7. London Fashion Exchange and the X-Factor Connection...

One of Roland Tilman's boasts is that the London Fashion Exchange has a 2012 X-Factor finalist working for them - a lad by the name of Joe Cox. This is not one of life's greatest boasts, admittedly, but it seems a boast Roland Tilman is keen to press upon potential staff. This may be because the target demographic for the London Fashion Exchange recruitment is 17- to 21-year-old girls and Roland feels it will get them all weak at the knees; or it could be because Roland Tilman just really likes the X-Factor.

Regardless of Roland's reasoning, out of seven victims of "pay for training" who have contacted me in the last week, three have mentioned 'Joe Cox'.

One such victim (let us call them 'X' because it makes it sound exciting) has been doing a bit of snooping of their own. X (who I spoke to in the last couple of days) went to see what was at the address printed on the top of the invoice they received after paying for and experiencing 'training'. (below)

The receptionist at the Lansdowne Building told them that the London Fashion Exchange had long since vacated the premises and that she couldn't disclose any further details. (As I have not been there myself, I can not confirm this). So, according to X, The London Fashion Exchange is taking 85 quid off all their trainees, providing them with a worthless seminar, and invoicing them under a false address. Roland Tilman disputes this accusation, claiming that the "2 Lansdowne Rd." address is where the company is registered. However London Fashion Exchange Ltd seems to be registered to 5 Chigwell Rd., and Scootec Ltd (whose bank account is listed on the foot of the invoice) is registered to 145-157 St John street. 

So I am confused..... or am I?

X then pointed me in the direction of  The London Fashion Exchange Ltd - something I had completely missed at first as I was focusing on Scootec Ltd. (idiot). It turns out that London Fashion Exchange Ltd has a sole director - Joe Cox the 19-year-old former X-Factor finalist. 

In a phone conversation with Roland Tilman (03.11.13), Tilman claimed that Scootec Ltd originally owned The London Fashion Exchange brand. He claimed that the brand was turned into a company by Joe Cox. The company used to turn the London Fashion Exchange brand into a company was "Joe Cox Ltd", which changed its name to London Fashion Exchange Ltd as recently as 6th September. Tilman claimed that Joe Cox Ltd had been operational for 18 months prior to this change of name, and that its accounts would show evidence of turnover. So here we go. 

The original company (Joe Cox Ltd) was founded in 2011 when Mr Cox was 17 years old - I assume, but may be wrong - in order to promote Joe Cox as an entertainer.  The company is described under the category  "Artistic And Literary Creation And Interpretation" which would support this assumption. The company in its guise as London Fashion Exchange Ltd is still listed under "Artistic And Literary Creation And Interpretation".

If the London fashion Exchange is operating solely under the company "London Fashion Exchange Ltd", it seems to mean that despite being organised and conducted by Roland Tilman, the pay for training scam is in effect being carried out in the name of Joe Cox. 

My assumption that Roland Tilman is the orchestrator comes from the fact that he interviewed me, he led the training, he is director of Scootec Ltd whose bank account is on the London Fashion Exchange invoice, and that he called me up to request I remove this blog.

As Roland Tilman has only recently removed the Scootec Ltd reference from the "contact us" page of www.londonfashionexchange.com (see below), and the bank details at the bottom of the invoice given to trainees are for Scootec Ltd, I am sceptical that all London Fashion Exchange activities are being carried out under London Fashion Exchange Ltd.

Joe Cox has also been listed as a director at Clear Point Solutions. Also on the board of directors at Clear Point Solutions is Tre Mckenzie - surely the "Trey" mentioned in post 1 who was conducting interviews alongside Roland Tilman on the day of my interview. In addition, another victim who I have been speaking to (let's call this one "Y"...) told me that in the office where the London Fashion Recruits are working with Roland Tilman and Everton Grossett, there were plans afoot for a new company which was going to be called "Clearpoint Solutions". Again, I can't confirm this information, but there seems enough evidence for us to assume Roland is very much acquainted with Cox...

****UPDATE****

It is now obvious Roland Tilman is well acquainted with Cox for reasons elucidated earlier in this updated version of the post. Tilman does not deny working with Cox, and it seems he sees Cox on a regular basis. Additionaly, it seems reasonable to infer that Cox is willingly taking part in what is going on.

Incidentally, Other members of the board at Clearpoint Solutions include our old friends Mr Adrian Koe (of 3000 directorships fame), and Westco Directors Ltd (company) who both also sit on the board at Scootec Ltd.

Questions, questions, questions.....

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Finally, as some light relief, here is Joe cox auditioning on X-Factor. Take it away Joe:

And Finally finally, here's Joey Cox performing "Jesse James" - Joey Cox has nothing to do with Roland Tilman, but I do like bluegrass.

6. The Curious Incident of the Bullshit Interview

Firstly, a necessary admission of my own idiocy. Yes it's true, I was one of the idiots who paid 85 quid for training after a 'successful' interview with Roland Tilman (see section 1). This happened several weeks ago.

I was rather desperate for a job. I was hungover at the time. I am an idiot.

Moving on.

******DISCLAIMER: I HAVE BEEN ASSURED BY ROLAND TILMAN THAT HE HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS JOB INTERVIEW, AND THAT I HAVE AN OVER ACTIVE IMAGINATION. THEREFORE, THE FOLLOWING SHOULD BE READ AS SECOND RATE DETECTIVE FICTION******

On the 17th October, a couple of days after my 'training' experience, I purchased a report into the parent company of the London Fashion Exchange - Scootec Ltd. I found out that this company - the company that Roland Tilman claims is the biggest importer of hair extensions into the UK - has no assets and no history of trading.

Roland Tilman, who during my interview with the London Fashion Exchange claimed that there were directors superior to him inside the company (in fact, he went off to speak to one of these imaginary 'directors' during my interview to check that there was a place left for me on the amazing London Fashion Exchange training scheme), is in fact the only director, and, I assume, the sole proprietor of the single Great British pound that the company has as capital.

Being a fine upstanding citizen, I thought I'd put word out on Twitter warning other potential idiots that they should avoid the company. I contacted several people on Twitter who had tweeted about forthcoming interviews with London Fashion Exchange, and linked to the Scootec company report that I had put online. I then began working on this blog, for want of better things to do.

Several days later I applied for another job on Gumtree (and yes, I have now learned.... Gumtree is not the place to go for jobs. It is the place to go to get scammed). The advertised position was that of "part time English teacher", it was in Camden, and it sounded like something right up my street.

I was accepted for interview by Glyn Evans. "Glyn Evans" did not contact me through Gumtree, but emailed me directly - bad practice, according to Gumtree.

After exchanging a few emails with "Glyn", it seemed to me that the whole business was rather vague. A location for interview was not given until the morning of the interview itself (Wednesday 30th October). No company name had been given. No job description. Feeling suspicious I called "Glyn" up and asked him what the company was, what the job was, why the location for interview was an unmarked, tatty looking shop front (according to street view below, and verified later by having a look at it myself this evening). As "Glyn" stutteringly attempted to provide some information about his company ("we are teaching people English as a charity, to improve their English") I instantly recognised the whining little voice of  the London Fashion Exchange's trainer extraordinaire - Roland Tilman.

This is Roland Tilman on the right, wearing a combustible-looking suit,

 and posing with his brother (left) Martin Tilman, AKA Lord Marton Tilman,

 AKA the Right Hon. Sir Marton Tilman

I asked "Glyn" if his name was in fact "Roland". "Glyn" did not ask me why I was asking such a bizarre question, but instead became rather flustered, babbled incoherently at me, asked me why I thought he was a scammer (I had made no explicit accusation to "Glyn") before running out of words and hanging up.

So... having interviewed me two weeks previously for the London Fashion Exchange position, and consequently being aware that I have several years' teaching experience, and that I use Gumtree (like an idiot) to look for jobs, did Roland Tilman put a fake advert on Gumtree to lure me into an 'interview' before getting his heavies to tell me I was being a naughty boy? Am I being unduly paranoid. Well, I think all will become clear soon enough.

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120 Kentish Town Road

Glyn's "Head Office"

5. Capitalontap and Everton Grossett

*Temporarily removed*

4. Meet the Tilmans

Sir/Lord Marton/Martin Tilman and his brother Roland are elusive beasts, but the following photographs recall the good old days of CAW Gallery - the company that claimed to be "radically changing how the world sees, promotes and buys art" before it promptly disappeared.

(If you have been scammed by CAW Gallery, please see the following blog: www.cawgalleryscam.blogspot.com - also, get in touch at veniamin.tal@gmail.com)

 Sir/Lord Marton Tilman does his thing.

 Roland Tilman

Looking sharp boys! 

Lord Tilman

The common brother

3. Other Companies Related to the Tilmans

The following table lists some of the companies that Roland and Martin Tilman have owned.

At various times, Martin Tilman has been listed as The Right Honourable Sir Marton Tilman, Lord Tilman, Mr Martin Tilman and Mr Marton Tilman. I have yet to discover a record anywhere else online suggesting that Martin is actually a real Lord or Knight of the British Empire.

Roland Tilman is sometimes listed as Hungarian with a DOB of April 1986, but most often as British with a DOB of 1980.

Mr Martin/Marton Tilman AKA Sir Marton Tilman, AKA Lord Marton Tilman, although less sure of his title, is usually more consistent with his nationality and DOB, generally being listed as British, with a DOB of 1985

1a.SCOOTEC LTD (Non-Trading) Reg. 06902022 Click on directors' names for more info. MR ROLAND TILMAN MR ADRIAN MICHAEL KOE WESTCO DIRECTORS MR DESMOND ANTHONY RATTRAY	Click here for company details on duedil.com. Click here for company information on companycheck.co.uk.  Scootec Ltd is the parent company of London Fashion Exchange, according to the London Fashion Exchange website (from the contact us section). Mr Adrian Michael Koe is listed as having been the director of over 3000 companies Dozens of companies are listed under 145-157 St John Street The London Fashion Exchange website is not registered under Scootec Ltd. It is registered under 777 Group. you can check this information by entering "londonfashionexchange.co.uk" into the search engine at www.easywhois.com 777 Group is a dissolved company formerly directed by Anthony and Beverley Davies (see entry number 6)	145-157 St John Street, London, EC1V 4PW
1b. LONDON FASHION EXCHANGE LTD (Active) Reg. 07793619 JOE COX	Joe Cox used to own a company called Joe Cox Ltd - the company was listed under the category "Artistic And Literary Creation And Interpretation".  On the 6th September 2013 the company name was changed to London Fashion Exchange Limited, but the business category has not been updated (as of 03.11.13) so the company is still listed under "Artistic and literary Creation and interpretation". In a phone conversation with Roland Tilman, Tilman claimed that Scootec Ltd originally owned The London Fashion Exchange brand, and then that brand was turned into a different company through Joe Cox's 'Joe Cox Ltd' which then underwent a name change (see above). Tilman claimed that Joe Cox Ltd had been operational for 18 months prior to this and its accounts would show evidence of turnover. So here we go. Roland Tilman also claimed that the "2 Lansdowne Rd." address on the top of the invoice given to trainees is not a false address, as the company is indeed registered there. However London Fashion Exchange Ltd seems to be registered to 5 Chigwell Rd., and Scootec Ltd (whose bank account is listed on the foot of the invoice) is registered to 145-157 St John street. So I am confused..... or am I?	5 Chigwell Road, London, E18 1LR
2.CLASSICAL ARTISTS WORLDWIDE LTD (Dissolved) Reg. 06048978 MR ROLAND TILMAN MR EVERTON GROSSETT LORD MARTON TILMAN LORD MARTON TILMAN THE RIGHT HON. SIR MARTIN TILMAN	No record that a genuine ‘Lord Tilman’ exists. No record that a Right Honourable Sir Martin Tilman exists. Although Classical Artists Worldwide is now dissolved, a blog website still active invites candidates to interview in a similar manner to the London Fashion Exchange. http://cawgallerysales.blogspot.co.uk/ PDF of website page As you can read on the site, Classical Artists Worldwide also made grand claims to international activity (similarly to London Fashion Exchange) before disappearing.	29th floor, One Canada Square, Canary Wharf, London E14 5DY
3.CAW GALLERY Reg. 07146198 MR MARTON TILMAN PAUL TRAN DR CANDICE KAY LEE VESTALIA CHILTON	http://cawgallerysales.blogspot.co.uk Main website now offline No record of a Doctor Candice Kay Lee, although a Ms Candice Kay Lee does exist. As Martin Tilman was misrepresenting himself as a Lord, can we infer that Ms Lee is a fake Doctor?	Crown House, 72 Hammersmith Road, London, W14 8TH, United Kingdom
4. COLLECTIVE ARTS WORLDWIDE LTD (Dissolved) Reg. 07146159 LORD MARTON TILMAN CLASSICAL ARTISTS WORLDWIDE (DIRECTOR)		29th floor, One Canada Square, Canary Wharf, London E14 5DY
5.CLVC PROJECTS (Active) Reg. 07644142 MS VESTALIA CHILTON MS CANDICE KAY LEE SHIAW CHIN SONG	Ms Chilton has claimed to me that she has cut all contact with the Tilmans but seems unwilling to state why she though this was necessary. She intimates that it was due to the Tilmans’ bad business practises. CL projects press release	50 Eaton Drive, Kingston Upon Thames, Surrey, KT2 7QX
6. 777 CONSULTING LTD Reg. 07274176 (Dissolved?) JONATHAN ANTHONY DAVIES BEVERLY DAVIES SWIFT INCORPORATIONS (DIRECTOR)	Company information  from companycheck.co.uk 777 group is dissolved, but the company name has been used to register the website www.londonfashionexchange.co.uk On the Companies House website 777 is listed as Active Company address mystery: The London Fashion Exchange website is registered to 777 Club. 777 Club has the same company reg. number as 777 Consulting and therefore must be the same company. However the address for 777 Club is given as: 266 Holloway Rd London N7 6EN Interestingly, Roland Tilman gives 262 Holloway Road as his address here: http://www.ccdni.com/director-roland-tilman-3 777 CONSULTING LIMITED which shares the same reg. number is also listed on this site as: 11 JUBILEE HOUSE 71 MAYFIELD ROAD WORCESTER UNITED KINGDOM WR3 8NR	65 Morden Hill,         London,                SE13 7NP See more details on the left
7.AFRICAN CARIBBEAN BUSINESS NETWORK LIMITED (Dissolved, but website still active) MS YVONNE THOMPSON CBE Mr DANIEL MULLINGS Mr EVERTON GROSSETT Mr SIMEON GROSSETT Mr GRAHAM FIELDHOUSE Mr DAVID FERGUSON	https://www.duedil.com/company/04332380/african-caribbean-business-network-limited?flagged=c Everton Grossett and Roland Tilman A source who worked for London Fashion Exchange for 2 weeks claims that Everton Grossett is working from the same office as Roland Tilman. Young recruits working for London Fashion Exchange work in the office, sometimes for Tilman, sometimes for Grossett. There is no telephone landline in the office, employees must use company mobile phones for communications. The office space is sometimes changed at short notice. Everton Grossett has London Fashion Exchange recruits “selling financial products”. The African Caribbean Business Network is listed as dissolved, the website continues to operate here: http://www.acbnbiz.com/ The information seems unprofessionally presented and out of date. Yvonne Thompson received a CBE in 2012. What are her connections to Everton Grossett who operates out of an office with no telephone line, selling financial products with the help of teenage telephone operators who have already been fleeced for 85 GBP by Roland Tilman? For a "down to earth woman" she likes throwing letters around. I can find no record of an "Yvonne Thompson Day" in any part of Texas...	2 Tunstall Road London SW9 8BD United Kingdom
8.INTERNATIONAL DETECTIVES LTD (Dissolved) LORD MARTON TILMAN	https://www.duedil.com/company/06765859/international-detectives-limited	37 Heathcotes Crawley West Sussex RH10 7DN
9.TILMAN AND CO. LTD (Dissolved) LORD MARTON TILMAN OTTILLIA TILMAN	https://www.duedil.com/company/06450561/tilman-and-company-limited	72 Hammersmith Road London W14 8TH United Kingdom also: 114 Lodge Road Croydon, CR0 2PF
10. DENTAL CLUB INTERNATIONAL LTD (Dormant) Reg. 06725394 LORD MARTON TILMAN MARTON TILMAN NORBERT POLYAK	https://www.duedil.com/company/06725394/dental-club-international-limited http://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/directors/dental-club-international	37 Heathcotes Crawley West Sussex RH10 7DN
DELBROKER LTD MR ROLAND TILMAN CHERELLE SIMPSON DANNY GOMEZ MR ADRIAN MICHAEL KOE WESTCO DIRECTORS	http://companycheck.co.uk/company/07166318	2nd Floor, 145-157 St John Street, London, EC1V 4PY
CLEARPOINT SOLUTIONS Reg. 07733176 TRE MCKENZIE MR ADRIAN MICHAEL KOE MR IAN RICHARD TAYLOR MR JOE COX MR MICHAEL PURSEY WESTCO DIRECTORS ----------------------- The is another company with the same name but a different registration number. Westco directors served on the board.	Roland Tilman claims he does not know Adrian Koe. However, Roland Tilman either directs, directed, or has involvement with at least three companies that Adrian Koe once directed. I can prove this.  This obviously does not prove that Roland Tilman knows Koe, but it it just a coincidence that Tilman seems to end up directing Koe's old companies? Roland Tilman claimed to me during a phone call (03.11.13) that he had nothing to do with Clearpoint Solutions. I have evidence given to me by a previous employee of Clearpoint Solutions that Roland Tilman was present, assisting the trainer at a Clearpoint Solutions training session. I can prove this.	37th Floor, One Canada Square,
Connection between 777 GROUP and THE AFRICAN CARIBBEAN BUSINESS NETWORK?	Swift Incorporations served as a director of the African Caribean Business Network for a single day (30 Nov 2001). Swift Incorporations also feature on board of directors for 777 Group.