OT: Swann and Harford Guilty.

[barryogen]

As some of you know, that asshole I used to work for was up for fraud for $17M.

Jury just got back, guilty guilty guilty... hahahahahaha

yeah, I'm stoked.

[Alex B]

Bloody excellent. Work has been watching this closely. Was funny when the crown prosecutor said the only thing he said that was true was his name and the cars he owned (Even his name was changed by depol)

[barryogen]

Personally I'm waiting for February 3rd for the case with Mr cocksucker swann and my former boss (http://www.sfo.govt.nz/cases.html, number 10).

[MasCam]

And they have been denied bail and remanded in custody.....

They are now someone's bitch.

[rolla_fxgt]

And they have been denied bail and remanded in custody.....

They are now someone's bitch.

But how could they not get bail? I mean he offered to help them sell all his stuff, what other crook does that?
I'd suggest he might have some sort of personality/mental disorder where he still believes he's done no wrong. its kinda sad people get like that really

[Alex B]

I think its more Swann is just a bully and Harford is an idiot.

[barryogen]

I think you two have summed it up well, he's a manipulative bully towards idiots and those easily led.

[Distrb]

finally some kind of answer to my wonderment of how swann managed to afford such an abstract and vast array of cars.

[Alex B]

Yeah I had a look in the paper but couldn't see a list. He had some sort of Bentley and a Murcielago. Was saying in the paper he would show up to Armstrong prestige with suitcases full of money

[Distrb]

Oh thats just some of the later ones. he's owned all sorts of monstrosities. I know a guy who used to service/repair anything of german origin that he owned, and did do for many years.

[Bling]

Looks like he may be the one doing the servicing of things for a while

[rolla_fxgt]

Was his lambo a black one by any chance? I was driving the other day & there was this black gallardo/murchialago coming the other way with quite a young guy (30ish) driving it, thought it might of been at armstrongs

[Leon]

For those of us not in the know, who is this and what did they do?

[rolla_fxgt]

For those of us not in the know, who is this and what did they do?

was the chief IT guy at the Dunedin hospital (Swann), and his mate (Harford), Swann devised dodgy worthless IT contracts that suppossedly covered the hospital if something went wrong with their servers, but the contracts were actually for nothing. The contracts were with a company he asked harford to set up, and then it channelled 90% back to him, was roughly $17 million all up.

[barryogen]

sentencing was today, 9 odd years for Swann, 4 1/2 for Harford.

I would have liked to see longer, but considering that murder is only ~13 years, out in 7 if you behave, I guess it is fairly harsh for white collar crime.

[Alex B]

Whats the bet swann will be out in the 4.5 year minimum.

The civil case will be interesting, some big dunedin names likley to come out in that one.

[barryogen]

yes indeed...

rumour has it his mrs and mistress are both being looked at, as are half the devereau family... never know about the rumours though.

I heard from a reliable source that mike got his ass kicked, but now has some mob goons looking after him after a bit of cash changed hands.

I fear that this environment may be ideal for his ego.

[Distrb]

I'm surprised he didn't get longer, considering the amount of $$ they fleeced.

i wonder what will happen with the boat and all the cars.