Photo by: Wesley Monts
Keith Scott’s former apartment building in Chamkarmon district.
An Australian man claiming to be an executive of a bizarre international finance organisation has fled Cambodia, days after two of his associates were arrested and charged with forging documents alleging connections with HSBC Bank, the United States government and the United Nations.
Keith Scott, the “chief of cabinet” for the Office of International Treasury Control, left his serviced apartment in Chamkarmon district’s Tuol Svay Prey II commune last Wednesday, building staff said, after OITC chairman Ray C Dam was charged with forgery on Monday by Phnom Penh Municipal Court.
Dam was arrested along with Soush Saroeun, the executive managing director of local property firm and OITC subsidiary Asia Real Property, or ARP-OITC.
Scott said in an email on Sunday that he was not involved with ARP-OITC, though he defended Dam, who is identified in OITC promotional materials as owner of the “Global Debt Facility” and economic adviser to United States presidents Barack Obama and George W Bush.
“I have travelled all over the world while working with Dr Dam as Special Envoy on his authority,” Scott said.
“If Dr Dam is imprisoned or if Dr Dam leaves Cambodia, the result is exactly the same, there is no point my being there.”
The OITC claims to have been granted special authority by the US and the United Nations, claims that have since been denied by American and UN officials. The group says it is “the largest single owner of gold and platinum bullion in the World”, claiming to control top secret assets and “treasure” all over the world.
Staff at Scott’s apartment said he had lived there since February and had already paid rent for the next several months prior to leaving town.
Neighbours remembered him as a talkative and eccentric tenant who boasted of plans to buy the Himawari Hotel and finance a high-speed railway stretching from China to Malaysia....read the full story in tomorrow’s Phnom Penh Post or see the updated story online from 3PM UTC/GMT +7 hours.
Keith Scott, the “chief of cabinet” for the Office of International Treasury Control, left his serviced apartment in Chamkarmon district’s Tuol Svay Prey II commune last Wednesday, building staff said, after OITC chairman Ray C Dam was charged with forgery on Monday by Phnom Penh Municipal Court.
Dam was arrested along with Soush Saroeun, the executive managing director of local property firm and OITC subsidiary Asia Real Property, or ARP-OITC.
Scott said in an email on Sunday that he was not involved with ARP-OITC, though he defended Dam, who is identified in OITC promotional materials as owner of the “Global Debt Facility” and economic adviser to United States presidents Barack Obama and George W Bush.
“I have travelled all over the world while working with Dr Dam as Special Envoy on his authority,” Scott said.
“If Dr Dam is imprisoned or if Dr Dam leaves Cambodia, the result is exactly the same, there is no point my being there.”
The OITC claims to have been granted special authority by the US and the United Nations, claims that have since been denied by American and UN officials. The group says it is “the largest single owner of gold and platinum bullion in the World”, claiming to control top secret assets and “treasure” all over the world.
Staff at Scott’s apartment said he had lived there since February and had already paid rent for the next several months prior to leaving town.
Neighbours remembered him as a talkative and eccentric tenant who boasted of plans to buy the Himawari Hotel and finance a high-speed railway stretching from China to Malaysia....read the full story in tomorrow’s Phnom Penh Post or see the updated story online from 3PM UTC/GMT +7 hours.
1 comment:
when you come to phnom phen againt we will kidnap you MR keirt scott!!not verry often we have the world largest holder of gold in phom phen. so watch your back.
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