Panama Papers leak reached Dirk Laureyssens’ past

The story behind the massive Panama Papers leak
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2016/04/04/panama-papers-suddeutsche-zeitung-journalists/82614652/

CREATIVE CITY S.A. Panama  was established on  9/7/1989

 

Creative City SA in Panama PapersCredits: International Consortium of Investigative Journalists

Dirk Laureyssens Director and President

Dirk Laureyssens director and president at Panama company

Founders of Panama Papers Law Firm Arrested on Money Laundering Charges
https://panamapapers.icij.org/20170211-mossfon-panama-arrests.html

CREATIVE CITY S.A. Panama  was inactivated on  12/10/1991

1991-12-10 Creative City SA Panama inactivated

Creative City SA had it’s registered address in Luxembourg:
ROELAND PELS C/O BENELUX TRUST LUXEMBOURG 12, RUE LEON THYES L-2636 LUXEMBOURG

 

 

Mossack, Fonseca Under Arrest Over Corruption Case
Jurgen Mossack and Ramon Fonseca, the founders of the eponymous Panamanian law firm that was vaulted to notoriety after a massive leak of their files exposed money laundering schemes all over the world, have been detained in connection with a corruption scandal in Brazil.
https://sputniknews.com/latam/201702131050606534-mossack-fonseca-arrested-corruption/

CREATIVE CITY S.A. Panama  was struck off on  4/18/2016

2016-04-18 Panama company Creative City SA deletion-page-001

Companies that fail to pay their tax for ten consecutive years are struck off the registry.

2016-04-18 Panama company Creative City SA deletion-page-002

Panama Papers: Mossack Fonseca founders arrested over bribery scandal
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/feb/10/panama-papers-mossack-fonseca-offices-raided-over-odebrecht-bribery-scandal

 

Delaware and Nevada are better tax havens than Panama

Forget Panama: it’s easier to hide your money in the US than almost anywhere
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/apr/06/panama-papers-us-tax-havens-delaware

I-Graphics CVBA was established on 7/31/1990 and Happy Machines NV was established on 8/5/1991 in Belgium, and a shell company Ben Ebki Inc. was established on 9/10/1992 in Delaware tax haven of USA

1990-08-01 statutes of I-Graphics

A new company each year…

1991-08-06 establishment of Happy Machines NV

After two new companies established as family business, in addition to existing companies Happy CV and I Love Love Company NV (which later will be merged in Happy BVBA on 2/21/1997), why not establish another company in Delaware offshore tax haven in order to skim the copyrights profits?

A top haven for tax cheats that may surprise you: the US
http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sdut-us-is-emerging-as-a-tax-haven-alongside-2016apr06-story.html

1992-09-10 Ben Ebki Inc a Delaware company

Beyond Panama: What the World Really Needs is the #DelawarePapers
http://www.commondreams.org/news/2016/04/06/beyond-panama-what-world-really-needs-delawarepapers

Dirk Laureyssens used his Delaware company to protect his butties.

Dirk Laureyssens used Ben Ebki Inc to protect his Butties

 

Don’t Look at Panama, Look at Delaware
The real tax havens are here in the United States
http://www.theepochtimes.com/n3/2015669-dont-look-at-panama-look-at-delaware/

Dirk Laureyssens gets involved in video compression technology, teams with Jan Devos, and meets Australian hacker Mr. Stux a.k.a Stuart Espey

2000-09-14 WSJ article Mr Stux

3ivx.com Internet domain is registered on 7/13/2000

2000-07-13 3ivx dot com registration

Jan Devos and Stuart Espey a.k.a Mr. Stux become managers of Happy Machines NV, Dirk Lauresyssens is CEO 11/5/2001

2001-11-14 Happy Machines Stuart Espey

 

Happy Machines NV seeks investors for 3ivx

2000 Happy Machine seeks investors for 3ivx

Need to Hide Some Income? You Don’t Have to Go to Panama
https://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/08/business/need-to-hide-some-income-you-dont-have-to-go-to-panama.html

How to handle the investments in the best way? Why not a Nevada corporation?

Pushclips Corp is established in Nevada, USA on 1/8/2001

2001-01-08 Pushclips Corp Entity Details - Secretary of State, Nevada-page-001

Secretary – Franckis Ennekens, President Jan Devos, Treasurer Dirk Laureyssens.

Despite connection to Panama Papers Nevada likely to remain tax haven
http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/nevada/despite-connection-panama-papers-nevada-likely-remain-tax-haven

Money comes in, the increased capital is divided in 10,000 shares

2001-12-13 Happy Machines shareholders

Jan Devos gets confused about the company history

 

Once he says the company was founded in May 2000.

Jan Devos report on internetvideomag

In another report he remembers Happy Machines NV was founded in July 2000.

Jan Devos interview (Happy Machines founded in July 2000)

In the same interview he mentions development started in May 2000, and  Happy Machines NV was established in July 2000.

Jan Devos interview (Happy Machines founded in July 2000) 2

Later the Australian company 3ivx Technologies Pty. Ltd. is mentioned as founded in 1991 (!), the real year of the establishment of Happy Machines N.V.

1991 3ivx

A legend takes birth.

1991 - 2002 3ivx History

The technical team moves to New South Wales, Australia, and the company 3ivx Technologies Pty. Ltd. is founded not earlier than on 7/8/2003

2003-07-08 3ivx technologies pty ltd 1

The shareholders of Happy Machines NV and Pushclips Corporation meet in the new company 3ivx Technologies Pty. Ltd., but what happens with the already invested capital?

2003-07-08 3ivx technologies pty ltd 2

2003-07-08 3ivx technologies pty ltd 3

2003-07-08 3ivx technologies pty ltd 4

Short time after the establishment of 3ivx Technologies Pty. Ltd. Dirk Laureyssens’ company I-Graphics declares bankruptcy on 8/28/2003

 

2003-08-28 I-Graphics BVBA bankrupt

Happy Machine N.V. gets abandoned, its director does not fill the required yearly financial statements, and finally gets struck off on 10/25/2013

Deletion of Happy Machine

Meanwhile the happy Happy Cube designer is creating new companies…

Source: factsaboutdirk.info