Thread #10 now - the heat is on for Sarah Akwisombe, as court papers land on her doorstep, brands publicly denounce her, and she's on the radar of the ASA, Trading Standards, her local council, Action Fraud and more. Court cases going through from many of her victims to claim money and damages from her fraudulent misrepresentation as part of the MLM technique laden £1M coaching scam.
Big thanks to @LadyPainterDeco and @thereporter whose excellent suggestions were combined to form the thread title
A full TLDR complete with links to articles, media, and THAT video admission that all Akwisombe cared about was rinsing her clients.
Screenshots of some of the best posts on Twitter and other social media related to this collapsed coaching scandal to follow in the thread too!
NB a word of caution - it was established late in thread #9 that Akwisombe and her supporters have been lurking and setting up fake Tattle profiles to keep tabs on vocal members of this awesome group. Just be mindful to not give away anything that could identify you in real life, in case Sarah Akwisombe tries to use it against you or to hamper any legal action.
UK blogger/influencer Sarah Akwisombe has recently been the focal point of a major controversy involving unethical selling of courses to the female SME sector, failed service delivery, false claims around revenues and results, and refusal to refund over £200k to clients affected by non-delivery of service.
Naturally, this has considerable potential to negatively impact the reputation of organisations she is working with (and has worked with previously), resulting in several already taking steps to distance themselves.
A brief summary of key events is below, followed by links to the national and international media coverage of the fallout from the situation:
- Sarah Akwisombe she was going to make a million pounds in lockdown and show everyone how she did it
- At the same time, launched multiple new group coaching courses as well as 1-2-1 coaching services
- Service levels for both group coaching/courses and private clients fall short after 4 months. People are unhappy
- Late September saw Sarah share a video saying she had "made a million".
- Days later, Sarah posts a video saying she had let everyone down, the service was poor, remaining months on the courses were cancelled
- Transpired the million pounds included forward booked business, so approximate splits were £600k banked, £400k forward booked and not yet billable
- Sarah Akwisombe deleted multiple social posts and videos as clients started to demand refunds
- Sarah starts blocking anyone who questions her
- Some people have been able to reclaim refunds from their banks, which is good news, many others still fighting. Sarah claims £75k refunded. At least £200k of refund claims currently being fought for by clients.
Links to all Tattle threads:
Links to key media and assets:
Undelete - all deleted social content
Refinery29
Women on Top part 1
Women on Top part 2 https://www.thewotpod.com/article/scams-dressed-female-empowerment-part-2
Women on Top part 3 https://www.thewotpod.com/article/scams-dressed-female-empowerment-podcast
Metro
The Independent
Vice
Medium
Polit RU
Video clip where Sarah Akwisombe says all that matters was getting money in, never mind about servicing the business
Dai Clothing responding to Liana Fricker confirming that Akwisombe had slipped through the net on due diligence when casting for a clothing campaign - and that she's been removed (thanks to excellent work by victims contacting them) and new processes put in place so a toxic person can't slip through again:
Big thanks to @LadyPainterDeco and @thereporter whose excellent suggestions were combined to form the thread title
A full TLDR complete with links to articles, media, and THAT video admission that all Akwisombe cared about was rinsing her clients.
Screenshots of some of the best posts on Twitter and other social media related to this collapsed coaching scandal to follow in the thread too!
NB a word of caution - it was established late in thread #9 that Akwisombe and her supporters have been lurking and setting up fake Tattle profiles to keep tabs on vocal members of this awesome group. Just be mindful to not give away anything that could identify you in real life, in case Sarah Akwisombe tries to use it against you or to hamper any legal action.
UK blogger/influencer Sarah Akwisombe has recently been the focal point of a major controversy involving unethical selling of courses to the female SME sector, failed service delivery, false claims around revenues and results, and refusal to refund over £200k to clients affected by non-delivery of service.
Naturally, this has considerable potential to negatively impact the reputation of organisations she is working with (and has worked with previously), resulting in several already taking steps to distance themselves.
A brief summary of key events is below, followed by links to the national and international media coverage of the fallout from the situation:
- Sarah Akwisombe she was going to make a million pounds in lockdown and show everyone how she did it
- At the same time, launched multiple new group coaching courses as well as 1-2-1 coaching services
- Service levels for both group coaching/courses and private clients fall short after 4 months. People are unhappy
- Late September saw Sarah share a video saying she had "made a million".
- Days later, Sarah posts a video saying she had let everyone down, the service was poor, remaining months on the courses were cancelled
- Transpired the million pounds included forward booked business, so approximate splits were £600k banked, £400k forward booked and not yet billable
- Sarah Akwisombe deleted multiple social posts and videos as clients started to demand refunds
- Sarah starts blocking anyone who questions her
- Some people have been able to reclaim refunds from their banks, which is good news, many others still fighting. Sarah claims £75k refunded. At least £200k of refund claims currently being fought for by clients.
Links to all Tattle threads:
Links to key media and assets:
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Refinery29
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Women on Top part 1
Women on Top part 2 https://www.thewotpod.com/article/scams-dressed-female-empowerment-part-2
Women on Top part 3 https://www.thewotpod.com/article/scams-dressed-female-empowerment-podcast
Metro
The Independent
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inews.co.uk
Vice
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Medium
Polit RU
Video clip where Sarah Akwisombe says all that matters was getting money in, never mind about servicing the business
Dai Clothing responding to Liana Fricker confirming that Akwisombe had slipped through the net on due diligence when casting for a clothing campaign - and that she's been removed (thanks to excellent work by victims contacting them) and new processes put in place so a toxic person can't slip through again:
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