Eze Group

The “leisure credits” scam?

The judge at Birmingham Crown Court ordered the closure of Eze Group and its associated companies due to fraudulent activities and the owners both received custodial sentences, however, in the case of Stephanie O’Reilly it was a suspended sentence. If you used a credit card to pay Eze Group for their services or you still have a timeshare then we may be able to recover compensation for you.

The EZE Group Scam

Over most of the last decade Dominic O’Reilly and his step-daughter, Stephanie, created a web of companies together. Cold calling or face-to-face meetings targeted known timeshare owners, whose details may have been recorded on one of the many databases of timeshare owners that often changes hands illegally in Tenerife. Timeshare owners were charged substantial fees to firstly to dispose of the timeshare and secondly to buy leisure credits, which Eze Group claimed could be redeemed to obtain cheaper holidays.

Typically, Eze Group did not dispose of the timeshare as promised and we presume just pocketed the money. When members tried to use their leisure credits they found the holidays unavailable, or costing more than on other more familiar websites.

In order to continue the scam many customers were invited to upgrade their memberships regularly with a promise of being able to get even better discounts and benefits, which in almost all cases never existed. Many people were promised discounts at the major supermarket chains, however, these discounts never existed and were just part of the scam to lure in the unsuspecting public.

EZE Group History

EZE Europe Ltd & Everywhere Travel Ltd are two companies which were operated in the UK by Stephanie O’Reilly; her father Dominic O’Reilly operated Regency Shores SL and EZE Group.

On the 17th November 2017 at Birmingham Magistrates Court, Eze Europe Ltd, Stephanie O’Reilly and Dominic O’Reilly both pleaded guilty to two offences under the Consumer Protection From Unfair Trading Regulations 2008. The suggestion is that Trading Standards may well have received in excess of 500 complaints against this company, and despite instructing the company to change it’s business model, it paid lip service to such instruction and continued to scam the public.

In view of the gravity of the offences, the case against Eze Europe Ltd and its directors was transferred to Birmingham Crown Court, where Dominic O’Reilly was handed 28 months of imprisonment and Stephanie O’Reilly received an 18-month sentence suspended for 2 years.

Let Lincoln Green Solicitors handle your claim

The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) regulates Lincoln Green Solicitors Ltd, which ensures that unlike dealing with a “cold caller” that you are in safe hands, as claims of this nature are a regulated activity and can only be pursued by FCA and SRA regulated companies.

For more information on how we can help you pursue a claim to recover your money, call us on 0300 303 3819 or complete the enquiry form at the top of the page.