'Cure Cancer' quacks now harrassing witnesses
In May, the Federal Court made a default judgment against Nuera Health Pty Ltd, a number of other 'Nuera' companies, as well as Paul Rana and his sons Christopher Rana, and Michael Rana -- Australian Competition and Consumer
Commission v Nuera Health Pty Ltd (In Liquidation) [2007] FCA 695.
The clan Rana and a number of companies involved with them had been engaging in what is probably one of the most contemptible examples of misleading and deceptive, unconscionable, and just plain odious conduct to come before the courts in Australia. The Ranas, through their companies, invented a 'system' of pseudo-medical quackery (including coffee enemas, colonic irrigation, vitamin treatments, fruit juice diets, devices called 'Zen-Chi Massagers', 'Zambroza with mangosteen' and Himalayan Goji juice) which they claimed could cure cancer.
They then sold their alleged 'system' to the families of people who were suffering terminal cancer for tens of thousands of dollars. At least four of their victims died before the court gave its judgment.
It now seems that the Ranas have been harassing the families of their victims who were witnesses against them in these proceedings. To quote Heery J in Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v Nuera Health Pty Ltd (No 2) [2007] FCA 1756:
The clan Rana and a number of companies involved with them had been engaging in what is probably one of the most contemptible examples of misleading and deceptive, unconscionable, and just plain odious conduct to come before the courts in Australia. The Ranas, through their companies, invented a 'system' of pseudo-medical quackery (including coffee enemas, colonic irrigation, vitamin treatments, fruit juice diets, devices called 'Zen-Chi Massagers', 'Zambroza with mangosteen' and Himalayan Goji juice) which they claimed could cure cancer.
They then sold their alleged 'system' to the families of people who were suffering terminal cancer for tens of thousands of dollars. At least four of their victims died before the court gave its judgment.
It now seems that the Ranas have been harassing the families of their victims who were witnesses against them in these proceedings. To quote Heery J in Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v Nuera Health Pty Ltd (No 2) [2007] FCA 1756:
Since [the earlier proceedings] the respondents have persistently harassed the witnesses by sending them strange documents couched in pseudo-legal medieval language, including demands for some $294 million. Understandably, this has caused great distress to the witnesses and has revived their tragic memories.Have these people no shame?
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