The Beverly Hills wannabes and the betrayal of Ballarat
The collapse of a small-town gold mine has revealed how millions of dollars flowed to a network of Chinese businessmen. Now liquidators want the money back.
On the rooftop of the Waldorf Astoria in Beverly Hills, a bar tab was being racked up that would ultimately be sheeted home to unsuspecting folks in Ballarat.
That was July last year. The bill came to $354.96 and went straight onto the corporate card of a little-known Australian mining services firm, Aneles Mining Consultancy Services.
Peter KerResources reporterPeter Ker covers resource companies for The Australian Financial Review, based in Melbourne. Connect with Peter on Twitter. Email Peter at pker@afr.com
