Comments on: New Zealand Born Million Dollar Con Man featured in docu-drama

By: Dakota resident

Dakota resident — Mon, 04 May 2009 13:05:13 +0000

I encounterd this man as a resident of a building in Annandale, NSW, Australia. He was a bully who took us to court because he wanted to turn 2 penthouses into one giant unit in 2004/05 and we knew something smelt wrong. He was just about to get away with it when suddenly his lawyer stopped the action, citing a ‘change of circumstances’! It was only when we saw the story a few months later in the SMH paper that the reason was he was jailed in the US! He didn’t pass the sniff test from the outset (including threatening us if we took the matter to the papers) but rarely do people turn out to be as rotten as he is!

By: dean

dean — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 14:20:24 +0000

well derek is apealing his sentence with a very expensive solicitor paid for i feel by funds his lovely wife provided the solicitor whilst in hong kong as it presume it is a offence to take cash in the states

unfortunitly i feel he may win his appeal as there is precedence

amny way he will be sent back to nz where there may be many people looking to get some just rewards

his wife definitly knew ABOUT his lies as she was th eperson sihning some of his returns and sat next to him whilst he speeled out his storey so good try man-lin

By: he's a rip

he's a rip — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 13:07:44 +0000

Derek is an arrogant con man that ripped people of millions that walked around like he was God’s gift, while he thought he was highly religious. walking around all smug and living the high life, professing to be some kind of genius at trading: he’s a thief!! living the highlife, buying up real estate, fancy cars, flying private jets, and you say his wife knew nothing of it? rubbish! she was right there with him lapping up the high life too and disappeared quickly, trying to hoard all their stuff into shipping containers the day it went down to get it out of the bahamas, meanwhile the authorities found out and stopped it. i knew him for the years that he was in the bahamas, and once people saw beyond his facade they distanced themselves from him. and while he professed to be smart he was rude, arrogant, smug and all along ripping people off and spending their hard earned money ON HIMSELF! lying bastard even got more years slapped on his original plee bargain for lying, 20 years, people get less than that for murder! what does that tell you, you know how many lives he disrupted?? and I wouldn’t be surprised at all surprised that he ripped people for way more money that what was originally ripped and further has it stashed off for further enjoyment!

By: jd

jd — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 11:28:57 +0000

Was wondering if the doco was on the net anywhere missed it

By: K

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 07:22:54 +0000

I also knew Derek in The Bahamas and actually worked for him for a very short time during the WTC2002 campaign. The energy and charisma of the man was undeniable but there was also a definite negative feeling that surrounded him. I lasted less than a week with Turning International before quitting just to get the hell away.

By: Michael McCormick

Michael McCormick — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 18:44:38 +0000

I spent time with Mr. Turner while incarcerated at Terminal Island F.C.I. and he was quite an excellent fellow……….I know that he certainly helped me and many others during that period………….He is destined to regain his standing in the world of Financial Trading and the world at large……….You will see, and then perhaps a fitting follow-up docu-drama will be presented by TV3 !

By: nikki may

nikki may — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 17:32:03 +0000

One more thing- how is someone with mental illness help others to understand how they tick while rotting away in jail. His brilliant albiet criminal mind should be studied and used as Minko’s was. Why can Minko walk and Derek rot?

By: nikki may

nikki may — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 17:26:18 +0000

I also would like to see the documentary. How can someone in Canada get to veiw this movie from New Zealand?

By: nikki may

nikki may — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 17:25:06 +0000

I knew Derek and Man Lin (his wife) as personal friends. We were married in Bahmamas with them hosting the wedding.
Derek’s wife knew nothing of the scam and is a great ladie.
Derek was a good, fun, guy. He just has an illness.
I miss he and his wife.
N

By: more to the storey

more to the storey — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 09:00:49 +0000

hi there well as some of you may already know their is a lot more to the story

derek had his plee bargin retracted after we all submitted evidence to the fbi regarding money he had not disclosed

great thanks to the fbi whom were great in helping us at least get him put away for 20 years

if he ever turns up in nz please feel free to punch him in the face from hte nz investors whom have silently lost millions many have also lost all of hteir retirement and some their homes as a consequence