Ƙarfin Wutar Duniya

Firepower International wani kamfani ne na yaudara wanda ya tallata a matsayin kamfani na Hong Kong mallakin Global Fuel Technologies Ltd kuma yana sarrafa shi, wanda ya kware a fasahar da ke ikirarin rage yawan man fetur da tasirin muhallin motocin da ke sarrafa mai. Akwai wasu ofisoshi a Sydney, China, Rhodes, Athens da Papua New Guinea, bisa ga gidan yanar gizon kamfanin da ya daina aiki. Duk da haka, "a hakikanin gaskiya mutane kaɗan ne a cikin masana'antun masana'antu a Perth", waɗanda ke gudanar da wani hadadden ayyuka na zamba. Asalin mahallin—Firepower Operations Pty Ltd— kamfani ne A $1, wanda aka fara rajista a watan Disamba 2004, mallakar Firepower Holdings Group Ltd, kamfani mai adireshi a Tsibirin Biritaniya.

Ta hanyar haɗin da aka kirkira tare da ministocin tarayya na Australiya, jami'an kasuwanci da hanyoyin sadarwarsu, an rinjayi gwamnatocin Burtaniya, Rasha, Romania da sauransu da yawa su yi imani da Firepower sun ba da mahimman mafita ga dumamar duniya da rikicin makamashi na mai. Koyaya, bayan an gabatar da tambayoyi game da ingancin "Firepower Pill" da samfuran da suka danganci rage Amfani da man fetur, shugaban kungiyar Firepower, Tim Johnston, masu sukar kafofin watsa labarai sun yi iƙirarin cewa sun yi babban dabarar amincewa ko zamba kuma sun zama batun bincike ta Hukumar Tsaro da Zuba Jari ta Australiya (ASIC).   A watan Yulin 2011, ASIC ta haramta Johnston daga gudanar da kowane kamfani na tsawon shekaru ashirin.  

 Kwayar Wutar Lantarki 
Babban samfurin Firepower International shine Firepower Pill, wanda aka tallata shi kamar yadda zai iya "ƙananan amfani da man fetur, rage hayaki, [kuma] tsaftacewa da kula da injin ku".[and] An yi iƙirarin samfurin ya yi aiki ta hanyar "ƙone ƙarin Abubuwa masu nauyi na man fetur, ƙara ƙarfin da tattalin arzikin man fetur" kuma saboda ana cinye ƙarin man fetur a cikin tsarin konewa, ana saukar da hayakin hydrocarbon da carbon-dioxide. An saka shi a cikin tankin mai na abin hawa, an tallata kwayar wuta guda ɗaya kamar yadda zai iya magance har zuwa lita 60 na man fetur. A wani wuri, an tallata kwayar cutar mafi girma, wanda aka yi iƙirarin cewa zai iya magance lita 200 na man fetur ko dizal.

 Kasancewar gwamnati 
Gwamnatin Australiya ta shiga cikin zamba ta hanyoyi da yawa - ta hanyar hukumomin tsaro da ma'aikata, ta hanyar hukumar fitarwa ta Austrade  kuma kai tsaye ta hanyar nasarar da aka samu na ministan kimiyya na tarayya Julie Bishop da Firayim Minista John Howard. An ruwaito cewa Johnston ya yi alkawarin bayar da gudummawa mai yawa ga Jam'iyyar Liberal kuma an yi ƙoƙari don samun tallafin kuɗi daga Asusun Bayyana Fasahar Fasahar Ruwa ta A $ 500 miliyan. Wani bangare mai alaƙa da wutar lantarki, TPS Firepower, ya sami kusan A $ 400,000 a cikin tallafin fitarwa daga gwamnati.Cin hanci ba zai iya ci gaba ba na dogon lokaci, ko kuma ya zama babba, idan ba don gagarumin shiga tsakani na Austrade ba. Wani a hukumar kasuwanci, mai yiwuwa wani ƙarami, ya kasa yin tabbacin tabbatar da duk wani babban ikirarin da Johnston ke yi. Austrade ya ɗauki Firepower a matsayin abokin ciniki kuma ya buɗe ƙofofi don hulɗa a duniya ta hanyar ofisoshin jakadancin Australiya. A tsawon lokaci, Firepower ya sami tallafi na $ 394,000 a karkashin tsarin Gudanar da Kasuwancin Kasuwanci. Wani babban manajan Austrade, John Finnin, Johnston ya dauki shi a matsayin shugaban zartarwa. Babban kwamishinan kasuwanci a Ofishin Jakadancin Australia a Moscow, Gregory Klumov, an dauke shi don gudanar da aikin Firepower na Rasha. Shekaru da yawa, Johnston ya sami damar rufe kansa cikin amincin tallafin gwamnati. 

 Gudanar da wasanni 
A lokacin da yake da tsawo, Firepower na ɗaya daga cikin manyan masu tallafawa wasanni na Ostiraliya. A karkashin bashin da kamfanin ke karuwa, an karkatar da alkawurran, inda aka bar kungiyoyin wasanni suna fama da matsalolin kudi. 

Sydney Kings, wani dan wasan kwallon kwando na Australiya wanda Tim Johnston ya mallaka, an tilasta su dakatar da aiki saboda rushewar Firepower. An ba 'yan wasan sarakuna bashi mai yawa a cikin albashin da ba a biya ba da kuma ritaya  - adadi da aka nakalto a A $ 265,073. 

An yi wa Ƙungiyar rugby ta Perth alkawarin miliyoyin daloli a cikin kudade wanda ya kasa zama, wanda ya haifar da asarar 'yan wasan kwangila, musamman Matt Giteau . 

   A shekara ta 2006, 'yan kasuwa Russell Crowe da Peter Holmes a Kotun sun sayi kungiyar rugby ta Kudu Sydney Rabbitohs. A ranar 5 ga Nuwamba a wannan shekarar, Russell Crowe ya bayyana a The Tonight Show tare da Jay Leno kuma ya sanar da cewa Firepower na tallafawa South Sydney Rabbitohs na dala miliyan 3 a cikin shekaru uku. Crowe ya nuna wa masu kallo rigar Rabbitohs tare da sunan Firepower a ciki. A cikin sanarwar manema labarai, Peter Holmes a Kotun ya sanarNi da Russell sun kasance da sha'awar ɗaukar kulob din gaba a cikin alhakin zamantakewa kuma Firepower tabbas ya cika waɗannan ƙa'idodin. Firepower labari ne na nasarar Australiya - yana aiki a cikin kasashe sama da 50 a duniya kuma a halin yanzu yana fadada cikin sauri zuwa sababbin kasuwanni. Firepower alama ce mai tasowa wacce ta riga ta zama jagora a duniya a cikin rukunin ta.

 Rikici da mutuwar 
Bayan wani shirin da bai yi nasara ba (wanda gwamnatin Australiya ta taimaka a watan Oktoba na shekara ta 2006 Ryle G Firepower: The most spectacular fraud in Australian history Allen & Unwin, Sydney 2009. : shafi na 19) don kafa hedikwatar a Switzerland, wanda ya kafa kungiyar kuma shugaban zartarwa, Tim Johnston, ya koma Ingila inda aka ɓoye inda yake kusan shekaru biyu  har sai jaridar Australiya ta same shi a London. 

 Kudin kamfanoni 
A cikin shekara ta 2007, Hukumar Kula da Tsaro da Zuba Jari ta Australiya ta gudanar da bincike kan tara "dala miliyan 60 ba tare da isasshen bayani na kudi ga masu saka hannun jari ba". ASIC ta nemi umarnin kotu don a dakatar da Johnston, wanda ya bar New Zealand a cikin yanayi mai rikitarwa a tsakiyar shekarun 1990, daga kamfanoni masu Aiki a Ostiraliya. A ranar 21 ga watan Yulin shekara ta 2008, ASIC ta kuma shigar da kara a Kotun Tarayya ta Ostiraliya kan kamfanonin da ke da alaƙa da Gordon Hill (politician)">Gordon Hill, Warren Anderson, Leslie Stein (Sattvic Pty Ltd) da kuma mai ba da shawara kan kudi Quentin Ward, wanda aka yi imanin ya sayar da fiye da dala miliyan 40 na hannun jari a Perth.Ryle G Firepower: The most spectacular fraud in Australian history Allen & Unwin, Sydney 2009. ISBN 978-1-74175-355-4 : An dakatar da Ward daga gudanar da kamfani na tsawon shekaru shida.   Kamfanin Anderson na Owston Nominees an yi zargin cewa an ba da hannun jari miliyan 40 a cikin kamfanin iyaye na Firepower na Virgin Islands Firepower BVI a watan Yunin 2005, wanda aka sayar da shi har zuwa 50c a hannun jari. A watan Maris na shekara ta 2010, an ruwaito cewa tsohon ministan gwamnatin ma'aikata na jihar Western Australia Gordon Hill, wanda ke fuskantar karar dala miliyan 5, ya ayyana fatarar kuɗi.

 Tambayar samfurori 
Har ila yau, akwai tambayoyi game da ko kwayar wutar lantarki ta yi aiki kamar yadda aka tallata. Masu sharhi sun nuna kin amincewar Firepower don ba da cikakken bayani game da yadda kwayar cutar ke aiki da kamanceceniya tsakanin kwayar cutar Firepower da kwayar cutar FE-3,  wanda aka tabbatar da kansa ba don kara aikin motar ba. 

An gwada kwayar wutar lantarki don tasiri ta tsohuwar Ma'aikatar Abokin Ciniki da Kare Ayyuka ta Yammacin Australiya. Binciken "ya tayar da wasu damuwa na gaske game da ingancin da'awar ... cewa Firepower ya yi [a kan marufi] don tallafawa adana man fetur da rage fitarwa na Firepower Pill". Dangane da wannan, sashen ya ba da umarnin cewa a janye kwayar wutar lantarki daga sayarwa a Yammacin Ostiraliya,  tare da wasu na'urorin adana man fetur waɗanda ba a tabbatar da ikirarin da aka tallata ba. 

A mayar da martani, Firepower ta yi iƙirarin cewa sanannun kungiyoyi da yawa sun yi amfani da samfurin ta - gami da sojojin Australiya da New Zealand da ƙungiyar V8 supercars, duk da cewa babu ƙarin man fetur da ka'idojin V8 Supercar suka ba da izini. Wadanda aka ambata sun musanta da'awar. Har ila yau, Firepower ta yi iƙirarin ga masu hannun jari cewa tana shiga cikin haɗin gwiwa tare da Shell da General Motors - da'awar cewa kamfanonin biyu sun musanta.

 Takardun la'ana da aka samu a kwamfuta 
A ranar 28 ga watan Fabrairun shekara ta 2009, jaridar The West Australian ta ba da sanarwar cewa "An gano dubban takardun Firepower na ciki a cikin kwamfuta da kamfanin fasahar man fetur ya watsar kafin faduwar miliyoyin daloli a shekara ta 2007". Kwamfutar, wacce aka yi imanin cewa ita ce Uwar garken intanet ga dukkan kwamfutoci a ofishin Firepower na Perth, ba ta da rumbun kwamfutarka amma tana dauke da na'urorin ajiyar SCSI guda 3 waɗanda suka kama "dubban imel da sauran takardu ciki har da aikawa zuwa da kuma daga Tim Johnston, masu gudanarwa da ma'aikatan ofishinsa". Yana daya daga cikin kayan aikin kayan aiki guda biyar da aka saya a gwanjo don A $ 40 daga mai gidan cin abinci na Intanet na gida Mr Henk Beugelaar. 

Takardun sun hada da:

 takardar shaidar kamfanin, ciki har da rikodin "kyauta" ta A $ 10,000 ga Shugaban Pakistan, Janar Pervez Musharraf
 shaidar cewa gwamnatin Howard ta kasance mai hannu a cikin tallafin hukuma na kayan wuta ta hanyar ofisoshin Austrade
 shaidar da kamfanin ke ci gaba da neman haɗi tare da manyan jami'an gwamnati da sojoji don samun yarjejeniya da kuma amincewa da cewa irin waɗannan masu ba da shawara suna buƙatar "duba bayan" : p.7

 Hukuncin Kotun Tarayya 
An sanya ayyukan wutar lantarki na Australiya a farkon watan Yulin 2008 a Kotun Tarayya ta Ostiraliya, sannan kuma hannun tsibirin Virgin Islands na Burtaniya a ƙarshen Satumba. Lauyoyin kamfanin ne suka fara aikin a kan bashin A $ 70,000 kuma Ross Graham, wanda ya ba da rancen A $ 25 miliyan ya shiga.Ryle G Firepower: The most spectacular fraud in Australian history Allen & Unwin, Sydney 2009.  : Mai ba da kuɗi, Bryan Hughes ya yi imanin cewa kamfanin ya yi ciniki yayin da ba shi da kuɗi daga 22 ga Yuli 2007  kuma cewa "Johnson ya ɓoye har zuwa dala miliyan 38 a cikin asusun banki na ƙasashen waje kuma yana shirin amfani da kuɗin don gina kamfani mai kama da Green Power Corporation ". : Firepower Operations ya kiyasta cewa, a watan Yulin 2008, yana da bashin fiye da dala miliyan 16 ga masu ba da bashi daban-daban, masu saka hannun jari da kungiyoyin da yake da yarjejeniyar tallafawa.

 Hukumar Tsaro da Zuba Jari ta Australiya 
Kamfanin Warren Anderson Owston Nominees No 2 shine batun wani mataki na kotu da ASIC ta kaddamar, wanda ya yi iƙirarin cewa ya sayar da hannun jari na Firepower ga ƙananan masu saka hannun jari ba tare da ba su takardar shaidar ba, yana yin dala miliyan 20. Anderson ya bukaci Johnston a fili ya fuskanci masu tuhumar sa. A ranar 8 ga watan Fabrairun shekara ta 2011, shari'ar ASIC a kan Owston da sauran masu amsawa sun yi nasara, Kotun Tarayya ta gano cewa sanarwa da umarnin tallace-tallace sun kasance hanyar da ta dace don taimakawa ga laifuffukan s727 (1) na Dokar [Corporations]. A ranar 18 ga watan Agustan shekara ta 2011, ASIC ta yi nasarar samun irin wannan ƙuduri da umarnin Kotun Tarayya akan Sattvic Pty Ltd, kamfanin da Leslie Stein ke sarrafawa.

 A watan Satumbar 2014, ASIC ta ba da sanarwar cewa ta kammala bincikenta. Bayan binciken ASIC, an tura taƙaitaccen shaida ga CDPP don la'akari. Dangane da shaidar da ASIC ta samu, CDPP kwanan nan ta sanar da ASIC cewa ba ta gamsu da cewa akwai yiwuwar yanke hukunci, kamar yadda ake buƙata a ƙarƙashin Manufar Masu Shari'a ta Commonwealth don ba da damar fara shari'a.

 Komawar Johnston zuwa Ostiraliya 
Saboda ba a taba tuhumar Johnston da zamba ba, ASIC ba ta da tushen aikata laifuka don neman mika shi don fuskantar tuhuma a Ostiraliya. Dole ne kawai ya kasance a waje da kasar don kauce wa fuskantar masu hannun jari.Ryle G Firepower: The most spectacular fraud in Australian history Allen & Unwin, Sydney 2009. ISBN 978-1-74175-355-4 Koyaya, a ranar 2 ga Nuwamba 2009, Johnston a bayyane ya koma Ostiraliya, an ruwaito shi don ganin dangin. A ranar 5 ga Nuwamba, Kotun Tarayya ta umarce shi da kada ya bar kasar, ya mika fasfo kuma ya bayyana a kotun Perth a ranar 26 ga Nuwamba. An ba da umarnin a kan Johnston a gidansa na Gold Coast .  Johnston ya ba da fasfo biyu amma ya kasa yin bayyanar kotu, yana mai nuna yanayin zuciya da tsoron lafiyarsa. An dakatar da sauraron kuma an shirya shi don ya bayyana ta hanyar haɗin bidiyo daga Queensland.

An kuma yi zargin cewa Johnston ya nemi ya sake farfado da sunansa yayin da yake Ingila kuma ya sauƙaƙe ci gaba da ayyukan zamba, ta hanyar amfani da wasika da aka yi niyya daga ASIC wanda ya bayyana cewa: "Bincikenmu bisa ga bayanan da aka samu da kuma sirri da wannan ofishin ya samu, ya nuna (sic) cewa kun yi aiki yadda ya kamata kuma daidai da Dokar Jagoran Kamfanin sabili da haka wannan ofishin ba ya sake samun ku mutum mai sha'awa a wannan al'amari".  Koyaya, wata mace ta ASIC ta musanta wanzuwar "Dokar Jagorancin Kamfanin Jagoranci Dokar Jagoranci".

A ranar 8 ga watan Disamba na shekara ta 2009 Johnston ya fuskanci Kotun Tarayya a Perth kuma mai ba da gudummawa, Bryan Hughes ya bincika shi. A kan hanyarsa ta shiga dakin kotu an yi masa hidima tare da takardun shari'a da kira kafin a fara shari'a. An bincika shi dalla-dalla game da ma'amaloli daban-daban na kudi, gami da biyan kuɗi na tafiye-tafiye na iyali da ma'amala da ke kewaye da sayen gidansa na Mosman Park kuma ya yi iƙirarin cewa abokinsa na kusa da kuma abokin hamayya na lokaci-lokaci Warren Anderson ya tilasta masa sayen dukiyar. A cikin shaidar da ta gabata ya yi iƙirarin cewa Anderson ya tilasta masa ya biya dala miliyan 4 a cikin kamfanin dangin Anderson, Owston Nominees, sannan ya karɓi rance daga Owston Nomnees washegari zuwa darajar dala miliyan 5.8 don ba da damar siyan dukiyar. 

Johnston ya kasance tare da matarsa Sandra da 'ya'ya mata biyu daga baya a ranar. Sandra Johnston ta gudu zuwa Bali bayan kwace fasfo na Johnston, ta damu da yiwuwar alhakinta saboda matsayinta na darektan kamfanin tsakanin 2005 da 2008. Ta zauna a cikin gidan Nusa Dua Asmara da Gordon Hill ya gina lokacin da yake darektan Firepower kuma ya sayi shi da kudaden Firepower. Yayinda take a cikin villa an yi zargin cewa maza da aka yi wa tattoo da kunshin asiri sun tsoratar da ita. Johnston ya gaya wa kotun cewa Anderson da kansa ya yi masa barazana, wanda ya yi amfani da "mutane na musamman" don tsoratar da shi.

 Sauran shari'o'in kotu 

 Ross Graham 
A shekara ta 2008, dan kasuwa na hakar ma'adinai Ross Graham, ya sami umarnin Kotun Koli ta Yammacin Australia don biyan kuɗi nan take sama da A $ 12 m dangane da rancen da aka tabbatar da shi. Graham ya ba da shawarar fara aiwatar da fatarar kuɗi idan ba a biya adadin ba, amma ya yarda cewa ba zai iya dawo da kowane kuɗin ba. 

 IMF (Australia) 
An kiyasta cewa 'yan Australia "mum-and-dad" masu saka hannun jari sun rasa dala miliyan 100 ta hanyar ƙananan masu saka hannun jarin kasuwanci da masu ba da shawara masu sana'a tare da lambobin sadarwa na ciki waɗanda suka sayi hannun jari na Firepower a farashi mai ƙarancin gaske don sayar da wasu a farashi mafi girma. A ranar 3 ga watan Yunin shekara ta 2009, jaridar The West Australian ta ba da sanarwar cewa "tsohon ministan 'yan sanda na WA Gordon Hill ya zama makasudin farko na masu saka hannun jari da ke ƙoƙarin dawo da kuɗin su daga rushewar kamfanin fasahar man fetur mai mai Firepower bayan an buge shi da karar dala miliyan 5 jiya". Kotun Koli ta shigar da karar a madadin masu saka hannun jari 79 ta hanyar lauyoyi don mai ba da tallafin shari'a IMF (Australia). Masu saka hannun jari sun biya hannun jari a cikin Firepower Holdings Limited (wanda aka yi rajista a cikin tsibirin Cayman) amma an ba su hannun jari a Firepower Holding Group Limited (wanda ya yi rajista da tsibirin Virgin Islands na Burtaniya). 

Rahoton ya kara da cewa ana sa ran wasu dillalai za a yi niyya, gami da kamfanoni masu zaman kansu na mai mallakar Warren Anderson da lauyan Sydney Les Stein, dukansu biyu suna da hannu sosai a Firepower. Manajan darektan IMF Hugh McLernon ya ce "Muna iya duba dawo da kimanin dala miliyan 40 amma zan yi tunanin cewa za mu yi gwagwarmaya don yin fiye da haka".

A ranar 17 ga watan Satumbar shekara ta 2010, IMF ta gabatar da wata takarda ta biyu ta Kotun Koli ta WA a madadin masu saka hannun jari 242 na Firepower da ke neman sama da dala miliyan 5 daga Les da Miriam Stein da kamfanin danginsu Sattvic; har zuwa dala miliyan 26 daga lauyoyin Fremantle Matthew Morgan da Stefan Alteruthemeyer da kamfanin su Maclma; kuma kimanin dala miliyan 8 daga Bankin Kasa na Australia. Wani rahoto na manema labarai ya ambaci manajan saka hannun jari na IMF Paul Rainford yayin da yake shirin mataki na uku a kan wani kamfani na Singapore tare da burin dawo da jimlar dala miliyan 60 ta hanyar shari'o'i uku. IMF ta yanke shawarar kada ta bi ko dai Johnston ko Anderson saboda yiwuwar rashin iyawar kudi.

Johnston ya bayyana fatarar kuɗi a cikin shekara ta 2011. A ranar 19 ga Mayu 2012 mai sayar da kaya Pitcher Partners ya ce ba za su sake bin Johnston ba, tare da manajan darektan Bryan Hughes yana da'awar cewa har yanzu yana da bashi sama da $ 100,000 don binciken. Mista Hughes ya ce masu lissafin kuɗi na Worrells Solvency & Forensic Accountants sun kusanci duk masu ba da bashi ciki har da kansa suna neman ƙarin kuɗi.

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