Dudley Quinlivan shuts his Twitter account as he seeks high net-worth 888 visa applicants from Malaysia
Queensland property spruiker veteran Dudley Quinlivan has shut down his Twitter account.
And he has closed his blog, which portrayed himself as an educator and philanthropist, to the public, saying: "This blog is open to invited readers only."
His social media foray commenced last November, seeking to suggest Quinlivan was "a well-established businessman based in Queensland, Australia."
He first tweeted in mid-November, crediting himself as "Australian property planner and developer, international finance consultant".
He tweeted under the Twitter handle dudleyquinlivan.
The social media outlets listed Quinlivan as the managing director of the Croftworth Group of Companies.
Property Observer understands he is now active seeking Asian clients in Malaysia who are keen to participate in the newly introduced high net-worth visa pathway offered since November 2012 through Australia's Business Innovation and Investment program.
Under the new permanent residency pathway, visa 888 migrants must indicate they have $5 million and intend to live in Australia 40 days a year for four years.
Last July the Southport, Queensland, riverfront abode of the thrice-bankrupted property marketing spruiker sold for $9.5 million under receivers' instructions.
Quinlivan shot to national attention when accused in Queensland Parliament as being involved in the late 1990s property marketeering scam where fly-in, fly-out interstaters were lured into paying out of line prices for Queensland properties.
Property consumer advocate Neil Jenman has described Quinlivan as one of Australia's most infamous real estate characters.
“During the 1990s and early 2000s, Quinlivan was deeply involved in the notorious Queensland two-tier marketing rackets,” Jenman’s website notes.
He was once denounced in Queensland's Parliament as the "King Con" of property marketeering schemes.
In 2011 Quinlivan was unsuccessful in applying to the High Court of Australia to lower his five-year company directorship disqualification. The disqualification runs until December 2015.
