I-Gemological Institute of America ukukhokhela uLazare Kaplan u-$15 million

Isinqumo, esikhishwe ngoSepthemba 2013, siqondisa i-GIA ukuthi idlulisele izigidi ezingu-15 zamaRandi ku-LKI ngesamba senkokhelo. I-LKI iphinde yavuma ukunikeza ilayisense ubuchwepheshe bokuqoshwa ku-GIA, lapho i-GIA izokhokha khona izinkokhelo ku-LKI kuze kube nguJulayi 31, 2016. Ngokwezibalo ze-LKI, izinkokhelo ngeke zibe ngaphezu kuka-10% wemali engenayo yenkampani.

Icala laqalwa emuva ngo-2006, lapho i-GIA kanye "nommangalelwa" wayo, i-PhotoScribe, bebekwe icala lokwephula ilungelo lobunikazi be-LKI lobuchwepheshe bokuqoshwa kwedayimane. Akwaziwa okwamanje ukuthi isinqumo se-GIA-LKI sithinte ukuqulwa kwecala ne-PhotoScribe, ephika ukuphulwa kwelungelo lobunikazi le-LKI.

Kusukela embikweni othunyelwe ku-Securities Commission, kuyacaca ukuthi i-LKI ayizange ixazulule zonke izinkinga zayo zomthetho: ukulalelwa kwecala phakathi kwe-LKI ne-Antwerp Diamond Bank kusaqhubeka.

Icala le-ADB kanye nokunye "ukungaqiniseki okukhulu kulimaza ikhono le-LKI lokuqhubeka nebhizinisi njengenjwayelo futhi ngaphandle kwemingcele, kanye nekhono lenkampani lokugcina kanye/noma lokukhulisa ukusebenza kwebhizinisi," kusho umbiko.

Konke lokhu "ukungaqiniseki" kuvimbele i-LKI ekushicileleni imiphumela yakamuva yezezimali. Inkampani ayizange inikeze izitatimende ezigcwele zezezimali kusukela ngo-2009, ngenxa yokuthi amasheya e-LKI akhishwa ohlwini lwe-NASDAQ stock exchange.

Ulwazi oluyizicucu kuphela mayelana nesimo sezimali se-LKI olutholakala emphakathini. Isibonelo, inkampani ibike ukuthi ukuthengiswa kwengqikithi yekota eyaphela ngoNovemba 30, 2013 ifinyelele ku-$13,5 wezigidi, phansi ngamaphesenti angu-15 kusukela esikhathini esifanayo ngonyaka odlule.

I-LKI iveze lokhu kwehla ngenxa yokwehla kokuthengiswa kwamadayimane aphucuziwe "angewona uphawu". Kodwa-ke, imali engenayo yesikhathi esifanayo icishe yaphindeka kabili isuka ezigidini ezingu-$15,6 zanyakenye yaya ku-$29 million, ngenxa yengxenye ye-LKI yokuxazulula ngempumelelo amacala ayo e-GIA.