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Hi People. those of you new to skylines australia may not know the saga that has been going on with Steve Verrocchi.

the reason i bring this back up is that i have been trying to find a police officer that i can get in contact with. My local police here in mount gambier require the information off the detective in South Melton/Melbourne that has been dealing with the case. because even after years its been since all the trouble went down i am still to see even 1 cent or anything else. and even my car.

if anyone can help me with this information it will be very much appreciated.

here are pics of my stolen car to to jolt anyones memory and find out if they have seen it.

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I'm sorry I've missed the first part of the actual story I guess.

Someone stole your car, they got caught?

but the cop that caught him can't be contacted?

Police in another state asked YOU to go find the other cops details?

how about a story for those of us who doesn't know the whole story?

Who are you waiting for money from?

Why can't you find the number for Police HQ in Victoria and ask for contact details of the cop station where this other cop was supposed to be working?

my problem is that ive been dealing with my local police. i was given the detectives name i while ago from people that had been ripped off by steve. one person from sydney and a few from narracort here is SA but i cant get in contact with these people to double check the name as detective as the VIC police have not heard of this steven Vanluen... i was hopping to find someone that has delt with him as there was 20 or so people ripped off by this Mr. "scumbag" verrocchi

i do know that the cops never phically found my car.... as it was runoured from them that steve verrochhi would of sold the remains as scrap metal....... thats why i also asked had anyone seen my car.... and if so could they contact me and/or police

sorry if people feel im wasting there time but i know in that from being in the same possition im in now, trying every avenue, i would be one of the first to put my hand out as a helping hand.

Thank you.

my problem is that ive been dealing with my local police. i was given the detectives name i while ago from people that had been ripped off by steve. one person from sydney and a few from narracort here is SA but i cant get in contact with these people to double check the name as detective as the VIC police have not heard of this steven Vanluen... i was hopping to find someone that has delt with him as there was 20 or so people ripped off by this Mr. "scumbag" verrocchi

i do know that the cops never phically found my car.... as it was runoured from them that steve verrochhi would of sold the remains as scrap metal....... thats why i also asked had anyone seen my car.... and if so could they contact me and/or police

sorry if people feel im wasting there time but i know in that from being in the same possition im in now, trying every avenue, i would be one of the first to put my hand out as a helping hand.

Thank you.

No mate,

You don't waste our time but chance of us being able to do something about it is really hard. Just get as much information up as possible, someone might know. Best of luck.

Fellas, if your car was stolen and you're left in the shadows and asked to follow up shit yourself... how would you feel.

Mate - sorry to hear this... I would ring the Victorian policy HQ, speak to some high-brass officer and make this big as this is injustice...

Good luck tell us how you go... I know a few good lawyers... PM me and I will hook you up...

thanks people. had a few pms for a few people so it has paid off.... getting closer...and getting more information regarding other people that have been done by this guy aswell. yeah the only problem with lawyers here in mt gambier is that they want to treat it as a civil crime(f*ck knows why...). If i can push the police more and treat it as a organise act of crime i mite....(very slim chance) get criminal compo.

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On 31/10/2007 at 9:32 AM, Redback said:

Hi People. those of you new to skylines australia may not know the saga that has been going on with Steve Verrocchi.

the reason i bring this back up is that i have been trying to find a police officer that i can get in contact with. My local police here in mount gambier require the information off the detective in South Melton/Melbourne that has been dealing with the case. because even after years its been since all the trouble went down i am still to see even 1 cent or anything else. and even my car.

if anyone can help me with this information it will be very much appreciated.

here are pics of my stolen car to to jolt anyones memory and find out if they have seen it.

post-7002-1193783440_thumb.jpg

Hi Any chance u have his photo ? 

7 hours ago, Dorothy said:

Hi Any chance u have his photo ? 

Hi Dorothy, this is a very old topic (15 years) and a lot of these guys no longer frequent this site. You can try to message them individually in their profiles but thats about all you can do.

 

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