Found Deceased Australia - Karen Ristevski, 47, Melbourne, Vic, 29 June 2016 - #3

[ozazure]

Holy hell

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/new...s/news-story/b1b9688adeee6dbd340e17d35eec2de6

 

[ozazure]

Confirms the fight was over the previous day's takings

 

[ozazure]

The Australian is gunning for this case, why?

 

[they'll get you]

Spot on SthAus it is two separate blocks 19 & 21.
There's a surveyors dividing peg there.

 

[Pepper77]

The Australian is gunning for this case, why?

Aren't they just ... with the Herald Sun closely behind. Very interesting (not sure in what way, but interesting nevertheless).

I'm pasting the contents of the article ozazure as they (at first) look to only be accessible to subscribers:

The husband of missing Melbourne woman Karen Ristevski gained control of her business a few months before she disappeared, and the couple’s business history has been marked with bitter disputes and allegations of *insolvent trading, The Weekend Australian can reveal.

Company documents show Ms Ristevski’s company, Warrant Brands, is one of a series of business ventures in which she and husband Borce Ristevski have been involved, which include failed plans to sell pecan nuts to China and to sell a line of clothing using the name of former tennis star Mark Philippoussis.

Paperwork declaring Mr Ristevski had taken over from his wife as the sole director of *Warrant Brands, which is linked to her Bella Bleu fashion label, was filed with the Australian Securities & Investments Commission in March.

Mr Ristevski previously ran the similarly named company Warrant, which was closed by the Victorian Supreme Court in September 2012 after legal action by Ms Ristevski’s former best friend, lawyer Natalie Bannister, and Ms Bannister’s then partner, art dealer Mark Norton.

The liquidators appointed by the court, Bruno Secatore and Daniel Juratowitch of Cor Cordis, alleged to ASIC there was some evidence of insolvent trading — continuing to run a business while it is unable to pay its bills.

But ASIC took no action as a result of the May 2013 report.

Ms Bannister, who is a partner at Melbourne law firm Hall & Wilcox, Mr Norton and Mr Ristevski were directors of Korse International. It is believed the company was formed to sell Australian pecan nuts in China.

The partnership soured after a dispute over an alleged $100,000 loan Korse made to Warrant, and Mr Ristevski left Korse just before Christmas 2011.

The Weekend Australian has learnt Warrant was also the *vehicle through which Mr Ristevski explored setting up a clothing line using Philippoussis’s name. However, it is believed the tennis player’s then manager, Peter *Stoicos, backed out of the deal.

Mr Ristevski and his brother Vasko also co-owned Blue Laser Jean Company, which collapsed in 2000 owing almost $600,000, The Australian has reported.

Borce Ristevski has stridently defended his financial position and rejected any notion his family is heavily in debt.

He has told police his wife left the family home in Melbourne’s northwest at 10am on June 29 with $850 after an argument about the previous day’s till takings at the Bella Bleu shop. Mr Ristevski is said to be angry this has been characterised in the media as a disagreement over *“financial issues”.

A statement of affairs Mr *Ristevski filed with ASIC after Warrant was wound up paints a picture of the company as having little in hard assets but plenty of debt. Stock on hand — clothing including 200 pairs of flares, 58 pairs of short overalls and 72 fur-lined jackets — was valued on the books at $4000 but was expected to fetch just $100, he said.

Meanwhile, debts totalled more than $800,000. This included almost $500,000 owed to Westpac and about $230,000 owed to the Ristevskis.

Korse was owed $40,000, *although Mr Ristevski also claimed that at the same time it owed Warrant more than $60,000.

Mr Ristevski listed total assets of just $115,000, mostly debts he appeared to think were unrecoverable, including $27,000 owed by Mr Stoicos.

It is believed police have not *interviewed Ms Bannister, Mr Norton or Mr Stoicos, who all *declined to comment to The Weekend Australian.

In March 2012, five months* *before Korse asked the court to wind up Warrant, Ms Ristevski set up the new company, Warrant Brands. She was the sole director and shareholder.

On March 21 this year, the company’s accountant filed paperwork recording Mr Ristevski had replaced his wife as director on February 23. Ms Ristevski remains the shareholder. Mr Ristevski certified the information in the form was “true and complete”.

He declined to comment yesterday on any business affairs, which he previously has accused The Australian of mis*reporting.

The intense interest in the case has dragged the family’s personal affairs into the spotlight.

Allegations of an “unnatural” relationship between Ms Ristevski and her stepson, Anthony Rickard, have been unearthed and aired in public, although other family members dispute Mr Rickard’s version of events.

Mr Ristevski has even endured being asked at a televised press conference whether he killed his wife, a question he answered with stunned silence.

One family member suspected police of leaking confidential *information about the case to the media.

Amid intense media scrutiny, police have spent eight weeks seeking Ms Ristevski, twice searching the Maribyrnong River for her body. However, detectives seem no closer to finding her, dead or alive.

Ms Ristevski’s family is divided on her fate.

While police have not ruled out foul play, Mr Rickard, who is an ice addict, said he believed his stepmother had simply walked away. His police statement, *obtained by The Australian, painted the relationship between his *father and stepmother as strained, saying they had stayed together only for money, image and their 21-year-old daughter Sarah.

Other relatives rejected the notion she would leave Sarah, with the two said to be close.

Family friends on social media have also poured scorn on claims made by Mr Rickard, with many saying his story has no credibility.

Concern for Ms Ristevski’s welfare overflowed on the Facebook page of Love Your Sister, the breast cancer charity run by actor Samuel Johnston in honour of his sister Connie.

Ms Ristevski “kindly donated mastectomy-friendly frocks from her own designer range Bella Bleu Boutique Melbourne so I could feel good at all the fundraisers” in 2013, Ms Johnston said in a post. “We’ve laughed together, dressed and undressed together, and shared our highs and lows’’.

A Victoria Police spokes*woman said the Missing Persons Squad’s investigation remained ongoing. “There are no updates,’’ she said.

 

[they'll get you]

Husband of missing Karen Ristevski took over her business

The husband of missing Melbourne woman Karen Ristevski gained control of her business a few months before she disappeared, and the couple’s business history has been marked with bitter disputes and allegations of *insolvent trading, The Weekend Australian can reveal.

Company documents show Ms Ristevski’s company, Warrant Brands, is one of a series of business ventures in which she and husband Borce Ristevski have been involved, which include failed plans to sell pecan nuts to China and to sell a line of clothing using the name of former tennis star Mark Philippoussis.

Paperwork declaring Mr Ristevski had taken over from his wife as the sole director of *Warrant Brands, which is linked to her Bella Bleu fashion label, was filed with the Australian Securities & Investments Commission in March.

Mr Ristevski previously ran the similarly named company Warrant, which was closed by the Victorian Supreme Court in September 2012 after legal action by Ms Ristevski’s former best friend, lawyer Natalie Bannister, and Ms Bannister’s then partner, art dealer Mark Norton.

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/new...s/news-story/b1b9688adeee6dbd340e17d35eec2de6

 

[Pepper77]

What a complete shambles their business and financial affairs have been been, and are, in. They strike me as people who are in denial about what they actually owe, and who have a "she'll be right" attitude - probably never actually intending to fix things.

I actually feel angry after reading all that. Obviously the extent of their wheelings and dealings have come at a cost to their personal relationships too (going by what's been reported about Karen's former best friend). As for trading whilst insolvent ... it just shows a complete lack of responsibility and respect for the law. I'm sure they knew what they were doing, but just carried on regardless because they thought they could get away with it.

As for the pecan nut business ... I'm speechless. They have a track record of failed businesses, the type that you would expect to do quite well in the Australian marketplace, and they thought they could make something risky like that work? Maybe if they were in the food business they'd have a slight chance of making it work, but even still ...

So here they are living in a $1m+ house - which may or may not be financed to the hilt - driving late-model cars (that VW Tiguan 4WD parked in the driveway wouldn't come cheap, even if it's leased), and spending like there's no tomorrow. Shame on them. You'd think that two people in their late 40s and early 50s would have the maturity to step back and realise they're not cut out to be business owners and they'd be better off working for someone else to make a living. But then that whole matter of keeping up appearances comes in - these people would probably feel too proud to work for someone else.

I don't have any sympathy for their financial or business situations, but I do care about finding Karen. If she has simply wandered off on her own accord and is still alive and well I hope she comes back before The Australian digs up even more dirt (although, I see they've essentially printed what AR has accused her of, so what could be worse than that)?

 

[they'll get you]

It's business as usual.


Borce Ristevski has stridently defended his financial position and rejected any notion his family is heavily in debt.

He has told police his wife left the family home in Melbourne’s northwest at 10am on June 29 with $850 after an argument about the previous day’s till takings at the Bella Bleu shop. Mr Ristevski is said to be angry this has been characterised in the
media as a disagreement over *“financial issues”.

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/new...s/news-story/b1b9688adeee6dbd340e17d35eec2de6

 

[ozazure]

The Australian also getting closer to the line with the "unnatural" relationship to ARs actual allegations ... and ARs characterisation of the marriage ringing truer. How would one extricate themselves from this messy marriage? Murder or knicking off for the one whose had a gutful of it all?

 

[they'll get you]

I'm thinking again Ol' Borce has a dark side with a few fibs and business shenanigans.
Loose lips....

AUGUST 1, 201612:58PM

KAREN Ristevski’s husband will not make a fresh appeal for his missing wife.
The Herald Sun reports Borce Ristevski has been encouraged by police not to talk publicly about the mysterious disappearance of Mrs Ristevski, who was last seen about five weeks ago.
“The police have told me not to talk about the case,” he said.
Police however told the Herald Sun they did not stop people from talking to the media.

http://www.news.com.au/national/vic...e/news-story/0366c330e979904de756ab0fda6e2037

 

[they'll get you]

The Australian is gunning for this case, why?

They're onto it.
The hawks are beginning to circle.

 

[Pepper77]

BR is clearly in denial about a lot of things.

I wonder why he thought he'd be better placed to take over the business from Karen? It's not as if he had an impressive track record running businesses!

The constant 'lather-rinse-repeat' of the account that Karen donated dresses to cancer sufferers is getting a bit old ... it's as if that's the only positive thing about her that they can dig up (aside from a "friend" speaking anonymously to the Daily Mail).

 

[they'll get you]

BR is clearly in denial about a lot of things.

I wonder why he thought he'd be better placed to take over the business from Karen? It's not as if he had an impressive track record running businesses!

The constant 'lather-rinse-repeat' of the account that Karen donated dresses to cancer sufferers is getting a bit old ... it's as if that's the only positive thing about her that they can dig up (aside from a "friend" speaking anonymously to the Daily Mail).

I'm thinking Ol' Borce is the high flyer/gambler who might have scammed Karen. Pecans to China? Have they got land for this somewhere?

Next we'll hear he ventured into ostridge farming....we know what happened to that air headed scam.
I've got a bridge for sale on Sydney Harbour.

 

[moreinfo]

So could this
http://www.news.com.au/national/vic...s/news-story/d67fcc3bf307f0709e62ba873a2be005
Last month The Australian reported the Ristevski family had been in about $600,000 debt for the past decade and real estate group Vicinity and financial company Perpetual lodged a caveat over the family’s $1.1 million home, meaning they can’t sell it or transfer it into another name.
The action was believed to have been taken because the family was falling behind in rent for the Broadmeadows store.

Be the reason why this was done
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/new...s/news-story/b1b9688adeee6dbd340e17d35eec2de6
Paperwork declaring Mr Ristevski had taken over from his wife as the sole director of *Warrant Brands, which is linked to her Bella Bleu fashion label, was filed with the Australian Securities & Investments Commission in March.
On March 21 this year, the company’s accountant filed paperwork recording Mr Ristevski had replaced his wife as director on February 23. Ms Ristevski remains the shareholder. Mr Ristevski certified the information in the form was “true and complete”.

Now you wouldn’t be doing this if you planned to get rid of her, If the company wasn’t doing well.? To take on possible debt?
I cant remember if the house was under Karens name only? Don’t know how any of this legal stuff works, but could having separate ownership names on business and house be benefical incase business collapsed.

They would be getting advise from their accounts/lawyers as to what to do. Ownership transfers, trust accounts , new business names anything that would better help the Ristevskis financial position.

So for her legal friend Ms Bannister (we don’t know if Hall & Willcox were the Ristevskis business lawyer) to want to be involved in some sort of business venture to begin with, surely she would have given some legal advise to the Ristevskis to minimise losses or loosing assets . After all she was prepared to start up a new business venture. Im sure she wouldn’t have entered into this blindly without doing a historical check of their financial situation.

 

[Oz Jen]

I'm thinking Ol' Borce is the high flyer/gambler who might have scammed Karen. Pecans to China? Have they got land for this somewhere?

Next we'll hear he ventured into ostridge farming....we know what happened to that air headed scam.
I've got a bridge for sale on Sydney Harbour.

:floorlaugh:

 

[Oz Jen]

BR is clearly in denial about a lot of things.

I wonder why he thought he'd be better placed to take over the business from Karen? It's not as if he had an impressive track record running businesses!

The constant 'lather-rinse-repeat' of the account that Karen donated dresses to cancer sufferers is getting a bit old ... it's as if that's the only positive thing about her that they can dig up (aside from a "friend" speaking anonymously to the Daily Mail).

Clearly the anonymous "close friend" wasn't that close after all.

 

[Phil23]

FB update......

Will add as OT, for others to decide.

There are thousands of Swinger, Wife Swappers, Open Relationships & Affairs as per statistics.

http://www.naroomanewsonline.com.au...argest-sex-census-sample-ever-15000-surveyed/

PS. Why are posts centring all of a sudden.

 

[they'll get you]

FB update......

Will add as OT, for others to decide.

There are thousands of Swinger, Wife Swappers, Open Relationships & Affairs as per statistics.

http://www.naroomanewsonline.com.au...argest-sex-census-sample-ever-15000-surveyed/

PS. Why are posts centring all of a sudden.

Coincidently, the Ants FB are insinuating a cheating wife.

 

[tiddles24]

The ants appear to be getting busier by the day....:gaah::scared::rollercoaster::hills:

 

[they'll get you]

The ants appear to be getting busier by the day....:gaah::scared::rollercoaster::hills:

I've noticed, very busy in the last several hours.