{{leak
|country=United Arab Emirates
|title=Debai based Millennium Finance Corporation investimant bank still unethical and out of cash, Oct 2009
|summary=
These confidential bank documents from the investment bank MFC (Millennium Finance Corporation), suggest that the company is out of cash, among other matters. The documents give exact balance per division. This collection and background information form a follow up to our
[[Dubai_based_Millennium_Finance_Corporation_investment_bank_unethical_and_out_of_cash,_4_Aug_2009|previous leak]] on the MFC.

According to our source:

1.As of august 10th, MFC wasn't compliant with the regulatory capital requirement (as shown on the attached internal document). However the DFSA hasn't removed the company's licence as it would arm its shareholders reputation (Dubai Islamic Bank and KIPCO) which are linked to the Dubai Emirate's ruling family.

2.Sajid Barkat, Head of Administration, came back on duty in September despite his suspension by the Interim Management Committee in May 2009 due to the role he played in the letsbuyit.com fraud.

3.Following his takeover in August, Keba Keinde fired an additional dozen from the 25 people staff remaining. Staff was reported to be in excess of 60 in January 2009.

4.In addition to that, several employees have been suspended regarding an investigation about the Wikileaks online leak.

5.In the meantime each member of the management team is still paid more than USD 250,000 yearly of base salary (+ bonus), the highest salary bracket of the firm if we exclude the CEO position. Next to that, most of the cost rationalization measures they took consisted in low-wage support staff layoffs -with minimal severance package. See "compensation per employee" file.

6.Zana Masle the Head of HR has been fired by MFC in Q1-09 following an internal investigation regarding a DIFC visa fraud (she issued a visa to an unauthorized person under the company's sponsorship). Neither shareholders, the Regulator (DFSA) or her new employer have been informed by the CEO of these findings.

7.In March 2009, the management started a roadshow, which costs have been incurred to the company, to raise fresh funds in order to exit, Dubai Islamic Bank, one of the three major shareholders (see attached documents showing exit scenarios) and solve the out of cash situation. This action has been taken without informing the shareholders.

8.An investigation is being conducted by the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran's VEVAK agency regarding the advisory mandate given to MFC for the issuance of the 3rd mobile licence. Several bidders (including Etisalat and Zain) complained about irregularities during the process through their respective governments. The fee due to MFC is estimated to be over USD 30 million, which is far above the sector standards. It has been reported that MFC is responsible for the failure of the process, due to its internal issues and willingness to preserve the personal interests of the CEO and his AFA partners. The licence has been finally awarded to a local consortium while 5 international bidders were on track one year ago (link below).

9.The Office of Foreign Assets Control ("OFAC") of the US Department of the Treasury has been involved in the UAE Government's investigation.

US Securities & Exchange Commission case against KIPCO:
http://www.sec.gov/news/press/2009/2009-169.htm

US OFAC Iran sanctions webpage:
http://www.treas.gov/offices/enforcement/ofac/programs/iran/iran.shtml

Press articles related to the situation:
http://www.reuters.com/article/telcommunicationsServicesSector/idUSLJ5546320091019

Previous Wikileaks page:
http://wikileaks.org/wiki/Dubai_based_Millennium_Finance_Corporation_investment_bank_unethical_and_out_of_cash,_4_Aug_2009

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|organization=Millennium Finance Corporation
|organization_type=COM
|release_date=2009-11-4
|contents=
*[[leak:mfc-leak2-2009/SEC-case.pdf|SEC-case.pdf]]
*[[leak:mfc-leak2-2009/mfc-compensation-per-employee.pdf|mfc-compensation-per-employee.pdf]]
*[[leak:mfc-leak2-2009/mfc-income-statement.pdf|mfc-income-statement.pdf]]
*[[leak:mfc-leak2-2009/mfc-negative-cash-balance.pdf|mfc-negative-cash-balance.pdf]]
*[[leak:mfc-leak2-2009/mfc-rescue-scenario1.pdf|mfc-rescue-scenario1.pdf]]
*[[leak:mfc-leak2-2009/mfc-rescue-scenario2.pdf|mfc-rescue-scenario2.pdf]]
*[[leak:mfc-leak2-2009/the-national-article.pdf|the-national-article.pdf]]
}}