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Russian Organized Crime - Boiler room fraud
This fraud investigation involved the representation of 322 clients from 30 countries in respect of the loss of $100m.
Investors Hold Bank Liable for Losses at Currency Firm
“Mark Van Leewarden, a lawyer from Auckland, New Zealand, representing the group of investors who say they lost more than $15 million, said he was preparing to sue Chase this month.”
$100m fraud probe linked to terror attack
“The FBI has joined forces with criminal investigators around the world to look into an alleged fraud worth up to $100m (£70m) by managers of a New York-based private investment company.”
Follow the money
Kiwis stung in the evergreen/first equity scandal, uncovered after the world trade center was destroyed, turn to an auckland-based legal sleuth to recover their funds.
OPERATION HUNTER
Warden Consulting was involved in the deployment of multiple undercover agents on behalf of NZ Post.
Post theft raids lead to arrests
Twenty suspects in $1.5m thefts are mostly employees or contractors
Australian National Courier Operation
A well-established Australian courier operator engaged Warden Consulting to resolve significant unexplained losses.
Recidivist burglar stole every car key on Turners lot, spree costs nearly $500,000
“Accusations of a crime within a crime within a crime.”
Risky business: Life as an Undercover police officer
For a year, van Leewarden was a member of the criminal fraternity, gathering intel on dangerous criminals and trying not to get discovered, and killed.
Currency Trader Who Fled Is Indicted in Fraud Case
The indictment charges the firm's owner, Andrei Koudachev. 38, with mail and wire fraud conspiracy and conspiracy to launder money.
U.S. finds Russian Ring guilty of $100m fraud
More than 1,400 Evergreen clients in more than a dozen countries — many from Australia and New Zealand — were cheated of $110 million from 1998 to September 2001.
Fraudsters Beware
“Fraud is fundamentally basic as well, it is just theft wearing a finely embroidered dress to make it look appealing and complex.”
Fraud is Out of Control
“Always be vigilant If it seems too good to be true [investment scheme], it probably is”. Says Leewarden.
Beware of the enemy within
Fraud expert Mark van Leewarden, of Warden Consulting Ltd, estimates dishonest employees cost the average New Zealand firm around 4c in every dollar.
Fraud claimants seek help in higher places
“Auckland lawyer Mark van Leewarden, who represents the 63 investors, travelled to Taipei a fortnight ago to file fraud claims as part of Cox's prosecution.”
Investors' New York millions missing
New Zealand investors have lost at least $20 million and police have joined an international fraud investigation after more than $200 million was stolen from a New York currency trading firm after the World Trade Center attack.
Mystery Russian Implicated in Kiwis' Missing Millions
An Auckland investigator, Mark van Leewarden, working on behalf of a number of new zealand clients, returned to the country this week after a three-week hunt to track the missing funds in the United States and Europe.
NZ investigator traces missing funds
“A New Zealand investigator has reportedly traced around $5 million of the more than $250 million which was stolen after last month's attacks on the United States.”