This is a brilliant thread 🧵by @uglygame
A fraudster with a shady #Crypto company looking to invest in football clubs (#PerthGlory / #Nantes)
It's a great tale - It also links to some seriously questionable characters...
#ChristopherSamuelson
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A fraudster with a shady #Crypto company looking to invest in football clubs (#PerthGlory / #Nantes)
It's a great tale - It also links to some seriously questionable characters...
#ChristopherSamuelson
⚽️💸🤔
https://twitter.com/uglygame/status/1443187809041489923
The link is #AlanJohnFrankHitchins
#Portsmouth & #AstonVilla fans may have seen his name before.
Think mining scams, laundering money via offshore & criminal networks
fansnetwork.co.uk/football/ports…
#Portsmouth & #AstonVilla fans may have seen his name before.
Think mining scams, laundering money via offshore & criminal networks
fansnetwork.co.uk/football/ports…
Mining scams can be a brilliant way to con investors (pump & dump) and because of their erratic revenue streams & international make-up, they can be great vehicles to launder money through.
Maybe if you've just robbed a bank and need a getaway vehicle 💸
theguardian.com/football/2015/…
Maybe if you've just robbed a bank and need a getaway vehicle 💸
theguardian.com/football/2015/…
The chap who owned #PerthGlory is Tony Sage.
He's a mining magnate!
Seems to have connections to a couple of those businesses mentioned in the #Portsmouth story #StraitsOilAndGas
When mining deals go wrong! 🤯🔫
abc.net.au/4corners/bad-c…
He's a mining magnate!
Seems to have connections to a couple of those businesses mentioned in the #Portsmouth story #StraitsOilAndGas
When mining deals go wrong! 🤯🔫
abc.net.au/4corners/bad-c…
And we know about #ChristopherSamuelson involvement in these types of schemes
(Well, #Everton #Reading #AstonVilla #DerbyCounty certainly do).
Here he is telling us himself 👀
(Well, #Everton #Reading #AstonVilla #DerbyCounty certainly do).
Here he is telling us himself 👀
Investment scams and laundering money through football is endemic.
The stories & characters need sunlight so it's harder for them to do it again!
#ChesterFC #BuryFC #SwindonTown #WiganAthletic #OldhamAthletic #MaccTown #AVFC #BCFC #PFC #RFC #LUFC The list goes on & on...⚽️💸
The stories & characters need sunlight so it's harder for them to do it again!
#ChesterFC #BuryFC #SwindonTown #WiganAthletic #OldhamAthletic #MaccTown #AVFC #BCFC #PFC #RFC #LUFC The list goes on & on...⚽️💸
And here's a brilliant video with some great stories on this topic #FootballInvestment #Ownership
#NUFC takeover #CAT #NUFC
#NUFC takeover #CAT #NUFC
On the note of #Gadaffi trying to buy #ManchesterUnited and his son interested in #crystalpalace
Some of his billions ended up in the French election campaign funds - #Sarkozy back in the headlines!
Wonder if any made its way into French football?
france24.com/en/europe/2021…
Some of his billions ended up in the French election campaign funds - #Sarkozy back in the headlines!
Wonder if any made its way into French football?
france24.com/en/europe/2021…
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