Bemused6 Oct 2016 00:09
I have been a holder here for 7 years and invested in a project i truly believed in. I haven't posted before but have been a regular reader on here and iii. You get to know the good and bad guys but i did what i was told and listened to the BOD's, wish i hadn't now. I did my research and put virtually my families life savings in here which was hard earned cash hoping it would bring a better life in latter years, how wrong could i be. To say i feel stupid is an understatement, just like so many stories i have read about on here and iii. On a personell level, when the reality struck after the mind blowing rns about dilution, i didn't sleep for 4 days worrying, had palpitations and sweats and honestly thought i was going to have a heart attack. I had just potentially lost tens of thousands of pounds, i let myself and my family down as now life will not be easy. After a good bit of soul searching i've asked myself many a time what can i do. Probably nothing is the answer but i feel angry and frustrated that these modern day liars and robbers can get away with this and carry on regardless. So i have written to Andy Samual at OGA and got the same reply as many others. I also wrote to the FCA and would like to share this extract in a reply i got from them that has given me a slight glimmer of hope.
Thanks for your email about Xcite Energy. I appreciate the time you've taken to bring your concerns to our attention.
Share price manipulation and fraud
We have powers to investigate and take action against allegations of price manipulation, under our statutory objectives of protecting consumers and enhancing marker integrity. Information from consumers is helpful to us in doing that, as we can use it along with other intelligence we receive to build a picture of how firms that trade on the stock exchange are behaving.
The information you've provided in your email has been shared with my colleagues in the team that investigates market abuse for their consideration. I won't be able to let you know how the information is used, as the work we carry out has to be confidential to maintain its integrity. If we require any further information from you about this we'll contact you. But if you've got any additional information, please send this directly to my colleagues using market.abuse@fca.org.uk.
I hope this is helpful to you and thanks again for contacting us about this.
If this is true, they just need to read the RNS's which have been misleading and false over the past few years, hopefully Rupert and the board can be taken to justice. I also wrote to Nicola Sturgeon but no surprise there not getting an answer. I was quite angry when i saw her in Aberdeen getting some publicity to herself at the opening of the new Statoil office. I wonder if she would be happy with the publicity if it comes out that Statoil are behind the possible fall of Xcite and Bentley? We all know that the low oil price had been a factor but not all imo.