A former Bandidos bikie boss has once again been accused of posting a fake photo on social media to boast about his alleged lavish lifestyle.
Brett ‘Kaos’ Pechey, 33, took to Instagram last week to share a photo of his brand ‘new toy’ – a cherry red Ducati motorcycle – while bragging about needing extra car park space for his flashy bikes.
‘The new toy just got back from make over (sic) When u got to rent extra car spaces due to having to many toys… life problems,’ he said in a caption.
Eagle-eyed users, however, became suspicious of Pechey’s post due to his history of accusations of posting phony posts showing off his ‘wealth’ and quickly discovered the photo was not original.
The picture of the bike appeared to be taken from Google Images and was even featured on a Ducati Instagram account years ago.
Brett ‘Kaos’ Pechey, 33, took to Instagram last week to share a photo (left) of his ‘new toy’. Users quickly discovered the photo did not belong to Pechey and was taken from Google Images and had previously been featured on other accounts (right)
Pechey denied posting the picture when contacted by Daily Mail Australia and claimed his account had been ‘hacked’ and he only recently regained access to it
The photo fail was later posted on meme account Flop Hunting where he was ridiculed by users.
He has since taken down the post.
Pechey told Daily Mail Australia that he did not post the picture, and claimed his account had been ‘hacked’ and he only recently regained access to it.
He said he did not know who the hacker was but alleged that the person had also sent messages from his account and that it had been going on for ‘long period of time.’
It is not the first time Pechey has been accused of posting bogus photos.
The 33-year-old often shares photos to Instagram flashing his lavish lifestyle, and previously posted an image of five Louis Vuitton shopping bags to imply he had gone on a spending spree.
But according to ex-bikie Matthew Watson, who was once regularly seen in Brothers 4 Life clothing and had an affiliation with the gang, the image Pechey posted was one he had found on Google.
Mr Watson performed a reverse image search on the platform and adamantly told his followers Pechey’s life of luxury isn’t all that it seems.
Mr Watson shared Pechey’s post and the subsequent Google search to his own Instagram account.
Pechey – a former Bandidos Motorcycle Club president – split with fiancée and Instagram model Rikki Louise Jones earlier this year, and has been showing off his new assets on social media.
Pechey has a history of posting phony posts showing off his ‘wealth’ and was previously caught faking a Louis Vuitton shopping spree. Left: Pechey’s posted image. Right: the same photo found on Google
Pechey – a former Bandidos Motorcycle Club president – split with fiancée and Instagram model Rikki Louise Jones earlier last year (pictured together)
A separate source told Daily Mail Australia Pechey’s newfound obsession with sharing ‘untrue posts’ online boiled down to his determination to make his ex jealous, and to sustain his growing follower count.
He recently uploaded an image showing a receipt for the apparent purchase of a $160,000 Range Rover Sport, but the source said the likelihood of the car actually being Pechey’s was slim.
‘The cars he posts aren’t his either, it’s all for his followers and to make his ex jealous… to show her that he’s ‘doing well’,’ the source said.
‘He hasn’t worked in years.’
Pechey captioned the post ‘New Car feels’ and accompanied it with the middle-finger emoji as well as a winky-face.
The ex-bikie boss then appeared to continue his shopping spree with a trip to Gucci and Louis Vuitton.
Pechey once uploaded an image of a receipt for the purchase of a $160,000 Range Rover Sport
A further Instagram story showed a white box emblazoned with the word ‘Gucci’ and a bigger, upright brown box bearing the words ‘Louis Vuitton’.
‘Got to spoil yourself from time to time,’ he wrote.
Pechey broke up with his fiancée after just a few months of engagement and it was shortly after this that he was accused of assaulting a police officer.
He was granted bail by Southport Magistrates Court after facing charges of assaulting police, willful damage and public nuisance and will appear again later.
In 2015, Pechey was forced to return to Australia from Thailand, where he had fled to escape a slew of charges.
But while he was on the run, he ran out of money and was forced to turn to his grandmother, who decided against providing him the $25,000 he desperately needed to continue evading police.
Detective Inspector Brendan Smith said police had been pursuing extradition options when negotiations with Pechey led to him boarding a plane and handing himself in at Brisbane airport.
He was charged with 10 counts of extortion, two counts of threatening violence, stalking and assault.