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Sheikh Saeed Bin Tahnoon Al Nahyan
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Sadly you're probably right, but it's the hope that kills.0
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The longer pinky and perky are connected to Charlton the deeper the hole becomes, I fear.
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@WishIdStayedinthePub
I'm especially interested in your remarks about Florica, since I am putting together a summary of public information on him, and sending it to a friend of a friend in Bucharest with an apparently similar profile to your mate. I expect the feedback will be very similar.
Having worked carefully through the available material, there are some things about the Florica back story in Romania which are now clearer to me and which I can safely describe here.
There are actually two parallel court cases involving the fraudulent sale of Microsoft licences to the Romanian government, which are commonly referred to as Microsoft 1 and Microsoft 2. Florica is implicated in both. He escaped punishment in Microsoft 1 by becoming a prosecution witness. In Microsoft 2, the case has been halted on what could fairly be described as a procedural technicality. Based on what I have read, I would not describe him as "cleared" at all. (I could go into more detail on that, but because the language even in the English articles is often arcane, it is safer not to. For now). Mr Mikhail claims he will be cleared, well, I look forward to that, and to hearing what Romania makes of the verdict in a very high profile case implicating several Government ministers.
Whatever else is unclear, it seems to me that Nimer has an unfortunate knack of hooking up with really unsavoury people. Firstly Southall himself. Secondly Florica. And now there is the photo of him having dinner with a nephew of Ceausescu, FFS. Mr Mikhail seems like a pleasant enough person, but in career terms you could only describe him as junior, at least in the context of someone supposedly managing £500m of assets. If that last point were true, would we not expect Nimer to surround himself with people from KPMG or Deloitte, both here and in Bucharest, rather than Matt Southall's lawyer and a bloke who administered the Bucharest amateur football leagues?.
I am now rooting for the ex-directors' bid to halt the whole thing. They are the only people in this saga with a record of integrity when it comes to stewardship of our club.22 -
PragueAddick said:@WishIdStayedinthePub
I'm especially interested in your remarks about Florica, since I am putting together a summary of public information on him, and sending it to a friend of a friend in Bucharest with an apparently similar profile to your mate. I expect the feedback will be very similar.
Having worked carefully through the available material, there are some things about the Florica back story in Romania which are now clearer to me and which I can safely describe here.
There are actually two parallel court cases involving the fraudulent sale of Microsoft licences to the Romanian government, which are commonly referred to as Microsoft 1 and Microsoft 2. Florica is implicated in both. He escaped punishment in Microsoft 1 by becoming a prosecution witness. In Microsoft 2, the case has been halted on what could fairly be described as a procedural technicality. Based on what I have read, I would not describe him as "cleared" at all. (I could go into more detail on that, but because the language even in the English articles is often arcane, it is safer not to. For now). Mr Mikhail claims he will be cleared, well, I look forward to that, and to hearing what Romania makes of the verdict in a very high profile case implicating several Government ministers.
Whatever else is unclear, it seems to me that Nimer has an unfortunate knack of hooking up with really unsavoury people. Firstly Southall himself. Secondly Florica. And now there is the photo of him having dinner with a nephew of Ceausescu, FFS. Mr Mikhail seems like a pleasant enough person, but in career terms you could only describe him as junior, at least in the context of someone supposedly managing £500m of assets. If that last point were true, would we not expect Nimer to surround himself with people from KPMG or Deloitte, both here and in Bucharest, rather than Matt Southall's lawyer and a bloke who administered the Bucharest amateur football leagues?.
I am now rooting for the ex-directors' bid to halt the whole thing. They are the only people in this saga with a record of integrity when it comes to stewardship of our club.1 -
WishIdStayedinthePub said:PragueAddick said:@WishIdStayedinthePub
I'm especially interested in your remarks about Florica, since I am putting together a summary of public information on him, and sending it to a friend of a friend in Bucharest with an apparently similar profile to your mate. I expect the feedback will be very similar.
Having worked carefully through the available material, there are some things about the Florica back story in Romania which are now clearer to me and which I can safely describe here.
There are actually two parallel court cases involving the fraudulent sale of Microsoft licences to the Romanian government, which are commonly referred to as Microsoft 1 and Microsoft 2. Florica is implicated in both. He escaped punishment in Microsoft 1 by becoming a prosecution witness. In Microsoft 2, the case has been halted on what could fairly be described as a procedural technicality. Based on what I have read, I would not describe him as "cleared" at all. (I could go into more detail on that, but because the language even in the English articles is often arcane, it is safer not to. For now). Mr Mikhail claims he will be cleared, well, I look forward to that, and to hearing what Romania makes of the verdict in a very high profile case implicating several Government ministers.
Whatever else is unclear, it seems to me that Nimer has an unfortunate knack of hooking up with really unsavoury people. Firstly Southall himself. Secondly Florica. And now there is the photo of him having dinner with a nephew of Ceausescu, FFS. Mr Mikhail seems like a pleasant enough person, but in career terms you could only describe him as junior, at least in the context of someone supposedly managing £500m of assets. If that last point were true, would we not expect Nimer to surround himself with people from KPMG or Deloitte, both here and in Bucharest, rather than Matt Southall's lawyer and a bloke who administered the Bucharest amateur football leagues?.
I am now rooting for the ex-directors' bid to halt the whole thing. They are the only people in this saga with a record of integrity when it comes to stewardship of our club.0 -
77redarmy77 said:CAFCDB said:I can’t work out why Nimer would blow the lid on the operation when he was just as bad as Southall
I think MS & TN were scamming each other. MS wanted to get into football & somehow got locked onto TN & thought he was legit. Once takeover got approved MS thought he'd made it & started buying flats, cars and spouting off about super duper transfer phone, expecting the money to start rolling in. When it didnt he panicked & started looking for other investors. May have then got an inkling that TN want the man he had been led to believe he was & when source of funds wasnt approved it was confirmed.
Btw - if the letter purporting to be from a Middle Eastern bank was supposed to have been used to satisfy the EFL enquiries then I can see why we are where we are. I think AML rules are a tad stricter nowdays than rocking up with "a letter from my bank manager" and hoping you'll pass.5 -
golfaddick said:77redarmy77 said:CAFCDB said:I can’t work out why Nimer would blow the lid on the operation when he was just as bad as Southall
I think MS & TN were scamming each other. MS wanted to get into football & somehow got locked onto TN & thought he was legit. Once takeover got approved MS thought he'd made it & started buying flats, cars and spouting off about super duper transfer phone, expecting the money to start rolling in. When it didnt he panicked & started looking for other investors. May have then got an inkling that TN want the man he had been led to believe he was & when source of funds wasnt approved it was confirmed.
Btw - if the letter purporting to be from a Middle Eastern bank was supposed to have been used to satisfy the EFL enquiries then I can see why we are where we are. I think AML rules are a tad stricter nowdays than rocking up with "a letter from my bank manager" and hoping you'll pass.1 -
Can we move all this speculation on to the shenanigans thread as a lot of the recent stuff has nothing to do with AD royalty.0
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PragueAddick said:@WishIdStayedinthePub
I'm especially interested in your remarks about Florica, since I am putting together a summary of public information on him, and sending it to a friend of a friend in Bucharest with an apparently similar profile to your mate. I expect the feedback will be very similar.
Having worked carefully through the available material, there are some things about the Florica back story in Romania which are now clearer to me and which I can safely describe here.
There are actually two parallel court cases involving the fraudulent sale of Microsoft licences to the Romanian government, which are commonly referred to as Microsoft 1 and Microsoft 2. Florica is implicated in both. He escaped punishment in Microsoft 1 by becoming a prosecution witness. In Microsoft 2, the case has been halted on what could fairly be described as a procedural technicality. Based on what I have read, I would not describe him as "cleared" at all. (I could go into more detail on that, but because the language even in the English articles is often arcane, it is safer not to. For now). Mr Mikhail claims he will be cleared, well, I look forward to that, and to hearing what Romania makes of the verdict in a very high profile case implicating several Government ministers.
Whatever else is unclear, it seems to me that Nimer has an unfortunate knack of hooking up with really unsavoury people. Firstly Southall himself. Secondly Florica. And now there is the photo of him having dinner with a nephew of Ceausescu, FFS. Mr Mikhail seems like a pleasant enough person, but in career terms you could only describe him as junior, at least in the context of someone supposedly managing £500m of assets. If that last point were true, would we not expect Nimer to surround himself with people from KPMG or Deloitte, both here and in Bucharest, rather than Matt Southall's lawyer and a bloke who administered the Bucharest amateur football leagues?.
I am now rooting for the ex-directors' bid to halt the whole thing. They are the only people in this saga with a record of integrity when it comes to stewardship of our club.
Thanks, it's what I've been saying since shortly after the spat became public.
Although you have written somewhat more comprehensively.
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Tahnoon accepted my invite to connect on LinkedIn, having been through his whole feed there are several things of concern. Others have pointed out in Arabic that he is a fraud. Cheese seller in Alexander Egypt. A fake certificate issued by a government official with a Gmail address. Also 1billion dollar investment in hungry, only place this is mentioned is his LinkedIn feed, yeah rite.0
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@Dazzler21i presume you already know al this?0
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What are people's thoughts on whether or not Nimer is related to the Sheikh.
If the report from Romania is correct and he is the illegitimate son of a Sheikh, does that make this fella his Dad or his Brother...or someone else?0 -
Sounds like the start of that song you hear at the Valley.1
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All together now...
Taaaaaahnoon Nimer's illegitimate,He ain't got no birth certificate
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carly burn said:What are people's thoughts on whether or not Nimer is related to the Sheikh.
If the report from Romania is correct and he is the illegitimate son of a Sheikh, does that make this fella his Dad or his Brother...or someone else?
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Can you share this?
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I'm not on LinkedIn but I've just perused Jacco Van Seventer a profile. There used to be mention of ADBD on it as well as Emirates focus. I can't see ADBD mentioned on it now. The latter remains?
Can anyone confirm?
https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jacco-van-seventer-92137970
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carly burn said:I'm not on LinkedIn but I've just perused Jacco Van Seventer a profile. There used to be mention of ADBD on it as well as Emirates focus. I can't see ADBD mentioned on it now. The latter remains?
Can anyone confirm?
https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jacco-van-seventer-921379700 -
And the Emirates focus website.
http://www.emiratesfoucs.ae
Another empty vessel. And when get on there and click it takes you straight to the currently defunct ADBD website.4 -
carly burn said:And the Emirates focus website.
http://www.emiratesfoucs.ae
Another empty vessel. And when get on there and click it takes you straight to the currently defunct ADBD website.
Well they definitely fouced us.4 -
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Very odd and differs from the original emirates focus website which is also down.
http://www.emirates-focus.com/
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carly burn said:What are people's thoughts on whether or not Nimer is related to the Sheikh.
If the report from Romania is correct and he is the illegitimate son of a Sheikh, does that make this fella his Dad or his Brother...or someone else?0 -
carly burn said:Very odd and differs from the original emirates focus website which is also down.
http://www.emirates-focus.com/2 -
PragueAddick said:carly burn said:Very odd and differs from the original emirates focus website which is also down.
http://www.emirates-focus.com/
I'm sure I read on here that these private offices are just a cover up for the real flow of mostly unethical cash that flows through parts of the middle East.1 -
I think it more likely that Nimer has been had over and has been told to extricate himself from the mess as soon as possible.3
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ShootersHillGuru said:I think it more likely that Nimer has been had over and has been told to extricate himself from the mess as soon as possible.
Nimer is the only link but if they want to disassociate Nimer from CAFC why shut down the ADBD and Emirates focus websites?1 -
Maybe he has been lent on?0
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carly burn said:ShootersHillGuru said:I think it more likely that Nimer has been had over and has been told to extricate himself from the mess as soon as possible.
Nimer is the only link but if they want to disassociate Nimer from CAFC why shut down the ADBD and Emirates focus websites?0 -
Covered End said:carly burn said:I'm not on LinkedIn but I've just perused Jacco Van Seventer a profile. There used to be mention of ADBD on it as well as Emirates focus. I can't see ADBD mentioned on it now. The latter remains?
Can anyone confirm?
https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jacco-van-seventer-92137970
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jacco-van-seventer-b53b01a4/
So heaven knows what's going on with ADBD, and him. Take a look at his "career" before ADBD, though. Heavy hitter, he isn't.1 -
PragueAddick said:Covered End said:carly burn said:I'm not on LinkedIn but I've just perused Jacco Van Seventer a profile. There used to be mention of ADBD on it as well as Emirates focus. I can't see ADBD mentioned on it now. The latter remains?
Can anyone confirm?
https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jacco-van-seventer-92137970
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jacco-van-seventer-b53b01a4/
So heaven knows what's going on with ADBD, and him. Take a look at his "career" before ADBD, though. Heavy hitter, he isn't.0