ABQ FRANCHISEES REPORT CONTINUING FRAUD BY COMPANY - EVEN WHILE IN "CONTROL" OF ADMINISTRATOR

Now that Allied Brands Ltd. (ABQ) has finally admitted operating while insolvent and appointed an External Administrator, franchisees of all the brands involved are writing to complain that the ASIC administration rules are not being followed. Has the "old boy's club" extended to the appointed liquidators, McGrath Nicol and Vincents Chartered Accountants? Vincents appointment is especially suspicious, as a "home town" firm to the company and ABQ Chairman with at least one director, Peter Biazos a former director with Korda Mentha in Brisbane who's one of the appointed administrators!

Be reminded that Allied Brands chairman Lachlan McIntosh is also a licenced liquidator and director of another oft-criticised firm, Korda Mentha. Oddly, while still listed as liquidator on several high-profile Australian liquidations, McIntosh has been completely removed from the Korda Mentha website. This follows after Korda Mentha blocked access to this and other related blogs on the Korda Mentha internal internet access system, apparently so other employees and staff couldn't find out what kind of damage was being done to employees and franchisees at this McIntosh-run company. Perhaps finally the embarrassment of having a corporate loser as company director started to bite? Call Mark Korda and ask him!

Franchisees report continued billings, invoices, and other items without the ASIC required notices that they are "UNDER ADMINISTRATION" or "RECEIVERS AND MANAGERS APPOINTED". This is just one serious breach of the Insolvency Laws administered by ASIC.

And one franchisee has reported seeing management still driving a "Baskin Robbins" advertising car around the Gold Coast. It's easy to spot - covered with Baskin Robbins logos and rotten tomatoes.

Franchisees are now reporting these violations to ASIC, but don't hold your breath thinking ASIC is the least bit interested now. They haven't been for years!

Franchisees with any question about payments to Allied Brands Ltd. or some subsidiary company should take legal advice and perhaps delay any payments until it is clear they're going to the right pocket. These companies didn't collapse by mismanagement. Most believe serious fraud has been involved. There is no reason to think Administration will be any different.

ABQ FINALLY ADMITS BANKRUPTCY AND ONLY COURT ACTIONS REMAIN!!

It's official.

Allied Brands Ltd. finally admits bankruptcy (though likely trading insolvent for months).

All that's left are the trials and jail sentences for this bunch of criminals. You know who you are, pathological liars all, interested only in lining your own pockets while screwing honest hardworking people.

From all your franchisee battlers, current and dudded we salute you!

ALLIED BRANDS OFFICIALLY STRIPPED OF BASKIN ROBBINS FRANCHISE

Dunkin Brands has sent personnel to Brisbane to take over operations of Baskin Robbins Australia from Allied Brands.

Westpac Bank has appointed a receiver, McGrath Nicol.

Insiders indicate all Allied Brands-Baskin Robbins management has been sacked including Tony Cavanagh, general manager. Reports about this piece of news were prefaced with the word "huzzah!". Cavanagh was said to be one of the real "black hands" in this whole fiasco.

More soon. . . .

KENNY'S GROUP BANKRUPTCY RUMOURED TO BE IN PLAY

Insider reports today advise Kenny's Cardiology and associated companies are close to being pushed into receivership. Insiders say, like Cookieman, it's involuntary and being organised by one or more unpaid vendors.

Other corporate events that have occurred since shares were suspended are also being investigated by the ASX. The ASX is previously said to have warned Allied Brands directors that suspension of the shares on the market does not remove the requirement for "continuous disclosure" of important corporate events.

More soon. . . .

LAWYERS START TO CIRCLE CORPSE OF ALLIED BRANDS LOOKING FOR COMPENSATION

Solicitors have reportedly begun visits to Brisbane-area Baskin Robbins shops, offering to organise a "class action" compensation lawsuit against Allied Brands Ltd., Dunkin Brands USA, and Baskin Robbins Australia directors and management personally.

Solicitors for the large unnamed litigation firm claim that the franchise industry has long needed a "get square" against the rogue franchisors that operate unchecked in Australia. With the name recognition as well as connection to American companies, Baskin Robbins Australia franchisees may be an ideal test case for the kind of abuses that have gone on in Australian franchising. With little stock available to them and other franchisors offering conversions to different brands to key locations, clearly the brand is going to have difficulty surviving the onslaught of buzzards now picking over the corpse.

Several of the Korean victims of the company's "Visa Sale Scam" have been located as well and said to be already signed on to go after these companies and individuals. While clearly Allied Brands will be judgement-proof after they enter inevitable administration, the other defendants will be the deep pockets funding this action.

ALLLIED BRANDS CEO SEAN CORBIN EMERGES FROM HIS CAVE, ANNOUNCES STRATEGIC PLAN

”I am focusing on trying to sell the assets I need to sell to try and keep the whole thing afloat.” Sean Corbin, CEO, Previously Failed CFO

NOT THE WINNING BUSINESS

STRATEGY OF THE YEAR

It's hard to believe people this stupid are actually trying to run a public company in Australia.

Sean, it's over. You're fired.

Along with all the people going to jail for

tax and migration fraud.

SEAN CORBIN'S C.V.

PRACTEL INTERNATIONAL (WOUND UP)

KING EQUIPMENT LTD. (UNDER ADMINISTRATION AND WINDUP ORDERS)

VOYAGER GAMING (MYSTERIOUS SHORT-TIME EMPLOYMENT)

RP DATA (APPOINTED MAY 1 2008, GONE APRIL 2009)

ALLIED BRANDS (#YEARS IN JAIL TBD)

WHEN IT RAINS, IT POURS - AUSTRALIAN TAX OFFICE SHOWS UP AT ALLIED BRANDS GOLD COAST OFFICE LOOKING FOR THEIR $$$$$

Australian Tax Office investigators have reportedly attended the Gold Coast offices of Allied Brands Ltd. (ABQ) in search of huge sums of money unpaid to the tax office. Employees at the Gold Coast have referred these investigators to the Christie monthly rental offices used by the ABQ financial department on Adelaide Street in Brisbane. Few Allied employees are near any of the offices, afraid of the different investigations currently underway.

Christie Corporate has confirmed that Allied Brands is in arrears in payments for this office area as well.

The ATO is in search of not only employee-withheld tax deductions, but a reported $290,000 in unpaid superannuation contributions including employee-made top-ups.

CAN THINGS GET WORSE? AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT FINALLY ACTS ON ALLIED BRANDS VISA SCAM WITH CRIMINAL CHARGES SAID TO BE LIKELY

One of the first subjects of this blog, and the catalyst for exposing the criminality at Allied Brands Ltd (ABQ), is the "457 Visa Scam" being run by Baskin Robbins management in order to scam Koreans.

It's today reported that the Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DOIC) has filed a criminal complaint against Allied Brands for the scam, and subsequent lying to the government by the company.

While current acting CEO Sean Corbin claims that the employees involved are no longer ABQ employees, this is another bald-faced lie. At the time this scam was being run, brand manager Tony Cavanagh was overseeing the Baskin Robbins brand, and in fact bragging that "every new site and franchisee is approved by him personally". The franchise agreements for these shops (Henry Deane Plaza, New Farm, and Strathpine) are reportedly signed by Tony Cavanagh, and at least one of these signed agreements has apparently been given to DOIC. He can hardly claim he didn't know the circumstances of these agreements - and the bogus employment by the company of these migrants to cover the real deal to dud them and boost store numbers to dud the sharemarket.

This was the perfect Allied Brands Scam - -

Everyone gets screwed!

The other two culprits are David Graham and his son Trent Graham. David is still a major shareholder along with his co-founder brother Peter Graham, and Trent Graham who was formerly a "Franchisee Business Manager" is now running an "area developer" company called "Essential Growth" - a scheme that has as principals Tony Cavanagh and another manager, Brett Amis listed as owners.

Essentially still working for Allied Brands.

Note also that all of these schemes were conducted with Peter Graham as Managing Director, and Lachlan McIntosh as Chairman of the Board of Allied Brands. And also note two of these locations, and all of the Korean advertising, also includes Cookie Man - so Peter Elligett is involved in the scam, too! Since the scam was first exposed, none of these parties took action to stop the scheme or sanction those who dreamed it up. The scam collapsed only because the shops provided to these poor Koreans were known dud locations, the Koreans lost their dosh, and were deported back to Seoul where Dunkin Brands has some 600 locations and the brand has widespread respect.

BASKIN ROBBINS BEGIN CLOSING IN PROTEST OF NO STOCK, NO ASSISTANCE, NO NOTHING

Several Baskin Robbins shops have reportedly been closed yesterday (Sunday) with organisers now attempting to get all the franchisees to close their shops this week and deny Allied Brands (ABQ) any more revenue.

Most shop owners report less than 10 ice cream flavours available for ordering, missing key dry goods including cups, spoons, and cones and other essentials. Baskin Robbins management is refusing to even turn their mobile phones on because of the abuse being heaped on them by franchisees. One of these managers is said to be preoccupied in preparations to defend himself from sexual harassment charges by a former staffer, allegations that make the David Jones case pale in comparison. Company defense solicitors have been among those unpaid by Allied Brands.

Attempts by many of the franchisees to contact parent Dunkin Brands and Baskin Robbins international management have also seen these executives bunkered down and refusing to discuss the situation with the Australian franchisees.

The media is going to be called in this week by franchisees frustrated with the continued lack of integrity shown by these people. Pictures of empty ice cream freezers and sad children of shop owners will be compelling additional evidence of the morals shown by this rogue franchisor.

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