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Should start laying bricks...

by Oziboomer
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This everyday "bricklayer" astounded arresting officers when he claimed he was a billionaire.

They were about to call for psychiatric help when he gave them his keycard and bank access details.

Shockingly he had $596M in the bank and 1.56B of assets.

Start laying some bricks folks...

Queensland tradie has $596m in bank, court told

Best regards,

Ozi
  • Profile picture of the author Zodiax
    Makes you wonder how many billionaires there actually are, and how biased the forbes list is toward those in fame and powerrr.
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      Originally Posted by Zodiax View Post

      Makes you wonder how many billionaires there actually are, and how biased the forbes list is toward those in fame and powerrr.
      No doubt Forbes doesn't even list a fraction of rich people, they only list people in the spotlight. Most private people/businesses don't release financial details to the public.
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    He started amassing his fortune shortly after receiving an email from a Nigerian prince.
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    It sounds like he had a (ahem) laundry business operating on the side.
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    The authorities haven't said they've frozen his assets which is what they would usually do with any proceeds of crime.

    Even if the proceeds were from something illegal he must have been pretty busy to get $596M cash in the bank plus other assets by the age of 29.

    In one of his comments he does mention something about selling an app amongst other things.

    "How would I make billions in drugs without being caught? My investments, my ideas in cars, apps, trade, I sold them overseas, have been for years," he said.
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  • Profile picture of the author whateverpedia
    It turns out he may be in a lot of trouble for "perverting the course of justice".

    His "wealth" looks like it may be completely phony.
    A Queensland tradesman who claimed to have a $2bn fortune when fronting court on drug charges could face prosecution for perverting the course of justice after reportedly using a fake banking app to dupe his lawyer.

    A duty lawyer acting for Phillip Johnathan Harrison told Brisbane magistrates court he had shared police concerns about his client's mental health until he logged into an online account showing the bricklayer and carpenter held $596m in cash and $1.56bn in other assets.

    "I wouldn't have believed it if I hadn't have seen it with my own eyes but I logged on to Commonwealth Bank and it was there," Nick Hanly told the court on Saturday.

    But investigators have since alleged that Harrison used an app available online to simulate the bank's internet portal and fabricate vast wealth

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    Harrison would rank on Australia's rich list above a string of high-profile billionaires should the grandiose claims of his net worth be true. But a search of records shows that Harrison, who lives in a modest rented brick bungalow in Tewantin on the Sunshine Coast, owns no properties.


    A search of a government register shows an active Australian business number entry in Harrison's name and postcode, suggesting an annual income of less than $75,000 as a sole trader
    What an idiot.

    'Billionaire' tradesman may have used fake banking app to dupe lawyer | Australia news | The Guardian
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    • Profile picture of the author Zodiax
      Well, so much for me believing he was rich, just like one of the internet Gurus in the main upstairs forum.
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    • Profile picture of the author Oziboomer
      Originally Posted by whateverpedia View Post

      It turns out he may be in a lot of trouble for "perverting the course of justice".

      His "wealth" looks like it may be completely phony.
      What an idiot.
      There goes the chance for the Australian Government to bail out the country...

      ...guess we've got to wait for the next phony bubble that comes along.
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