Created Fri 18th Jul 1:19am PDT by 
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will the us investigation into the Lowery families tax evasion lead to arrest
Current forecast: 19% chance 
Combining all predictions, the current forecast is that this is 19% likely to happen (unchanged in last 1 day)
There may be some confusion over the spelling of the name in this question...various sources have it spelled differently, but the question refers to Frank Lowry (Lowy, Lowery) the Australian billionaire who runs the Westfield Group, the world’s largest owner of shopping centers.
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Created Fri 18th Jul 1:19am PDT by curios
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score: 10
The Age 1 week ago
market with prescient timing for a monster rights issue at the peak of the cycle late last year, Frank Lowy's Westfield has reactivated his DRP. As the next four dividends are to be 50% underwritten, Westfield is raising up to $2 billion over the next
score: 10
The Age 2 weeks ago
to play, and formed a new band, Doc Neeson's Angels, with David Lowy, son of Westfield boss Frank Lowy, on rhythm guitar. Meanwhile, his former band mates continued to perform, now calling themselves the Original Angels. For a while, the two groups kept
score: 10
The Age 2 weeks ago
to play, and formed a new band, Doc Neeson's Angels, with David Lowy, son of Westfield boss Frank Lowy, on rhythm guitar. Meanwhile, his former band mates continued to perform, now calling themselves the Original Angels. For a while, the two groups kept
score: 10
The Australian 2 weeks ago
EXECUTIVE chairman of shopping centre developer Westfield Group, Frank Lowy, says he is confident that a new $4 billion-plus shopping centre in London can survive a global economic slowdown. Westfield London, the largest in-town retail complex in Europe,
score: 10
The Australian 2 weeks ago
THE executive chairman of shopping centre developer Westfield Group, Frank Lowy, says he is confident that a new $4 billion-plus shopping centre in London can survive a global economic slowdown. Westfield London, the largest in-town retail complex in
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Lowy Family Faces Tax-Shelter Probes
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121642655534166887.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
http://www.directorship.com/ubs-lgt-accused-of-tax-evasion
Frank Lowy AC (born 22 October 1930 in Fiľakovo (Hungarian: Fülek), Slovakia) is an Australian jewish businessman and the second richest person in Australia. He is known for his co-founding and continuing involvement with The Westfield Group, a retail giant that owns dozens of shopping centres in Australia, New Zealand, the United States and Great Britain.[1]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Lowy
So we're all talking about the same guy, just a lot of confusion even in the media about the spelling of his name...here's a bit more from the link provided by Curios
"The Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, prepared a 115 page report laying out how eight individuals used offshore accounts to avoid paying taxes, according to The New York Times.
Three of the eight under fire are Frank Lowry, the Australian billionaire who runs the Westfield Group, the world’s largest owner of shopping centers, Richard M. Chong, a venture capitalist, and Harvey Greenfield, the owner of the Commonwealth Toy and Novelty Company, which sells Beverly Hills Pups."
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