Dear Valued Supporters,
Following my last four updates with the following headings and dates I am providing the final part of my letter dated 18 September 2010 to Mr Ahmed Fahour-former MD and Group CEO of Australia Post today. Without my knowledge this letter was marked NFA (No Further Action) by Mr. Geoff Williams-Board & Shareholder Liaison who worked under the leadership of Mr. Fahour. It was released to me under the FOI Act by another Federal government agency.
My above-mentioned letter was a comprehensive response to the Review conducted on my ID theft matter by Australia Post. This review was conducted Four Years after the matter remained unresolved. It is still unresolved. The review was dated 22 June 2010. Now it is over SIXTEEN years and still the cover ups have not ended. Numerous Australia Post officials involved in this matter have left their jobs. They were high-ranking officials. Mr. Fahour and Ms. Holgate are among those that have left.
For all those new to my petition to Ms Christine Holgate-former MD and Group CEO of Australia Post please just type in Google “Petition Holgate Vasant” to see my petition with the title “Australia Post must never cover up IDENTITY THEFTS”.
I have used all the available democratic processes to get a resolution to my ID theft. The matter started in June 2006 and still unresolved. The cancer of cover ups has spread to many places. The decision makers have breached their own rules, service charters, moral and ethical responsibilities, legal responsibilities, corruption and crimes reporting responsibilities and so on.
I want the people of Australia to read my letter to Mr. Fahour that he failed to respond to. He dismally failed to stand up against the corruption and cover ups initiated by Australia Post officials. He failed to provide me with the documents involved in this matter. He failed to address the fact that I was provided with many falsified documents under the FOI Act. by Australia Post officials. He failed to make arrangements to release my mail that is hidden from me from June 2006. It was an envelope addressed to me with a cheque inside. It is still hidden and not delivered.
The following four updates speak volumes just like numerous other updates. No one has investigated why Mr. Fahour, Ms. Holgate and numerous other Australia Post officials left their long term and highly paid jobs. The media has not shown any courage to expose documented corruption and cover ups in this matter so far.
Last four PETITION UPDATES:
Mr. Fahour, it is my goal to prove that you are a National Disgrace. Exposing you is important.
JUL 30, 2022
Mr. Fahour, do you believe you have obeyed the laws of Australia while leading Australia Post?
AUG 6, 2022
Mr Fahour, please explain the secrecy behind the suicide of Mr Bob Croxford - my Contact Person.
AUG 13, 2022
Mr. Fahour, your dark side must be exposed. Why did you leave Australia Post?
AUG 27, 2022
The following is the final part of my Forty-two pages letter to Mr. Fahour. The review conducted was completely flawed. This is why my response is comprehensive.
CSG NSW Action continues as follows:
Given the involvement of the active passport number used in this matter, it is the intention of CSG NSW to refer the matter to Australian Federal Police (AFP) along with subscriber details of the mobile phone numbers. Any decision as to what action (if any) the AFP intend to take is the matter for their determination but CSG NSW will extend its usual courtesy in such matters and provide assistance to AFP if/when required.
My Comment:
This further confirms that the CSG NSW has lost all their credibility to deal with anything in relation to this matter. This review has consistently shown how CSG has limited powers, limited role, no much jurisdiction and such matters can only be investigated by the relevant Commonwealth or State law enforcement authority. Despite this the CSG NSW still only has INTENTION to refer the matter to AFP. The question is why there is such a INTENTION now? It will be extremely wrong to provide the AFP with the material that I believe is a FABRICATED material in relation to this matter. I very strongly believe that everyone involved in this matter could be aware that the documents that the CSG is referring as those involved in the subject redirection are not the documents involved in the REAL CRIME/FRAUD. I believe that this review has failed completely in showing honesty, integrity, transparency, moral and ethical standards and above all willingness to tell me the TRUTH. I believe it was the responsibility of CSG NSW to report this matter to both AFP and the NSW Police Force as the matter was falling in the jurisdiction of both these law enforcement authorities and it is highly likely that they either did report or had intention to report immediately after the crime/fraud was brought to the attention to CSG NSW.
What followed after the REAL CRIME/FRAUD was brought to the attention of CSG NSW is the matter of great concern to my entire family. Therefore, I am requesting you for the third time to inform me and provide me with all the documents requested immediately to resolve this matter by using your authority.
This Review dated 22 June 2010 done by Australia Post has encouraged me to take this matter out of the jurisdiction of Australia Post if necessary if my letters are not responded to by you or the person who has the delegated authority to respond on your behalf comprehensively to each and every point and question raised.
The Review has made the following CONCLUSION:
This is not an issue concerning the thoroughness of any CSG investigation, but rather whether CSG NSW took all reasonable available and necessary action (to the extent of their capability and powers) on referral of the matter to them in the first instance.
My Comment:
CSG NSW had no option than to report the matter to AFP and NSW Police Force IMMEDIATELY due to the involvement of INDONESIAN PASSPORT on my name which was obviously obtained fraudulently. Secondly this passport was used to commit another crime of Redirection of my mail to Haymarket PostShop that included all my family members without our consent. As per the conditions on the Application to Redirect Mail this was a criminal offence. Thirdly a PO Box was opened using the Indonesian passport on my name without my or my family’s consent in Haymarket PostShop to receive mail coming on my name.
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Can you please provide me with the names of anyone from CSG NSW/CSG Headquarters who is/are suggesting that as the mail was diverted from 38 Randolph Street and not xx Randolph Street, where I live with my family, no offence is created against me? Note: My name was used on the applications and the fraudulently obtained Indonesian Passport. As per their own admission in this Review CSG NSW had limited capability and powers in dealing with this matter therefore there is no question of thoroughness of CSG investigation at all. The matter was for the AFP and NSW Police Force to decide. I have serious concerns about the truthfulness of the limitations of powers the CSG has especially when they were directed by Passport Fraud section of Sydney office to enquire with the Indonesian Embassy about the validity of the Indonesian passport on my name. This means CSG NSW could have powers to get answers from Indonesian Embassy as appears in the emails released to me under FOI act.
The CONCLUSION further states as follows:
In this regard, it was rightfully assessed by CSG NSW, on referral of the matter to them from Alexandria DF, that no offence had been committed against the complainant in relation to the lodgement of the subject redirection. Given the nature of the matter therefore, CSG NSW determined that the best course of action was to cancel the subject redirection and inform the complainant that should he have any concerns he should report the matter to NSW police and CSG would provide police with any assistance they required.
My Comment:
Once again, the subject redirection was not the one that was brought to my attention in the presence of my sons and also during the telephone conversations by ADF officials Mr. Steve Gabell and Ms. Roslyn. The use of Indonesian Passport on my name, that was obviously fraudulently obtained, to redirect mail coming to my name and on the names of everyone in Vasant Wagh’s household was sufficient reason for the CSG NSW to report it to AFP and the NSW Police immediately as this Indonesian passport could be used to commit other crimes and alerting the authorities around the world was probably the responsibility of Australian Law enforcement authorities. For CSG NSW to take the matter into their own hands is in my view suspicious and the involvement of each and every CSG NSW/CSG Headquarters official in this matter in my view needs thorough investigation. If they did their job efficiently, honestly, morally and ethically this matter had no reason to remain unresolved for over the past FOUR YEARS. The CSG NSW officials may have cancelled the subject redirection which in my view is the FABRICATED mail redirection. The admission that the PO Box K861 that related to this FABRICATED mail redirection at Haymarket PostShop was not cancelled by the same CSG NSW officials for almost TWO years (1 Year 10 Months and 23 days to be perfect) has in my view exposed the CSG officials in not carrying out their responsibilities with honesty and integrity. This FABRICATED mail redirection is the one that was lodged at Haymarket PostShop where the mail redirection was supposed to be up and running on 29 May 2006 as per the documents released to me under FOI act.
The REAL MAIL REDIRECTION that was not lodged at Haymarket PostShop was NOT cancelled by the CSG NSW officials. This action was taken by the Alexandria DF officials after establishing that this mail redirection and the opening of the PO Box on my name using Indonesian passport as photo ID was a fraud. The ENVELOPE addressed to 38 Randolph Street, Rosebery that the “POSTIE” took back to ADF and handed it to Mr. Steve Gabell with my Name on it and the application to Redirect Mail coming on my (Vasant Wagh’s) name with the same non-existent address, 38 Randolph Street, Rosebery was the confirmation that they did not add up as I did not apply for any such Redirection of mail and PO Box in Haymarket using Indonesian passport. The call made to the mobile phone number that was on the application to redirect mail further confirmed that this was a fraud and this mail redirection was instantly cancelled and this was reported by Mr. Steve Gabell to my son Nilesh on my home telephone number (02) xxxxxxxx using the ADF telephone number (02) 9207 7913.
The ADF officials, in my view, rightfully decided to hand over the matter to the “SECURITY” (CSG NSW) as it was well established by them that it was not in their authority to deal with this matter anymore as there was also a CHEQUE involved. I was asked if I was expecting any money by Mr. Steve Gabell to which I replied “NO”.
If there are any records on the CSG NSW files that suggest that the CSG official/s informed me that if I had any concerns, I should report the matter to NSW police then in my view that is a total FABRICATION. Please provide me with the name/s of CSG NSW official/s that informed me to report the matter to NSW police if I had any concerns along with the date, time and the method used to inform me to report the matter to NSW police.
The CONCLUSION further states as follows:
Confirmation of the cancellation of the subject redirection and the conclusion of the CSG NSW investigation was formally communicated to the complainant’s legal representative by way of letter dated 22/8/06.
My Comment:
The only letter received by my legal representative was dated 23 August 2000. This was a FALSE DATE. The claim here that the CSG NSW sent a letter to my legal representative (Mr. Vincent Pelosi) dated 22/8/06 is in my view FALSE.
There were numerous opportunities for the CSG NSW and Australia Post to correct this date (23 August 2000) if it was a typographical error. Please provide me with the copy of the letter by CSG NSW that is claimed to have been sent to my legal representative that was dated 22/8/06.
My legal representative was not provided with any documents despite his request for providing various documents in his letter dated 21 June 2006 to Mr. Don Kane Investigator. When the matter was concluded all the copies of the documents involved in the fraud/crime should have been provided to my legal representative or me so as to give us opportunity to decide what action we could take to find out the motive behind the obtaining of Indonesian passport on my name and also the motive of redirecting mail to Haymarket PostShop that was coming to my name and also the motive behind opening of a PO Box on my name fraudulently using the Indonesian passport as a Photo ID on my name.
The CONCLUSION further states as follows:
If there is a criticism of the action taken by CSG NSW in relation to this matter, it is that they failed to adequately communicate to the complainant, CSG’s limited role in, and power to investigate the matter such as to give rise to the expectation by the complainant that CSG NSW would be responsible for investigating the matter and keeping the complainant fully appraised of the progress of the investigation.
My Comment:
I had no previous experience in any matter such as this. I was informed by the ADF official Mr. Steve Gabell that the matter was beyond his authority and he cannot give me any documents as he has to hand over the documents and to put everything together and he has to do overtime as he was going to proceed on an extended leave shortly.
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The CSG NSW had limited role and power to investigate, as has been mentioned several times throughout this Review, why the serious issue of the INDONESIAN passport on my name was not discussed with me at length by the CSG officials?
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What was the role of CSG NSW and in what way they could have helped and assisted me in this matter as mentioned by Mr. Done Kane, Investigator?
Note: It was already established, before the matter was handed over to CSG NSW, that I did not apply for a Mail Redirection or opening of a PO Box at any time. On the contrary Mr. Don Kane, Investigator tried to obtain my Indian passport number when the passport involved in the criminal activity was the Indonesian passport. I questioned him the reason why he wanted my Indian passport number he could not come up with any answer. I continuously kept on requesting him to do his job properly as the Investigator as I started suspecting his conduct during the conversation when he denied the knowledge of the CHEQUE that was involved that Mr. Steve Gabell informed me was involved.
Mr. Don Kane, Investigator, did not respond to my solicitor’s letters and did not inform my solicitor that the letters that my solicitor wrote to him have been passed on to the corporate lawyer Mr. Steve Brotherson. My solicitor had to send reminders to Mr. Don Kane to respond. There was only one response to my solicitor’s letter dated 14 August 2006 from the acting team leader Paul Gardner which was absolutely inadequate and had a false date of 23 August 2000.
My solicitor’s letter dated 21 June 2006 to Mr. Don Kane Investigator has not been responded by anyone from CSG NSW, CSG Headquarters or any of the legal officer of Australia Post at all.
I am enclosing page No.55 of the Sunday Telegraph dated August 1, 2010 and request you to please let me know if the name Don Kane, President of the Warilla–Lake South Senior Rugby League Football Club Inc appearing here is the same person who was Investigator in my matters and if he was then please let me know if Australia Post has any involvement in this football club that allows Mr. Don Kane to use his Australia Post Email address in his football interests. I will have concerns that I may raise at the right time if this was the same person who told me that he was going to help me and that was his job and then did not bother to even contact me once after that call he made on 16 June 2006. It appears to me that the email address of Mr. Don Kane as appears here as don.kane@auspost.com.au relates to his Australia Post connection. If this is the same person and if he is still Australia Post employee/contractor/part- or full-time investigator in CSG NSW please let me know. I may have to raise my concerns directly with him and I want to know if this is his email address that I could use if I want to in relation to my unresolved matters that involved the use of Indonesian passport on my name of which Mr. Don Kane was made aware of by ADF on 15 and 16 June 2006. As Australian citizen, Australia Post customer and a tax payer am I entitled to know if this Don Kane who is the President of this Warilla-Lake South Gorillas Senior Rugby League Football Club Inc receives payment of any kind from Australia Post for his services of any kind to Australia Post? If he is then has he breached any code of conduct of Australia Post by publicly giving his Australia Post email address for his private interest if this club has nothing to do with Australia Post? Please find out for how long he is using this email address for this and other activities that may not have any benefit for Australia Post.
My life and that of my family members have been grossly affected as we have lost our freedom after it was disclosed to me by Australia Post about the existence of a Indonesian passport on my name. We do not know exactly who was involved in covering up the crimes and our normal life has derailed for all these years. If Mr. Don Kane knew who the criminals were then if it was not his responsibility to inform me about the names of those who were identified then in my view it was his responsibility to tell me whom could I approach for that information.
His silence and his signing of the Field receipt No. 01317 dated 16/6/06 along with Mr. Steve Gabell of ADF which in my view is a fabricated document needs to be thoroughly investigated. If he was doing his job with honesty and integrity, he should not have any problems to indicate to my solicitor at the time Mr. Vincent Pelosi of Pelosi and Associates that it was not his job to respond to my solicitor’s letters but was the job of Mr. Steve Brotherson, Corporate Lawyer and he has forwarded my solicitors letters to Mr. Steve Brotherson. In my view he lacked honesty, integrity and may have breached his obligations as an investigator in the matters that has affected my entire family for all these years. In my opinion his conduct needs to be thoroughly investigated as the matter has still remained unresolved as the documents involved in the crimes have not been given to me by Australia Post so that I can decide what actions I may take.
The CONCLUSION further states as follows:
Not withstanding CSG’s limited role in, and powers to investigate this matter, CSG NSW have nevertheless conducted fresh inquiries in relation to the passport numbers and mobile phone numbers provided in the subject redirection and PO Box application as a result of the complainant’s recent communication to Australia Post.
My Comment:
The CSG NSW/CSG Headquarters and ADF in my view, are in the possession of all the documents or the copies of all the document that were involved in the Real Criminal activities. I believe the crime was identified and the people involved were also identified by NSW CSG even before Mr. Don Kane, Investigator called me on 16 June 2006. If the crime was not identified and if there was no intention of hiding the truth from me, I expected the CSG NSW to help and assist me and also find out if any information from me could assist to them to solve the crime. Nothing of this happened. In my opinion, I have been kept in the dark by Australia Post of their knowledge of the crimes for more than four years as CSG NSW has never ever, I repeat, never ever asked me to raise my concerns with any of the law enforcement authorities at any time over this entire period.
The absolute silence by the CSG NSW has raised serious questions about their honesty and integrity. Why did CSG NSW need to conduct fresh inquiries in relation to the passport numbers and mobile numbers provided in the subject redirection after four years? Australia Post may have spent enormous amount of money for all these years in branding my sincere and honest effort to obtain documents involved in the crime as frivolous and vexatious. I have serious concerns that this Review has failed to provide me with any documents that were involved in the real criminal/fraudulent activities. These CSG officials in NSW, in my view, have shown lack of responsibility, honesty and integrity in dealing with this matter. Their constant reference to the documents that are referred to as the documents involved in subject redirection which in my view have been fabricated by someone to cover up the real crimes have raised serious concerns about the role and credibility of all those involved in this matter. In your role as the Managing Director of Australia Post, if the matter is brought to your attention that has remained unresolved for over Four Years, I believe it will be considered as your prime responsibility to resolve it immediately without any further delay. It appears from the contents of the review that my confidential material which was for your exclusive use or the use of the person delegated authority to respond on your behalf has leaked to the CSG NSW. I do not think this is appropriate. CSG NSW has in my view not made a single attempt to resolve this matter. In fact, this review has further consolidated my belief that the documents that CSG NSW are constantly referring to are the Fabricated documents because none of the stories put forward by CSG NSW are adding up at all.
The CONCLUSION further states:
While these fresh inquires have not disclosed any association with the name Vasant Wagh of xx Randolph Street, they have disclosed the possible misuse of an active passport number such as to warrant referral by CSG NSW of the matter to the AFP.
My Comment:
If the CSG NSW have these documents in their possession for the past four years why they find it necessary to refer the matter to AFP now? Is this not the admission of their failure to do their job four years ago? If the fresh inquiries have not disclosed any association with the name Vasant Wagh of xx Randolph Street, is there any other Vasant Wagh living in any of the Randolph Streets anywhere in Australia?
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CSG NSW has failed to disclose which passport number is active and which is inactive. If the active passport is not on the name of Vasant Wagh, then how was it accepted as a Photo ID on the name of Vasant Wagh by Australia Post? What about the inactive passport? Was it on the name of Vasant Wagh? Was it originally a passport issued by the Indonesian Government? When did it become inactive? This was also accepted by Australia Post as the passport on Vasant Wagh’s name. When was this inactive passport confiscated? Who confiscated it? Who has the possession of this confiscated passport? Who was identified in using this passport for criminal purposes? Which law enforcement authorities are aware of this confiscated passport? If the passport is not confiscated what was the responsibility of Australia Post in that regard?
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Where is the Passport that was used as the Photo identification on the Mail redirection and PO Box opening forms that were not lodged at Haymarket Post Shop?
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What was the Indonesian Passport number on these forms that were not lodged at Haymarket PostShop?
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Was that passport issued by the Indonesian government on the name of Vasant Wagh?
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Who confiscated that passport? If not confiscated, is it still out there that could be used again for any fraudulent/criminal purpose?
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When were the Law enforcement authorities informed about the existence of a fraudulently obtained Indonesian passport on my name by Australia Post?
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Have you identified any Australia Post employees involved in covering up these crimes?
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Which department of Australia Post deals with investigating the suspected misconduct and corrupt conduct of the officials of CSG NSW and CSG Headquarters?
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I request you to refer to my FOI Review application dated 8 November 2006 and the unprecedented decision made by Mr. Andy Caprackas dated 21 December 2006. In this review decision you will realise the following expression is repeated numerous times.
Mr Raj Pavarajah advises that “I sent an email to Don Kane and (name deleted NFOI) both from Australia Post Corporate Security Group regarding this FOI request.(name deleted NFOI) and Don gave some documents to Steve Brotherson. Steve Brotherson gave me those documents. Those documents do not relate to this particular question. Therefore I mentioned “No document exists” in my reply”
My original FOI application was dated 7 September 2006 and Mr. Raj Pavarajah who may not even have any experience of dealing and making decisions in relation to FOI application was probably made acting FOI Co-ordinator for my FOI application. He made a decision that was not only unsatisfactory but he supplied the documents that are constantly referred in a recent Review by Mr. Bob Croxford dated 22 June 2010 which in my view are FABRICATED.
All the documents that were involved in the actual fraud and crime therefore were not released and to get around that the above expression was probably continuously repeated in the Review of my FOI application decision made by Mr. Andy Caprackas. This is my view. Anybody reading this unprecedented decision by Mr. Andy Caprackas will realise that this decision is extremely abnormal and despite having its own legal officers Australia Post hired services of external solicitor as the expertise of all the legal teams of NSW and Headquarters was probably not sufficient enough in not releasing the documents involved in the Real criminal activities. If this is true then I believe Australia Post has deviated from its stated values in a big way.
To show your openness and transparency I request you to obtain the telephone bill, if not already done so, that relates to the telephone number (02) 9207 7913 that belonged to Alexandria DF for all the calls made on 15 June 2006. This number was used by Mr. Steve Gabell to call my home number several times on 15 June 2006. The mobile telephone number called that was on the Application to Redirect Mail form that was NOT lodged at Haymarket Post office, which was before Mr. Steve Gabell at the time will be on this bill as the connected call. This will prove in no time that the applications referred in the Review by Mr. Bob Croxford are not the ones that were involved in the real crimes. The absolute resistance by Australia Post to provide me the copies of this telephone bill has raised serious questions that someone is trying to cover up the real criminal activities in which this mobile telephone number was used as the applicant’s contact number.
I am an ordinary person who is fighting for justice for me and my family for more than four years. In a democratic country such as Australia it is unacceptable to be denied natural justice. I have used many avenues and procedures so far that are made and implemented by the State and Commonwealth governments so that ordinary people get fair treatment and are not discriminated when they have become victims of fraud and crime. I am not yet successful in obtaining the documents involved in the real crimes. If there are government officials involved in covering up the crimes then those who have engaged in this type of conduct need to explain why they acted in the way that was unacceptable.
Mr. Steve Gabell in relation to this matter said he was at the bottom of the totem pole. He did not mention any names who were on the top of the totem pole and who were in-between on the totem pole. He was in my view was indirectly indicating that there were several senior officials above him that were involved in not allowing the releasing of the real documents involved in the crimes/fraud.
I have tried my best to give several opportunities to Australia Post to tell me the truth. If I am unsuccessful in my efforts to achieve this from Australia Post it will be inevitable for me to look at other options. If that happens then I may not be in a position to refer this matter to you as the highest authority of Australia Post in the future.
I hope you will do everything in your capacity to see that it is resolved in the jurisdiction of Australia Post. I wish to bring to your attention that you or Mr. Paul Burke have not properly responded to my letters dated 5 April 2010 and 8 August 2010. I have also not received a response from Mr. David Mortimer to my letter to him. Although this matter was a Security issue (CSG NSW/CSG Headquarters), I don’t believe it has remained that way any longer because as per CSG NSW the investigations are concluded. I do not expect you to direct me to the same people (CSG NSW/CSG Headquarters) who have in my opinion have lost all the credibility in dealing with this matter. In my view, the credibility is ZERO. In these circumstances the only person I would expect to respond to this letter is you as the highest authority of Australia Post or the person officially delegated authority to respond on your behalf. In this situation that person cannot be anyone from any CSG of Australia Post.
As this matter is known to Australia Post for a very long time and there is nothing much new that is requested in this letter I will wait for your comprehensive written response to this letter by 6 October 2010. If no communication is received from you by this time, I will consider that you are not going to respond and my efforts to resolve this matter could continue without any further reference to you. I am awaiting your prompt response.
Yours faithfully,
Vasant S. Wagh
Dear Supporters,
This was the end of my letter to Mr Fahour dated 18 September 2010. He remained silent after filing my letter and failed to tell me that he filed it after reading my response to the flawed review conducted under his leadership. My numerous letters to Mr. Fahour proved corruption, cover ups, dishonesty, breaches of Australia Post’s rules and even the very basic standards’ violations by many Australia Post officials.
This fight for justice and against the corruption and cover ups is unprecedented in the history of Australia Post. It will continue no matter how many employees involved leave Australia Post. Leaving the jobs does not excuse any involvement in the cover ups.
I challenge anyone in Australia Post to come forward and prove me wrong in what is presented so far in my petition and the updates.
I thank all my 41560 supporters that have signed my petition. The people power has all the potential to bring anyone to justice that has acted corruptly, dishonestly, unethically, unfairly, unreasonably, unjustly and unlawfully.
All those outside of Australia Post that have played a part in protecting Australia Post officials, despite their documented wrongdoings, could be named as well.
Please do not allow these cover ups to continue is my request to everyone in our country. The first step will be to sign this petition to support me and my family. It is that simple.
The successful conclusion will mean we move towards highest level corruption eradication in Australia. We start from Australia Post because we all own it.
This is a public interest matter because close to a million people are affected in Australia alone due to their identities compromised by the criminals each and every year.
Thanks again for your invaluable support.