I-Pipeline giant AJ Perri yahlawuliswa i-100,000 yeedola - esona sikhulu sakha sanyanzeliswa yiKomishoni yeMibhobho yeNew Jersey - kwaye yavuma ukutshintsha izenzo zayo zoshishino ezinobuqhophololo phantsi komyalelo wokuthotyelwa kwe-ofisi yegqwetha likarhulumente jikelele.
Isivumelwano sagqitywa kwiveki ephelileyo emva kokuba uphando olwenziwa nguBamboozled lufumene ukuba inkampani ngokuqhelekileyo yenza umsebenzi ongeyomfuneko wexabiso eliphezulu, ikhuthaze abasebenzi ukuba bathengise umsebenzi kwaye basebenzise amaqhinga othusa abathengi, kuquka ukumangalela ukuba izixhobo zabo zingaqhuma nanini na.
U-Bamboozled uthethe nabaninzi abathengi, kunye nabasebenzi bangoku kunye nabangaphambili be-AJ Perri, abathetha ngezenzo zokuxhatshazwa ezisekelwe kwi-commission-based sales structures kunye noxinzelelo lokuhlangabezana neethagethi zentengiso.
Emva kolu phando, ibhodi yabatywini bakarhulumente yaqalisa uphando lwayo, nto leyo eyathi ekugqibeleni yakhokelela kwizikhalazo ezivela kubantu abangamashumi amathathu, abanye babo badizwa kuphando lwamatyala aqhathiweyo.
Ngokomyalelo wemvume phakathi kwebhodi yabalawuli kunye nabanini-zabelo abambalwa uMichael Perry, ichule lemibhobho yamanzi elinelayisenisi uAJ Perri, inkampani “iphindaphinda ukusebenzisa ubuqhetseba nokumela kakubi” ngokwaphula uMthetho Wokunyanzeliswa kweLizwe Elifanayo.
U-AJ Perri naye wasilela ukugcina ividiyo ebonisa ukusebenza kunye nokubhala iziphumo zayo ngokuchasene nelayisenisi yelizwe lombhobho, utshilo lo myalelo.
Inkampani yavuma ukuba akukho kwaphulwa phantsi kwesivumelwano sokulungisa kwaye yavuma ukuhlawula i-$ 75,000 ngokukhawuleza. Intlawulo eseleyo ye-25,000 yeedola igcinelwe i-AJ Perri ukuthobela imiqathango yesivumelwano.
IGqwetha Jikelele uChristopher Porrino uthe amagcisa e-AJ Perri "asebenzise iindlela ezinobundlongondlongo nezikhohlisayo ukuze anyanzelise abathengi, uninzi lwabo olwalusele lukhulile, ukuba bahlawulele ukulungiswa kwemibhobho yamanzi okwakungeyomfuneko okanye okungaphezulu koko kwakufuneka kunye neentlawulo zenkonzo." “.
"Olu lungiso alunyanzeli nje kuphela izigwebo zoluntu ngenxa yokuziphatha kakubi kakhulu ngu-AJ Perri, kodwa kwakhona kufuna ukuba inkampani yenze utshintsho olubalulekileyo kulawulo kunye nolawulo lwamagcisa ayo ukuqinisekisa ukuba abathengi bafumana ukungafihli kunye nokuthotyelwa kwe-AJ Perri, zombini umthetho ufuna. Thembeka. "Utshilo uPollino.
Umongameli we-AJ Perri uKevin Perry uthe inkampani ibulele ibhodi yabalawuli "ngophando lwabo olucokisekileyo".
"Nangona singavumelani neziphumo zebhodi kwaye sikhanyela ngamandla ukuba ishishini lethu likhuthaza, lixhasa okanye likhuthaza nayiphi na indlela yokuziphatha echasene neminqweno yabathengi bethu, siyavuya kukuba ibhodi iyavuma ukuba lo mbandela kufuneka ufakwe esiphelweni kwaye sinokuwenza sobabini emva kwethu," utshilo uPerry kwingxelo ebhaliweyo kwiBamboozled.
Ityala laqala xa umqeshwa u-AJ Perri wamxelela kwi-Bamboozled. Umqeshwa owabelane ngee-imeyile zangaphakathi kunye neefoto uthi inkampani ithengise imijelo yelindle nge-11,500 yeedola ukuya ku-Carl Bell oneminyaka engama-86 ubudala xa kufuneka ukulungiswa kwesiza kuphela.
Ibali libangele izikhalazo ezininzi zabathengi malunga ne-Bamboozled, kubandakanywa nosapho lwendoda eneminyaka engama-85 ubudala ene-Alzheimer's. Usapho luthi lucele uAJ Perry ukuba ayeke ukunxibelelana noyise, kodwa umnxeba uqhubekile kwaye utata wamkela umsebenzi we-8,000 yeedola, athe akawudingi unyana wakhe.
Omnye umthengi uthe utatomkhulu nomakhulu wakhe, bobabini abakwiminyaka yabo yama-90, boyika ukwamkela i-18,000 yeedola umsebenzi oza kufuna ukuba bakrazule umgangatho wabo ongaphantsi kwaye bembe umhlaba ngeenyawo ezimbini, ubunzulu obuziimitha ezingama-35 ukuze babuyisele umbhobho wentsimbi ekucingelwa ukuba utyunyuziwe. Usapho lwabuza ukuba kutheni le nkampani itshintshe yonke le mibhobho hayi nje indawo apho kuthintelwe khona.
Abanye banikela ingxelo yokuba baxelelwa ukuba izixhobo zabo zokufudumeza zikhupha ikharbon monokside eyingozi yaye uluvo lwesibini lwabonisa ukuba oku kwakungeyonyaniso.
I-imeyile yangaphakathi malunga nokutshintshwa kombhobho kaCarl Baer, onikezelwe kwi-Bamboozled ngabasebenzi be-AJ Perri.
Omnye ubonise ukhuphiswano "lobunkokeli", kwaye omnye wacebisa abasebenzi ukuba bagxininise kwiifowuni zenkxaso yemihla ngemihla "ukufumana iingxaki ezininzi kunye nenkqubo yokufudumeza okanye yokupholisa ngokusemandleni, ukunika amagcisa ukufikelela kwizindlu zokufudumeza kunye nokupholisa abathengisi ngexabiso lenkqubo entsha," kusho umqeshwa.
“Bavuza abona bathengisi bangcono ngeebhonasi, uhambo lokuya eMexico, izidlo, njalo njalo,” watsho omnye umsebenzi. Abavuzi abo bangabathengisi okanye baxelele abantu ukuba kulungile.
IKomiti yePipeline yaqala ukuhlaziywa kwayo ngokumema aba bathengi kunye nabanye ukuba banike ubungqina phambi kwekomiti.
Ibhodi yabelane ngeziphumo zayo kwisivumelwano, kubandakanywa nezikhalazo ezininzi zokuba inkampani ichaza kakubi imeko yemibhobho yabathengi "ezama ukuthengisa ukulungiswa okuxabisa kakhulu." Ezinye izikhalazo zithi “inkampani isebenzisa ‘ingcinezelo’ okanye ‘indlela yokoyikisa’ ukuze ithengise izinto eziziindleko eziphezulu okanye ezingeyomfuneko.”
Xa ikhomishini inxibelelana nabameli benkampani ngezikhalazo ezithile zabathengi, yafumanisa ukuba ividiyo yothungelwano lwabathengi abaninzi bemijelo ephantsi komhlaba ehambisa amanzi amdaka kunye namanzi yayirekhodwe ukuze kuqinisekiswe ngurhulumente, kodwa bekungekho foto ingqina umsebenzi ocetyiswayo. Kwezinye iimeko, imisebenzi yayinconyelwe ngoochwephesha beekhamera ababengenazo iimpepha zamanzi, kwaye inkampani yayingenayo imiyalelo yokuqinisekisa ukuba ezo ngcebiso okanye iividiyo zazijongwe ngumtywini onelayisensi.
Ummeli-jikelele we-Pollino uthe ngaphambi kokuhlaliswa, u-AJ Perri, ngesicelo sebhodi, wanikela yonke okanye inxalenye yembuyekezo kubathengi abachaphazelekayo. Umyalelo wemvume uthi inani labathengi abangama-24 abakhalaze kurhulumente bafumene imbuyiselo epheleleyo okanye inxalenye yembuyekezo. Abanye abazange bamnike imali uAJ Perri.
"Siyabulela u-Bamboozled ngokuzisa oku kunye nokukhuthaza abathengi ukuba bafake isikhalazo malunga no-AJ Perri," kusho uPollino. “Ulwazi abalunike isebe luye lwasinceda ukuba sithathe amanyathelo afanelekileyo ukunqanda lo mkhwa wobuqhophololo kwaye sikhusele abathengi, ingakumbi abantu abadala abasesichengeni, kumonakalo onje kwixesha elizayo.”
Ukongeza kwiintlawulo kunye nokukhalinyelwa, isivumelwano sibonelela ngokhuseleko olubalulekileyo kumalungelo abantu abanokuba ngabathengi be-AJ Perri.
Zonke iikhamera zokuhlola zogutyulo okanye iingcingo zamanzi ziya kugcinwa iminyaka emine kwaye zenziwe zifumaneke kurhulumente xa zifumene izikhalazo.
U-AJ Perri kufuneka anike iinketho zokuthunyelwa ngokubhaliweyo, kungekhona nje ngomlomo, kwaye abathengi kufuneka basayine ifom.
Nawuphi na umsebenzi ocetyiswa ngumqeshwa wasePerri (umtywini ongenalayisenisi) mawuvunywe ngumtywini onelayisensi phambi kokuba kuqaliswe umsebenzi. Ukuthunyelwa kwabatywini abanelayisensi nako kufuneka kubhalwe phantsi.
Ukuba urhulumente ufumana isikhalazo kwixesha elizayo, inkampani ithembisa ukubonelela ngempendulo ebhaliweyo kubathengi nakurhulumente kwiintsuku ezingama-30. Umyalelo wemvume uchaza ukuba izikhalazo kufuneka zisingathwe njani, kubandakanywa nolamlo olubophelelayo kunye neSebe leMicimbi yabaThengi, ukuba abathengi abanelisekanga yimpendulo yenkampani. Ukongezelela, ukwaphulwa kwemithetho yexesha elizayo ebandakanya abalupheleyo kuya kubangela isohlwayo se-R10 000 umntu ngamnye.
Ndiyavuya ukuba urhulumente ubandakanyekile kwaye banemithetho nemigaqo emitsha ekufuneka ilandelwe ngu-AJ Perry,” utshilo uBell, umninimzi oqalise uphando. "Ubuncinci abantu ngoku baguqukile."
Okumangalisayo kukuba, ngokukaBaer, uyaqhubeka efumana iminxeba evela kwiinkampani, ezinje ngezo ziseta iziko lakhe.
“Ukucinga ukuba umntu uyafuna kwaye angayisebenzisa ngenxa yeminyaka yakhe lityala lolwaphulo-mthetho,” utshilo.
URichard Gomułka, othi u-AJ Perri wamxelela ukuba iibhoyila zakhe zikhupha izixa eziyingozi zekhabhon monoxide, wasincoma isivumelwano.
“Ndiyathemba ukuba oku kunqanda ezinye iinkampani ekwenzeni oku nabanye abathengi kwixesha elizayo,” utshilo. “Ndilusizi kuba kungekho mntu ukhe wavalelwa entolongweni ngezi zenzo zobuqhophololo.”
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