Tasmica

Mr Carrim was unable to appear due to hospital admission on 7 June but had no valid excuse for not responding to Regulation 10.6 notices regarding his companies' auditors and financial statements.

“He is not here today and we received a doctor's note yesterday that refers to his admission to hospital on the 7th of June... We are still waiting for Mr Carrim to tell us, for example, who the auditors of his companies are... there is nothing in the doctor's note that suggests his health conditions are of such an order that he has been unable to do that for two months... we are still waiting for Mr Carrim to furnish audited or even unaudited financial statements for three of his companies, Ziggy, Tasmica and Tameez...”

Mr Carrim treats his companies interchangeably despite them being legally distinct, with funds supposedly coming from Tameez rather than Ziggy, and repayments also made to Tameez, suggesting a blurred distinction in dealing with his entities.

“Mr Carrim himself seems to treat his companies basically either as the same entity as it were...It was Ziggy, but I think the money did not come from Ziggy. Yes, some of it came from Tameez. And also I think the payment back, was it not to Tameez as well? Even the payment was not to Ziggy but to Tameez...So it seems highly technical...Tameez is separate from Ziggy, Ziggy is separate from Tameez, and Tameez, or rather both of them are separate from Tasmica.”

The notice requiring the witness to personally provide a statement asked for the nature of his relationship with several individuals but does not mention dealings of his companies with Medicare or Tasmica.

“The notice at the relevant paragraphs asks Mr Suleiman Carrim personally to provide a statement ... There is no mention here of dealings of his many companies with anyone, let alone with Medicare”