article in the business section of the age states, if you had a margin loan, you signed over your shares to the banks.......either anz or merryl lynch......... and opres did margin loans on miners, who would never make a profit etc ie'penny dreadfuls' and opres took all clients shares whether subject to a margin or not and 'lent' those shares to the lenders....ie the banks to obtain more loans..........so even if you did not have a margin loan...........opres made loans on your shares without your knowledge and the banks were selling the shares for 50% of their market value...........read the article in full and forensic investigators were called in.......... so I would doubt you will get any money back............creditors are listed as priorities, and shareholders are not creditors
