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No joke: jester's missing $33m
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Has everything in it been taken?
CompleteReviewed 10 Oct 2026
Reviewed. Everything in it that belongs in the tables has been taken.
What the document holds
SMH/AFP, 19 Feb 2004: Tonga Trust Fund settlement: around $1.2m in total, US$0.9-1m up front; $33m fund (1999), $25.4m lost in Millennium Asset Management, alleged $8m secret commissions; suit filed June 2002. Existing rows checked; total settlement and alleged commissions added.
What it supports
8 rows on this site come from this document. Each one opens with the page and the exact words.
Numbers (5)
- Balance of a CBI-related government accountCategory: Contingency fund33 million (currency not stated)1999 · Sydney Morning Herald 2004Reported by othersTonga · Passport and citizenship sales
- Losses of a CBI-financed fund25.4 million (currency not stated)to 2004-02 · Sydney Morning Herald 2004Reported by othersTonga · Passport and citizenship sales
- Losses of a CBI-financed fundCategory: Secret commissions alleged8 million (currency not stated)to 2004-02 · Sydney Morning Herald 2004ClaimTonga · Passport and citizenship sales
- Money recovered for a CBI-financed fundUSD 900,000–1,000,000Sydney Morning Herald 2004Reported by othersTonga · Passport and citizenship sales
- Money recovered for a CBI-financed fundCategory: Total settlement1.2 million (currency not stated)Sydney Morning Herald 2004Reported by othersTonga · Passport and citizenship sales
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What it covers Settlement of the San Francisco suit; $33m fund; $25.4m lost in Millennium Asset Management; $8m alleged commissions
Notes Australian paper running an AFP story. It gives the settlement as 'US$900,000 ($A1.14 million)', so bare '