Ser Barristan Selmy 222 Posted October 26, 2013 Share Posted October 26, 2013 Rangers oldco investor Dave King claims he "knows for sure" his newco board appointment would be ratified by authorities despite his tax convictions. Hmmmm.... Also, was he actually convicted of anything? He reached a settlement which avoided it I thought 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ian1964 10,411 Posted October 26, 2013 Share Posted October 26, 2013 the fit and proper person test is to protect rangers. mcnally seems to misunderstand that. At the end of the day if the cabal that is the SFA do block his return,which I wouldn't rule out dspite King saying he has checked this out,King would simply put someone in his place! 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
the gunslinger 3,366 Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 I think saying he's a convicted criminal is pushing it a bit. He will want a degree of control I expect. For example he may want 25 percent because then they can't sell the assets out from under him. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darthter 542 Posted February 17, 2014 Author Share Posted February 17, 2014 I think saying he's a convicted criminal is pushing it a bit. King was convicted in a court of law in SA. He was given the choice to either pay a hefty fine, or go to jail. Also, is he any less a criminal that The Easdales??? One of whom has a conviction from 10+ years ago, the other with zero convictions, yet they are seen as pure evil, with King & his cash being the messiah (or at worst a very naughty boy....) 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
the gunslinger 3,366 Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 King was convicted in a court of law in SA. He was given the choice to either pay a hefty fine, or go to jail. Also, is he any less a criminal that The Easdales??? One of whom has a conviction from 10+ years ago, the other with zero convictions, yet they are seen as pure evil, with King & his cash being the messiah (or at worst a very naughty boy....) No he was fined. One of the consequences of not paying the fine was jail. But that's true of parking or road tax fines here. It also wasn't a criminal court iirc. He's certainly no angel where his income tax is concerned. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluedell 5,329 Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 King was convicted in a court of law in SA. He was given the choice to either pay a hefty fine, or go to jail. Also, is he any less a criminal that The Easdales??? One of whom has a conviction from 10+ years ago, the other with zero convictions, yet they are seen as pure evil, with King & his cash being the messiah (or at worst a very naughty boy....) Al Capone was also convicted of tax evasion. Would you equate everything he did to Dave KIng? 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluebear54 0 Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 OK. Let's have some names of high profile business people - or big companies - that don't engage in tax avoidance. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
the gunslinger 3,366 Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 Tax avoidance 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darthter 542 Posted February 17, 2014 Author Share Posted February 17, 2014 Al Capone was also convicted of tax evasion. Would you equate everything he did to Dave KIng? Capone actively avoided paying his tax (amongst other things...), as did King - on that aspect they are similar. Whether King is also in the Concrete shoe market, I wouldn't know.... 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darthter 542 Posted February 17, 2014 Author Share Posted February 17, 2014 No he was fined. One of the consequences of not paying the fine was jail. But that's true of parking or road tax fines here. It also wasn't a criminal court iirc. He's certainly no angel where his income tax is concerned. If he wasn't guilty of the accusations against him, why did he have to pay a fine or go to jail. He was found guilty of breaching the SA laws & regulation, the punishment of which was a fine or jail. From my recollection/understanding of the case, he was given the choice. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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