An embattled developer and fraudster avoided plummeting into bankruptcy after claiming he only had $200 in his bank account and couldn’t repay the $17 million he owed to former friends and associates. Despite his cries of crippling financial stress, Lemuel Page, 48, is still spotted driving around the NSW Hunter region in a luxury Mercedes…
Rogue advisers who seek out struggling companies and help ‘phoenix’ them out of tax and other financial obligations are being targeted in a multi-agency crackdown on the $3 billion lost every year from company rebirthing. The Australian Taxation Office and ASIC are leading the effort to put rogue ‘pre-insolvency advisers’ out of business by disrupting…
PwC suffered the latest blow to its reputation late on Thursday as Ukraines central bank pulled its bank auditing rights in the country for failing to identify alleged improprieties that led to a $5.5bn balance-sheet hole at PrivatBank, the countrys largest lender. The big four accounting group, which denies fault, had audited PrivatBank from the…
The states new mortgage arrears resolution service has helped fewer than 160 borrowers at risk of losing their homes to challenge their lenders through the appeal courts. The Abhaile service, launched last October, helps borrowers challenge mortgage providers when they veto proposals for a personal insolvency arrangement. According to a briefing for Charlie Flanagan after…
Page used cucubic zirconia in his friend’s wedding ring, but told him it was diamond. FOR years Newcastle man Lemuel Page spun a web of deceit involving failed investments that left him owing friends and former associates $17 million. But in the end it was a cheap cubic zirconia ring that landed the property developer turned fraudster in…
The states new mortgage arrears resolution service has helped fewer than 160 borrowers at risk of losing their homes to challenge their lenders through the appeal courts. The Abhaile service, launched last October, helps borrowers challenge mortgage providers when they veto proposals for a personal insolvency arrangement. According to a briefing for Charlie Flanagan after…
Newcastle businessman Lemuel Page. FOR years Newcastle man Lemuel Page spun a web of deceit involving failed investments that left him owing friends and former associates $17 million. But in the end it was a cheap cubic zirconia ring that landed the property developer turned fraudster in jail. The 48-year-old Mercedes-driving businessman’s past includes a shareholder arrangement with ex-bikie…
Nathan Tinkler was able to get to Hawaii for his sons birthday. BANKRUPT former mining magnate Nathan Tinklers trip to New York for a job interview in February has backfired. The Saturday Telegraph can reveal the one-time billionaire remains unemployed and residing in Australia after an unsuccessful job application with a mining consultancy in Manhattan.…
Beena Parmar Moneycontrol News Debt in the balance sheets of most public sector banks may not get drastically reduced as bankers expect less than 50 percent recovery of the loans under insolvency. A month after the insolvency and bankruptcy process kick-started, three companies — Jyoti Structures, Monnet Ispat and Energy and Alok Industries — have been…
No easy way beck Becker won Wimbledon at the age of just 17 in 1985, but now finds himself legally bankrupt BORIS BECKERS sad decline is complete after he was declared legally bankrupt. The German was one of the most talented tennis players of his generation, and a successful coach. Getty Images Boris Becker has…