Newcastle fraudster's tall tale of dealing in the black market diamond trade

Donna Page
Updated August 12 2017 - 4:26pm, first published 6:00am
FICTION OR FACT: Newcastle fraudster Lemuel Page claims he spent millions buying precious pink and white diamonds from a gang of Russians he met in a Sydney nightclub.
FICTION OR FACT: Newcastle fraudster Lemuel Page claims he spent millions buying precious pink and white diamonds from a gang of Russians he met in a Sydney nightclub.

IT’S the court document that mirrors the plot of a wacky crime novel about the deeds of a Newcastle developer and his orthodontist buddy bluffing their way through the international black market in smuggled diamonds.

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Donna Page

Donna Page

Investigative journalist at the Newcastle Herald

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