“Experts” and Professional Advisers – Alleged Abuse of Trust and Position
Throughout the course of raising concerns about large-scale corporate fraud and regulatory failure, I engaged a number of individuals presented as independent experts, advisers, or professional advocates. These individuals were paid substantial sums to assist with whistleblower disclosures, regulatory complaints, legal strategy, and professional remediation. Instead, evidence suggests they abused their positions, exploited inside knowledge, and acted in ways that materially advantaged the Butler family and their associates.
Key individuals include Ben Twoomey, Stephen Newman, Colin Parker, and Carmen Ridley, along with other associated advisers operating under the guise of “independent support”.
Pattern of Conduct
Across multiple engagements, a consistent pattern emerged:
False independence: Individuals held themselves out as acting solely in my interests, while failing to disclose material conflicts of interest, professional ties, or prior relationships with PKF, the Butler family, or related networks.
Exploitation of vulnerability: Advice was provided to pursue avenues that were known—or should reasonably have been known—to be futile, time-barred, or already compromised behind the scenes.
Monetisation of foreknowledge: These advisers are alleged to have profited from their awareness that complaints involving the Butler family, PKF Gold Coast, or connected entities were being systematically neutralised or protected within regulatory and judicial systems.
Strategic misdirection: Rather than advancing effective remedies, advice and reports were structured in ways that exposed me to procedural ambush, cost orders, reputational damage, and retaliatory findings.
Specific Concerns
Ben Twoomey is alleged to have leveraged insider knowledge of regulatory dynamics while charging for assistance that failed to disclose the extent of institutional protection enjoyed by the Butler network.
Stephen Newman, acting as a legal adviser, is alleged to have pursued conflicted strategies and failed to act in circumstances where professional independence was required.
Colin Parker is alleged to have concealed significant conflicts arising from his professional relationships with PKF Australia while presenting himself as an independent expert.
Carmen Ridley is alleged to have recommended advisers and courses of action that were compromised, while failing to disclose material connections and risks.
The Impact
The combined effect of this conduct was devastating. Rather than assisting in exposing fraud and protecting a whistleblower, these advisers allegedly:
Extracted fees while providing ineffective or harmful advice;
Contributed to procedural failures later weaponised against me;
Enabled the continuation of misconduct by delaying or derailing genuine scrutiny;
Assisted, directly or indirectly, in protecting those responsible from accountability.
Why This Matters
This conduct illustrates a broader systemic problem: the professionalisation of failure, where advisers profit from knowing that accountability mechanisms are broken. When “experts” exploit regulatory capture rather than challenge it, they become part of the harm.
This website documents these individuals not as a personal grievance, but as a warning: professional titles do not guarantee integrity, and when conflicts are concealed, they can be as damaging as the underlying fraud itself.
