The company at the centre of an alleged $400 million fraud against Westpac is looking for new customers and spruiking its services following an emergency sale to the cousin of colourful football personality Bill Papas.
Forum Group, the employing entity for Mr Papas’s Forum Finance, was sold from administration last week to Mr Papas’ cousin Eric Constantinidis, who previously had no involvement in the business.
The Sydney-based Forum Group company, a part of the wider Forum empire that sells technology and other products to small businesses, has sent six emails to prospective clients over the past two weeks to drum up new business.
Forum Finance’s founder Bill Papas remains in Greece as his recently sold company continues to drum up new business. Credit:
The emails spruiking Forum’s businesses were sent at a time when the company was going through mass layoffs and staff say they were stressed and owed large sums of money.
The most recent email sent last Friday, obtained by The Age and Sydney Morning Herald, offers to conduct site visits to examine how Forum could assist prospective clients to embark on a “digital transformation” using cloud-based technology.
“I’d love to have one of our office solution experts come out to see you and talk about the challenges your business is facing and the ways in which Forum can help make your business better,” the email says.
“Do you have a spare 30 minutes in the next week or so to have a chat about upgrading your office? Look forward to hearing from you.”
Earlier emails share information about the rising threat of data breaches and importance of cyber security and link to blog articles published on the Forum Group website, some of which have since been removed.
Another email, sent on July 12, shared a glowing customer review from consulting firm Aston Advantage managing director Chantal Haskett who said Forum’s services had “drastically improved the efficiency of our business”.
