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Red Hare 
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 Posted: 14 Jan 2021 at 6:14pm |
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Wouldn't worry about it SC. The moment has passed.
It was just a Simpson's-themed jibe at the finance industry.
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Second Chance
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Posted: 14 Jan 2021 at 6:25pm |
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Cheers mate.
ps: seen the total number of overs paid by Fung (Aquis), Fung/Phoenix and Annabel Neasham (read Fung/Aquis) at MM? Some have suggested Fung was using this type of sale medium to get money out of Honkers with an elastic band attached. And that the Phoenix money was sourced via Ponzi stuff. Not that I'd know about or give credit to such suggestions.  |
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Posted: 14 Jan 2021 at 7:01pm |
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money laundering? well we/they were all warned of that possibility
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change is simply a destination on a journey reached by taking the first step (i said that) lol
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Posted: 14 Jan 2021 at 7:04pm |
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Maybe we're just happy to stimulate the economy right now
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Red Hare
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Posted: 14 Jan 2021 at 7:45pm |
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It seems bizarre that the one-time Vice Chairman of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange would align himself with a suspected money launderer.... and yet, here we are.
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Posted: 14 Jan 2021 at 8:23pm |
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I always thought " last resort Laurie " had a shifty look too.
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Posted: 15 Jan 2021 at 12:13pm |
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We're all being too kind, too tongue in cheek, but blind Freddy could see this is not kosher, look at all this money being spent, with little chance of a notable recoup, any anti laundering body worth their salt would be all over this. Australia is becoming the new Cayman Is, soon we shall be a laughing stock like NZ where they don't pre race test as they are too broke.......
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Bonjour
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Posted: 15 Jan 2021 at 12:15pm |
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Four Corners has lost the cred they once had, but surely a good investigative journo like Kate McClymont could delve into this....she may value her life too much, but she is fearless and she would need to be......
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rusty nails
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Posted: 15 Jan 2021 at 12:43pm |
How does this obvious money laundering work? The breeder get what out of it? Besides a big tax break......
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Posted: 15 Jan 2021 at 12:50pm |
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Bill not break!
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Posted: 15 Jan 2021 at 2:00pm |
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Rusty Nails it is a centuries old practice.
"Invest" black money in a reputable business ( the buy-in price is of least consideration) the ongoing returns are then legitimate. Speak to anybody who has skimmed sizable amounts of money from a business pre-tax & they will tell how hard it is to spend that money domestically without attracting ATO attention Money coming from overseas. Not a problem. Austrac is fuseless
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kavg
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Posted: 15 Jan 2021 at 2:07pm |
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True Glencoe,
But if we look at the total they have spent at the sales, unless they end up getting a decent well patronised stallion prospect they will have lost quite a lot of money. If I wanted to launder $10 mil and after buying some over-priced yearlings managed to make $2mil prizemoney minus training costs for lets say 10 horses then I'm left with around $1mil. That is good return if you have a billion dollars to launder for someone like them. I can't help but think some of the vendors are involved with kickbacks or some arrangement. Thoughts?
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Posted: 15 Jan 2021 at 2:08pm |
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Unfortuately we have two problems why oversight will most likely not occur
The Oz breeding cartels love the money & the funny money sales money is not widely shared across the industry. There is not a trickle down effect. If anything , prices increase, the market becomes distorted and thus the middle market & small breeder keep getting screwed The other problem is the sanctimonious, non-collegiate approach of each states horse industries
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Posted: 15 Jan 2021 at 2:11pm |
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$10 mill is nary a concern. Treated as loose change
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Posted: 15 Jan 2021 at 2:31pm |
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Bill Vlahos went from mach-4 to zero because there was no money. Here, however, the creditors (MM & Inglis) and breeders get paid, hence why the show rolls on.
Publishing a record of every bid would be a significant deterrent, as there needs to be a willing underbidder for the price to go up. Selling 'as agent' should also get the flick. |
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Posted: 15 Jan 2021 at 2:36pm |
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Lets say they launder $100m over the sales season down in Southern hemisphere. And without a stallion they get $10 mil out of it via racing the yearlings.
I understand that it is loose change but it is not really worth the effort of making the original 100m if you only get 10mil on the 'clean side'. I come to the conclusion that they are getting kickbacks from the vendors. There are others like yourself Glencoe with more experience and insight but what does anyone think of that conclusion?
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Posted: 15 Jan 2021 at 2:55pm |
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Kickbacks, syndicates.
Tomayto, tomarto.
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Posted: 15 Jan 2021 at 3:00pm |
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I've got my theory, if I express it I'll be locked up or worse........I just hope one day it all comes out and the guilty are done like dinners.
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Posted: 15 Jan 2021 at 3:07pm |
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Come on Bonjour,
share or at least message with theory. You won't end up in jail. Maybe something worse could happen but this is an anonymous forum and very unlike you to be silenced.
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Posted: 15 Jan 2021 at 3:20pm |
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Not that this would ever happen, but: "$400,000. "I'll guarantee to buy him for $800,000, so long as we split the extra $400,000 (60/40 your way because of tax, commission etc)". "Done". So the horse has actually costs the purchaser $704,000 inc GST. The purchaser then adds his profit (30% on top of the implied $880,000 purchase price) plus on-costs and syndicates the yearling at a valuation of just over $1,000,000.
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Posted: 15 Jan 2021 at 3:20pm |
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kavg, its supposed to be anonymous, but I can promise you many here know who is who.
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animals before people.
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Posted: 15 Jan 2021 at 3:27pm |
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Posted: 15 Jan 2021 at 3:52pm |
And the breeder receives $640, but pays tax on $800. Hmmmm I’ll pass
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Posted: 15 Jan 2021 at 3:59pm |
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They're catching on SC.......
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Posted: 15 Jan 2021 at 4:09pm |
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So the split's a bit different Rusty: just produced the above in a jiffy.
Bottom line is that the arrangement guarantees that the vendor gets his reserve (which he may not have otherwise achieved) plus extra for his trouble, and the syndicator makes a windfall profit. Win/win.
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Posted: 15 Jan 2021 at 4:15pm |
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That's what I expected and alluded to Second.
Understand AA, respect Bonjour's right to silence. But this is all hypothetical as Second said
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Posted: 15 Jan 2021 at 4:19pm |
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And whilst in this 'hypothetical world' this is the obvious reason why the sales market has held up for the last countless years because prior to this lot, there have been countless others doing the same. The participating vendors are partly to blame and of course the sales companies and authorities all turn a blind eye but they share, along with governments, the majority of the blame.
But of course if i make an honest $1000 mistake in my tax return they will be just as understanding.
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Posted: 15 Jan 2021 at 4:51pm |
No doubt syndicators use this tactic, probably giving the vendor an invoice for consulting, to make them square tax wise. But I thought we were talking about nefarious characters wanting to launder money.
In which case it’s the other way around. If, say I had $10M I wanted to launder, I’d be wanting to officially pay $4M for my $10M asset, with the balance “paid under the table”. In which case paying over the odds is not the solution. |
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Posted: 15 Jan 2021 at 4:56pm |
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But let's move on from possible syndication rorts and come back to Tony Fung (Aquis).
It appears he's shutting down his stud presence in both Victoria and NSW and moving most of his stallions (most of them 2nd graders) to Qld. Yet he's still buying heaps of yearling colts, paying clear overs for most of them. But what's most incredible is the fact that he's formed an alliance with Phoenix, the alleged Ponzi scheme mob which is a banned pariah in almost every racing country except of Australia. Why would anyone form an alliance with such a discredited entity as Phoenix? Vendors may well be counting their blessings just for the moment, but ultimately it's highly likely that little good will ultimately come of this.
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Posted: 15 Jan 2021 at 5:59pm |
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Rusty,
Per SC’s example... the laundry tips in 800, immediately receives 240 back from the vendor, then syndicates half the horse for another 500. 7.5% ‘leakage’ is better than you’ll get at TravelEx . PLUS, you’re still sitting on an asset worth $500k.Most would be happy to get a clean $800k back out of a dirty $1m that they can’t touch. Bear in mind, the players in question are trying to wash billions. They’d be well aware that 70-80% of something is better than 100% of nothing.
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