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Police raid more Boiler Rooms on the Gold Coast

There’s been a large raid carried out today by Qld CCC on a group of alleged fradusters known as the Irish Boys. Four people have been arrested.


ABC TV News Qld

From the official CCC press release we have this snippet:
“The Queensland Police Service is committed to identifying those criminal groups who seek to target and defraud members of our community.

“It is concerning to us to think these groups are operating in Queensland, however in cooperation with our law enforcement and industry stakeholders we will seek out these syndicates and shut them down,” Acting Assistant Commissioner Cameron Harsley said.

“Our message is clear, if you set up one of these operations in Queensland, we will be on your doorstep and will dismantle your operation.”

ABC news report here: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-08-17/gold-coast-police-raid-irish-boys-boiler-rooms/6702572

Read more about the scams involved here:

AIC, Sansar, S-Connect, Synergy Financial

http://www.complaintsboard.com/complaints/s-connect-systems-scam-company-stealing-money-c692831.html

GMS, AIC International, Synergy Financials, LTC Service, S-Connect Systems, Sansar, Epicentre technology, Hayze Technology

http://gms-pty-ltd.pissedconsumer.com/gms-pty-ltd-appears-to-be-a-scam-company-20131211463204.html

MGS, Princept, Kingdom First, AIC International and Synergy Financial

http://mgs-trading.pissedconsumer.com/scammed-by-mgs-trading-selling-***-software-they-are-a-scam-20140210475100.html

 

Police raid two Boiler Rooms on Gold Coast

At last police have raided some of the scammers!

Not sure which ones yet but it sounds like two operations covering six schemes.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-05-08/arrest-over-alleged-boiler-room-telemarketing-scam-on-gold-coast/6456548

http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/gold-coast-police-raid-boiler-rooms-linked-to-betting-investment-scams/story-fnn8dlfs-1227347310618

15 May: Apparently it was John Hanneman, who had run such scams as Proficient First, International Arb Trading, International Sports Online, Tablink Sporstbet and Excellence IV.

18 May: The Age reports on the raid on Betjack

http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/police-raid-vanuatu-bookmaker-with-melbourne-underworld-links-20150518-gh3ivb.html

NSW police had alerted the QLD police to him as far back as 2011. The ABC did this report in 2013: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-09-13/victims-angry-gambling-scam-still-operating/4260558