Man charged over alleged multi-million-greenback bogus assets investment scheme

A Gold Coast man who allegedly ran an international funding rip-off well worth almost $12 million has been charged with 25 fraud offenses. Anthony David Gray, 54, from Paradise Point, turned into arrested in New Zealand and deported to Australia overnight. Mr. Gray was regarded within the Brisbane Magistrates Court on 25 counts of fraud and did not follow bail. His arrest follows 12 months of research, dubbed Operation Quebec Kid back, supporting more than one court case from people in Australia and remote places. Mr. Gray’s alleged sufferers depended on his legal and monetary recommendation, handing over hundreds of heaps of greenbacks in what the notion turned into a sound property funding scheme.

Police have alleged that between May 2007 and November 2016, Mr. Gray — acting as a solicitor and economic planner — ran a bogus belongings investment scheme based entirely on quick-term bridging loans under some of the organizations supposedly wholly based in New Zealand, Singapore, and Hong Kong.

Mr. Gray, whose organization call changed into Synergy Gray Professional Services, allegedly promised traders that developers could pay great hobby for budget borrowed over a brief period until the banks funded the developers’ initiatives.

Police said the scheme did now not exist.

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Mr. Gray’s co-accused, a 72-yr-vintage lady, changed into arrested at home on Dornoch Terrace in Highgate Hill on January 31. She seemed in court on February 25, charged with nine counts of fraud. 21 alleged victims from Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, the United Kingdom, the USA, and Europe have come ahead with losses totaling $11,960,000.

It is alleged one couple lost $2,814,416 and another girl misplaced $2,0.5,000. Detective Acting Senior Sergeant Steve Paskin said police had obtained a similarly six complaints in terms of the scheme and believed more alleged sufferers might additionally nevertheless come ahead. Asked approximately the connection between Mr. Gray and his co-accused, Detective Senior Sergeant Paskin stated they had been business partners.

He said the alleged victims, who had been either regarded to the pair or referred by using others, had invested their savings. “People have potentially misplaced their complete superannuation savings because of this investment scheme,” he said. It has been alleged Mr. Gray had a history in regulation and finance but did now not maintain qualifications on time.

 

“We’ll allege that the offenders had been no longer qualified to behave as solicitors or monetary planners, and this highlights the importance of wondering broadly every element of proposed funding,” Detective Senior Sergeant Paskin said. Detective Senior Sergeant Paskin alleged the 54-yr-old left Australia in February 2017 to flee creditors. The case will return to the courtroom on April 1.

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