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.
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