ACCC freezes bank account of alleged international office supply scam.

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M2 PRESSWIRE-14 March 2005-ACCC: ACCC freezes bank account of alleged international office supply scam(C)1994-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:14032005 The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission last week obtained a Mareva* order from the Federal Court, to freeze the funds in L&L Supply Pty Limited's Australian bank account over an alleged office supply scam.

On 10 March 2005 the ACCC instituted legal proceedings against L&L Supply alleging it engaged in misleading and deceptive conduct and other contraventions of the Trade Practices Act 1974 in connection with the supply of packing tape. The ACCC alleges that L&L Supply has been operating an office supply 'scam' from two locations, Wickham in Newcastle, NSW and Miami, Florida, USA. The...