WHAT BEGAN AS A DEVASTATING FINANCIAL…
WHAT BEGAN AS A DEVASTATING FINANCIAL SET BACK QUICKLY TURNED INTO ONE OF THE MOST PAINFUL EXPERIENCES OF MY LIFE, AFTER LOSING $400,000 FROM MY RETIREMENT SAVINGS TO THIS COMPANY, I WAS FALSELY ASSURED THAT ADDITIONAL $500,000 IN SUPPOSED RETURNS COULD STILL BE ACCESSED BUT ONLY IF I FIRST PAID ANOTHER $40,000 FOR WHAT THEY CALLED AN ''INTERNATIONAL TAX IDENTIFICATION;; REQUIREMENT. DESPERATE TO RECOVER WHAT I HAD ALREADY LOST, I NEARLY PUSHED MYSELF FURTHER INTO DEBT BELIEVING THEIR CLAIMS.
THE ENTIRE OPERATION WAS CAREFULLY DESIGNED TO MANIPULATE AND EXPLOIT TRUST, BEYOND THE FINANCIAL DAMAGE, AND PERSONAL CONSEQUENCES HAVE BEEN OVERWHELMING. I LOST THE EQUITY TIED TO MY HOME, MY SENSE OF STABILITY AND THE PEACE OF MIND I HAD SPENT YEARS BUILDING.
AT ONE POINT, I HAD GIVEN UP HOPE OF EVER RECOVERING ANYTHING AND BELIEVED THE DAMAGE WAS PERMANENT. THAT CHANGED WHEN I CAME ACROSS MERRILL PATH, AFTER ENCOUNTERING COUNTLESS SERVICES THAT MADE EMPTY PROMISES AND ONLY ADDED TO THE FRUSTRATION, THEY WERE THE FIRST ORGANIZATION I FOUND THAT TOOK GENUINE ACTION AND PRODUCED REAL RESULTS.
WHILE THE EXPERIENCE ITSELF IS SOMETHING I WILL NEVER FULLY FORGET, THE RECOVERY PROCESS THEY PROVIDED BROUGHT A LEVEL OF FINANCIAL RELIEF THAT HONESTLY THOUGHT WAS NO LONGER POSSIBLE.