In the Interests of Fair Play, Not to Mention......

 Due Diligence - oh, that's right, no one did much of that, did they?

My abiding memory is the Fake Sheik, demanding to speak at a meeting to which he wasn't invited, insisted that his main concern would have been with the shareholders, if he could afford to buy, which he couldn't, even the gold xrings on his fingers didn't belong to him.  I've wronged him!  Due disclosure right there!

https://www.hastingsindependentpress.co.uk/articles/news/gulzar-eyes-6500-profit/

Friends of Hastings Pier (FoHP), the group seeking return of the landmark asset to community ownership, have been told by owner Sheikh Gulzar that he wants £4m for it. - 

6,500% Profit

HMRC wastes public money on private firm - CIPFA

R&C property contract failed to obtain ‘value for money’
Revenue and Customs has wasted more than £300m on a private sector contract to run two-thirds of its estate, according to a damning report by the National Audit Office...