Steve Crow Stripped of Erotica Expo Venue

September 29, 2011 by Leave a Comment

PORN KING STEVE CROW told to look elswhere for Erotica Expo site – [marketing hardcore pornography] – Manukau Courier

First Steve Crow had to can his Rugby World Cup Boobs on Bikes Parade because no one wanted it, now the porn king is being stripped of the venue for his Erotica Lifestyles Expo.

After 12 years, Auckland’s ASB Showground will no longer play host the adult entertainment expo after a contract between the two parties ended.

“Their contract expired and we’re not renewing it. The show had seen better days and had dropped off in popularity,” ASB Showground’s chief executive Mark Frankham said.

Speaking at the Auckland Council’s culture arts and events forum on Tuesday, Auckland Agricultural, Pastoral and Industrial Shows Board chairman Dave Scott said the board, which owns the showground, had been trying for a long time to show Crow the door.

“It’s taken us several years to move him out legally and we’ve forgone a bit of income to do that,” he said. [Read more...]

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John M Carr, charity, 50 cal guns, tax, alpacas and porn IP connections

September 12, 2011 by Leave a Comment

The IP address 198.211.217.131 is managed by a Private Customer of TelWest Services, Austin, Texas – John Malcolm Carr CPA of San Antonio, Texas (see photo: http://www.carr.co.nz/images/jmc.jpg). This US citizen, who is sole director of two NZ registered hardcore porn companies – CVC Group Ltd and Eden Digital Ltd [Update: the latter in liquidation as of 22/11/11], as well as many other NZ companies, can be traced on the internet under his TelWest Code – Private Customer Code TW20f0F6YsujM. The I.P. address 198.211.217.131 has a DNS server address: 127.0.0.1#53

See: US-based critic of economy [John M Carr CPA] has lots more to say

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=154653

Linked to the IP address 198.211.217.131 is the domain name johnmcarr.com which curiously contains his ‘Curriculum Vitae’ - with its most recent entry dated 1 April 2006 recording his purchase of Brass Magazine NZ Ltd. However, over the five years since that date, his – no doubt prolific – business activities etc remain unnaccounted for! [The IP address for johnmcarr.com has now moved to 184.172.4.10 as at 22 April 2012]

Mr John M Carr’s personal website “Profile” claims: “He has a 200 acre farm in rural New Zealand, running to the ocean and 11 miles of white sand beaches [sic] and is being developed as an agri-forestry venture.”  However, the Overseas Investment Office has been unable to trace any evidence for such an acquisition by him or the companies he directs or has directed.

Mr John M Carr’s  tax/book-keeping consultancy domain names: bbs.co.nz and bbstax.com were until recently, also located at IP 198.211.217.131 Now they have moved to IP address 184.172.4.10 as at 22 April 2012.

Of interest to the Society are the number of domain names including Adult industry appellations such as: “NZXgirls.com”, “downunderescorts.com”, “hotkiwis.com” and “allaboutporn.com” that are also found at this same IP address 198.211.217.131 – domain names that are still owned by Mr John M Carr/Better Business Services, Inc. (John M Carr is principal and owner of BBS Inc). His on-line gun toting business – www.50calguns.com - owned by Carr Business Services, Inc is also located at this same IP address:

See. http://web.archive.org/web/20110129060526/http://50calguns.com/

29 January 2011

The domain name “pacificalpacas.com” is also registered with Godaddy.com by John Carr’s Better Business Services and is found at at IP 198.211.217.131 as well as an apparently  defunct charity bbscharities.org which provides tax free status to all charitable contributions from US donors (bbscharities.org has Domain ID: D107134495-LROR and Admin ID: CR36314243).

See: http://web.archive.org/web/20110625062642/http://bbscharities.org/

25 June 2011

[Update: The domain  name pacificalpacas.com has now moved to IP address 184.172.4.10 as at 22/04/12, along with Mr Carr's domain names bbs.co.nz bbstax.com and trampersfriend.co.nz. The latter is owned by his company PJ Digital Ltd].

A defunct US charity,  a 50 cal guns website, an alpaca fibre ‘export’ website and porn stars/escorts downunder websites may seem very strange and bizarre bed-fellows, but such is the broad vision of  this US-based investor. He has managed somehow to remain well under the radar while his hardcore porn business side-kick – now a banned company director – parades the ‘industry’ to the NZ public via “Boobs on Bikes” : pursuing personal titillation and profit (an advertised star of the forthcoming Boobs on Bikes/Erotica Lifestyles Expo is an import from John M Carr’s home city of San Antonio,  Texas). [Read more...]

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NZXescorts, banned company director and Truth Weekender Ltd

June 19, 2011 by Leave a Comment

On 5 June 2011 the NZ Herald reported that banned company director Steve Crow – recently convicted and sentenced in the Auckland District Court for breaching his banning order -  is now promoting a new web-based business: an escort agency (prostitution) - NZXescorts (Crow was sentenced and fined $5,000 plus court costs. He changed his plea to “guilty” after initially pleading “not guilty”).

However, the NZ Herald report did not note the fact that the NZXescorts website domain name, first registered on  21 March 2011, was listed by Crow’s close business associate and company director Dermott Malley, as being owned by a defunct company – Truth Publications Ltd  - a company which was struck off the Register of companies one month earlier – on 25 February 2011.  It was actually put into liquidation on 21 October 2009 and the auditor’s report showed it owed over $600,000 to creditors.  The registrant’s email was incorrectly recorded as dermott@truth.co.nz - (A defunct email – no longer valid – which Crow’s associate Dermott Malley used while he was a director of the now failed company).

The Domain Name Commission (DNC) was alerted to these errors by an alert NZ Herald reader who copied his correspondence to to the Registrar of Companies, whose decision last year had led to Mr Crow being banned as a director for four years – effective from 16 April 2010 . 

Following notification of the errors, the DNC contacted Mr Dermott Malley and subsequently the registrant’s identity for NZXescorts was changed on 16 June 2011 to “Truth Weekender Limited”. In addition the registrant’s contact email was upgraded/corrected to dermott@truthweekender.co.nz (Dermott Malley, along with John Andrew Pin, is currently one of the two directors of Truth Weekender Limited.).

The association between “Porn King” Steve Crow and Truth Weekender Ltd, which owns the domain name of the NZXescorts business, is abundantly clear.

 The NZ Herald article points out that Mr Crow intends to use his forthcoming “Boobs on Bikes” Auckland event to promote the new on-line escort business. [This will assist Mr Malley and his co-director John Andrew Pin, to promote their NZXescorts agency that is supported through The Truth Weekender].

The NZXescorts website states that the business is “part owned by Truth Weekend Limited, Skin Magazine, NZX Magazine, Erotica Lifestyles Expo and Vixen Direct”.  The latter three hardcore porn businesses are closely asociated with banned company director Mr Steve Crow while the first two Adult ‘entertainment’ businesses are closely linked to Mr Dermott Malley.

The NZXescorts website states: “… the opportunity [for prostitutes] to advertise not just here but also in New Zealand’s only dedicated weekly adult entertainment guide Truth Weekender/Skin Magazine”.

The close business associations between banned director Steve Crow and Dermott Malley in the porn industry/escort agency industry is very transparent on the public record.

The sex industry “skinescorts” agency website is owned by Multimedia Solutions Limited – a company directed by Dermott Malley, Matthew Horton and John Andrew Pin (All three were directors of the now defunct company  Truth Publications Limited). Skin Magazine is part of Truth Weekender.

For details on Multimedia Solutions Ltd and company links see:

http://www.spcs.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/Diagrams/Truth-Publications-Ltd-Diagram.pdf

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Porn: all in the family – an ‘industry’ not worth crowing about

June 13, 2011 by Leave a Comment

HWGA Company Ltd owns 40% of CVC Group Ltd which in turn owns the hardcore porn promoting company Eden Digital Ltd that was involved last year in the Boobs of Bikes city street events staged in Auckland and Hamilton.  Prior to being personally served a four year banning order by the Ministry of Economic Development on 14 May 2010 (effective from 16 April 2010), Mr Stephen (Steve) Peter Crow, was a director of all these three companies which are involved in the hardcore porn industry, as well directing four other companies that were put into liquidation.

On 26 May 2011, Steve Crow, currently a banned company director, used a company key for HWGA Company Ltd and went on line on the Companies Office website (www.companies.govt.nz) and entered his sister Leanne Marie Osborn of 9 Richmond Street, Fizroy, New Plymouth, as a 50% shareholder of the company. She is a director of the company, appointed on 15 May 2010, the day after her brother Steve resigned as director, following his receipt of the banning order. [Read more...]

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Steve Crow – Eden Digital Ltd and US porn sources

April 28, 2011 by Leave a Comment

The Dominion Post reports today:  “[Stephen Peter] Crow, who is desperate not to carry a conviction as it would bar him from entering the United States where much of his pornography is obtained: said “I plead not guilty” [before Judge Russell Johnson in the Auckland District Court yesterday].

Crow’s “not guilty” plea was entered in relation to the Ministry of Economic Development’s allegation that he breached a banning Order imposed on him by the Registrar of Companies (served personally on him on 14 May 2010), preventing him for four years under s. 385 of the Companies Act 1993 from directing, managing or promoting a company in Australasia.

The Ministry has highlighted Crow’s promotion and management last year, of  the NZ-based porn distribution company Eden Digital Ltd, now directed soley by John M Carr CPA, a San Antonio United States-based businessman and investor, as an example of Crow’s breach of the Order. (Mr John Malcolm Carr is owner, principal and registered agent of Better Business Services Inc. a US-registered corporation that owns a number of websites marketing and promoting hard core porn).

Crow told the Judge Russell Johnson yesterday that he would agree to plead guilty to the charge, but only if he was granted a “discharge without conviction” under s. 106 of the Sentencing Act 2002. The Judge naturally refused this ‘deal’ pointing out to Crow what most informed people already know, that such a discharge, if granted, is always conditional on the accused entering a guilty plea.

The Judge therefore declined the discharge application and indicated that if Crow pleaded guilty he would impose a fine. As noted, Crow refused to admit guilt and chose to enter a “not guilty” plea – forcing the matter to a defended hearing. This has been set down for three days commencing 12 September 2011.

If a person is convicted of a breach of s. 385 of the Act, a custodial sentence  of up to five years jail or a fine of up to $200,000 can be imposed by the Court.

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Porn magnate Steve Crow loses court battle – NZPA

April 27, 2011 by Leave a Comment

“Boobs on Bikes organiser Steve Crow had his application to be discharged without conviction for allegedly breaching a ban on managing companies thrown out in Auckland District Court today…….

[The charge relates to his alleged management of the hardcore porn distribution company Eden Digital Ltd which currently has John M Carr CPA, a San Antonio US-based businessman and investor, as its sole director. Prior to the four-year banning order imposed on Crow on 16 April 2010, Stephen (Steve) Peter Crow co-directed this company with John Malcolm Carr CPA and Shirish D Vagal].

“Judge Johnson indicated he would impose a fine should Crow plead guilty, but Crow said he wished to have a defended hearing.

“This has been scheduled for September 12 and expected to take three days.”

- NZPA – Full story link: 27 April 2011

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10721825

[Read more...]

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Steve Crow faces defended hearing over his alleged breach of banning order

April 27, 2011 by Leave a Comment

Stephen (Steve) Peter Crow represented himself when he appeared in Courtroon 11 of the Auckland District Court at 10 am this morning facing a charge under the Companies Act 1993, brought against him by the Ministry of Economic Development.

He was charged with acting as a company director while under a four year banning order imposed on him by the Registrar of Companies under s. 385 of the Companies Act – a ban that took effect on 16 April 2010. It is alleged that he breached the ban after he organised and led the 2010 “Boobs on Bikes” parade.

His former company Eden Digital Ltd, now directed by John M Carr CPA - a San Antonio US-based businessman and investor, was also named as an organiser of the porn promotion parade (which has always served to promote the Erotica Lifestyles Expo - run by Eden Digital Ltd – that is held a few days after the parade).

Crow told the court he was not a director of the pornography distribution company Eden Digital Ltd and he was part of the parade because of his experience with the “freedom of expression” event. (Eden Digital Ltd is fully owned by CVC Group Ltd, directed by John Malcolm Carr CPA).

Crow pleaded “not guilty” to the charge of breaching the banning order imposed under s. 385 of the Companies Act. A defended hearing is set for 12 September 2011.

See: Charge ‘attack on Boobs on Bikes’ [claims Steve Crow] by Ian Steward

“A prosecution of porn king Steve Crow is a veiled attempt to shut down his Boobs on Bikes parade, the pornographer has told a court.”

http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/4932200/Charge-attack-on-Boobs-on-Bikes [Read more...]

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Porn tycoon Steve Crow pleads not guilty – TV ONE NEWS – 5 April

April 6, 2011 by Leave a Comment

“Controversial businessman Steve [Stephen Peter] Crow has pleaded not guilty to a charge of breaching a ban on managing companies in court in Auckland this afternoon [April 5, 2011].

“The Ministry of Economic Development imposed the four-year ban last year, following the collapse of several companies linked to Crow, best known as the organiser of Auckland’s Boobs on Bikes parade.

“The ministry alleges Crow was involved in the management and promotion of Eden Digital Ltd, the company that runs several firms with links to the sex industry, including the annual Erotica expo, and adult entertainment company Vixen. [Eden Digital Ltd currently has only one listed director, John M Carr CPA, whose US-registered corporation Better Business Services, Inc owns the domain namesof a number of hard core porn websites].

“Crow says he is only a shareholder in Eden Digital. [However, based on the most recent Annual Return on the NZ Companies Office website, registered on 11 June 2010, ALL Eden Digital's shares (150,000) are owned by CVC Group Ltd directed by John Malcolm Carr CPA].

“An Auckland District Court judge today set a date for a full [defended] hearing in September [12, 13 and 14 September].” [Crow's indication of sentence hearing was set down for 27 April at 10 am at the Auckland District Court. This will be his last opportunity to plead guilty prior to the defended hearing].

Source: http://tvnz.co.nz/national-news/porn-tycoon-pleads-not-guilty-4102067

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Porn Company Connections and Directors John M. Carr and Steve Crow

October 16, 2010 by Leave a Comment

The Society’s December 2009 Newsletter (Issue 110), among other things, addressed the questions:

  • Who is funding the New Zealand porn industry linked to “porn entrepreneur”  and NZ “Porn King” Stephen (Steve) Peter Crow? (He is now a banned as a company director for four years – see below).
  • Who is company director John Malcolm Carr (see photo: http://www.carr.co.nz/images/jmc.jpg), an American citizen who is Principal of Carr Consulting P.A. (A Florida-based Professional Association) and who directs hardcore porn company Eden Digital Ltd and its mother company CVC Group Ltd? (Note: Steve Crow resigned as co-director of both companies on 15 May 2010, the day after he was served a 4-year banning order – see below).
  • Is there a porn money trail leading from the US to Godzone?
  • Why are unsecured creditors of four failed porn companies formerly directed by Steve Crow (two are currently still in liquidation), unable to be paid money owed them?
  • Why is the NZ porn industry so closely tied to John Malcolm Carr, director and owner of NZ-registered companies – Velocity Partners Ltd, First Virtual Deposit & Nominee Co. Ltd, PJ Digital Ltd and Shelf Company No 10 Ltd (The latter owns a 3 million dollar plus property at Pakiri Beach, Wellsford)?
  • Why has the National Enforcement Unit of the NZ Companies Office (NEU) and the Registrar’s Office been investigating company director Steve Crow and John M Carr and the companies they direct and/or own?
  • Why is the Overseas Investment Office currently investigating the purchase of a $3,000,000 “sensitive” coastal property at Pakiri Beach purchased on 4 October 2005 by the NZ registered company Shelf Company No 10 Ltd owned and directed by John M Carr CPA?

The companies schematic diagram below, updated on 25 June 2010,  is based on one taken from the Society’s December 2009 Newsletter (latest high definition version is available here in PDF format). Just two days after the Dec. Newsletter was published on our website Mr John M Carr changed all four company shareholdings – at the centre of the diagram – from “Cuchara Inc” (a defunct corporation name) to “Carr Consulting P.A.” and changed the shareholder’s address from 22588 Scenic Loop Rd, San Antonio,  TX 78230-2253, US to 14/31 Greenlane Road East, Remuera, Auckland 1050. Then on 20 April 2010, while under investigation by the NEU, he transferred all the shares of all four companies into his own name and recorded his  ”residential address” as Flat 14 Remuera Mews, 31 Greenlane East, Remuera, Auckland 1050. Checketts McKay Trustees Limited is the trustee for this property as well as 371 other properties throughout New Zealand. Charged with eight offences under the Financial Reporting Act 1993 brought against him by the Ministry of Economic Development, Mr John M Carr was summoned to appear before the Auckland District Court on 12 August 2010. Neither he nor his lawyer appeared and the case was adjourned at his lawyer’s request to 31 August. It was then adjourned again until 28 September. The case was then adjourned again and is now set down for 2.15 pm Friday 15 October 2010 in Courtroom 2. In the meantime on 2, 3 & 13 September, Mr Carr’s operations officer Deirdre Coker of Flat 14, 31 Green Lane, Remuera 1050 went on-line on the Companies Office website and changed Mr Carr’s residential address and his shareholder address where applicable, for all companies he directs and/or owns, to 289 Cornish Point Road, Cromwell 9384, New Zealand. On 13 September Mr Stuart Cairns, co-director of New Zealand Petroleum Exploration Ltd, changed Mr Carr’s residential address from the Remuera one to 289 Cromwell Point Rd, Cromwell 9384. On 14 September Mr John Frederick Commins, co-director with Mr Carr of IP Investors Ltd, did the same thing.

John Malcolm Carr NZ Companies & US Connection

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Steve Crow: Vixen Publications Ltd and Sidefx Ltd – face permanent removal

September 2, 2010 by Leave a Comment

Today the Registrar of Companies Mr Neville Harris has announced his intention to remove two companies formerly directed by banned director Steve Crow, from the Register under section 318(1)(b) of the Companies Act 1993 (see Company removal notices  www.companies.govt.nz). They were both involved in the hardcore pornography industry and are owned by CVC Group Ltd which is directed by a San Antonio Texas based certified public accountant (CPA), Mr John Malcolm Carr. [Read more...]

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