We relied on Mr. Gillani's statement to the clients that he was represented by Mr. Apps, and then we made contact to find out that his retainer to Mr. Apps was with respect to that file and that Mr. Apps had deferred the litigation to Teplitsky, Colson.
That was significant, because during the meeting when Mr. Gillani was trying to sell these offshore companies to individual nominees for HD Retail, he was saying that they should buy an offshore corporation from him for $7,500 U.S. First of all, I knew that it costs $3,000 to establish an offshore corporation, not $7,500, so I knew he was looking to pocket $4,500 per company from each of these individuals.
He then tried to take his scheme a step further and suggested to everyone at the meeting that locally those offshore corporations were administered by Teplitsky, Colson. Now, Teplitsky, Colson is a litigation firm with no business office. It made about as much sense to me as going to a neurosurgeon for a vasectomy; they weren't compatible, but Mr. Gillani didn't know that I had that knowledge.