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Prosecuting directors of foreign-owned NZ-registered companies

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John Malcolm Carr CPA (see photo:http://www.carr.co.nz/images/jmc.jpg ), an American businessman, faced eight criminal charges in Courtroom 2 of the Auckland District Court at 10AM on Tuesday 31 August 2010, involving offences he was alleged to have committed under the Financial Reporting Act 1993.

The charges relate to four companies that he is sole director of, that up until 16 December 2009 were ALL listed on the NZ Companies Office On-line Records (www.companies.govt.nz) as owned by a US-corporation Cuchara Inc. registered in Florida. The four NZ-registered companies are Velocity Partners Ltd, Shelf Company No 10 Ltd, First Virtual Deposit and Nominee Company Ltd, and PJ Digital Ltd: all owned by the foreign entity Cuchara Inc., that Mr John M Carr CPA directs. The name Cuchara Inc. was changed by John M Carr in 1999 to Carr Consulting P.A., but this change was not recorded on the NZ Companies Office Records as required by law until 16/12/2010 (see below). [Read more…]

Steve Crow: Vixen Publications Ltd and Sidefx Ltd – face permanent removal

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Today the Registrar of Companies Mr Neville Harris has announced his intention to remove two companies formerly directed by banned director Steve Crow, from the Register under section 318(1)(b) of the Companies Act 1993 (see Company removal notices  www.companies.govt.nz). They were both involved in the hardcore pornography industry and are owned by CVC Group Ltd which is directed by a San Antonio Texas based certified public accountant (CPA), Mr John Malcolm Carr. [Read more…]

435 Devon Ltd financial meltdown and mortgagee auction 15 September

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435 Devon Ltd, directed by and part-owned by David Bruce Crow of Inglewood and part-owned by his brother Steve Crow (50%) and wife Carolyn Rose Crow (40%), has lost control of the former New Plymouth RSA Strandon property it purchased for $1.9 Million in 2008. (David Crow who owns 10% of 435 Devon Ltd is also director of Buildwise Ltd (In Liq) that was put into liquidation last year owing creditors hundreds of thousands of dollars).

Following two defaults by 435 Devon Ltd on its monthly mortgage interest payments on 6 July and 6 August 2010, PMIT Nominees Ltd, which holds the first mortgage ($375,000) over the property, has put it up for mortgagee auction (on site) at 1.30 pm on 15th September 2010. Advertised as a “Rare Iconic Property” by First National Real Estate, it can be viewed on line at:

http://www.firstnational.co.nz/property.cfm?propertyID=1419791

http://www.firstnational.co.nz/res_brochure.cfm?propertyId=1419791 [Read more…]

John M Carr: Compliance Issues and the Companies Act – complaints raised

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An American businessman, John Malcolm Carr (see photo links below), who has NZ-US dual citizenship and is a director of New Zealand companies linked to pornographer Stephen (Steve) Peter Crow, is intending to plead guilty to eight criminal charges involving breaches of the Financial Reporting Act 1993, when he faces the Auckland District Court at 10 AM on Tuesday 31 August. This is what his lawyer, Mr Alan Bevan McKay of Checketts McKay Law, Cromwell, informed the Deputy Registrar of the Court via email on Thursday 12 August, when the case was called in the Court.

See: http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/industries/4017695/American-director-misses-court-date

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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Steve Crow’s porn companies collapse – Vixen Publications Ltd and Sidefx Ltd

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Shareholders of Vixen Publications Ltd and Sidefx Ltd are yet to appoint a replacement for the banned director of both companies -Stephen (Steve) Peter Crow, Failure to do so could lead ri the companies being struck off the Register of Companies. [Read more…]