Sleazy secrets and the American Dream of Dublin born spy Kevin Richard Halligen

No Fate Worse Than De'Ath wrote:Can't help thinking that he knows a few things about them which would come to light if they sued him.

ShuBob wrote:Halligen may have signed a gagging clause and suing him would break that, no [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

Angelique wrote:I doubt very much if the McCanns will go ahead and sue but hey, there is nothing stopping them making the necessary noises off, as per usual, to keep the public interested.

It would help the Fund too and money will be getting tight soon no doubt.

sharonl wrote:[Snip]
Halligen overcharged the McCanns for a job that he carried out badly, but the money was paid to him willingly by team McCann who had failed to check him out in the first place.

ShuBob wrote:

sharonl wrote:[Snip]
Halligen overcharged the McCanns for a job that he carried out badly, but the money was paid to him willingly by team McCann who had failed to check him out in the first place.

I don't think anyone can really say this without knowing the exact reason(s) he was hired. He may have done exactly what he was paid to do and his fees reflected the nature of the job.

Châtelaine wrote:IMO ONLY!
I've never been able to escape the idea, that hiring fraudulent PI's is a subtle way for money-laundering. If I were SY I would try and follow the money-trail to and via Metodo 3, who claimed they got far less money than McCs/windowcleaner claimed to have paid. Swiss number account one wonders ... ?

sharonl wrote:What exactly went on here? What exactly is Halligen accused of in relation to the McCann fund?

We were told by Mitchell that the McCanns had employed a top firm of detectives, Red Defence or Oakley International, "The big boys of private investigation, the best there is". Where did Mitchell get this information from?

These detectives were supposedly employed to search for Madeleine, the McCanns' very precious 3 year old daughter, and at a very high cost. So it is not unreasonable to expect that the chosen firm of investigators would have been very carefully selected after much research into their background, their experience, their credibility, reliabilty and their suitability for the position. References, credit checks and previous cases would have been looked at. So why did the McCanns not know that this was a one man band recently set up and with no experience of finding missing children? Did Halligen lie about his company or produce false documents, false testimonials? Highly unlikely as his company records would have been publicly available at companies house. So what did he do? Did he steal the money? Access the bank account and make fraudulent transfers? No, he did not.

Halligens' company was hired by the Team McCann, who not only failed to check him out to ensure that he was suitable for the job but also paid him a very large sum upfront when there was no need. These payments could have, and should have been staggered over the period of the contract to avoid such a loss.

Halligen overcharged the McCanns for a job that he carried out badly, but the money was paid to him willingly by team McCann who had failed to check him out in the first place.

It seems to me that what we have here is a case of bad management on the McCann side rather than fraud on Halligens side.

In short we have Clarence Mitchell telling us that the McCanns have hired a top firm of investigators, who they have not even checked out, and the McCanns paying him huge upfront fees even though they know absolutely nothing about him or his newly incorporated firm. NAIVE??????