𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐨𝐲𝐚𝐥 𝐆𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐁𝐡𝐮𝐭𝐚𝐧 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐦𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐘𝐮𝐧𝐠 𝐃𝐫𝐮𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐩𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐒𝐄𝐙 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦.
The Royal Government of Bhutan would like to remind the public to be vigilant against scams containing false information designed to promote or advertise investments in Bhutan.
The Royal Government of Bhutan has been alerted to a video purportedly with information about an SEZ. These materials falsely portray the existence of a partnership between the Royal Government of Bhutan and “Druk Yung Drung Investment and Innovation Zone Pvt Ltd” and/or “Yung Drung Inc.” (the “Companies”), and their associates.
The Royal Government of Bhutan does not endorse and has no formal association or legal relationship with the Companies or with Mr. Dane George Finch aka “Art” Finch or any of their associates, including but not limited to Mr Andrew Hammond, Mr Khando Chukchey Wangdi and partners.
The Royal Government of Bhutan is also aware of spurious and misleading materials advertising “The Inaugural Bhutan Innovation & Investment Summit 2023”, which falsely claims to be under the patronage of Prime Minister Dr. Lotay Tshering. The Prime Minister does not patronise, endorse or promote events of this nature and will not be participating in the purported event. The Royal Government of Bhutan advises the general public to exercise due caution when participating in investment seminars.
The Royal Government of Bhutan is committed to protect the public from fraudulent activities and false and misleading representation. We are further investigating the Companies and their associates. We urge anyone who suspects that they have been a victim of any fraud or attempted fraud to report the matter.
Anyone with such related information on this particular scam or others may submit information to ag@oag.gov.bt . All information will be kept strictly confidential.
