新加坡一名法官对交易商Radiant World声称客户欠其超过10亿美元的债务提出质疑，法院文件显示，法官援引了对该公司管理层涉嫌存在“欺诈行为模式”的担忧。
By Andrea Tan, Katharine Gemmell and Alfred Cang A Singapore judge has cast doubt on trader Radiant World’s claim that it is owed more than $1 billion from customers, citing concerns over an alleged “pattern of fraudulent conduct,” according to a court filing. Radiant World, battling demands from creditors, was placed under interim judicial management on Thursday, when the High Court appointed KPMG restructuring executives to take charge of the business. The decision, granting an application by Mizuho Bank Ltd., opens a new chapter in a saga that has gripped the global commodities industry.
Radiant World正面临债权人的追索，周四被置于临时司法管理之下，高等法院任命毕马威（KPMG）的重组高管接管该业务。这一决定批准了瑞穗银行（Mizuho Bank Ltd.）的申请，为这场牵动全球大宗商品行业的危机开启了新篇章。
In the ruling, judge Kristy Tan concluded the company was or was likely to become unable to pay its debts, according to a signed copy seen by Bloomberg. Tan added in the document that she placed “little weight” on the company’s claims it is owed $1 billion in trade receivables — currently, the lion’s share of its assets.
根据彭博社看到的一份签署副本，法官Kristy Tan在裁决中认定，该公司已经或很可能无力偿还债务。Tan在文件中补充称，她对该公司声称拥有10亿美元贸易应收账款的说法“未予重视”——目前，这部分应收账款占其资产的绝大部分。
“There is an urgent need for interim judicial managers to investigate the Company’s affairs in the light of the prima facie pattern of fraudulent conduct on the part of the Company’s management,” Tan wrote. “This is a case where a management timeout may actually serve to enhance and prevent the running down of the Company’s assets and business.” Read: Singapore Court Strips Control of Radiant World From Founder Radiant World has denied all wrongdoing. A spokesman did not immediately respond to requests for comment on Friday. Mizuho also did not immediately respond to Bloomberg queries. Mizuho’s lawyers from Shook Lin & Bok declined to comment. A Bloomberg analysis of corporate records and visits to counterparties’ed addresses had suggested that the vast majority was due from companies that said they owed Radiant nothing, firms closely related to Radiant itself, or obscure entities in the Middle East.
Tan写道：“鉴于该公司管理层存在初步证据显示的欺诈行为模式，迫切需要临时司法管理人调查公司事务。在这种情况下，管理层暂停履职实际上可能有助于增强并防止公司资产和业务的流失。”
Tan pointed to over $210 million in Radiant World said it was owed by Aspira Co Pte Ltd, Sapphire Minmetals Corporation Ltd and Quanterra International Ltd. — companies which she noted were related to Radiant World itself, raising questions “as to how accurate or realisable these assets may be.” The judge also rejected the company’s argument that a claim against Glencore Plc for about $2 billion should be regarded as a “realisable asset.” “It is pure speculation as to how the claim will fare and that it will be ‘resolved within 12 months,’” she wrote. Glencore has said that the claim against it is “meritless.”