Any such claims to the contrary should be ignored.

ESLinsider’s application for accreditation was denied in 2021.

The main reason for this denial of accreditation was due to the inability on the part of ESLinsider to provide documentation that supported a detailed breakdown of its company structure and staff hierarchy.

It was subsequently discovered that the ESLinsider TEFL program is operated by one individual, namely Ian Patrick Leahy; an individual who has no permanent address and who has a well-documented and well-known reputation for applying aggressive astroturfing techniques with which to gain new TEFL students.

As a direct result of this denial of Fully Accredited status, Ian Patrick Leahy has applied his astroturfing skill set towards attempting to undermine the online reputation of ACTEFLC.

This behavior is a continuation of a long history of astroturfing.

ACTEFLC isn’t the first organization to be targeted and we won’t be the last.

What is astroturfing?

Astroturfing is an “organized activity that is intended to create a false impression of a widespread, spontaneously arising, grassroots movement in support of or in opposition to something (such as a political policy) but that is in reality initiated and controlled by a concealed group or organization (such as a corporation)”.

Mr. Ian Patrick Leahy targets its competitors and other organizations connected with the TEFL community with such techniques.

The ultimate goal of these tactics is to part people who are new to TEFL from their money; money that gets spent on a TEFL course provided by ESLinsider that is neither accredited or internationally recognized.

ACTEFLC advises people to be extra vigilant when dealing with this individual and his ESLinsider TEFL company.

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Christopher Haines
Head of Accreditation Office | https://www.acteflc.com

https://trustedteflreviews.com/2022/06/07/eslinsider/

https://trustedteflreviews.com/2022/06/23/eslinsider-warning/

Mia Williams

He is currently heading towards Oregon, where he plans on working a summer season at Mt. Hood.

We have written to all of the lodges at Mt. Hood to let them know of the multiple and credible online accusations (by his TEFL student customers) of Ian’s alleged criminal past.

We learned about his current movements from his many Reddit profiles, via a tip-off yesterday from one of the TEFL certification programs (one of his business competitors) that he has spent years baselessly trashing online.

Two of these Reddit profiles are:

u/1rub

lip420

The world of TEFL can sigh some relief that Ian Patrick Leahy (ESLinsider) is currently distracted from scamming TEFL students and writing rubbish about his TEFL business competitors.

Mia Williams – Trusted TEFL Reviews

It has been brought to our attention that Ian Leahy (owner of ESLinsider) is now teaching English online.

This probably means that his ESLinsider (unaccredited) TEFL course is dead in the water for the time being.

We see that Ian is still spreading his TEFL “advice” online, via his blog, advice that tends to take the form of pure fiction, and this probably means that he plans on continuing with his TEFL program – that is if anyone is willing to pay him for one of his courses or for his job finding services.

Trusted TEFL Reviews recently published a TEFL Affiliate Marketing Scam article.
Ian Leahy (ESLinsider) is mentioned in this article:

https://trustedteflreviews.com/2022/02/07/tefl-affiliate-marketing-scam/

Mia Williams | Trusted TEFL Reviews

That is great news that you were able to claw your money back from Ian Leahy.

We 100% agree with you that Ian’s article is highly offensive. We are taken aback by the fact that he still has it published online. Ian just doesn’t appear to be accountable for anything he writes or does.

We also feel that it is incredulous that a guy who provides a TEFL course doesn’t know anything about phonetics. A guy who claims that he is a TEFL expert.

Mia Williams.

Tony.

Thank you for leaving your comment. Sorry, it took so long for us to respond – I only read your comment today as it accidentally landed in our Spam folder.

That is terrible what happened to your former GF. I hope that she has managed to get herself out of debt and that she is in a much healthier state of mind now.

Mia Williams

After digging around on the internet you will find complaints going back to 2007 and as recently as 2021 but deep down in the search results because Ian Leahy spams so much of his own fake reviews for ESLinsider that they take up the first 1-3 pages of search results. Then you find out that he used to live in Korea, China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and more recently in Japan. Is Malaysia, Vietnam, or The Philippines next?

Thanks for your input.
Ian writes rubbish about all of his main business competition.
The good news, though, is that his past is beginning to catch up with him now and more and more of his customers are coming forward and giving their accounts of how they got duped by him.
It’s likely the reason behind why he had to suddenly leave Japan.

Mia Williams