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 Escort Directory Launched Source: Story by Frances Morton. June 5, nzherald.co.nz One week after pleading guilty to directing a company while banned, porn magnate Steve Crow has announced a new business venture. [Crow is listed as a "disqualified director" on the Companies Office website www.companies.govt.nz - banned for four years under s. 385 of the Companies [...]
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 [...]
“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 [...]
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, an [...]
American Director misses Court date – by Michael Field – Stuff News. 12/08/2010 An American company director facing eight charges under the Financial Reporting Act failed to appear in the Auckland District Court yesterday [11 August] The charges were laid by the Ministry of Economic Development (MED) enforcement unit against John Malcolm Carr, whose date [...]
Section 385 of the Companies Act 1993 empowers the Ministry of Economic Development to ban company directors for up to five years who have a history of unsuccessful ventures. David Bruce Crow of Inglewood is sole director of Buildwise Ltd (In Liq) and also directs 435 Devon Ltd which faces imminent strike off from the [...]
John Malcolm Carr is sole director of Eden Digital Ltd (formerly called Vixen TV Ltd) which imports and distributes hardcore pornography sleaze publications into New Zealand. His former co-director Stephen (Steve) Peter Crow was recently banned for four years from being a company director, or being involved in the management or promotion of a company, [...]
3News Nightline Video “PORN TYCOON STRIPPED BARE” http://www.scoop.co.nz/multimedia/tv/business/36411.html Stephen (Steve) Peter Crow. Source: TV3 News – Nightline 19/03/2010
Erotica Expo unlikely for Claudelands Arena – Hamilton
Jumpy city councillors appear unlikely to back a plan to bring a sex expo to Hamilton’s Claudelands Arena in March. That’s despite the facility facing a loss of up to $1.7 million in its first year, and the recent formation of a working group to pare down its budgets and muster custom. Expo promoters Esprit [...]