I was reading about old salt Rene Rivkin again today. For those that havent heard of him, he was a Chinese-born Australian entrepreneur, investor, investment adviser and stockbroker. Born in 1944 in what was then Japanese -occupied China to Russian Jewish parents.
He was convicted of insider trading in 2003 and died in 2005.
The Aussies here might remember the 1993 fire that destroyed a Sydney printing plant owned by the company Offset Alpine Printing Ltd. Old Rivkin was a shonky businessman who also had connections to Politicians and power players - so he was pretty much untouchable - just like someone else we know.
He was the Chairman and main investor of Offset Alpine which had been insured at replacement value ($53.2 million) way above the purchase price and the share prices skyrocketed. The fire was blamed on a staff barbecue, but suspicions of arson have persisted all these years. He owned so many businesses and stockbroking firms.
After he died a global investigation was launched to ascertain the location of funds associated with his estate.
Investigations found he had been trading in secret through complex offshore dealings, despite being banned, and led to the ATO claiming A$18 million in unpaid taxes and penalties.
A Swiss bank refused to disclose the details of Rivkin's financial records and the Swiss authorities refused to take action against the bank. An amount of $A11 million that was held in Swiss bank accounts remains outstanding upon the closure of the investigation in April 2013.
These people know the way to hidden coin.
Rivkin had many associates and business partners, two of which are really interesting to me atm in relation to this case,
one man was named Ken Hawkins and the other is Richard Vereker. (In 1993 Vereker owned a Sydney meat production business Trendall Pty Ltd).... Anyone heard of them......???
OH YES there are so many arms to this octopus he has created that I have noticed for every one name of a person or place he attaches himself to, there are at least 4 avenues one could go down. He does his homework that's for sure. All part of his gameplan to keep the wolves from the door I'd say.
I have been following a name that I found a while ago now and couldn't work out if it was linked to him or not, Until I was reading an article on the above name R.V. and that name linked into my other research on K.H., as above.
Then a common denominator of these two linked me to Rivkin. Rivkin had many associates because of his corrupt dealings, just like the names above. All linked to the same corruption. Off shore money laundering, ponzie schemes etc etc, included in this is another associate which has been discussed before = Featherstone - involved with a myriad of boiler room pyramid schemes, dodgy gambling syndicates, predictive software scams and other "investments", stealing millions of dollar from the gullible and linked to The Benhayons.
All of them in some sort of safety blanket thanks to friends high up in the food chain.
One other associate of Rivkin was a man named Obeid. He was another corrupt politician. I think
@MrsWattle and I may have gone down this rabbit hole before
I think @centred and @car54 found a Maria Katherina Reid or Read (nee Blum) I'm not sure when she died but Maria Katarina Read (nee Blum) was a German Beautician who lived in Monte st Tamborine, she and her mailman husband William Henry Read listed on the Beaudesert electoral roll 1977 in...
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It is a full circle all the way back to Passy - Obeids family mansion on Hunters Hill
The walks are close to where the Walkers had properties
One of Hunters Hill's earliest two-storey stone houses, Passy was built by Didier Joubert between 1855 and 1857 and was tenanted by Monsieur Louis Francois Sentis, Consul of France and the Sicilies and the first French Consul in Sydney. Passy was described in an 1859 auction notice as 'Mansion...
greenbook.huntershilltrust.org.au
huntershillmuseum.org.au
There is a lot to unpack with these men. But they are all linked, and there are a few other players that need an airing.
I am unsure if this will be taken down so best to make a few notes
For now I am still staying with Old Passy is linked to all of the above.
Thought I would keep going on this
If you search any of the names above and in here, you will find the bigger picture with other names connected to them all but basically it was a rort that came to a head when some of the people involved were caught. Some were never held accountable because Solicitors, detectives, politicians, some of Aust top Racing Trainers, Celebrities etc etc were all connected to these criminals, either by buying into what they thought was a legit company/ companies or otherwise.
Another past business partner of convicted insider trader Rene Rivkin was "Richard" Vereker.
I will start with Vereker - the name associated to the family
@Lord Peter Flimsy researched - the
Mottynsden Oast clan who won't be called into the investigation into MB and AH - how are they related - RV wife is written in newspapers as 'visiting' the UK
@MrsWattle found a link to him and his association to all the players above -
IT WAS late in the evening when Hurstville detectives received an urgent call from the Police Integrity Commission. During an investigation into police corruption, the commission had intercepted a phone call that indicated a kidnapped man was being tortured in a Hurstville flat.
www.smh.com.au
I wont get into the full stories of them all as they are a powerhouse so just being careful - look it all up....
- these are the big boys and IMO, AH is one of the little boys - as he said to Monique "big toddlers are kings in small puddles" - HE MIGHT BE A FOOT SOLDIER
AS CALLS mount for a royal commission into the relationship between developers, lobbyists and government after the murder...
www.theleader.com.au
A middleman whose name has been mentioned following the shooting of Michael McGurk was well-known in Illawarra racing...
www.illawarramercury.com.au
RV - a former butcher, bookmaker, and Wollongong businessman and failed hotelier with his socialite wife and corrupt son - scroll down:
When his meat company went into liquidation in 1993, owing more than a million dollars RV fled overseas where he started selling meat pies in Hungary...... INTERSTING PLACE TO RUN TO......front for money laundering
''Investigators have discovered RV had a gambling history and that's the other reason why he's not going to return to this country.''
SEE ATTACHMENT
There is more on the V family in connection to a fake gallery but I will just keep on this trail with the business partners of old salt Rivkin so it doesnt get confusing, its like a spiders web!!!
Shonky Broker R Rivkin had his hand in another pie with a group who also had invested interests from the same high flyers as above - the racing industry is a huge part in this.
And this company was Spedley merchant banking group and Spedley Securities Ltd - There are dozens of articles about it all if you do a search.
FOR a man accustomed to the better things in life, facing a local court in Sydney next week will be a distinct come-down for Brian Yuill.
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Financial dexterity and the ability to maintain an air of credibility seem to have been the special talents of the former head of the devastated Spedley merchant banking group, Brian Yuill. He managed to sustain his companies through two years of desperate dealing until they finally went down in...
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Yuills was an "old boy" of another merchant bank, Martin Corporation, now CIBC Australia Ltd, working there in the early 1970s.
Spedley's co-founder, Ken Hawkins, the former head of the failed Rothwells merchant bank
Meet Ken Hawkins - who seemed to have the same address as AH Sir Thomas Mitchell Road Bondi Beach
and
Meet "Willie West" , "William West", "Theordore Willie West" - and possibly Willie Phillips
Willie West of stockbroking firm Potts West Trumbull also worked at Martin Corp and his Sydney-based partner, Brent Potts, did work for Spedley after being introduced to Yuill via his good mate Rene Rivkin.
Brian Yuill as head of Rothwells Ltd. It would have been a splendidly bizarre addition to the circles within circles that made the fall of the Spedley empire such a corporate fiasco.
www.afr.com
https://download.asic.gov.au/media/1347188/spedley.pdf - CHAPTER 6 - CHELSEA PROPERTY
Bisley Investment Corporation Limited From 1979, Bisley Investment became involved in finance, investment and property development. Its subsidiaries included Bisley Asset Management and Bisley Commodities Brokers, then a member of the Sydney Futures Exchange. The directors were John Corner (Managing Director), Ronald Gray, Brent Potts, Theodore William West, Brian Yuill and Brian McGowen. Mr J O'Brien was appointed as liquidator in April 1990.
WILLIE WEST and COMPANY BARING BROS - the attached is a snippet of a full newspaper article outlining all of the business failings and names of above. It wont let me upload the full article
Also the 1991 snippet on the properties and boat is too big to upload
It wasn't just the Singapore futures operation that was badly managed. The lack of controls that allowed Nick Leeson to lose $1.4 billion was symptomatic of the lousy way Barings was run throughout Asia. The culture clash between the traders of Baring Securities and the merchant bankers of Baring…
www.euromoney.com
This timeline details key events and transactions in Barings' history from the 1760's to the present day.
baringarchive.org.uk
en.wikipedia.org
1993
THE three partners in the former leading stockbroking firm Potts West Trumbull - Mr Brent Potts, Mr Willie West and Mr Chris Trumbull - face an interest bill of between $8.3 million and $9.8 million on top of the recent$15 million court verdict against them in the Spedley Securities case.
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"THE three partners in the former leading stockbroking firm Potts West Trumbull - Mr Brent Potts, Mr Willie West and Mr Chris Trumbull - face an interest bill of between $8.3 million and $9.8 million on top of the recent$15 million court verdict against them in the Spedley Securities case...."
Brent Potts 2008 - Rising like Phoenix from the Ashes
Anglo African Minerals plc ('Company'), the dedicated bauxite exploration and development company is pleased to announce the terms of a private share
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Willie West was a partner of Potts West Trumbull, Members of the Australian Stock Exchange when it was sold to Prudential Bache 1990. He became a venture capital investor in Eastern European start-ups, including $100 million raise for Hungarian Investment Co. Ltd., in conjunction with John Govett in 1990; the provision of $500 million of 'seed capital' for the development of early stage resources in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. Latterly a founder of Resources Investment Trust plc and thereafter the development of a private equity capital portfolio in the resource sector.
The victory of Hungary's former Communists in elections in May may give pause to some foreign investors considering Budapest equities..But local stock analysts say not to worry. After all, it was these same politicians who first permitted equity issues
www.nytimes.com
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