And it wasn’t just the mo, or outrage over his sentence appeal, that sparked such an adverse reaction.

But ever since Ross hit the headlines over 18 months ago, regulators have been working hard to prevent his ponzi ghost from reappearing.  Read More

Fraudster David Ross will emerge from his prison term “with nothing”, his lawyer has told the High Court – but actually it would seem he has a newly bought $725,000 house waiting for him.  Read More

A useful comparison of the different sentences given to some of the recent white collar fraudsters in NZ

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Hamish Fletcher for the NZ Herald 11 June 2014

The length of David Ross’ minimum non-parole period is “crushing” says his lawyer, who applied to the Court of Appeal for it to be reduced.

Anger from Ross’ out-of-pocket victims is still very raw as one of the country’s biggest fraudsters appealed against the minimum sentence he must serve in jail before becoming eligible for parole. Read More

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There is “nothing useful” in the “stern” and “unreasonably crushing” minimum jail term imposed on David Ross, the fraudster’s lawyer says. Read More

A chilling insight into the problems of the liquidation of Strategic Finance.  RAM victims must work hard to avoid being treated the same way.

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Chalkie is written by Tim Hunter deputy editor of the Fairfax Business Bureau

OPINION: An unfortunate weakness of our legal system is to treat investors like children in a Dickensian orphanage, told to run off and play up chimneys while their guardians divvy up their inheritance.

The investors’ patronised status was highlighted by the $22 million settlement announced last week over the collapse of Strategic Finance. Read More

Fraudster David Ross took $3.5 million from his company before it went broke and liquidators want it back. Read More.

BOSTON (CBS) — The investors who lost billions of dollars in the Bernie Madoff Ponzi Scheme may actually get all of their lost investments back. Read More

The Corrections Department has confirmed that fraudster David Ross has been out of prison twice for medical reasons, before and after he was sentenced to 10 years and 10 months for running a fraudulent scheme in which investors lost about $115 million.  Read More

Fraudster David Ross has already been out of prison twice, just eight months into his sentence.

The Dominion Post has been told that Ross was recently seen unloading furniture from a truck into a friend’s property at Riversdale Beach, near Masterton.  Read More

New Zealand’s single biggest fraudster is no longer a member of the New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants, which found “it difficult to imagine more serious professional misconduct” than his. Read More