PL charge City for alleged breaches of financial rules

[mancboy]

I have a small job in a small organisation and I send thousands every year.

well stop fannying about sending emails and do some bloody work then

 

[Centurions]

Wasn't it Deutsch bank that he robbed?

I actually remembered correctly :)

He was alleged to have stolen €300,000 from Cayman Islands-based Caledonian Bank, though he denied any wrongdoing and stated that he challenged the bank in order to show "how the Cayman Islands are largely used for tax evasion and to launder money".[7] He reached an out-of-court settlement with the Caledonian Bank in 2014 and has since refused to comment further on the incident, citing a non-disclosure agreement.[11]

Rui Pinto - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Edit: from memory again I think the bank was later closed down as they were being used for money laundering. Just as well no PL teams use a Caymans Isle bank as it would look very dodgy indeed.

 

[mancboy]

I actually remembered correctly :)

He was alleged to have stolen €300,000 from Cayman Islands-based Caledonian Bank, though he denied any wrongdoing and stated that he challenged the bank in order to show "how the Cayman Islands are largely used for tax evasion and to launder money".[7] He reached an out-of-court settlement with the Caledonian Bank in 2014 and has since refused to comment further on the incident, citing a non-disclosure agreement.[11]

Rui Pinto - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

hes a bit of an attention seeker really isnt he

 

[DelToro]

Their doubling down puts Putin and Maga to shame...

Jj

also didnt they say it was something like 3.4tb of evidence, why would you store 3.4tb on 5 drives, it makes 0 sense, western digital do a pocket size portable hard drive for 100 quid that store 4tb or intenso do one that stores 5 tb for a similar price, so unless he has another 300 million documents up his sleeves (give or take) the 5 hard drives makes no sense.

 

[Centurions]

Why is it '5 hard drives' worth of evidence. Why not 4. Or 6. Or 1? Sounds a nice round high number

You mean as opposed to 4½ or 3½ hard drives?

We did use to have 5¼" & 3½" floppy's but that's not quite the same thing ;)

 

[Gogootz]

If the hacker possesses files that has us bang to rights why weren't they the first ones released - why did Der Spiegal have to splice two together to show incrimination?

He's chatting shite.

 

[Centurions]

also didnt they say it was something like 3.4tb of evidence, why would you store 3.4tb on 5 drives, it makes 0 sense, western digital do a pocket size portable hard drive for 100 quid that store 4tb or intenso do one that stores 5 tb for a similar price, so unless he has another 300 million documents up his sleeves (give or take) the 5 hard drives makes no sense.

I think the initial 3.4TB of information passed on was done so over a period of years and there is nothing younger than 2018 either, so it would have been on multiple drives at that time. Wasn't it around 5½ million documents from us alone and we certainly weren't the main focus of his hacking.

 

[Gary James]

His analysis back then was bang on. Wild. £20m didn't look too shabby in 2021 did it. The stadium/campus deal looks pretty cushy now they've got world class academy players spilling out and women's international football being played on site. Wonder if he'll reflect on what has changed his end.

I think this is the point. His article back in 2011 was believable and seemed to be well thought out. Obviously, we can all change our minds as we hear other stuff but this was such a strong piece and so it's really odd that a view can swing so much.
I'm not certain if he'll edit this article now but here's what is currently on his site from August 2011 and it's well worth reading:

Why Manchester City’s alleged Financial Fair Play ‘dodge’ is not actually dodgy at all – and might even be an undervaluation of their worth | Sporting Intelligence

 

[Centurions]

I think this is the point. His article back in 2011 was believable and seemed to be well thought out. Obviously, we can all change our minds as we hear other stuff but this was such a strong piece and so it's really odd that a view can swing so much.
I'm not certain if he'll edit this article now but here's what is currently on his site from August 2011 and it's well worth reading:

Why Manchester City’s alleged Financial Fair Play ‘dodge’ is not actually dodgy at all – and might even be an undervaluation of their worth | Sporting Intelligence

It was archived 2 years ago so he can edit it all he wants (at least I think that's how the archive site works).

https://archive.ph/5w7nE

 

[BlueRockape]

Question FOC.
Are we in more shit or is it more bull shit