#WhiteHelmets
Operation "Whitewash Le Mesurier" has started, and Western journos show their enthusiasm for this criminal fraudster:
Operation "Whitewash Le Mesurier" has started, and Western journos show their enthusiasm for this criminal fraudster:
https://twitter.com/ejbeals/status/1321064766975205381
In the @guardian article @martinchulov paints the image of the misunderstood humanitarian, preposterously even reporting "from the mind" of Le Mesurier ....
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This is not journalism but an apologetic hagiography!
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This is not journalism but an apologetic hagiography!
On the key allegation, Chulov misrepresents the basic facts and whitewashes the admitted fraud as just "backdating receipts" ....
"Not illegal but [only] shady", - according to a former Mayday employee, this is what we are supposed to believe!
"Not illegal but [only] shady", - according to a former Mayday employee, this is what we are supposed to believe!
This is not what happened.
The details in @esvanana long Dutch article for @volkskrant tell a different story:
volkskrant.nl/kijkverder/v/2…
First, Le Mesurier claims the disappeared money from the WH "Hero fund" are stored in a separate safe.
The details in @esvanana long Dutch article for @volkskrant tell a different story:
volkskrant.nl/kijkverder/v/2…
First, Le Mesurier claims the disappeared money from the WH "Hero fund" are stored in a separate safe.
Then, in order to satisfy the British accountant, Le Mesurier showed receipts he "found" that seemingly document how the 50k $ was transferred.
Because of the massive irregularities in Mayday Rescues accounts, a second Dutch accounting firm comes in half a year later - and discovers the receipts are FAKE, - *not* backdated as claimed by Chulov but fabricated.
The money has disappeared!
The money has disappeared!
When faced with this discovery (based on the testimony of an honest employee), Le Mesurier finally came up with another version: he suddenly discovered he kept the money himself, as "remuneration benefits"!
This simple sequence of events, reconstructed by Volkskrant and not denied by anyone, leaves no room whatsoever for "misunderstandings" and "poor accounting" - on the contrary it reveals high criminal energy!
There was no way out for Le Mesurier.
There was no way out for Le Mesurier.
All excuses simply don't fly as this incident was just the tip of the iceberg of a culture of grift:
the fraudulent directors received excessive salaries, yet complained they were underpaid and then granted themselves additional "benefits"!
the fraudulent directors received excessive salaries, yet complained they were underpaid and then granted themselves additional "benefits"!
Chulov bases his exculpatory fairytale of the misunderstood humanitarian on the whitewashing final report of the Dutch accounting firm - for lack of evidence of misappropriation, due to significant cash transactions not being recorded!
This is not news - Volkskrant knew of the report and has seen the summary. Evidently nothing in it could alter their conclusion of the main story.
And there clearly is a political motive: the governments involved wish to keep the inquiry secret!
And there clearly is a political motive: the governments involved wish to keep the inquiry secret!
Chulov even quotes said summary of the inquiry: ... "appear to be a result of a misunderstanding".
From which we can safely conclude that no alternative explanation to the Volkskrant article was found, the money has not reappeared but was taken by Le Mesurier as "benefit"!
From which we can safely conclude that no alternative explanation to the Volkskrant article was found, the money has not reappeared but was taken by Le Mesurier as "benefit"!
But there's another interesting detail in Chulov's article: Emma Winberg, Le Mesurier's wife and partner in fraud, was suspected to have withdrawn another $55,000 - obviously in addition to the sum Le Mesurier had taken responsibility for.
What a culture of grift!
What a culture of grift!
If, as the undisclosed inquiry insinuates, Mayday's problem was only that of missing records & chaotic accounting, not of missing money - why would the UK gov't (and others) stop their funding?
They decided to bury this embarassing story altogether in order to save the "brand"!
They decided to bury this embarassing story altogether in order to save the "brand"!
Finally, Mayday Rescue had to declare bankrupcy - a sure sign that significant amounts of money must have been missing (not just the 50k here and 55k there for the directors' extra "remunerations")!
In case you were in doubt mainstream journos have lost even the last bits of critical thinking, fact checking, etc 🙄🧐🤕
Let's all cry for the "misunderstood humanitarian" Le Mesurier who so deservedly took out $50k benefits for himself ...
Let's all cry for the "misunderstood humanitarian" Le Mesurier who so deservedly took out $50k benefits for himself ...
https://twitter.com/LizSly/status/1321234810464047107
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