He worked at mining firms like Newmont Mining, where he was director of business development, before joining Resource Capital in 2000, working out of its Denver office.

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It appointed the unit's operations head, Eko Budianto, to be its new overall director, and also hired Tony Redman of the mining giant Anglo American as a technical advisor.

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Mining magnate Ken Talbot, a director of Sundance and one of Australia's richest men, was among the victims, the company said.

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In 2003 he admitted to conducting 37 "wash trades, " where he was at the same time a buyer and seller of shares in companies in which he was a director, like War Eagle Mining.

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