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could equally be in small talk

 

but on the reasonable chance it could save someone here serious money

 

marine talk it is

 

Now he's doing deals, he says: there's a rich bloke in Fiji he met who asked him to look out for a boat for him; he found him a $3.5m catamaran and will bank a commission from setting that deal up. He's also, he says, due a finder's fee for locating a missing container-load of ceramic tiles that once belonged to Wellington rich-lister Terry Serepisos. This seems ridiculous, but also seems to be true – the tiles, worth $540,000, were subject to an odd legal contest in 2017. He says he's starting a company to sell boats and commercial real estate.

 

"Given what you've told me, he's probably a 100 per cent chance of reoffending – and probably a 0.88 chance of getting caught."

 

https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/115495587/les-orchard-is-probably-new-zealands-most-prolific-fraudster

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