The sentencing notes used by Judge Barry View Here
This is what the Judge read out in court. The notes are quite eloquent, and will be emotional for many to read
Monthly Archives: November 2013
Competing Views – RAMIG and the FMA
The following two opinion pieces appeared on the same page of the Dominion Post 16/11/13, the day after Ross was sentenced, but both were written several days before.
The FMA opinion piece contains another apology from Sean Hughes, chief of the FMA. He also states “no regulatory framework is a perfect foil to misconduct”. Read here
The RAMIG opinion piece highlights the regulatory failure that has occurred and the urgent need for the authorities to show some lead on how to fairly unwind the mess. Read here
Summary of Facts SFO
The Summary of Facts used by the SFO against David Ross can be viewed here
The Summary of Facts used by the FMA were released previously by order of the judge and can be viewed here
Ross Sentencing 15/11/13
Coverage of the sentencing of David Ross 15 November 2013.
NZ Herald – David Ross gets 10 years, 10 months jail Read story
NBR – David Ross dished out record jail-time over Ponzi fraud Read story
Dominion Post – Fraud victims lash out at David Ross Read story
TVNZ One News View story
3News View story
Radio NZ Nine to Noon Listen
Radio NZ Checkpoint Listen
Radio NZ Checkpoint SFO response Listen PS we hope to meet with the SFO soon to discuss the points made here
Investor who knew Ross feels devastated
A man who knew David Ross for nearly 50 years and lost over $1.6 million he entrusted to him thinks any sentence Ross receives on Friday will ultimately be a waste of time. “John”, a 63-year-old from Christchurch who did not want to be named, went to high school with Ross, also 63, and has known Ross’ wife Jillian nearly all his life. Read More
Conman’s mansion on market
The man who has admitted running the largest fraudulent investment scheme in New Zealand history is selling his Lower Hutt mansion. Read More
Ross family trust handed to receivers
A family trust created by fraudster David Ross, in which his children are the beneficiaries of a large shareholding, has been handed to receivers PwC. Read more
Ross liquidator sees chance of clawback case
A potential test case which might claw back $3.8 million of investor money lost to New Zealand’s single biggest fraudster, David Ross, is waiting on one final response, says liquidator PricewaterhouseCoopers. Read More