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Sirius Open Source broke the law. This page documents and focuses on concrete examples.

Pensiongate

This scandal is an actual crime . But it took time to prove it.

Exploratory Phase

What It First Seemed Like

The Original Sirius ‘Open Source’ Pension Has Suddenly Vanished (personal site)

Sirius Open Source Seems to Have Done a Run on the Pension/Bank (personal site)

Pensions Looted or Gone ‘Missing’ (personal site)

Cover-up

Can't Have Your Pension Now (and Don't Even Talk to Us) (personal site)

NOW: Pensions, the Pension Provider Chosen by Sirius After the Previous Pension Vanished, Has a History of Breaches (personal site)

Is NOW: Pensions a Scam? (personal site)

Breakthrough at Last

Embezzlement Confirmed

Large Pension Provider in Great Britain Alleges That Sirius Didn't Deposit Workers' Pension Money in the Pension (Sirius Does Not Deny) (personal site)

Unearthing Crimes of Sirius ‘Open Source’ (personal site)

Audio: Sirius Never Paid the Pension Provider, Staff Was in Effect Defrauded (personal site)

Lack of Accountability

Standard Life Making False Promises About Cracking Down on Pension Fraud and Embezzlement (personal site)

Standard Life Has in Effect Legitimised Business Fraud (personal site)

Standard Life (Phoenix Group Holdings) Takes No Action on Fraud Report (Committed Using Standard Life's Name) (personal site)

Standard Life (Phoenix Group Holdings) Does Not Take Pension Fraud Seriously Enough (personal site)

Cautioning NOW: Pensions

NOW: Pensions Won't Let Me Have My Money, Fails to Apologise for Months of Lying (personal site)

Speaking to NOW: Pensions About a Corrupt Employer (personal site)

Enforcement Phase

Fraud Investigation

Holding Fake Open Source Accountable for Fraud (personal site)

Investigation of Sirius Open Source Formalised (personal site)

Accountability

Police Needs to Intervene in the Sirius 'Open Source' Scandal (personal site)

Pension Providers' Lack of Progress

NOW: Pensions and Standard Life (Phoenix Group Holdings) Not Progressing Fraud Investigations (personal site)

Former Sirius 'Open Source' Staff Shocked to Discover the Company Committed Fraud (personal site)

When Colleagues Become Aware

Exposing Sirius Corporation as a Corrupt Corporation (personal site)

Passive Management at Trust Administration Team

Can't Believe a Word NOW: Pensions Says (Even the Management of NOW: Pensions) (personal site)

NOW: Pensions Failing the Victims of Pension Fraud (personal site)

Pension Fraud Covered Up

Standard Life Profits From Facilitating Pension Fraud (personal site)

Confidence Issues

Financial Imbalance

NOW: Pensions Has Concerns About the Future (People's Plans May be Insolvent) (personal site)

Data Breaches

Severe IT Failure: NOW: Pensions Allowed the Sensitive Personal Details of 30,000 Customers to Leak Out Online (personal site)

Serious Misconduct

NOW: Pensions and the Missing 18,000,000 Pounds (personal site)

Chronic Lying

NOW: Pensions Trust Administration Team (Top Management) Gets Involved Amid Collapse of Sirius Corporation and Serious Embezzlement (Several Complaints, Several Victims) (personal site)

3 Months Later Still No Letters From NOW: Pensions (False Promises, Even From Managers) (personal site)

Stalling Ad Infinitum

NOW: Pensions and Standard Life Cannot Tackle Pension Fraud After 3+ Months (personal site)

Gaslighting People

NOW: Pensions Has NOTHING to Say About Lying to Clients (personal site)

Much Pressure Required

Letter From NOW: Pensions Regarding Misconduct and Theft at Sirius Open Source (personal site)

Facilitation by Rogue Pension Providers

Official Documentation

Standard Life Facilitated Fraud Against Free/Libre Software and GNU/Linux Technicians (personal site)

After the Accountant of Sirius ‘Open Source’ Left Many Workers Were Secretly Robbed for Many Years (personal site)

Legitimising the Scam

Advancing Towards Prosecution, Extradition, Arrest

The prime suspects .

Identifying the Ringleaders

Holding Sirius Corporation Criminally Accountable (personal site)

The Sidekick

Pursuing Justice

GNU/Linux Engineers Got Robbed by Sirius Open Source Limited (personal site)

Hand-Washing Theatre

Standard Life 'Investigated' Sirius Pension Fraud Without Even Collecting Any Evidence or Contacting Sirius (personal site)

"No Comment!"

Reporting Crime at Sirius Open Source (personal site)

More Victims Coming Out of the Woodwork

Victims of bullying, chronic lying, and bald-faced theft add credibility to everything claimed since the series started.

Sirius Open Source Pays the Price for Many Years of Criminal Behaviour (personal site)

The Shady Integrity Financial Management Ltd.

Integrity Financial Management Ltd. Also Helped Facilitate Fraud (personal site)

Wage Theft

Unpaid Contractors

Classic Example

Sirius 'Open Source' Does Not Pay Its Contractors (personal site)

SLAPP Tactics and Gaslighting

No Joking Matter

Pretending to be Poor

To the outside, Sirius management pretended to be very wealthy (luxury cars, very expensive home, overseas Disney trips), but to the staff the managers pretended to be tight.

Pretending to be Open

Sirius 'Open Source': Secrets, NDAs, Bullying, and Threats (personal site)

Gagging the Victims

Police Gets Involved

Crimes of Sirius Open Source Reported to the Police (personal site)

Action Fraud

One Week Later Still No Action by Action Fraud (personal site)

The Crimes Went Too Far, Police Doesn't Go Far Enough (So Far) (personal site)

Slow Action

Police Not Responding to Crime Reports From Victims of the Crime (10 Days and Counting) (personal site)

A Fortnight Passes, Police Silence

A Fortnight of Police Inaction Makes It Look like the British Government is on the Side of Serial Fraudsters (personal site)

Vanished (Hidden) Repositories of Cash Likely

Did the CEO prepare a golden parachute for himself?

Sirius Might be Hiding Money Abroad (Deep Debt in the UK) (personal site)

Untouchables or Just Slow Justice?

Sirius had many clients in the British government, so will they lift the rock above this rattlesnake?

Almost 3 Weeks Since Report Filed With UK ‘Action Fraud’ and Still No Sign of Action (personal site)

Inaction Fraud?

Over Three Weeks and Action Fraud is Missing in Action (MIA) (personal site)

Four Weeks of Waiting

'Action Fraud' Reinforces the Narrative That Says Cops Are Apathetic Towards White-Collar Crimes (personal site)

Priority or Not?

Protecting the Rich From Poor People's Crimes, Not Poor People From Rich People's Crimes (personal site)

No Answer

Action Fraud: Anybody Home or Just Bots? (personal site)

No Action, Either

Action Fraud (British Police) Batch-Processing Cases Without Actually Dealing With Them? (personal site)

Stunning New Admission by Police Chief

Courtroom as Last Resort (as Sirius is Broke)

The Next Step: Lawsuit Against Sirius or Standard Life? (personal site)

Report for Tax Fraud

The Next Stage Commences

As per advice given to us, we're also reporting this to the tax authorities.

How This Relates to the Police Report

There are now two ongoing cases.

Getting Sirius Managers Arrested Before They Dismantle the Company and Vanish (personal site)

One Week With Neither Feedback Nor Visible Progress

His Majesty's Revenue and Customs, or HMRC, Just a Web Site for the Peasants (Not Even a Reference Number Given When Fraud Reported) (personal site)

HMRC Fraud Reporting Tool Does Not Protect Privacy and Reporters Are Left With Neither Feedback Nor 'Receipt' (personal site)

Consequences Elsewhere?

Working Conditions at EPO Deteriorate and Staff Inquires About Pension Rights (EPO Staff Explores Taking Pension Money Away From the UK)]

HMRC: A Fortnight of Deafening Silence

As an associate explained to us: "It's quite possible and perhaps even likely that the HMRC inaction is because the scale of the fraud is far beyond just a single, tiny company like Sirius. You guys might have opened up quite can of worms, nationally, because there used to be international investors, even internationally."

His Majesty's Revenue and Customs, or HMRC, Engaging in Selective Enforcement That Protects the Government? (personal site)

Three Weeks of Deafening Silence and Inaction

His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) and Government Contractors That Cheat on Their Taxes While Robbing Their Staff (personal site)

Approaching a Month of Inaction

Escalation to Politicians

System Designed to Fail the Vulnerable

If the victims of crime only 'matter' if they're large businesses or very wealthy, well-connected individuals, constituents definitely must inform their public representatives.

Public Officials Informed of the Situation at Sirius 'Open Source' (personal site)

Possibly Broader Issue

Do Not Assume Pensions Are Safe, Especially When Managed by Mr. EPOTIF Benoît Battistelli and António Campinos (discussing Sirius in relation to EPO and EPOTIF)

Police Not Responding to the Government

Sirius 'Open Source' and a Lack of Accountability in the British System (personal site)

Absurd Impunity

British Government Not Investigating and Punishing for Crimes Committed by Its Contractors (personal site)

Sirius 'Open Source' Far Smaller Than It Wants People to Believe (personal site)

Chain of Liability Through Contracting/Outsourcing

British Government May Be Indirectly Liable for Fraud at Sirius 'Open Source' (personal site)

Six Months of Impunity

The justice system is so ineffective that it's taking so long and the police still ignores the crimes.

Looking Back at Crimes of Sirius 'Open Source', Aside From Moral Depravity (personal site)

Potential Conflict of Interest

To the cops, the fraud report concerns a contractor of their sponsor.

Government Contractors and Corporate Liability for Fraud (personal site)

4 weeks of complete silence from HMRC.

Time is Up: British Law Enforcement and Tax Collection Authorities Tolerate Crime by Government Contractor (personal site)

Video roundup of this matter:

Sirius 'Open Source' Contributed to Perceptions That Open Source is a Fraud and the Government Lets It Off the Hook (personal site)

A Month Without Response to Politicians

When British Authorities Effectively Protect High-Profile Criminals From Their Victims by Gaslighting, Time-wasting, and More (personal site)

One Month of Police Silence: Where is Accountability? (personal site)

Trail of Communications

After One Month, or Just Over a Month, Action Fraud (UK Police) Did Not Respond to My Member of Parliament (personal site)

Not a Case of 'Rotten Apples'

Seems I'm not alone at all.

Escalating Upwards to the British Government

City of London Police

It's Moving Upwards

Progress Noted

4 Actions Needed Now From City of London Police and Action Fraud (personal site)

Nothing Got Done

2 Weeks Later and the City of London Police Took No Action Against Fraudsters Who Defrauded Their Staff (People Who Had Worked on Computer Systems of the Met's Overlords)

Referral to the Economic Crime Victim Contact Unit (VCoA)

No Action Offered

Response to the Economic Crime Victim Contact Unit (VCoA) (personal site)

Not Even Responding

ECVCU Victim Contact is Failing Victims of Crime, Just Like Action Fraud (personal site)

Greater London Authority (London Municipality)

Pretence of Non-Existence

Are any of the victims important to Greater London Authority (London Municipality)? When the victims worked on its computer systems? Persona non grata?

Escalating to GLA (Greater London Authority) to See If It Can Compel Action Fraud to Take Action (personal site)

Two Weeks, No Response

The Police and Government Unable to Hold Themselves Accountable (personal site)

Intentionally Ignoring Victims (Who Worked for Them)

If you worked for GLA and got raped in the office, you'd expect GLA to do something about the matter. What about pension fraud?

London Municipality, or Greater London Authority (GLA), Does Not Protect Its Own Workers From Crimes Committed in the Workplace (personal site)

GLA Suffers Data Breach

On the Greater London Authority Data Breach With Sex Abuse Victims' Personal Details (personal site)

The Long History of Greater London Authority Data Protection Blunders (personal site)

Greater London Authority Fails to Meet GDPR Rules (personal site)

Forms for Reporting Data Breaches Exist to be Used and for Those Affected to Get Notified (personal site)

A Lack of Interest in Law Enforcement

Rules for thee and not for me.

National Level

National and International Cooperation May be Required

Chain of Responsibility

Down the Rabbit Hole of Sirius ‘Open Source’ and the British Government (personal site)

Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA) Still Sealed

The scandal runs further and deeper than the UK. Subpoenas and extradition may be needed at a later point.

Many Victims, Not Personal

Holding Criminals Who Robbed Me and My Colleagues Accountable (Without Losing Sight of Free Software Activism) (personal site)

Partners in Crime at Sirius Open Source (personal site)

Ignoring Early Signs You Work for a Liar (Who Might Lie to You Too) (personal site)

Going Cross-Atlantic

Still Pursuing Truth and Justice About Sirius ‘Open Source’ (personal site)

No Denial of the Crime

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