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‘Crocodile Dundee’ star seeks Swiss millions

"Crocodile Dundee" star Paul Hogan has taken legal action in a US court to recover $34 million held in a Swiss bank account which he alleges has been misappropriated, reports said Monday.

'Crocodile Dundee' star seeks Swiss millions
Paul Hogan: claiming money 'misappropriated' from Swiss bank. Photo: Scott Nelson/AFP/File

The Australian, who was catapulted to stardom by the success of the 1986 film about the laconic, knife-wielding crocodile hunter, says his once-trusted tax advisor has disappeared with the cash.
   
The Sydney Morning Herald reported that Californian district court 
documents allege Philip Egglishaw "absconded with or spent all" of Hogan's millions, in a filing by the actor's representative, Schuyler "Sky" Moore.
   
The money was held at the Corner Bank in Lausanne, run by the Geneva firm 
Strachans which was retained to arrange a series of offshore trusts dealing with his lucrative Crocodile Dundee earnings, The Australian newspaper said.
   
Egglishaw was a partner at the firm.

   
Last year Hogan confidentially settled an eight-year long dispute against 
the Australian Tax Office allegedly worth millions of dollars.
   
The authorities had been pursuing him and his collaborator John Cornell for 
more than A$150 million ($156 million) in allegedly unpaid taxes, penalties and interest stretching back to the 1980s.
   
Egglishaw was reportedly the mastermind behind the tax evasion scheme and 
an arrest warrant is current against him relating to these charges.
   
Hogan's US lawyer Craig Emanuel told the Herald: "For a variety of ethical 
reasons, I am not available to comment on your inquiries."
   
The actor's Australian lawyer, Andrew Robinson, declined to comment on the 
case to The Australian newspaper.

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Hear ye, here ye! This Swiss city is looking for a town crier

Can you carry a tune? Are you a night owl? If so, this job posting in Switzerland may be up right up your (cobblestone) alley. Here’s how you can submit an application for this… very high position.

Hear ye, here ye! This Swiss city is looking for a town crier
The hat and coat are optional for the job. Photo by Lausanne Tourisme

As far as unusual employment opportunities go, this one from Lausanne is — quite literally — tops.

The city, which employs one of Europe’s last remaining town criers, is looking for people to fill this position on part-time basis.

What’s a town crier?

In Lausanne’s case, it is a person who announces the hours every night between 10 pm and 2 am from the bell tower of the city’s imposing Gothic cathedral, a landmark overlooking the roofs of the picturesque Old Town.

The workplace: Lausanne Cathedral. Photo by Lausanne Tourisme

The person who will assume this position will continue a tradition that this city in the canton of Vaud has cherished since 1405.

These are the requirements for the job:

  • To watch over the city each night
  • Announce each hour on the hour between 10pm and 2am in a melodious voice (in French, but knowledge of foreign languages is a plus)
  • Be able to climb 53 stone steps to the cathedral’s bell tower
  • Not have a criminal record
  • No falling asleep on the job
  • Have a business apprenticeship certificate (we are not sure why)

This is 365-days-a-year job, but the new hire will share the position with other criers.

Interested? This is how you can apply.

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