THE CLAIM - Legal Claims Summary

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THE CLAIM

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$305 MILLION RESTORATIVE CLAIM AGAINST THE CROWN OF NEW ZEALAND

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This document outlines the basis for a restorative claim against the Crown

of New Zealand for systematic failure to protect citizens from a coordinated

professional services fraud operation in Hawke's Bay.

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SECTION 1: SUMMARY OF CLAIM

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CLAIMANT

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Matthew Paul Jenssen and the Jenssen Family

On behalf of all victims of the Hawke's Bay Professional Services Cartel

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RESPONDENT

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The Crown of New Zealand

Acting through:

• Ministry of Justice
• Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (Companies Office)
• Department of Internal Affairs (Charities, Gaming)
• Te Kooti Whenua Māori (Māori Land Court)
• Serious Fraud Office
• New Zealand Law Society
• Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand

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CLAIM VALUE

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$305,000,000 (Three Hundred and Five Million New Zealand Dollars)

Comprising:

• Direct asset losses across all victims
• Lost income over 40+ years
• Compound interest on stolen assets
• Punitive damages for Crown negligence
• Costs of investigation and legal action

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SECTION 2: BASIS OF CLAIM

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CROWN FAILURES

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The Crown of New Zealand failed to:

• PROTECT CITIZENS FROM PROFESSIONAL FRAUD

- Lawyers and accountants operated fraud schemes for decades

- Regulatory bodies failed to detect or prevent

- Gerald McKay operated for 24 years before conviction

- Same network continues to operate

• MAINTAIN INTEGRITY OF COMPANY REGISTRATION

- Fabricated identities registered as company directors

- "Jens Ryder Jenssen" identity used without real person's knowledge

- Companies Office accepted false information

- No verification of director identities

• PROTECT FISHING QUOTA RIGHTS

- QMS introduced without protecting existing fishers

- Court-awarded quota captured by fabricated identity

- Crown allowed quota consolidation by corporate interests

- Small fishers systematically stripped of rights

• PROTECT MĀORI LAND RIGHTS

- 1947 fraud by Judge Dykes never corrected

- Papa Winikerei application outstanding 8+ years

- Māori Land Court delays deny justice

- Crown complicit in ongoing dispossession

• PROTECT TRUST BENEFICIARIES

- Gaming trusts extracted by corrupt trustees

- Medical trusts show unexplained expenditure

- NIT network of 90+ shell companies unchallenged

- Trustee oversight completely failed

• INVESTIGATE AND PROSECUTE

- Only Gerald McKay convicted (one person)

- Network continues to operate

- SFO has not investigated broader scheme

- Law Society failed to detect pattern

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SPECIFIC CROWN FAILURES

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MINISTRY OF JUSTICE:

• Failed to ensure court judgments are enforced
• Jenssen won CA 313/91 but never received quota
• "Unreported" status hides details of case

COMPANIES OFFICE (MBIE):

• Accepted "Jens Ryder Jenssen" without verification
• Allowed same firm to use two names (Oldershaw/Gardiner Reaney)
• Failed to detect 90+ shell company network
• No action on conflict of interest (lawyer as shareholder)

DEPARTMENT OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS:

• Gaming trust fraud continued for years
• Charities register shows unexplained expenditure
• No investigation of PAMT $717,126 anomaly
• Infinity Foundation fraud only recently prosecuted

MĀORI LAND COURT:

• 1947 fraud never corrected
• 8+ year delay on Section 45 application
• Violates natural justice (NZ Bill of Rights Act s.27)
• Violates UNDRIP Articles 26-28

SERIOUS FRAUD OFFICE:

• Has not investigated broader network
• Only McKay prosecuted individually
• Pattern of fraud across multiple targets ignored
• Same professionals appear across all cases

NEW ZEALAND LAW SOCIETY:

• Failed to detect McKay for 24 years
• Failed to detect Lawrence Willis conflict of interest
• Failed to investigate Langley Twigg trust manipulation
• Self-regulation has failed

CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS:

• Failed to detect Oldershaw two-name trick
• Failed to investigate PAMT anomaly
• Failed to challenge NIT shell network
• Professional oversight absent

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SECTION 3: DAMAGES CALCULATION

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JENSSEN FAMILY LOSSES

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FISHING QUOTA VALUE:

• Orange roughy quota awarded 1991
• 43+ years of fishing rights (1991-2034+)
• Current ACE (Annual Catch Entitlement) value: ~$50,000/tonne
• Estimated annual value: $2-5 million
• Total over 43 years: $86-215 million
• Compound interest at 5%: Additional $50-100 million

ESTIMATED JENSSEN CLAIM: $150,000,000

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WINIKEREI FAMILY LOSSES

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MĀORI LAND VALUE:

• Mahia Peninsula land (1947-present)
• 77+ years of dispossession
• Land value appreciation
• Lost use and income
• Cultural and spiritual harm

ESTIMATED WINIKEREI CLAIM: $50,000,000

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GAMING TRUST BENEFICIARY LOSSES

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COMMUNITY LOSSES:

• Gaming revenue diverted from community purposes
• Fraudulent grants to connected parties
• Years of extraction

ESTIMATED GAMING CLAIM: $25,000,000

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MEDICAL TRUST BENEFICIARY LOSSES

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PAMT AND RELATED:

• $717,126 unexplained expenditure (2022 alone)
• Years of potential extraction
• Beneficiaries denied medical assistance

ESTIMATED MEDICAL CLAIM: $10,000,000

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AQUILINE INVESTOR LOSSES

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INVESTMENT LOSSES:

• $12.5 million to ANZ Bank
• Additional shareholder losses
• Connected entity losses

ESTIMATED AQUILINE CLAIM: $20,000,000

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NIT TRUST BENEFICIARY LOSSES

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TRUST EXTRACTION:

• 90+ trusts potentially affected
• Fees and mismanagement
• Years of extraction

ESTIMATED NIT CLAIM: $25,000,000

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PUNITIVE DAMAGES

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CROWN NEGLIGENCE:

• 40+ years of failure to protect
• Ongoing harm despite evidence
• Systemic regulatory failure

PUNITIVE DAMAGES: $25,000,000

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TOTAL CLAIM

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Jenssen Family: $150,000,000

Winikerei Family: $50,000,000

Gaming Beneficiaries: $25,000,000

Medical Beneficiaries: $10,000,000

Aquiline Investors: $20,000,000

NIT Beneficiaries: $25,000,000

Punitive Damages: $25,000,000

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TOTAL: $305,000,000

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SECTION 4: LEGAL BASIS

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CAUSES OF ACTION

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• BREACH OF STATUTORY DUTY

- Crown failed to enforce Companies Act

- Crown failed to enforce Lawyers and Conveyancers Act

- Crown failed to enforce Te Ture Whenua Māori Act

- Crown failed to enforce Gambling Act

• NEGLIGENCE

- Crown owed duty of care to citizens

- Crown breached duty through regulatory failure

- Citizens suffered foreseeable harm

- Causation established through documented losses

• BREACH OF TREATY OF WAITANGI

- Crown failed to protect Māori land rights

- Crown failed to correct 1947 fraud

- Crown delayed justice for 8+ years

- Violates principles of partnership and protection

• BREACH OF NZ BILL OF RIGHTS ACT

- Section 27: Right to natural justice

- 8-year delay on Winikerei application

- Denial of right to be heard

- Unreasonable delay

• BREACH OF UNDRIP

- Article 26: Right to lands

- Article 27: Right to fair process

- Article 28: Right to redress

- New Zealand endorsed UNDRIP

• UNJUST ENRICHMENT

- Crown benefited from QMS while fishers lost rights

- Crown collected taxes on fraudulently obtained assets

- Crown failed to return ill-gotten gains

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PRECEDENTS

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TREATY SETTLEMENTS:

• Crown has paid billions in Treaty settlements
• Acknowledges historical wrongs
• This case involves ongoing wrongs

LEAKY BUILDINGS:

• Crown contributed to resolution
• Acknowledged regulatory failure
• Similar pattern of professional negligence

ACC:

• Crown provides compensation for harm
• This is harm caused by Crown negligence
• Similar compensation principles apply

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SECTION 5: RELIEF SOUGHT

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MONETARY RELIEF

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• Compensation of $305,000,000 to victims
• Interest from date of each loss
• Costs of investigation and legal action
• Ongoing monitoring costs

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NON-MONETARY RELIEF

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• INVESTIGATION

- Full SFO investigation of the network

- All connected professionals investigated

- All connected companies audited

• PROSECUTION

- Criminal charges where evidence supports

- Professional discipline for all involved

- Asset forfeiture from perpetrators

• REGULATORY REFORM

- Mandatory identity verification for directors

- Prohibition on lawyers holding equity in client companies

- Enhanced trustee oversight

- Māori Land Court processing deadlines

• CORRECTION OF RECORDS

- "Jens Ryder Jenssen" companies investigated

- Papa Winikerei 1947 orders corrected

- All fraudulent registrations reviewed

• PUBLIC ACKNOWLEDGMENT

- Crown acknowledgment of failures

- Public record of the scheme

- Apology to victims

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SECTION 6: NEXT STEPS

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IMMEDIATE ACTIONS

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• FILE OIA REQUESTS

- Archives NZ: Deep Sea Fisheries records - DIA: Gaming trust records

- Charities Services: PAMT financials

- Māori Land Court: Papa Winikerei file

- SFO: Any existing investigations

- MBIE: Company registration records

- Waitangi Tribunal: Related claims

- LINZ: Property records

• ENGAGE LEGAL COUNSEL

- Identify law firm without conflicts

- Preferably outside Hawke's Bay

- Experience in Crown claims

• MEDIA ENGAGEMENT

- Document the case publicly

- Protect against suppression

- Build public pressure

• PARLIAMENTARY ENGAGEMENT

- Contact relevant MPs

- Request parliamentary inquiry

- Seek political support

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SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION

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This claim is supported by:

• THE_NETWORK.txt - identifies all perpetrators
• THE_MECHANISM.txt - explains how the scheme works
• THE_TARGETS.txt - documents all victims
• THE_EVIDENCE.txt - provides documentary proof
• Visual network diagrams
• Company records
• Court records
• Timeline analysis

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CONTACT

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Claimant: Matthew Paul Jenssen

Investigation: Omegabet Forensic Analysis

Date: December 2025

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END OF THE CLAIM

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