George Adler is a three time bankrupt, struck off solicitor and has spent time in jail for obtaining money with deception.
Despite all this Tibor Karolyi from ITSA allowed him to travel overseas and now he is lost to the system. It is unclear if he ever returned to Australia. It is too easy for a bankrupt to change their name and assume a new identity.
Under freedom of Information Adler's statement of Affairs is to be sought. Although it is mandatory for a statement of Affairs to be filed it is unclear if Tibor Karolyi obtained this before overseas travel. It is also a breach of the duty of a trustee (S19)to fail to have this complied with.
Also FOI will also reveal whether Tibor Karolyi extended Adlers Bankruptcy.
Tibor Karolyi's neglect of duty in this matter is atrocious. Before authorising overseas travel Karolyi would have taken statements from the bankrupt. I am aware Karolyi is not of good character and any admissions by Adler would be concealed.
Tibor Karolyi's ex-wife was a high School teacher in Sydney's West. This predator woman had an affair with one of her students. It is disturbing that Mrs Karolyi lusted after her male students.
Tibor then remarried an asian woman that worked for him at ITSA.
Tibor Karolyi now woks for Tayeh De Vries at Parramatta.
It is also unclear if Tibor Karolyi requested money from Adler before also granting travel.
Friday, 30 November 2012
Commonwealth Ombudsman Statistics 2011-2012
This is the Commonwealth Ombudsmans statistics for 2011-2012.
The New Commonwealth Ombudsman is Collin Neave. He is on a salary of $380,00 to fuck over anyone who makes a complaint about Government Agencies or Departments.
He has been the Banking industry Ombudsman ( admitting he only investigated 18% of complaints) and more recently the Financial Services Ombudsman ( FOS).
With this amount of experience it is clear he has his fingers up everyone's ARSE.
The statistics this financial year do not reveal a clear picture of complaints. Instead , this fucker at the Commonwealth Ombudsman has made a decision that statistics on complaints should only be revealed on Government portfolio and not individual Departments as it has always been.
George Masri( Assistant Senior Commonwealth Ombudsman) after a FOI request on the Investigation standards of the Commonwealth Ombudsman clearly states that the " Commonwealth Ombudsman do not have an investigation Policy"
All I can say is " Keep wanking yourself George or get Colin Neave to wank you"
The New Commonwealth Ombudsman is Collin Neave. He is on a salary of $380,00 to fuck over anyone who makes a complaint about Government Agencies or Departments.
He has been the Banking industry Ombudsman ( admitting he only investigated 18% of complaints) and more recently the Financial Services Ombudsman ( FOS).
With this amount of experience it is clear he has his fingers up everyone's ARSE.
The statistics this financial year do not reveal a clear picture of complaints. Instead , this fucker at the Commonwealth Ombudsman has made a decision that statistics on complaints should only be revealed on Government portfolio and not individual Departments as it has always been.
George Masri( Assistant Senior Commonwealth Ombudsman) after a FOI request on the Investigation standards of the Commonwealth Ombudsman clearly states that the " Commonwealth Ombudsman do not have an investigation Policy"
All I can say is " Keep wanking yourself George or get Colin Neave to wank you"
appendix 3: statistics
PORTFOLIO/AGENCY | RECEIVED | FINALISED | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
NOT INVESTIGATED | INVESTIGATED | ||||||
Total Received Approaches | Category 1 | Category 2 | Category 3 | Category 4 | Category 5 | Total Finalised Approaches | |
ACT | 763 | 338 | 241 | 126 | 27 | 733 | |
Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry | 95 | 34 | 41 | 13 | 4 | 92 | |
Attorney-General's | 569 | 257 | 238 | 73 | 27 | 595 | |
Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy | 4246 | 2009 | 1786 | 424 | 62 | 4281 | |
Climate Change and Energy Efficiency | 99 | 31 | 29 | 27 | 13 | 100 | |
Commonwealth Parliamentary | 4 | 4 | 4 | ||||
Courts | 66 | 33 | 27 | 6 | 66 | ||
Education, Employment and Workplace Relations | 724 | 332 | 275 | 95 | 29 | 731 | |
Defence | 662 | 202 | 270 | 176 | 52 | 6 | 706 |
Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs | 337 | 68 | 175 | 82 | 28 | 353 | |
Finance and Deregulation | 111 | 28 | 64 | 13 | 9 | 114 | |
Foreign Affairs and Trade | 140 | 79 | 51 | 5 | 3 | 138 | |
Health and Ageing | 162 | 64 | 65 | 31 | 4 | 164 | |
Human Services | 8967 | 4910 | 1875 | 1984 | 279 | 9048 | |
Immigration and Citizenship | 1921 | 1005 | 735 | 229 | 51 | 1 | 2021 |
Industry, Innovation, Science, Research and Tertiary Education | 85 | 29 | 36 | 9 | 3 | 77 | |
Infrastructure and Transport | 76 | 29 | 25 | 17 | 6 | 77 | |
Prime Minister and Cabinet | 24 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 26 | |
Regional Australia, Local Government, Arts and Sport | 45 | 29 | 14 | 8 | 51 | ||
Resources, Energy and Tourism | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 10 | |
Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities | 28 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 25 | |
Treasury | 3234 | 1386 | 1393 | 306 | 214 | 3299 | |
Out of Jurisdiction/OMB | 17101 | 16100 | 930 | 121 | 8 | 17159 | |
Overseas Student Ombudsman | 588 | 18 | 342 | 172 | 38 | 1 | 571 |
Private Postal Operators | 36 | 7 | 25 | 3 | 1 | 36 | |
GRAND TOTAL | 40092 | 27019 | 8662 | 861 | 861 | 9 | 40477 |
APPENDIX 3: CONTINUED
FINALISED | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
REMEDIES | ||||||||||
Action expedited | Apology | Decisions changed or reconsidered | Disciplinary action | Explanation | Financial Remedy | Law, policy or practice changed | Other non-financial remedy | Remedy provided by agency without Ombudsman intervention | Grand Total | |
ACT | 15 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 102 | 3 | 733 | 12 | 12 | 176 |
Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry | 2 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 16 |
Attorney-General's | 12 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 48 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 91 |
Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy | 69 | 271 | 118 | 107 | 704 | 174 | 15 | 120 | 26 | 1604 |
Climate Change and Energy Efficiency | 3 | 3 | 6 | 27 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 42 |
Commonwealth Parliamentary | ||||||||||
Courts | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||||||
Education, Employment and Workplace Relations | 18 | 6 | 13 | 95 | 108 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 173 |
Defence | 37 | 13 | 27 | 2 | 115 | 21 | 1 | 17 | 11 | 244 |
Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs | 18 | 2 | 3 | 82 | 85 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 126 |
Finance and Deregulation | 1 | 28 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 13 | |
Foreign Affairs and Trade | 1 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 12 | |||||
Health and Ageing | 5 | 1 | 2 | 31 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 30 | |
Human Services | 441 | 191 | 337 | 25 | 1265 | 474 | 20 | 106 | 140 | 2999 |
Immigration and Citizenship | 20 | 18 | 25 | 1 | 76 | 11 | 12 | 19 | 14 | 196 |
Industry, Innovation, Science, Research and Tertiary Education | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 | ||
Infrastructure and Transport | 3 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 24 |
Prime Minister and Cabinet | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||||
Regional Australia, Local Government, Arts and Sport | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | |||||
Resources, Energy and Tourism | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||||||
Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||||||
Treasury | 91 | 67 | 35 | 3 | 320 | 113 | 9 | 29 | 21 | 668 |
Out of Jurisdiction/OMB | ||||||||||
Overseas Student Ombudsman | 6 | 12 | 57 | 83 | 52 | 6 | 18 | 4 | 238 | |
Private Postal Operators | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | |||
GRAND TOTAL |
Friday, 23 November 2012
NSW Crime Commission misconduct/Similarities to ITSA
This is from the Sydney Daily Telegraph and refers to an investigation into the NSW Crime Commission.
This shows what occurs when there is no compliance with the required Legislation.
Also it should be noted that "top investigator" Mark Standen was jailed for 22 years in 2011. Clearly it should be asked who at the NSW Crime Commission turned a blind eye to the corruption
Also how many complaints about the Crime Commission were fucked over by the NSW Ombudsman.
ANYTHING SOUND FAMILIAR????
The chief solicitor at the NSW Crime Commission Mr John Giorgutti and the crime Commission's boss Phillip Bradley had unfortunately misinterpreted the Legislation.
However Jerrol Cripps QC, former Judge at the Supreme Court, former Head of NSW ICAC , Acting Police Integity Commissioner to name some found there was no misconduct or corrupt conduct and their misconduct was genuinely done ( whatever the fuck that means)
It only goes to prove my point that Supreme Court Judges like to wank their own cocks too.
The similarities in the report tabled in the NSW Parliament this week and the Insolvency Trustee Service show that if there is no appropriate and mandatory checks done on Government Agencies there is a high probability for corruption to occur.
Matthew Osborne who is the Principal Legal Officer at ITSA has been reported to the Commonwealth Ombudsman for deliberately advising trustees how to breach the Bankruptcy Act.
However as I have already said, the Senior Assistant Ombudsman George Masri has told me the Commonwealth Ombudsman has no investigation policy. Obviously Masri also enjoys wanking his cock.
It also will be interesting when I start doing property searches on Senior Management at ITSA. It should also be particularly interesting to find out how some property was acquired
ONE of the nation's most powerful investigators has been found guilty of plotting to import drugs worth more than $120 million.
Mark William Standen remained unmoved as the jury of 11 handed down their guilty verdicts to three charges today, after a Supreme Court trial lasting almost five months.
The former assistant director of the New South Wales Crime Commission had pleaded not guilty to conspiracy to import and supply more than 300kg of the drug pseudoephedrine, used to make speed and ice.
Standen, 54, also denied using his role as a senior detective to pervert the course of justice.
The father-of-four spent 25 days in the witness box during his trial in a bid to explain the hundreds of hours of covert evidence gathered in a lengthy investigation.
He admitted discussing an "unlawful scenario" with his business partner and friend Bakhos "Bill" Jalalaty, that would involve the importation of drugs in a shipment of rice - but he never believed his buddy was serious.
However he also admitted telling plenty of lies - especially to AFP investigators during a four-hour interview done shortly after his arrest on June 2, 2008.
The Crown alleged Standen's relationship with British-born informant James Henry Kinch, became corrupt, leading to the pair joining with legitimate businessman Bakhos "Bill" Jalalaty to stage the daring operation.
The Crown claimed Standen, motivated by a "dire" financial state thanks to gambling and other debts, had agreed to help Kinch import the drugs for a significant slice of the profits.
Jalalaty's legitimate business, Crown Prosecutor Tim Game SC argued, provided an authentic "front" for the illegal drug operation.
The jury's verdict ended a trial that was originally estimated to last about two months - but instead went for close to five. The case was beset with delay, frustration and controversy, with jurors at one stage threatening mutiny.
In a letter to the trial judge and lawyers for both sides, the jurors detailed the heavy impact the trial was having on their lives, as it entered the 15th week - with no end in sight.
Standen, who has been in protective custody for the past three years, now faces life in jail.
Dressed in the prison greens that will now be his uniform until at least 2024, Standen sat impassively in the dock of the Supreme Court as Justice James spent nearly two hours detailing his plot with former food wholesaler Bakhos "Bill" Jalalaty and his one-time informant and drug trafficker James Kinch.
Skip to end of sidebar.
One fax undid a top cop
"A matter seriously aggravating the prisoner's criminality was his misuse of knowledge and contacts he had acquired in his career as a law enforcement officer and the abuse of his position with the NSW Crime Commission," the judge said.
"As an assistant director of investigations with the NSW Crime Commission, one of his duties was to investigate drug trafficking, that is, criminal conduct of the very sort in which he engaged.
"(His) motive was clearly financial gain for himself ... not for the purchase of luxury items, but to clear himself of his debts.
"I take these matters into account. However ... they afford little mitigation (because) the amount of money which the prisoner anticipated receiving as his remuneration went far beyond the amount required to pay off his debts."
Standen has been in custody since his high-profile arrest in June 2008. Backdating of his 16 year non-parole period means he will be eligible for release on June 1, 2024.
Justice James said Standen "had a long and successful career as a law enforcement officer (and) he has suffered extra-curial punishment in the loss of his career and in public disgrace and humiliation".
Standen's two brothers attended most of his long trial, and were in court yesterday to hear the final chapter.
Standen acknowledged them before he was led away by sheriffs, completing his spectacular downfall from respected senior drug investigator to convicted criminal.
This shows what occurs when there is no compliance with the required Legislation.
Also it should be noted that "top investigator" Mark Standen was jailed for 22 years in 2011. Clearly it should be asked who at the NSW Crime Commission turned a blind eye to the corruption
Also how many complaints about the Crime Commission were fucked over by the NSW Ombudsman.
ANYTHING SOUND FAMILIAR????
The chief solicitor at the NSW Crime Commission Mr John Giorgutti and the crime Commission's boss Phillip Bradley had unfortunately misinterpreted the Legislation.
However Jerrol Cripps QC, former Judge at the Supreme Court, former Head of NSW ICAC , Acting Police Integity Commissioner to name some found there was no misconduct or corrupt conduct and their misconduct was genuinely done ( whatever the fuck that means)
It only goes to prove my point that Supreme Court Judges like to wank their own cocks too.
The similarities in the report tabled in the NSW Parliament this week and the Insolvency Trustee Service show that if there is no appropriate and mandatory checks done on Government Agencies there is a high probability for corruption to occur.
Matthew Osborne who is the Principal Legal Officer at ITSA has been reported to the Commonwealth Ombudsman for deliberately advising trustees how to breach the Bankruptcy Act.
However as I have already said, the Senior Assistant Ombudsman George Masri has told me the Commonwealth Ombudsman has no investigation policy. Obviously Masri also enjoys wanking his cock.
It also will be interesting when I start doing property searches on Senior Management at ITSA. It should also be particularly interesting to find out how some property was acquired
ONE of the nation's most powerful investigators has been found guilty of plotting to import drugs worth more than $120 million.
Mark William Standen remained unmoved as the jury of 11 handed down their guilty verdicts to three charges today, after a Supreme Court trial lasting almost five months.
The former assistant director of the New South Wales Crime Commission had pleaded not guilty to conspiracy to import and supply more than 300kg of the drug pseudoephedrine, used to make speed and ice.
Standen, 54, also denied using his role as a senior detective to pervert the course of justice.
The father-of-four spent 25 days in the witness box during his trial in a bid to explain the hundreds of hours of covert evidence gathered in a lengthy investigation.
He admitted discussing an "unlawful scenario" with his business partner and friend Bakhos "Bill" Jalalaty, that would involve the importation of drugs in a shipment of rice - but he never believed his buddy was serious.
However he also admitted telling plenty of lies - especially to AFP investigators during a four-hour interview done shortly after his arrest on June 2, 2008.
The Crown alleged Standen's relationship with British-born informant James Henry Kinch, became corrupt, leading to the pair joining with legitimate businessman Bakhos "Bill" Jalalaty to stage the daring operation.
The Crown claimed Standen, motivated by a "dire" financial state thanks to gambling and other debts, had agreed to help Kinch import the drugs for a significant slice of the profits.
Jalalaty's legitimate business, Crown Prosecutor Tim Game SC argued, provided an authentic "front" for the illegal drug operation.
The jury's verdict ended a trial that was originally estimated to last about two months - but instead went for close to five. The case was beset with delay, frustration and controversy, with jurors at one stage threatening mutiny.
In a letter to the trial judge and lawyers for both sides, the jurors detailed the heavy impact the trial was having on their lives, as it entered the 15th week - with no end in sight.
Standen, who has been in protective custody for the past three years, now faces life in jail.
- .FORMER police officer Mark Standen yesterday joined the worst of those he has locked up in Long Bay - jailed for at least 16 years for his role in a drug importation plot. The 54-year-old one-time assistant director of the NSW Crime Commission was a shadow of his former self as Justice Bruce James handed down a sentence of 22 years, noting Standen had shown "no remorse" for his crime.
In August, Standen was found guilty by a Supreme Court jury of conspiring to import 300kg of pseudoephedrine - used in the manufacture of the illicit drugs speed and ice - as well as taking part in the supply of the substance and conspiring to pervert the course of justice.Disgraced cop Mark Standen jailed
Dressed in the prison greens that will now be his uniform until at least 2024, Standen sat impassively in the dock of the Supreme Court as Justice James spent nearly two hours detailing his plot with former food wholesaler Bakhos "Bill" Jalalaty and his one-time informant and drug trafficker James Kinch.
Start of sidebar.
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BUT for a single-page fax sent from a kiosk north of Amsterdam, the life and crimes of Mark Standen would never have been known.
End of sidebar.
Justice James said Standen was motivated by growing debts to take part in the plot that stood to earn him millions of dollars. At a sentencing hearing for Standen last month, Crown Prosecutor Tim Game SC said "it was hard to conceive a more grave breach of trust", given his senior position at the NSW Crime Commission - an "abuse" that was taken into account by Justice James."A matter seriously aggravating the prisoner's criminality was his misuse of knowledge and contacts he had acquired in his career as a law enforcement officer and the abuse of his position with the NSW Crime Commission," the judge said.
"As an assistant director of investigations with the NSW Crime Commission, one of his duties was to investigate drug trafficking, that is, criminal conduct of the very sort in which he engaged.
"(His) motive was clearly financial gain for himself ... not for the purchase of luxury items, but to clear himself of his debts.
"I take these matters into account. However ... they afford little mitigation (because) the amount of money which the prisoner anticipated receiving as his remuneration went far beyond the amount required to pay off his debts."
Standen has been in custody since his high-profile arrest in June 2008. Backdating of his 16 year non-parole period means he will be eligible for release on June 1, 2024.
Justice James said Standen "had a long and successful career as a law enforcement officer (and) he has suffered extra-curial punishment in the loss of his career and in public disgrace and humiliation".
Standen's two brothers attended most of his long trial, and were in court yesterday to hear the final chapter.
Standen acknowledged them before he was led away by sheriffs, completing his spectacular downfall from respected senior drug investigator to convicted criminal.
Monday, 19 November 2012
Attorney Generals Investigation standards/ Attorney Generals disclosure Log
This is a copy of the Attorney Generals Investigation Standards as required by the Financial Management and accountability Act.
It was obtained under Freedom of Information.
A special note should be made that both the Australian Public Service Commission ( who has the responsibility of Whistleblowers complaints and referral of Agency Heads under S41(f) and the Commonwealth Ombudsman who according to the wanker assistant Senior Ombudsman George Masri does not need an investigation policy because it( Commonwealth Ombudsman ) does not do investigations.
These pages can be enlarged for easier reading.
It is also particularly interesting that pages 28, 29 and 30 of the Attorney Generals Investigation Standards refer to the directions of the Public Service Commissioner.
***Basic requirements for procedures for Determining breaches of Code of conduct.***
It is also required under S5.4 that persons making determination must be independent and unbiased.
This would disqualify any Agency or Department Heads from the investigation or determination process.
In the matter where the fucker Robert Cornall AO who received this AO for licking arses did an investigation for the APSC , there is an obvious conflict of interest, as this cock works for the Attorney General Department.
Helen Daniels was responsible in doing an investigation into atrocious conduct by Senior Management at ITSA in 2011. Not only was this skank biased because of her initial decision that the complaint had no grounds or merit despite a document and file that was 1,200 pages that she had not looked at,she eventually made the decision that it should dealt with by the Commonwealth Ombudsman who on their own admission has no investigation policy. Her failure to adequately comply with the Investigation Standards of the Attorney General's Department shows that Helen Daniels “ needs a night with a Truckie”
Saturday, 17 November 2012
Letter to Dave Mager FOI ITSA disclosure Log
Letter to Dave Maher
RE;; Freedom of Information
Mr Dave Maher
FOI
ITSA
18th November 2012
Dear Mr Maher,
You are aware under FOI I have requested a copy of ITSA's investigation policy.
This should not be confused with Itsa's fraud policy.
Unfortunately it has been necessary for the Office of the Information Minister to made you aware of your obligations under the Freedom of Information Act.
According to the FMA Act ITSA is required to publish a disclosure log. I am aware ITSA has not posted anything on it since April 2012. Please supply me a copy of ITSA's disclosure log for the period April 2010-April 2012.
The FMA Act and the AGIS requires investigators to have a certain level of qualification. I therefore request under FOI to be supplied the qualifications of all Bankruptcy Regulation staff in Australia.
In particular I am interested in the qualifications of Mark Findlay and Adam Toma.
Also under FOI also supply me with copies from the register of complaints which have been lodged on Paul Pattison, Stuart Ariff Florence Choo Tibor Karolyi.
Please also supply me under FOI a copy of the register which discloses the dates Veronique Ingram received complaints on the conduct of Senior Management at ITSA, Paul Pattison and Stuart Ariff.
Thank you
Fiona Brown
RE;; Freedom of Information
Mr Dave Maher
FOI
ITSA
18th November 2012
Dear Mr Maher,
You are aware under FOI I have requested a copy of ITSA's investigation policy.
This should not be confused with Itsa's fraud policy.
Unfortunately it has been necessary for the Office of the Information Minister to made you aware of your obligations under the Freedom of Information Act.
According to the FMA Act ITSA is required to publish a disclosure log. I am aware ITSA has not posted anything on it since April 2012. Please supply me a copy of ITSA's disclosure log for the period April 2010-April 2012.
The FMA Act and the AGIS requires investigators to have a certain level of qualification. I therefore request under FOI to be supplied the qualifications of all Bankruptcy Regulation staff in Australia.
In particular I am interested in the qualifications of Mark Findlay and Adam Toma.
Also under FOI also supply me with copies from the register of complaints which have been lodged on Paul Pattison, Stuart Ariff Florence Choo Tibor Karolyi.
Please also supply me under FOI a copy of the register which discloses the dates Veronique Ingram received complaints on the conduct of Senior Management at ITSA, Paul Pattison and Stuart Ariff.
Thank you
Fiona Brown
Bankrupt Changes his name/ Ian Rogut/Ian Lazar
Mr Lazar in this article was formerly known as IAN Rogut a former diamond merchant and bankrupt . He is also the son of a former head of North Shore Synagogue, Rabbi David Rogut.
Did the Old rabbi have his hand in the synagogue collection pot also and this is where his son learnt it???
I am sick to death of Jews complaining how badly they have been treated when we only have to look to see what is occurring in the middle east.
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Jacobsen settlement made before election
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The Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority confirmed yesterday it agreed to pay $1.5 million to settle a legal dispute with a company associated with veteran impresario Kevin Jacobsen that formerly operated the Sydney Entertainment Centre.
But it denied rushing through the agreement just before the election that swept the Keneally government from office.
Public records of a company associated with Mr Jacobsen indicate the authority reached an agreement with Arena Management just before the March 26 election.
Arena was evicted as manager of the Sydney Entertainment Centre in August 2009 for allegedly breaching the lease, which it had held since the centre opened in 1983.
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"A settlement agreement was reached on 21 April 2011 and signed by Arena Management and Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority, releasing the authority from all further claims," the authority said in a prepared statement yesterday.
But the records of a March 28 creditors' meeting for another company associated with Mr Jacobsen, Campbell Street Theatre, show that the authority had already made an offer and it had been accepted by that date.
The document reports that payment was due to be made the week following the election with more than $1 million of the settlement due to be paid to Campbell Street.
When contacted by the Herald yesterday Mr Jacobsen said details of the settlement were confidential.
He said the legal action was designed to claw back some of the $4.5 million Arena Management spent refurbishing the centre following a 10-year extension of the lease.
Mr Jacobsen previously blamed the high rent, maintenance costs, and the refurbishment expenses for his decision to appoint a receiver to Arena Management just days before it was evicted as manager.
Mr Jacobsen is caught up in a new battle to recover his share of the proceeds after a company associated with controversial businessman Ian Lazar appointed receivers to Campbell Street to recover money he is claiming as a secured creditor.
Mr Jacobsen denies giving the security to Mr Lazar's company.
Campbell Street's administrator John Sheahan said at the March meeting that if the claim was proven to be valid it was "very unlikely" that there would be any return for unsecured creditors.
Mr Lazar, who was formerly known as Ian Rogut, is a former diamond merchant and bankrupt. He is also the son of the respected former head of the North Shore Synagogue, Rabbi David Rogut.
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission wound up four companies associated with Mr Rogut in 2005 to "ensure that investors' rights and company assets are protected".
Son of Rabbi David Rogut/Bankrupt Changes his name
The shonky person Ian Lazar whom this article is about has changed his name. He is a former Bankrupt and his name is Ian Rogut son of a Rabbi, David Rogut
There is little doubt how shonkey some Jews are!
Case of kidnapped canines descends into a dogfight
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Holding on ... Ian Lazar (who did not wish to be identified) with the three dogs he owns that were not kidnapped. Thieves are demanding a ransom of $300,000. Photo: Brendan Esposito
POLICE have searched several houses looking for the four kidnapped dogs of businessman Ian Lazar. The four small dogs were taken from Mr Lazar's north shore home two weeks ago. The dognappers have issued a demand of $300,000 for the safe return of Mr Lazar's pets Lilly, Bella, Goldberg and Max.
Mr Lazar, 39, has given the police the name of the man, a former close associate, whom he believes to be responsible for the kidnap of his dogs.
However, when contacted by the Herald yesterday, the man said he was not involved with the dogs' disappearance.
''I know nothing about the dogs,'' he said. He claimed the allegation against him was a ''set-up'' by Mr Lazar. He and Mr Lazar have fallen out over a substantial sum of money, the man said yesterday.
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The man claimed he was one of many victims of Mr Lazar and that the pair had been close until about two months ago when Mr Lazar failed to honour a written agreement whereby Mr Lazar would repay a large amount of money. Mr Lazar, however, claims the signature on the documents is a forgery.
The former associate of Mr Lazar's confirmed that the police had searched a home last week but had found no trace of any of Mr Lazar's dogs.
Earlier this week Mr Lazar obtained an interim apprehended violence order against the man claiming he feared for his life. In his application Mr Lazar stated that the man had previously ''threatened to kill me and my dogs.'' Mr Lazar also claimed the man had ''bashed me in front of other people'' and forced him to pay over a substantial sum of money against his will.
''He has to come to my home and threatened me on more than one occasion and told me I would be the next Michael McGurk,'' Mr Lazar claimed in an interim AVO application.
Mr Lazar's fiancee was previously married to one of the men allegedly threatened by the late standover man Michael McGurk.
The former associate denied previously assaulting Mr Lazar.
Mr Lazar, who has seven dogs, describes them as his ''babies.''
Mr Lazar said the kidnappers had wanted him to buy his dogs back ''or their throats will be cut one by one,'' he said.
Mr Lazar, who deals in the area of financial distress, works in an area rife with upset people. When people default on their loans, Mr Lazar said he negotiates a settlement with the bank and takes over the mortgage himself.
Mr Lazar said in an email yesterday he had been ''assaulted on various occasions and demands for money were forcibly collected from property settlements''.
He also said that it was ''easier to pay these monies over than have to have to deal with the continual expanded threat to my business, staff and friends. My mistake was letting it get to the level that it got to without taking a stance with the authorities''.
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/executive-style/case-of-kidnapped-canines-descends-into-a-dogfight-20110803-1ibnl.html#ixzz2CTD9tnFR
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