New Zealand’s Latest Dodgy Export: Why FX Investors Should be Wary of Software Sold by Irish Company Paymark Autotrader
A dubious FX trading software operation closes down in New Zealand and sets up shop in Ireland.
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How a British Carbon Credit Pusher Got a Listing on a Danish Stock Exchange, Brokered by a New Zealand Financial Company Run by an Australian Residing in Switzerland
How a British Carbon Credit Pusher Got a Listing on a Danish Stock Exchange, Brokered by a New Zealand Financial Company Run by an Australian Residing in Switzerland
Read more...New Zealand: Pseudo-Financial Companies, and GT Group, Both Still Going Strong.
By Richard Smith, who would be a member of the International Consortium of Interfering Bloggers, if there was such a thing.
Read more...NC’s Guess About a Sean Quinn-GT Group Connection Just Got a Bit More Solid (But a Bit More Ho-Hum, Too)
More about a possible link between bankrupt Irish ex-billionaire Sean Quinn’s asset hiding activities and the Taylor family’s company registration businesses (GT Group and successors)
Read more...At Least Half of the 21,500 Companies Revealed by the Guardian/ICIJ Offshore Investigation Have Connections With Rogue Agent GT Group
The GT Global sham company network may be far bigger than you ever imagined.
Read more...New Zealand’s Ian Taylor: Helping Ireland’s Biggest Bankrupt To Hide Assets?
Is there a connection between New Zealand’s Ian Taylor and Sean Quinn, Ireland’s asset-hiding bankrupt? Could be…
Read more...New Zealand’s Company Register: Even More Out of Control Than You Thought
My last post on this little mess implied that there was pretty slack official monitoring of the NZ Company Register for obviously false or impermissible registration information. But one or two other sightings invite the question: does anyone in New Zealand take Para 1, Section 377 of the Companies Act seriously, any more? 377 False statements […]
Read more...New Zealand Companies Office Turns a Blind Eye to Registration Abuses
In a previous post, we looked briefly at NZ companies that have now, or have ever had, “Bancorp” in their name, uncovering a rich vein of seediness. Filter out the more-or-less legit-looking companies and the more-or-less dodgy ones that I wrote about then, and there’s more. There always seems to be more.
The New Zealand Companies Office is asleep on the job.
Read more...New Zealand’s Rogue Incorporator, Ian Taylor, Sighted in Malaysia (and UK)
In my last post on the attempts to clamp down on New Zealander Ian Taylor’s buccaneering (ahem) company registrations, which have facilitated arms-smuggling and massive moneylaundering, I wrote of his latest venture
Read more...Naturally, various official and unofficial sleuths will now be sniffing after this new firm and the “reputable Asian jurisdiction”…
One awaits the next grisly sightings of Taylor’s legacy, registered in “Asia”, or Delaware, or London, or wherever.
New Zealand’s Savings & Loans Companies: Not Like Any Banking Industry You’ve Ever Seen Before
Yet more gems from New Zealand’s Company Register: the companies that specialize in scamming Americans
Read more...New Zealand: Not Another Rogue Company Incorporator, Surely? No: Two, Actually
The trolls are multiplying in New Zealand’s Company Register
Read more...New Zealand Reserve Bank Gesticulates at Pseudobanks Run by Offshore Directors (and Registered by Offshore Company Agents)
More perfumed offerings from the New Zealand Company Register
Read more...New Zealand Company Register Facilitates Arms Dealing With Iran, Massive Money Laundering, But Will the Minders Beat the Perps?
Cleaning up New Zealand’s register of companies: how’s it going?
Read more...New Zealand, Fresh From Its Service to Mexican Drug Lords, Helps Out the Russian Mafia
It appears that New Zealand’s company incorporation regime has soiled itself, lavishly, again. This time, the Russian mafia appear to be involved.
Read more...New Zealand Science Minister Mapp’s Sudden Disappearance from New Image’s Web Site
NZ Science Minister who praised New Image runs for cover…New Image spokesperson in a spin…New Image “stand by” colostrum quack cure testimonials but simultaneously repudiate them by taking them off their web site…New Image still flogging worthless fuel economy product Powerpill Fe-3 to Malaysia.
Business As Usual in New Zealand!
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