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Who the Hell is Phil?

Hamish arrived on the floor of the Sydney Futures Exchange in the late 90s – he talked big, but they all knew he traded small. They called him a One Lot Wonder. And they all wondered where he got his cash. There were cars and boats and trips in private jets and a girlfriend called The Pleasure Machine. But it was all other people’s money. One of his victims reported $20m dollars worth of fraud to police, but Hamish slithered away to strike again.  

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