It turns out, according to new Bloomberg information, that an office phone number provided by Pastorini was used in 2003 by a Florida partnership that made phoney takeover bids for companies including Zapata Corp., a Rochester, New York-based fish harvester. Pastorini has reportedly declined in e-mails to Bloomberg News to divulge his background, his address or whom he represents. He said he was currently in South America at a meeting of his partners and that he plans to pursue his bid. The original Bloomberg story on Pastorini's purported plan to bid for Gold Fields was widely trashed in specialised investment circles, and in specialised media to boot. A New York Times blog claimed that "Edward Pastorini" is an anagram for "Top Insider Award." The only Edward Pastorini that crops up on a Google search is identified as having been a lighthouse keeper in upstate New York in the 1950s.
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