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GlobalMobileVision.com Scandal

category dublin | worker & community struggles and protests | feature author Saturday June 18, 2005 11:14author by Running With Bulls Report this post to the editors

Workers Rights Violated, Odd Background of Company That May Not Exist

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You can read full details of this story on the following websites:

June 10th, 2005: GlobalMobileVision.com: Employee 'detained' and staff 'underpaid' at IT company

June 10th, 2005: Reprinted Village Magazine article about GlobalMobileVision.com: Employee 'detained' and staff 'underpaid' at IT company

June 11th, 2005: Global Mobile Vision: UPDATE Media Coverage & Contact Details for GMV

June 11th, 2005: Global Mobile Vision: Update After Ex- Employee Meeting

June 12th, 2005: Global Mobile Vision: An 'Official' Response from Alex Fitzgerald

June 12th, 2005: Global Mobile Vision: Open letter to Mr. Alex Fitzgerald/GMV management

June 14th, 2005: GlobalMobileVision.com: BBC World Confirms Business Connection with GMV

June 15th, 2005: Global Mobile Vision: Being Investigated by Irish Government

June 16th, 2005: Employees setup blogs to show they’re happy campers


More Investigating Blogging at: RunningWithBulls.com
A Dublin "technology" company with links to Christian religious groups in America has been accused of intimidating staff, of failing to pay salaries, and sexual harrassment. Its work practices are bizarre. Fire escapes are locked. Management deny the allegations.

A number of staff members were fired for various reasons. Some staff went without pay for up to 10 weeks. If the ex-staff members did receive P45s a number were duplicated, with different information. Some of these people suspect they were fired for asking two many questions.

Global Mobile Vision was incorporated in the UK in August 2004 and has had offices in Nangor road business park in Clondalkin since November 2004. The company is run by David Crownborn, his wife, Esther Crownborn, his brother, Matthew Crownborn and the latter’s wife Deborah King.

The company’s main contacts are with American Evangelist groups, staff said. It has recently being involved in contacts in the US with evangelist media organisations about collaborating in business ventures.

Up to last Wednesday, Global Mobile Vision employed between approx. 60 staff at its offices in Clondalkin, north Dublin. GMV supposedly develops software for audio and video streaming technologies for 3G phones. Yet, a search of Vodafone, O2, Hutchinson, and other 2G and 3G mobile operators turn up a big zero for any partnerships. A search for "Global Mobile Vision" and other related search terms shows up nothing. Zero. Nil. No inbound, or outbound links anywhere. Very strange for a "high technology company with valuable intellectual property". Its so "high technology" that no one know what they "do". One would be forgiven for classifying this as "snakeoil". Current and former staff said that they did almost no work at the company, they received few orders, no conrete work (other than "go search the Internet for a while"). One ex-staff member said "after one week, I eventually got a computer but it had no software. I had to use my own software - I told them I would use until I got me some official legal software but it never arrived."

This was commonplace.

John Bates, an employee who is currently suspended from work, was detained last Wednesday 8th June as he tried to leave the office. He was accused by management of stealing IP ('Intellectual Property') from the company. No evidence was given. He was surrounded by a large number of people (including staff from Crimeforce Ireland, a security guard company), and until the Gardaí were called, he was held against his will in the GMV offices. After the Gardaí advised GMV to either a) make an allegation, or b) let Mr. Bates go, Mr. Bates left the offices accompanied by Finian McGrath, TD (Independent) for North Dublin, the Gardaí, and a number of journalists. You can read the full details of Mr. Bates account here and here.

Mr. Bates believes the reason he was singled out was becuase he was organizing staff in getting their due pay, and finding out the problems in GMV.

As stated in The Village article ''The Global Mobile Vision website lists postal contact details in London and Houston (Texas). But there are not telephone numbers listed for those addresses. A printed brochure gives a phone number in Delaware in the US, at which there is an automated message saying the voicemail service is full. Village has been unable to get through to a London telephone number listed in the same brochure. The company has no office at its official Dublin address, at 41 Lower Baggot St, but collects its mail from the building every week.'' The company states on their headed notepaper that they are registered as company number. This number is not registered with the Company Registry Office for any company. Global Mobile Vision does not look like registered as a company. In fact no company is registered with these details at all. It does appear to be registered in the UK, but not in Ireland.

Until last Friday, 11 June, current and former staff were owed approx. €32,000 in pay by the company. The reasons? Problems with the payroll company, problems with the electronic banking, and other such stories. After this matter coming to the public notice (from my blogging, the Village Magazine, and political interest) these people have been paid their due wages. A small victory so far.

Staff members passports were taken, and photocopied, apparently for 'security.' They were under constent observation, both by staff and by security cameras. This was not normal. Another serious matter, the allegations of sexual harrassment were raised. Although GMV denied this and said it has ''a strict anti-harassment policy which is clearly stated in the company handbook and reiterated during staff meetings and at staff induction,'' a number of ex-employees, particularly female, said they had been witness to or had been treated like this. One woman, obviously distressed, spoke about male members of the management ''massaging the backs of women'' and ''having to give you your hug when you arrived in the morning.'' A ''hub of female staff'' was spoken about, which surrounded a male member of staff. No one from GMV has answered any questions regarding this matter. The only definate response that has been made by GMV (by Mr. Alexander Fitzgearld, the PR contact for GMV), has been to respond to a blog posting on my own blog.

At the meeting, Finian McGrath TD, paid tribute to the ex-employees and the current employees who were in pursuit of the truth with regards to the goings-on at Global Mobile Vision. He said he had met with a number of people who were visibly in fear for their situations. He said he had the upmost respect for them, and that he would follow this to the end.

Finian McGrath went to meet a number of representatives of GMV today. We have no word from him as to the outcome of the meeting.

GMV are reported to have received a large amount of taxpayer money from the IDA, for each employee they had. What exactly has happened to this money? No one seems to know. From sources I can confirm that GMV have enough money in their accounts to pay the current and former employees.

I sent an e-mail to BBC World and Euronews yesterday asking what kind of business relationship, if any, existed between BBC World and GMV. This morning I received an e-mail from a BBC World contact:

Hello and thank you for your email.

BBC World has an agreement in which Global Mobile Vision supplies the channel to Mobilkom mobile phone subscribers in Austria. This has been in operation for five months and is one of several such contracts that BBC World has with telecoms companies around the globe. We would not comment on any specific allegations about Global Mobile Vision.

Thank you for taking the trouble to write to us.

With regards

Enquiring about this BBC contract, I found out that it was a YBN contract which GMV inherited when they bought YBN. The only other business contact that can be confirmed is with Paula White a Christian religious group in America.

Finian McGrath has raised a number of Dáil questions with a number of Minister involved in industry in Ireland. The Village magazine will be running a follow up article in this weeks edition.

The story of Global Mobile Vision is not yet over. The government have to answer exactly how much these 'businessmen' received, and exactly what it was they told them to get it. Hopefully now that larger media outlets are taking notice of the story, they will have to stand accountable for what they have done.

Watch for Updates and Info at RunningWithBulls.com

 #   Title   Author   Date 
   IT snippet on this     .:.    Fri Jun 17, 2005 16:45 
   ?     ·.·    Sat Jun 18, 2005 12:23 
   GMV Update: Murray Europcar seize rented cars - 5 figure bill still outstanding     runningwithbulls    Sat Jun 18, 2005 13:29 
   congrats to runningwithbulls     benny    Sat Jun 18, 2005 14:46 
   immigration     toneore    Sat Jun 18, 2005 19:07 
   Who owns the domain name?     toneore    Sat Jun 18, 2005 19:15 
   Definitely     DIT    Sat Jun 18, 2005 19:21 
   Re: non-EU     True    Sat Jun 18, 2005 19:30 
   GMW appears in Google AdWords Program     toneore    Sat Jun 18, 2005 19:46 
 10   Notice the difference: Google vs Google News     redjade    Sat Jun 18, 2005 20:08 
 11   re: non-eu     D'boy    Sat Jun 18, 2005 21:33 
 12   GMV links     D'boy    Sat Jun 18, 2005 22:50 
 13   links     guvna    Sun Jun 19, 2005 23:49 
 14   another image     dr evil    Mon Jun 20, 2005 00:01 
 15   How long can this continue     Scandalous    Mon Jun 20, 2005 13:57 
 16   Global Mobile Vision closed for business     joe    Wed Jun 29, 2005 11:20 
 17   Registration form from the CRO     benny    Tue Jul 05, 2005 20:20 
 18   any news??     help    Wed Jul 06, 2005 15:13 
 19   No Payment     DeFrauded    Wed Jul 13, 2005 11:52 
 20   Ronan Keegan     Ronan Keegan    Wed Jul 13, 2005 15:59 
 21   Update Please     callcentre mick    Thu Jul 14, 2005 08:03 
 22   Esther In Prison?     David Ardey    Fri Jul 15, 2005 15:43 
 23   what article?     GMV watcher    Fri Jul 15, 2005 15:51 
 24   Whats going on???     Martina    Fri Jul 15, 2005 17:42 
 25   Nothing in Indo     callcentre mick    Sat Jul 16, 2005 07:39 
 26   key words please     GMV watcher    Sat Jul 16, 2005 12:40 
 27   The Irish Times article transcript     anonymous    Sun Jul 17, 2005 13:05 
 28   Legal counsel     Legal Counsel    Mon Jul 18, 2005 13:23 
 29   Vanishing act     I am the walrus    Tue Jul 19, 2005 16:04 
 30   some info     ex gmver    Tue Jul 19, 2005 16:14 
 31   please explain     redjade    Tue Jul 19, 2005 16:18 
 32   Paula White     one of the wise men    Tue Jul 19, 2005 17:49 
 33   after se holadaze     runningbulupdatedit    Sat Jul 23, 2005 04:35 
 34   HELP!     Interested Party .....    Wed Jul 27, 2005 16:21 
 35   some answers:     tpb    Thu Jul 28, 2005 14:13 
 36   HELP!     Interested Party    Thu Jul 28, 2005 16:13 
 37   more answers     tp    Fri Jul 29, 2005 09:55 
 38   and indymedia (thanks to runningwithbulls.com)     redjade    Fri Jul 29, 2005 14:24 
 39   GMV LODown     Gibson    Sat Jul 30, 2005 20:37 
 40   Limits of publicity     Chekov    Sun Jul 31, 2005 20:18 
 41   Agreeing with Chekov     Mark P    Sun Jul 31, 2005 20:54 
 42   question about publicity     trevor    Wed Aug 03, 2005 09:46 
 43   Is there a balance to this     True Justice    Mon Aug 08, 2005 23:57 
 44   Payment would be nice.     just want to be paid!    Tue Aug 09, 2005 00:27 
 45   Dayvid     irate    Tue Aug 09, 2005 17:47 
 46   Message to Dayvid by irate     DJ BJ    Wed Aug 10, 2005 16:03 
 47   quashed     Confused    Thu Aug 11, 2005 10:40 
 48   Quashed??     DJ BJ    Thu Aug 11, 2005 15:20 
 49   solicitor     defraudede    Thu Aug 11, 2005 16:37 
 50   How ?????     what?????    Fri Aug 12, 2005 13:54 
 51   court     trevor    Fri Aug 12, 2005 14:45 
 52   Update     intrestedparty    Fri Aug 19, 2005 15:35 
 53   call lavelle coleman     Ripped off    Tue Aug 23, 2005 13:54 
 54   Liquidation meeting     Liquidator    Mon Aug 29, 2005 11:30 
 55   YBN International liquidation meeting     Recruitment Agent    Wed Aug 31, 2005 14:28 
 56   Irish Times Business Section today     Destroyer    Wed Aug 31, 2005 16:06 
 57   my 0.02     andrew    Fri Sep 02, 2005 19:40 
 58   Phoenix magazine     screwed    Mon Oct 10, 2005 11:49 
 59   changes at GMV     Fat Dayyyyyyy---veeeed    Wed Oct 26, 2005 15:46 
 60   changes at GMV     Fat Dayyyyyyy---veeeed    Wed Oct 26, 2005 17:02 
 61   amazed     jm#fo    Sun Nov 06, 2005 00:40 
 62   legal bully tactic     AintNobigot    Mon Nov 07, 2005 10:30 
 63   two words:     benny    Mon Nov 07, 2005 16:41 
 64   liquidator     liquidator    Thu Nov 10, 2005 13:39 
 65   that sums it up     benny    Fri Nov 11, 2005 10:15 
 66   Global Mobile Vision Article Archives     piros    Fri Nov 11, 2005 14:57 
 67   Royalcom/globalmobilevision/gmv/gmvinteractive/david crownborn     Gmv v.s Royalcom    Wed Nov 16, 2005 12:59 
 68   Royal-comp     "Whats goin on....oh whats goin on"    Wed Nov 16, 2005 13:05 
 69   Nobody Told Me     Tubby Crownborn    Wed Nov 16, 2005 20:18 
 70   Is Royalcom GMV ?     Royalcom    Wed Nov 16, 2005 20:37 
 71   that depends     benny    Thu Nov 17, 2005 11:34 
 72   Nail on the head     www.Royalcom.com    Thu Nov 17, 2005 12:55 
 73   money money money.     Every Action    Sat Nov 19, 2005 00:03 
 74   How will you get paid     Defrauded    Mon Nov 21, 2005 10:41 
 75   Taken to the cleaners by ‘Labium and Colon’     Faith    Mon Nov 21, 2005 20:38 
 76   money money money     achtung    Tue Nov 22, 2005 23:21 
 77   SLAPP suits against Irish Bloggers?     redjade    Sat Nov 26, 2005 14:30 
 78   ("SLAPP") A strategic lawsuit against public participation     "abuse of process."    Tue Nov 29, 2005 18:05 
 79   Running With Bulls SLAPPED?     Derek    Tue Nov 29, 2005 18:21 
 80   Slapped you deserve to be beaten up     Tyson    Tue Nov 29, 2005 20:28 
 81   Suing in Ireland     liquidator    Tue Nov 29, 2005 22:33 
 82   lambs or bulls?     anon e mouse    Wed Nov 30, 2005 13:28 
 83   Sweet Lamb of Jaysus     Derek    Thu Dec 01, 2005 17:08 
 84   Money/justice/Truth     AintNoBigot    Tue Dec 06, 2005 13:29 
 85   MICHEAL MARTIN’S ‘COMMIE INFILTRATORS’     Goldhawk    Thu Dec 08, 2005 19:25 
 86   Let me get that right!     Follow Up    Thu Dec 08, 2005 22:29 
 87   Who sent you above?     eeekkkkk    Thu Dec 08, 2005 23:00 
 88   commie racists, oh my!     Sir Real    Fri Dec 09, 2005 00:15 
 89   Look at the detail not your grudge     Communism    Fri Dec 09, 2005 01:02 
 90   your.arse.your.talking.out.     The 6th beatle    Sat Dec 10, 2005 02:18 
 91   It pays to remember     Badman    Sat Dec 10, 2005 03:06 
 92   Justify why this isn't racist.     Anti-Racist    Sat Dec 10, 2005 15:17 
 93   racist my arse     the 6th beatle    Sun Dec 11, 2005 00:52 
 94   Ripped off last christmas     Christmas Again    Fri Dec 16, 2005 13:09 
 95   Ho ho ho     Ho Ho Ho    Fri Dec 23, 2005 17:00 
 96   congrats     benny    Tue Jan 03, 2006 09:34 
 97   Day-Veed     Esther    Thu Jan 05, 2006 23:53 
 98   my cheque just cleared     dan c    Mon Jan 09, 2006 10:19 
 99   miffed     YBN international    Mon Jan 09, 2006 16:09 
 100   ybn liquidator     dan c    Mon Jan 09, 2006 16:29 
 101   Taxes and Fraud ?     fatboy    Thu Jan 19, 2006 22:49 
 102   GLOBAL MOBILE WHO’S WHO’S? & Links to €2.5 million in State funding     Holmes    Sun Feb 12, 2006 12:33 
 103   Stole bottles of wine     THIEVES LIKE US    Sun Feb 12, 2006 12:42 
 104   not true     redjade    Sun Feb 12, 2006 13:00 
 105   There were six in the bed and the pious one say??     Oh Pious 1    Sun Feb 12, 2006 18:06 
 106   'GLOBAL MOBILE VISION C/O'     Thieves Like Us    Sun Feb 12, 2006 18:43 
 107   Outraged     Outraged    Mon Feb 13, 2006 12:46 
 108   Killininny Court, Firhouse     benny    Tue Feb 14, 2006 17:44 
 109   SHOW ME THE MONEY!!     ROYALSHITS    Thu Feb 16, 2006 13:50 
 110   Liquidation     royalcom/global mobile vision    Fri Feb 24, 2006 10:34 
 111   why don't you ask the liquidator?     benny    Fri Feb 24, 2006 14:28 
 112   GMV ALIVE & KICKING     Alex and Brian    Fri Feb 24, 2006 15:10 
 113   curious     chekov    Fri Feb 24, 2006 15:40 
 114   nope     benny    Fri Feb 24, 2006 15:46 
 115   whoops     chekov    Fri Feb 24, 2006 16:02 
 116   provocation     benny    Fri Feb 24, 2006 16:16 
 117   Because Benny     ??    Fri Feb 24, 2006 16:27 
 118   eh?     benny    Fri Feb 24, 2006 16:49 
 119   GMV Liquidator? URGENT!     Marked Man    Fri Feb 24, 2006 17:41 
 120   ONWARD CHRISTIAN SOLDIERS     Goldhawk    Fri Feb 24, 2006 17:52 
 121   Text of that article from the Phoenix     Anthony    Wed Mar 01, 2006 00:16 
 122   GMV in the UK Sunday Times     redjade    Sun Mar 05, 2006 13:24 
 123   GMV CREDITORS MEETING     MELISSA    Mon Mar 06, 2006 10:09 
 124   meeting     benny    Thu Mar 09, 2006 18:23 
 125   Global Mobile Vision owes creditors €1.46million     Colm Keena / Irish Times 8th March 2006    Sat Mar 11, 2006 11:56 
 126   Former Global Mobile Vision employee asks court to enforce dismissal award     Una McCaffrey / Irish Times 10.03.06    Sat Mar 11, 2006 11:59 
 127   Award Winning Comedy Website Shutdown     The Goon Show    Mon Mar 13, 2006 19:43 
 128   How are Pyramids Disguised?     PHARAOH    Mon Mar 20, 2006 18:38 
 129   current phone numbers for Crownborn's     Eagleeye    Tue May 02, 2006 01:12 
 130   GRIFTBORNS IN TAMPA     Barry Lenz    Fri May 05, 2006 18:19 
 131   “The Four Altars of Optimal Con.”     the Honey Grove Kid    Fri May 05, 2006 19:02 
 132   "Nip It in the Bud"     Barney Fife    Tue May 09, 2006 16:16 
 133   Knock Knock     The Riddler    Tue May 09, 2006 16:28 
 134   MaMa Said     Forest Gump    Wed May 10, 2006 02:27 
 135   why nip it Barney?     benny    Wed May 10, 2006 12:38 
 136   Withdrawal of Comments     Buzzy McGrath    Thu May 11, 2006 19:47 
 137   Re: Withdrawl of comments     Anon    Thu May 11, 2006 19:51 
 138   never even requested a withdrawal     Victim    Thu May 11, 2006 19:54 
 139   why would you remove     Concerned    Thu May 11, 2006 19:56 
 140   Call ME     Col. Moore    Thu May 11, 2006 19:59 
 141   Call ME     KC    Thu May 11, 2006 20:01 
 142   Call ME?     Frankie C    Thu May 11, 2006 21:00 
 143   Time is running out     Aunt Bee    Thu May 11, 2006 21:05 
 144   run but cant hide.     lil D    Mon May 15, 2006 10:53 
 145   Question for Aunt Bee & lil D     Mrs. Wiley's    Mon May 15, 2006 21:08 
 146   PAY DAY FOR WORKERS     The Larkinite Spy    Fri Aug 04, 2006 18:36 
 147   The scum rises to the surface     Bern    Tue Sep 12, 2006 22:41 
 148   Crownborn foundation - Christian giving??     Mark    Fri Sep 22, 2006 15:32 
 149   slap on the hand punishment - end of story?     redjade    Sun Jan 28, 2007 13:51 
 150   'It's all one BIG CONspiricy I tell you'     Law Abiding Citizen    Wed Jan 31, 2007 10:45 
 151   The Real Crownborn Truth by Us!!!     Lola    Fri Feb 02, 2007 16:43 
 152   Disqualifying Terry Kinsella     Phoenix June 1, 2007 Page 43    Wed Aug 15, 2007 17:20 
 153   Old dogs, new tricks     tc    Fri Jul 04, 2008 14:32 
 154   Video Crownborns     Ann    Sat Aug 16, 2008 19:20 
 155   The Crownborns In Florida     Goldhawk    Sat Aug 23, 2008 02:44 
 156   Snake oil     snappy    Sat Jan 31, 2009 10:44 
 157   Regret     Yenra lee    Tue Aug 05, 2014 20:05 


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