The company made itself out to be an investment group to help people put money into overseas initial public offerings. The money was used to buy cryptocurrency and was sent overseas on instructions of Britain-based Segregated Solutions, which was later linked to the 500 Investments scam.
ACCE’s lawyer, Piper Alderman partner Louise Gehrig, said in an affidavit that the two devices belonging to Mine Digital chief operating officer Matthew Starkey were used between August 2020 and December 2020, when the SMSF transacted with Segregated Solutions. They were performing poorly, so were replaced in January 2021, according to the court document.
‘No longer in existence’
Those old devices are “no longer in existence because [Mr Starkey] complied with ACCE’s expectation that each executive and senior team member decommission and dispose of any old or redundant computers.”
ACCE employees are expected to securely and thoroughly delete all hard drives, disassemble the computer into component parts, and recycle the individual parts, the affidavit said.
Mr Starkey was provided with a new phone and desktop computer in January 2021, and bought a new laptop, which was delivered in August 2021, the affidavit said.
The Australian Financial Review is not accusing Mr Starkey of wrongdoing, but is merely summarising what ACCE’s legal team wrote in a court affidavit. Mr Starkey declined to comment as the matter is before court.
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