I was hired by Jan (John) Brassem of what was previously Eclipse Global Consulting, now Brassem Global Consulting to design and develop a website for his business. After 6 months of work (3 complete websites) I was ripped off for a total of $27,520.00 in hourly wages. After some investigation, I was able to find out that I was 7th in a list of companies that have been ripped off by Jan Brassem. Third millennium marketing, Hosting CT, Eclipse Global Computing, Guymark Studios - are a few of the companies I found that have been victems of this con man.
Jan Brassem operates his fake business under false credentials, and is a college professor teaching female leadership. While I was developing his website, he bragged to me that the business is simply a scam that allows him to travel and vacation on other peoples dime.
On www.BrassemGlobalConsulting.com you will find generic images taken from google images which are in violation of intellectual property law.in the section named "projects" are a list of projects that never existed but were dreamed up to compliment the fake testimonials located atop the website on every page.
In the "Team" section, there are 4 people listed: Jan Brassem boasting his fake credentials. Karen Tietjen who is not the person in the picture, and two other individuals that do not even exist and have no affiliation to BGC.
In late 2008 I talked my case over with several lawyers specializing in breach of contract. Through their services, I found out that Jan Brassem has been sued several times and has judgements against him that are still awaiting to be executed. After being sued by Guymark Studios, Brassem fled to a closed fence community. An officer was sent to execute the judgement of the court after Brassem was found at his "hiding place"; however Brassem fled the community. The next suit against Brassem was back rent from the community he fled.
After speaking to the same lawyer who represented guymark studios, I was told that he would love to "nail" Brassem again; however, executing a judgement would be near impossible considering Jan Brassems "slippery nature". Alas, even if I was able to execute the courts judgement, the amount of the award would probably require seizure of his assets (he and his wife). Because his wife is a relative of my spouse, I can not in good conscience pursue the seizure of her assets (as I am sure he owns nothing).
For 6 months Jan Brassem treated and talked to me and about me like I was the greatest person on earth. When it was time for Brassem to pay his bill, he pretended that he was dying of cancer, called me from what he said was the ER having holes drilled in his brain. As the days progressed, he complained about his chemotherapy treatments up to the point that we found out he was lying about having cancer at all.
After Jan Brassem found out we knew how full of it he was, his wife Karen Tietjen contacted me to "Get Jan what he needed" from the website he never paid for. I bartered a deal with her that for $1500.00 I would release the domain name they wanted, and email the website files (which I did).
Jan Brassem owes me $27,520.00 for 6 months of work, and is actively seeking new people to scam with his fake business con. His website features content that is completely fraudulent and myself along with several other businesses have filed a joint complaint to the consumer protection agency who told us "When he makes some money, we will bust him".
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