South Beach Coffee Troyal Inc. South Beach Coffee, Bobby Pace and Elizabeth Anderson need to be stopped and sent to prison for scamming people out of

14th of Nov, 2011 by User209312

We saw an ad in the Sun News in Myrtle Beach, SC for a coffee distributorship in Charleston, SC We were told when we called that there were several offers in and the seller was getting a divorce and needed to sell quickly to move to Nebraska. After Labor Day, we were told that the seller accepted a cash offer over the weekend but Horry County and Georgetown counties were available for $16,950. My husband checked out the company with the Attorney General's office, the Better Business Bureau, The Chamber of Commerce and Secretary of State for Troyal, Inc and they were a corportion in good standing and incorporated since1998. He found no complaints. We asked to talk to other distributors and were given the names of two, Joe Clay in New York and Juan Rios in Minnesota. Both gave glowing references about the company. One even said that his business was mostly cash so he didn't have to pay taxes on that money. We asked to go to Charleston and check out the businesses that sold South Beach coffee and were told to call the distributor that was selling his distributorship (for $87,000) and moving to Nebraska. He said he signed a non disclosure with the buyer and couldn't give us any information but that he make over 6 figures a year and that it was a part time job. He said when the deal was completed, he was going to do it in Nebraska.
We felt we had done all the checking correctly and sent our check. We told Bobby Pace that we are retired and could not afford to lose money and he assured us that this would be a very profitable business. After they received our check they called to welcome us to the company and gave us the name of Elizabeth Anderson who would be our contact and help us get started with the buiness. They said we would have our displays and coffee in 3 weeks and could get to work.
After a week we called Anderson because we had some questions. Left several messages and got no response. Several calls to Bobby Pace and no return call from him either. We finally spoke to the people who send the coffee and were told that the Federal Government shut them down and it was all a big scam.
We have filed reports with the Dade County Police and contacted the Attorney General who sent us a few places to go for possible help. We also contacted the FBI and were told that depending on the number of people that were involved and how much was lost, they would decide if they would pursue the case. So far, we have heard nothing from anyone.
We also did as one person suggested and asked Ameriprise for a copy of the cashed check and it was improperly endorsed. We asked them to send it back to Wells Fargo and have them reimburse the money because they should not have accepted it as it was endorsed improperly.
They are refusing to help us get our money back. We now have to file a report with the Office of the Comptroller. We need help. We took a home equity loan to pay for the business and it seems like prisoners are running the prison. We are not going to give up. If we have to, we will find these scumbags ourselves and get our money back one way or the other. This is not over.

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