Who Is Martin Model?

Martin Walter Model (b. approximately 1957, Swiss national, Burgerort: Ermatingen, Canton Thurgau) is identified by multiple independent sources — including third-party fraud reports and corporate registry analysis — as the alleged directing mind behind the Corinth Group network. [Source: Swiss Commercial Register, Ripoff Report #1134964, Diebewertung.de]

Role in the Network

Model is described as "Senior Advisor" and "Head of Credit Committee" on Corinth Group marketing materials. Despite these titles, he does not appear as a registered director or Person of Significant Control (PSC) of any entity in the network. Instead, formal positions are held by family members: his wife Jurate Kairiene is sole signatory of all six Swiss AGs, his son Marco Ernst Model was sole PSC of Centropa Investment Holdings (75%+), and his stepson Justinas Kairys is director of UK SPVs. [Source: Swiss Commercial Register, Companies House]

Dual LinkedIn Profiles

Model maintains two separate LinkedIn profiles under different name variations: "Martin Walter" (associated with Corinth Group) and "Martin Model" (associated with Bioplatin AG, Maienfeld). This dual-profile pattern is documented from public social media records. [Source: LinkedIn public profiles]

Career Claims

Corinth marketing materials describe Model as a former Shell oil economist. However, this claim has not been verified — it is not mentioned in any of over 100 archived website snapshots from the Corinth/Curatio network analysed via the Wayback Machine. His claimed Swiss Army signal intelligence background is plausible but unverifiable from public sources. University credentials and specific economist qualifications have not been independently identified. [Source: web.archive.org, LinkedIn]

Third-Party Allegations

Multiple independent complainants on Ripoff Report (filed from Frankfurt and Johannesburg) name Martin Model as the directing mind behind a pattern of advance-fee collection. One complainant stated in March 2014: "Martin Model is well known within this up-front scam industry." These are attributed third-party statements, not assertions by this investigation. An Austrian investor on Diebewertung.de describes losses of approximately EUR 1.5 million in connection with entities associated with Model. [Source: Ripoff Report #1134964, Diebewertung.de]

Entity Chain

The network of entities associated with Model has operated under sequential identities: APAHML (Hong Kong) to Arcis Consortium to Curatio Capital (with H. Samaras/Pytheas) to Corinth Group to Three Tuns. Model's residential addresses include Chur and previously Davos, both in Canton Graubunden. [Source: Companies House, Swiss Commercial Register, web.archive.org]

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