Christopher Michael Heaps, 28-year-old New Zealand real estate and precious metals trader from New Zealand has joined the expat community in Vietnam, and according to Stuff, NZ,
Christopher is a wanted man in New Zealand and Christchurch District Court has issued a warrant for his arrest.
According to Stuff, Christopher had left a heap of unhappy clients, after he ran out of the country on July 28 and stay in Vietnam. He is reported to have five different fraud complaints of more than $100,000 about his web-based business Kiwi Bullion.
The man owed people a lot of money, and one of his unhappy clients is pursuing bankruptcy proceedings against him, which will be heard in the High Court later this month.
One of Christopher victims is James Morgan-Watt, 28, from Wellington, who said he was waiting for about $5,500 of silver he had ordered from the Kiwi Bullion in late April. Christopher had told Watts the goods are at the border to be cleared by customs, but Morgan said;
He just disappeared off the face of the earth. I've written it [the money] off. It just comes down to a bad investment.
43-year-old, Jeremy Stevenson, from Christchurch, has thought he was making a good investment for his parents when he order $10,000 worth of silver from Christopher business, but the good never arrived.
Jermey said; [Heaps] wreaked havoc and we're all sitting here wearing the cost. It's not fair. It cuts to the bone.
He owed a couple nearly $20,000 and another woman $55,000 .
Christopher Heaps poses with Vietnamese girls in Vietnam
He was licensed as a real estate agent in 2010 despite his convictions for cultivating cannabis, possession of methamphetamine and unlawful possession of firearms.
His other business Kiwi bullion operated since 2001, and operated in Gold, silver and platinum.
Christopher has assured everyone he would pay them back, but he is not sure if he will return to New Zealand.