| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Name / Company Listing / Dramatis Personae | ||||||
2 | Initial | Relevance | Name | Active | Connection | Notes | Other Aliases |
3 | RAN (Ltd) | Very High | Realtime Analysis & News Limited | 2005- | The main company | RANsquawk | |
4 | RS | High | Ranvir Singh | 2005-2016 (Eviction) 2016-onwards (litigation) | CEO and founder of RAN Ltd | Proven serial fraudster and bully. Has anger management issues due to drug abuse. RS was not fit for CEO and MC ran the company for the most part. RS's later involvement was more to bully / coerce staff into wrongdoings (see Kieran witness statement) | Yannis, Patrick Thompson |
5 | MC | Medium | Matthew Cheung | 2005-2015 | Co founder | While Matt was complicit with RS's fraud many years, MC was the whistleblower and has done all he can to make amends for the past. Matt was the many person driving company growth. MC initially was relatively quiet person but in later years RS's influence meant he often had to corner staff in ways that made him unpopular with key staff | |
6 | GB | Very High | George Busfield | 2005- | Director (non exec till 2016) | GB knew RS from school. GB has been the leading character in regard to investing fraud within the company (RS, SNE mostly) | |
7 | AV | Very High | Adam Voce | 2015- | Director after MC eviction | MC nominated AV as a director as per his right to appoint a director in the original RAN Ltd shareholders agreement on GBs recomendation. AV was seen to be a neutral to GB and RS initially. AV was school friend of RS and GB. AV is "puppet" of GB and never goes against GB | |
8 | MP | Very High | Mehul Patel | 2008- | Friend of MC, and initially a friend to RS | Acts on behalf of CP in shareholder / board meetings. Goes by the name of “index arb” in email chains | indexarb |
9 | CB | High | Cynthia Busfield | 2007- | Shareholder, mother to GB | GB acts on behalf of CB. CB effectively holds shares for AV, JV, and rest of Busfield family | Cindy |
10 | CP | Very High | Chandrakant Patel | 2008- | Shareholder, father to MP | MP normally acts on behalf of CP | |
11 | JE | Very High | Jason Earl | 2008- | Software engineer. Director of JET (2016-) | JE knew RS via a mutual friend and former RAN employee Marc Loakes (JE knew Marc for 18 years before he ran away due to drug related issues). JE involved with investigations info RS from June 2016. Befriended GB, unaware of GB's past. JE was sole director of both JET companies until summer 2018 | |
12 | TTN (Ltd) | Medium | Talking-Forex | 2010- | Illicit company | TFX was effectively the retail version of RAN Forex channel. RS named the company after a US competitor to cloak its existence from SNE and minority shareholders | TFX. Also related to TTN Holdings BVI |
13 | LS (Ltd) | High | LiveSquawk | 2007-2015 (First Call Market Squawk Ltd) 2011- (LiveSquawk Ltd) | Competitor business | This is the main company behind the a number of subsidiary LiveSquawk companies (often run as joint ventures, i.e. Market Tutors, HLDP, LiveSquawk Fixed Income, First Call Markets, LiveSquawk Fixed Income, LiveSquawk Holdings). Mostly owned by HD and SP until Mar 2018 | First Call, Market Tutors |
14 | SiPv | High | Simon Pevlin | 2018- | Friend of AV / GB / JV | Used to facilitate antiques deals with SP which is used as cover for SP legal costs | |
15 | AD | Low | Anita Darbar | 2015-2018 | PA to RS and AH | Discovered cameras in the office | Neets |
16 | AL | Very High | Adam Linton | 2013- | Director from Summer 2016 | Employed by RAN in 2013 | Lints |
17 | LB | Low | Laura Bennett | 2016- | Was a friend of GB | LB now hates GB, particularly for his attitude towards opposite sex and was disgusted by the way GB treated NP | |
18 | AH | Medium | Aubrey Hayward | 2016- | Director at RAN (2016) | Replacement CEO / COO after SNE eviction in June 2016 | Aubs |
19 | AB | Medium | Alec Baughan | 2008- | RAN contractor | Deals with RAN sales | |
20 | SPAP (Ltd) | Very High | SPAP Consultants Ltd | 2018- | SP (and was intended to be AP) consulting company | Was setup so SP could work as a contractor to JET following LS administration | |
21 | GCV (Ltd) | Very High | GCV Ltd | 2016- | GB Service company | Fronted by ID, Bank managed by AV but run purely for GB's benefit. Syphoned money goes here. Not VAT registered | Ginkgo Capital Ventures |
22 | JETG (Ltd) | Very High | The JET Group | 2016- | New operational front to RAN Ltd | JET was created to facilitate IP claims over RAN and allow RAN business without the liability of actions undertaken by RS | |
23 | JETGS (Ltd) | Very High | The JET Group Services Ltd | ||||
24 | JET | Very High | Used where both JET companies are involved | 2016- | Companies that where RANsquawk operate from | ||
25 | BoN | Medium | Brian O'Neil QC | 2017 | 2 Hare Court | Consulted over Singh case II (Fraud by misrepresentation on settlement agreement) | |
26 | DB | High | David Bailey | 2016- | Legal Counsel for RAN | Lawyer GB uses. Way too expensive and disliked by all and only good for securing injunctions | "Feewhore" |
27 | MNI | Very Low | Market News International | - | News Supplier | Repeatedly tried to sue RAN due RS and SNE actions | |
28 | DOW | Very Low | DOW Jones | - | News Supplier | Sues RAN for hot news misappropriation in 2013 | |
29 | RTRS | Very Low | Reuters | - | News Supplier | ||
30 | BBG | Very Low | Bloomberg | 2006-2016 | News Supplier | ||
31 | MS | Low | Matthew Silvester | 2016 | Associate of SNE. Temp MD of RAN for 2 months | Fired for gross misconduct in June 2016. Lodged an absurd claim against the company after claiming he was entitled to the 15% bonus of a year's salary despite his dismissal. SNE mole / associate | |
32 | PJM (Ltd) | Medium | PJ Marks | 2010- | Accountants | Took over from SNE's financial services. Later renamed to Versa | |
33 | AT | Very High | Albie Turner | 2011- | Accountants - PJ Marks | Albie runs PJM. Normally interacts with GB. Seen to be loyal to GB though more recently getting frustrated by GB | |
34 | NC | High | Neil Cameron | 2011- | Accountants - PJ Marks | Runs PJM with Albie | |
35 | PD | High | Pierce Dimmick | 2017- | Accountants - PJ Marks | Does day to day invoicing for JET | |
36 | ID | Very High | Ivaylo Dimitrov | 2016- | Downstairs tenant to GB | GB Fall guy / fake director | Ivo |
37 | QT | High | Quantuma | 2018- | Administrators for LS | Run by AA | |
38 | AA | High | Andrew Andronikou | 2018- | Administrators for LS | Friends of RR | |
39 | RR | Very High | Richard Rones | 2018- | RAN Insolvency Practitioner | Friends of AA from school. Also friends with AT from PJM. GB has strong connections. Suspected RR might be used to wind up GCV | |
40 | RW | Very High | Richard Williams | 2017- | Mutual friend of AV / GB | Despite being a "friend" RW steals money from AV / GB (GB admits £6K) / fake director | |
41 | HD | Low | Harry Daniels | 2011- | MD of LS Ltd, 52% shareholder to LS Ltd | Harold, Kwame / Kwamena, Howard Barnes | |
42 | SP | Very High | Stuart Pettman | 2011- | 48% shareholder to LS Ltd | SP has been influential in aiding RAN / JET uncover illicit actions of SNE (and HD) in 2017. SP was a 48% shareholder in Livesquawk and a stakeholder in other LS companies | "Colin" |
43 | HP | Low | Heather Pettman | 2014- | Director of LS, Wife of SP | Heather has suffered from a stroke in May 2016 which in part was a side effect of HD and SNE bullying. HP was a director of LS, unlawfully evicted by HD. It was suspected SNE was involved to | |
44 | YC | Low | Yogesh Chandarana | 2014-? | Ex LSL Staff | SI / YC aware of inside trading / embargo breaches | Yog |
45 | SI | Low | Sam Indyk | 2014-? | Ex LSL Staff / RAN Staff | SI / YC aware of inside trading / embargo breaches | |
46 | SNE | Medium | Sonny Schneider | 2005-2016 (Eviction) 2016-onwards (litigation) | Founder / Capital backer | SNE's companies provided office space (till 2016), finance services (until 2010) and legal services (until 2016). SNE deals / acts via an umbrella of corporate entities. Throughout the history of the company there have been numerous points where shareholders and directors have challenged SNE's powers in the company (RS / MC's attempt of TFX fraud was in part due to SNE not selling shares, GB and MP had raised concerns over SNE's control too as shareholders) It has been learnt the SNE employees the use of moles / informants heavily to disrupt businesses SNE wishes to exploit. These moles put forward some business synergy that the victim company is reluctant to turn down https://register.fca.org.uk/ShPo_individualdetailsPage?id=003b000000LUFSIAA5 https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/officers/C-A4a_HtmOh6vWYR2wW91TWEKyI/appointments | STA (Ltd), ATS (Ltd), SIA (Ltd) |
47 | SS | Medium | Sonia Singh | 2010-2016 | Wife of RS | RS transferred his shares to SS around 2010 | |
48 | KP | Very High | Karen Pryse | Nov 2018- | HMRC VAT investigations team | KP sends ID a letter to JE's home address shortly after (and independently) JE reaches out to HMRC. JE / AH / AL communicate with KP | |
49 | NC | High | Nadid Copper | Spring 2019 | HMRC PAYE investigations team | ||
50 | JW | Medium | Jonathan Waters | June 2019 | IP Claim solicitor for JE | Part of Helix Law | |
51 | AG | High | Aisha Grainger | June 2019 | Police CID handling GB case | ||
52 | Versa (Ltd) | High | Versa Accountants Ltd | Late 2018 | PJM Marks get renamed / restructured | ||
53 | PT | High | Patrick Tedstone | Oct 2019 | CB's solciitor | Stupid man who calls himself a senior solcitor who barely knows the law who runs ORJ | |
54 | ORJ | High | ORJ LLP | Oct 2019 | CB's solciitor | Low grade legal firm in Stoke used because DB is too expensive | |
55 | RC | Medium | Richard Cole | Nov 2019 | RR's solcitor |