Some corrections on the wired article:
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Date: vrijdag 6 juli 2001 14:48 -0400
From: "Jeroen C. van Gelderen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Nothing That Glitters Is DigiGold
Declan,
In the documents that Barry Downey filed in the Anguillan
court, my name gets mentioned. You indirectly mention me in
your article. I therefore feel it is necessary for me to
rectify some of the incorrect statements contained in the
filed documents as well as in your article.
I will start of by saying that in the 8 weeks that I spent
in Melbourne, Barry Downey only showed up for the IRS2000
conference. His reliance on hearsay might explain some of
the inaccuracies.
Your article contains a number of factual errors:
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According to e-mail written by Grigg, another employee
"was well and thoroughly seduced by Wajiha and her
attractive younger sister."
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If you read the various documents closely you will note that
the above was written by Barry Downey and *not* by Ian Grigg.
> From my position as an alleged seductee the facts are rather
simple:
Firstly, Wajiha Khan is a good friend and at the time was
(and still is) engaged. I do not date women who are engaged.
The reason I hung out with her and her sister can simply be
ascribed to the fact that they were of my age.
Second, Charles did not arrange for me to share an office
with Wajiha. In fact he made it quite clear that he did not
appreciate me sharing an office with her as it affected
her productivity. This makes Downey's statement 100%
incorrect.
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What happened is far from clear, but DigiGold seems to
believe Evans and Khan tried to seduce a third employee
away from Systemics in the hopes of founding a rival firm.
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Reid Jackson (G&SR management) was the one who tried to
poach me away from Systemics by offering me a job in
Melbourne, not Charles Evans.
(Reid later -in private email- denied the poaching attempt
had occurred. However, more than one G&SR employee was
consulted by Reid about the feasibility of "obtaining a
'green card' for Jeroen".)
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As the several weeks went by, all work for G&SR and
for e-gold by Charles, Wajiha (her sister and
brother) and Jeroen ceased and [...]
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Reid Jackson wrote in a private email:
[...]
"During Jeroen's Melbourne visit, he was extremely helpful
to us with both technical and non-technical projects in
progress at the time. For example:
1. He assisted us during our move into additional office
space, helping to assemble new office chairs and other
office furniture.
2. He helped us with problems we were having with our mail
server.
3. He helped us wire and configure our new phone system.
4. He advised us on the topic of BGP and even called around
to try to get the ball rolling for us."
[...]
Additionally I gave a presentation on UNIX to the two DigiGold
employees and the 4 programmers that were developing the next
generation OmniPay/e-gold systems.
After that I built and configured a new mailserver for G&SR.
I might add that much of that work was done at night and
in the weekends. This would normally count as overtime. I
can't see how this can be characterized as 'work' that
'ceased'. But I can see how someone who was not in the
office could be led to believe this nonsense.
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DigiGold's primary reserve account includes 50,000 grams
of gold. That's about 1,800 ounces, worth $482,400 at
Tuesday's prices.
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50.000 grams is the amount of silver. Gold is 4149,4 grams.
Regards,
Jeroen
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Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2001 14:05:13 -0800 (PST)
Subject:
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
<SNIP>
In late September 2000, Ian arranged for Jeroen to come to Melbourne FL
for some off-island recreation. This visit turned into a disaster.
Initially
unbeknownst to Doug, Charles used the visit as an opportunity to drive a
wedge between Doug and Ian, whom Doug had always regarded as a most
valuable
strategic ally and confidant. Charles arranged for Jeroen to share an
office
with Wajiha (whom had been previously described (correctly) by Charles
as
a person who would use her physical attractiveness as a tool for
manipulation
of men). Jeroen was well and thoroughly seduced by Wajiha and her
attractive
younger sister. As the several weeks went by, all work for G&SR and for
e-gold by Charles, Wajiha (her sister and brother) and Jeroen ceased and
increasing time at the office was spent in discussions where the
principal
topic was the foolish and destructive way that Douglas Jackson was
mis-managing
G&SR and e-gold, in conjunction with Reid Jackson, who had been
appointed
Managing Director in July 2000 (at the initial recommendation of
Charles,
who late regretted his recommendation when it became apparent that Reid
would require effective management practices and demonstrable
productivity
from Charles and other senior G&SR management).
<SNIP>
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Subject: further
Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2001 15:31:03 -0800
From: "Barry K. Downey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
[GRIGG]
Did Mr Evans push Ms Khan and Jeroen together, so that
they could spend all their time flirting? Or with the
sister for that matter?
[downey]
I DO NOT HAVE WRITTEN PROOF OF THIS, ONLY THE FACT THAT CHARLES PUT
JEROEN IN THE SAME OFFICE WITH WAJIHA FACE TO FACE ACROSS A DESK.
[GRIGG]
No. Mr Evans tried to keep them apart, because Ms Khan
worked for him, and should have been doing that work.
Now, of these two alternative universes, which is more
likely? The facts generally make more sense.
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Jeroen C. van Gelderen - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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