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To: StockDung who wrote (16846)	1/24/2006 10:21:18 AM
From: rrufff	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 19428

Great article. Thanks for posting that.

To: StockDung who wrote (16846)	1/24/2006 11:16:46 AM
From: scion	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 19428

Interesting story by Matthew Goldstein re BAWAG, Schlaff, LH Financial etc etc: ragingbull.lycos.com By: jurisper 24 Jan 2006, 08:29 AM EST Msg. 76873 of 76879 Jump to msg. # Interesting story by Matthew Goldstein re BAWAG, Schlaff, LH Financial etc etc: thestreet.com with a sidebar thestreet.com recapitulating some of the evidence for BAWAG ownership of or interest in Alpha, Celeste, Austost, Austinvest, LH Financial. Also something I hadn't known before: Goldstein says Martin Schlaff controls Balmore. Other things new to me: - LH Financial is led by a Solomon Obstfeld. The faint bell rung by that name turns out to be his connection with Eugene Grin (of Laurus), not mentioned by Goldstein. They were accused of conspiring with Sholam Weiss in the big NHL scam from the early 90's, by the NHL receiver. The complaint was dismissed by district court in Florida, and the dismissal confirmed on appeal: caselaw.lp.findlaw.com - Martin Schlaff is apparetly a partner with BAWAG in Alpha. - Goldstein says that Matthew Drillman and Jacob Spinner are the former Refco brokers who are apparently subject to the on-going SEC investigation stemming from the Rhino/AMRO/Sedona affair. He says that all of the BAWAG penny funds - Austost, Celeste, Alpha and AustInvest - were clients of these two. As part of the old ###### Aerospace deals, they wrote a glowing reference for Alpha on Refco letterhead. - Goldstein points out that AustInvest and AMRO had a common investment adviser, viz. Rhino. - Goldstein claims that Hackl was actively pushing for Refco to do business with the BAWAG funds (for which he of course was signatory before joining Refco's senior management team). More on the insidious Austrian menace here: alabamaagainstfraud.com and here: alabamaagainstfraud.com