Ian Puddick

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Ian Puddick is a Londoner who, from the summer of 2009 found himself embroiled in - and victim of - an almost unbelievable saga of corruption and gross abuse of power by large city corporations and the City of London police.

Introduction

In May 2009, Ian Puddick was a 39 year old married man minding his own business - which was a small plumbing company employing 20 people. Typical of hundreds of thousands of other self-employed individuals, though with the less typical drive required to build a business from scratch, he had similarly typical views of his country's police, political and legal authorities; viz that they may have their share of bumbling, incompetent jobsworths - even the odd corrupt 'rotten apple' - but all were basically well-meaning law-abiding/upholding organisations doing their best to 'serve the public' - after all they do style themselves public servants don't they?

Like many before him, Ian's cosy view of the country he inhabits was poised for a radical challenge which would turn it on its head.

The catalyst was another common enough occurrence: Ian's discovery of his wife's long-standing affair with her boss. As Ian himself observes, had the affair been with the milkman or other plebeian, whilst he would have been similarly upset and his response little or no different, that would have been the end of the matter. But it wasn't. His wife's boss just happened to be a director of Guy Carpenter Ltd, the world's largest reinsurance broker, retaining one of the worlds most notorious providers of spying and covert intelligence/dirty tricks know-how, for its risk management and mitigation needs. Ian quickly found himself to be a large company risk in dire need of management and mitigation.

Ian's initial actions

Ian's discovery of the affair was in xxx 2009. Like anyone in his position, he was both angry and upset. The main focus of his anger - again naturally enough - was his wife's boss.

Having learned that the affair had been facilitated by improper use of the Directors expense account, he informed both the Director's Chairman and several of his clients of the affair and that the man was "a person of no integrity". Not the most judicious of actions perhaps but, in all the circumstances understandable - even reasonable.

Guy Carpenter Ltd's immediate response

  • On xxxx Ian received a telephone call from Nick Frankland, Chairman of Guy Carpenter Ltd. It was polite, conciliatory and professional. It sought to resolve issues amicably and Ian had no problem with it.
  • On xxxx Ian received another telephone call, this time made from a pay-phone and by a man identifying himself as Benedict Hamilton, associate managing director** of Kroll Associates UK Ltd, who told him: "you have no idea who you're fucking with, we have deep, deep pockets and we will fuck you like you have never been fucked before."

Subsequent Events

The Wall St CIA

In the US, Kroll are known as "The Wall St CIA". [1] Their profile in the UK is similar and they have a relationship with the City of London Police which might best be described as "Cosy". That relationship quickly became a major strand of Kroll's "Risk Mitigation" work for Guy Carpenter Ltd. A narrative was constructed. It had Ian Puddick as a "threatening violent person". It was a total fabrication with no basis whatsoever in fact, but coming from "The Wall St CIA", it had a certain ring to it.

Secret court order

The narrative was constructed following a court order obtained through the good offices of Buckingham Palace Lawyers [2] on 19 July 2009. The application for the order was heard in secret and without the knowledge of Ian Puddick. It alleged that, in the context of aviation insurance, "persons unknown had contacted clients of Guy Carpenter Limited and made threats of physical violence" - in other words it pushed all the right buttons. The application was successful and Ian Puddick's Bank account and telephone records, together with permission to monitor his telephones and those of his employees were handed to The Wall Street CIA - You couldn't make this up could you?

Ian's Wife called to a meeting

Ian's wife was then called to a meeting with a City of London Police officer' by the name of Dan Valor (Though the C of L Police have no record of such a meeting). At the meeting it was suggested that Ian's wife had fabricated the affair and the related expenses allegations - jealousy over Ian's lowly 'Plumber' status -v- that of her billionaire boss being the suggested motive (honest!). Ian's wife confirmed both the affair and the expenses fraud.

Dirty Tricks begin

Apropos Ben Hamilton's earlier foul-mouthed threats, a dirty tricks campaign then started:

  • Ian begins to received anonymous threatening telephone calls.
  • Ian's accountant is called anonymously and told that Ian is a convicted drugs dealer.

Operation Bohan

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See Also

References

  1. ↑ Kroll Inc - The Wall St CIA
  2. ↑ Mishcon de Reya - Lawyers to those who can afford the very best legal advice
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