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Ministry of Economic Development v John Malcolm Carr – case deferred to 28/09/2010

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Neither John Malcolm Carr (photo links below) nor his attorney Alan Bevan McKay of Checketts McKay Law, Cromwell, appeared today at 10 am in Courtroom 2 of the Auckland District Court in the case Ministry of Economic Development v John Malcolm Carr . The case was initially set down for 12 August 2010 but was adjourned on that day until this morning, 31 August, at the request of Mr John M Carr (via an email sent to the Deputy Court Registrar through his lawyer Mr McKay on 12 August).

Photo 1: http://www.carr.co.nz/images/jmc.jpg

Photo 2: http://www.bankler.com/AboutUs/JohnMCarr/tabid/130/Default.aspx

Photo 3: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnmalcolmcarr

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John M Carr, treasurer to arrested Orange County Mayoralty candidate and County Commissioner, Mildred Fernandez

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ORANGE COUNTY, FLORIDA. — Documents released Friday show arrested Orange County Commissioner Mildred Fernandez, has been in trouble in the past over campaign finances. She was fined $2,000 for falsifying campaign finance records for her 2004 campaign. She gave three different versions to police investigators of how she collected one particular cash donation. (See article 27 August  http://www.wftv.com/news/24788284/detail.html)

Fernandez, who was standing for Mayor of Orange County, was arrested on April 16, 2010 on charges of racketeering, grand theft, bribery and accepting illegal campaign contributions, in a sting operation involving an undercover agent posing as a developer. Her treasurer/campaign accountant was John Malcolm Carr CPA, known as John M Carr CPA, from 1 October 2009 up until her arrest in April.

Photo 1: http://www.carr.co.nz/images/jmc.jpg

Photo 2: http://www.bankler.com/AboutUs/JohnMCarr/tabid/130/Default.aspx

Photo 3: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnmalcolmcarr

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Police confiscate lifestyle block of director charged with money laundering

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The owner of a $2 million lifestyle block seized by police under the Criminal Proceeds (Recovery) Act, has left the country before detectives could press charges against him. He is the sole director and shareholder of an Auckland company and he and his finance manager have been jointly charged with laundering $1.9 million in the past year. The charges laid against them were the second phase in Operation Acacia, a joint operation between the newly formed police Organised and Financial Crime Agency (OFCANZ) and the Auckland metro crime squad.

For full story see http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10660608

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Money laundering, shell companies, criminal connections and porn

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The charges recently laid by the Companies Office against Lu Zhang for her alleged offences against s. 373 of the Companies Office Act 1993 – signals a new era of reform: a war against the abuse of the Companies Office register by unscrupulous company directors. By providing false residential and/or registered office addresses they seek to avoid full accountability to enforcement agencies, evade authorities and hide financial matters. Full credit to reporter Michael Field of Fairfax Media who broke the story about multiple shell companies operating out of an Auckland Queen Street building and their alleged links to illegal arms trafficking involving North Korea.

Criminal activities linked to prostitution and human trafficking, the international porn trade, drug and weapons trafficking, have all been linked to money laundering of the proceeds of crime.

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Bid to stop legal action fails for director [linked to illegal arms trading] – NZPA

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Bid to stop legal action fails for director. NZPA August 13, 2010, 10:21 am.

A director of a New Zealand firm linked to arms traffickers has lost her bid to have legal action against her stopped.  Lu Zhang, 28, is accused of with making false statements in company registration firms after she declared her office address was her residence in 75 companies she registered. She was charged after a plane loads of weapons including rockets and grenades from North Korea bound for Iran was seized in Bangkok last year. [Read more…]