{"id":2567,"date":"2019-05-13T06:08:51","date_gmt":"2019-05-13T05:08:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalfraudforensics.com\/fraudxpose\/?p=2567"},"modified":"2019-05-12T16:13:06","modified_gmt":"2019-05-12T15:13:06","slug":"missing-millions-the-lying-mr-levick-the-banksy-artwork","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalfraudforensics.com\/fraudxpose\/missing-millions-the-lying-mr-levick-the-banksy-artwork\/","title":{"rendered":"Missing millions, the &#8216;lying&#8217; Mr Levick &#038; the Banksy artwork"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Martin Levick, the former CEO of investment house Genesis Capital, is facing criminal and civil legal action amidst allegations of fraud. (Supplied)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Martin Levick, the former CEO of investment house Genesis Capital, has been provisionally sequestrated and is facing criminal and civil legal action amidst allegations of fraud.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Levick, who was known as an innovator and deal-maker in the Johannesburg business community, has been removed as a director and chief executive of the group of companies his father Selwyn originally started decades ago, and which he joined in 1999.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">A sequestration application was heard in the Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg on April 23, and a provisional order was granted with a return date for a final order in June.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">As Levick\u2019s empire has come tumbling down around him, trustees have been appointed to oversee his estate. Levick, who has homes in Houghton and on Clifton beach in Cape Town, and who until recently drove an expensive Aston Martin, has already been visited by the sheriff.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Numerous creditors have come forward claiming that Levick owes them tens of millions of rands through his &#8220;desperate and dishonest conduct&#8221;, &#8220;trickery&#8221; and &#8220;fraudulent&#8221; behaviour. Some affected suggest the total amount that will be claimed will be in excess of R1.5bn.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Levick denies defrauding any creditors.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Hawks have confirmed that two separate criminal cases are being investigated by the Johannesburg Commercial Crime and Serious Economic Crime Unit. Levick has given a warning statement to the investigators in one case.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>How the debt kept piling up<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">From court papers and multiple interviews with business partners, creditors and lawyers over the past month, a picture has emerged of a wheeling and dealing businessman who got into trouble by allegedly borrowing from Peter to pay Paul.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">As a director and significant shareholder in both Genesis Capital (Pty) Ltd and Genesis Capital Partners, Levick was perfectly placed in the business elite to convince those with money to invest with him. He claimed to be worth R1.3bn, with assets in his name and money in offshore bank accounts.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">But towards the latter part of 2018, a number of individuals, who had long business and personal relationships with Levick, began calling in their loans or their investments. Levick negotiated payment agreements with many of them, but in most cases the payments were allegedly not made as promised. The creditors claim that what followed was a series of alleged incidents of fraud committed to pay off preferred individuals.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">This culminated in a sequestration application brought by Rael Segal and Segal Super (Pty) Ltd on a semi-urgent basis. The applicants claimed $29m from Levick, in his personal capacity.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Three additional intervening creditors joined the legal action. These included:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0&#8211; Two entities, Chester Holdings Limited and Illovo Limited, represented by former Brait-CEO Anthony Ball claiming a total of $7.5m<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0&#8211; Christopher Brand claiming R57m and $13m (totally approximately R240m)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0&#8211; AMB Capital represented by Chris Vosloo claiming \u20ac3m<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Ultimately, only the Chester\/Illovo application, brought by Fluxmans Inc, was successful on technical reasons. Fluxman\u2019s Saul Shoot confirmed that Levick did not oppose their application.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>The brazen Banksy scam<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">In a lengthy affidavit, businessman Anthony Ball details through emails and text messages with Levick, how he allegedly attempted to pull off a sensational &#8220;fraud&#8221; involving an artwork by famous English street artist, Banksy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>Banksy art work. (Supplied)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Ball has confirmed that he knew Levick for a number of years, during which time Levick had presented a number of business opportunities to him.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">In July 2018, Levick approached Ball and asked him for a loan of R30m. The loan agreement was signed between &#8216;Illovo&#8217; and Genesis UK, the UK arm of Genesis Capital. Levick bound himself as a personal guarantor for Genesis UK.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Ball alleges that the documents which Levick used in this first deal, to give the impression that he was a duly authorised representative of Genesis UK, were used in &#8220;carrying out the elaborate theft of the stolen funds under false pretences&#8221;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Central to this was a letter from Catherine Hewett of Fourways auditing firm Thort Chartered Accountants. In it, Hewett writes that &#8220;this letter serves to confirm that Martin Levick has always shown a high degree of integrity, judgement and responsibility\u2026 He is a captain of industry and has been in business for many successful years&#8221;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">She goes on to say, &#8220;I confirm based on the information received by ourselves that Martin Levick assets amount to R1\u00a0296\u00a0930 000&#8221;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">On the basis of this letter, Ball thought Levick was good for the money. The letter also contained an attached schedule, listing Levick\u2019s assets and bank accounts locally and abroad. However, it has since emerged that neither his home in Cape Town, valued at R180m, or in Houghton, valued at R30m, are registered in his name.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">News24 attempted to contact Hewett. Her attorney Kim Warren sent a statement in response: &#8220;As discussed, our client confirms that she prepared the letter of 22 October 2018 in which she confirmed that according to the information at her disposal, Levick\u2019s assets amounted to R1\u00a0296\u00a0930,00. No schedule was attached to client\u2019s letter and particularly the schedule purportedly attached to the letter headed &#8216;assets and liabilities as at 30 September 2018&#8217; was not prepared by our client. As discussed with you, client\u2019s letter of 22 October 2018 refers to Levick\u2019s assets (it does not take into account his liabilities) and not to his net asset value. Our client cannot advise who prepared the schedule. She can only confirm that such schedule was not utilised by her in her letter of 22 October 2018.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Then in September, Glenhazel actuary Maon Jacobson, who is also an avid art collector, told Levick that he was planning on buying a 2006 Banksy artwork called <em>Grannies<\/em> at a price of \u00a31m. In November 2018, Levick promised to lend Jacobson the money on the basis that Levick&#8217;s &#8220;trustees&#8221; required due diligence on the artwork before advancing funds.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8220;Mr Levick abused this information as a platform to spin a tale and steal Illovo\u2019s funds under false pretences,&#8221; argues Ball.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Towards the end of 2018, Levick presented a business opportunity to Ball. He would lend Jacobson the money to buy <em>Grannies<\/em> and Levick would sell it on to his &#8220;friend&#8221;, billionaire Natie Kirsh\u2019s daughter Wendy, at a substantial profit. He would buy the artwork for $3.5m and sell it to Kirsh for $10.5m, and they would split the profit 50\/50.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">If Ball was to procure the $3.5m and advance it to Genesis UK for the specific purpose of purchasing the artwork, funds would be made available to Jacobson to buy it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">On November 24, Levick sent a message to Ball: &#8220;I have a game changer even in Naties (sic) world \u2026 I am so excited to tell you!!!&#8221;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Ball asked Levick whether it was ethically correct for him to profit from a business opportunity out of a deal with his supposed friend, who he had a close relationship with. He says Levick told him that Kirsh was comfortable with the arrangement and even allegedly suggested to Levick to use the profits to purchase an apartment next to his in Trump Towers in New York.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">It is unclear if Natie Kirsh or his daughter Wendy were ever interested in buying the artwork or even aware of the deal.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">But according to Ball, &#8220;the entire Supposed Art Work Business Opportunity was a fraudulent fiction created by Mr Levick&#8221; and use of the documents for the initial loan &#8220;was merely one of the many elaborate components of the fraud perpetrated by him&#8221;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Levick procured a letter from Pest Control Handling Services, the management company for Banksy, under false pretences that he intended lending money to Jacobson to buy the artwork.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8220;This was all simply part of Mr Levick\u2019s trickery\u2026Mr Levick had created the false impression that Genesis UK would be purchasing the artwork and selling it for a profit, all of which was untrue,&#8221; says Ball.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">On December 4, 2018, Illovo paid $3.5m to Genesis UK, to fund the &#8220;Supposed Art Work Deal&#8221;. What Anthony Ball and his trustees didn\u2019t know at the time, which they subsequently found out, was that the money never went to Maon Jacobson to pay for the <em>Grannies<\/em> artwork. Instead, it was allegedly funnelled off into the account of another Levick creditor, Warren Friedland.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">An SMS exchange contained in the court papers, between Levick and Genesis UK MD Lewis Bloch on December 5, shows the desperation to get the money into Friedland\u2019s account:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>Martin 14.14: It has to reflect in Warrens <\/em>(sic)<em> acc today or I stand to loose <\/em>(sic)<em> a fortune.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>Martin 16.25: Oy I need to do the transfer to Warren today \u2013 if I fail, I loose <\/em>(sic)<em> $17m. So concerned.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>Lewis 16.47: I am busy speak to them again. I\u2019m on hold while they are trying to sort out. 5th cup of coffee. I won\u2019t sleep for the next week<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>Martin 16.50: I\u2019m so sorry Lew and so stressed.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">In an email in the court papers, Genesis UK\u2019s attorneys told Ball\u2019s UK lawyers that Genesis UK had nothing to do with the deal.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8220;It appears that your client has been defrauded by Martin Levick, director and shareholder of Genesis Capital (Pty) Ltd South Africa,&#8221; the email read.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">In reality, what happened was that Jacobson purchased the artwork on December 9, and did not receive any funds from Levick. But for more than three months, Levick &#8220;unlawfully, intentionally and under false pretences&#8221; continued to &#8220;mendaciously perpetuate the fraud&#8221; by continuing with the &#8220;charade&#8221;. Ball&#8217;s affidavit details multiple examples of this.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">In early April, Levick agreed to a repayment plan but Ball\u2019s entities never received any money from him.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8220;Mr Levick\u2019s modus operandi \u2026 is transparently to obfuscate, delay and mendaciously dishonour his payment obligations to his creditors, as well as to prefer those creditors who place him under the most pressure thereby preferring them over his other creditors,&#8221; explains Ball.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8220;Mr Levick will have no hesitation in repeating his dishonest pattern of theft and fraud and of preferring some of his creditors and prejudicing others. Mr Levick will self-evidently devise further unlawful schemes in order to avoid being held to account to his general body of creditors. Mr Levick is under considerable financial pressure from his creditors and has made and continues to make promises to repay creditors which he then repeatedly breaches,&#8221; Ball adds.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">In the court papers, it is alleged that Levick was placed &#8220;under pressure&#8221; by Friedland in particular, a property investor who now lives in Miami. It\u2019s claimed that Friedland was the source of &#8220;threats&#8221; against Levick and his family to the point that he hired bodyguards.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">However, Friedland insists this is far from the truth.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8220;I vehemently deny that Martin was ever threatened. To the contrary, we remain on relatively good terms despite what he has done,&#8221; he told News24 at a meeting this week. Recent WhatsApp messages between Friedland and Levick also demonstrate the cordial relationship between the two.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Fake swift payments and banker&#8217;s &#8216;balls up&#8217;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The affidavits of other creditors involved, demonstrate how long-standing personal relationships between them and Levick turned sour over the past few months.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Christopher Brand, who has known Levick for over 20 years as his &#8216;wealth manager&#8217;, claims Levick misrepresented the value of his shares in Genesis Capital Partners. After Brand negotiated a repayment plan with Levick, he believes Levick even falsified a payment confirmation to him.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8220;I believe that the Respondent\u2019s confirmation of payment that he sent to me on 8 February 2019 was falsified by the Respondent who merely copied, pasted and edited a previous legitimate payment confirmation to create the impression, on which I relied, that he had made payment to me.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The payment was never received.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Similarly, Chris Vosloo on behalf of AMB Capital, alleges that Levick made a number of &#8220;false representations to me in regard to payment&#8221;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">On September 17, Levick attempted to explain a late payment with a message reading: &#8220;Guys, There was a genuine balls up from my banker and trustees which I will explain but the funds will reflects (sic) very shortly.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The funds never reflected.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Levick denies &#8216;defrauding creditors&#8217;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">News24 attempted several times to interview Martin Levick. He did answer calls and respond to messages, but did not agree to an interview.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">In a letter from his lawyer, Marco Martini, he also declined an opportunity to give his version of events.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8220;Your questions appear to relate, directly or indirectly, to allegations made in the civil proceedings and possibly to the Hawks investigation which you appear to have knowledge of. Since the matters are <em>sub judice<\/em>, you will appreciate that in such circumstances, our client has been advised not to make any statements or answer any questions. You do recognise our client\u2019s constitutional rights in this regard. In view thereof, our client will not answer your questions nor afford you the interview you seek,&#8221; wrote Martini.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8220;Notwithstanding the aforegoing, our client denies that he has intentionally defrauded creditors as alleged by your or otherwise,&#8221; the letter further stated.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Martini also issued a veiled warning, that allegations contained in the sequestration application were &#8220;defamatory&#8221; against Levick.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8220;Finally, as advised telephonically, some of the applications before the Court contain defamatory allegations (which you as an experienced reporter have no doubt read and understood) and should you publish your article incorporating such defamatory allegations, you will merely be aggravating the defamation and possibly making yourself a party thereto. You are once again advised to proceed with caution.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Martini has confirmed that his client has made a warning statement to the Hawks and has offered to surrender himself to the authorities should they decide to prosecute him.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Genesis Capital distances itself<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Genesis Capital MD Stan Melnick says immediately after they were alerted to the situation, the company &#8220;acted swiftly to secure Mr Levick\u2019s resignation as a director and CEO of Genesis Capital (Pty) Ltd and thereafter his suspension as an employee&#8221;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">It then instituted a disciplinary process against him which led to his resignation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8220;Insofar as Genesis Capital (Pty) Ltd and its subsidiaries are concerned, including Genesis Capital UK, Mr. Levick has no current relationship with them other than a minority shareholding in and indebtedness to Genesis Capital (Pty) Ltd. As regards to Genesis Capital Partners (Pty) Limited, his relationship is limited to a minority shareholding,&#8221; says Melnick.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">He insists that the sequestration applications are against Levick in his personal capacity and should not reflect negatively on Genesis Capital\u2019s corporate governance. Also, no clients&#8217; money was ever in jeopardy, he says.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8220;At no point in time is Genesis Capital (Pty) Ltd or its subsidiaries custodians of clients&#8217; money and all client funds are paid directly to the relevant third-party product providers. Genesis Capital (Pty) Ltd is a holding company for a number of businesses that have for many years successfully acted as intermediaries in the financial services industry.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8220;These businesses have been built on a strong ethics and compliance foundation to protect the interests of our clients who can be assured of our current and ongoing commitment to the principles of good corporate governance. All of these businesses are regulated by the FSCA and led by specialist teams who are experts in their fields.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Melnick says the company is considering its legal options and will await the outcome of the sequestration proceedings before taking a decision on any action against Levick.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Source.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">https:\/\/www.news24.com\/SouthAfrica\/News\/the-banksy-artwork-the-missing-millions-and-the-lying-mr-levick-20190511<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Martin Levick, the former CEO of investment house Genesis Capital, is facing criminal and civil legal action amidst allegations of fraud. (Supplied) Martin Levick, the former CEO of investment house Genesis Capital, has been provisionally sequestrated and is facing criminal and civil legal action amidst allegations of fraud. 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