When (Almost) One-Man Operations Are Disguised as Medium-Sized Companies
Last month (about Sirius Open Source): How to Top Up a "Limited Liability" With Even More Limitations (Dodging Accountability in the UK)
2 days ago Sirius Open Source put out a new annual statement. It says staff count went down from 15 to 9 in a year. We recently explained that the Web site of the company lists people who left the company more than 6 years ago - as shown in an example only weeks ago - and the company counts people who exist only in theory (like "available on demand"). We assume the same applies to Brett Wilson LLP, which seems critically understaffed and unable to meet deadlines or obey judges' Orders (they rely on outsiders, according to their documents' metadata).
I left Sirius Open Source behind almost 3 years ago (I resigned in December), but I find it curious they still advertise (in the site) job openings that don't exist and were originally published about 7 years ago. British authorities ought to do a better job auditing and policing those sorts of things, but maybe they lack the incentive as they want to help British firms fake their magnitude and "success". The problem is, this enables fraud against Brits. Weeks before my resignation I confronted the CEO over the phone because a day earlier (or maybe 2 days earlier) the company changed its address to a phony one. I see they still use this phony address while the CEO hides in the US (hiding from his ex-wives, 4 daughters from those wives, and Sirius staff that he defrauded). The company got sued by its own staff not so long ago.
When the Tribunal concludes with an outcome (which can hopefully be enforced against the fugitive CEO), we'll report it here.
Of note: The company has several shells in the UK and US, where it is piling up debt. One shell's statement published 2 days ago:
Just a lot of debt, which will never be paid back. █