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  • Abramovich dodged millions in tax with superyachts-for-hire scheme

    01/28/2025 11:29:52 AM PST · by RandFan · 22 replies
    BBC ^ | Jan 28 | James Oliver, Harriet Agerholm and Will Dahlgreen
    It was Christmas 2011, a year after Roman Abramovich had taken delivery of his new superyacht, Eclipse. But it seemed the oligarch would not be using it over the festive period - records show it had been chartered by a company based in the British Virgin Islands. And yet photographs from Christmas Day that year show Mr Abramovich in the Caribbean sunshine, standing on the swim platform at the rear of the yacht, with Eclipse's large letter-E logo behind him. Charter records such as this were part of a decade-long scheme to mislead tax authorities, now uncovered in an investigation...
  • Man who claims he travelled from the year 6491 and is stuck in 2018 (tr)

    06/03/2018 11:25:15 PM PDT · by Trillian · 116 replies
    Daily Mail ^ | 3 June 2018 | Zoie O'brien
    A time traveller who believes he is from the year 6491 but got stuck in 2018 when his time machine broke down, has allegedly passed a lie detector test. James Oliver's story was doubted but paranormal experts say they were blown away when they put it to the test, because the results showed he was telling the truth. Mr Oliver claims he lives more than centuries in the future but was sent back in time. Paranormal YouTube site ApexTV carried out an experiment, which had bizarre results. Mr Oliver passed every question. 'Your years are different to mine,' he says...