Victim Account Timeline
Investigation document: Victim Account Timeline
VICTIM ACCOUNT TIMELINE - WHEN DID THEY JOIN MCKAY?
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Date: 29 December 2025
USER'S HYPOTHESIS:
The "victims" were inserted as conduits for extraction of Jenssen funds.
Their accounts were opened AFTER the Jenssen relationship was established.
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ROY C. EVANS LIMITED
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Company Number: 427591
NZBN: 9429039344410
Date Registered: MARCH 31, 1989
Status: Removed
Director: Roy Charles EVANS (appointed March 31, 1989)
Registered Office: C/- Robertson Bixley & Assoc, Papakura, Auckland
CRITICAL OBSERVATION:
- Company registered in PAPAKURA (Auckland), not Napier
- But Evans claimed to be McKay's "friend" and Napier client
- Why would a Papakura company use a Napier lawyer?
TIMELINE SIGNIFICANCE:
1985: McKay Hill founded
1986: QMS introduced (quota becomes valuable)
1987: Deep Sea II lost
1989: ROY C. EVANS LIMITED registered
The Evans company was registered AFTER:
- McKay founded his own firm (1985)
- The QMS made quota valuable (1986)
- Deep Sea II was lost (1987)
This timing is SUSPICIOUS:
- Evans joins McKay AFTER the extraction mechanism is in place
- Evans joins AFTER the Jenssen crisis begins
- Evans could be a CONDUIT, not a victim
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EVELYN EVANS - PERSONAL TIMELINE
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From court records:
- Evelyn and Roy "worked hard over 35 years" for retirement
- Roy suffered stroke in 2010
- Roy died February 2024, age 87 (born ~1937)
- Evelyn described McKay as her "friend"
If they worked 35 years for retirement:
- Assuming retirement age ~65
- Roy would have been working 1972-2007 approximately
- Their trust could have been established any time in this period
QUESTION: When did Evans FIRST become a McKay client?
- Before 1985 (at Dowling & Co)?
- After 1985 (at McKay Hill)?
- After 1989 (when company registered)?
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ANTHONY JOHNSTON - TIMELINE
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From obituary and court records:
- Anthony (Tony) Johnston died October 2023
- Wife Brenda (née Orbell) died June 2017
- Claimed $90,000 stolen from trust
- Still "waiting" for money in 2016
ORBELL CONNECTION:
Brenda Johnston née ORBELL
- The Orbell name may connect to other Hawke's Bay families
- Need to research Orbell family history
FUNERAL DETAILS:
- Both funerals at Napier Sailing Club, Ahuriri
- Funeral home: Beth Shan, 157 Georges Drive
GEOGRAPHIC NEXUS:
- Ahuriri = maritime/fishing community
- Georges Drive = network cluster area
- Connection to fishing industry?
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ANNE McALLISTER - THE ACCOUNT MANAGER
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From court records:
- Account manager at McKay Hill
- McKay blamed her for the deficit
- She testified AGAINST McKay at trial
- She told McKay about the deficit in 2009
QUESTIONS:
- When did Anne McAllister join McKay Hill?
- What was her background before joining?
- Did she come from a government agency?
- Was she inserted to facilitate the extraction?
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RICHARD HILL - THE PARTNER
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From Law Society records:
- Partner at McKay Hill until approximately 2006
- Struck off December 2017
- Sentenced to 8 months home detention
- Also convicted of trust account offenses
TIMELINE:
1985: McKay Hill founded (McKay and Hill as partners)
2006: Hill leaves partnership
2010: Firm collapses
2017: Hill struck off
Hill was partner during the KEY PERIOD (1985-2006):
- QMS introduction (1986)
- Deep Sea II loss (1987)
- Jenssen crisis period
- Early extraction phase
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PRELIMINARY TIMELINE RECONSTRUCTION
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1874: Carlile McLean & Co founded (establishment firm)
1950s: Jenssen brothers establish fishing business
→ Likely use established Napier law firm
1967: Gerald McKay starts at Dowling & Co→ May inherit Jenssen relationship
1985: McKay Hill founded
→ McKay takes clients from Dowling
→ Jenssens likely follow
→ EXTRACTION MECHANISM ESTABLISHED
1986: QMS introduced
→ Quota becomes valuable asset
→ MOTIVE CRYSTALLIZES
1987: Deep Sea II lost
→ Insurance? Quota implications?
→ CRISIS/OPPORTUNITY
1989: Roy C. Evans Limited registered
→ CONDUIT INSERTED?
2004: McKay becomes President of NZ Trustees Association
→ Peak of credibility
→ "Known as god"
2005-2010: Charged theft period
→ Extraction accelerates or exposed
2010: Firm collapses
→ Scheme unravels
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HYPOTHESIS REFINEMENT
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USER'S THEORY: Jenssens were the original clients, built McKay's reputation,
then "victims" were inserted as extraction conduits.
SUPPORTING EVIDENCE:
- McKay practiced from 1967 - Jenssens active from 1950s
- McKay Hill founded 1985 - just before QMS (1986)
- Evans company registered 1989 - AFTER the crisis began
- Evans described McKay as "friend" - insider relationship
- Evans knew about Ponzi structure ("interest from own account")
TIMELINE PATTERN:
- Jenssens = PRIMARY TARGET (established relationship)
- Evans, Johnston = CONDUITS (inserted later)
- Anne McAllister = FACILITATOR (account manager)
- Richard Hill = PARTNER/COVER (legitimacy)
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RESEARCH NEEDED
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- When did Evans FIRST open account with McKay?
- When did Johnston FIRST open account with McKay?
- When did Anne McAllister join McKay Hill?
- Jenssen trust/company records - when established?
- Dowling & Co client records - did Jenssens use them?
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ORBELL FAMILY - HAWKE'S BAY CONNECTIONS
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BRENDA JOHNSTON (née ORBELL):
- Wife of Anthony (Tony) Johnston
- Married "almost 50 years" (died 2017, so married ~1967)
- The Orbell name is established in Hawke's Bay
RICHARD ALLAN ORBELL (Dick):
- Died September 6, 2023, aged 83 (born ~1940)
- Lived in Taradale, Napier
- Attended Napier Boys High
- Apprenticeship at The Vulcan Foundry (industrial)
- Catholic family (St Thomas More Church)
- 19 grandchildren - large established family
ORBELL FAMILY IN HAWKE'S BAY:
- William Orbell born 12 Mar 2000 in Hawkes Bay Napier
- This suggests Orbells have been in Hawke's Bay for generations
SIGNIFICANCE:
The Orbell family is an ESTABLISHED Hawke's Bay family.
Brenda Orbell married Tony Johnston ~1967.
This is the SAME YEAR Gerald McKay started practicing law.
TIMELINE CONNECTION:
1967: McKay starts at Dowling & Co
1967: Brenda Orbell marries Tony Johnston
→ Did the Orbells use Dowling & Co?
→ Did Johnston become a McKay client through Orbell connection?
The Orbells may have been existing clients who brought Johnston into the network.