Diamonds are a Man's Best Friend -&-Guns, Homicide and Toronto

Portus & Diamonds

Portus cash sent to gem firm -- receiver: $9M missing, court told: No word from hedge-fund's founder in a month -- Boaz Manor may have converted to "highly liquid, untraceable assets such as diamonds" Wojtek Dabrowski, Sept. 10, 05

[. . . . ] KPMG Inc., Portus's court- appointed receiver, told an Ontario Superior Court judge that on Mr. Manor's orders, nearly US$9-million was recently transferred to the Hong Kong bank accounts of Meirov International Diamonds Ltd. -- believed to be an Israel-based diamond merchant -- and Yossi Meirov, an MID director. [. . . . ]

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