prices he wanted in the demo, and I received this email:
Sohail this is the message I received from my associate in Karachi who is
arranging our demo for the Solar Power tube well. My friends hold a farm house
near Karachi ready to demonstrate on solar power tube well its better in
Karachi to call all people (Balochistan ,Punjab etc. ) to see running
demo.Depth of tube well is 30 mtr and fresh water. You have informed that you
can retreat salty water to fresh useable drinking water. I have been asked that
a complete literature and details How to use cost break up Working per gallon
with the capital cost details and catalogs and complete technical brief may be
provided to market same I need when the shipment take place and the tentative
demo time .I need max details to workout scenario
Sohail this is what I received from one of our distributor. It might be of
help to you in better understanding the terrain.
Further to our meeting in Islamabad regarding Solar Powered
Tube-well project, we have gathered following initial info, which may outline
scope of our project in brief:- Total grid powered tube-well in Pakistan: around
1.1 million.- We expect to install around 100 Solar powered solutions over next
2-3 years, as a pilot project.Our requirement are as following:- Average minimum
water level 200-250 feet, few places going as deep as 450 feet.- Average water
outflow 1 cusec i.e 100,000 Liter per hour.-
Average electricity motor capacity
25 KW.- Size of suction pipe 7 inches, and delivery pipe 6 inches.-
We may
operate DC submersible pumps or connect to existing 25 KW motors.Financing
options:- 50% subsidy through USAID or any other agency.- 25% upfront payment.-
25% leasing over a period of 3-5 years.Please review and let us have your
feedback, and advice how we can advance the discussions.Thank you.
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- Total grid powered tube-well in Pakistan: around 1.1 million.
- We expect to install around 100 Solar powered solutions over next 2-3 years, as a pilot project.
Our requirement are as following:
- Average minimum water level 200-250 feet, few places going as deep as 450 feet.
- Average water outflow 1 cusec i.e 100,000 Liter per hour.
- Average electricity motor capacity 25 KW.
- Size of suction pipe 7 inches, and delivery pipe 6 inches.
- We may operate DC submersible pumps or connect to existing 25 KW motors.
Financing options:
- 50% subsidy through USAID or any other agency.
- 25% upfront payment.
- 25% leasing over a period of 3-5 years.
Please review and let us have your feedback, and advice how we can advance the discussions.
***
I asked Sohail in a telephone conversation to stop posting on the website and on press releases or radio shows that any of the systems provided are “proprietary” as they were / are not. Solar Systems are pieced together using off the shelf components 95% of the time. It is rare that a technology company install its own solar systems save for CPV systems (SolFocus, Morgan Solar etc.).
By November 30th I was ready to go to and present in Pakistan around December 20, IF the equipment could be shipped ASAP. It was not, because of Bergamo’s inability to get us necessary details:
By December 6th it was apparent that the December trip was to be delayed again. For one I could not get an address to ship my components to (Sohail was to provide all accommodations for the demo in Pakistan), nor a receiver’s name, nor any details on the press conference for the demo which they promised, nor the list of people I would be presenting to, nor the expected sales for the first trip (other than Sohail’s telephone promises of “More sales that you can handle!”).
I received this email on December 6th:
I have convinced someone to import one 20 FT Container Load as sample order Test Order. He will open L/C know as when the demo is done the container shall arrive Pakistan in maximum 30 days from the DEMO.
4000 Liters/ Hour Solar Pump with Invertors 25% Quantity of the Container Load
4000 Liters/ Hour Solar Pump with Invertors and Battery's 25% Quantity of the Container Load
10% 5 KV 1% Battery Units
10% 10 KV 1% Battery Units
10% 20 KV 1% Battery Units
10% 30 KV 1% Battery Units
10% 50 KV Solar Generator's 1% with Battery's
This is one container TEST order we can keep $ 1000.00 per Unit Mark Up for Expense Recovery as we must promote this product in Pakistan and after the TEST is successful on regular orders we can make profit as we all are aware of the mark up of 100% or 150% ofcourse will have to share with Pakistani importer who is also like a family member and freind. In fact you will meet him in Pakistan at the time of DEMO. Also When our Distributor and Importer makes profit on even the TEST 20FT Container then we will discuss our share of the profit. So the Test order is not limited to $ 1000.00 per Unit. Just want to Clearify this.
Attached is a Sale Invoice Please fill in the Blanks the only thing I will type in is TERMS of Letter of Credit etc.
Yours Truly
Sohail Parekh.
***
The email was encouraging but I had to delay my vacation time block at my 9-5 job AGAIN to late January which upset my boss very much, but Sohail assured me over the phone that by then everything will be set.
By December 4th I had a full presentation ready for the press conference in Pakistan, complete with speech, music, and powerpoint / handouts.
By this time I still had not received Visa Application information, consignee information, press conference information, accommodation information, “Steve’s” company’s updates (where are they, why are they not in the picture, are they still going with me?, etc.)
Regarding the above email, I was concerned that the importer wanted 50% of the profits indefinitely. Sohail emailed me this response and called me indicating the profit sharing with the importer was a one time thing:
I have convinced someone to import one 20 FT Container Load as sample order Test Order. He will open L/C know as when the demo is done the container shall arrive Pakistan in maximum 30 days from the DEMO.
4000 Liters/ Hour Solar Pump with Invertors 25% Quantity of the Container Load
4000 Liters/ Hour Solar Pump with Invertors and Battery's 25% Quantity of the Container Load
10% 5 KV 1% Battery Units
10% 10 KV 1% Battery Units
10% 20 KV 1% Battery Units
10% 30 KV 1% Battery Units
10% 50 KV Solar Generator's 1% with Battery's
This is one container TEST order we can keep $ 1000.00 per Unit Mark Up for Expense Recovery as we must promote this product in Pakistan and after the TEST is successful on regular orders we can make profit as we all are aware of the mark up of 100% or 150% ofcourse will have to share with Pakistani importer who is also like a family member and freind. In fact you will meet him in Pakistan at the time of DEMO. Also When our Distributor and Importer makes profit on even the TEST 20FT Container then we will discuss our share of the profit. So the Test order is not limited to $ 1000.00 per Unit. Just want to Clearify this.
Attached is a Sale Invoice Please fill in the Blanks the only thing I will type in is TERMS of Letter of Credit etc.
Yours Truly
Sohail Parekh.
***
My response:
I am happy to split with the distributor this one time…but in the future we cannot split profits! You are giving away 50% of our markup? That means the effective markup for each system is 50%, not 100%. If we split, it is the same as saying Bergamo gets 30% of GP and Big Leaf gets 20% of GP, and not the LOI’s quote of 60% and 40%.
Distributors can take a cut but 50% is unjustified.
***
Then more red flags. Sohail claimed the demo will take place early January, when shipping takes weeks, and he sends me an email indicating that the profit margins on the systems he asked me to send in the email above should only be $1,000…which to me sounds like dishonest business practice because the DISTRIBUTOR / IMPORTER would set the final retail price…
I was ok with this happening one time, but was uncomfortable in general:
The low markup is fine for this container and I agree that we have to take this hit to demo.
I have no objections with it at all.
I just want to clarify that distributors in the FUTURE will not take 50% of the profit.
This container’s distributor is free to take 50% of the profit.
Good?
Rahi.
***
And this email from me as well:
Just to confirm what I will be quoting:
20’ container
1. 25% of which is DC water pump system with panels, pump, and control box.
2. 25% of which is AC water pump system with panels, pump, control box, and inverter.
3. 50% of which will be filled EVENLY with:
a. 5KV Generator with Panels, Inverter, and Control Box.
b. 10KV Generator with Panels, Inverter, and Control Box.
c. 20KV Generator with Panels, Inverter, and Control Box.
d. 30KV Generator with Panels, Inverter, and Control Box.
e. 50KV Generator with Panels, Inverter, and Control Box.
Markup will be $1,000 per Water Pump System.
Markup will be $1,000 per 2KV for Generators (i.e. 10KV system has a $5,000 markup which is about 17% markup, and the 20KV system has a $10,000 markup which is about 9% markup)
Profits will be split with distributor for this one container.
Shipment will be for February 4-8th 2012.
As for how many systems we can fit into the container I have to wait for the suppliers response, which will include the final price.
Sounds good?
***
Since Sohail wanted a demo in Early January, I switched my vacation from late January with another colleague to early January, upsetting my boss again, and I put pressure on Sohail to get me shipping details because shipping from china can take weeks.
He replied with this email:
Ship To
Mr. Mujtaba Ghaus
Renewabe Energy Pvt. Limited
C/O Bergamo Global Energy PVT,LTD
29 R Khy-e- Saadi Phase VII DHA
Karachi Pakistan
***
I responded with:
Can I use the same address for the VISA application?
Cheers!
Rahi.
, He replied : YES.
***
Still on December 6th I receive this email:
PAKISTAN
Order's from Goverment of Punjab, Orders from Goverment of Sindh Total Four Provinces:-
Stake Holder's BERGAMO GLOBAL ENERGY PVT LTD ( BERGAMO US IS 60% AND 40% IS LOCAL PARTNER)
SUPPLIER RAHI OR STEVE ( 40% 60% BERGAMO US) BERGAMO US FROM ITS 60% TO PARTICIPATE WITH ITS LOCAL PARTNER WHO OWNS 40% SO FROM OUT OF BERGAMO US 60% SHARE FOR E.G 600 DOLLARS 240 GOES TO ITS LOCAL PARTNER globally.
_________________________________________________________________
DEMO WILL BE PERFORMED IN FRONT OF CM PUNJAB - IRRIGATION MINISTER - AGRICULTURAL MINISTER.
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THE DEMO UNIT YOU ARE SHIPPING IS ONE OF THE SUB DISTRIBUTOR FOR BERGAMO PAKISTAN
ONE CONTAINER HE LIKES TO OPEN L/C FOR THE UN TESTED PRODUCT on TRUST and with assuarance that the product is right . IN CASE THE DEMO IS APPROVED AND THERE IS A DEMAND FOR IMMEDIATE. THEN HE CAN INSTALL THE PRODUCT WITH 100% 150% OR MAY BE 300% MARK UP.
THE SALE WILL BE TRANSPARENT TO BB SOLAR BERGAMO US BERGAMO PAKISTAN SO THAT NO ONE HAS AN OBJECTION THAT SOMEONE TRIED HERE TO POCKET SOMETING FOR HIS OWN BENEFIT.
THE LETTER OF CREDIT WILL BE SHARED. DUTY TAXES SHIPMENNTS EXPENSES AND SALE PRICE WITH COPY OF THE CHECK FROM BUYER OR CASH SALES OR SALE DONE THRU LOCAL BANK LOAN PROVIDED TO THE FARMER WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE TO ALL INCLUDING ( PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT BY BERGAMO SINCE WE ARE PUBLIC COMPANY AND MUST PROVIDE AUDITED COPIES OF ACTUAL SALES.
Rahie be rest assured everything will be transparent form A to Z.
Thanks
Sohail.
***
Note that Steve’s company is mentioned again.
I received an email which had a google document with Banca Intesa STA and $1B indicated…but I could not make sense of the document as it was not coherent or reliable in any way.
Another email indicated the ministers are looking forward to seeing us:
Mr. Rahi Tajzadeh and Mr. Dmytro Khimich
Attached Please Find Invitation Letter from Bergamo Global Energy Private Limited. We will need B/L for the Demo model that was shipped to Pakistan to get duty exemption from Goverment of Pakistan.
http://bergamoenergy.com/solar-pump/ministers-letter/
Attached is link Invitation from Minister for Irrigation Mr. Jam Saif Ullah Khan. If you need any confirmation then the consulate office may contact his office directly.
Thanks
Sohail Parekh
www.bergamoenergy.com
***
Note the link points to a dead URL now.
***
Here is where the REAL trouble starts.
Shipping problems: Bill of landing issues, port authority issues, etc. Here is an email indicating the beginning of the problems, NONE of which was indicated by the actual port authority, rather Sohail’s contacts (most likely Dr. Ghaus).
Mr. **** from Canada was on the phone with me when i was communicating with Pakistan.
1. They want ocean bill of lading keeping in mind would take at least 3 to 4 weeks for ship to arrive Karachi Port. In the mean time they will have enough time to get this product Duty from Alternate Energy Board of Pakistan to avoid dumarage at port. You decided to ship this by AIR. Did any one ask you to do that or you decided on your own. As per my discussion with you this is suppose to be shipped by ocean so that necessary paper work can be submitted to have this product DUTY FREE.
2. Spoke to my people in Pakistan once they get the product out from the PORT they will fix a place for DEMO. They would speak with Fedral Minister for Power Naveed Qamar and Shahbaz Shareef CM get appointment so that they can review the DEMO.
3. Once they provide the date of your arrival to Pakistan wll inform you could be sometime in Mid or end January, 2011.
Yours truly
Sohail Parekh
-----Original Message-----
From: Rahi Tajzadeh <rahi@thebigleaf.com>
To: sohailbergamo <sohailbergamo@aol.com>
Sent: Tue, Dec 20, 2011 6:11 am
Subject: Shipping
Sohail,
We delayed too much and one of my suppliers has to ship twice (about ½ of the order each time). Their email to me is below. Please inform your contact in Karachi to expect two shipments from this supplier and one shipment from my other supplier.
We cannot keep changing the arrangements as our suppliers will get upset (they already incurred a $250 cost of holding).
Yours,
Rahi.
Hi Rahi ,
Good morning .
We must to ship for two times . Because the previous 2kw solar panels and 2pumps had been in custom warehouse for too long times , so if we don't ship them ,
the custom will confiscate them and auction them ,so we must ship them first .
In this week we will also ship the 1kw solar panels and inverter . Once i get the bill of loading , i will send to you as soon as possible .
So , Rahi , please understand . We also have no idea about the custom policy .
Hope for your understanding .
Best regards .
***
More problems, and more people I do not know, and more issues that SHOULD have been cleared up or expected considering Bergamo’s supposed experience in Pakistan:
Dear Haseeb,
As you can read below. What Mr. Rahi is suggesting the dates he is available to arrive Pakistan and ready to ship the DEMO either by ocean freight or by Air upon confirmation by return e-mail. Ready to receive the demo model and arrange all listed items below please answer item 1 to 9 as below:- Most important this can not fail in any event that being a reason like to do this properly.
The DEMO Generator is 2.75 KV. Can Produce 2 KVA upto 50 KVA Generators. ( Pumps 8000/Liters/Hour upto 160,000 Liters/Hour.
1. We need a Tube Well Location that is ready so that we can install DEMO there.
2. 30 FT Depth or Any DEPTH so that he can ship assembly accourdingly.
3. The Pipe that will connect to PUMP shall be 4"
4. Diameter of the Tube Well shall be 6" upto 30"
5. Duty of the Product, PUMP and The SOLAR GENERATOR
6. The Pump is in separate carton and Generator is in Separate Packing.
7. Either we can install generator by itself on TOP of any House or If we want to DEMO on the TUBE Well, Then Generator and the pump will be fixed together to DEMO on the TUBE WELL.
8. We can make a sole agent in Pakistan who can sell Goverment thru Jam Saifullah's Order's and directly to Farmers, The Generators by itself can be sold to Apartment Builder's, Industries, Houses etc etc. As you can see the below e-mail from Bergamo's joint venture partner www. BBSOLAR.ca he would like to do this ASAP and AIR FREIGHT the DEMO.
9. People beside Jam Saif i have spoken to like to get approval from AEDB to get the DUTY right off first. Then set up appointments with Goverment official's and have demo in front of CM punjab and Naveed Qamar Minister for Power Fedral Goverment.
I am waiting to hear from you ASAP. Last time i spoke to Jam Saifullah he wanted the demo to take place by DEC 15th, 2011 he told me not to delay the demo. In order for him to approve the demo item number 1 to 8 must be completed by someone who is in Pakistan can handle this.
Thanks
Sohail Parekh
CC: Haseeb
CC: Rahie
-----Original Message-----
From: Rahi Tajzadeh <rahi@thebigleaf.com>
To: Sohail <sohailbergamo@aol.com>
Sent: Tue, Dec 20, 2011 9:44 am
Subject: Fwd: Forward to Sohail Please
Sohail
Please see my email below. Thank you!
Rahi Tajzadeh - Sent from Samsung Mobile Device
-------- Original message --------
Subject: Forward to Sohail Please
To: Rahi Tajzadeh <rahi@thebigleaf.com>
CC:
Sohail,
I understand you wanted a shipment by sea, but our deadline was agreed
upon to be around January 3rd, and the delays in order confirmation and
size forced me to ask my supplier to ship by air. Now they have
cancelled the shipment so you are OK, and they will ship by sea, but
there will be three total shipments (two from one supplier, one from the
other).
As per the scheduling, I understand that there is red tape and
arrangements that need to be made, but that was not supposed to affect
our arrival time of ~January 5th.
I have already taken time off of my 9-5 job from January 5-20 for this
trip and I am risking losing that job if I keep changing it.
Furthermore, you are emphasizing that the minister of energy wants to
see our demo, which I agree with you, but I was under the impression
that, after my trip to Vegas, I would be presenting more to businesses
and commercial interests than government interests. If you want me to
present to commercial/business interests I can do so with or without a
demo.
I do not need the demo setup on January 5th in order to present in early
January. All I need is that the demo is setup sometime while I am there
(say nearer January 15-19).
The demo is not proprietary technology, and plenty of competitors have
nearly identical systems already working in Karachi and Lahore so the
value of presenting the demo is slightly reduced. The important things
are the contacts you have, and the presentations I give.
We are a great team and the demo is just a prop.
Thus, I understand you want to arrange everything to be perfect, and
since meeting the ministers in late January is more ideal, I propose
that we delay the trip from ~January 5th to ~January 12th, this way I am
not risking my 9-5 job (which pays my bills and keeps me afloat), and we
will be in Pakistan when all the components arrive and are ready to be
displayed.
Again, it is not 100% necessary for us to present in front of the demo
to ALL customers, just the minister is the one that needs to see it
working. So we can arrive there early and present to business and
commercial interests prior to the demo being ready, and the minister
ONCE the demo is ready.
Deal?
Rahi Tajzadeh
. . .
Rahi Tajzadeh
***
More delays, and I had to change my vacation block again:
Dear Rahi
Since i spoke to Minister couple of days ago and as he is busy till the 27th would be better to make plans after 27th.Imran will be in touch with him and we shud know in next couple of days exact dates
Thx
Haseeb
***
From December 6th onwards this went on, all of it should have been easy to settle. By this time I had made a promotional video, website, presentations, handouts, systems were designed, suppliers set up,etc.
By December 27th I was becoming concerned about the timeliness of things, and I recognized a pattern:
Whenever I was concerned about something, or asked too many questions, Sohail or Hillard would ask me to come up with a new quote, usually very large systems, or to add BB Solar to their “Master File”.
NOTE: The Master File they sent me was the same as the powerpoint slide “portfolio” I saw in Hillards house (save for a few changes) and STILL AT THIS TIME included Greensafe, Suntrough, and Platinum Funding.
I still have this document of course, and they asked me to add BB Solar AND FALCON Airplane company…which made me question whether they had the resources to create even a single business plan for Bergamo…which I had not seen…
Also please note that this Master File was referred to by Sohail as Bergamo’s Business Plan.
Here is an email I received to give you an indication of what we are talking about:
FALCON PLEASE ADD YOUR BUSINESS PLAN TO THE ATTACHED POWER POINT PRESENTATION:-
RAHIE ADD YOUR BUSINESS PLAN AND INSERT IN THE FIRST E-MAIL PPT I SENT YOU PRIOR TO THIS E-MAIL
1- Mecca -Madina Solar Energy Train Service will be first of its kind in the World - distance 6-7 Hours travel.
.2- 200 MW Solar Energy Power plantin Saudi Arabia.
3- 200 MW SolarEnergy Power Plant in Sharja UAE
4- Maintain and taking care of 223 Aircrafts leased to Saudi Airlines
5- Leasing and Financing of 45 Aircrafts -Falcon Aircraft Ltd UAE -to ???
6- Manufacturing of Solar Recycle System in USA - range 1KW to 1MW Equipment.
7- Working on Alternate Jet Fuel - in final stage in California.
These above mentioned Projects are in Hand and are break through projects in alternate energy .
Mujtaba GHaus
***
I was sent Hillards Big Biz Radio Interview and put it on BB Solar’s site…but I was very concerned about his comments regarding equipment already being in Pakistan and things going well, even my retired mother felt this was dishonest.
Then Hillard emails me asking me to put the following on my BB Solar website:
on bbsolar.ca Web Site
Presentation Confirmation with the Minister to be held in Pakistan Jan 2nd, 2012 by Bergamo associates in Pakistan.
* Bergamo’s Joint Venture Partner’s to Arrange an event in Sindh Province ( Tando Allah Yar) at a Farm the gathering would be for 50 to 60 growers plus approx 40 to 50 guests from Media- Local Businessman and Government officials will be invited including local Member of Parliaments and Minister of that area local media will be invited to attend the demonstration.
*Lunch, Tea, Lecture session, demonstration and other related activities would be arranged at farm level.
Similar Event will take place in Indus Hotel Hyderabad.
Punjab Marriott Hotel, Pear Continental Hotel. And Guest will be taken to the demonstration site or brought back to the hotel for further details of possible sales.
Generators for Home's etc etc
Pumps for Tubewells
***
I did not because the dates are all wrong and there were details in the email that I was not aware of (for example which hotels, cities, etc.).
Then more shipping problems, needing original bill of landing etc…
On January 1st it seems to me that things with Dr. Ghaus changed such that he did not want to work with Sohail anymore, and I received this disturbing email indicating I shipped too early…when he wanted me in Pakistan in Late DECEMBER!!!!:
I was under the impression after i spoke to you and ***** i asked you not to ship any thing yet. I hear as a surprise from Renewable Energy they already got notification the shipment arrived without any orignal documents attached to it. Well any ways it is very important to send the orginal documents to avoid customs charges dumerages un necessary that will occur. and very short time we have to get approval from AEDB to right off duty.
PROVIDE DOCUMENTS OF COMPLETE PRODUCT. SO THAT THEY CAN TAKE ONE TIME EXPEMTION FROM AEDB WHO IS IN ISLAMABAD.
Details of what was shipped,
Packing List what is in each carton. Must have details of every item with quantity. If any part of shipment is left in China then they have to ship by Air to Join the two boxes which arrived Pakistan. As They will get one time exemption for one complete product from AEDB Pakistan..
I made it very clear not to ship any thing unless all the questions were answered. I made it very clear with ***** it is only 2 weeks ago. Let's fix this ASAP. We have to clear the goods ASAP.
Yours truly
Sohail
***
Note that all NECESSARY DOCUMENTS were eventually fedexed and telexed from China and that our supplier in China has NEVER had issues shipping components, nor did they understand the need for an original document instead of a fax, scan, email, etc.
Also note that Sohail gave me the shipping address of Dr. Ghaus, asking me to demo in EARLY JANUARY, knowing I cannot ship until I had the address and that shipping takes weeks.
Note that Bergamo did not take into account shipping time in general.
Note that I sent Bergamo emails indicating that I will be happy to pay the charges for shipping without original bill of landing, but they refused, and asked for Bill of Landing, Commercial Invoice, etc.
All of this shipping headache indicated to me that Bergamo’s acquaintances in Pakistan were not ready to receive large shipments. I am not sure why I continued from this point on…Perhaps it was the many many telephone conversations where Sohail told me he is my brother, and loves me, and will not let anything happen to me.
All of a sudden, on January 7th, everything seems fine with the shipping…here is an email from Sohail:
Syed Ghaus has submitted the telex copy of the B/L he mentioned let's give it a try it works with AEDB fine till that time he receives original B/L commercial invoice to clear the goods from customs but if they accept the telex copy then we are lucky.
Once goods clear customs he is thinking with the help of Government to set up this demo in Punjab and appoint someone to provide civil work. When he is done with that. He will ask us to visit Pakistan so that you can do the presentation. This is with Dr. Ghaus. The reason that day i asked you not to ship the demo and wait.
a) Haseeb- Imran- and the other gentlemen are Nephew of Seth Abid, Imran haseeb and my self are close friends of most powerful man Agha Siraj Khan Durrani Minister and Jam Saifullah. Haseeb Imran and the other gentleman were interested to perform the demo and obtain order from Government. Now i can not tell them the DEMO was shipped to Dr. Ghaus. This will break my relationship with them.
b) Faryal Talpur - and Tappi Brother and Sister of Pakistan President who are extremely close with me. I spoke to them thank god the told me when your demo is ready please speak to me so that i can ask Naveed Qamar Fedral Minister for Power and Board of Investment Chief to immediately place order and provide up front finance. Why i say thank god because this would have also broke my relationship with them for future if they find out i spoke with them and already shipped the product to Dr. Ghaus.
Well in the end what ever transpired it is done now we can not change what is done. My brother Rahi Pakistan is my country I know exactly how things work in my country. In future if I request you not to ship and wait few days you must listen to us as i was debating who to appoint for the DEMO and with who shall we proceed.
Since the goods are shipped to Dr. Ghaus it is ok now. I am working with him to move forward and finalize the DEMO and I am pushing him to invite you to Pakistan ASAP.
Yours truly
Sohail Parekh
CC Hillard Herzog
***
So things seemed fine…then the bill of landing which I FEDEXED to them from CHINA was not able to be received…it was addressed to Dr Ghaus, and Sohail told me that someone else (unknown who) went to pick it up and they have it and it is gone…
Chinese suppliers told me they do not have another original copy and that this is not reasonable in any sense.
Apparently a guy named Ali Mehmood picked up the bill of landing as per an email from Sohail on January 12…it is still missing at this point.
All documents were arranged by the Chinese suppliers despite the inconvenience and resent to Sohail’s contacts.
***
Once again to keep me quiet and ‘busy’ sohail sends me a document indicating that there will be a bridge built for $1B in Bangladesh (Sohail misspelled Bangladesh), and that he wants ME to put in a bid for it for Bergamo.
On the phone he said that Bergamo and The Big Leaf can run the operation for the bridge while a CHINESE company would do the work. We would act like middle men.
Here is the email:
Bergamo Acquisition Corp, will arrange financing would like to Handle Bengledesh
Subject: Second Padma Multipurpose Bridge, Bangladesh on BOOT basis
Dear Sohail,
Attached is Pre-qualification document. Chinese company will be competitive. Submission date has been shifted to 11th March 2012 from 10th January 2012 . See if you can do the funding and we can find the turn key contractor. Best regards.
Mahmood Rahman
***
Note that The Big Leaf and BB Solar are / were in no way ready to place a serious bid for the construction of a bridge.
I then receive this vague email from Sohail making claims that I could not stand by. He indicated that this will likely be a press release:
Executive Vice President and Director of Bergamo Acquisition Corp Sohail Parekh, has been working on a solution to help the poverty stricken underdeveloped and developing countries since 2009. After much research, the only possible solution to breaking this cycle of poverty and hunger seems to be to provide an affordable source of energy. After much in-depth investigation Bergamo Acquisition Corp has come up with a viable solution, and feels that providing an alternate energy source to these countries could possibly help break the cycle of poverty and hunger, which in turn breeds violence and many other social issues. Bergamo Acquisition Corp has developed a Solar Generator for homes, apartment buildings, Government Buildings, Airports etc. Bergamo’s solar generator will provide 1 KVA up to 100 KVA of clean energy. Bergamo also offers a Solar operated tube well water pumping system that is capable of providing from 6000-160,000 liters per hour of clean drinking water. Bergamo’s universal invertors enable existing pumps running on electric power to run on solar power. \
Bergamo’s technical team have been working with Government officials, manufactures and importers in Asia, Africa and the Middle East to introduce this state of the art unique product which is several thousand dollars less expensive than the competitors. Both these products are capable of changing the lives of millions of farmers and masses , by allowing them to produce food at a reduced cost, and taking the pressure off an over stressed energy grid. By providing poverty stricken countries with an affordable solution to the food and energy shortage, it will also provide the people with hope for the future .
Both products are developed with the cooperation of Bergamo Acquisition Corp’s 60% owned subsidiaries namely BB Solar Inc and Bergamo Energy Inc .
The Solar Equipment has arrived in Pakistan and is in Pakistan Customs clearance.
Bergamo Acquisition Corp is pleased to introduce a Sole proprietary unique state of the art product a solar operated generator and our Solar Powered Tube Well Pumping System developed for use in Pakistan, India, Sudan, Bangladesh and other regions of the globe. OTC: BGMO Solar Pumping System is a proprietary design made to Bergamo’s specifications required to meet the rigorous demands of these types of environments. The January 1, 2010 press release from the Government of Pakistan, states that in the province of Punjab alone, the Government has decided to replace 800,000 Tube Wells with Solar Operated Water Pumps. The total number of tube wells in all of Pakistan is close to 40 million. The USAID department grants 50% of the cost of the water pumps to help Pakistani farmers afford this new technology. This helps in two ways, it lowers the electricity cost to the farmer and helps take pressure off an already over stressed energy grid. Some farmers may self finance this product as it could save them 1000 USD monthly in maintenance and oil expenses. The old technology they are currently using to pump water from tube wells is without a feature to clean water for drinking purposes. For as little as a 12000 USD one time investment they could save close to 240,000 USD over a twenty year period.
PRODUCT MARKETING
a). Upon successful demonstration in Pakistan, Bergamo’s’ plans to sell this product either directly to farmers who can manage self financing with the help of Agricultural Development Bank of Pakistan, or borrow funds against their lands or assets to purchase this product.
b). The Government of Pakistan and specially the Irrigation and Power Ministry has access to the USAID grant funds certain funds are allocated to the ministry by USAID grant funds there is a possibility upon approval of the demonstration by the Irrigation. Bergamo can be issued a purchase order for pumps and take advantage of grant funds as USAID department provides 50% grant of the cost of the water pumps to help Pakistani farmers afford this new technology and balance of the 50% can be paid to Bergamo in the form of Sovereign guarantee by Government of Pakistan. In short the company can make direct sale to the farmers and sell its product thru Government of Pakistan as described above.
Solar Energy Tube Well Pump with Water Desalinization Built in Feature BGMO’s pump provides a higher horsepower pump and additional option of Water purification features provides the customer with a higher quality pumping system at a price several thousand dollars below the competition.
BGMO offers several sizes and options to the basic pump system configuration. Bergamo Acquisition Corp’s ,system includes components like the smart power inverter that will allows for the easy conversion of existing pumps of various types to utilize solar power as their energy source. This option further reduces the cost required to make the conversion to solar. Designed to provide a true benefit to the various government and its people, Bergamo Solar Pumping Systems delivers a high quality, reliable product at a very competitive price.
Bergamo Acquisition Corp’s Solar Energy Operated water pumping and Water Desalination system, can be used widely for seawater desalination, desert controlling, daily life water supply, agricultural irrigation, forest irrigation, waterscape, and water treatment project.
Bergamo’s pump can help alleviate most immediate and lethal problems facing in many third world countries is the availability of clean drinking water. Our technology requires minimal maintenance, have low operational cost, and once set up, will provide clean water for drinking and agriculture. The built in water purification feature in BGMO’s pump can be used to clean many pathogens and germs from ground water and runoff. A group of these devices, filtering the water from wells or runoff could help with poor sanitation and controlling the spread of waterborne illness.
Bergamo’s Solar Pumping System is a proprietary design made to Bergamo’s specifications required to meet rigorous demands of the third world countries environments. For e.g. India, Sudan, Pakistan, Bangladesh, East Africa etc.
Bergamo Acquisition Corp’s Edge The Universal Inverter
With Bergamo’s new universal inverters we can bring solar power to almost any current tube well pumps. Our inverter is specifically designed to recognize and adjust to the power needs matching the solar panels with the pump. With Bergamo’s proprietary design we can now offer an easy solution to converting newly installed high efficiency tube well type pump to a solar driven pump. This eliminates the need to draw its power from the grid saving value power for other uses. It will also keep the pumps running on solar power even when grid power is not available.
www.bergamoenergy.com
http://www.hidaya.org/environment/clean-drinking-water/
Lack of clean drinking water is a major problem in developing countries. Water-borne diseases are rampant in economically depressed rural areas because clean running water (typically provided by the municipalities) is simply not available. The only alternative is to install hand pumps or deep wells (drilled wells) to draw clean water from the ground depending on the depth of the water table. The depth of the potable water table varies from 20 to 3000 feet (~ 6 to 910 meters) depending on the region and local topography. Hand pumps are normally installed for obtaining water at the maximum depth of 130 feet (~ 40 meters). Over 130 feet deep wells (drilled wells) are installed with pumps which can reach 3,000 feet (910 m) or more.
Water Hand Pump
Until recent centuries, all artificial wells were pump-less dug wells which were excavated with diameters large enough to accommodate men with shovels digging down to below the water table. Such wells were at times lined with stones or bricks; extending this lining into a wall around the well to reduce both contamination and injuries by falling into the well. Modern dug wells are hand pumped.
While the cost of drilling is directly proportional to the depth of the water table, the average cost of installing a hand pump, along with maintenance of the hand pump for 5 years is approximately $200.
Delivery with Water Tanker
Many cities with dense populations lack adequate fresh water because municipalities which should be supplying them are failing due to decaying infrastructure and rising population. For such instances, Hidaya has started delivering water to the masses via a water tanker which is filled with fresh water from our own wells. If not for this service, the people would literally be fighting with each other over scarce water sources.
Deep Well (Drilled Wells)
Deep wells (drilled wells) can get water from a much deeper level by mechanical drilling. Drilled wells with electric pumps are currently used throughout the world, typically in rural or sparsely populated areas. Most shallow well drilling machines are mounted on large trucks or trailers. Such wells typically range from 20 to 600 feet (6 to 180 meters), but in some areas can go deeper than 3,000 feet (910 meter). Deep wells over 600 feet (180 meters) with purification plant costs $30,000 and up. Currently, Hidaya is working to provide a deep well in the Shahdad Kot district in Pakistan. For more information on the Qambar-Shahdad Kot Water Project,
***
More emails were sent to me indicating Bergamo has $400 M… by this time (January 18th), a late January demo was out of the question and AGAIN I had to delay my vacation block at my 9-5 work.
This was the last time for my boss who did not renew my contract as a direct result of this, and even indicated to me “I’m sure you will do fine at your other job”.
***
From this point on (Jan 20), another name came into the picture, Waseem.
This email below from Sohail indicates that BERGAMO KNEW AND WAS ON BOARD WITH CHINESE PRODUCTS / COMPONENTS:
Waseem,
Attached Power Point Presentation for SOLAR GENERATOR 2 KVA UPTO 100 KVA. This our cost no profit included.
THREE DIFFERENT COST'S
1. China Product
2. US Product
3. Canada Product.
Please present this to Mr. Nawaz as discussed. Let me know so that we can arrange for DEMONSTRATION and Send our team to Pakistan.
Thanks
Sohail
***
Then more trouble with Dr Ghaus who could not receive the products, would not accept me paying him for any fees he would pay, and not cooperating with anyone.
Finally after months of trouble, Sohail send me a link to the import rules for Pakistan…something that Dr. Ghaus should have done 90 days prior.
***
On January 25, I get this email which is vague and cryptic:
Make Proposal for Mr. Nasim Siddiqui Executive Director of Siemens Pakistan, Reffered by Mr. Waseem Ahmed.
500 KV Solar Generator Made in China
500 KV Solar Generator Made in USA.
The presentation shall be several colums
Solar Panels Invertors Battery Cost Total FOB Cost.
***
Again I comply and make the quotes but am not sure who Nasim is.
Sohail made it clear in multiple emails that I HAVE TO ALWAYS indicate that BB Solar is a JV Partner of Bergamo etc…even though no contract outside of an LOI was signed to indicate as such, and no ownership was transferred.
Note that Bergamo NEVER ONCE asked to sign a contract or transfer ownership, or write in the official documents that Hillard and Sohail and I are on the board of directors which is what they wanted.
Here is a sample email from Sohail:
BB SOLAR INC, JOINT VENTURE COMPANY OF BERGAMO ACQUISITION CORP ( OTC: BGMO)
In The Contact Information
AFTER BB SOLAR CONTACT
Must Print in Bold Letter's
BERGAMO ACQUISITION CORP
TEL 702 423 4588
EVP,DIRECTOR
SOHAIL PAREKH
www.bergamoenergy.com
sohailparekh@bergamoenergy.com
***
Again I receive an email asking me to make another quote, this time for 950 pumps and 35000 gallons an hour.
I felt like they were just keeping me busy but since they never said who the quotes I am making are going to, or what the context is, or time frame etc. I felt like more was going on that I was led to believe.
By the end of January they still could not get my equipment out of customs, and whenever I wanted to intervene or just go to Pakistan to get it out myself, Sohail would tell me that these are “his people” and this is “his country” and he knows how things work.
I received this email:
The DHL or FEDEX Document. Must Be Signature Required Can not be delivered without signature of the receiving party. If the orignal B/L is lost then we will be in serious trouble.
Otherwise. I would like to send this DHL to my House in Pakistan, Where my sisiter will except these B/L for Renewable Energy Inc. Please Check with China Supplier have they mailed those docs yet if not then this should be sent to my SISTERS address in Pakistan.
IF not then i insist that these documents shall be sent to my House in Pakistan and my Sister will hand delivery this to DR. Ghaus.
***
Note that the original Bill of Landing was picked up by Ali Mehmood who no one knows who he is…
Then I get another email with another address…for documents this time (from the suppliers who by this time were very upset):
Mr. Syed Jahangir
Shangrila Town
House # 7
F-29
Block 7
Clifton
Karachi
Pakistan
Tel 9221 3 583 1043
Cell 92332 822 7235
***
The above is all that’s listed in the email…
Then another twist, this time Waseem and Nasim are named together, here is the email (note the spelling of my name is wrong again)
Rahie,
Kindly ask your supplier in China, Can we change the Name on the B/L of Lading, ALTERNATE ENERGY BOARD OF PAKISTAN.
My freind here Mr. Nasim Siddiqui Executive Director for Seimens just spoke to Mr. Arif Alludin Chairman of AEDB. If the Bill of lading could be transfered to AEDB Pakistan then they can release the shipment in one day. Kindly get back to me with a e-mail copy to the above e-mail address
MR. WASEEM AHMED owenterprises@gmail.com
MR. NASEEM SIDDIQI nasimsiddiqui@ovi.com,
Nasim Bhai you may also send e-mail to Rahi with a copy to me at the above address. If you have any questions.
Thanks
Sohail
***
Here is Sohail trying to get something done about the shipping fiasco:
Rahi,
Mr. Nasim Siddiqui will e-mail
FREIGHT FORWARDER ADRRESS , PHONE NUMBER E-MAIL ETC ETC.
You will then send e-mail to me and copy to to Dr. Ghaus, saying that BB Solar has appointed Freight Forwarder who will release the goods on behalf of Renewable Energy Dr. Ghaus Company. Kindly submit all the documents with the appointed freight forwarder with authority letter so that he can release the goods on your company behalf.
BB Solar Inc , will pay all the expenses connected to the shipment upon receiving the Invoice from the Freight Forwarder. We must take control of these goods and take it to Mr. Waseems Show Room and his offices. Once you reach Pakistan Mr. Waseem and Mr, Nasim will be our partners we will be working with. With Dr. Ghaus be very DIPLOMATIC to get goods in our control.
Thanks
Sohail
***
January 29th, Sohail emails me something he sent to Nasim and Waseem, regarding a 5MW solar powerplant. He asked me in a telephone conversation to make a quote for this system (even though it is CSP, and most likely the SunTrough deal that fell through).
By this time I had quoted the 950 pumps, the 500kW systems+, and made a generic price list for systems ranging from 5kW – 50MW+
One day later, Sohail asked me to quote solar powered cell phone towers.
I don’t think he realized the amount of work that goes into quoting systems, especially if they are new, such as solar cell towers.
I made a quote nevertheless in an effort to be a good partner.
Then I suggested to Sohail, in passing, that investing $1B+ in solar panels installed along the top 10 major highways in Pakistan could power much of Karachi.
Sohail jumped on it and asked me to make him an official quote. He said he sent the highway quote to the Alternative Energy Board.
By January 31st, we were supposed to transfer the name of the recipient on all shipments to Pacific Engineering, to clear up the customs issue.
Also the mounting equipment was lost completely at this time if I am not mistaken.
By this time I was also weary of Sohail’s contact in the Alternative Energy Board, Mr. Alaudin, who has critics claiming he is crooked. Also Sohail told me on multiple occasions that anything we bring into the country must go through Alaudin. This information turned out to not be correct according to people I eventually worked with in Pakistan.
Here is the email indicating I am to change recipient to Pacific Engineering:
Rahi the DEMO Unit shall be Assigned to M/S Pacific Engineering
M/s Pacific Engineering
147 , Uni Shopping Centre ,
AH Road , Saddar , Karachi ,
Pakistan
www.pacificpk.com
iqbal@pacificpk.com
011 92 300 823 8847
011 9221 3 566 1728
***
Below is THE FIRST mention of components NOT made in China, and the email is in reference to the CELL PHONE TOWER systems, not the DEMO:
Rahi,
Provide Specs and they want inverters US or European.
Thanks
Sohail
Nasim Bhai,
I spoke to Hillard regarding 5MW he provided me with the paper work with fiurther details of Soverign guarantee;s his last trip to Pakistan. I will scan the documents and e-mail you in the morning. In the mean time Rahi will respond to me with the specs and Invertors.
Kindly send details,specs,and make of
Inverter (must be of American or European origin).if possible details of solar cells required as well
Regds
Sent from my iPhone
On 31-Jan-2012, at 3:55 AM, sohailbergamo@aol.com wrote:
Gentlemen,
Please see below and attached a basic quote for 4 systems that can Power a Cell Phone Tower in Pakistan.
The systems are organized as follows:
1. No inverter, No battery
2. No inverter, Yes batter
3. Yes inverter, No battery
4. Yes inverter, Yes battery
We can let the customer decide.
Also please note that despite a 2.4-2.8kW requirement we recommend 3kW – 4.5kW system size to ensure reliable electricity.
Yours,
Rahi Tajzadeh
BB Solar Inc.
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Then this cryptic email from Sohail asking that I set up ANOTHER company in Pakistan of which Saim and Waseem will be shareholders:
Rahi,
We are working with Mr. Nasim and Arif Alluddin AEDB and Yes they are aware of Pricing's. If we tell them we are submitting our cost since we will partner in Profit Sharing. He is certainly going to ask us questions to make a point that the prices are high. Means the prices you are getting from suppliers are very high compare to the qutations The Chariman of AEDB must have on his desk. That must be a reason behind his e-mail. ( We want to form a Company in Pakistan, BB Solar will be Shareholder with Mr. Nasim and Mr. Waseem Ahmed them, In which they and Bergamo will make joint investment. I think it is in the best intrest of our company to work as joint venture if we want maximum order's and top sale price to maximize our profits.
Thanks
Sohail
***
Needless to say the red flags were everywhere at this point.
Then things get more complex with this email:
-----Original Message-----
From: Pacific Engineering pacpak@cyber.net.pk
Dear Sirs,
As requested in the below mail, we would like to get this consignment moved through our forwarder M/s Agility Logistics.
In this connection, kindly send us the estimated packing details (weight / dimensions) of the shipment along with your contact details enabling us to ask Agility to coordinate with you.
Look forward to hear from you soon.
Thanks and Best Regards
Salman Ahmed
PACIFIC ENGINEERING
147, Uni Shopping Center, A.H. Road,
Saddar, Karachi-74400, Pakistan
Tel: +92 21 35661728 / 35652191
Fax: +92 21 35660521
Cell: +92 300 2276327
www.pacificpk.com
Begin forwarded message:
From: Iqbal Sattar <iqbal@pacificpk.com>
Date: January 31, 2012 2:16:04 PM GMT+05:00
To: "sohailbergamo@aol.com" <sohailbergamo@aol.com>
Cc: "nasimsiddiqui@ovi.com" <nasimsiddiqui@ovi.com>, "owenterprises@gmail.com" <owenterprises@gmail.com>, "rahi@thebigleaf.com" <rahi@thebigleaf.com>
Subject: Re: NAME OF THE COMPANY IN PAKISTAN AS BELOW ( DHL B/L AND ALL DOCS AT BELOW ADDRESS
Dear Mr.Sohail / Mr.Rahi,
Request please send your complete complete company name and address enabling our logistic firm Agility to collect the consignment.DHL despatch will be not cost effective.
Thanks and Best Regards
Iqbal Sattar
Pacific Engineering
147 , Uni Shopping Centre ,
AH Road , Saddar , Karachi ,
Pakistan
www.pacificpk.com
On 30-Jan-2012, at 9:29 PM, sohailbergamo@aol.com wrote:
Rahi the DEMO Unit shall be Assigned to M/S Pacific Engineering
M/s Pacific Engineering
147 , Uni Shopping Centre ,
AH Road , Saddar , Karachi ,
Pakistan
www.pacificpk.com
iqbal@pacificpk.com
011 92 300 823 8847
011 9221 3 566 1728
-----Original Message-----
From: Nasim <nasimsiddiqui@ovi.com>
To: sohailbergamo <sohailbergamo@aol.com>; Waseem <owenterprises@gmail.com>; iqbal <iqbal@pacificpk.com>
Sent: Mon, Jan 30, 2012 3:29 am
Subject: Fwd: details
Pl find below details of company as per requirement.
You can send the demo units on this address
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***
The following email was from Sohail , dated January 31, 2012:
1. The B/L and other Necessary Documents The Consingnee Name shall be replaced with the New Name we gave Rahi.
2. Waseem and Nasim shall clear goods and store in their warehouse prior from Rahi to Arrive Pakistan.
3. The Mounting etc. 60 KGS that was sent shall also be transfered to the New Company name provided to Rahi.
4. Mr. Wasemm has 200 Acres Farm Site on Main Highway. The new company shall arrange some one for CIVIL work so that when Rahi arrives Pakistan he can guide the Civil work provider what construction is required to install the demo.
5. Rahi should arrivve when Item 1 and Item 4 is completed.
6. Mr. Waseem and Nasim Siddiqui when Item 1 to 4 is completed they are very well connected with these people. They should invite upon the completion and when the demo is operational. May be Governer , Cheif Ministers AEDB, Irrigation Ministry, Agricultural Ministry and local farmers. Political Land Owners Land Lords and Member of National and Provincial Assembly and Various Ministers at Demo Site along with Mango, Orange a wheat and other growers. Where Rahi can make presentation. Once Mr. Waseem and Nasim confirm this with us that will be the only time for you to be in Pakistan.
7. Waseem and Nasim when these people are involve, After sucessful DEMO, They will be able to collect cash deposits from farmers, can get order from provincial Goverments, Fedral Goverment, AEDB etc etc.
8. As you know very well. Mr. Nasim has set up mega projects in Pakistan and is connected globally and with the support and relationship with AEDB and other
a) Goods must clear customs
b) Mounting shall also be transfered to new company in the form of orignal B/L
c) Waseem and Nasim shall appoint Civil work provider in Pakistan
d) Rahi shall be available in Pakistan at that time to provide instructions to Civil work company to build the site for DEMO.
e) Once this is completed.
f) Waseem and Nasim shall complete item # 6.
Thanks
Sohail
***
And the following as well:
Dear Mr.Rahi I hope this is clear to you, Have your shipper contact AGILITY LOGISTIC FIRM.
Request please send your complete complete company name and address enabling our logistic firm Agility to collect the consignment on behalf of Consignee Pacific Engineering.DHL despatch will be not cost effective.
Thanks and Best Regards
Iqbal Sattar
Consignee is
Pacific Engineering
147 , Uni Shopping Centre ,
AH Road , Saddar , Karachi ,
Pakistan
www.pacificpk.com
***
And another email from Sohail asking for more joint ventures in Pakistan…looked to me like Nasim and Waseem wanted a piece of the pie too:
Rahi,
In response to your e-mail today. Please reveiw this e-mail below:-
Proposed Company in Pakistan.
When your trip is confirmed to Pakistan you will be spending your time with Mr. Waseem and Nasim.
Bergamo Acquisition Corp, has decided to set aside Bank Guarantee for 100 Million USD, Cash received from this BG which is in negotiations with various banks in contact with Mr. Hillard depends on the return on the investment these funds could be invested thru proposed new company in Pakistan. BB Solar and Bergamo Energy Inc. Both 60% owned companies US and Canadian will also be provided with working capital to run the companies in proper manner in US and Canada. ( These negotiations for BG can take any where from 6 to 8 weeks to receive cash against these guarantee's, Once the Negotiations are completed and cash funds are available in Bergamo Singapore Bank Account.
Proposed New Company will be able to take advantage of these funds invested by Bergamo Acquisition Corp USA upon agreeing to the terms and conditions submitted by the investing party Bergamo Acquisition Corp and parties involved.
BB Solar, Bergamo Energy Inc ( Steve Sarka Compay) both companies will own certain amount of shares in this new company
including both ****'s. Mr. Waseem Ahmed and Mr. Nasim. ( This will take place after you reach Pakistan and CEO of Bergamo will also try to fly to Pakistan from Far East while you will be already present there. Bergamo US will propose DEBT & EQUITY participation to the Proposed New Company. In which Mega Energy Projects- Solar Pumps- Generators business will be conducted.
Proper show rooms and offices will be set up. With a vision to take this new company public in Karachi Stock Exchange and Amex Exchange in USA. These two freinds are very dear to me i can not in any circumstance BS them. The funds must be available in Bergamo Singapore it is too early to propose percentages, ownerships etc etc. Let's get the funds first in our Bank account.
(Kindly in the mean time pay attention to the e-mail sent from Mr. Iqbal from Pacific Engeenering and worry about releasing the goods.)
***
Then more shipments went missing:
Dear Nasim Sahib, Mr. Waseem and Mr. Iqbal,
As you can see from E-Mail below Mr. Rahi is asking The Shipment from BLUE SUN is missing. As per my conversation with Waseem he told me last night the third ship has not arrived Pakistan and it is due to arrive on March 17th, 2012. Kindly respond by return e-mail what is the status and what components are missing. If Rahi can purchase missing components from Pakistan.
This is very urgent.
Thanks
Sohail Parekh
I have been told that the "third" shipment has not arrived.
I want to know which shipment of the following is missing:
1. Metal housing from Stanwic. 66kg
2. Solar panels and pumps from Blue Sun solar.
3. More solar panels and an inverter from Blue Sun solar.
If the metal housing is missing I can deal with it by buying locally in Karachi...this is not a problem.
If the missing shipment is from Blue Sun then I am very surprised as this was supposed to have arrived and Cleared customs with Pacific Engineering's help.
Either way I need to know right away what is going on.
We must leave for Pakistan before March 10th. No exceptions.
Rahi Tajzadeh
CEO - The Big Leaf Inc.
CEO - BB Solar Inc.
***
Kind emails were sent to Nasim and Waseem to accommodate my arrival:
Nasim Sahib,
As per our yesterdays converstaion. I would appriciate if you would receive Mr. Rahi.
Please respond when the DEMO will install Timing
Timing of Actual Demonostration in front of the audience.
Suppose he arrives on 11th March till what time he will have to be in Pakistan. In case we start receiving orders on the product.
Thanks
***
Then I see this press release which was news to me, I had no idea another existing renewable energy company would be “working” with us:
SOLAR WIND PRIVATE LTD ANNOUNCES SCHEDULE FOR DEMONSTRATIONS IN PAKISTAN BEING DONE WITH BB SOLAR AND BERGAMO ACQUISITIONS
Karachi, Pakistan—March 15, 2012— Solar Wind Private LTD, with the support of BB Solar and Bergamo Acquisitions Corp. (OTC:BGMO), announced today the demonstrations of Solar Tube Pumping Systems and Solar Generators for home and cell phone towers on April 10, 2012 at 56 Jam Deh Chakro Farms Northern Bypass Karachi and at their office 1 C Khaybane Shamsher Phase 5 D. H. A Karachi.
BB Solar can provide customized solutions and financing options to more customers than ever before, making the switch to Solar Energy easy and profitable. BB Solar, is a Canadian based Solar Energy Solutions Company. The company has strategically teamed up with The Big Leaf Inc. and Bergamo Acquisition Inc. to increase its ability to serve customers. Offering multiple types and technologies of solar systems, BB Solar plans to enter into various markets, and carve new niches.
BB Solar’s focus for Pakistan will include residential roof top and ground mounted solar, irrigation systems and water pumping, backup power and electricity, commercial and industrial electricity, government and military systems, and solar powered cellular phone towers.
Solar Power use saves the cost of diesel fuel or unreliable, unavailable grid power. The local population benefits from decreased pollution, local jobs created for installation and maintenance, and increased value in land. The Nation as a whole benefits as it can decrease the dependence on imported oil, as well as a decreased requirement to burn coal locally rather than sell it internationally.
For more information: www.bbsolar.ca
Contact: sales@bbsolar.ca
***
Another press release:
Karachi Pakistan March 15 2012, Mr. Waseem Ahmed C.E.O of Solar Wind pvt Ltd is glad to announce in collaboration with BB Solar Inc a Joint Venture Subsidiary Company of Bergamo Acquisition Corp ( OTC;BGMO ) a public limited company in U.S.A, will conduct demonstrations of solar tube well pumping systems, solar generators for domestic use, cell phone towers and various other energy required industries on April 10th 2012 onwards at 56 Jam Deh Chakro Farms Northern By Pass Karachi.
There are currently 40 million tube well pumping systems in Pakistan that are being used at less than full capacity due to a power shortage of approximately 10,000 megawatts. Recognizing the benefits of solar powered energy generators the type developed by BB Solar Inc the country will meet its severely needed energy requirements by installing at least two to three million solar power generators engineered by BB Solar Inc.
The company's engineers have developed solar energy pumps in Canada, USA and China having capacities ranging from 6,000 liters per hour to 160,000 liters per hour and will significantly reduce the energy cost to the end user.It will not only meet the countries energy needs but will decrease pollution,dependence on imported oil,reduce the use of coal domestically rather than export to gain foreign exchange and finally create thousands of jobs for installation and maintenance of solar energy products, which is the basic mission of the current Government. To attend the demonstration a formal invitation will be extended to the heads of various concerned ministries and various important institutions.
***
By March 17th the equipment was at Mr. Waseem’s farmhouse, ready to be deployed and demonstrated.
I was sent pictures of the components in an email.
Here is an email from Sohail indicating that all seems well:
The Technician have already visited the site the invertors was little damaged they got it fixed in Pakistan.
Any supplier try's to sell product in Pakistan. AEDB has to approve the product first in order to be sold in Pakistan.
Solar Wind PVT Ltd, Will be the distributor in Pakistan and will be responsible to get our product approved by AEDB
invite customers, Government and AEDB , take care of media marketing warehousing, sales centers etc etc
and Make sure the BB Solar product is approved by AEDB
BB Solar Inc will be responsible to supply product, any inquiries from Pakistan shall be referred to Solar Wind PVT Ltd
Bergamo Acquisition Corp is responsible to provide performance guarantee if required to satisfy goverment backed orders from 5 million USD upto
500 Million USD.
Nasim Bhai read below
-----Original Message-----
From: Rahi Tajzadeh <rahi@thebigleaf.com>
To: sohailbergamo <sohailbergamo@aol.com>
Sent: Sat, Mar 17, 2012 9:06 am
Subject: RE: Picture at our Farm In Karachi
Sohail,
This is wonderful news! I am very happy and proud of the whole team despite all previous setbacks! I am confident the team in Karachi can install it alright, but I want to remind them that 1 pump is extra (unless they want to run 2 pumps in 2 wells at once) and some of the panels are extra as well. Each pump needs ~1500W to run (1000W + 30%-50% extra).
My ticket is for March 27th, arriving March 29th early in the morning. I am doing my best to have my business developer Dimitry Khimich join us for the first week.
Please continue to keep me informed of our progress and I will work to increase our potential supplier lists and provide top notch products.
Furthermore I still need to know the capture of SolarWind Private ltd’s involvement in our work, please fill me in.
Rahi.
***
After I speak with Sohail, he wanted me to write for him a press release; because he stated that I write better than he does (I should have asked where his marketing team was). Then I get this email from Hillard, with the subject line: Use some words from here
BB Solar PVT Ltd and Joint Venture Company of Bergamo Acquisition Corp is glad to announce is glad to announce in collaboration with Solar Inc Solar Wind pvt Ltd, will conduct demonstrations of solar tube well pumping systems, solar generators for domestic use, cell phone towers and various other energy required industries on April 10th 2012 onwards at 56 Jam Deh Chakro Farms Northern By Pass Karachi. Mr Rahi to Arrive Pakistan on 27th, 2012 To attend the demonstration a formal invitation has been extended to the heads of various concerned ministries and various important institutions..
The company's engineers have developed solar energy pumps in Canada, USA and China having capacities ranging from 6,000 liters per hour to 160,000 liters per hour and will significantly reduce the energy cost to the end user.It will not only meet the countries energy needs but will decrease pollution,dependence on imported oil,reduce the use of coal domestically rather than export to gain foreign exchange and finally create thousands of jobs for installation and maintenance of solar energy products, which is the basic mission of the current Government.
Picture of Product at the farm, Technician installing the Demo model at 100 Acres State of the Art Farm right next to Hamdard University Karachi Pakistan.
***
Note that it refers to COMPANY ENGINEERS…which we did not have any at the time.
Then this release with more details:
BB Solar in conjunction with (OTC:BGMO) Bergamo Acquisition Corp and SolarWind Private Ltd are pleased to announce a demonstration of a customizable solar solution in a farm in Karachi, Pakistan.
The demo will include solar tube well pumping, and a solar generator (capable of powering homes, businesses or cellular phone towers). Thanks to the tireless efforts of our technical team, we are able to demonstrate all three solutions in early April.
BB Solar is sending its CEO Rahi Tajzadeh to Karachi on March 29th where he will work with the local team to arrange a full press conference at the demonstration site in early April. The site is located at 56 Jam Deh Chakro Farms Northern Bypass in Karachi. The Installation of our product that arrived at the farm, Installation will commence from monday.
Formal invitations will be extended to heads of various ministries, important institutions, and military bodies to attend the demonstration.
This demonstration will illustrate the versatility of BB Solar in system design and solution implementation in the solar industry. Given that there are Millions of tube wells in Pakistan, most of which are powered by diesel generators and unreliable AC power, the market for solar tube well pumping ranges from $10B USD - $200B USD over the next 5-10 years.
When looking at solar systems for electricity generation, the market is even larger: Since residential, commercial, industrial, government, and military bodies are all potential customers of solar electricity systems, the market ranges from $100B USD - $400B USD over the next 10 years.
There are over 40,000 cellular phone towers in Pakistan alone, each of which requires an average of 3kW of reliable power. Our solar generators, along with batteries, can provide uninterrupted power 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. We predict that the total value of this market ranges from $750M USD - $1.4B USD over the next 5 years.
BB Solar is working with SolarWind Private Ltd to capture a significant portion of these markets. We are aiming at acquiring 10%-20% of the solar tube well pumping market within 5 years, 10%-15% of solar energy generators within 5 years, and 25%-33% of the solar powered cellular phone towers within 5 years. We plan on achieving these goals via the following value added benefits that we provide our customers:
- Customized solutions instead of catalogue sales
- Free ABC and TLC analysis for each major customer
- We have multiple suppliers and technologies at the ready to better meet your needs
- Our solutions are either made in Canada, USA, or China to provide more flexibility in requirements or budget
- We provide solutions from $5,000USD - $100M+ and anything in between
- We use locally sourced sales, distribution, installation, and maintenance professionals, thereby increasing the total value to the local community
Our pumping systems can generate 6,000 litres – 160,000 litres per hour, and the flexibility of our system design allows the customer to dictate what they receive. Our solar generators come in multiple technologies and various configurations whether you are an individual home owner, farmer, or military commander, you can rely on our ability to meet your specific needs!
Safe Harbor Statement: This press release contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. Actual results, events and performances could vary materially from those contemplated by these forward-looking statements. These statements involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties, which may cause the Company's actual results, expressed or implied, to differ materially from expected results. These risks and uncertainties include, among other things, product demand and market competition. You should independently investigate and fully understand all risks before making an investment decision.
***
By March 20th I had my flight booked as the team in Pakistan told me all was set up and Nasim and Waseem knew of my arrival date and time.
Waseem and Mr. Nasim Bhai,
Rahi is arriving Karachi on Thursday 29th, 2012 at 2.35 PM from Etihad Airlines. Kindly pick him up from the Airport.
Thanks
Sohail Parekh.
I get this email a day later from Sohail:
1. There is no need to send any letters any more.
2. Solar Wind PVT Ltd, Who will be arranging demonstration in your presence in Pakistan at 56 Jam Deh Chakro Farms. Will be inviting personal friends from Government and institutions such as AEDB Pakistan.
3. Solar Wind will have to convince AEDB to approve our brand in Pakistan. Without the approval from AEDB the product can not be imported in Pakistan. We need powerful people in Pakistan such as Solar Wind. No other party who will contact BB Solar or Bergamo directly will be able to place orders directly with us unless. AEDB approves our product. Orders will come to us thru SOLAR WIND PVT LTD.
4. Any one who try's to contact BB Solar must be referred to Solar Wind PVT Ltd.
5. Solar Wind PVT Ltd will be responsible to set up offices, warehousing getting brand approved get order's set up civil engineering company for future installations upon receiving the order's. You will stay in touch with them 24/7. That is your office and contact in Pakistan.
6. 5 Million up to any amount PERFORMANCE BONDS needs to be submitted to show financial strength capable of producing and completing the orders. This will be responsibility of Bergamo Acquisition Corp.
TEL NUMBER OF MR. NASIM Dialing from USA 011 92345 8222828 From Karachi 0345 8222 828
E-MAIL ADDRESS OF MR. NASIM nasimsiddiqui@ovi.com
Mr. Waseem 0333 21 21 884 E-MAIL ADDRESS owenterprises@gmail.com
Solar Wind PVT Ltd
OFFICE
1 C KHABYAN -E-SHAMSHEER
PHASE 5
DEFFENCE HOUSING AUTHORITY
KARACH PAKISTAN
***
More confirmation of things supposedly going well:
Rahi,
Mr. Waseem Ahmed Executive Officer of Solar Wind PVT, Ltd has purchased all the missing components from Pakistan today you dont need to order anything from China or purchase anything locally anymore from Pakistan . Help them install the product at the farm and DEMO can take place.
Thanks
Sohail
***
Up until the day before I left, everything with Nasim and Waseem seemed OK, here is an exchange indicating as such:
Gentlemen,
It is an absolute pleasure that our plans are finally complete and things are moving! I am thrilled to visit Karachi and meet each and every one of you. Before I get to my agenda I want to make our goals very clear:
BB Solar’s Goal in general, is to get as much sales as possible in solar energy and pumping systems, through the help of SolarWind Private LTD and AEDB. But if you want to know what our minimum requirements are, 360 complete systems / year is reasonable. I know that it may be very easy or very hard to reach 30 systems / month, but let’s aim for at least this volume!
My agenda is very simple:
1. Test the system in Karachi successfully and let it run for a few days.
2. Meet with as many important persons as we can to prepare them for the presentation.
3. Trial run – Perform the presentation and press conference once with no one there to ensure everything works.
4. Press Conference / Presentation takes place.
5. We get orders for BB Solar Inc. via SolarWind Private Ltd. and AEDB
My visit is scheduled for 7 – 10 days, or however long it is necessary to stay for the agenda to be complete.
As for the missing components, I believe you are referring to the mounting hardware: the rails and clamps that hold down the panels. I am trying to source them locally, but if we do not find it or are not able to mount the panels another way, I can have China ship another set to Pacific Engineering’s address or another address of your choice. This should not be absolutely necessary for the presentation but can help a lot.
I have sent you 2 pumps (1 is a backup in case the other one fails), and 3,000W of panels, and a 2,000 inverter. This is enough equipment to demo a Solar Generator, and a Solar Water Pumping System using the same components.
I am very happy to see the progress and am very thankful to Mr. Nasim and Mr. Waseem for their hospitality!
Once again I arrive at ~2:30 AM on March 29th in Karachi.
I look forward to a successful endeavour and thank you all for your time.
Yours,
Rahi Tajzadeh
BB Solar Inc.
The Big Leaf Inc.
From: nasimsiddiqui@ovi.com [mailto:nasimsiddiqui@ovi.com]
Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2012 12:20 PM
To: Rahi Tajzadeh; sohailbergamo@aol.com
Cc: owenterprises@gmail.com;; Waseem
Subject: Re: Rahi Arriving 2.35 Pm Karachi FLT# 0221 Etihad Airlines
Rahi
Kindly send us your complete visit plan and duration of visit as well with agenda.
We understand that you will also need time to do the piping work for the pump and connection to solar panels.Kindly note that end connectors for solar panels are not available locally.We are trying to mechanically fix the solar panels at a suitable location to save time.
The necessary cabling,piping to s-pump will be done when you are here.
We only have some solar cells,two pump and a 2kw invertor.
Nasim / Waseem
From: Rahi Tajzadeh <rahi@thebigleaf.com>
To: sohailbergamo@aol.com
Cc: owenterprises@gmail.com; nasimsiddiqui@ovi.com;
Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2012 12:03 AM
Subject: Re: Rahi Arriving 2.35 Pm Karachi FLT# 0221 Etihad Airlines
I'm arriving at 2:35 am not pm. 2:35 am March 29.
Thank you.
Rahi Tajzadeh
The Big Leaf Inc.
BB Solar Inc.
Sent from my Samsung Mobile
sohailbergamo@aol.com wrote:
Waseem and Mr. Nasim Bhai,
Rahi is arriving Karachi on Thursday 29th, 2012 at 2.35 PM from Etihad Airlines. Kindly pick him up from the Airport.
Thanks
Sohail Parekh.
When I arrived in Pakistan, Mr Waseem was supposed to have a driver pick me up, take me to a guest house, set me up with an office, phone and internet, and take me to the demo site at the very least.
No one showed up at the airport at 3 am…or 4 am…I was stranded. I went to Marriott hotel on my own funds (the LOI was clear that Bergamo was to make ALL NECESSARY ACCOMMODATIONS for SALES TO TAKE PLACE).
The entire trip consisted of me running around trying desperately to salvage the trip. I set up a relationship between The Big Leaf and a local company (The REFUSED TO WORK WITH BERGAMO after they were told by Sohail that Bergamo needs to buy a Pakistani bank before they can do anything with Solar…which was news to me). That company and I set up importing and delivery and installation infrastructure, as well as sales and marketing infrastructure…none of which could be useful if not funded! Which bergamo promised to do… … they did not.
I met the Minister of the province and his brother…both were wonderful people and VERY friendly! They took me out to dinner and I visited their estate in a village outside Sukur. The minister made it clear to me that ANY solar generator is too expensive when compared to diesel generators, REGARDLESS of the lower operating / maintenance costs, and that Sohail made a mistake in thinking that the minister would or could buy the systems. (more on this later).
I get this email from Sohail:
Rahi,
Please immediatly provide phone number for your Hotel in Karachi including your Room Number.
Mr. Waseem Ahmed's phone number is 0333 21 21 884 or Mr. Nasim at 0345 8222828. Kindly call him after 10.30 AM Pakistan Time. Kindly send me your phone number so that we can discuss further. I can call you your time 10,30 AM my time will be 10.30 PM.
Mr. Nasim's major concern was when they went to purchases the missing components. Prices submitted by BB Solar compare to what is available in Pakistan market our prices are 5 times higher than available locally in Pakistan. This issue must be addressed when you meet them today. I apologize to you Mr. Waseem was suppose to make arrangement at the Air Port i dont know what went wrong there as there were Riots in Karachi Pakistan. I am sure you will come to know when you read news today in Pakistan.
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From this point on Nasim and Waseem do not talk to me, other than 1 email from Nasim saying that he did NOT invite me and is NOT interested in talking to me at all.
Sohail was fuming and called him *&%^&*% even in an email to Waseem, who is friends with Nasim!
I was stuck with no demo, no guest house, no office, and only a few thousand I brought in case of emergency.
This email was sent to Waseem:
I spoke to Rahi just now he met few people from business community infact he is having dinner with them tonight. There is a market for Chinese, and US product in Pakistan, Rightly priced, with warranties and life of the product. It was worthed for both you and Mr. Nasim to meet him for couple of hours to understand what he had in his mind.
Even after meeting these people with these people who are ready to market the product in Pakistan he assured me the sales will go through SOLAR WIND PRIVATE LIMITED.
Since you are not answering my personal phone i told him, I am personally not sure Solar Wind is intrested to work with BB Solar Inc, as
Mr. Waseem's mind has been setup to negative mode and that Mr. Nasim Feels there will be no sucess at all.
It is my humble request to you for the sake of Sohail Parekh i only have one trure freind in Pakistan who name is Waseem i dont understand why you dont answer my phone. i am an officer of publicly traded company and it says on my web site that we will be performing the installation at your farms and DEMO.
IMPORTANT FAVOR FROM YOU.
The only thing you can do for me atleast Kindly take the proper pictures at your farm with a Video so that i have something to justify that the DEMO is at your farm. I am not saying that you do demo but these pictures will help Sohail Parekh Bergamo Acquisition Corp.
Nasim Bhai told Rahi that he was not suppose to meet him. This is not true as you confirmed with me that you will arrange for protocol at the AIRPORT.
As far as Rahi is concerned on 3rd of April, 2012 he will be attending the Solar Expo in Karachi, also will be offering, China, US and Canada products with minimum $ 1000.00 Gross Profit per Unit up to maximum profit on the products, Made in 3 countries. Sine i have fear of ALLAH someone has invested money in the product from his families saving. I agreed to pay all the cost involved on hi return to Canada.
In Pakistan we made deposit of 20,000 with AEDB spent 300,000 USD dollars on travels with team 11 times staying in 5 star hotels and also stying at Cheif Minister Guest house. We have not taken anything from Pakistan infact lost money in Pakistan.
If i ever did anything to harm you then i am asking for your forgiveness. And for you i forgive you now and for the rest of your life if you hurt me i have forgiven you and the entire Ummat of Sarkar e Do Alam making you a witness and forgiven them.
May Allah protect you your family and your true freinds and have mercy on you. Do you remember on introduction with Irfan Faridi i wired without any agreement contract $ 80,000.00. That was spent ruthlessly by him and never provided accounting for it and asking me for $ 115,000.00 Thousand that also will pay him very soon. As this is just money freindship is very dear to me.
Lastly This DEMO unit is a gift for your farm from your brother Sohail and Rahi. All i need from you is pictures and Video and SOLAR WIND PVT LTD. Can work with us that will be great. Also if you allow us to do the DEMO at your farm then i will send funds to RAHI. There will be no out of pocket expense from SOLAR WIND PVT LTD.
PS: Also i understand i am very smart, I understand you will never do anything to Hurt me . But the Urdu Speaking Bitch Nasim Siddiqui as made you very negative without even meeting the person visiting Pakistan made his decision that the business will not move forward. I know who you are and have respect and honor this will never change when i come to Pakistan you know very well i spend all my time with you and will be doing the same very soon. Inshallah.
Yours truly
Sohail Parekh
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Note that I personally did not offer the demo as a gift to Waseem UNLESS he let me use his guest house, the demo site for a press conference, etc.
The following press release was issued sometime in April, I was asked to write it for Bergamo and I was stuck in a hotel room in Pakistan with a return ticket one month away and not enough money to stay that long.
Sohail made it clear to me that I HAVE to indicate a successful demo, and that he will pay me my losses.
BB Solar Inc. progress update in Pakistan
Marriott Hotel, Karachi Pakistan, April 2nd, 2012. (OTC:BGMO) Bergamo Acquisition Corp is pleased to update its shareholder CEO of BB Solar Inc Mr. Rahi Tajzeda has been welcomed into Karachi Pakistan with warm and enthusiastic support. We have already found a local marketing and distribution company to work with which will make our sales, import, support, installation, distribution, and maintenance programs less costly and less complicated. Our demo has been installed in a local farm and we are on our way to take photographs and video of it in action. Our demo was an example of our economy line of solar water pumping systems, and we have already sold it within the first week. We spent considerable time and effort researching the market potential in Pakistan and have come to the conclusion that high quality 5kW – 25kW systems (with and without water pumping ability) are the ideal size to sell in this burgeoning country. Most residents, farmers, commercial, and industrial markets here are looking for higher quality Canadian, American, and German components. The potential market size here for 5kW – 25kW systems ranges from 300 systems to 3000 systems annually, depending on price, distribution, and support channels. The people here are used to getting less than they paid for in terms of service and quality, and almost no post-purchase support. This is an opportunity for BB Solar to take the market by storm as we focus on delivering more value, better post-purchase service, and a better than industry warranty program. Our partner companies The Big Leaf and Bergamo Acquisition Corp are excited at our move to enter the Pakistani market and eVP Sohail Parekh is very pleased with our progress in such a short period of time. As we sold our first demo in less than four days we decided not to hold a press conference until our CEO Rahi Tajzadeh returns with an American or German made 20kW system which is six times larger than the current demo, and a better marketing prospect as it will demonstrate the ideal system size for this market. Thanks to our new team in Pakistan we are arranging a large press conference for this 20kW system which will take place by the end of the season, or early summer.
Looking forward to growing our company and working with you: BB Solar Inc.
BB Solar Inc.
Sales@BBSolar.ca
Rahi@BBSolar.ca
1-416-884-8033
Marriott Hotel 3 5680111 Room 705.
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Another press release they sent out…with my name misspelled AGAIN.
Bergamo Acquisition Corp Provides Update on BB Solar, Inc. Project in Pakistan
Karachi Pakistan -April 2, 2012- Bergamo Acquisition Corp. (OTC: BGMO) announced today that BB Solar, Inc., joint venture subsidiary company’s CEO, Rahi Tajzeda has been welcomed into Karachi Pakistan with enthusiastic support. The company is establishing local marketing and distribution centers to assist in its sales, import, support, installation, distribution , and maintenance which will enable a much economical and less complicated program.
BB Solar CEO Mr. Rahi Tajzada has spent considerable time and effort researching the market potential in Pakistan and has come to the conclusion that high quality 5KW to 25KW systems (with and without water pumping ability) are the ideal size to sell. Most residents, farmers, commercial, and industrial markets here are looking for higher quality Canadian, American, and German products. The potential market size here for 5KW to 25KW systems ranges from 300 systems to 3,000 systems annually, depending on price, distribution, and support channels. BB Solar has an opportunity to become the dominant player in the market as it focuses on delivering more value, better post-purchase service, and a better than industry warranty program which is important to the people of Pakistan. BB Solar’s partner companies, The Big Leaf and Bergamo Acquisition Corp, are enthused and fully supportive at entering the Pakistani market.
Sohail Parekh, Sr. Executive Vice President of Bergamo, stated, “We are very pleased with our progress in such a short period of time. Since we have decided to offer higher quality Canadian, US and German product instead of Chinese products which are flooded in the market due to which BB Solar’s CEO, Rahi Tajzadeh will return with an American or German made 20KW system in the next few weeks.The 20KW system is six times larger than the current demo, and a better marketing prospect as it will demonstrate the ideal system size for this market. Thanks to our new team in Pakistan, we will be arranging a press conference for this 20KW system to take place by the end of the season or early summer. Currently Mr. Rahie Tajzada is conducting meetings with various Governmental and private authorities while researching proper energy requirement for the country, specially punjab Government is offering subsidies for energy projects.
For more information on BB Solar, please visit: www.bbsolar.ca
For further information on Bergamo, please visit: www.bergamoenergy.com http://www.facebook.com/bergamoenergy.
Safe Harbor Statement: This press release contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. Actual results, events and performances could vary materially from those contemplated by these forward-looking statements. These statements involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties, which may cause the company's actual results, expressed or implied, to differ materially from expected results. These risks and uncertainties include, among other things, product demand and market competition. You should independently investigate and fully understand all risks before making an investment decision.
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Sohail send me an email with the subject line “Useful points for Rahi” which he wrote, and CLEARLY INDICATES CHINESE COMPONENTS as well as Canada / USA.
RAHI SEE FEW POINTS AND ADJUST IT IN YOUR WORDING IF NEEDED.
The January 1, 2010 press release from the Government of Pakistan, states that in the province of Punjab alone, the Government has decided to replace 800,000 Tube Wells with Solar Operated Water Pumps.
The total number of tube wells in all of Pakistan is close to 40 million.
The USAID department grants 50% of the cost of the water pumps to help Pakistani farmers afford this new technology.
This helps in two ways, it lowers the electricity cost to the farmer and helps take pressure off an already over stressed energy grid.
Some farmers may self finance this product as it could save them 1000 USD monthly in maintenance and oil expenses.
The old technology they are currently using to pump water from tube wells is without a feature to clean water for drinking purposes.
For as little as a 12000 USD one time investment they could save close to 240,000 USD over a twenty year period.
punjab Government is offering subsidies for energy projects. Asian Development bank provides loans on reasonable terms.
BB Solar contact in Pakistan have agreed to act as Sole Distributor for our products in Pakistan. The sole distributorship agreements will require the Distributor as part of this agreement, provide Letter of Credits and other financial instruments for which the distributor will be responsible for the purchase of the products involved.
The licensing agreements will cover Solar Generators, Solar Pumps and Cell Phone Tower Generators, Produced in China, Canada or the US.
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More press releases with known lies in them, which I made clear to them are not true in telephone conversations:
BERGAMO ACQUISITION’S BB SOLAR CEO COMPLETES SUCCESSFUL TRIP
TO PAKISTAN
Henderson, NV-April 17, 2012-Bergamo Acquisition Corp. (OTC:BGMO) announced today that BB Solar CEO Rahi Tajzadeh has returned from a successful trip to Karachi Pakistan. A Marketing, Importing, Distribution, and Sales partner in Karachi with the ability to reach all of Pakistan was established. Having spent two weeks engaging in discussions with local leaders and provincial ministers, as well as local business owners, farmers, irrigation designers and managers, Rahi has spotted a market opportunity ready to grow in a region with plenty of sunshine and heavy substitute costs.
The bread and butter of this market is the 5KW-25KW systems, although special projects like DHA City present a wonderful prospect for large market gains. Currently customers are used to, but tired of lackluster post purchase support, catalogue sales techniques, limited sources of products, and difficult warranty processes, all of which BB Solar can alleviate. With subsidies from the local government and other NGO’s, the support of the local community, and a value added approach to business practices, BB Solar is poised to achieve a significant market share within a few years. 300 – 3000 systems annually, ranging from 5KW–25KW are estimated once Marketing is established, and the supply chain is running smoothly inside Pakistan.
Various entities in and around Karachi and in the Punjab Province have requested a larger 20KW demonstration for irrigation and off grid home use. There is also a demand for hybrid solar and wind energy systems which BB Solar’s parent, R&D company, The Big Leaf is working on. These systems can increase the total efficiency of the usable land for energy generation with no carbon emissions. BB Solar is also working on a tender for DHA City in at least one of their solar energy projects, which range from 1-10MW. BB Solar is in talks with a very special, specialized, value added supplier for proprietary technology in the tender and if the supplier can agree to terms, a competitive advantage can be achieved.
BB Solar is sending quotes to interested parties and is aiming at 3 – 30 systems by quarter end.
Updates on the next visit to Pakistan will be made available on the websites as they develop.
For more information on BB Solar, please visit: www.bbsolar.ca
For more information on Bergamo, please visit: www.bergamoenergy.com http://www.facebook.com/bergamoenergy.
Safe Harbor Statement: This press release contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. Actual results, events and performances could vary materially from those contemplated by these forward-looking statements. These statements involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties, which may cause the company's actual results, expressed or implied, to differ materially from expected results. These risks and uncertainties include, among other things, product demand and market competition. You should independently investigate and fully understand all risks before making an investment decision.
Contact:
For Sales and General Inquiries Contact Us
Email: SALES@BBSOLAR.CA
Purchasing: RAHI@BBSOLAR.CA
Business Development: DIMITRY@BBSOLAR.CA
Special Rate Inquiries: TERESSA@BBSOLAR.CA
Financing Options: WWW.BERGAMOENERGY.COM
Fax: 1-905-763-1213 (please email us before you fax)
Bergamo Acquisition Corp.
President & Director
hillardherzog@bergamocorp.com
www.bergamocorp.com
www.bergamoenergy.com
http://www.facebook.com/bergamoenergy
or
Investor Relations:
The Eversull Group, Inc.
Jack Eversull, President, 972-571-1624
Fax: 214-469-2361
jack@theeversullgroup.com
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By May 11 I am back in Toronto, out of money, a job, and my mother’s retirement savings…all of which Sohail PERSONALLY stated he will reimburse me on MULTIPLE telephone conversations with WITNESSES who I will be getting affidavits from.
Then I get this email with more cryptic references to potential contracts:
Rahi,
Thank you for writing wonderful essay on my request, I am very much delighted and pleased with the contents and have forwarded the essay to Mr. Herzog's for his review. Bergamo has prepared a Letter addressed to Minister for Water and Power Mr. Naveed Qamar and Mr. Waqar Ali Khan on a request that was made from Islamabad. Seems like the Press Release in Pakistan really worked.
The two products tGOP has shown interest is in Solar Generator for Home's and Solar Generator for Tube Well. Since you have more knowledge of Pakistani market what product will be selling in Pakistan, for e.g capacity and price wise. A Short presentation with three columns including competitive pricing will be highly appreciated only if you dont have any objection to it. Please keep in consideration, The prices must be very competitive as in the end, your proposal will be forwarded to Arif Alluddin who is the chief of Alternate Energy Board and close friend of Siemens EVP, Mr. Nasim Siddiqui.
Once they see our company name and if the prices, product and the technology is not innovative and we are just assembling parts like what was shipped from China they will try their best so that we are thrown out.
They will find every reason to bring to the attention of either President, Prime Minister or the Federal Minister's. and unnecessary pass a comments to down play us and make a comment like Sohail Parekh and his Joint Venture subsidiary has no idea what they have proposed. Remind you again. AEDB has offers from all over the global and they have access to any and every technology including pricing's. I want to ask you are we ready to bid on this project keeping inconsideration the above facts. I would appreciate your comment on this one.
2. Very Important BERGAMO ACQUISITION CORP is strictly not authorizing BB Solar to accrue any expenses or hire any consultants, employees, engineers or design any product at this point to cater Pakistan Government's recent inquiry, I think we should submit simple proposal in the form of Power Point Presentation for review of Pakistan Government officials only if you are comfortable in providing the Power Point Proposal with a letter of introduction attached to it with scooping proposal and you can manage it yourself please go for it.
3. Terms of Delivery and advance payment required once the confirm order is in place.
4. It has come to my attention USAID grant is available in access of 66 Million US Dollars which is 50% grant available to the farmer. We can take advantage of this too, If we work thru Federal Government.
5. Consistent with the MOU signed by and between Bergamo Acquisition Corp, BB Solar Inc and The Bigleaf Inc Any Sale contract or appointments of Distributors signed by BB Solar Inc in Pakistan, a copy of that agreement must please be forwarded to me and Mr.Herzog.
6. Around end of may or 1st week of June I will request you and your both shareholder's **** brother's to visit Las Vegas to discuss profitable business opportunities available to BB Solar Inc, that will be mutually beneficial to both parties. We are not limited to working in Pakistan, if BB Solar has potential sale inquiries from any part of globe please share with us. With Due respect If you don't have any objection to visit NV Air Fare, Boarding and lodging will be bourne by Bergamo Corp and at that time will request our law firm to incorporate bylaws, minute books, board resolutions etc with a mutual consent of attorneys representing both BB Solar and Bergamo.
Bergamo is contemplating availability of funds to Bergamo from our Singapore subsidiary tentatively around June. At that time we will go over and discuss your out of pocket expenses and please kindly provide at that time, your out of pocket cost with invoices, packing list etc for the demo model that was shipped to Pakistan.
CHINA F.O.B PRICE CANADA FOB PRICE USA FOB PRICE
UNITS PER MONTH BASED UPON OBTAINING SUCCESSFUL ORDER'S UNITS IN A 40 FT CONTAINER
WARRANTY OF PRODUCT
AFTER SALES SERVICE
COST OF PRODUCING ENERGY
INSTALLATION TIME
TERMS OF SALES
Comparative Summary_________________________________________-
Specification of the product which referred in the Power Point Presentation
PPP shall be submitted to Ministry of Water and Power. From BB Solar Inc a Joint Venture Subsidiary Company of Bergamo Acquisition Corp.
Thank you for providing the write up in a very short time frame very nicely done although you promised me for Friday. Looks very impressive to me, will get back to you after it is reviewed by Mr.Herzog.
Lastly Bergamo is here to enhance its shareholder's value any viable proposal where Bergamo can provide Debt/Equity is welcomed , I am sure every one involved here is here to make reasonable profit and build successful business. Our auditors accountants, analyst will review any and all viable proposal submitted by BB Solar Inc or any other domestic and global subsidiaries or any private companies from the globe tentatively some where around June.
Yours truly
Sohail U Parekh
S.E.V.P & Director
for Bergamo Acquisition Corp
PS: Kindly Print and Save Every Communication sent from Bergamo Acquisition Corp and BB Solar Inc, That will make our life very simple to conduct future and long lasting relationship.
Please Acknowledge by return e-mail, if we are on same page.
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Then I get this email from Sohail, indicating that the same minister who told me the systems are too expensive (regardless of the supplier or country of origin) wants to purchase systems again…:
Mr. Muhammad Sarfraz Khan
Director General
Malir Development Authority Karachi
Govt: of Sindh
20 Units 49 MW each or 50 projects 5 MW each.
This comes under my brother who is the Minister of Sindh Mr. Agha Siraj Khan Durrani. I can get approval on the e-mail.
Bergamo Acquisition Corp will provide 100% financing in Pakistan & form a subsidiary and thru its subsidiary the US or Canadian subsidiary will provide a to z technology and turn key operation.
Thanks
Sohail.
***
By July 17th, I was aware that Bergamo could not meet the requirements of the LOI in any form or any of the claims they made about their business. It was evident to me that they did not care too much about my success because in hindsight, to enter into the Pakistani solar market as an external entity it would take far more money and time than they thought possible, as well as complete business infrastructure which they did not seem to be interested in at all. They never asked about things like “where do you store systems” “Do you use JIT?” “how will you market and to whom?” “who will provide the post purchase service and maintenance and how?” “how will warranty and RMA requests be handled?” “what software / package will you use for monitoring?”
These questions were to be figured out AFTER a QUICK sale was made to “Sohail’s People”. This way we could get funding to figure out all these questions and more (after all the business plan I wrote was not an OPERATIONAL business plan, which would be hundreds of pages long, I wrote a summary business plan which is reasonable for a quick sale).
As the days went on, Sohail made it CLEAR to me, to our mutual contacts, and to my mother (through me) that ALL LOSSES will be REIMBURSED by Bergamo and that they STILL want to do business with me.
I asked to be paid in certified cheque or stock, and they claimed that they would send me and out mutual contact to Las Vegas, first class, to arrange the payment.
Nothing happened for “TWO WEEKS”…this went on for MONTHS.
Finally by August Sohail claimed that end of August is fine for a visit.
By the End of August, nothing happened.
In telephone conversations with our mutual contacts on the line, Sohail claimed that BERGAMO and HE do NOT HAVE MONEY to pay me and that Sohail even owes his lawyers $50,000.
I made it clear that they, as a PUBLIC company are claiming MILLIONS in profits / earnings, and that either he is lying to us or to shareholders, and either way he and Hillard are paying their bills somehow.
They constantly say they are travelling to England, Singapore, New York, LA, etc. but claim that they have NO MONEY to pay me.
Sohail said on the phone with witnesses that “Rahi, as god as my witness, I am a god fearing man, and as soon as I have the money to pay you your losses I will. What kind of a RUTHLESS man do you think I am that I would be okay with your mother losing her retirement savings? And I will pay you PERSONALLY, because my partner Hillard would object to Bergamo paying you for MY (Sohail’s) MISTAKES in Pakistan”.
I Promptly replied “If an IBM Vice President makes a mistake and IBM loses $1M, does the Vice President pay from his own pocket for the loss? Does that even make any sense?”
I asked that Bergamo pay me and Sohail pay me, but that the total is the amount I was asking for.
Sohail agreed many times to me and our mutual contact and both of us at once that I will be reimbursed for losses as a result of Bergamo’s inability to meet the requirements of the LOI.
Soon thereafter he stopped talking to me (by now its late August) , telling out mutual contact that he has nothing to say to me, and that he is working on getting the money and that it will be any day now.
Since then I waited patiently, then when the time came that I had given them to respond to my pleas for humanity and good business practice.
Here is just a sample from as early as May!
Sohail,
I will address your concerns in order:
1. What are these tGOP interests and what size of systems and how many do they want and when? My prices are as low as they come.
2. BGMO and BB Solar have not signed a shareholder agreement, thus BGMO cannot demand that we stop spending money or do anything until that is signed…but let me assure you that we are NOT spending any money because I am bankrupt as it is.
3. Terms of delivery and service of any sales are the property of BB Solar until a shareholder agreement is signed.
4. USAID is expired as far as we know and even if it was not, the increase in cost for US components is almost as much as the savings to the customers.
5. The MOU we signed was actually an LOI and not a contract, and BGMO has not met the requirements we laid out for you in that LOI. Therefore a new agreement must be made, because the existing LOI’s terms were not met and it is voided.
6. We are happy to come and visit you and Hillard in Vegas to discuss our next step, at your cost (again I am bankrupt), but before that happens we need to be paid for the expenses incurred to date and that Sohail has promised over the phone to me and both *** brothers (to date it is $58,000 CDN). Once my costs are covered and my parents’ money is returned, then we will visit Vegas to discuss our mutually successful future.
7. Please let me know who your auditors and accountants / experts are who will evaluate our proposals, as we need to make sure they meet our requirements.
We are getting lots of response from Pakistan and Babar is doing a great job getting our name out there. We are already competing for more than one 20kW system and sales are inevitable. What needs to happen next is that Bergamo reimburses me the costs that I have incurred, or at least the costs over and above the cost of the demo ($52,300).
Furthermore, I want to remind you that on more than one occasion we were promised reimbursement of our expenses, and full financing for operations, over the phone by Sohail and have no doubt that he will deliver on his welcoming promise.
Once my parents are reimbursed, we can move forward and come to Vegas, share sales information, sign a new agreement / LOI / MOU, and a shareholder agreement.
Thank you,
Rahi Tajzadeh
BB Solar Inc.
The Big Leaf Inc.
****
Here is another email from me to them:
Sohail,
I am doing my best to defend Bergamo but your investors are bombarding my email and message boards. This is going to hurt The Big Leaf as well if we do not say something to them about our meeting or the funding.
I will continue to defend BGMO and tell people that I am patient.
Rahi.
***
Another email from me:
Do we not have any updates at all?
You (Sohail) are treating me like a dog or a peasant that is only good for free work.
What did I do to you to deserve this treatment?
Remember each time you asked me to come up with a quote or an analysis or a letter or a website change? I did all those things. Remember when I asked that you repay me the amount you said you would? Nothing happened. You stopped talking to me.
Why are you doing this?
I know you and Hillard have money. I am not stupid Sohail. You cannot live in Las Vegas and pay for accountants and airplane trips around the world without having money.
I am not asking for $1,000,000 or some outrageous amount. I am asking you to put me back to where I was before you and Bergamo made me lose it all out of the inability to meet some simple requirements in our LOI.
What more do you want from me, the world, the **** brothers?
What are you waiting for? I don’t want $1B, I want my losses covered.
Time to be a man.
RSVP
Sent: Saturday, September 08, 2012 5:15 PM
To: 'Rahi Tajzadeh'
Cc: sohailbergamo@aol.com
Subject: your compensation
Hi Rahi
Just finished a detailed conversation with Sohail who himself is earnest to get this resolved, and make sure you get paid.
According to Sohail they are in the last lap of their efforts to get the funding in place and every body would know because they will have a press release for public knowledge.
He has not blocked your email s but does not want to respond as he has nothing more to say
Sohail assured me that it is a matter of time and would appreciate if you could exercise patience as this will help him a lot to focus on the issue. My younger brother is on the same page as myself
Appreciate your cooperation and I also need a break for a couple of days as this is getting stressful for myself also.
Let us have a positive outlook and sincerely hope Sohail will do the needful to fulfill his obligations
Bye for now
***
And another from me:
Sohail and Hillard.
My next step is to issue an official invoice for my work and losses due to the inability of Bergamo to meet the requirements of the LOI.
This is because you are NOT answering my emails, or text messages, and feel that ignoring me will make me go away.
I give you 1 day to reply and arrange payment of my fees and losses as you agreed over the phone.
I know you both have millions of shares, and money, and invoicing is my next step.
I truly wish it would not come to this but you seem to feel that I am stupid or naïve.
The invoice is below and I will officially issue it to you tomorrow if you do not reply TODAY.
Rahi
Here is where I drew a line in the sand:
Sohail, Hillard,
I asked you yesterday in an email which was delivered to each of your email addresses to please reply and confirm you received the email and to respond to continuing requests to reimburse me my losses as you already claimed you will do.
I asked that you reply before today otherwise I would officially issue the invoice.
You did not reply and I am forced to issue the invoice and take this to the next level.
Let me remind you that you brought me to this point by:
- Lying about owning Greensafe and other companies when I met you in November 2011.
- Knowingly lying in press releases and BigBiz radio show about BB Solar’s progress in Pakistan (i.e. “we had a successful demo and it is already up and running”).
- Not meeting the requirements of the LOI and leaving me stranded in Pakistan.
- Not being able to set up the demo and having it STOLEN by “your people”.
- Lying to me about saving me money on hotel and airfare costs.
- Lying to me about quotes and system designs that you didn’t ever follow up on (at least 6 times): why would you ask me to make you various system quotes without an RFP or any EVIDENCE that there are customers.
- Lying to me about having an office.
- Lying to me about your financial situation “we do not have money” and at the same time telling shareholders that you do have money.
- Lying on your financial statements about earning $80 Million, but not having enough to reimburse me $60,000+.
- Lying about knowing government officials, and other “guaranteed sales” like hospital owners, business owners, etc.
- Lying about ***** paying for my hotel.
- Lying about your (Sohail) sister saving me money on my hotel.
- Lying about Babar Mirza and his father about saving me money on my hotel.
- Losing the trust of Babar and his Father (they do not want to do any business with you as they do not trust you at all).
- Lying about bribing government officials to “get us easy sales” which is illegal.
The invoice is below as a picture, and attached as a separate file.
My next step, if you ignore me, is to go to a collections agency and take legal action.
I will also make sure that ALL OF YOUR SHAREHOLDERS know about the ENTIRE story of BB Solar and Bergamo INCLUDING Hillard KNOWINGLY lying about BB Solar, The Big Leaf, Bergamo, and our mutual progress, which is VERY ILLEGAL.
I have no problems with letting the WHOLE WORLD know what is happening from an objective point of view, telling my story of losing my savings, my job, my mother’s retirement money, and my girlfriend.
Obviously you have money and stock which you could have paid me with, but now I will ONLY accept a certified cheque or wire transfer.
All you had to do, was set up a simple press conference, and ensure that Nassim and Wassim would not STEAL my equipment, and make sure I had the accommodations that you claimed I would have in Pakistan…but you failed to meet ALL of the requirements of the LOI.
You made another mistake by saying on the phone three times, with Malik and Shakir Malik as witnesses (which I will get an affidavit from them) about you, Sohail, personally paying me back all of my losses…which means that if Bergamo ignores this email and invoice as well, I will legally go after you Sohail personally.
What you do in the next 24 hours will determine what kind of men you are, Hillard and Sohail.
The mistake of thinking that I am an idiot or so naïve is very wrong.
Rahi Tajzadeh
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After this Sohail called me and told me to go F*&K myself, while telling our mutual contact that he STILL wants to pay me.
Here is another email from me:
Sohail, Hillard,
It has not been a week since I sent you an invoice and was yelled at by Sohail and told to “go f*$k myself”.
I am giving you another chance to redeem yourselves as honest, good businessmen.
You have an opportunity to save your stock price and your respect in the investment community, and all you have to do is reimburse me my losses as you already claimed you would.
Once again please understand that you brought me to this point by continually making statements about meeting me in June, July, August, September, etc.
Furthermore I am not comfortable with the stress and anxiety both **** brothers have to go through just for me, it is not fair to them, and they would be perfectly happy if YOU MET THE REQURIEMTENTS OF THE LOI.
The time is now to send me a certified cheque via mail.
What’s your next move, I look forward to hearing from you.
Rahi Tajzadeh
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And another:
You now have an opportunity to increase your stock price dramatically.
It sits at $0.0184, which is a 75%+ loss since I met you both in November.
None of your business dealings are increasing your stock price, and each time my name comes up the price drops again.
Do you want to keep losing money by not fulfilling your obligations?
Is it worth not paying me a measly $68,000 that you will risk losing millions in stock value?
Do you realize you are ruining real people’s lives who invested in your company by letting the stock price fall like this?
Those people will be your enemies for life, and unlike a mild mannered Rahi, they may take legal action against you both very soon.
So again, I ask,
Is it worth losing your corporation, years of work, millions in stock value, and the opportunity to dump more shares in the future just to save a paltry $60-$70 thousand?
If that is the case, then you are not good businessmen. Simple.
When a restaurant owes money to waiters or suppliers, they pay up BEFORE customers walk in the door, now it’s your turn.
Rahi
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Then Hillard finally replies with a THREAT, including a junk reference to incorrect country of origin for the components, and my response to it as well:
Hi Hillard Nice to hear from you finally.
I have one simple thing to say about your email.
BB Solar’s comment, my comment was made AFTER I made an assessment in Pakistan on my OWN money and OWN work with Babar, NOT BEFORE my trip.
The quote you refer to is below:
“The BB Solar chief said that most residents, farmers, commercial and industrial markets are looking for higher quality Canadian, American and German products while more economical and Chinese alternatives will be made available to those who are more budget conscious.”
The comment was made AFTER MY PRODUCTS WERE STOLEN BY YOUR PEOPLE and AFTER I met with officials in Pakistan that I set up the interview with Babar’s help, NOT YOURS. So you should really do your homework.
Note that it also says that Chinese alternatives will be made available to those who are more budget conscious. Note that your email below does NOT refer to this part of the interview, and you are again distorting facts. Nothing I have said has been inflammatory and I am insulted that you would attack me after my patience with you and Sohail.
I have already invoiced you for losses, and will not communicate with you further unless you have my payment ready.
Please make payments payable to Rahi Tajzadeh or 1173236 Ontario Inc. or BB Solar Inc. as you see fit.
Rahi.
From: Herzog.Hillard [mailto:hillardbergamo@aol.com]
Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2012 2:49 PM
To: rahi@thebigleaf.com
sohailparekh@bergamocorp.com
Subject: Mr. Rahi Your reckless disregard for the facts and your inflammatory messages
Your Invoice Made out to Bergamo Acquisition Corp dated Sep 28th, 2012.
Mr. Rahi,
Your reckless disregard for the facts and your inflammatory messages indicating a failure of Bergamo Acquisition Corp to perform as required is completely the opposite as to what the facts actually are. I suggest you read the four page document on the BB Solar website and the interview you had in Pakistan together with pictures in Karachi Pakistan as per the link http://pakobserver.net/detailnews.asp?id=152063.
ATTACHED LINK OF YOUR WEB SITE AS BELOW
http://www.bbsolar.ca/pakistan-project.html
In which you indicated that the market required higher quality Canadian, American and German products. The system that was provided for the test was a Chinese product which you assembled from multiple sources. It is quite clear to me that the presentation of these documents consistent with your performance relates to a non performance of what was required. I therefore suggest very strongly that if you continue to pursue these false and inflammatory statements will result in our being forced to turn this over to our attorneys and to pursue damages for your failure to perform as you have outlined in both your interview in Pakistan your web sites and posts on www.investorshub.com.
Yours truly
Management of Bergamo Acquisition Corp
CC: Hillard Herzog
CC: Sohail Parekh.
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Another email from me:
Please remove all references to BB Solar from your website and iHUB page immediately.
Yesterday was the due date on the invoice I sent you.
Rahi.
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And the last email indicating a late fee and collections charges:
Sohail, Hillard, Bergamo,
The deadline for paying the invoice I sent has come and gone, and as a result I have added a suitable late fee, and a collections charge to the original invoice.
The new invoice is attached, and below for your reference.
If you do not contact me to indicate how you will be paying me, I will take this to a high powered, reputable, experienced collections agency.
Please note that I know the radio interview was PAID FOR, indicating that you HAVE money.
Thank you and make all payments in the form of wire transfer or certified cheque to Rahi Tajzadeh or 1173236 Ontario Inc., payments are to be made in Canadian Dollars.
Rahi
So in conclusion, does anyone here believe that Bergamo is the perfect organization they make themselves out to be? Perhaps the fact that ALL THE COMPANIES in their portfolio are either non existent, or belong to someone else. Or maybe it’s the Haanz Group that claims they own many companies that have never heard of the Haanz Group.
My next step is collections, then a law suit. Can I count on you (honest shareholders’) support?
Oops, I already have al that info and so does Bergamo, they forwarded them to recipients in pakistan. Too bad they don't tell you these things. Also, I have all (ALL) the emails from hillard and sohail regarding the products, so you are incorrect.
Fact is Bergamo is fraud.
On the same site it says:
Action Type: Commercial Registered Agent Resignation
Document Number: 20130541950-40 # of Pages: 3
File Date: 8/16/2013 Effective Date:
http://nvsos.gov/sosentitysearch/corpActions.aspx?lx8nvq=kKKQ1ddlykr%252bG0BH%252fJYiLg%253d%253d&CorpName=BERGAMO+ACQUISITION+CORP.
So am I reading it right that a Registered Agent of Bergamo resigned?
Any better interpretation?
I just noticed Bergamo is in DEFAULT status:
http://nvsos.gov/sosentitysearch/CorpDetails.aspx?lx8nvq=kKKQ1ddlykr%252bG0BH%252fJYiLg%253d%253d&nt7=0
Any thoughts on what this means to shareholders?
Also it says they are a foreign corporation.
Looks like they cannot pay their business license fees...again
You hit the nail on the head. Money laundering and financial terrorism are what they are really involved in at Bergamo.
The Big Leaf was directly harmed by Bergamo. We lost lots of money, our staff, and our trust in the solar industry. That could easily cost us millions over several years.
Bergamo has harmed Greeensafe directly also.
Bergamo operators Hillard and Sohail willfully did not hold shareholder meetings. They purposefully mislead investors. They failed to keep any financial records to facilitate proper filing of annual reports as per GAAP. They specifically put out false or fraudulent Press Releases. They claimed massive commissions for themselves without justification. They claimed multiple subsidiaries and partners and other companies they own or work with but cannot name 1. Cannot name a SINGLE customer of ANY of their subsidiaries, JV partners, or themselves. Cannot name a SINGLE instance of coming through on a promise made and later put out in a PR.
It is obvious the frauds are Hillard and Sohail of Bergamo, who seem to be using the company as an ATM.
Last night at about 2-3 am I received a call from Las Vegas Nevada, it was Sohail...except he didn't know he called me, his phone must have "pocket dialed" me....why I am still in his phone I don't know.
The point is, he is STILL in the USA and in Las Vegas. He did not leave the country to get anything done for Bergamo.
I just want to point out how incompetent the directors/operators of Bergamo are if they cannot make a single deal happen over all these years, then spend all their money (on themselves first) on poorly conceived and executed Press Releases and negative online discussion board campaigns that try to put down the former potential business partners / customers etc...achieving nothing.
No one has ever been sued by Bergamo, in fact the opposite is true, if you include Camofi.
I would have sued too if collection companies didn't inform me that Bergamo is a shell company with no assets.
Because BErgamo Approved it all. That's Why.
I never had a packing list, that was sent to Dr. Ghauss, then Waseem/Nassim. You should read my BB SOlar report again because it is clearly in there.
This is not funny, you must answer the questions below:
1. Why don't you ask Hilly for a shareholder meeting as REQUIRED by law?
2. Why don't you explain why Hillard was lying in the Big Biz radio interview?
The answer to your question is:
1. Your questions are misleading, Bergamo never asked for a charge.
2. Selling more than 1 unit, it's called economies of scale.
3. The profit margin was to be set by Hillard, not me, and 2%-4% would have been unacceptable if he did choose that amount.
4. Why would I share my profit with the shareholders? Explain that.
5. 10 people on my website? Whomever I listed were only being hired AFTER my sales in Pakistan, which Hillard and Sohail claimed would be in the millions.
6. Selling closeouts? How do you know the products were closeouts and what difference does it make even if they were as long as the warranty is in place? Please explain.
7. Why are you diverting attention away from Bergamo's fraud and focusing on their failed venture in BB Solar? Remember, BB Solar did not operate unless we made a sale...and BERGAMO failed to accommodate even a SALES MEETING! Not even 1!
Would you be so kind as to tell me whom these 11 people are that work at BB Solar?
Please explain to me how many manufacturers sell products directly to end users (i.e. no flipping from middle men to end user).
I also need your help in understanding where the 2%-4% markup comes from? I am not 100% sure. Please tell me what you are referring to.
Thank you
Yes they did know about bluesun
It was on Bergamos website.
Do your homework
I have already reported to the Police (Richmond Hill), the SEC (three times), the Ontario Securities Commission, and the RCMP...I think the rest are due to hear from me soon :)
Remember the radio interview with HIllard claiming that our systems were already installed? I do...he was lying. I know because I called and told him to stop making false claims.
I also told them to stop posting about us having unique/proprietary systems...solar is not proprietary in 99% of cases...it is like a PC, just match the pieces together...and they couldn't even handle one simple demo.
Too bad.
I am happy to provide them all the info they need :)
I have the emails, witnesses ready to sign affidavits, and more. :)
I'm waiting to see Hillard in Jail. It will be fun.
Sorry shareholders, but Bergamo used you.
Since Sohail is using Bergamo shareholders' money as his personal ATM, and some of thoe shareholders are American, and others foreign, and the fact that Sohail is an illegal immigrant...doesn't that make him a financial terrorist?
I can't emphasize how silly Hillard and Sohail will look when I am able to release all the emails.
I cannot wait for Bergamo stakeholders to see Sohail and Hillard for what they are.
Bergamo has become an ATM and two guys in a room are using it to vacation around the world pretending to sing deals with fake subsidiaries.
Below is our report on how Bergamo directors / operators Hillard Herzog and Sohail Parekh failed to meet any of the SIMPLE requirements of our LOI.
BB Solar: A Summary:How Bergamo Failed to meet their end of the bargain and lied about EVERYTHING: Read on!
This is an objective, unbiased account of the last year for The Big Leaf and Rahi Tajzadeh. No NDA was ever signed by Rahi or Bergamo or any parties therein. All accounts can be backed with email and affidavits as needed.
Note that most emails will not be listed in this report…but I can safely say that none of the emails I received were sent confidentially…rather there were often stakeholders CC’d on emails.
I own The Big Leaf, a solar energy R&D company in Ontario Canada, which was focused on designing a proprietary solar generator (existing technology), and innovations in solar business modeling.
To pay for the bills at The Big Leaf I held a 9-5 job as an IT Technical Analyst, making a conservative $4,000 a month, and lived at home with mom and dad, while frequently visiting my girlfriend who lived 60km (30m) away.
A great friend of mine introduced me through his acquaintance to Sohail Parekh in Late Summer of 2011. In the first telephone conversation I was told that Bergamo is a $400 Million company that acquires existing businesses and finances their sales and operations as needed.
Sohail said that he needs a company that can sell solar energy equipment, systems, water pumps etc. in Pakistan, India, Saudi Arabia, and some African Countries.
I made it clear that The Big Leaf does NOT have experience in those countries but CAN design systems for use there, and is happy to work on building the necessary infrastructure to develop full sales and support in said regions...but that we would need funding, and Marketing in these regions, even as a Canadian company, is difficult and potentially expensive.
Sohail said that this is exactly what Bergamo does, they fund companies like ours, and that they have enough social and political ties in those regions that the sales will be basically set up ahead of time.
He asked me to give him details on water pumping solar systems and prices, and that he is interested in working with me exclusively…except for one other solar water pump company that is supplying them, owned by a guy named Steve. (I never found out what the company name was or who Steve was).
By July 22 of 2011 I had already sent my first email to Sohail asking for more details such as water requirements (litres per day, per hour, pump power [W or hp], well depth, etc.)
They replied promptly and answered my questions but it was clear that the answers were not given by engineers, rather business people, because the specifications seemed to change over time. (more on that later).
A few days later Sohail asked me to quote Solar Generators for home use, ranging from 10kW to 50kW, including maximum monthly supply available from suppliers, how many parts / complete systems can fit in a 40’ container etc. The email made it seem like large orders would be placed and that a JIT system or conservative sales estimates for market penetration and year over year growth were not being considered for whatever reason.
I offered an NDA to Bergamo but they claimed that we would sign their NDA in a telephone conversation (never happened), and sent the first of many proposals, quotes, presentations, etc. The proposal I sent was to fund The Big Leaf as a system provider to Pakistan, India, etc., as well as developing its own IP (the Clover…can’t say anything about this, sorry!).
The proposal was 17 pages considering I had less than a week to complete it, and they thanked me for the proposal but never spoke of it again.
A few days later I was asked to quote more systems, this time for buildings (apartment, business, etc.). Ranging from 5kW – 50kW. Again I replied with quotes.
Bergamo sent me a detailed email on: “The procedure of the Finance for Proposed Financing of The Big Leaf.”. In their own words. The email stated that:
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I already had sent a proposal, and now they wanted a full business plan, which made sense to me, but the viability portion of the email had me concerned, and in telephone conversations Sohail told me that he can get us sales far beyond the $500M mentioned, and all we need to do is run the business while he accommodates sales.
I sent a detailed email indicating what technologies we work with, and why our IP is worth their investment, and that we are in the process of completing a short business plan (20-30 pages). By this time I was hard at work arranging suppliers and the business plan.
By August 15th we had sent a detailed quote on multiple systems to Bergamo.
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I sent this email to Sohail:
Sohail,
I noticed that Bergamo is already offering solar pumps (some look like they are on a tracker) for about $3 / Watt installed.
http://bergamoenergy.com/solar-pump/
If they are not connected to a solar tracker and do not have batteries then of course we can provide a system that does. But if this is your cost including a tracker then we must re-evaluate our quote, as we have been using average industry prices to be conservative (under promise and over perform).
If there is no tracker then we can be of assistance to provide systems with trackers and we can work together to attain the best PV panel cost which it looks as though you already are getting!
Furthermore I know of a manufacturer that may be able to beat almost any PV cost and still provide excellent warranty and performance and quality.
Let me know what you think…I am still preparing the summary business plan.
Rahi Tajzadeh
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By September 2nd we sent a 4 page detailed quote on 80 systems (PV and CPV) that we felt would do well in the markets mentioned above.
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On September 7th another email came my way from Sohail, with a powerpoint of solar tube well systems with Bergamo’s name on the presentation, as though it was their systems…but the images were from online resources. The email asked me to make a comparison to these products and Sohail said in a telephone conversation that this was “Steve’s Company”.
Here is the email (note the misspelling of my name):
A further email indicated that my SUPPLIER is to bear the cost of a demo in Pakistan:
By September 6th a Presentation was also sent to Bergamo for The Big Leaf’s new venture with Bergamo.
By September 9th I had a presentation to match the one Sohail sent me on the water pumping systems from “Steve” with Bergamo written all over the presentation. It is safe to say that by this time I was spending any waking moment I had on this venture because I was led to believe that Bergamo is the real deal.
I spoke with Sohail and Hillard a few times in September where Hillard proceeded to yell at me and say my prices are too high…which didn’t make sense to me because the prices were industry average and included a 1 axis tracker and installation, which other quotes “Steve” did not have. Also the quotes I sent were about 15%-25% above what they wanted, which is exactly how much MORE ELECTRICITY is generated when you install a 1 axis tracker in Pakistan (exact numbers are 15%-18% but that depends on exact location).
Revised presentations were sent with updated prices.
I was sent an email with a sample Letter of Intent (note the spelling mistakes), which I did not agree to because of the contents. Here are some of the contents in the sample LOI which was sent with no NON DISCLOSURE clauses:
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Note that Bergamo wanted PROPRIETARY RIGHTS to the products which was completely unacceptable.
Furthermore let me make it clear that Sohail and Hillard told me that the role of having 2 companies go to demo in Pakistan (The Big Leaf and Steve’s company) was to instill a feeling of competition or at least to make it seem like multiple bids were being placed and that there was real competition, when in fact Bergamo wanted the profits (60% or more) from both companies. I felt very uneasy but was reassured that this is the way business with governments works.
Whenever I mentioned lawyers Sohail asked me to keep them out of things as it would be too expensive. On multiple telephone conversations this occurred, especially in relation to the LOI.
By October 2nd, I had not signed their LOI and they were pushing me with emails like the following:
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Please note that the email states that “other” company is ready to demo in two weeks. Sohail pressured me to get a demo to Pakistan ASAP and sign the LOI.
I responded saying that I can present in Pakistan in Late November at the earliest, and that we cannot INSTALL the demo in Pakistan as we have no infrastructure there to do so, nor did we have a confirmed demo site.
By October 6th a pro forma income statement with viable sales figures was emailed to Sohail. He responded with an “OK”.
October 13th, Sohail sent me 6+ photos of supposed Bergamo officers with top government officials. Sohail, Hillard, and at least one recognizable government official are in one picture, with the rest being people I do not know. The email that the pictures came with had nothing written in it.
A phone call from Sohail followed where he indicated that the government officials are “My people, my friends from childhood…”, and that I was not to worry about getting any sales in Pakistan, India, etc., and that getting the sales is Bergamo’s job, while running the business was my job.
I received a pleasant letter to Bergamo from a minister in Pakistan indicating that he is very interested in seeing the demo in “Late November or earlier”, and that Bergamo has their support. This minister will not be named in this report, but I will call him John Doe.
Hillard sent me an email on October 22 with their competitors systems listed, most were made with Chinese components which are the most cost effective right now.
A new LOI was drafted and the suggestion of a new venture was made in an email by Sohail:
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I was working with them on the LOI when this email arrived:
(more systems were listed in the email but this is a good sample).
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By November 15th I was scheduled to fly to meet Hillard and Sohail in Nevada some time around my birthday (nov 22).
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By this time we had a business plan, system quoting tools, suppliers set up, and staff ready to work.
Also by this time I was under the impression that a Late November trip was expected, even though I knew it was impossible without travel VISAs and other accommodations…so I suggested December.
Note that by this time I had already blocked off my vacation time from my 9-5 job because over multiple telephone conversations Sohail asked me to be ready to present in Late November.
Then I had to change that vacation time again to Late December, which Sohail agreed to over the phone.
Here is a sample of my emails to Sohail, to give you an idea of my mood:
Gentlemen,
Thank you for your ongoing support. I will reach an agreement with the **** brothers within a few days. In the meantime I am working on the solar generators you are asking for. I still require all the pertinent data for the attached visa application.
Sohail, can you provide me with a list of people and places I will present this generator to/in? I want to be prepared for these presentations so any important information is key. Also, I want to work together with BAC to share resources wherever possible (i.e. we need to outsource marketing rather than do it in house – including graphics, website, and videos). If you already have resources or contacts that would be ideal as it will help control costs.
I am putting together the team that will run BB Solar (Dir of Sales, Dir of Bus Development, CFO, etc.) and want to know how you wish me to set this up. Let’s discuss this further in emails.
We have much to do, and a great opportunity is ahead of us, let’s make the best of it!
Yours,
Rahi Tajzadeh
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So I went to Las Vegas, met Sohail and Hillard in Hillard’s house, and in his computer room we drafted the last copy of the LOI.
In that room I was told by Hillard that Bergamo owns many companies like GreenSafe Demanufacturing, and their core business is complementary acquisitions: he stated that Greensafe receives its raw materials for free via train, and on the return trip, the empty rail cars are filled with concrete which Bergamo’s subsidiary uses in New York to do road work. He made it sound very sophisticated and foolproof.
Hillard gave me a “portfolio” of companies that they claimed to own, including Greensafe, and asked me to “look through it” and see what they (Bergamo) really do. I did so and thanked them for showing me the “portfolio”.
I call it a “portfolio” because it was a seried of power point presentation slides with various company summaries, which were vague, far too short to mean anything, didn’t indicate any complementary business strategy, or even make me believe it was a real document at all…it seemed like random powerpoint slides…I did not take heed of that red flag.
Later on that same “portfolio” was emailed to me as Bergamo’s business plan, where I was to add BB Solar to the random group of slides. Where Dr. Ghaus’s airplane company also was added. (look up Dr. Ghaus if you want).
Sohail told me that Hillard really likes me and that this will be a great business relationship and that The Big Leaf / BB Solar will receive full funding.
Here is a nice email from Sohail after we signed an LOI in Nevada, in Hillards house, on my birthday (note the spelling mistakes):
A few days later I received a call from Sohail indicating Bergamo received $1B and that he wanted ME to contact my local news stations and newspapers to spread the news. I received this email:
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No details in the email other than the above link were present. No details were made clear to me about the origins, nature, or form of the $1B. I did not contact any news organizations as I felt the information was not credible.
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By November 30th, Sohail was still not clear on what system and what prices he wanted in the demo, and I received this email:
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I asked Sohail in a telephone conversation to stop posting on the website and on press releases or radio shows that any of the systems provided are “proprietary” as they were / are not. Solar Systems are pieced together using off the shelf components 95% of the time. It is rare that a technology company install its own solar systems save for CPV systems (SolFocus, Morgan Solar etc.).
By November 30th I was ready to go to and present in Pakistan around December 20, IF the equipment could be shipped ASAP. It was not, because of Bergamo’s inability to get us necessary details:
By December 6th it was apparent that the December trip was to be delayed again. For one I could not get an address to ship my components to (Sohail was to provide all accommodations for the demo in Pakistan), nor a receiver’s name, nor any details on the press conference for the demo which they promised, nor the list of people I would be presenting to, nor the expected sales for the first trip (other than Sohail’s telephone promises of “More sales that you can handle!”).
I received this email on December 6th:
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The email was encouraging but I had to delay my vacation time block at my 9-5 job AGAIN to late January which upset my boss very much, but Sohail assured me over the phone that by then everything will be set.
By December 4th I had a full presentation ready for the press conference in Pakistan, complete with speech, music, and powerpoint / handouts.
By this time I still had not received Visa Application information, consignee information, press conference information, accommodation information, “Steve’s” company’s updates (where are they, why are they not in the picture, are they still going with me?, etc.)
Regarding the above email, I was concerned that the importer wanted 50% of the profits indefinitely. Sohail emailed me this response and called me indicating the profit sharing with the importer was a one time thing:
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My response:
I am happy to split with the distributor this one time…but in the future we cannot split profits! You are giving away 50% of our markup? That means the effective markup for each system is 50%, not 100%. If we split, it is the same as saying Bergamo gets 30% of GP and Big Leaf gets 20% of GP, and not the LOI’s quote of 60% and 40%.
Distributors can take a cut but 50% is unjustified.
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Then more red flags. Sohail claimed the demo will take place early January, when shipping takes weeks, and he sends me an email indicating that the profit margins on the systems he asked me to send in the email above should only be $1,000…which to me sounds like dishonest business practice because the DISTRIBUTOR / IMPORTER would set the final retail price…
I was ok with this happening one time, but was uncomfortable in general:
The low markup is fine for this container and I agree that we have to take this hit to demo.
I have no objections with it at all.
I just want to clarify that distributors in the FUTURE will not take 50% of the profit.
This container’s distributor is free to take 50% of the profit.
Good?
Rahi.
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And this email from me as well:
Just to confirm what I will be quoting:
20’ container
1. 25% of which is DC water pump system with panels, pump, and control box.
2. 25% of which is AC water pump system with panels, pump, control box, and inverter.
3. 50% of which will be filled EVENLY with:
a. 5KV Generator with Panels, Inverter, and Control Box.
b. 10KV Generator with Panels, Inverter, and Control Box.
c. 20KV Generator with Panels, Inverter, and Control Box.
d. 30KV Generator with Panels, Inverter, and Control Box.
e. 50KV Generator with Panels, Inverter, and Control Box.
Markup will be $1,000 per Water Pump System.
Markup will be $1,000 per 2KV for Generators (i.e. 10KV system has a $5,000 markup which is about 17% markup, and the 20KV system has a $10,000 markup which is about 9% markup)
Profits will be split with distributor for this one container.
Shipment will be for February 4-8th 2012.
As for how many systems we can fit into the container I have to wait for the suppliers response, which will include the final price.
Sounds good?
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Since Sohail wanted a demo in Early January, I switched my vacation from late January with another colleague to early January, upsetting my boss again, and I put pressure on Sohail to get me shipping details because shipping from china can take weeks.
He replied with this email:
Ship To
Mr. Mujtaba Ghaus
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I responded with:
Can I use the same address for the VISA application?
Cheers!
Rahi.
, He replied : YES.
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Still on December 6th I receive this email:
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Note that Steve’s company is mentioned again.
I received an email which had a google document with Banca Intesa STA and $1B indicated…but I could not make sense of the document as it was not coherent or reliable in any way.
Another email indicated the ministers are looking forward to seeing us:
Mr. Rahi Tajzadeh and Mr. Dmytro Khimich
Attached Please Find Invitation Letter from Bergamo Global Energy Private Limited. We will need B/L for the Demo model that was shipped to Pakistan to get duty exemption from Goverment of Pakistan.
http://bergamoenergy.com/solar-pump/ministers-letter/
Attached is link Invitation from Minister for Irrigation Mr. Jam Saif Ullah Khan. If you need any confirmation then the consulate office may contact his office directly.
Thanks
Sohail Parekh
www.bergamoenergy.com
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Note the link points to a dead URL now.
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Here is where the REAL trouble starts.
Shipping problems: Bill of landing issues, port authority issues, etc. Here is an email indicating the beginning of the problems, NONE of which was indicated by the actual port authority, rather Sohail’s contacts (most likely Dr. Ghaus).
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More problems, and more people I do not know, and more issues that SHOULD have been cleared up or expected considering Bergamo’s supposed experience in Pakistan:
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More delays, and I had to change my vacation block again:
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From December 6th onwards this went on, all of it should have been easy to settle. By this time I had made a promotional video, website, presentations, handouts, systems were designed, suppliers set up,etc.
By December 27th I was becoming concerned about the timeliness of things, and I recognized a pattern:
Whenever I was concerned about something, or asked too many questions, Sohail or Hillard would ask me to come up with a new quote, usually very large systems, or to add BB Solar to their “Master File”.
NOTE: The Master File they sent me was the same as the powerpoint slide “portfolio” I saw in Hillards house (save for a few changes) and STILL AT THIS TIME included Greensafe, Suntrough, and Platinum Funding.
I still have this document of course, and they asked me to add BB Solar AND FALCON Airplane company…which made me question whether they had the resources to create even a single business plan for Bergamo…which I had not seen…
Also please note that this Master File was referred to by Sohail as Bergamo’s Business Plan.
Here is an email I received to give you an indication of what we are talking about:
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I was sent Hillards Big Biz Radio Interview and put it on BB Solar’s site…but I was very concerned about his comments regarding equipment already being in Pakistan and things going well, even my retired mother felt this was dishonest.
Then Hillard emails me asking me to put the following on my BB Solar website:
on bbsolar.ca Web Site
Presentation Confirmation with the Minister to be held in Pakistan Jan 2nd, 2012 by Bergamo associates in Pakistan.
* Bergamo’s Joint Venture Partner’s to Arrange an event in Sindh Province ( Tando Allah Yar) at a Farm the gathering would be for 50 to 60 growers plus approx 40 to 50 guests from Media- Local Businessman and Government officials will be invited including local Member of Parliaments and Minister of that area local media will be invited to attend the demonstration.
*Lunch, Tea, Lecture session, demonstration and other related activities would be arranged at farm level.
Similar Event will take place in Indus Hotel Hyderabad.
Punjab Marriott Hotel, Pear Continental Hotel. And Guest will be taken to the demonstration site or brought back to the hotel for further details of possible sales.
Generators for Home's etc etc
Pumps for Tubewells
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I did not because the dates are all wrong and there were details in the email that I was not aware of (for example which hotels, cities, etc.).
Then more shipping problems, needing original bill of landing etc…
On January 1st it seems to me that things with Dr. Ghaus changed such that he did not want to work with Sohail anymore, and I received this disturbing email indicating I shipped too early…when he wanted me in Pakistan in Late DECEMBER!!!!:
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Note that all NECESSARY DOCUMENTS were eventually fedexed and telexed from China and that our supplier in China has NEVER had issues shipping components, nor did they understand the need for an original document instead of a fax, scan, email, etc.
Also note that Sohail gave me the shipping address of Dr. Ghaus, asking me to demo in EARLY JANUARY, knowing I cannot ship until I had the address and that shipping takes weeks.
Note that Bergamo did not take into account shipping time in general.
Note that I sent Bergamo emails indicating that I will be happy to pay the charges for shipping without original bill of landing, but they refused, and asked for Bill of Landing, Commercial Invoice, etc.
All of this shipping headache indicated to me that Bergamo’s acquaintances in Pakistan were not ready to receive large shipments. I am not sure why I continued from this point on…Perhaps it was the many many telephone conversations where Sohail told me he is my brother, and loves me, and will not let anything happen to me.
All of a sudden, on January 7th, everything seems fine with the shipping…here is an email from Sohail:
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So things seemed fine…then the bill of landing which I FEDEXED to them from CHINA was not able to be received…it was addressed to Dr Ghaus, and Sohail told me that someone else (unknown who) went to pick it up and they have it and it is gone…
Chinese suppliers told me they do not have another original copy and that this is not reasonable in any sense.
Apparently a guy named Ali Mehmood picked up the bill of landing as per an email from Sohail on January 12…it is still missing at this point.
All documents were arranged by the Chinese suppliers despite the inconvenience and resent to Sohail’s contacts.
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Once again to keep me quiet and ‘busy’ sohail sends me a document indicating that there will be a bridge built for $1B in Bangladesh (Sohail misspelled Bangladesh), and that he wants ME to put in a bid for it for Bergamo.
On the phone he said that Bergamo and The Big Leaf can run the operation for the bridge while a CHINESE company would do the work. We would act like middle men.
Here is the email:
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Note that The Big Leaf and BB Solar are / were in no way ready to place a serious bid for the construction of a bridge.
I then receive this vague email from Sohail making claims that I could not stand by. He indicated that this will likely be a press release:
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More emails were sent to me indicating Bergamo has $400 M… by this time (January 18th), a late January demo was out of the question and AGAIN I had to delay my vacation block at my 9-5 work.
This was the last time for my boss who did not renew my contract as a direct result of this, and even indicated to me “I’m sure you will do fine at your other job”.
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From this point on (Jan 20), another name came into the picture, Waseem.
This email below from Sohail indicates that BERGAMO KNEW AND WAS ON BOARD WITH CHINESE PRODUCTS / COMPONENTS:
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Then more trouble with Dr Ghaus who could not receive the products, would not accept me paying him for any fees he would pay, and not cooperating with anyone.
Finally after months of trouble, Sohail send me a link to the import rules for Pakistan…something that Dr. Ghaus should have done 90 days prior.
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On January 25, I get this email which is vague and cryptic:
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Again I comply and make the quotes but am not sure who Nasim is.
Sohail made it clear in multiple emails that I HAVE TO ALWAYS indicate that BB Solar is a JV Partner of Bergamo etc…even though no contract outside of an LOI was signed to indicate as such, and no ownership was transferred.
Note that Bergamo NEVER ONCE asked to sign a contract or transfer ownership, or write in the official documents that Hillard and Sohail and I are on the board of directors which is what they wanted.
Here is a sample email from Sohail:
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Again I receive an email asking me to make another quote, this time for 950 pumps and 35000 gallons an hour.
I felt like they were just keeping me busy but since they never said who the quotes I am making are going to, or what the context is, or time frame etc. I felt like more was going on that I was led to believe.
By the end of January they still could not get my equipment out of customs, and whenever I wanted to intervene or just go to Pakistan to get it out myself, Sohail would tell me that these are “his people” and this is “his country” and he knows how things work.
I received this email:
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The above is all that’s listed in the email…
Then another twist, this time Waseem and Nasim are named together, here is the email (note the spelling of my name is wrong again)
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Here is Sohail trying to get something done about the shipping fiasco:
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January 29th, Sohail emails me something he sent to Nasim and Waseem, regarding a 5MW solar powerplant. He asked me in a telephone conversation to make a quote for this system (even though it is CSP, and most likely the SunTrough deal that fell through).
By this time I had quoted the 950 pumps, the 500kW systems+, and made a generic price list for systems ranging from 5kW – 50MW+
One day later, Sohail asked me to quote solar powered cell phone towers.
I don’t think he realized the amount of work that goes into quoting systems, especially if they are new, such as solar cell towers.
I made a quote nevertheless in an effort to be a good partner.
Then I suggested to Sohail, in passing, that investing $1B+ in solar panels installed along the top 10 major highways in Pakistan could power much of Karachi.
Sohail jumped on it and asked me to make him an official quote. He said he sent the highway quote to the Alternative Energy Board.
By January 31st, we were supposed to transfer the name of the recipient on all shipments to Pacific Engineering, to clear up the customs issue.
Also the mounting equipment was lost completely at this time if I am not mistaken.
By this time I was also weary of Sohail’s contact in the Alternative Energy Board, Mr. Alaudin, who has critics claiming he is crooked. Also Sohail told me on multiple occasions that anything we bring into the country must go through Alaudin. This information turned out to not be correct according to people I eventually worked with in Pakistan.
Here is the email indicating I am to change recipient to Pacific Engineering:
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Below is THE FIRST mention of components NOT made in China, and the email is in reference to the CELL PHONE TOWER systems, not the DEMO:
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Then this cryptic email from Sohail asking that I set up ANOTHER company in Pakistan of which Saim and Waseem will be shareholders:
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Needless to say the red flags were everywhere at this point.
Then things get more complex with this email:
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The following email was from Sohail , dated January 31, 2012:
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And another email from Sohail asking for more joint ventures in Pakistan…looked to me like Nasim and Waseem wanted a piece of the pie too:
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Then more shipments went missing:
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Kind emails were sent to Nasim and Waseem to accommodate my arrival:
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Then I see this press release which was news to me, I had no idea another existing renewable energy company would be “working” with us:
SOLAR WIND PRIVATE LTD ANNOUNCES SCHEDULE FOR DEMONSTRATIONS IN PAKISTAN BEING DONE WITH BB SOLAR AND BERGAMO ACQUISITIONS
Karachi, Pakistan—March 15, 2012— Solar Wind Private LTD, with the support of BB Solar and Bergamo Acquisitions Corp. (OTC:BGMO), announced today the demonstrations of Solar Tube Pumping Systems and Solar Generators for home and cell phone towers on April 10, 2012 at 56 Jam Deh Chakro Farms Northern Bypass Karachi and at their office 1 C Khaybane Shamsher Phase 5 D. H. A Karachi.
BB Solar can provide customized solutions and financing options to more customers than ever before, making the switch to Solar Energy easy and profitable. BB Solar, is a Canadian based Solar Energy Solutions Company. The company has strategically teamed up with The Big Leaf Inc. and Bergamo Acquisition Inc. to increase its ability to serve customers. Offering multiple types and technologies of solar systems, BB Solar plans to enter into various markets, and carve new niches.
BB Solar’s focus for Pakistan will include residential roof top and ground mounted solar, irrigation systems and water pumping, backup power and electricity, commercial and industrial electricity, government and military systems, and solar powered cellular phone towers.
Solar Power use saves the cost of diesel fuel or unreliable, unavailable grid power. The local population benefits from decreased pollution, local jobs created for installation and maintenance, and increased value in land. The Nation as a whole benefits as it can decrease the dependence on imported oil, as well as a decreased requirement to burn coal locally rather than sell it internationally.
For more information: www.bbsolar.ca
Contact: sales@bbsolar.ca
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Another press release:
Karachi Pakistan March 15 2012, Mr. Waseem Ahmed C.E.O of Solar Wind pvt Ltd is glad to announce in collaboration with BB Solar Inc a Joint Venture Subsidiary Company of Bergamo Acquisition Corp ( OTC;BGMO ) a public limited company in U.S.A, will conduct demonstrations of solar tube well pumping systems, solar generators for domestic use, cell phone towers and various other energy required industries on April 10th 2012 onwards at 56 Jam Deh Chakro Farms Northern By Pass Karachi.
There are currently 40 million tube well pumping systems in Pakistan that are being used at less than full capacity due to a power shortage of approximately 10,000 megawatts. Recognizing the benefits of solar powered energy generators the type developed by BB Solar Inc the country will meet its severely needed energy requirements by installing at least two to three million solar power generators engineered by BB Solar Inc.
The company's engineers have developed solar energy pumps in Canada, USA and China having capacities ranging from 6,000 liters per hour to 160,000 liters per hour and will significantly reduce the energy cost to the end user.It will not only meet the countries energy needs but will decrease pollution,dependence on imported oil,reduce the use of coal domestically rather than export to gain foreign exchange and finally create thousands of jobs for installation and maintenance of solar energy products, which is the basic mission of the current Government. To attend the demonstration a formal invitation will be extended to the heads of various concerned ministries and various important institutions.
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By March 17th the equipment was at Mr. Waseem’s farmhouse, ready to be deployed and demonstrated.
I was sent pictures of the components in an email.
Here is an email from Sohail indicating that all seems well:
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After I speak with Sohail, he wanted me to write for him a press release; because he stated that I write better than he does (I should have asked where his marketing team was). Then I get this email from Hillard, with the subject line: Use some words from here
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Note that it refers to COMPANY ENGINEERS…which we did not have any at the time.
Then this release with more details:
BB Solar in conjunction with (OTC:BGMO) Bergamo Acquisition Corp and SolarWind Private Ltd are pleased to announce a demonstration of a customizable solar solution in a farm in Karachi, Pakistan.
The demo will include solar tube well pumping, and a solar generator (capable of powering homes, businesses or cellular phone towers). Thanks to the tireless efforts of our technical team, we are able to demonstrate all three solutions in early April.
BB Solar is sending its CEO Rahi Tajzadeh to Karachi on March 29th where he will work with the local team to arrange a full press conference at the demonstration site in early April. The site is located at 56 Jam Deh Chakro Farms Northern Bypass in Karachi. The Installation of our product that arrived at the farm, Installation will commence from monday.
Formal invitations will be extended to heads of various ministries, important institutions, and military bodies to attend the demonstration.
This demonstration will illustrate the versatility of BB Solar in system design and solution implementation in the solar industry. Given that there are Millions of tube wells in Pakistan, most of which are powered by diesel generators and unreliable AC power, the market for solar tube well pumping ranges from $10B USD - $200B USD over the next 5-10 years.
When looking at solar systems for electricity generation, the market is even larger: Since residential, commercial, industrial, government, and military bodies are all potential customers of solar electricity systems, the market ranges from $100B USD - $400B USD over the next 10 years.
There are over 40,000 cellular phone towers in Pakistan alone, each of which requires an average of 3kW of reliable power. Our solar generators, along with batteries, can provide uninterrupted power 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. We predict that the total value of this market ranges from $750M USD - $1.4B USD over the next 5 years.
BB Solar is working with SolarWind Private Ltd to capture a significant portion of these markets. We are aiming at acquiring 10%-20% of the solar tube well pumping market within 5 years, 10%-15% of solar energy generators within 5 years, and 25%-33% of the solar powered cellular phone towers within 5 years. We plan on achieving these goals via the following value added benefits that we provide our customers:
- Customized solutions instead of catalogue sales
- Free ABC and TLC analysis for each major customer
- We have multiple suppliers and technologies at the ready to better meet your needs
- Our solutions are either made in Canada, USA, or China to provide more flexibility in requirements or budget
- We provide solutions from $5,000USD - $100M+ and anything in between
- We use locally sourced sales, distribution, installation, and maintenance professionals, thereby increasing the total value to the local community
Our pumping systems can generate 6,000 litres – 160,000 litres per hour, and the flexibility of our system design allows the customer to dictate what they receive. Our solar generators come in multiple technologies and various configurations whether you are an individual home owner, farmer, or military commander, you can rely on our ability to meet your specific needs!
Safe Harbor Statement: This press release contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. Actual results, events and performances could vary materially from those contemplated by these forward-looking statements. These statements involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties, which may cause the Company's actual results, expressed or implied, to differ materially from expected results. These risks and uncertainties include, among other things, product demand and market competition. You should independently investigate and fully understand all risks before making an investment decision.
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By March 20th I had my flight booked as the team in Pakistan told me all was set up and Nasim and Waseem knew of my arrival date and time.
I get this email a day later from Sohail:
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More confirmation of things supposedly going well:
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Up until the day before I left, everything with Nasim and Waseem seemed OK, here is an exchange indicating as such:
Gentlemen,
It is an absolute pleasure that our plans are finally complete and things are moving! I am thrilled to visit Karachi and meet each and every one of you. Before I get to my agenda I want to make our goals very clear:
BB Solar’s Goal in general, is to get as much sales as possible in solar energy and pumping systems, through the help of SolarWind Private LTD and AEDB. But if you want to know what our minimum requirements are, 360 complete systems / year is reasonable. I know that it may be very easy or very hard to reach 30 systems / month, but let’s aim for at least this volume!
My agenda is very simple:
1. Test the system in Karachi successfully and let it run for a few days.
2. Meet with as many important persons as we can to prepare them for the presentation.
3. Trial run – Perform the presentation and press conference once with no one there to ensure everything works.
4. Press Conference / Presentation takes place.
5. We get orders for BB Solar Inc. via SolarWind Private Ltd. and AEDB
My visit is scheduled for 7 – 10 days, or however long it is necessary to stay for the agenda to be complete.
As for the missing components, I believe you are referring to the mounting hardware: the rails and clamps that hold down the panels. I am trying to source them locally, but if we do not find it or are not able to mount the panels another way, I can have China ship another set to Pacific Engineering’s address or another address of your choice. This should not be absolutely necessary for the presentation but can help a lot.
I have sent you 2 pumps (1 is a backup in case the other one fails), and 3,000W of panels, and a 2,000 inverter. This is enough equipment to demo a Solar Generator, and a Solar Water Pumping System using the same components.
I am very happy to see the progress and am very thankful to Mr. Nasim and Mr. Waseem for their hospitality!
Once again I arrive at ~2:30 AM on March 29th in Karachi.
I look forward to a successful endeavour and thank you all for your time.
Yours,
Rahi Tajzadeh
BB Solar Inc.
The Big Leaf Inc.
Subject: Re: Rahi Arriving 2.35 Pm Karachi FLT# 0221 Etihad Airlines
Rahi
Kindly send us your complete visit plan and duration of visit as well with agenda.
We understand that you will also need time to do the piping work for the pump and connection to solar panels.Kindly note that end connectors for solar panels are not available locally.We are trying to mechanically fix the solar panels at a suitable location to save time.
The necessary cabling,piping to s-pump will be done when you are here.
We only have some solar cells,two pump and a 2kw invertor.
Nasim / Waseem
When I arrived in Pakistan, Mr Waseem was supposed to have a driver pick me up, take me to a guest house, set me up with an office, phone and internet, and take me to the demo site at the very least.
No one showed up at the airport at 3 am…or 4 am…I was stranded. I went to Marriott hotel on my own funds (the LOI was clear that Bergamo was to make ALL NECESSARY ACCOMMODATIONS for SALES TO TAKE PLACE).
The entire trip consisted of me running around trying desperately to salvage the trip. I set up a relationship between The Big Leaf and a local company (The REFUSED TO WORK WITH BERGAMO after they were told by Sohail that Bergamo needs to buy a Pakistani bank before they can do anything with Solar…which was news to me). That company and I set up importing and delivery and installation infrastructure, as well as sales and marketing infrastructure…none of which could be useful if not funded! Which bergamo promised to do… … they did not.
I met the Minister of the province and his brother…both were wonderful people and VERY friendly! They took me out to dinner and I visited their estate in a village outside Sukur. The minister made it clear to me that ANY solar generator is too expensive when compared to diesel generators, REGARDLESS of the lower operating / maintenance costs, and that Sohail made a mistake in thinking that the minister would or could buy the systems. (more on this later).
I get this email from Sohail:
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From this point on Nasim and Waseem do not talk to me, other than 1 email from Nasim saying that he did NOT invite me and is NOT interested in talking to me at all.
Sohail was fuming and called him *&%^&*% even in an email to Waseem, who is friends with Nasim!
I was stuck with no demo, no guest house, no office, and only a few thousand I brought in case of emergency.
This email was sent to Waseem:
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Note that I personally did not offer the demo as a gift to Waseem UNLESS he let me use his guest house, the demo site for a press conference, etc.
The following press release was issued sometime in April, I was asked to write it for Bergamo and I was stuck in a hotel room in Pakistan with a return ticket one month away and not enough money to stay that long.
Sohail made it clear to me that I HAVE to indicate a successful demo, and that he will pay me my losses.
BB Solar Inc. progress update in Pakistan
Marriott Hotel, Karachi Pakistan, April 2nd, 2012. (OTC:BGMO) Bergamo Acquisition Corp is pleased to update its shareholder CEO of BB Solar Inc Mr. Rahi Tajzeda has been welcomed into Karachi Pakistan with warm and enthusiastic support. We have already found a local marketing and distribution company to work with which will make our sales, import, support, installation, distribution, and maintenance programs less costly and less complicated. Our demo has been installed in a local farm and we are on our way to take photographs and video of it in action. Our demo was an example of our economy line of solar water pumping systems, and we have already sold it within the first week. We spent considerable time and effort researching the market potential in Pakistan and have come to the conclusion that high quality 5kW – 25kW systems (with and without water pumping ability) are the ideal size to sell in this burgeoning country. Most residents, farmers, commercial, and industrial markets here are looking for higher quality Canadian, American, and German components. The potential market size here for 5kW – 25kW systems ranges from 300 systems to 3000 systems annually, depending on price, distribution, and support channels. The people here are used to getting less than they paid for in terms of service and quality, and almost no post-purchase support. This is an opportunity for BB Solar to take the market by storm as we focus on delivering more value, better post-purchase service, and a better than industry warranty program. Our partner companies The Big Leaf and Bergamo Acquisition Corp are excited at our move to enter the Pakistani market and eVP Sohail Parekh is very pleased with our progress in such a short period of time. As we sold our first demo in less than four days we decided not to hold a press conference until our CEO Rahi Tajzadeh returns with an American or German made 20kW system which is six times larger than the current demo, and a better marketing prospect as it will demonstrate the ideal system size for this market. Thanks to our new team in Pakistan we are arranging a large press conference for this 20kW system which will take place by the end of the season, or early summer.
Looking forward to growing our company and working with you: BB Solar Inc.
BB Solar Inc.
Sales@BBSolar.ca
Rahi@BBSolar.ca
1-416-884-8033
Marriott Hotel 3 5680111 Room 705.
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Another press release they sent out…with my name misspelled AGAIN.
Bergamo Acquisition Corp Provides Update on BB Solar, Inc. Project in Pakistan
Karachi Pakistan -April 2, 2012- Bergamo Acquisition Corp. (OTC: BGMO) announced today that BB Solar, Inc., joint venture subsidiary company’s CEO, Rahi Tajzeda has been welcomed into Karachi Pakistan with enthusiastic support. The company is establishing local marketing and distribution centers to assist in its sales, import, support, installation, distribution , and maintenance which will enable a much economical and less complicated program.
BB Solar CEO Mr. Rahi Tajzada has spent considerable time and effort researching the market potential in Pakistan and has come to the conclusion that high quality 5KW to 25KW systems (with and without water pumping ability) are the ideal size to sell. Most residents, farmers, commercial, and industrial markets here are looking for higher quality Canadian, American, and German products. The potential market size here for 5KW to 25KW systems ranges from 300 systems to 3,000 systems annually, depending on price, distribution, and support channels. BB Solar has an opportunity to become the dominant player in the market as it focuses on delivering more value, better post-purchase service, and a better than industry warranty program which is important to the people of Pakistan. BB Solar’s partner companies, The Big Leaf and Bergamo Acquisition Corp, are enthused and fully supportive at entering the Pakistani market.
Sohail Parekh, Sr. Executive Vice President of Bergamo, stated, “We are very pleased with our progress in such a short period of time. Since we have decided to offer higher quality Canadian, US and German product instead of Chinese products which are flooded in the market due to which BB Solar’s CEO, Rahi Tajzadeh will return with an American or German made 20KW system in the next few weeks.The 20KW system is six times larger than the current demo, and a better marketing prospect as it will demonstrate the ideal system size for this market. Thanks to our new team in Pakistan, we will be arranging a press conference for this 20KW system to take place by the end of the season or early summer. Currently Mr. Rahie Tajzada is conducting meetings with various Governmental and private authorities while researching proper energy requirement for the country, specially punjab Government is offering subsidies for energy projects.
For more information on BB Solar, please visit: www.bbsolar.ca
For further information on Bergamo, please visit: www.bergamoenergy.com http://www.facebook.com/bergamoenergy.
Safe Harbor Statement: This press release contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. Actual results, events and performances could vary materially from those contemplated by these forward-looking statements. These statements involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties, which may cause the company's actual results, expressed or implied, to differ materially from expected results. These risks and uncertainties include, among other things, product demand and market competition. You should independently investigate and fully understand all risks before making an investment decision.
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Sohail send me an email with the subject line “Useful points for Rahi” which he wrote, and CLEARLY INDICATES CHINESE COMPONENTS as well as Canada / USA.
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More press releases with known lies in them, which I made clear to them are not true in telephone conversations:
BERGAMO ACQUISITION’S BB SOLAR CEO COMPLETES SUCCESSFUL TRIP
TO PAKISTAN
Henderson, NV-April 17, 2012-Bergamo Acquisition Corp. (OTC:BGMO) announced today that BB Solar CEO Rahi Tajzadeh has returned from a successful trip to Karachi Pakistan. A Marketing, Importing, Distribution, and Sales partner in Karachi with the ability to reach all of Pakistan was established. Having spent two weeks engaging in discussions with local leaders and provincial ministers, as well as local business owners, farmers, irrigation designers and managers, Rahi has spotted a market opportunity ready to grow in a region with plenty of sunshine and heavy substitute costs.
The bread and butter of this market is the 5KW-25KW systems, although special projects like DHA City present a wonderful prospect for large market gains. Currently customers are used to, but tired of lackluster post purchase support, catalogue sales techniques, limited sources of products, and difficult warranty processes, all of which BB Solar can alleviate. With subsidies from the local government and other NGO’s, the support of the local community, and a value added approach to business practices, BB Solar is poised to achieve a significant market share within a few years. 300 – 3000 systems annually, ranging from 5KW–25KW are estimated once Marketing is established, and the supply chain is running smoothly inside Pakistan.
Various entities in and around Karachi and in the Punjab Province have requested a larger 20KW demonstration for irrigation and off grid home use. There is also a demand for hybrid solar and wind energy systems which BB Solar’s parent, R&D company, The Big Leaf is working on. These systems can increase the total efficiency of the usable land for energy generation with no carbon emissions. BB Solar is also working on a tender for DHA City in at least one of their solar energy projects, which range from 1-10MW. BB Solar is in talks with a very special, specialized, value added supplier for proprietary technology in the tender and if the supplier can agree to terms, a competitive advantage can be achieved.
BB Solar is sending quotes to interested parties and is aiming at 3 – 30 systems by quarter end.
Updates on the next visit to Pakistan will be made available on the websites as they develop.
For more information on BB Solar, please visit: www.bbsolar.ca
For more information on Bergamo, please visit: www.bergamoenergy.com http://www.facebook.com/bergamoenergy.
Safe Harbor Statement: This press release contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. Actual results, events and performances could vary materially from those contemplated by these forward-looking statements. These statements involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties, which may cause the company's actual results, expressed or implied, to differ materially from expected results. These risks and uncertainties include, among other things, product demand and market competition. You should independently investigate and fully understand all risks before making an investment decision.
Contact:
For Sales and General Inquiries Contact Us
Email: SALES@BBSOLAR.CA
Purchasing: RAHI@BBSOLAR.CA
Business Development: DIMITRY@BBSOLAR.CA
Special Rate Inquiries: TERESSA@BBSOLAR.CA
Financing Options: WWW.BERGAMOENERGY.COM
Fax: 1-905-763-1213 (please email us before you fax)
Bergamo Acquisition Corp.
President & Director
hillardherzog@bergamocorp.com
www.bergamocorp.com
www.bergamoenergy.com
http://www.facebook.com/bergamoenergy
or
Investor Relations:
The Eversull Group, Inc.
Jack Eversull, President, 972-571-1624
Fax: 214-469-2361
jack@theeversullgroup.com
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By May 11 I am back in Toronto, out of money, a job, and my mother’s retirement savings…all of which Sohail PERSONALLY stated he will reimburse me on MULTIPLE telephone conversations with WITNESSES who I will be getting affidavits from.
Then I get this email with more cryptic references to potential contracts:
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Then I get this email from Sohail, indicating that the same minister who told me the systems are too expensive (regardless of the supplier or country of origin) wants to purchase systems again…:
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By July 17th, I was aware that Bergamo could not meet the requirements of the LOI in any form or any of the claims they made about their business. It was evident to me that they did not care too much about my success because in hindsight, to enter into the Pakistani solar market as an external entity it would take far more money and time than they thought possible, as well as complete business infrastructure which they did not seem to be interested in at all. They never asked about things like “where do you store systems” “Do you use JIT?” “how will you market and to whom?” “who will provide the post purchase service and maintenance and how?” “how will warranty and RMA requests be handled?” “what software / package will you use for monitoring?”
These questions were to be figured out AFTER a QUICK sale was made to “Sohail’s People”. This way we could get funding to figure out all these questions and more (after all the business plan I wrote was not an OPERATIONAL business plan, which would be hundreds of pages long, I wrote a summary business plan which is reasonable for a quick sale).
As the days went on, Sohail made it CLEAR to me, to our mutual contacts, and to my mother (through me) that ALL LOSSES will be REIMBURSED by Bergamo and that they STILL want to do business with me.
I asked to be paid in certified cheque or stock, and they claimed that they would send me and out mutual contact to Las Vegas, first class, to arrange the payment.
Nothing happened for “TWO WEEKS”…this went on for MONTHS.
Finally by August Sohail claimed that end of August is fine for a visit.
By the End of August, nothing happened.
In telephone conversations with our mutual contacts on the line, Sohail claimed that BERGAMO and HE do NOT HAVE MONEY to pay me and that Sohail even owes his lawyers $50,000.
I made it clear that they, as a PUBLIC company are claiming MILLIONS in profits / earnings, and that either he is lying to us or to shareholders, and either way he and Hillard are paying their bills somehow.
They constantly say they are travelling to England, Singapore, New York, LA, etc. but claim that they have NO MONEY to pay me.
Sohail said on the phone with witnesses that “Rahi, as god as my witness, I am a god fearing man, and as soon as I have the money to pay you your losses I will. What kind of a RUTHLESS man do you think I am that I would be okay with your mother losing her retirement savings? And I will pay you PERSONALLY, because my partner Hillard would object to Bergamo paying you for MY (Sohail’s) MISTAKES in Pakistan”.
I Promptly replied “If an IBM Vice President makes a mistake and IBM loses $1M, does the Vice President pay from his own pocket for the loss? Does that even make any sense?”
I asked that Bergamo pay me and Sohail pay me, but that the total is the amount I was asking for.
Sohail agreed many times to me and our mutual contact and both of us at once that I will be reimbursed for losses as a result of Bergamo’s inability to meet the requirements of the LOI.
Soon thereafter he stopped talking to me (by now its late August) , telling out mutual contact that he has nothing to say to me, and that he is working on getting the money and that it will be any day now.
Since then I waited patiently, then when the time came that I had given them to respond to my pleas for humanity and good business practice.
Here is just a sample from as early as May!
Sohail,
I will address your concerns in order:
1. What are these tGOP interests and what size of systems and how many do they want and when? My prices are as low as they come.
2. BGMO and BB Solar have not signed a shareholder agreement, thus BGMO cannot demand that we stop spending money or do anything until that is signed…but let me assure you that we are NOT spending any money because I am bankrupt as it is.
3. Terms of delivery and service of any sales are the property of BB Solar until a shareholder agreement is signed.
4. USAID is expired as far as we know and even if it was not, the increase in cost for US components is almost as much as the savings to the customers.
5. The MOU we signed was actually an LOI and not a contract, and BGMO has not met the requirements we laid out for you in that LOI. Therefore a new agreement must be made, because the existing LOI’s terms were not met and it is voided.
6. We are happy to come and visit you and Hillard in Vegas to discuss our next step, at your cost (again I am bankrupt), but before that happens we need to be paid for the expenses incurred to date and that Sohail has promised over the phone to me and both *** brothers (to date it is $58,000 CDN). Once my costs are covered and my parents’ money is returned, then we will visit Vegas to discuss our mutually successful future.
7. Please let me know who your auditors and accountants / experts are who will evaluate our proposals, as we need to make sure they meet our requirements.
We are getting lots of response from Pakistan and Babar is doing a great job getting our name out there. We are already competing for more than one 20kW system and sales are inevitable. What needs to happen next is that Bergamo reimburses me the costs that I have incurred, or at least the costs over and above the cost of the demo ($52,300).
Furthermore, I want to remind you that on more than one occasion we were promised reimbursement of our expenses, and full financing for operations, over the phone by Sohail and have no doubt that he will deliver on his welcoming promise.
Once my parents are reimbursed, we can move forward and come to Vegas, share sales information, sign a new agreement / LOI / MOU, and a shareholder agreement.
Thank you,
Rahi Tajzadeh
BB Solar Inc.
The Big Leaf Inc.
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Here is another email from me to them:
Sohail,
I am doing my best to defend Bergamo but your investors are bombarding my email and message boards. This is going to hurt The Big Leaf as well if we do not say something to them about our meeting or the funding.
I will continue to defend BGMO and tell people that I am patient.
Rahi.
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Another email from me:
Do we not have any updates at all?
You (Sohail) are treating me like a dog or a peasant that is only good for free work.
What did I do to you to deserve this treatment?
Remember each time you asked me to come up with a quote or an analysis or a letter or a website change? I did all those things. Remember when I asked that you repay me the amount you said you would? Nothing happened. You stopped talking to me.
Why are you doing this?
I know you and Hillard have money. I am not stupid Sohail. You cannot live in Las Vegas and pay for accountants and airplane trips around the world without having money.
I am not asking for $1,000,000 or some outrageous amount. I am asking you to put me back to where I was before you and Bergamo made me lose it all out of the inability to meet some simple requirements in our LOI.
What more do you want from me, the world, the **** brothers?
What are you waiting for? I don’t want $1B, I want my losses covered.
Time to be a man.
RSVP
Sent: Saturday, September 08, 2012 5:15 PM
To: 'Rahi Tajzadeh'
Cc: sohailbergamo@aol.com
Subject: your compensation
Hi Rahi
Just finished a detailed conversation with Sohail who himself is earnest to get this resolved, and make sure you get paid.
According to Sohail they are in the last lap of their efforts to get the funding in place and every body would know because they will have a press release for public knowledge.
He has not blocked your email s but does not want to respond as he has nothing more to say
Sohail assured me that it is a matter of time and would appreciate if you could exercise patience as this will help him a lot to focus on the issue. My younger brother is on the same page as myself
Appreciate your cooperation and I also need a break for a couple of days as this is getting stressful for myself also.
Let us have a positive outlook and sincerely hope Sohail will do the needful to fulfill his obligations
Bye for now
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And another from me:
Sohail and Hillard.
My next step is to issue an official invoice for my work and losses due to the inability of Bergamo to meet the requirements of the LOI.
This is because you are NOT answering my emails, or text messages, and feel that ignoring me will make me go away.
I give you 1 day to reply and arrange payment of my fees and losses as you agreed over the phone.
I know you both have millions of shares, and money, and invoicing is my next step.
I truly wish it would not come to this but you seem to feel that I am stupid or naïve.
The invoice is below and I will officially issue it to you tomorrow if you do not reply TODAY.
Rahi
Here is where I drew a line in the sand:
Sohail, Hillard,
I asked you yesterday in an email which was delivered to each of your email addresses to please reply and confirm you received the email and to respond to continuing requests to reimburse me my losses as you already claimed you will do.
I asked that you reply before today otherwise I would officially issue the invoice.
You did not reply and I am forced to issue the invoice and take this to the next level.
Let me remind you that you brought me to this point by:
- Lying about owning Greensafe and other companies when I met you in November 2011.
- Knowingly lying in press releases and BigBiz radio show about BB Solar’s progress in Pakistan (i.e. “we had a successful demo and it is already up and running”).
- Not meeting the requirements of the LOI and leaving me stranded in Pakistan.
- Not being able to set up the demo and having it STOLEN by “your people”.
- Lying to me about saving me money on hotel and airfare costs.
- Lying to me about quotes and system designs that you didn’t ever follow up on (at least 6 times): why would you ask me to make you various system quotes without an RFP or any EVIDENCE that there are customers.
- Lying to me about having an office.
- Lying to me about your financial situation “we do not have money” and at the same time telling shareholders that you do have money.
- Lying on your financial statements about earning $80 Million, but not having enough to reimburse me $60,000+.
- Lying about knowing government officials, and other “guaranteed sales” like hospital owners, business owners, etc.
- Lying about ***** paying for my hotel.
- Lying about your (Sohail) sister saving me money on my hotel.
- Lying about Babar Mirza and his father about saving me money on my hotel.
- Losing the trust of Babar and his Father (they do not want to do any business with you as they do not trust you at all).
- Lying about bribing government officials to “get us easy sales” which is illegal.
The invoice is below as a picture, and attached as a separate file.
My next step, if you ignore me, is to go to a collections agency and take legal action.
I will also make sure that ALL OF YOUR SHAREHOLDERS know about the ENTIRE story of BB Solar and Bergamo INCLUDING Hillard KNOWINGLY lying about BB Solar, The Big Leaf, Bergamo, and our mutual progress, which is VERY ILLEGAL.
I have no problems with letting the WHOLE WORLD know what is happening from an objective point of view, telling my story of losing my savings, my job, my mother’s retirement money, and my girlfriend.
Obviously you have money and stock which you could have paid me with, but now I will ONLY accept a certified cheque or wire transfer.
All you had to do, was set up a simple press conference, and ensure that Nassim and Wassim would not STEAL my equipment, and make sure I had the accommodations that you claimed I would have in Pakistan…but you failed to meet ALL of the requirements of the LOI.
You made another mistake by saying on the phone three times, with Malik and Shakir Malik as witnesses (which I will get an affidavit from them) about you, Sohail, personally paying me back all of my losses…which means that if Bergamo ignores this email and invoice as well, I will legally go after you Sohail personally.
What you do in the next 24 hours will determine what kind of men you are, Hillard and Sohail.
The mistake of thinking that I am an idiot or so naïve is very wrong.
Rahi Tajzadeh
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After this Sohail called me and told me to go F*&K myself, while telling our mutual contact that he STILL wants to pay me.
Here is another email from me:
Sohail, Hillard,
It has not been a week since I sent you an invoice and was yelled at by Sohail and told to “go f $k myself”.
I am giving you another chance to redeem yourselves as honest, good businessmen.
You have an opportunity to save your stock price and your respect in the investment community, and all you have to do is reimburse me my losses as you already claimed you would.
Once again please understand that you brought me to this point by continually making statements about meeting me in June, July, August, September, etc.
Furthermore I am not comfortable with the stress and anxiety both **** brothers have to go through just for me, it is not fair to them, and they would be perfectly happy if YOU MET THE REQURIEMTENTS OF THE LOI.
The time is now to send me a certified cheque via mail.
What’s your next move, I look forward to hearing from you.
Rahi Tajzadeh
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And another:
You now have an opportunity to increase your stock price dramatically.
It sits at $0.0184, which is a 75%+ loss since I met you both in November.
None of your business dealings are increasing your stock price, and each time my name comes up the price drops again.
Do you want to keep losing money by not fulfilling your obligations?
Is it worth not paying me a measly $68,000 that you will risk losing millions in stock value?
Do you realize you are ruining real people’s lives who invested in your company by letting the stock price fall like this?
Those people will be your enemies for life, and unlike a mild mannered Rahi, they may take legal action against you both very soon.
So again, I ask,
Is it worth losing your corporation, years of work, millions in stock value, and the opportunity to dump more shares in the future just to save a paltry $60-$70 thousand?
If that is the case, then you are not good businessmen. Simple.
When a restaurant owes money to waiters or suppliers, they pay up BEFORE customers walk in the door, now it’s your turn.
Rahi
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Then Hillard finally replies with a THREAT, including a junk reference to incorrect country of origin for the components, and my response to it as well:
Hi Hillard Nice to hear from you finally.
I have one simple thing to say about your email.
BB Solar’s comment, my comment was made AFTER I made an assessment in Pakistan on my OWN money and OWN work with Babar, NOT BEFORE my trip.
The quote you refer to is below:
“The BB Solar chief said that most residents, farmers, commercial and industrial markets are looking for higher quality Canadian, American and German products while more economical and Chinese alternatives will be made available to those who are more budget conscious.”
The comment was made AFTER MY PRODUCTS WERE STOLEN BY YOUR PEOPLE and AFTER I met with officials in Pakistan that I set up the interview with Babar’s help, NOT YOURS. So you should really do your homework.
Note that it also says that Chinese alternatives will be made available to those who are more budget conscious. Note that your email below does NOT refer to this part of the interview, and you are again distorting facts. Nothing I have said has been inflammatory and I am insulted that you would attack me after my patience with you and Sohail.
I have already invoiced you for losses, and will not communicate with you further unless you have my payment ready.
Please make payments payable to Rahi Tajzadeh or 1173236 Ontario Inc. or BB Solar Inc. as you see fit.
Rahi.
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Another email from me:
Please remove all references to BB Solar from your website and iHUB page immediately.
Yesterday was the due date on the invoice I sent you.
Rahi.
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And the last email indicating a late fee and collections charges:
Sohail, Hillard, Bergamo,
The deadline for paying the invoice I sent has come and gone, and as a result I have added a suitable late fee, and a collections charge to the original invoice.
The new invoice is attached, and below for your reference.
If you do not contact me to indicate how you will be paying me, I will take this to a high powered, reputable, experienced collections agency.
Please note that I know the radio interview was PAID FOR, indicating that you HAVE money.
Thank you and make all payments in the form of wire transfer or certified cheque to Rahi Tajzadeh or 1173236 Ontario Inc., payments are to be made in Canadian Dollars.
Rahi
This is a good indicator of Hillard and Sohail's intellectual prowess:
quote: ..."regardless of suspension he went ahead and issued a press release..."
so he issued a press release while suspended for releasing misleading/false press releases? ... ...
Bergamo employees are consistently lying psychotics
-Hillard Herzog promotes BGMO still heavily even BGMO is suspended. Guess Herzog pgot too much money still privately and thus his promotion will go on for a long time - even a big waste of time for everybody. BGMO is off the focus of anybody, suspended by SEC, no doubt also under investigation cause of fraudulence, dead at stockmarket since ten years, zero interest by stockmekart anyway....but Herzog promotes BGMO. How more sick will this guy and this story get after all. Amazing.
BB Solar: A Summary:How Bergamo Failed to meet their end of the bargain and lied about EVERYTHING: Read on!
This is an objective, unbiased account of the last year for The Big Leaf and Rahi Tajzadeh. No NDA was ever signed by Rahi or Bergamo or any parties therein. All accounts can be backed with email and affidavits as needed.
Note that most emails will not be listed in this report…but I can safely say that none of the emails I received were sent confidentially…rather there were often stakeholders CC’d on emails.
I own The Big Leaf, a solar energy R&D company in Ontario Canada, which was focused on designing a proprietary solar generator (existing technology), and innovations in solar business modeling.
To pay for the bills at The Big Leaf I held a 9-5 job as an IT Technical Analyst, making a conservative $4,000 a month, and lived at home with mom and dad, while frequently visiting my girlfriend who lived 60km (30m) away.
A great friend of mine introduced me through his acquaintance to Sohail Parekh in Late Summer of 2011. In the first telephone conversation I was told that Bergamo is a $400 Million company that acquires existing businesses and finances their sales and operations as needed.
Sohail said that he needs a company that can sell solar energy equipment, systems, water pumps etc. in Pakistan, India, Saudi Arabia, and some African Countries.
I made it clear that The Big Leaf does NOT have experience in those countries but CAN design systems for use there, and is happy to work on building the necessary infrastructure to develop full sales and support in said regions...but that we would need funding, and Marketing in these regions, even as a Canadian company, is difficult and potentially expensive.
Sohail said that this is exactly what Bergamo does, they fund companies like ours, and that they have enough social and political ties in those regions that the sales will be basically set up ahead of time.
He asked me to give him details on water pumping solar systems and prices, and that he is interested in working with me exclusively…except for one other solar water pump company that is supplying them, owned by a guy named Steve. (I never found out what the company name was or who Steve was).
By July 22 of 2011 I had already sent my first email to Sohail asking for more details such as water requirements (litres per day, per hour, pump power [W or hp], well depth, etc.)
They replied promptly and answered my questions but it was clear that the answers were not given by engineers, rather business people, because the specifications seemed to change over time. (more on that later).
A few days later Sohail asked me to quote Solar Generators for home use, ranging from 10kW to 50kW, including maximum monthly supply available from suppliers, how many parts / complete systems can fit in a 40’ container etc. The email made it seem like large orders would be placed and that a JIT system or conservative sales estimates for market penetration and year over year growth were not being considered for whatever reason.
I offered an NDA to Bergamo but they claimed that we would sign their NDA in a telephone conversation (never happened), and sent the first of many proposals, quotes, presentations, etc. The proposal I sent was to fund The Big Leaf as a system provider to Pakistan, India, etc., as well as developing its own IP (the Clover…can’t say anything about this, sorry!).
The proposal was 17 pages considering I had less than a week to complete it, and they thanked me for the proposal but never spoke of it again.
A few days later I was asked to quote more systems, this time for buildings (apartment, business, etc.). Ranging from 5kW – 50kW. Again I replied with quotes.
Bergamo sent me a detailed email on: “The procedure of the Finance for Proposed Financing of The Big Leaf.”. In their own words. The email stated that:
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I already had sent a proposal, and now they wanted a full business plan, which made sense to me, but the viability portion of the email had me concerned, and in telephone conversations Sohail told me that he can get us sales far beyond the $500M mentioned, and all we need to do is run the business while he accommodates sales.
I sent a detailed email indicating what technologies we work with, and why our IP is worth their investment, and that we are in the process of completing a short business plan (20-30 pages). By this time I was hard at work arranging suppliers and the business plan.
By August 15th we had sent a detailed quote on multiple systems to Bergamo.
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I sent this email to Sohail:
Sohail,
I noticed that Bergamo is already offering solar pumps (some look like they are on a tracker) for about $3 / Watt installed.
http://bergamoenergy.com/solar-pump/
If they are not connected to a solar tracker and do not have batteries then of course we can provide a system that does. But if this is your cost including a tracker then we must re-evaluate our quote, as we have been using average industry prices to be conservative (under promise and over perform).
If there is no tracker then we can be of assistance to provide systems with trackers and we can work together to attain the best PV panel cost which it looks as though you already are getting!
Furthermore I know of a manufacturer that may be able to beat almost any PV cost and still provide excellent warranty and performance and quality.
Let me know what you think…I am still preparing the summary business plan.
Rahi Tajzadeh
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By September 2nd we sent a 4 page detailed quote on 80 systems (PV and CPV) that we felt would do well in the markets mentioned above.
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On September 7th another email came my way from Sohail, with a powerpoint of solar tube well systems with Bergamo’s name on the presentation, as though it was their systems…but the images were from online resources. The email asked me to make a comparison to these products and Sohail said in a telephone conversation that this was “Steve’s Company”.
Here is the email (note the misspelling of my name):
A further email indicated that my SUPPLIER is to bear the cost of a demo in Pakistan:
By September 6th a Presentation was also sent to Bergamo for The Big Leaf’s new venture with Bergamo.
By September 9th I had a presentation to match the one Sohail sent me on the water pumping systems from “Steve” with Bergamo written all over the presentation. It is safe to say that by this time I was spending any waking moment I had on this venture because I was led to believe that Bergamo is the real deal.
I spoke with Sohail and Hillard a few times in September where Hillard proceeded to yell at me and say my prices are too high…which didn’t make sense to me because the prices were industry average and included a 1 axis tracker and installation, which other quotes “Steve” did not have. Also the quotes I sent were about 15%-25% above what they wanted, which is exactly how much MORE ELECTRICITY is generated when you install a 1 axis tracker in Pakistan (exact numbers are 15%-18% but that depends on exact location).
Revised presentations were sent with updated prices.
I was sent an email with a sample Letter of Intent (note the spelling mistakes), which I did not agree to because of the contents. Here are some of the contents in the sample LOI which was sent with no NON DISCLOSURE clauses:
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Note that Bergamo wanted PROPRIETARY RIGHTS to the products which was completely unacceptable.
Furthermore let me make it clear that Sohail and Hillard told me that the role of having 2 companies go to demo in Pakistan (The Big Leaf and Steve’s company) was to instill a feeling of competition or at least to make it seem like multiple bids were being placed and that there was real competition, when in fact Bergamo wanted the profits (60% or more) from both companies. I felt very uneasy but was reassured that this is the way business with governments works.
Whenever I mentioned lawyers Sohail asked me to keep them out of things as it would be too expensive. On multiple telephone conversations this occurred, especially in relation to the LOI.
By October 2nd, I had not signed their LOI and they were pushing me with emails like the following:
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Please note that the email states that “other” company is ready to demo in two weeks. Sohail pressured me to get a demo to Pakistan ASAP and sign the LOI.
I responded saying that I can present in Pakistan in Late November at the earliest, and that we cannot INSTALL the demo in Pakistan as we have no infrastructure there to do so, nor did we have a confirmed demo site.
By October 6th a pro forma income statement with viable sales figures was emailed to Sohail. He responded with an “OK”.
October 13th, Sohail sent me 6+ photos of supposed Bergamo officers with top government officials. Sohail, Hillard, and at least one recognizable government official are in one picture, with the rest being people I do not know. The email that the pictures came with had nothing written in it.
A phone call from Sohail followed where he indicated that the government officials are “My people, my friends from childhood…”, and that I was not to worry about getting any sales in Pakistan, India, etc., and that getting the sales is Bergamo’s job, while running the business was my job.
I received a pleasant letter to Bergamo from a minister in Pakistan indicating that he is very interested in seeing the demo in “Late November or earlier”, and that Bergamo has their support. This minister will not be named in this report, but I will call him John Doe.
Hillard sent me an email on October 22 with their competitors systems listed, most were made with Chinese components which are the most cost effective right now.
A new LOI was drafted and the suggestion of a new venture was made in an email by Sohail:
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I was working with them on the LOI when this email arrived:
(more systems were listed in the email but this is a good sample).
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By November 15th I was scheduled to fly to meet Hillard and Sohail in Nevada some time around my birthday (nov 22).
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By this time we had a business plan, system quoting tools, suppliers set up, and staff ready to work.
Also by this time I was under the impression that a Late November trip was expected, even though I knew it was impossible without travel VISAs and other accommodations…so I suggested December.
Note that by this time I had already blocked off my vacation time from my 9-5 job because over multiple telephone conversations Sohail asked me to be ready to present in Late November.
Then I had to change that vacation time again to Late December, which Sohail agreed to over the phone.
Here is a sample of my emails to Sohail, to give you an idea of my mood:
Gentlemen,
Thank you for your ongoing support. I will reach an agreement with the **** brothers within a few days. In the meantime I am working on the solar generators you are asking for. I still require all the pertinent data for the attached visa application.
Sohail, can you provide me with a list of people and places I will present this generator to/in? I want to be prepared for these presentations so any important information is key. Also, I want to work together with BAC to share resources wherever possible (i.e. we need to outsource marketing rather than do it in house – including graphics, website, and videos). If you already have resources or contacts that would be ideal as it will help control costs.
I am putting together the team that will run BB Solar (Dir of Sales, Dir of Bus Development, CFO, etc.) and want to know how you wish me to set this up. Let’s discuss this further in emails.
We have much to do, and a great opportunity is ahead of us, let’s make the best of it!
Yours,
Rahi Tajzadeh
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So I went to Las Vegas, met Sohail and Hillard in Hillard’s house, and in his computer room we drafted the last copy of the LOI.
In that room I was told by Hillard that Bergamo owns many companies like GreenSafe Demanufacturing, and their core business is complementary acquisitions: he stated that Greensafe receives its raw materials for free via train, and on the return trip, the empty rail cars are filled with concrete which Bergamo’s subsidiary uses in New York to do road work. He made it sound very sophisticated and foolproof.
Hillard gave me a “portfolio” of companies that they claimed to own, including Greensafe, and asked me to “look through it” and see what they (Bergamo) really do. I did so and thanked them for showing me the “portfolio”.
I call it a “portfolio” because it was a seried of power point presentation slides with various company summaries, which were vague, far too short to mean anything, didn’t indicate any complementary business strategy, or even make me believe it was a real document at all…it seemed like random powerpoint slides…I did not take heed of that red flag.
Later on that same “portfolio” was emailed to me as Bergamo’s business plan, where I was to add BB Solar to the random group of slides. Where Dr. Ghaus’s airplane company also was added. (look up Dr. Ghaus if you want).
Sohail told me that Hillard really likes me and that this will be a great business relationship and that The Big Leaf / BB Solar will receive full funding.
Here is a nice email from Sohail after we signed an LOI in Nevada, in Hillards house, on my birthday (note the spelling mistakes):
A few days later I received a call from Sohail indicating Bergamo received $1B and that he wanted ME to contact my local news stations and newspapers to spread the news. I received this email:
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No details in the email other than the above link were present. No details were made clear to me about the origins, nature, or form of the $1B. I did not contact any news organizations as I felt the information was not credible.
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By November 30th, Sohail was still not clear on what system and what prices he wanted in the demo, and I received this email:
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I asked Sohail in a telephone conversation to stop posting on the website and on press releases or radio shows that any of the systems provided are “proprietary” as they were / are not. Solar Systems are pieced together using off the shelf components 95% of the time. It is rare that a technology company install its own solar systems save for CPV systems (SolFocus, Morgan Solar etc.).
By November 30th I was ready to go to and present in Pakistan around December 20, IF the equipment could be shipped ASAP. It was not, because of Bergamo’s inability to get us necessary details:
By December 6th it was apparent that the December trip was to be delayed again. For one I could not get an address to ship my components to (Sohail was to provide all accommodations for the demo in Pakistan), nor a receiver’s name, nor any details on the press conference for the demo which they promised, nor the list of people I would be presenting to, nor the expected sales for the first trip (other than Sohail’s telephone promises of “More sales that you can handle!”).
I received this email on December 6th:
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The email was encouraging but I had to delay my vacation time block at my 9-5 job AGAIN to late January which upset my boss very much, but Sohail assured me over the phone that by then everything will be set.
By December 4th I had a full presentation ready for the press conference in Pakistan, complete with speech, music, and powerpoint / handouts.
By this time I still had not received Visa Application information, consignee information, press conference information, accommodation information, “Steve’s” company’s updates (where are they, why are they not in the picture, are they still going with me?, etc.)
Regarding the above email, I was concerned that the importer wanted 50% of the profits indefinitely. Sohail emailed me this response and called me indicating the profit sharing with the importer was a one time thing:
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My response:
I am happy to split with the distributor this one time…but in the future we cannot split profits! You are giving away 50% of our markup? That means the effective markup for each system is 50%, not 100%. If we split, it is the same as saying Bergamo gets 30% of GP and Big Leaf gets 20% of GP, and not the LOI’s quote of 60% and 40%.
Distributors can take a cut but 50% is unjustified.
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Then more red flags. Sohail claimed the demo will take place early January, when shipping takes weeks, and he sends me an email indicating that the profit margins on the systems he asked me to send in the email above should only be $1,000…which to me sounds like dishonest business practice because the DISTRIBUTOR / IMPORTER would set the final retail price…
I was ok with this happening one time, but was uncomfortable in general:
The low markup is fine for this container and I agree that we have to take this hit to demo.
I have no objections with it at all.
I just want to clarify that distributors in the FUTURE will not take 50% of the profit.
This container’s distributor is free to take 50% of the profit.
Good?
Rahi.
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And this email from me as well:
Just to confirm what I will be quoting:
20’ container
1. 25% of which is DC water pump system with panels, pump, and control box.
2. 25% of which is AC water pump system with panels, pump, control box, and inverter.
3. 50% of which will be filled EVENLY with:
a. 5KV Generator with Panels, Inverter, and Control Box.
b. 10KV Generator with Panels, Inverter, and Control Box.
c. 20KV Generator with Panels, Inverter, and Control Box.
d. 30KV Generator with Panels, Inverter, and Control Box.
e. 50KV Generator with Panels, Inverter, and Control Box.
Markup will be $1,000 per Water Pump System.
Markup will be $1,000 per 2KV for Generators (i.e. 10KV system has a $5,000 markup which is about 17% markup, and the 20KV system has a $10,000 markup which is about 9% markup)
Profits will be split with distributor for this one container.
Shipment will be for February 4-8th 2012.
As for how many systems we can fit into the container I have to wait for the suppliers response, which will include the final price.
Sounds good?
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Since Sohail wanted a demo in Early January, I switched my vacation from late January with another colleague to early January, upsetting my boss again, and I put pressure on Sohail to get me shipping details because shipping from china can take weeks.
He replied with this email:
Ship To
Mr. Mujtaba Ghaus
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I responded with:
Can I use the same address for the VISA application?
Cheers!
Rahi.
, He replied : YES.
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Still on December 6th I receive this email:
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Note that Steve’s company is mentioned again.
I received an email which had a google document with Banca Intesa STA and $1B indicated…but I could not make sense of the document as it was not coherent or reliable in any way.
Another email indicated the ministers are looking forward to seeing us:
Mr. Rahi Tajzadeh and Mr. Dmytro Khimich
Attached Please Find Invitation Letter from Bergamo Global Energy Private Limited. We will need B/L for the Demo model that was shipped to Pakistan to get duty exemption from Goverment of Pakistan.
http://bergamoenergy.com/solar-pump/ministers-letter/
Attached is link Invitation from Minister for Irrigation Mr. Jam Saif Ullah Khan. If you need any confirmation then the consulate office may contact his office directly.
Thanks
Sohail Parekh
www.bergamoenergy.com
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Note the link points to a dead URL now.
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Here is where the REAL trouble starts.
Shipping problems: Bill of landing issues, port authority issues, etc. Here is an email indicating the beginning of the problems, NONE of which was indicated by the actual port authority, rather Sohail’s contacts (most likely Dr. Ghaus).
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More problems, and more people I do not know, and more issues that SHOULD have been cleared up or expected considering Bergamo’s supposed experience in Pakistan:
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More delays, and I had to change my vacation block again:
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From December 6th onwards this went on, all of it should have been easy to settle. By this time I had made a promotional video, website, presentations, handouts, systems were designed, suppliers set up,etc.
By December 27th I was becoming concerned about the timeliness of things, and I recognized a pattern:
Whenever I was concerned about something, or asked too many questions, Sohail or Hillard would ask me to come up with a new quote, usually very large systems, or to add BB Solar to their “Master File”.
NOTE: The Master File they sent me was the same as the powerpoint slide “portfolio” I saw in Hillards house (save for a few changes) and STILL AT THIS TIME included Greensafe, Suntrough, and Platinum Funding.
I still have this document of course, and they asked me to add BB Solar AND FALCON Airplane company…which made me question whether they had the resources to create even a single business plan for Bergamo…which I had not seen…
Also please note that this Master File was referred to by Sohail as Bergamo’s Business Plan.
Here is an email I received to give you an indication of what we are talking about:
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I was sent Hillards Big Biz Radio Interview and put it on BB Solar’s site…but I was very concerned about his comments regarding equipment already being in Pakistan and things going well, even my retired mother felt this was dishonest.
Then Hillard emails me asking me to put the following on my BB Solar website:
on bbsolar.ca Web Site
Presentation Confirmation with the Minister to be held in Pakistan Jan 2nd, 2012 by Bergamo associates in Pakistan.
* Bergamo’s Joint Venture Partner’s to Arrange an event in Sindh Province ( Tando Allah Yar) at a Farm the gathering would be for 50 to 60 growers plus approx 40 to 50 guests from Media- Local Businessman and Government officials will be invited including local Member of Parliaments and Minister of that area local media will be invited to attend the demonstration.
*Lunch, Tea, Lecture session, demonstration and other related activities would be arranged at farm level.
Similar Event will take place in Indus Hotel Hyderabad.
Punjab Marriott Hotel, Pear Continental Hotel. And Guest will be taken to the demonstration site or brought back to the hotel for further details of possible sales.
Generators for Home's etc etc
Pumps for Tubewells
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I did not because the dates are all wrong and there were details in the email that I was not aware of (for example which hotels, cities, etc.).
Then more shipping problems, needing original bill of landing etc…
On January 1st it seems to me that things with Dr. Ghaus changed such that he did not want to work with Sohail anymore, and I received this disturbing email indicating I shipped too early…when he wanted me in Pakistan in Late DECEMBER!!!!:
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Note that all NECESSARY DOCUMENTS were eventually fedexed and telexed from China and that our supplier in China has NEVER had issues shipping components, nor did they understand the need for an original document instead of a fax, scan, email, etc.
Also note that Sohail gave me the shipping address of Dr. Ghaus, asking me to demo in EARLY JANUARY, knowing I cannot ship until I had the address and that shipping takes weeks.
Note that Bergamo did not take into account shipping time in general.
Note that I sent Bergamo emails indicating that I will be happy to pay the charges for shipping without original bill of landing, but they refused, and asked for Bill of Landing, Commercial Invoice, etc.
All of this shipping headache indicated to me that Bergamo’s acquaintances in Pakistan were not ready to receive large shipments. I am not sure why I continued from this point on…Perhaps it was the many many telephone conversations where Sohail told me he is my brother, and loves me, and will not let anything happen to me.
All of a sudden, on January 7th, everything seems fine with the shipping…here is an email from Sohail:
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So things seemed fine…then the bill of landing which I FEDEXED to them from CHINA was not able to be received…it was addressed to Dr Ghaus, and Sohail told me that someone else (unknown who) went to pick it up and they have it and it is gone…
Chinese suppliers told me they do not have another original copy and that this is not reasonable in any sense.
Apparently a guy named Ali Mehmood picked up the bill of landing as per an email from Sohail on January 12…it is still missing at this point.
All documents were arranged by the Chinese suppliers despite the inconvenience and resent to Sohail’s contacts.
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Once again to keep me quiet and ‘busy’ sohail sends me a document indicating that there will be a bridge built for $1B in Bangladesh (Sohail misspelled Bangladesh), and that he wants ME to put in a bid for it for Bergamo.
On the phone he said that Bergamo and The Big Leaf can run the operation for the bridge while a CHINESE company would do the work. We would act like middle men.
Here is the email:
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Note that The Big Leaf and BB Solar are / were in no way ready to place a serious bid for the construction of a bridge.
I then receive this vague email from Sohail making claims that I could not stand by. He indicated that this will likely be a press release:
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More emails were sent to me indicating Bergamo has $400 M… by this time (January 18th), a late January demo was out of the question and AGAIN I had to delay my vacation block at my 9-5 work.
This was the last time for my boss who did not renew my contract as a direct result of this, and even indicated to me “I’m sure you will do fine at your other job”.
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From this point on (Jan 20), another name came into the picture, Waseem.
This email below from Sohail indicates that BERGAMO KNEW AND WAS ON BOARD WITH CHINESE PRODUCTS / COMPONENTS:
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Then more trouble with Dr Ghaus who could not receive the products, would not accept me paying him for any fees he would pay, and not cooperating with anyone.
Finally after months of trouble, Sohail send me a link to the import rules for Pakistan…something that Dr. Ghaus should have done 90 days prior.
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On January 25, I get this email which is vague and cryptic:
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Again I comply and make the quotes but am not sure who Nasim is.
Sohail made it clear in multiple emails that I HAVE TO ALWAYS indicate that BB Solar is a JV Partner of Bergamo etc…even though no contract outside of an LOI was signed to indicate as such, and no ownership was transferred.
Note that Bergamo NEVER ONCE asked to sign a contract or transfer ownership, or write in the official documents that Hillard and Sohail and I are on the board of directors which is what they wanted.
Here is a sample email from Sohail:
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Again I receive an email asking me to make another quote, this time for 950 pumps and 35000 gallons an hour.
I felt like they were just keeping me busy but since they never said who the quotes I am making are going to, or what the context is, or time frame etc. I felt like more was going on that I was led to believe.
By the end of January they still could not get my equipment out of customs, and whenever I wanted to intervene or just go to Pakistan to get it out myself, Sohail would tell me that these are “his people” and this is “his country” and he knows how things work.
I received this email:
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The above is all that’s listed in the email…
Then another twist, this time Waseem and Nasim are named together, here is the email (note the spelling of my name is wrong again)
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Here is Sohail trying to get something done about the shipping fiasco:
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January 29th, Sohail emails me something he sent to Nasim and Waseem, regarding a 5MW solar powerplant. He asked me in a telephone conversation to make a quote for this system (even though it is CSP, and most likely the SunTrough deal that fell through).
By this time I had quoted the 950 pumps, the 500kW systems+, and made a generic price list for systems ranging from 5kW – 50MW+
One day later, Sohail asked me to quote solar powered cell phone towers.
I don’t think he realized the amount of work that goes into quoting systems, especially if they are new, such as solar cell towers.
I made a quote nevertheless in an effort to be a good partner.
Then I suggested to Sohail, in passing, that investing $1B+ in solar panels installed along the top 10 major highways in Pakistan could power much of Karachi.
Sohail jumped on it and asked me to make him an official quote. He said he sent the highway quote to the Alternative Energy Board.
By January 31st, we were supposed to transfer the name of the recipient on all shipments to Pacific Engineering, to clear up the customs issue.
Also the mounting equipment was lost completely at this time if I am not mistaken.
By this time I was also weary of Sohail’s contact in the Alternative Energy Board, Mr. Alaudin, who has critics claiming he is crooked. Also Sohail told me on multiple occasions that anything we bring into the country must go through Alaudin. This information turned out to not be correct according to people I eventually worked with in Pakistan.
Here is the email indicating I am to change recipient to Pacific Engineering:
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Below is THE FIRST mention of components NOT made in China, and the email is in reference to the CELL PHONE TOWER systems, not the DEMO:
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Then this cryptic email from Sohail asking that I set up ANOTHER company in Pakistan of which Saim and Waseem will be shareholders:
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Needless to say the red flags were everywhere at this point.
Then things get more complex with this email:
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The following email was from Sohail , dated January 31, 2012:
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And another email from Sohail asking for more joint ventures in Pakistan…looked to me like Nasim and Waseem wanted a piece of the pie too:
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Then more shipments went missing:
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Kind emails were sent to Nasim and Waseem to accommodate my arrival:
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Then I see this press release which was news to me, I had no idea another existing renewable energy company would be “working” with us:
SOLAR WIND PRIVATE LTD ANNOUNCES SCHEDULE FOR DEMONSTRATIONS IN PAKISTAN BEING DONE WITH BB SOLAR AND BERGAMO ACQUISITIONS
Karachi, Pakistan—March 15, 2012— Solar Wind Private LTD, with the support of BB Solar and Bergamo Acquisitions Corp. (OTC:BGMO), announced today the demonstrations of Solar Tube Pumping Systems and Solar Generators for home and cell phone towers on April 10, 2012 at 56 Jam Deh Chakro Farms Northern Bypass Karachi and at their office 1 C Khaybane Shamsher Phase 5 D. H. A Karachi.
BB Solar can provide customized solutions and financing options to more customers than ever before, making the switch to Solar Energy easy and profitable. BB Solar, is a Canadian based Solar Energy Solutions Company. The company has strategically teamed up with The Big Leaf Inc. and Bergamo Acquisition Inc. to increase its ability to serve customers. Offering multiple types and technologies of solar systems, BB Solar plans to enter into various markets, and carve new niches.
BB Solar’s focus for Pakistan will include residential roof top and ground mounted solar, irrigation systems and water pumping, backup power and electricity, commercial and industrial electricity, government and military systems, and solar powered cellular phone towers.
Solar Power use saves the cost of diesel fuel or unreliable, unavailable grid power. The local population benefits from decreased pollution, local jobs created for installation and maintenance, and increased value in land. The Nation as a whole benefits as it can decrease the dependence on imported oil, as well as a decreased requirement to burn coal locally rather than sell it internationally.
For more information: www.bbsolar.ca
Contact: sales@bbsolar.ca
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Another press release:
Karachi Pakistan March 15 2012, Mr. Waseem Ahmed C.E.O of Solar Wind pvt Ltd is glad to announce in collaboration with BB Solar Inc a Joint Venture Subsidiary Company of Bergamo Acquisition Corp ( OTC;BGMO ) a public limited company in U.S.A, will conduct demonstrations of solar tube well pumping systems, solar generators for domestic use, cell phone towers and various other energy required industries on April 10th 2012 onwards at 56 Jam Deh Chakro Farms Northern By Pass Karachi.
There are currently 40 million tube well pumping systems in Pakistan that are being used at less than full capacity due to a power shortage of approximately 10,000 megawatts. Recognizing the benefits of solar powered energy generators the type developed by BB Solar Inc the country will meet its severely needed energy requirements by installing at least two to three million solar power generators engineered by BB Solar Inc.
The company's engineers have developed solar energy pumps in Canada, USA and China having capacities ranging from 6,000 liters per hour to 160,000 liters per hour and will significantly reduce the energy cost to the end user.It will not only meet the countries energy needs but will decrease pollution,dependence on imported oil,reduce the use of coal domestically rather than export to gain foreign exchange and finally create thousands of jobs for installation and maintenance of solar energy products, which is the basic mission of the current Government. To attend the demonstration a formal invitation will be extended to the heads of various concerned ministries and various important institutions.
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By March 17th the equipment was at Mr. Waseem’s farmhouse, ready to be deployed and demonstrated.
I was sent pictures of the components in an email.
Here is an email from Sohail indicating that all seems well:
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After I speak with Sohail, he wanted me to write for him a press release; because he stated that I write better than he does (I should have asked where his marketing team was). Then I get this email from Hillard, with the subject line: Use some words from here
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Note that it refers to COMPANY ENGINEERS…which we did not have any at the time.
Then this release with more details:
BB Solar in conjunction with (OTC:BGMO) Bergamo Acquisition Corp and SolarWind Private Ltd are pleased to announce a demonstration of a customizable solar solution in a farm in Karachi, Pakistan.
The demo will include solar tube well pumping, and a solar generator (capable of powering homes, businesses or cellular phone towers). Thanks to the tireless efforts of our technical team, we are able to demonstrate all three solutions in early April.
BB Solar is sending its CEO Rahi Tajzadeh to Karachi on March 29th where he will work with the local team to arrange a full press conference at the demonstration site in early April. The site is located at 56 Jam Deh Chakro Farms Northern Bypass in Karachi. The Installation of our product that arrived at the farm, Installation will commence from monday.
Formal invitations will be extended to heads of various ministries, important institutions, and military bodies to attend the demonstration.
This demonstration will illustrate the versatility of BB Solar in system design and solution implementation in the solar industry. Given that there are Millions of tube wells in Pakistan, most of which are powered by diesel generators and unreliable AC power, the market for solar tube well pumping ranges from $10B USD - $200B USD over the next 5-10 years.
When looking at solar systems for electricity generation, the market is even larger: Since residential, commercial, industrial, government, and military bodies are all potential customers of solar electricity systems, the market ranges from $100B USD - $400B USD over the next 10 years.
There are over 40,000 cellular phone towers in Pakistan alone, each of which requires an average of 3kW of reliable power. Our solar generators, along with batteries, can provide uninterrupted power 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. We predict that the total value of this market ranges from $750M USD - $1.4B USD over the next 5 years.
BB Solar is working with SolarWind Private Ltd to capture a significant portion of these markets. We are aiming at acquiring 10%-20% of the solar tube well pumping market within 5 years, 10%-15% of solar energy generators within 5 years, and 25%-33% of the solar powered cellular phone towers within 5 years. We plan on achieving these goals via the following value added benefits that we provide our customers:
- Customized solutions instead of catalogue sales
- Free ABC and TLC analysis for each major customer
- We have multiple suppliers and technologies at the ready to better meet your needs
- Our solutions are either made in Canada, USA, or China to provide more flexibility in requirements or budget
- We provide solutions from $5,000USD - $100M+ and anything in between
- We use locally sourced sales, distribution, installation, and maintenance professionals, thereby increasing the total value to the local community
Our pumping systems can generate 6,000 litres – 160,000 litres per hour, and the flexibility of our system design allows the customer to dictate what they receive. Our solar generators come in multiple technologies and various configurations whether you are an individual home owner, farmer, or military commander, you can rely on our ability to meet your specific needs!
Safe Harbor Statement: This press release contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. Actual results, events and performances could vary materially from those contemplated by these forward-looking statements. These statements involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties, which may cause the Company's actual results, expressed or implied, to differ materially from expected results. These risks and uncertainties include, among other things, product demand and market competition. You should independently investigate and fully understand all risks before making an investment decision.
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By March 20th I had my flight booked as the team in Pakistan told me all was set up and Nasim and Waseem knew of my arrival date and time.
I get this email a day later from Sohail:
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More confirmation of things supposedly going well:
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Up until the day before I left, everything with Nasim and Waseem seemed OK, here is an exchange indicating as such:
Gentlemen,
It is an absolute pleasure that our plans are finally complete and things are moving! I am thrilled to visit Karachi and meet each and every one of you. Before I get to my agenda I want to make our goals very clear:
BB Solar’s Goal in general, is to get as much sales as possible in solar energy and pumping systems, through the help of SolarWind Private LTD and AEDB. But if you want to know what our minimum requirements are, 360 complete systems / year is reasonable. I know that it may be very easy or very hard to reach 30 systems / month, but let’s aim for at least this volume!
My agenda is very simple:
1. Test the system in Karachi successfully and let it run for a few days.
2. Meet with as many important persons as we can to prepare them for the presentation.
3. Trial run – Perform the presentation and press conference once with no one there to ensure everything works.
4. Press Conference / Presentation takes place.
5. We get orders for BB Solar Inc. via SolarWind Private Ltd. and AEDB
My visit is scheduled for 7 – 10 days, or however long it is necessary to stay for the agenda to be complete.
As for the missing components, I believe you are referring to the mounting hardware: the rails and clamps that hold down the panels. I am trying to source them locally, but if we do not find it or are not able to mount the panels another way, I can have China ship another set to Pacific Engineering’s address or another address of your choice. This should not be absolutely necessary for the presentation but can help a lot.
I have sent you 2 pumps (1 is a backup in case the other one fails), and 3,000W of panels, and a 2,000 inverter. This is enough equipment to demo a Solar Generator, and a Solar Water Pumping System using the same components.
I am very happy to see the progress and am very thankful to Mr. Nasim and Mr. Waseem for their hospitality!
Once again I arrive at ~2:30 AM on March 29th in Karachi.
I look forward to a successful endeavour and thank you all for your time.
Yours,
Rahi Tajzadeh
BB Solar Inc.
The Big Leaf Inc.
Subject: Re: Rahi Arriving 2.35 Pm Karachi FLT# 0221 Etihad Airlines
Rahi
Kindly send us your complete visit plan and duration of visit as well with agenda.
We understand that you will also need time to do the piping work for the pump and connection to solar panels.Kindly note that end connectors for solar panels are not available locally.We are trying to mechanically fix the solar panels at a suitable location to save time.
The necessary cabling,piping to s-pump will be done when you are here.
We only have some solar cells,two pump and a 2kw invertor.
Nasim / Waseem
When I arrived in Pakistan, Mr Waseem was supposed to have a driver pick me up, take me to a guest house, set me up with an office, phone and internet, and take me to the demo site at the very least.
No one showed up at the airport at 3 am…or 4 am…I was stranded. I went to Marriott hotel on my own funds (the LOI was clear that Bergamo was to make ALL NECESSARY ACCOMMODATIONS for SALES TO TAKE PLACE).
The entire trip consisted of me running around trying desperately to salvage the trip. I set up a relationship between The Big Leaf and a local company (The REFUSED TO WORK WITH BERGAMO after they were told by Sohail that Bergamo needs to buy a Pakistani bank before they can do anything with Solar…which was news to me). That company and I set up importing and delivery and installation infrastructure, as well as sales and marketing infrastructure…none of which could be useful if not funded! Which bergamo promised to do… … they did not.
I met the Minister of the province and his brother…both were wonderful people and VERY friendly! They took me out to dinner and I visited their estate in a village outside Sukur. The minister made it clear to me that ANY solar generator is too expensive when compared to diesel generators, REGARDLESS of the lower operating / maintenance costs, and that Sohail made a mistake in thinking that the minister would or could buy the systems. (more on this later).
I get this email from Sohail:
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From this point on Nasim and Waseem do not talk to me, other than 1 email from Nasim saying that he did NOT invite me and is NOT interested in talking to me at all.
Sohail was fuming and called him *&%^&*% even in an email to Waseem, who is friends with Nasim!
I was stuck with no demo, no guest house, no office, and only a few thousand I brought in case of emergency.
This email was sent to Waseem:
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Note that I personally did not offer the demo as a gift to Waseem UNLESS he let me use his guest house, the demo site for a press conference, etc.
The following press release was issued sometime in April, I was asked to write it for Bergamo and I was stuck in a hotel room in Pakistan with a return ticket one month away and not enough money to stay that long.
Sohail made it clear to me that I HAVE to indicate a successful demo, and that he will pay me my losses.
BB Solar Inc. progress update in Pakistan
Marriott Hotel, Karachi Pakistan, April 2nd, 2012. (OTC:BGMO) Bergamo Acquisition Corp is pleased to update its shareholder CEO of BB Solar Inc Mr. Rahi Tajzeda has been welcomed into Karachi Pakistan with warm and enthusiastic support. We have already found a local marketing and distribution company to work with which will make our sales, import, support, installation, distribution, and maintenance programs less costly and less complicated. Our demo has been installed in a local farm and we are on our way to take photographs and video of it in action. Our demo was an example of our economy line of solar water pumping systems, and we have already sold it within the first week. We spent considerable time and effort researching the market potential in Pakistan and have come to the conclusion that high quality 5kW – 25kW systems (with and without water pumping ability) are the ideal size to sell in this burgeoning country. Most residents, farmers, commercial, and industrial markets here are looking for higher quality Canadian, American, and German components. The potential market size here for 5kW – 25kW systems ranges from 300 systems to 3000 systems annually, depending on price, distribution, and support channels. The people here are used to getting less than they paid for in terms of service and quality, and almost no post-purchase support. This is an opportunity for BB Solar to take the market by storm as we focus on delivering more value, better post-purchase service, and a better than industry warranty program. Our partner companies The Big Leaf and Bergamo Acquisition Corp are excited at our move to enter the Pakistani market and eVP Sohail Parekh is very pleased with our progress in such a short period of time. As we sold our first demo in less than four days we decided not to hold a press conference until our CEO Rahi Tajzadeh returns with an American or German made 20kW system which is six times larger than the current demo, and a better marketing prospect as it will demonstrate the ideal system size for this market. Thanks to our new team in Pakistan we are arranging a large press conference for this 20kW system which will take place by the end of the season, or early summer.
Looking forward to growing our company and working with you: BB Solar Inc.
BB Solar Inc.
Sales@BBSolar.ca
Rahi@BBSolar.ca
1-416-884-8033
Marriott Hotel 3 5680111 Room 705.
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Another press release they sent out…with my name misspelled AGAIN.
Bergamo Acquisition Corp Provides Update on BB Solar, Inc. Project in Pakistan
Karachi Pakistan -April 2, 2012- Bergamo Acquisition Corp. (OTC: BGMO) announced today that BB Solar, Inc., joint venture subsidiary company’s CEO, Rahi Tajzeda has been welcomed into Karachi Pakistan with enthusiastic support. The company is establishing local marketing and distribution centers to assist in its sales, import, support, installation, distribution , and maintenance which will enable a much economical and less complicated program.
BB Solar CEO Mr. Rahi Tajzada has spent considerable time and effort researching the market potential in Pakistan and has come to the conclusion that high quality 5KW to 25KW systems (with and without water pumping ability) are the ideal size to sell. Most residents, farmers, commercial, and industrial markets here are looking for higher quality Canadian, American, and German products. The potential market size here for 5KW to 25KW systems ranges from 300 systems to 3,000 systems annually, depending on price, distribution, and support channels. BB Solar has an opportunity to become the dominant player in the market as it focuses on delivering more value, better post-purchase service, and a better than industry warranty program which is important to the people of Pakistan. BB Solar’s partner companies, The Big Leaf and Bergamo Acquisition Corp, are enthused and fully supportive at entering the Pakistani market.
Sohail Parekh, Sr. Executive Vice President of Bergamo, stated, “We are very pleased with our progress in such a short period of time. Since we have decided to offer higher quality Canadian, US and German product instead of Chinese products which are flooded in the market due to which BB Solar’s CEO, Rahi Tajzadeh will return with an American or German made 20KW system in the next few weeks.The 20KW system is six times larger than the current demo, and a better marketing prospect as it will demonstrate the ideal system size for this market. Thanks to our new team in Pakistan, we will be arranging a press conference for this 20KW system to take place by the end of the season or early summer. Currently Mr. Rahie Tajzada is conducting meetings with various Governmental and private authorities while researching proper energy requirement for the country, specially punjab Government is offering subsidies for energy projects.
For more information on BB Solar, please visit: www.bbsolar.ca
For further information on Bergamo, please visit: www.bergamoenergy.com http://www.facebook.com/bergamoenergy.
Safe Harbor Statement: This press release contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. Actual results, events and performances could vary materially from those contemplated by these forward-looking statements. These statements involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties, which may cause the company's actual results, expressed or implied, to differ materially from expected results. These risks and uncertainties include, among other things, product demand and market competition. You should independently investigate and fully understand all risks before making an investment decision.
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Sohail send me an email with the subject line “Useful points for Rahi” which he wrote, and CLEARLY INDICATES CHINESE COMPONENTS as well as Canada / USA.
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More press releases with known lies in them, which I made clear to them are not true in telephone conversations:
BERGAMO ACQUISITION’S BB SOLAR CEO COMPLETES SUCCESSFUL TRIP
TO PAKISTAN
Henderson, NV-April 17, 2012-Bergamo Acquisition Corp. (OTC:BGMO) announced today that BB Solar CEO Rahi Tajzadeh has returned from a successful trip to Karachi Pakistan. A Marketing, Importing, Distribution, and Sales partner in Karachi with the ability to reach all of Pakistan was established. Having spent two weeks engaging in discussions with local leaders and provincial ministers, as well as local business owners, farmers, irrigation designers and managers, Rahi has spotted a market opportunity ready to grow in a region with plenty of sunshine and heavy substitute costs.
The bread and butter of this market is the 5KW-25KW systems, although special projects like DHA City present a wonderful prospect for large market gains. Currently customers are used to, but tired of lackluster post purchase support, catalogue sales techniques, limited sources of products, and difficult warranty processes, all of which BB Solar can alleviate. With subsidies from the local government and other NGO’s, the support of the local community, and a value added approach to business practices, BB Solar is poised to achieve a significant market share within a few years. 300 – 3000 systems annually, ranging from 5KW–25KW are estimated once Marketing is established, and the supply chain is running smoothly inside Pakistan.
Various entities in and around Karachi and in the Punjab Province have requested a larger 20KW demonstration for irrigation and off grid home use. There is also a demand for hybrid solar and wind energy systems which BB Solar’s parent, R&D company, The Big Leaf is working on. These systems can increase the total efficiency of the usable land for energy generation with no carbon emissions. BB Solar is also working on a tender for DHA City in at least one of their solar energy projects, which range from 1-10MW. BB Solar is in talks with a very special, specialized, value added supplier for proprietary technology in the tender and if the supplier can agree to terms, a competitive advantage can be achieved.
BB Solar is sending quotes to interested parties and is aiming at 3 – 30 systems by quarter end.
Updates on the next visit to Pakistan will be made available on the websites as they develop.
For more information on BB Solar, please visit: www.bbsolar.ca
For more information on Bergamo, please visit: www.bergamoenergy.com http://www.facebook.com/bergamoenergy.
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By May 11 I am back in Toronto, out of money, a job, and my mother’s retirement savings…all of which Sohail PERSONALLY stated he will reimburse me on MULTIPLE telephone conversations with WITNESSES who I will be getting affidavits from.
Then I get this email with more cryptic references to potential contracts:
***
Then I get this email from Sohail, indicating that the same minister who told me the systems are too expensive (regardless of the supplier or country of origin) wants to purchase systems again…:
***
By July 17th, I was aware that Bergamo could not meet the requirements of the LOI in any form or any of the claims they made about their business. It was evident to me that they did not care too much about my success because in hindsight, to enter into the Pakistani solar market as an external entity it would take far more money and time than they thought possible, as well as complete business infrastructure which they did not seem to be interested in at all. They never asked about things like “where do you store systems” “Do you use JIT?” “how will you market and to whom?” “who will provide the post purchase service and maintenance and how?” “how will warranty and RMA requests be handled?” “what software / package will you use for monitoring?”
These questions were to be figured out AFTER a QUICK sale was made to “Sohail’s People”. This way we could get funding to figure out all these questions and more (after all the business plan I wrote was not an OPERATIONAL business plan, which would be hundreds of pages long, I wrote a summary business plan which is reasonable for a quick sale).
As the days went on, Sohail made it CLEAR to me, to our mutual contacts, and to my mother (through me) that ALL LOSSES will be REIMBURSED by Bergamo and that they STILL want to do business with me.
I asked to be paid in certified cheque or stock, and they claimed that they would send me and out mutual contact to Las Vegas, first class, to arrange the payment.
Nothing happened for “TWO WEEKS”…this went on for MONTHS.
Finally by August Sohail claimed that end of August is fine for a visit.
By the End of August, nothing happened.
In telephone conversations with our mutual contacts on the line, Sohail claimed that BERGAMO and HE do NOT HAVE MONEY to pay me and that Sohail even owes his lawyers $50,000.
I made it clear that they, as a PUBLIC company are claiming MILLIONS in profits / earnings, and that either he is lying to us or to shareholders, and either way he and Hillard are paying their bills somehow.
They constantly say they are travelling to England, Singapore, New York, LA, etc. but claim that they have NO MONEY to pay me.
Sohail said on the phone with witnesses that “Rahi, as god as my witness, I am a god fearing man, and as soon as I have the money to pay you your losses I will. What kind of a RUTHLESS man do you think I am that I would be okay with your mother losing her retirement savings? And I will pay you PERSONALLY, because my partner Hillard would object to Bergamo paying you for MY (Sohail’s) MISTAKES in Pakistan”.
I Promptly replied “If an IBM Vice President makes a mistake and IBM loses $1M, does the Vice President pay from his own pocket for the loss? Does that even make any sense?”
I asked that Bergamo pay me and Sohail pay me, but that the total is the amount I was asking for.
Sohail agreed many times to me and our mutual contact and both of us at once that I will be reimbursed for losses as a result of Bergamo’s inability to meet the requirements of the LOI.
Soon thereafter he stopped talking to me (by now its late August) , telling out mutual contact that he has nothing to say to me, and that he is working on getting the money and that it will be any day now.
Since then I waited patiently, then when the time came that I had given them to respond to my pleas for humanity and good business practice.
Here is just a sample from as early as May!
Sohail,
I will address your concerns in order:
1. What are these tGOP interests and what size of systems and how many do they want and when? My prices are as low as they come.
2. BGMO and BB Solar have not signed a shareholder agreement, thus BGMO cannot demand that we stop spending money or do anything until that is signed…but let me assure you that we are NOT spending any money because I am bankrupt as it is.
3. Terms of delivery and service of any sales are the property of BB Solar until a shareholder agreement is signed.
4. USAID is expired as far as we know and even if it was not, the increase in cost for US components is almost as much as the savings to the customers.
5. The MOU we signed was actually an LOI and not a contract, and BGMO has not met the requirements we laid out for you in that LOI. Therefore a new agreement must be made, because the existing LOI’s terms were not met and it is voided.
6. We are happy to come and visit you and Hillard in Vegas to discuss our next step, at your cost (again I am bankrupt), but before that happens we need to be paid for the expenses incurred to date and that Sohail has promised over the phone to me and both *** brothers (to date it is $58,000 CDN). Once my costs are covered and my parents’ money is returned, then we will visit Vegas to discuss our mutually successful future.
7. Please let me know who your auditors and accountants / experts are who will evaluate our proposals, as we need to make sure they meet our requirements.
We are getting lots of response from Pakistan and Babar is doing a great job getting our name out there. We are already competing for more than one 20kW system and sales are inevitable. What needs to happen next is that Bergamo reimburses me the costs that I have incurred, or at least the costs over and above the cost of the demo ($52,300).
Furthermore, I want to remind you that on more than one occasion we were promised reimbursement of our expenses, and full financing for operations, over the phone by Sohail and have no doubt that he will deliver on his welcoming promise.
Once my parents are reimbursed, we can move forward and come to Vegas, share sales information, sign a new agreement / LOI / MOU, and a shareholder agreement.
Thank you,
Rahi Tajzadeh
BB Solar Inc.
The Big Leaf Inc.
****
Here is another email from me to them:
Sohail,
I am doing my best to defend Bergamo but your investors are bombarding my email and message boards. This is going to hurt The Big Leaf as well if we do not say something to them about our meeting or the funding.
I will continue to defend BGMO and tell people that I am patient.
Rahi.
***
Another email from me:
Do we not have any updates at all?
You (Sohail) are treating me like a dog or a peasant that is only good for free work.
What did I do to you to deserve this treatment?
Remember each time you asked me to come up with a quote or an analysis or a letter or a website change? I did all those things. Remember when I asked that you repay me the amount you said you would? Nothing happened. You stopped talking to me.
Why are you doing this?
I know you and Hillard have money. I am not stupid Sohail. You cannot live in Las Vegas and pay for accountants and airplane trips around the world without having money.
I am not asking for $1,000,000 or some outrageous amount. I am asking you to put me back to where I was before you and Bergamo made me lose it all out of the inability to meet some simple requirements in our LOI.
What more do you want from me, the world, the **** brothers?
What are you waiting for? I don’t want $1B, I want my losses covered.
Time to be a man.
RSVP
Sent: Saturday, September 08, 2012 5:15 PM
To: 'Rahi Tajzadeh'
Cc: sohailbergamo@aol.com
Subject: your compensation
Hi Rahi
Just finished a detailed conversation with Sohail who himself is earnest to get this resolved, and make sure you get paid.
According to Sohail they are in the last lap of their efforts to get the funding in place and every body would know because they will have a press release for public knowledge.
He has not blocked your email s but does not want to respond as he has nothing more to say
Sohail assured me that it is a matter of time and would appreciate if you could exercise patience as this will help him a lot to focus on the issue. My younger brother is on the same page as myself
Appreciate your cooperation and I also need a break for a couple of days as this is getting stressful for myself also.
Let us have a positive outlook and sincerely hope Sohail will do the needful to fulfill his obligations
Bye for now
***
And another from me:
Sohail and Hillard.
My next step is to issue an official invoice for my work and losses due to the inability of Bergamo to meet the requirements of the LOI.
This is because you are NOT answering my emails, or text messages, and feel that ignoring me will make me go away.
I give you 1 day to reply and arrange payment of my fees and losses as you agreed over the phone.
I know you both have millions of shares, and money, and invoicing is my next step.
I truly wish it would not come to this but you seem to feel that I am stupid or naïve.
The invoice is below and I will officially issue it to you tomorrow if you do not reply TODAY.
Rahi
Here is where I drew a line in the sand:
Sohail, Hillard,
I asked you yesterday in an email which was delivered to each of your email addresses to please reply and confirm you received the email and to respond to continuing requests to reimburse me my losses as you already claimed you will do.
I asked that you reply before today otherwise I would officially issue the invoice.
You did not reply and I am forced to issue the invoice and take this to the next level.
Let me remind you that you brought me to this point by:
- Lying about owning Greensafe and other companies when I met you in November 2011.
- Knowingly lying in press releases and BigBiz radio show about BB Solar’s progress in Pakistan (i.e. “we had a successful demo and it is already up and running”).
- Not meeting the requirements of the LOI and leaving me stranded in Pakistan.
- Not being able to set up the demo and having it STOLEN by “your people”.
- Lying to me about saving me money on hotel and airfare costs.
- Lying to me about quotes and system designs that you didn’t ever follow up on (at least 6 times): why would you ask me to make you various system quotes without an RFP or any EVIDENCE that there are customers.
- Lying to me about having an office.
- Lying to me about your financial situation “we do not have money” and at the same time telling shareholders that you do have money.
- Lying on your financial statements about earning $80 Million, but not having enough to reimburse me $60,000+.
- Lying about knowing government officials, and other “guaranteed sales” like hospital owners, business owners, etc.
- Lying about ***** paying for my hotel.
- Lying about your (Sohail) sister saving me money on my hotel.
- Lying about Babar Mirza and his father about saving me money on my hotel.
- Losing the trust of Babar and his Father (they do not want to do any business with you as they do not trust you at all).
- Lying about bribing government officials to “get us easy sales” which is illegal.
The invoice is below as a picture, and attached as a separate file.
My next step, if you ignore me, is to go to a collections agency and take legal action.
I will also make sure that ALL OF YOUR SHAREHOLDERS know about the ENTIRE story of BB Solar and Bergamo INCLUDING Hillard KNOWINGLY lying about BB Solar, The Big Leaf, Bergamo, and our mutual progress, which is VERY ILLEGAL.
I have no problems with letting the WHOLE WORLD know what is happening from an objective point of view, telling my story of losing my savings, my job, my mother’s retirement money, and my girlfriend.
Obviously you have money and stock which you could have paid me with, but now I will ONLY accept a certified cheque or wire transfer.
All you had to do, was set up a simple press conference, and ensure that Nassim and Wassim would not STEAL my equipment, and make sure I had the accommodations that you claimed I would have in Pakistan…but you failed to meet ALL of the requirements of the LOI.
You made another mistake by saying on the phone three times, with Malik and Shakir Malik as witnesses (which I will get an affidavit from them) about you, Sohail, personally paying me back all of my losses…which means that if Bergamo ignores this email and invoice as well, I will legally go after you Sohail personally.
What you do in the next 24 hours will determine what kind of men you are, Hillard and Sohail.
The mistake of thinking that I am an idiot or so naïve is very wrong.
Rahi Tajzadeh
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After this Sohail called me and told me to go F*&K myself, while telling our mutual contact that he STILL wants to pay me.
Here is another email from me:
Sohail, Hillard,
It has not been a week since I sent you an invoice and was yelled at by Sohail and told to “go f $k myself”.
I am giving you another chance to redeem yourselves as honest, good businessmen.
You have an opportunity to save your stock price and your respect in the investment community, and all you have to do is reimburse me my losses as you already claimed you would.
Once again please understand that you brought me to this point by continually making statements about meeting me in June, July, August, September, etc.
Furthermore I am not comfortable with the stress and anxiety both **** brothers have to go through just for me, it is not fair to them, and they would be perfectly happy if YOU MET THE REQURIEMTENTS OF THE LOI.
The time is now to send me a certified cheque via mail.
What’s your next move, I look forward to hearing from you.
Rahi Tajzadeh
***
And another:
You now have an opportunity to increase your stock price dramatically.
It sits at $0.0184, which is a 75%+ loss since I met you both in November.
None of your business dealings are increasing your stock price, and each time my name comes up the price drops again.
Do you want to keep losing money by not fulfilling your obligations?
Is it worth not paying me a measly $68,000 that you will risk losing millions in stock value?
Do you realize you are ruining real people’s lives who invested in your company by letting the stock price fall like this?
Those people will be your enemies for life, and unlike a mild mannered Rahi, they may take legal action against you both very soon.
So again, I ask,
Is it worth losing your corporation, years of work, millions in stock value, and the opportunity to dump more shares in the future just to save a paltry $60-$70 thousand?
If that is the case, then you are not good businessmen. Simple.
When a restaurant owes money to waiters or suppliers, they pay up BEFORE customers walk in the door, now it’s your turn.
Rahi
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Then Hillard finally replies with a THREAT, including a junk reference to incorrect country of origin for the components, and my response to it as well:
Hi Hillard Nice to hear from you finally.
I have one simple thing to say about your email.
BB Solar’s comment, my comment was made AFTER I made an assessment in Pakistan on my OWN money and OWN work with Babar, NOT BEFORE my trip.
The quote you refer to is below:
“The BB Solar chief said that most residents, farmers, commercial and industrial markets are looking for higher quality Canadian, American and German products while more economical and Chinese alternatives will be made available to those who are more budget conscious.”
The comment was made AFTER MY PRODUCTS WERE STOLEN BY YOUR PEOPLE and AFTER I met with officials in Pakistan that I set up the interview with Babar’s help, NOT YOURS. So you should really do your homework.
Note that it also says that Chinese alternatives will be made available to those who are more budget conscious. Note that your email below does NOT refer to this part of the interview, and you are again distorting facts. Nothing I have said has been inflammatory and I am insulted that you would attack me after my patience with you and Sohail.
I have already invoiced you for losses, and will not communicate with you further unless you have my payment ready.
Please make payments payable to Rahi Tajzadeh or 1173236 Ontario Inc. or BB Solar Inc. as you see fit.
Rahi.
***
Another email from me:
Please remove all references to BB Solar from your website and iHUB page immediately.
Yesterday was the due date on the invoice I sent you.
Rahi.
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And the last email indicating a late fee and collections charges:
Sohail, Hillard, Bergamo,
The deadline for paying the invoice I sent has come and gone, and as a result I have added a suitable late fee, and a collections charge to the original invoice.
The new invoice is attached, and below for your reference.
If you do not contact me to indicate how you will be paying me, I will take this to a high powered, reputable, experienced collections agency.
Please note that I know the radio interview was PAID FOR, indicating that you HAVE money.
Thank you and make all payments in the form of wire transfer or certified cheque to Rahi Tajzadeh or 1173236 Ontario Inc., payments are to be made in Canadian Dollars.
Rahi
Just go to www.bbsolar.ca
it's all there...I did not put in the content of all the emails as that is for regulators and lawyers and judges to see.
Why don't they put out a press release indicating what CAUSED these financial issues in the first place?
They used "excellent" accountants and lawyers right?
And Hilly is/was a lawyer right?
Then these guys should be great at what they do...right?
So what CAUSED these issues?
What FORCED Hillard to put out 60+ false / fraudulent press releases?
What FORCED Hillard to tell me in person that he owns greensafe and others?
Must have been a very powerful force!
I want to make something clear:
I am very very regretful that regulators didn't stop Hillard and Sohail before they could use investors as an ATM.
If I knew what I know now, I would not only NOT work with them, but report them to regulators asap.
I wish all investors recoup their losses one way or another, and that Bergamo "directors" go to jail, where they belong.
We need to remember the BGMO past correctly.
Regarding all of the press releases and financial statements issued prior to January 2012 have been determined by the accounting firm of L L Bradford as being unsubstantiated.
In the December 2012 update, Herzog attested that the statements made by the accountant were correct thus admitting that BGMO disseminated false or misleading press releases and financial statements prior to January 2012.
Prior target companies had raised funds but their partner, BGMO, never delivered.
Suntrough raised funds from third party investors and received a significant government grant.
GreenSafe raised funds from its key shareholder and also raised a further $ 110 million in debt capital from a major German bank subject to BGMO coming to the table with equity. The company also received or had caused to delivered other government assistance. The company apparently had commitments to deliver goods to them for processing.
The agent that the target company hired to find money did get the best deal by getting a "firm" funding agreement from BGMO in less than a year from being hired. Herzog presented reams of signed financing documents indicating tens of millions earned monthly from a high yield investment program.
BB Solar was a joint venture of Big Leaf and BGMO. The company was named by Herzog. BGMO was a 60% owner of the joint venture.
No permanent capital was required by BGMO. Only some short term purchase order financing was required. Given the decades of experience in the rag trade, Herzog should have been able to deliver this through Platinum Funding.
You are right.
Try 3 SEC whistleblower complaints.
1 RCMP complaint.
1 Ontario Securities Commission complaint.
1 Police complaint.
3 collection agencies (all found Bergamo to be a shell/ghost).
and more!
What happened to the $400 Million they claimed to have in 2011?
What about the $1 Billion in 2012? or was that $1.5 Billion?
Hmm
Where and HOW did Bergamo MAKE / EARN the $88M?
Can we confirm with the party that paid the $88M?
Hmm
Why doesn't Bergamo USE some of that billion+ for REAL marketing...television, print ads, radio, skywriting! anything!
Why restrict it to Penny Stock chat boards and "safe harbour" Press releases.
hmm
Why Don't they have a simple office, even in house?
The amazing thing is that they don't even try!
They use @Aol email addresses!
They don't file reports.
No shareholder meetings!
No sales.
No revenues.
No names of who the companies are that they own.
No names of subsidiaries.
No office.
At least I don't claim to be a multinational investment and acquisition firm! I know I'm a small operation. :)
What else can they do wrong?!
What part of I have emails and signed affidavits do you not get?
You are 95% correct Old Man River.
Bergamo never asked for any shares / equity in BB Solar...
Let me repeat:
Even before I went to Pakistan, even when things still looked like they could happen, Bergamo (Hillard and Sohail) never ONCE asked to make a binding contract, or ask for their 60% ownership/shares/equity in BBSolar.
They never even asked!
Secondly, I do have witnesses who heard me talk to Sohail and Hillard on the phone as I often had them on speakerphone with others listening in. :)
Also, Hilly and Sohail promised me salaries for all my employees, an office or the cash to set up an office, and full funding of any sales made (for purchasing and other expenses).
They couldn't even set up ONE interview or sales meeting.
They got my products stolen and couldn't get the people who took it to give it back or let me inspect / set them up.
They leached off of MY PRESS CONFERENCE which I SET UP! They pretend that it was set up by them. It was set up by me and a friend I made in Pakistan.
They couldn't arrange a simple hotel.
I did provide the SEC all the details I could, and if they want the hard copies that HILLARD AND SOHAIL sent me of their "business plan" claiming to own greensafe and suntrough and others (as late as December 2011 or Jan 2012), I have it.
I have all their emails, and the picture is clear:
They were trying to make anything happen, but when their incompetence surfaced, they had to use the old trick of keeping me busy and putting out false press releases to keep the stock going.
Let's see, shall I bring up the emails and files SOhail sent me asking me to put in a bid to build a $2Billion Bridge!?
How about the bid he wanted me to put in for a large solar farm, that is CSP technology!!!Despite me telling him I don't do CSP and him claiming to own Suntrough at the same time who did do CSP!
I have the proof, the stock price reflects it!.
When they show a happy Camofi, Suntrough, Greensafe etc. with Checques in hand and an apology from HH and SP, then I will believe a COMPILATION by LL Bradford.
COMPILATION IS NO AUDIT.
GET AN AUDIT BERGAMO, all the shareholders are WAITING FOR IT
What are you afraid of Bergamo?
An AUDIT IS NOT A COMPILATION...It DOESN'T MATTER WHAT WAS VERIFIED BECAUSE HH SUPPLIED ALL THE MISLEADING INFORMATION.
That is what he did to me!!!!
HE TOLD ME THEY OWN GREENSAFE on NOVEMBER 21 and 22.
HE TOLD ME THEY OWN SUNTROUGH!
WHY CANT BERGAMO DEFEND AGAINST THOSE LIES?
Do great companies get suspended by the SEC for massive fraud?
You forgot to mention that Hillard and Sohail will be in Jail.
:)
Re:
If the SEC can be satisfied that the money is real, then, what happens?
Some will say that all is well.
I am not so certain and here is why...
All of the financial statements and press releases issues by BGMO to OTC Markets, reputable media outlets and to the shareholders have been proven by the accountant to be unsubstantiated. Further, our President has also attested to this material fact.
From the regulatory perspective of protecting the shareholders, the SEC would keep a very watchful eye on BGMO. The SEC would probably force BGMO to be clearer in the language of its press releases, web site and financial statements that the content could not be deemed as misleading.
The mere fact of saying that BGMO has title to the money or includes it in its balance sheet would not be allowed. The documents, if proven real, would show that the title is elsewhere and that BGMO can use it as collateral to generate income.
I would suspect that as a minimum that BGMO would need to register with the SEC as an issuer and file regular audited statements. This is a far cry from a compliation.
The SEC would also be concerned about the absence of shareholder meetings which is contrary to the laws of Delaware.
The SEC would also be concerned about the two directors issuing commissions and BGMO securities to themselves without the proper approval by the shareholders.
With the concern of the share purchase warrants being granted to a insiders or close associates of the insiders, there is still a real issue of an IRS investigation for the probable non-reporting of income. Should the current BGMO insiders not report that income then the SEC may suggest that the Board be changed out.
So their PR implies that Hillard and Sohail are incompetent and negligent in their ability to not only run a small penny stock company, but even report to the SEC and other authorities.
I think it only costs $1,000 a year for a good accountant to make financial reports that meet authorities' requirements.
Perhaps Hillard and Sohail aren't the geniuses we thought they were...what a shock
I really feel sorry for stock (stuck) holders and the families of these people.
Jail Hillard and Sohail!
Let's Recap Lies Hillard told me:
1. We own Greensafe.
2. Greensafe gets its raw materials from New York on a train car.
3. That same empty train car is then filled up with powdered cement.
4. The cement is shipped back to New York for roadwork.
5. We own a roadwork / construction company in New York.
6. We own SunTrough.
7. SunTrough has MegaWatts installed and in the works.
8. We are working with ANOTHER solar company owned by "STEVE".
9. Steve will provide solar water pumps to Pakistan, India, etc.
10. You (Rahi) will also provide the SAME products to the SAME markets.
11. We will pretend you and Steve are competing on price, but we will set the final prices.
12. We had to grease palms and bribe people in Pakistan.
13. You will meet the President, Prime Minister, other ministers and business people.
14. I (Hillard) will meet you in Pakistan.
15. Sohail is very popular in Pakistan.
16. There are millions of solar tube pumps that are immediately needed in Pakistan. Millions!
17. The minister and military generals that Sohail knows will personally purchase systems (on behalf of the government) from me.
18. No explanation given as to why Steve and his company disappeared.
19. We have to share the profits from our sales with M. Ghauss in Karachi.
20. M. Ghauss in Karachi will receive your products / components for the demo, and future sales.
21. We have a warehouse setup at the port in Karachi.
22. Sohail's best friend works at the Port Authority and will clear up the importing matter for me quickly.
23. We need the demo in Pakistan by December...then January...then February...then March.
24. We need more time (two weeks) to bribe more people in Pakistan.
25. Sohail will pay for your (Rahi) bills in Pakistan including accommodations and expenses via Bergamo.
26. You (Rahi) will stay will Mr. Waseem at his farmhouse where your products finally arrived.
27. Mr. Waseem has already setup the system and is in the process of testing it.
28. Sohail's sister will pay for Rahi's hotel bills in Pakistan.
29. Sohail will pay Rahi's hotel bills in Pakistan.
30. Sohail already confirmed with Rahi's friend in Toronto Canada that Rahi's friend in Toronto Canada will pay for Rahi's hotel bills in Karachi.
31. We need two weeks to get your money.
There are hundreds of more lies, but the above is a good start.
Let's see Bergamo defend against those 31 for now.
So their PR implies that Hillard and Sohail are incompetent and negligent in their ability to not only run a small penny stock company, but even report to the SEC and other authorities.
I think it only costs $1,000 a year for a good accountant to make financial reports that meet authorities' requirements.
Perhaps Hillard and Sohail aren't the geniuses we thought they were...what a shock
I really feel sorry for stock (stuck) holders and the families of these people.
Jail Hillard and Sohail!
Let's Recap Lies Hillard told me:
1. We own Greensafe.
2. Greensafe gets its raw materials from New York on a train car.
3. That same empty train car is then filled up with powdered cement.
4. The cement is shipped back to New York for roadwork.
5. We own a roadwork / construction company in New York.
6. We own SunTrough.
7. SunTrough has MegaWatts installed and in the works.
8. We are working with ANOTHER solar company owned by "STEVE".
9. Steve will provide solar water pumps to Pakistan, India, etc.
10. You (Rahi) will also provide the SAME products to the SAME markets.
11. We will pretend you and Steve are competing on price, but we will set the final prices.
12. We had to grease palms and bribe people in Pakistan.
13. You will meet the President, Prime Minister, other ministers and business people.
14. I (Hillard) will meet you in Pakistan.
15. Sohail is very popular in Pakistan.
16. There are millions of solar tube pumps that are immediately needed in Pakistan. Millions!
17. The minister and military generals that Sohail knows will personally purchase systems (on behalf of the government) from me.
18. No explanation given as to why Steve and his company disappeared.
19. We have to share the profits from our sales with M. Ghauss in Karachi.
20. M. Ghauss in Karachi will receive your products / components for the demo, and future sales.
21. We have a warehouse setup at the port in Karachi.
22. Sohail's best friend works at the Port Authority and will clear up the importing matter for me quickly.
23. We need the demo in Pakistan by December...then January...then February...then March.
24. We need more time (two weeks) to bribe more people in Pakistan.
25. Sohail will pay for your (Rahi) bills in Pakistan including accommodations and expenses via Bergamo.
26. You (Rahi) will stay will Mr. Waseem at his farmhouse where your products finally arrived.
27. Mr. Waseem has already setup the system and is in the process of testing it.
28. Sohail's sister will pay for Rahi's hotel bills in Pakistan.
29. Sohail will pay Rahi's hotel bills in Pakistan.
30. Sohail already confirmed with Rahi's friend in Toronto Canada that Rahi's friend in Toronto Canada will pay for Rahi's hotel bills in Karachi.
31. We need two weeks to get your money.
There are hundreds of more lies, but the above is a good start.
Let's see Bergamo defend against those 31 for now.