Mack has set up business in Texas
Bankrupted former Wanganui businessman David Mack is believed to have
set up business again after moving out of Wanganui in 2009, leaving
behind a long trail of debt and angry people.
Mr Mack's new business is understood to be based in Texas, in the United States.
Judged
bankrupt in the Wanganui District Court in February last year, Mr Mack
did not appear at the hearing, but ignored a request by a judge to
settle his outstanding debt of thousands of dollars in Wanganui. Several
local businesses were owed money, among them Mickey's Super Liquor in
Puriri Street (owed $5000), Wanganui Security Services (owed several
thousand dollars), Wanganui Chronicle ($14,000) and Stellar Bar ($1500).
The Texan owner of a small internet and graphic design agency emailed the Wanganui Chronicle after "googling" David Mack.
The
woman, who did not want to be named, said she had a business dealing
with Mr Mack recently but had noticed "red flags" right away, "hence me
Googling him to learn more," she said.
The woman had worked on a small project to go together with a promotion run by Mr Mack to launch his new business.
"He paid in full but then his work could not be handed-off until it was paid in full," the woman said.
The
woman said she received a call from a bank a few weeks ago. "David Mack
had listed me as a credit reference. I told the bank he had paid me in
full, a whopping $450 for a small project, but we have never discussed
an arrangement for a line of credit. I would never extend this to
long-term, existing clients, much less a newbie client."
Kiwi-born Mr Mack had returned to New Zealand after failed business attempts in the United States.
According
to the National Business Review, in February 2005 Mr Mack had gone to
ground after his third business collapse left creditors out of pocket
and the Inland Revenue owed money. He came to Wanganui in early 2007 and
set up a marketing and advertising business, David Mack and Associates,
in Victoria Ave. Mr Mack was banned from all director/managerial roles
by the Ministry of Economic Development (Insolvency and Trustee Service)
from October 11, 2005 to October 11, 2008.
By Lin Ferguson