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Investigation proves that criminals can nearly buy an EFL club...... 20:40 - Aug 9 with 4460 viewsRAFCBLUE

Criminals nearly bought an EFL club......

No it's not us and the article doesn't mention Andrew Curran, Darrell Rose or Alexander Jarvis of Blackbridge Sports Limited but all very interesting just the same.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/8/9/investigation-reveals-football-used-to-l

Here's the relevant bit for us:

Unfazed by the client’s crimes, Samuelson gave a step-by-step guide on how he can use offshore trusts to hide the investor’s money and identity.

To hide Mr X’s conviction, Samuelson proposed using two so-called minority investors to “front” the Derby County purchase as joint shareholders of an offshore company.


Denise Valarie Courtnell anyone? Faical Safouane anyone?

George Bernard Shaw had it right: "He who can does; he who cannot, teaches." https://www.visittheusa.co.uk/
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Investigation proves that criminals can nearly buy an EFL club...... on 20:53 - Aug 9 with 4391 viewsDorkingDale

Scary stuff.....let's hope the EFL are watching this.
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Investigation proves that criminals can nearly buy an EFL club...... on 20:55 - Aug 9 with 4379 viewsjudd

Investigation proves that criminals can nearly buy an EFL club...... on 20:53 - Aug 9 by DorkingDale

Scary stuff.....let's hope the EFL are watching this.


Corrie is on

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Investigation proves that criminals can nearly buy an EFL club...... on 20:56 - Aug 9 with 4369 viewsIOMDale

Investigation proves that criminals can nearly buy an EFL club...... on 20:55 - Aug 9 by judd

Corrie is on


Tsk it’s University Challenge on BBC Two.

UTDNFS

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Investigation proves that criminals can nearly buy an EFL club...... on 21:00 - Aug 9 with 4353 viewsjudd

Investigation proves that criminals can nearly buy an EFL club...... on 20:56 - Aug 9 by IOMDale

Tsk it’s University Challenge on BBC Two.


Daddy's got a Porsche.

Correct

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Investigation proves that criminals can nearly buy an EFL club...... on 21:03 - Aug 9 with 4328 viewsIOMDale

Investigation proves that criminals can nearly buy an EFL club...... on 21:00 - Aug 9 by judd

Daddy's got a Porsche.

Correct


I’m hoping the questions the EFL have for Curran and Rose will be of a difficulty similar to those posed by Paxman.

UTDNFS

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Investigation proves that criminals can nearly buy an EFL club...... on 21:04 - Aug 9 with 4321 viewswozzrafc

Do you have information on corruption or want to share another tip? Contact Al Jazeera’s Investigative Unit on +974 5080 0207 (WhatsApp/Signal), or find other ways to reach out on our Tips page.

Hmmmmmmm …….. do we know any suspicious attempt to buy a football club?🤔
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Investigation proves that criminals can nearly buy an EFL club...... on 21:16 - Aug 9 with 4266 viewsSandyman

Who would want to sell shares to such people only to receive possibly laundered money that the government will be able to take from them?
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Investigation proves that criminals can nearly buy an EFL club...... on 21:25 - Aug 9 with 4225 viewsBrierls

Investigation proves that criminals can nearly buy an EFL club...... on 21:03 - Aug 9 by IOMDale

I’m hoping the questions the EFL have for Curran and Rose will be of a difficulty similar to those posed by Paxman.


If Paxman doesn’t get them, the Taxman will…
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Investigation proves that criminals can nearly buy an EFL club...... on 21:47 - Aug 9 with 4144 viewsRAFCBLUE

Investigation proves that criminals can nearly buy an EFL club...... on 21:16 - Aug 9 by Sandyman

Who would want to sell shares to such people only to receive possibly laundered money that the government will be able to take from them?


Not only than sandyman, what a time for the EFL to be made to look like complete and utter amateurs by a sting operation of an international TV network!

Let's compare this article to what we know about Morton House, Andrew Kirk Curran, Darrell Rose and Alexander Jarvis.

I think ours would read like:

* Jarvis is a wannabee football deal-maker known as "The Amateur"

* According to leading North African finance analyst Mr Dru Gee Deala, it has been said of Jarvis that he “is a Jonah ”, a reference to his skills in cocking up the personal information of clients and inadvertently releasing it into the public domain.

* To hide Mr X’s convictions , Jarvis proposed using an unknown payroll company fronted by investor Denise Valerie Courtnell to “front” the Rochdale purchase as the shareholder of the purchasing company, Morton Rose, only to switch the shareholder of the purchasing company once the EFL test processes had been started.

* Selling shareholder would sign a “Ordinary Power of Attorney over shares” that they are holding shares for Morton House. Under this arrangement, Morton House's identity would be concealed and Morton House's directors (including the made up ones) could hide behind the existing selling shareholders getting them to do its bidding.

* Jarvis told the undercover reporters he would make sure that the criminal investor would be approved by the EFL and that the takeover was going ahead "100%".

* “I’ll come up with an idea of how we can structure it so we defeat the EFL. I can pressure the football league,” he told the Daily Telegraph's undercover reporters. “We’ll manage it. We’ll just manufacture it.”

* Jarvis took the reporters to Rochdale in May , where they met David Bottomley, who claimed to represent the majority owner of the club, to discuss a new training ground, suggesting that Bottomley be given the CEO for the remainder of his natural lifetime and a knighthood for his services to football.

* During a meeting with the Daily Telegraph's undercover reporters, Jarvis confirmed that he was now willing to pay up to £10,000 to obtain the details of the pesky Rochdale supporters who were stopping Morton House getting anywhere close to 50% of shares.

* Nicholas Craig the EFL lawyer said "Whilst we take every case on its merits, the AlJazeera sting on the EFL has opened our eyes to the cretinous and fraudulent application from a bunch of chancers who were David Bottomley's fourth choice option. Andy Curran has thrown his rattle out of the Rolls Royce Cullinan and called me a "pansy" - something he attributed to his love of Gardener's World and it was in no way homophobic."

* Law firms acting for the shareholders who were stupid enough to be caught by this money laundering sting and those acting for Jarvis, Curran and Rose were unavailable for comment but the Met Police's anti-corruption arms noted that all parties should expect a raid by a lady called "Dawn".

George Bernard Shaw had it right: "He who can does; he who cannot, teaches." https://www.visittheusa.co.uk/
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Investigation proves that criminals can nearly buy an EFL club...... on 22:02 - Aug 9 with 4089 viewsjudd

Investigation proves that criminals can nearly buy an EFL club...... on 21:47 - Aug 9 by RAFCBLUE

Not only than sandyman, what a time for the EFL to be made to look like complete and utter amateurs by a sting operation of an international TV network!

Let's compare this article to what we know about Morton House, Andrew Kirk Curran, Darrell Rose and Alexander Jarvis.

I think ours would read like:

* Jarvis is a wannabee football deal-maker known as "The Amateur"

* According to leading North African finance analyst Mr Dru Gee Deala, it has been said of Jarvis that he “is a Jonah ”, a reference to his skills in cocking up the personal information of clients and inadvertently releasing it into the public domain.

* To hide Mr X’s convictions , Jarvis proposed using an unknown payroll company fronted by investor Denise Valerie Courtnell to “front” the Rochdale purchase as the shareholder of the purchasing company, Morton Rose, only to switch the shareholder of the purchasing company once the EFL test processes had been started.

* Selling shareholder would sign a “Ordinary Power of Attorney over shares” that they are holding shares for Morton House. Under this arrangement, Morton House's identity would be concealed and Morton House's directors (including the made up ones) could hide behind the existing selling shareholders getting them to do its bidding.

* Jarvis told the undercover reporters he would make sure that the criminal investor would be approved by the EFL and that the takeover was going ahead "100%".

* “I’ll come up with an idea of how we can structure it so we defeat the EFL. I can pressure the football league,” he told the Daily Telegraph's undercover reporters. “We’ll manage it. We’ll just manufacture it.”

* Jarvis took the reporters to Rochdale in May , where they met David Bottomley, who claimed to represent the majority owner of the club, to discuss a new training ground, suggesting that Bottomley be given the CEO for the remainder of his natural lifetime and a knighthood for his services to football.

* During a meeting with the Daily Telegraph's undercover reporters, Jarvis confirmed that he was now willing to pay up to £10,000 to obtain the details of the pesky Rochdale supporters who were stopping Morton House getting anywhere close to 50% of shares.

* Nicholas Craig the EFL lawyer said "Whilst we take every case on its merits, the AlJazeera sting on the EFL has opened our eyes to the cretinous and fraudulent application from a bunch of chancers who were David Bottomley's fourth choice option. Andy Curran has thrown his rattle out of the Rolls Royce Cullinan and called me a "pansy" - something he attributed to his love of Gardener's World and it was in no way homophobic."

* Law firms acting for the shareholders who were stupid enough to be caught by this money laundering sting and those acting for Jarvis, Curran and Rose were unavailable for comment but the Met Police's anti-corruption arms noted that all parties should expect a raid by a lady called "Dawn".


Brilliant

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Investigation proves that criminals can nearly buy an EFL club...... on 22:06 - Aug 9 with 4075 viewsRAFCBLUE

Investigation proves that criminals can nearly buy an EFL club...... on 22:02 - Aug 9 by judd

Brilliant


All brilliant tales have truth at their heart, judd.

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Investigation proves that criminals can nearly buy an EFL club...... on 02:48 - Aug 10 with 3782 viewsSandyman

A "must watch" investigation given our Curran(t) situation. The EFL really does need to sort itself out on the question of rogue / hostile takeovers, starting with our club.

Direct link to the YouTube video of this compelling documentary:

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Investigation proves that criminals can nearly buy an EFL club...... on 09:05 - Aug 10 with 3604 viewsNorthernDale

Hopefully the HMRC fraud and Criminal avoidance unit is now investigating Morton House Management and the directors, they have the information to do so, and after all the company sticks worse then the local sewage farm. We must encourage our local MP's to put pressure on the HMRC to do so.

Based on the information unearthed by a number of brilliant Dale fans and the TV investigation into how criminals takeover football clubs, I cannot see how the EFL could ever deemed Rose and Curran as fit and proper people to take over the Dale,
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Investigation proves that criminals can nearly buy an EFL club...... on 09:11 - Aug 10 with 3581 viewsSuddenLad

Sir Tony Lloyd M.P., should be encouraged to raise this matter at Prime Ministers Questions as the criminality could affect any of 72 other EFL clubs anywhere in the country. It is a national issue.

If he can be persuaded to do that (and Mr. Speaker - a man from Chorley, who supports his local club is likely to be 'sympathetic' in this regard) then this will get the maximum publicity on all media outlets, not only here,but worldwide.

We should all be getting Al-Jazeerah up to speed with Dale and the current situation.

“It is easier to fool people, than to convince them that they have been fooled”

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Investigation proves that criminals can nearly buy an EFL club...... on 20:23 - Aug 10 with 3293 viewsRAFCBLUE

Investigation proves that criminals can nearly buy an EFL club...... on 09:05 - Aug 10 by NorthernDale

Hopefully the HMRC fraud and Criminal avoidance unit is now investigating Morton House Management and the directors, they have the information to do so, and after all the company sticks worse then the local sewage farm. We must encourage our local MP's to put pressure on the HMRC to do so.

Based on the information unearthed by a number of brilliant Dale fans and the TV investigation into how criminals takeover football clubs, I cannot see how the EFL could ever deemed Rose and Curran as fit and proper people to take over the Dale,


Almost certain that the interested parties will be on various watchlists now that the EFL have named them as will the possible selling shareholders.

When the EFL writes a statement that says "The EFL continues to work with Rochdale AFC, Morton House Mgt and First Form Construction Limited alongside a number of other individuals in relation to applications under the EFL’s Owners’ and Directors‘ Test."

Most people went WHO? And then skipped to Google and searched "Morton House Mgt and First Form Construction Limited"

Be honest. Morton House is a brand that no one has heard of.

They don't sponsor anything, they don't do anything, they don't plan anything.

If someone had said that the owner of Gymshark had suddenly wanted to buy a football club it would make more sense. And Gymshark are a properly run, profitable business.

Rose and Curran on the other hand are reclusive. They've worked really hard at keeping all of their business over a number of years on the QT and well under the radar.

Not now.

Various agencies are, as we speak, trying to work out why they know so little about two men who appeared in the Daily Telegraph!

George Bernard Shaw had it right: "He who can does; he who cannot, teaches." https://www.visittheusa.co.uk/
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Investigation proves that criminals can nearly buy an EFL club...... on 20:33 - Aug 10 with 3255 viewsjudd

Investigation proves that criminals can nearly buy an EFL club...... on 20:23 - Aug 10 by RAFCBLUE

Almost certain that the interested parties will be on various watchlists now that the EFL have named them as will the possible selling shareholders.

When the EFL writes a statement that says "The EFL continues to work with Rochdale AFC, Morton House Mgt and First Form Construction Limited alongside a number of other individuals in relation to applications under the EFL’s Owners’ and Directors‘ Test."

Most people went WHO? And then skipped to Google and searched "Morton House Mgt and First Form Construction Limited"

Be honest. Morton House is a brand that no one has heard of.

They don't sponsor anything, they don't do anything, they don't plan anything.

If someone had said that the owner of Gymshark had suddenly wanted to buy a football club it would make more sense. And Gymshark are a properly run, profitable business.

Rose and Curran on the other hand are reclusive. They've worked really hard at keeping all of their business over a number of years on the QT and well under the radar.

Not now.

Various agencies are, as we speak, trying to work out why they know so little about two men who appeared in the Daily Telegraph!


Fancy boys.

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Investigation proves that criminals can nearly buy an EFL club...... on 20:37 - Aug 10 with 3245 views49thseason

Investigation proves that criminals can nearly buy an EFL club...... on 21:04 - Aug 9 by wozzrafc

Do you have information on corruption or want to share another tip? Contact Al Jazeera’s Investigative Unit on +974 5080 0207 (WhatsApp/Signal), or find other ways to reach out on our Tips page.

Hmmmmmmm …….. do we know any suspicious attempt to buy a football club?🤔


Already done :-)
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Investigation proves that criminals can nearly buy an EFL club...... on 23:22 - Aug 10 with 3059 viewsRAFCBLUE

Investigation proves that criminals can nearly buy an EFL club...... on 20:37 - Aug 10 by 49thseason

Already done :-)


And me.

Will be a good lower league follow up to the Derby story for their documentary makers.

George Bernard Shaw had it right: "He who can does; he who cannot, teaches." https://www.visittheusa.co.uk/
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Investigation proves that criminals can nearly buy an EFL club...... on 09:08 - Aug 11 with 2848 viewselectricblue

The AL Jazeera report is a real eye opener for all supporters for any club its a must watch.....

My all time favourite Dale player Mr Lyndon Symmonds

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Investigation proves that criminals can nearly buy an EFL club...... on 11:17 - Aug 11 with 2736 views49thseason

There are so many similarities between the TV programme and our circumstances , especially the stuff about absentee directors ( who own the money) and those who appear as directors at companies house. Its amazing how many apparently random people appear as company directors for a short period of time and are never seen again as the shareholdings are regularly churned.
You wonder if a Keith Hunter lives in Woodford Green, guess what, there is a Keith Lindsay Hunter living there and a former Policeman at that, what were the chances?
https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2012/may/23/three-arrested-met-police-corruption
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Investigation proves that criminals can nearly buy an EFL club...... on 07:58 - Aug 13 with 2445 viewsjudd

Here is a quick and easy to understand summary written by Kieran Maguire re: The Al Jazeera investigation:

https://www-aljazeera-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.aljazeera.com/amp/opinions/

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