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The Age
15-07-2025
- Business
- The Age
McLaren-driving finance boss jailed over dishonest conduct
A man who ran a rogue trading scheme that borrowed money from underworld figures before it went bust will spend a year in jail after being convicted of dishonest conduct. Daniel Kirby was on Tuesday sentenced to two years and 11 months' jail over his role at Berndale Securities, which collapsed in 2019, on one count each of lying to his company's auditor, dishonest conduct as a company director and misuse of company funds. The corporate watchdog, which brought the charges, alleged Kirby had misused at least $1 million of client funds to fuel his lavish lifestyle of high-end cars and expensive holidays. The McLaren-driving former hotshot will spend a minimum of 12 months behind bars before being eligible for parole. His sentence is the first to be handed out under the new regime for white-collar criminals to be tried at the Federal Court, rather than at local courts. It marks a significant outcome for the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, which began its action against Berndale and its directors in 2018. His co-accused, Stavro D'Amore, whose social media pages are littered with photos of himself and underworld figures including Mick Gatto, has pleaded not guilty and awaits trial later this year. D'Amore was banned from working in financial services for six years in late 2018, but that ban lapsed in November last year. Loading Together D'Amore and Kirby ran Berndale, a trading house that before its collapse was the fourth-largest seller of high-risk financial gambling products known as 'contracts for difference' or 'foreign exchange trading'.
Sydney Morning Herald
15-07-2025
- Business
- Sydney Morning Herald
McLaren-driving finance boss jailed over dishonest conduct
A man who ran a rogue trading scheme that borrowed money from underworld figures before it went bust will spend a year in jail after being convicted of dishonest conduct. Daniel Kirby was on Tuesday sentenced to two years and 11 months' jail over his role at Berndale Securities, which collapsed in 2019, on one count each of lying to his company's auditor, dishonest conduct as a company director and misuse of company funds. The corporate watchdog, which brought the charges, alleged Kirby had misused at least $1 million of client funds to fuel his lavish lifestyle of high-end cars and expensive holidays. The McLaren-driving former hotshot will spend a minimum of 12 months behind bars before being eligible for parole. His sentence is the first to be handed out under the new regime for white-collar criminals to be tried at the Federal Court, rather than at local courts. It marks a significant outcome for the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, which began its action against Berndale and its directors in 2018. His co-accused, Stavro D'Amore, whose social media pages are littered with photos of himself and underworld figures including Mick Gatto, has pleaded not guilty and awaits trial later this year. D'Amore was banned from working in financial services for six years in late 2018, but that ban lapsed in November last year. Loading Together D'Amore and Kirby ran Berndale, a trading house that before its collapse was the fourth-largest seller of high-risk financial gambling products known as 'contracts for difference' or 'foreign exchange trading'.
Hypebeast
02-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Hypebeast
Who Decides War Returns to the Jordan Flight Court
Name:Who Decides War x Jordan Flight Court 'Muslin'Colorway:Coconut Milk/Varsity Red/MuslinSKU:HQ2958-100MSRP:$115 USDRelease Date:Summer 2025Where to Buy:Nike Ev BravadoandTela D'Amore'sco-founded label,Who Decides War, played an important role forJordan Brandby ushering in its newJordan Flight Courtsilhouette late last year. The two collaborated on ablack colorwayof the new lifestyle model, bringing attention to its initial rollout. Now, D'Amore has shared a preview of a second Who Decides War x Jordan Flight Court, unveiling a 'Muslin' version of the sneaker. Our first look at the model sees it sport many similar details to its predecessor. Off-white hues combines across the upper while special stitching has again been scattered throughout. Who Decides War's bullet logo is visible behind the semi-translucent heel overlay that hosts red Jumpman branding. Red 'The World Is Your Court' text is another revisited detail, hiding at the interior side of the tongue to complete this early preview. At the time of writing, neither Who Decides War nor Jordan Brand have confirmed when their 'Muslin' iteration of the Jordan Flight Court will be dropping. Stay tuned for updates, including official images of the kicks, as we currently expect them to arrive this summer via Nike SNKRS and select retailers at a starting price of $115 USD.
Boston Globe
02-05-2025
- Sport
- Boston Globe
Tappan Street, named after a road in Everett, had a real shot to win Saturday's Kentucky Derby, before this happened
But, oh, what it might have been for D'Amore and his Derby-dreaming horse, Tappan Street. D'Amore, a second-year law student who lives in the South End, is a grandson of the late Anthony Manganaro, proud Northeastern alum who grew up in Everett and in his later years founded Siena Farm, a highly regarded horse breeding operation in Paris, Ky. He also is part-owner of Tappan Street, a highly promising 3-year-old colt who D'Amore named after the street his grandfather grew up on. Until last weekend, Tappan Street, with two wins and a place in three starts this year, was slated to run in the Derby. Advertisement But horse racing being what horse racing is — a sport engineered to flip dreams into night terrors — Tappan Street fractured a leg late in his workout last Saturday at Churchill Downs. 'Not the phone call you want to wake up to,' noted D'Amore, who received word Sunday morning that Tappan Street would undergo surgery to repair a condylar fracture, a break in the cannon bone above the right front hoof. 'He worked out really well [on Saturday] — 5 furlongs in 59 [seconds] and change — and everything looked great. We were going in with a real shot. But … ' Advertisement But, yet again, horse racing, the centuries-old sport in which the closest thing to a certainty is the wager that something almost assuredly will go wrong. D'Amore knows that, having learned the sport's quirks and pitfalls at his grandfather's knee, a lesson that began with their visit together to a racetrack some 20 years ago. D'Amore hadn't yet begun grammar school. 'Kind of sums it up,' noted D'Amore, reflecting on the vagaries of the sport and the horse business at large. 'You just can't get too far ahead of yourself, ever. The horse doesn't know the plan, right? You can talk to him, tell him the plan, but he doesn't know. He never knows.' Tappan Street was projected to go off among a short list of favorites in the Kentucky Derby before breaking a bone above the right front hoof last Saturday. Andy Lyons/Getty So while Tappan Street on Saturday will be swishing his tail and blissfully munching on hay, after two surgical screws knitted together his fracture, D'Amore will be dotting around Churchill Downs with Manganaro's wisdom echoing in his head. 'Yeah, yeah, I'd think that he'd be laughing that I got my hopes up,' said a wistful D'Amore. 'He'd be saying, 'I taught you all this, don't ever get too excited too quick,' you know?' The road for Tappan Street, who'll be but a footnote during Saturday's broadcast, will be for his leg to mend in full, enabling him to resume workouts this summer. D'Amore is confident, based on post-surgical X-rays that show the fracture is no longer detectable, that his bay brown charger will be back in the game for a slate of high-stakes races in 2026. Advertisement Tappan Street then will be 4 years old, rendering him overage for the Derby, Preakness, and Belmont, the three jewels of the Triple Crown. However, once fully healed, noted a confident D'Amore, he has the talent to become a consistent winner. 'We think we have a good horse,' he said. 'We know we have a good horse.' Manganaro, who died in August 2023 at age 79, won the 2017 Derby with Always Dreaming. He dabbled in various parts of the horse world mostly as a hobby during most of his professional/working life. By D'Amore's telling, breeding and bloodlines fascinated his grandfather, who found himself one day in Paris, Ky., in 2007, staring at the 'For Sale' sign of a 175-acre cattle farm. 'And he said, 'I'll buy it!' ' said D'Amore, who earned an undergraduate degree in equine science at the University of Kentucky. 'That was it. He bought this rundown cattle farm, at the time 175 acres. He leveled it. Planted all new grass. Built two barns and a couple of houses. As time went on, he added more acres and a few more barns.' Thus grew Siena Farm, which was Manganaro's passion project through the remainder of his years. According to D'Amore, it was sold late last summer in order to settle his grandfather's estate. At Manganaro's urging, D'Amore a few years earlier opened up his own operation, Cold Press Racing, which exists in title here in Boston, albeit without barn and fences, or even horses. That day of green acres and white fences may come, said D'Amore, but for now he keeps his handful of steeds in stables up and down the East Coast. Advertisement Once securing his law degree, D'Amore intends to keep dabbling in the horse game ('It's my happy place, especially when I'm in Saratoga.') while hoping to build a career based in entertainment law. It could be something related to NIL (name, image, likeness) rights or the burgeoning sports gambling industry. He's not sure. He also hasn't fully dismissed the idea of following his grandfather's dream and slapping a Cold Press Racing above a bucolic ranch's front gate. A long shot? Sure. But thanks to his grandfather, he knows how to manage the sport's unpredictable turf and the odds around it. 'I think it's a wonderful game,' mused D'Amore, 'in the sense that you get to meet a lot of fascinating people who all share one common interest, and we all suck at it.' To that point, he added, 'No matter how much you put into it, the most you can [win] is 20 percent [of the time], and if so, you're still just breaking even, if you're lucky.' Best be prepared, too, for that day when the horse you thought had a shot to win the Kentucky Derby breaks a leg and never hears 'My Old Kentucky Home' as he is led to the starting gate. 'As a fan, I think it'll still be fun,' said D'Amore, envisioning how his Tappan-less Saturday will play out. 'I think, as an owner, it'll be a little sad. But it'll be, hey, I still get to enjoy a great day of racing.' Advertisement Kevin Paul Dupont can be reached at
