Another example of Halligen's "Credentials"....and the Fund paid him £300,000 !!!

United Kingdom Man Indicted for Fraud

U.S. Attorney’s Office November 12, 2009

District of Columbia (202) 514-7566

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Kevin R. Halligen, 48, of Surrey, United Kingdom, was indicted today on charges of wire fraud and money laundering by a grand jury sitting in the District of Columbia, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Channing D. Phillips and Joseph Persichini, Jr., Assistant Director in Charge of the Washington Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

The indictment alleges that from November 2006 to January 2007, Halligen engaged in a scheme to defraud a London-based law firm of $2,100,000. The indictment alleges that Halligen falsely represented to the law firm that these funds would be used to pay expenses incurred in the United States to help secure the release of two executives of a client of the law firm who were arrested in the country of Ivory Coast. Contrary to these representations, Halligen, the indictment alleges, used the funds for his own benefit including purchasing a mansion located in Great Falls, Virginia.

In announcing the indictment, Acting U.S. Attorney Phillips and FBI Assistant Director in Charge Persichini praised the work of the FBI Special Agent who investigated this case. They also commended Paralegal Specialist Mary Treanor, Legal Assistants Jamasee Lucas, Sabrina Brown, and Assistant U.S. Attorney Vasu Muthyala, who is prosecuting the case.

An indictment is merely a formal charge that a defendant has committed a violation of criminal laws and every defendant is presumed innocent until, and unless, proven guilty.

Strange how money laundering features in this case when Metodo 3 were seemingly
under investigation for embezzlement and money laundering.

Not strange at all cherry1 when you consider wheeler dealer Brian Kennedy supposedly signed them up. Metodo 3 in an interview with ABCes, a Spanish subsidiary of the Guardian said his firm did not receive all the money quoted in the British Press.

I read a long time ago that Kennedy was responsible for the contracts for Metodo , Halligen and Alpha, Smethurst drew them up, the Fund paid Kennedy and he paid the Detectives. If SY do not pick up on this then there is no justice for Madeleine.

especially in light of info on the net from people seemingly not too happy with BK in relation to companies wound up etc which SY must have seen in relation to other companies he owned. That information is freely available.

cherry1 wrote:especially in light of info on the net from people seemingly not too happy with BK in relation to companies wound up etc which SY must have seen in relation to other companies he owned. That information is freely available.

Obviously this can't be proved but a poster on here a long time ago said Kennedy had 26 holding companies that he used. The £300,000 paid to Halligen was put in one of these Companies and transferred out the following day.

Kennedy has had 3 Companies struck off for not producing Accounts, let thousands of Wetherseal Customers down by taking their deposits for Windows and making the company bankrupt. Not so long ago he was reported to have renaged on the settlement date for two loans, one from RBS and the other Bank was Canadian I think, not sure of the Country but remember it was a lot of money.

I'm glad he never got to buy Rangers.

So why on earth would the directors of a 'fund' get involved with someone with that kind of
background, they had a responsibility to the public who donated money.

cherry1 wrote:So why on earth would the directors of a 'fund' get involved with someone with that kind of
background, they had a responsibility to the public who donated money.

Of course they have , but they also continue to rob the fund , spend huge sums of money on Legal Fees, name ONE Agency or detective they have employed with experience in searching for missing children !!

None I am afraid, says it all really, if your child goes missing you would normally go for people
experienced in finding missing children, rather than people who have experience in money laundering and fraud!!

cherry1 wrote:

None I am afraid, says it all really, if your child goes missing you would normally go for people
experienced in finding missing children, rather than people who have experience in money laundering and fraud!!

Unless you were telling a big lie and on a scam

follow the money


anyone know if there is a thread on here regarding mention of Madeleine's broken neck

cherry1 wrote:follow the money


anyone know if there is a thread on here regarding mention of Madeleine's broken neck

THERE IS ONE MENTIONING FLUIDS,NOT SURE IF RELEVANT

ok thanks, may be worth starting one up.

cherry1 wrote:So why on earth would the directors of a 'fund' get involved with someone with that kind of
background, they had a responsibility to the public who donated money.

Note the charges relate to the period November 2006 to January 2007. Halligen and co-conspiritors must have felt mighty confident by May 3, 2007 that this scheme to defraud would work with the Fund as well.

If you're a dodgy character trying to convince everyone you're as pure as the driven slush, you have to hire someone equally dodgy (or daft as Messrs Cowley and Edgar) as there's no point in hiring someone reputable. If that person was to realise that his client is the one who committed the crime, he's hardly going to say that or it's bye bye to his wages!

Spot on NBY