Looks like Mr Alan Bond may have passed away..rip..
http://www.9news.com.au/national/2015/06/05/03/35/bond-remains-critical-but-stable-family
http://www.9news.com.au/national/2015/06/05/03/35/bond-remains-critical-but-stable-family
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A high profile crook..
People on the radio etc making him out like a martyr.......
did the crime, paid the time. Achieved awesome things that far outweigh his misdemeanours
as we age we will see a lot of greats leave us... Jagger, Madonna, the Queen, (not Queen ha ha, Freddie long gone) etc etc.
They were only greedy people thst lost money anyway.
Greedy people that didn't have the courage to have a go themselves so decided to do it on his coat tails.
He did a lot of good things for the West and Australia in general.
National hero. Self-made billionaire. Disgraced tycoon. Crook. Prisoner. Reformed man. Throughout his life Alan Bond experienced a lot of change.
Bond was jailed for the biggest fraud in Australian history, for taking $1200 million from the shareholders of Bell Resources.
ALAN BOND: HOW IT HAPPENED
1938 Born in London, England.
1950 Emigrates to Australia aged 12 with his parents and sister.
1955 Marries Eileen Hughes, both 17. They went on to have four children: John, Craig, Susanne and Jody.
1959 Forms what was to become Bond Corporation.
1960s-70s Amasses a fortune mainly in property development, becoming one of Australia's most prominent businessmen.
1978 Selected as an Australian of the Year.
1980s WA Inc political scandal unfolds after it is revealed the state government, led by former Premier Brian Burke, engaged in business dealings with several prominent businessmen - including Bond - which resulted in a loss of public money estimated at more than $600 million.
1983 Bankrolls the successful bid for the 1983 America's Cup, becoming a public hero in his adopted country.
1987 Pays $1 billion for Kerry Packer's Channel Nine television network; buys Vincent van Gogh's painting, Irises, for $54 million but fails to repay loan from the auctioneer.
1990 Sells Nine back to Packer for $700 million as his business empire collapses.
1992 Declares bankruptcy; divorces Eileen.
1995 Family buys him out of bankruptcy, with creditors accepting a payment of $12 million, just over half a cent per dollar owed.
1995 Marries Diana Bliss, a public relations consultant and theatre producer.
1997 Sentenced to seven years in prison after pleading guilty to defrauding Bell Resources after siphoning $1.2 billion was siphoned into Bond Corporation.
2000 Released from Karnet Prison Farm having served four years in prison.
2000 Daughter Susanne dies from a suspected accidental overdose of prescription medication.
2003 Inducted into the America's Cup Hall of Fame.
2004 Secures interests in companies including Madagascar Oil and Global Diamond Resources.
2008 Returns to Business Review Weekly's "Rich 200 List'' at 157th place with an estimated wealth of $265 million.
2010 Loses his second fortune, with several companies he was involved with going bust or into liquidation owing millions of dollars; a former friend and associate describes him as "a master manipulator who should be stopped before he does any more damage to anyone''.
2012 Di Bliss is found dead in the couple's swimming pool at their Perth mansion after taking her own life; A court appeal backfires for 20 banks who are ordered to pay up to $3 billion to the liquidators of Bond's former company Bell Group.
2013 Lives in seclusion following the death of his wife but opens up about her battle with depression, describing it as like living in a ``black hole''.
Sure you wouldn't be saying the same thing of it was your family that went bankrupt because of him ripping the guts out of the company he owned 70% in.
if one public company going down is going to bankrupt you then "a fool and their money were lucky to enough to get together in the first place"
reminds me of people that extend 30 day+ credit to $2 companies and then cry when they do their dough. If you can't afford to lose it, don't extend the credit