Leggo: The rangers audit, deloitte man, sean beech and the charles green link

[Zappa 0]

Tuesday, 10 September 2013

THE RANGERS AUDIT, DELOITTE MAN, SEAN BEECH AND THE CHARLES GREEN LINK

 

THE RANGERS accounts will be audited by the same company where a man who Charles Green claimed was his pal, holds a senior position.

 

The Ibrox board have brought in Deloitte to forensically examine the books and to provide an independent audit of the accounts to be sent out to shareholders ahead of the club’s Annual General Meeting which has been promised for next month.

 

But now I can reveal that the man who heads up a division of the Deloitte company which will be responsible for that independent audit is Sean Beech who is a partner specialising in corporate tax and is head of Deloitte’s Liverpool office.

 

Sean Beech’s name first surfaced and was first associated with Rangers in the spring of 2012 when it was mentioned by Charles Green on numerous occasions to a number of different people during the period when Green was desperately seeking to establish his credentials and reputation in Scotland as he fronted the still mysteriously funded takeover of Rangers which was facilitated by controversial administrators, Duff and Phelps.

 

Green is alleged to have cited Deloitte high flyer Sean Beech as someone who he had done business with on a number of previous occasions and who could therefore vouch for him as a businessman.

 

Now the same Deloitte outfit where Sean Beech holds a senior position will be conducting the much sought after and long awaited so called independent audit of the Rangers books.

 

But the link which Charles Green claimed he has with Sean Beech throws doubt on the appearances of propriety when it comes to the Rangers audit. An audit which must be totally independent and above any suspicion, whether justified or not.

 

It was also Deloitte who investigated any link Charles Green had with Craig Whyte and cleared Green. Though that is still a matter which is being looked into.

 

Now the involvement of Deloitte in the audit of the Rangers books, particularly if there is any involvement in the process by Sean Beech, someone who Charles Green claimed as a business associate and friend who could vouch for him, will be a matter of concern to all Rangers supporters.

 

Just as the joint statement from the Trust, Association and Assembly demanding a date for the accounts to be published and a date for the AGM shows the concern fans have for the club’s financial well being.

 

This whole business – the alleged links between his senior employee Sean Beech and the apparent delaying tactics by Rangers in releasing the audited accounts to shareholders and naming a date for the AGM - should also be a matter of concern to Deloitte chairman David Cruickshank and senior partner and chief executive, David Sproul and the man who runs the Deloitte operation in Scotland and Northern Ireland, Ian Steele, who is based in the company’s George Square offices in Glasgow.

 

If, however, Sean Beech has had no previous business dealings with Charles Green and if he does not even know Charles Green, then Sean Beech must make a public statement to that effect.

 

For the avoidance of doubt, any reporter wishing to follow this story and give Sean Beech the opportunity to make such a statement, then Sean Beech can be contacted by email at sbeech@deloitte.co.uk

 

http://davidleggat-leggoland.blogspot.co.uk/2013/09/the-rangers-audit-deloitte-man-sean.html

Edited September 10, 2013 by Zappa

[simplythebest 0]

Terrible from Leggat.

[Frankie 8,183]

Seems a bit out of left-field and, well, just a tad desperate if I'm honest.

[Zappa 0]

Maybe Leggo is barking up the wrong tree with this one and let's be honest, that wouldn't be a surprise. I have to say though, that after everything that's happened with two suspicious takeovers in less than two years including an administration event that took us close to the edge, I'm glad people like Leggo are looking into all these different avenues and lifting up every rock to see what crawls out because neither Green or Whyte were trustworthy and neither are any of their cohorts or close business associates.

[simplythebest 0]

Deloitte are not part of some dreadful conspiracy to screw Rangers, daft for it to even be hinted at

[Zappa 0]

Deloitte are not part of some dreadful conspiracy to screw Rangers, daft for it to even be hinted at

 

Nobody is saying they are. Even Leggo is focusing on an individual with links to Green, not the company itself.

[simplythebest 0]

Nobody is saying they are. Even Leggo is focusing on an individual with links to Green, not the company itself.

And Deloitte and/or himself are going to risk personal and company reputation based on an apparent friendship with Charles Green?

[Zappa 0]

And Deloitte and/or himself are going to risk personal and company reputation based on an apparent friendship with Charles Green?

 

Did I say that?

 

I have no idea. I'm just saying I'm glad that people are looking under rocks after everything that's happened because the list of people we can trust is a very very short list.

[stewarty 1,878]

This is a typical leggo blog really. Pull together some know information, join some dots together speculatively; et voila!

 

The majority of this information will likely be publicly available. Saying that, if he has some concrete evidence he should spill it rather than resort to innuendo.

[simplythebest 0]

Did I say that?

 

I have no idea. I'm just saying I'm glad that people are looking under rocks after everything that's happened because the list of people we can trust is a very very short list.

 

I have to agree with Frakie that it largely comes across as desperation.