| Chris Bech - Professional Fraud and Credit Card Scammer |
| Fraud and theft |
| 12th of Jun, 2011 by SRI |
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PFU Case 95-150
COMPLAINTS: Chris Bech / Remi Thoresen
ADDRESS: Pb. 9292, 0134 Oslo
PHONE / Fax:
EDITORIAL: Economic Report
PUBLICATION DATE: Nr. 1916 to 1995
SITE INFORMATION: Justice / trial
GENRE: News article
SEARCHING KEY WORDS: Evaluating / duty to investigate / simultaneous reply
REGISTERED: 05.10.95
In TREATED Secretary.: 06/10/1995; similar round started
In TREATED PFU: 14.11.95
FINAL PROCESSED: 14.11.95
PROCESSING: 40 days
APPEAL GROUP: Private Person
PFU-CONCLUSION: Not a breach of good press conduct
REFERENCE VVPL.:
NOTES: PFU cf. Case 95-029
SUMMARY:
Economic Report No. 16/95 had a full-page article titled "The trustee and the auditor on Scan Group AS: cover for illegal activities." In summary stated:
"After the letter sheets to judge the Scan-Group AS, a large company with many subsidiaries and extensive operations in Norway and abroad. In reality there was never anything but a cover for brothels and fraud, alleged in the preliminary boinnberet-tion."
The article was illustrated with a large picture of a male figure in near full-length, and the caption read:
"'POSSIBLE BUSINESS MAN': Credit card scammer Chris Fast Bech gets no praise for his role in the Scan-Group AS. Trustees have supplied the Bankruptcy Court's report 'based on a possible business'."
From a report the estate's accountant Jon Wiggen has utabeidet, citing R that "undoubtedly face a bankruptcy with a variety of offenses, where the establishment of the corporation seems to have been caused as a cover for various illegal acts."
And the magazine said further: "The company was established with Remi Thoresen as owner and general manager, while he was still serving a long sentence at Ila prison. The daily manager and the operation was through the authority delegated companion - the well-known credit card scammer Chris Fast Bech (formerly ystein Christiansen ) ".
The article is mainly for the Scan-Group's share capital, "assets" and "over-estimation of the values." According R states of boinnberetningen that the company named auditor resigned after a short time because of "that there was so much murky in the firm that she would not have an auditor-assignment".
About Bech states that he "has accused one of its female employees to have removed the books to cover up an embezzlement, but neither the auditor or trustee appears to rely on this explanation. On the other hand think they decided that Bech at a number of occasions made cash withdrawals from company accounts that far exceeds the pay he may have had a claim. "
The magazine writes also that "when it comes to the many projects that the duo Bech / Thoresen stated that they attended to, it seems only a couple to have been somewhat close to reality. No auditor rather to the opinion that most seem to have been papers that are produced to deceive others. "
COMPLAINT:
The complainant is Chris Bech, with the authority to also represent Remi Thoresen. The complaint back shows all material in ORS article as "loose and irreverent coverage claims, and the complainant asking the magazine to correct the content in accordance with the" facts "as stated in the complaint letter.
He recalls that the blade has an independent, journalistic responsibility, and believes R "in no way can take preliminary observations from a trustee for the 'great fish' - without verification from elsewhere." "The report to the bankruptcy court is not final and the bankruptcy proceedings is far from finished. Reverent My contention is that R should wait on the decision the bankruptcy court will ...". The complainant claims that the trustee has not talked with either him or Remi Thoresen on this matter.
It is emphasized in the complaint that the police have not confronted either the complainant or Thoresen that there would be nothing wrong in connection with the Scan-Group's share capital and assets, "and therefore not charged us for anything in this respect." "Previously R invoked the 'right' to inform readers about things 'because it's in charge / prosecution'. But what we now have on tap are not discussed in politidok. Etc."
Furthermore, it is pointed out that it obtains R comments, either from the bankruptcy court judge or the complainant's lawyers and Thoresen.
EQUIVALENT ROUTE:
Economic Report says it emerges from the article that the magazine has referred in the trustee interim report "and the report repeatedly pointed out that valuables report is not final. That Bech has not yet received comment on the content, we apologize. However, it has its natural explanation in that he have been detained and therefore very difficult to access. Please be assured that we will get back to the bankruptcy case in connection with the Bankruptcy Court's further consideration in such a way that all parties are properly heard. We can assure you that the Bech similar law in that regard will be safeguarded ".
The magazine notes that the appellant "makes a number of unsubstantiated allegations and comments that it is impossible to make before the trial against him and Thoresen is completed and before the bankruptcy court has completed treatment."
R concludes its response as follows:
"That said, it is important to draw PFUs oppmerksohet on the facts that there is a correlation between valuables warrant applying the main conclusions and the indictment, which, among other things, stated that Chris Bech and two others in the Scan Group either at the time the grant was applied for or later, intended to engage in lawful business activity or business operated legally. "
The complainant considers ORS same as "tentative excuses" and says the magazine fails to comment on the merits. "The court has long recognized, through the testimony of business relations, that here is driven legally on business. That R after the massive and totally crazy presumption of guilt, having trouble typing this now, I understand, however. It is not easy / better to wait ... rather the opposite ".
Further notes the complainant that the trustee has not gotten left the firm's business correspondence by the police, "and thus did not have grounds to speak about business activities or not. Difficult available, we have not been, the trustee has been in full visit the Trust by the police - and the media - but no one has used this ".
Economic Report has not had more to add.
Press Complaints Commission STATEMENT:
The appeal comes to an article in the Economic Report on firm Scan Group AS, which is bankruptcy, and that the title referred to as "Skalkesjul for illegal activities." The authors, both named and the one pictured, were responsible for the company. They assert that the article comes with cover loose and irreverent statements, and believe it is based on preliminary consider-downs from a trustee and an auditor's report. It is submitted that the petitioners, who are prosecuted for other offenses, are not confronted with misconduct relating to capital and assets. The authors believe the magazine was expected to review the Bankruptcy Court's decision was available, and under all circumstances, applicants' prior comments.
Economic Report says the magazine to a sufficient extent has been revealed that the article is based on preliminary material. At the same time sorry for the magazine that the petitioners have yet to comment on the contents, but promises to come back to this in the Bankruptcy Court's further consideration of the bankruptcy case. Otherwise, the blade can not consider applicants' specific allegations before the verdict in the trial against them is given and the Bankruptcy Court's decision.
Press Complaints Commission notes that the impugned article clarifies that the information derived from a temporary boinnberetning and an auditor report. The Commission believes the article should be viewed in light of the lengthy and wide press coverage there has been a comprehensive and multifaceted complex case related to the petitioners. Based on this sample found that the article must be accepted within the ethical norms.
Economic Report has not broken good press practice.
Ringsaker, 14 November 1995
Per Edgar Kokkvold,
Inger Bentzrud, Edith Nrb, Thor Woje,
Bjrny, Jan Vincents Johannessen, Inge Lnning |
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