Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
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‘G’day guys, we had a great …’: Marc Moncrief and Daniella Miletic, ‘Rogue NAB traders face their judgement day’
John Stewart on Gary Dillon: Kate Askew and Anthony Hughes, ‘Currency cowboys’ last stand’, Sydney Morning Herald, 13 March 2004
‘My greatest fear is, if nothing …’: Marc Moncrief and Daniella Miletic, ‘Rogue NAB traders face their judgement day’
Judge Geoff Chettle on Luke Duffy and NAB culture: Daniella Miletic, ‘Forex chief jailed for 16 months for role in NAB trading scandal’, Sydney Morning Herald, 16 June 2005
‘It’s not that I thought …’: Kate McClymont and Jordan Baker, ‘Sad end for Rene Rivkin’, Sydney Morning Herald, 2 May 2005
My Word is My Bond (and It’s Not Worth a Cent!): Alan Bond
‘It would be a condemnation …’: Sheila Browne and Matthew Benns, ‘A day in the life of a PM’, Weekend Australian, 14–15 November 1987
‘Any boss who sacks anyone …’: Josephine Tovey, ‘You only get one Alan Bond in your lifetime’, Sydney Morning Herald, 6–7 June 2015
‘He was tenacious. It was said …’: ibid.
Bond speaking to reporters during the America’s Cup: Jennifer Hewett, ‘The Aussie larrikin who stole the Cup’, Australian Financial Review, 6–7 June 2015
‘I’m told the country stopped when …’: John Betrand, ‘My mate Bondy’, Daily Telegraph, 6 June 2015
‘No, it’s cheap money.’: Trevor Sykes, ‘Wheeler-dealer with a debt-defying wild streak’, Australian Financial Review, 6–7 June 2015
‘Yet to Bond this all made perfect …’: Paul Barry, ‘Alan Bond: A risk-taking salesman who made life fun’, The Australian
‘If Mr Bond feels in a position …’: Trevor Sykes, ‘Wheeler-dealer with a debt-defying wild streak’
‘Burn the bastards.’: Paul Barry, ‘Alan Bond dead: Paul Barry’s account of a man who tricked Australia’, Sydney Morning Herald, 5 June 2015
Packer and Bond’s negotiation over Channel Nine: Glenda Korporaal, ‘The indefatigable optimist: how Bond’s reach exceeded his grasp’, Weekend Australian, 6–7 June 2015
‘Bond group companies are technically …’: Trevor Sykes, ‘Alan Bond: three decades of wheeling and dealing’, Australian Financial Review, 5 June 2015
‘Surprisingly, no one seemed to care …’: Paul Barry, ‘Alan Bond dead: Paul Barry’s account of a man who tricked Australia’, Sydney Morning Herald, 5 June 2015
Account of Paul Barry confronting Bond in front of court: ibid.
Altercation between Eileen Bond and Diana Bliss: Andrew Hornery, ‘Alan Bond: The many ladies of the billionaire with more charm than 007’, Sydney Morning Herald, 5 June 2015
‘She’s just like you, only younger’: ibid.
‘To a lot of people, Dad was …’: Leanne Nicholson, ‘Alan Bond dead: businessman dies in Fiona Stanley Hospital’, Sydney Morning Herald, 5 June 2015
‘Well, he made life interesting …’: Paul Barry, ‘Alan Bond dead: Paul Barry’s account of a man who tricked Australia’
The Edge: Gambling grifters
Emails sent by Vlahos to The Edge members in 2013: ‘Perils of the punt: the ruin of Bill Vlahos’, Sydney Morning Herald, 3 January 2014
‘When he gets asked to produce it …’: Stephen Drill and Andrew Rule, ‘Laptop and documents were destroyed in Bill Vlahos’s charred ute, court hears’, Herald Sun, 12 December 2013
‘A major focus of Purana has been the investigation …’: Judge GD Lewis AM, ‘A Report on Integrity Assurance in the Victorian Racing Industry’, 1 August 2008
‘The way Mick does it, I mean …’: Elissa Hunt, ‘Tony Mokbel, the man behind the wig’, Herald Sun, 3 July 2012
‘Where I am at the moment …’: John Silvester, ‘How Mokbel’s Greek drama played out’, The Age, 15 June 2013
‘I would like to apologise to the …’: Elissa Hunt, ‘Tony Mokbel, the man behind the wig’
The Fraud Catcher: Ken Gamble, PI
‘He is a relatively poor man …’: Raymond Chandler, The Simple Art of Murder, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1950
All direct quotes from Ken Gamble: Interview with the author, November 2015
‘It was a massive, cynical and …’: Mark Morrie, ‘Terence Shepherd jailed for eight years for Beijing Olympic ticket scam, exposed by Sydney cyber crime expert Ken Gamble’, Daily Telegraph, 12 July 2011
‘I’ve been living above my means …’: Lisa Davies, ‘Aussie John Symonds fraudster confesses’, Daily Telegraph, 22 May 2010
‘I’ve abducted our daughter because …’: ‘Amazing twist in international custody case’, A Current Affair, 8 May 2007
Quackers: Health fraudsters
‘I have a three-year-old and I have …’: Belle Gibson, visual-therapy.com/blog/wellness-a-conversation-with-belle-gibson-creator-of-the-whole-pantry-app/
‘A few years ago, I was diagnosed …’: Belle Gibson in an interview with Lee Sutherland, ‘Meet: Belle from The Whole Pantry’, Fitness in the City, 23 September 2013
‘It was love at first sight …’: ibid.
‘Belle Gibson is an inspirational young mother …’: Product page for The Whole Pantry cookbook by Belle Gibson, www.amazon.co.uk/The-Whole-Pantry-Deliciously-Well-Nourished-x/dp/1476798117
‘With frustration and ache in my heart …’: Belle Gibson cited by Clair Weaver, ‘My life-long struggle with the truth’, Australian Women’s Weekly, May 2015
‘One is secondary and the other …’: Belle Gibson cited by Richard Guilliatt, ‘Mega-blogger Belle Gibson casts doubt on her own cancer claims’, The Australian, 10 March 2015
‘a machine like an old fashioned …’: ibid.
‘I just woke up out of a coma …’: ibid.
‘It’s hard to admit that maybe you …’: ibid.
‘I’m still going through understanding …’: ibid.
Quotes from Gibson’s interview with Australian Women’s Weekly: Clair Weaver, ‘My life-long struggle with the truth’
Quotes from Penguin’s media-training video: Beau Donelly and Nick Toscano, ‘Secret video shows Penguin had concerns about Belle Gibson’s lies’, Sydney Morning Herald, 13 September 2016, www.smh. com.au/national/secret-video-shows-penguin-had-concerns-about-belle-gibsons-lies-20160913-grfgk7.html
‘I didn’t have toys’: Clair Weaver, ‘My life-long struggle with the truth’
‘One of the most troubling aspects …’: ibid.
‘I don’t want forgiveness …’: ibid.
‘I want you to know that I am angry …’: Rebecca Sullivan and Christine Kellett, ‘Belle Gibson cancer confession sparks fury’, news.com.au, 23 April 2015
Natalie Dal-Bello and Gibson’s brother, Nick, speaking on Gibson: ‘Belle Gibson’s mum slams troubled childhood claims as “a lot of rubbish”’, news.com.au, 18 May 2015
Gibson on Clive Rothwell’s reaction to the scandal: ibid.
‘The Belle Gibson enablers are getting …’: Dr Darren Saunders, twitter. com/whereisdaz/status/590977542762405888, 22 April 2015
Quotes from Gibson’s interview on 60 Minutes: Charlotte Willis and Wenlei Ma, ‘Tara Brown to Belle Gibson: “You’re a pathological liar”’, news. com.au, 29 June 2015
‘That was like committing suicide …’: Cindy Tran and Daniel Piotrowski, ‘“Belle told a white lie ... so what?”: Mother of disgraced wellness blogger Belle Gibson slams critics in u-turn over her estranged daughter, urging them to leave her alone’, Daily Mail Australia, 26 July 2015
‘unconscionable conduct’: ‘Consumer Affairs Victoria case against Belle Gibson returns to court’, news.com.au, 13 September 2016
‘I thought, that was OK, she’s going …’: Emily Crane and Daniel Piotrowski, ‘Controversial Bikini Body queen Ashy Bines who admitted to pinching recipes for her $100 e-book now “owes tax office $300,000”’, Daily Mail Australia, 16 April 2015
‘Unfortunately I have been too naive …’: Sandra Milson, ‘Ashy Bines looks great in bikini. But that doesn’t make her a nutritio
nal expert’, MamaMia, 8 April 2015
‘Mr Sheehan has developed a constellation …’: Paul Sheehan, ‘The original story: Paul Sheehan on the effect of water’, Sydney Morning Herald, 8 April 2002
Trevor Kanaley and his daughter on the effects of the water: ibid.
‘When Russell first came along with this …’: ibid.
Paul Sheehan’s allegations about Dr Beckett’s wife: Ben Hills, ‘Mysteries of the magic water man’, Sydney Morning Herald, 16 April 2005
‘A method of preventing or treating …’: ibid.
‘This is the first patent ever granted …’: ibid.
‘patents are generally granted without any …’: Ben Hills, ‘Mysteries of the magic water man’
‘Particularly with pharmaceutical drugs there …’: ibid.
‘This seminar is based on the hypothesis …’: Paul Sheehan, ‘The Original Story: Paul Sheehan on the effect of the water’, Sydney Morning Herald, 8 April 2002
Sheehan reporting on Punta Del Este, Uruguay: Richard Cooke, ‘Lessons from Louise: the story of Paul Sheehan and the Sydney Morning Herald’, The Guardian, 9 March 2016
‘unacceptable breaches of fundamental …’: Richard Cooke, ‘Lessons from Louise: the story of Paul Sheehan and the Sydney Morning Herald’, The Guardian, 9 March 2016
‘The short-term study did leave a lot …’: Sandra Siagan, ‘Miracle water revisited’, St George and Sutherland Shire Leader, 5 June 2012
‘the water delivered magnesium to …’: Email to the author, 8 March 2016
‘Customers have claimed that drinking …’: Sandra Siagan, ‘Miracle Water Revisited’
‘There is a well-known saying …’: Ben Hills, ‘Mysteries of the magic water man’
‘I believe it is garbage, but we …’: ibid.
Dr Mark Wahlquist and Russell Beckett speaking on Catalyst: Ben Hills, ‘Mysteries of the magic water man’
‘It’s pure unqualified bullshit. The man …’: ibid.
Codename Iago: John Friedrich
‘Listen to me. Listen carefully. I will …’: John Friedrich with Richard Flanagan, Codename Iago, William Heinemann Australia, 1991, page 4
‘People ask me what I remember …’ ibid., page 4
‘The trick was to arrange arrival …’: Dick Wordley, ‘How Friedrich jumped the queue’, Sunday Mail, 26 November 1989
‘I can vouch for the veracity …’: Simon Caterson, ‘All memoirs are verily unreliable’, The Australian, 12 April 2008
‘We asked Shirley how she could …’: www.shippingboxes.com.au/shipping-boxes-articles/1989/12/13/friedrichs-empire-built-of-empty-boxes/, accessed 9 September 2015
‘Such accusations come close to the truth …’: John Friedrich with Richard Flanagan, Codename Iago, page 56
‘a support mechanism for …’ ibid., page 57
‘If some of those operations …’ ibid., page 94
‘ninety-five per cent fact — what we …’: ibid., page 56
‘Gentlemen, the spectacular growth of the …’: www.shippingboxes.com.au/shipping-boxes-articles/1989/12/13/friedrichs-empire-built-of-empty-boxes/, accessed 9 September 2015
‘Friedrich gave the board the general …’: Commonwealth Bank of Australia v Friedrich & Ors (1991) 5 ACSR 115, thezentricityblog. wordpress.com/2011/07/24/catastrophes-can-happen-and-sometimes-do/#comments
‘no person present sought to inspect …’: ibid.
‘in recognition of service to the community …’: http://www.itsanhonour.gov.au/honours/honour_roll/search.cfm?aus_award_ id=874640&search_type=simple&showInd=true
‘Friedrich was, I should judge, manipulative …’: Commonwealth Bank of Australia v Friedrich & Ors (1991) 5 ACSR 115, thezentricityblog. wordpress.com/2011/07/24/catastrophes-can-happen-and-sometimes-do/#comments
‘Who, me? Do what? I haven’t …’: www.shippingboxes.com.au/shipping-boxes-articles/1989/12/13/friedrichs-empire-built-of-empty-boxes/?_sm_au_=iVVHH0W1LjrSTD56, accessed 9 September 2015
‘a truly exceptional person’: John Friedrich with Richard Flanagan, Codename Iago, page 255
Quotes from Zig Zayler: ibid., page 246
‘The big entrepreneurs of the 1980s …’: ibid., page 84
By the Book: Literary hoaxes
‘betrayed a hint of conspiratorial glee’: Malcolm Knox, ‘The lies stripped bare’, Sydney Morning Herald, 24 July 2004
‘When I got the book, I thought she …’: Malcolm Knox, ‘How a “forbidden” memoir twisted the truth’, The Age, 24 July 2004
‘Following our discussions with Norma we are …’: ibid.
‘It is not enough that her father …’: Malcolm Knox, ‘The lies stripped bare’
‘It was totally crazy. She accused us of …’: ibid.
‘I have no idea why they left …’: Malcolm Knox, ‘Bestsellers lies exposed’, Sydney Morning Herald, 24 July 2004
‘I don’t know why she went, she’d …’: ibid.
‘I stand by what I wrote …’: ibid.
‘I really thought we could get the …’: Caroline Overington, ‘At home with Norma’, The Australian, 1 September 2007
‘But that’s the whole point! …’ ibid.
‘Let’s be a little disciplined with the facts …’: ibid.
‘Did I do the wrong thing? Yes …’: ibid.
‘Look, I wrote a book. I changed …’: ibid.
‘The black swan of trespass on alien waters’: Ern Malley, ‘Dürer: Innsbruck, 1495’, Angry Penguins, 1943
‘I am still …’: ibid.
‘The things narrated in this book really …’: Malcolm Knox, ‘The Darville made me do it’, Sydney Morning Herald, 9 July 2005
‘I depended very heavily on my dad’s …’: Jeff Sparrow, ‘The return of Helen Demidenko: from literary hoaxer to political operator’, The Guardian, 8 July 2015
‘He’d drunk so much vodka the hosties …’: Natasha Robinson, ‘Hoaxer who lost control of her hoax’, The Australian, 23 June 2014
‘I did literature at university in my first …’: ibid.
‘The controversy at the time was that …’: Jane Norman, ‘Senator David Leyonhjelm hires controversial author Helen Dale (Demidenko) as an adviser’, ABC Online, 10 September 2014
‘a beautiful young Ukrainian woman came …’: Malcolm Knox, ‘The Darville made me do it’
Think Big: Audacious con artists
Quotes from the Azulcaribe website: http://jvsparrowi.wix.com/azulcaribeswc133#!
‘John Sparrow is a proud member …’: www.jvsparrow.com/bio.html
‘a large suitcase’: Caroline Overington, ‘Aid to the Enemy: the Wheat Board Scandal’, www.carolineoverington.com/kickback-the-awb-scandal
‘War is just a racket. A racket …’: quoted in a speech given in 1933, https://fas.org/man/smedley.htm
‘I was of the opinion that Iraq got …’: Leonie Wood, ‘Inside BHP’s nightmare — part 2’, The Age, 15 April 2006
‘an elegant exit’: ibid.
‘I was more concerned about BHP not …’: Julia May, ‘Scandal still haunts ex-BHP oil man’, Sydney Morning Herald, 24 May 2008
‘The day I signed that agreement …’ ibid.
‘a thoroughly disreputable man with …’: Richard Baker, ‘Tigris oil chief a ‘disreputable man”’, The Age, 28 November 2006
‘evolved the scheme to recover the …’: Rob Antle, ‘Fracking firm chairman cited for role in UN-Iraq scandal’, CBC News, 11 June 2013
Davidson Kelly’s comments on Commissioner Cole’s inquiry: ibid.
‘Shoal Point Energy Ltd. conducts business …’: ibid.
International Man of Mischief: Peter Foster
‘There were dozens of trestle tables and …’: Aiden McGregor, ‘Secrets of a salesman’, The Australian, 18 December 2002
‘Bai Lin tea effectively in fact was supposed …’: ‘Fall of the house of Foster’, Australian Story, ABC TV, 7 October 1999
‘We had a field day in England …’: ibid.
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‘[Peter] said, “That’s going to be my …’: ibid.
‘It was then I hit him with the reverse …’: Aiden McGregor, ‘Secrets of a salesman’
‘It was reverse psychology. I had read …’: Peter Gleeson, ‘Life and times of a great pretender’, Gold Coast Bulletin, 7 January 2012
Fox ‘is contracted to her best endeavours …’: ‘Fall of the house of Foster’, Australian Story
‘I’m old enough now to know that …’: Jeevan Vasagar, ‘Serial fraudster who keeps bouncing back’
Sarah Ferguson on the front page of the Daily Star: Aiden McGregor, ‘Secrets of a salesman’
‘I never actually found out if it worked …’: ‘Inside the criminal mind’, Enough Rope with Andrew Denton, ABC TV, 4 June 2007
‘Is this the only truly moral thing …’: ibid.
‘I believed Mr Foster placed his life in …’: Simon Kearney, ‘Conman Foster worked as AFP informant in 1990s’, Daily Telegraph, 14 December 2006
‘You are a star … I cannot thank you …’: David Leigh and Steven Morris, ‘The conman, the publicist, the soccer star and the guru’, The Guardian, 2 December 2002
‘I advised them not to use a tax haven …’: ‘Peter Foster’, Sunday Profile, ABC Local Radio, 22 May 2009
‘Carole Caplin is the best friend of both Tony …’: David Leigh and Steven Morris, ‘The conman, the publicist, the soccer star and the guru’
‘At no point did Mrs Blair interfere …’: ‘Cherie controversy at a glance’, BBC News, 16 December 2002
‘a mountain of distortion and half truth’: ibid.
‘Carole spoke to Cherie Blair on Wednesday …’: Neil Tweedie and Michael Paterson, ‘Foster wanted Blairs to back slimming pill’, The Telegraph, 9 December 2002
‘It was a game plan that the Blairs were …’: ibid.
‘This is just a new way for Peter …’: Chris Hastings and Colin Brown, ‘Caplin’s ex-lover says she was intimate with Tony. Well he’s got a book to sell’, Daily Telegraph, 7 March 2004
‘I am not a thief and I’ve never …’: ‘Inside the criminal mind’, Enough Rope with Andrew Denton