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Lines Overseas Management paid $50,000 in 1997 to settle client lawsuit

June 30, 2001
Bermuda-based investment firm Lines Overseas Management and a former employee at its office in the Cayman Islands paid $50,000 in 1997 to settle a lawsuit brought by a disgruntled client, we can disclose.LOM and Andrew C. McAlpine were accused of fraud and mismanagement by Plaintiffs Vokoban Corporation and VAM International, which opened a $500,000 brokerage account with LOM in 1996.

International Risk Management Group fighting $200 m lawsuit

June 30, 2001
Captive manager International Risk Management (Bermuda) Ltd. is fighting a $200 million lawsuit filed in the United States by British-based minerals giant Rio Tinto PLC.In the lawsuit, IRMBL has been accused of mismanaging Rio Tinto's Bermuda-registered captive, Three Crowns Insurance Company Ltd., by failing to obtain adequate reinsurance coverage.Other defendants are Three Crown's reinsurance brokers: Minet Ltd., Alexander & Alexander of California Inc., Jardine Insurance Brokers Inc., Emett & Chandler Inc., Aon Risk Services Inc. of Northern California Insurance Services and Aon Corporation.

Insider Talking: June 30, 2001

June 30, 2001
The First International Bank of Grenada loaned $30,000 to the wife of Grenada's then chief regulator, Michael Creft, so that she could buy a car and another $50,000 to the then President of the Grenada Bar Association, Reynold Benjamin, according to a document sent to OffshoreAlert; Dean Cantrell and Marcel Deinnet snap up domains in names of countries in the Bermuda-Caribbean region, fraud complaint filed against 'offshore banker' Douglas Castle, 72-year-old convicted fraudster is back in business, SEC continues trend of failing to menaingfully punish accused fraudsters, First Ecom.com Inc. acquires half of First Ecommerce Data Services Ltd. that it did not already own, Antigua gaming outfit World Sports Exchange Ltd. sues County Savings Association over three checks that allegedly bounced, First American International Bank becomes latest offshore bank to be operated in Nevis without a license by Global Dominion Financial Services, and Latvia-based Paritate Bank appears to be in financial trouble.

British Trade & Commerce Bank sued in Tennessee

June 30, 2001
Dominica-based British Trade and Commerce Ltd., which went into receivership earlier this year, has been named as a defendant in a lawsuit filed in the United States.The lawsuit was filed by Global 3000 LLP, a Delaware Limited Partnership, and Herbert Beck at the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee on June 14, 2001.

Ken Dart lawsuit halted pending Isle of Man settlement

June 30, 2001
A civil racketeering lawsuit in which a Russian industrial firm was seeking $150 million against Cayman resident Ken Dart, Dart Management Inc. and two of its employees has been stayed pending a settlement.

Fund manager Ian Renert signed documents in names of pet geese, claims SEC

June 30, 2001
Investment advisor Ian Renert has been portrayed in a lawsuit as a bungling fraudster who genuinely believes that bank debenture trading programs exist and who signed mutual fund documents in the names of his pet geese.Renert, who controlled 36 mutual fund firms that were mostly incorporated in the Bahamas, has been accused of defrauding at least 850 investors who invested $22 million from June, 1997 to April, 1999.

Judgment entered against client of Terry Neal’s Exchange Bank and Trust

June 30, 2001
A client of Exchange Bank and Trust, which is operated illegally in Nevis by Terry Neal-controlled Nevis American Trust Company, has lost a stock fraud lawsuit filed by the SEC in the United States.Judgments were entered against Stephen C. Sayre, Independent Financial Reports Inc. and Silver Screen Industries Inc. at the US District Court for the Central District of California on May 24, 2001.

Businessmen indicted over Evergreen Security alleged fraud

June 30, 2001
Three businessmen have been criminally indicted in the United States for allegedly stealing $27.7 million from British Virgin Islands-registered  mutual fund Evergreen Security Ltd.William J. Zylka, James P. Conroy and Martin W. Boelens Jr. were each charged with two or more counts of Grand Larceny at the Supreme Court of the State of New York on June 7, 2001.

DIAK Bank sued for alleged fraud

June 30, 2001
A Grenada-registered bank that is operated from St. Vincent without a license is being sued for alleged fraud in the United States.DIAK Bank and one of its directors, Kenneth R. Lagonia, are both defendants in a lawsuit filed at the US District Court for the District of Montana on January 17, 2001.

Would-be investor in Resource Underwriters accused of fraud

June 30, 2001
The potential embarrassment that Bermuda avoided by not granting a license to Robin Spencer-Arscott's Resource Underwriters in 1997 has been hammered home by an SEC lawsuit filed in the United States.The man whom Spencer-Arscott claimed was providing Resource's $30 million start-up capital, New York State-based Steven Blumhagen, has been accused of masterminding a $12 million investment fraud.Steven D. Blumhagen and his wife, Susan, who are both 50, are defendants in a civil lawsuit filed last year at the United States District Court for the Western District of New York.

Third Cash 4 Titles lawsuit filed against Bank of Bermuda

June 30, 2001
Another civil lawsuit has been filed in the United States against the Bank of Bermuda in relation to the Cash 4 Titles Ponzi scheme that collapsed in 1999 with debts estimated at $300 million.The lawsuit was filed on behalf of more than 170 plaintiffs from various parts of the United States at the Circuit Court of Shelby County, Alabama on April 26, 2001.

France: Charles Acelor

June 28, 2001
Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in France into Charles Acelor for allegedly providing material support to an international terrorist organization.

Czech Republic: Zdenek Kolek

June 22, 2001
Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in the Czech Republic into Zdenek Kolek for alleged fraud.

Liechtenstein: Jorge Hugo Reyes Torres

June 15, 2001
Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Liechtenstein into Jorge Hugo Reyes Torres and others for suspected money laundering and narcotics trafficking.

Liechtenstein: Juan Carlos Saavedra Molina et al

June 14, 2001
Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Liechtenstein into Juan Carlos Saavedra Molina and others for the alleged laundering of the proceeds of narcotics trafficking.

Clients of Marc Harris imprisoned in Florida

June 13, 2001
Marc Harris clients Tony Vigna and his son, Joseph, have been sentenced to prison terms of 24 months and 18 months, respectively, at the US District Court for the Southern District of Florida after previously pleading guilty to tax evasion.

SEC sues Ian Renert and Hawthorne-Sterling

June 9, 2001
The Securities & Exchange Commission has filed a civil lawsuit against US-based Ian Laurence Renert and his unregistered, Bahamas-based mutual fund group Hawthorne-Sterling & Co., for an alleged $22 million fraud.   As part of the complaint, an emergency order freezing the assets of both parties was granted on June 7, 2001 by the US District Court in Connecticut.

$50,000 reward for arrest of Stephen Cohen

June 5, 2001
US businessman Gary Kremen has offered a US$50,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of Stephen Michael Cohen, whom a US court recently ruled had stolen the domain name 'sex.com' from Kremen and subsequently made millions of dollars from it. An arrest warrant was issued against Cohen on March 2, 2001 after he failed to turn over details relating to his assets. On April 3, 2001, Kremen was awarded $65 million against Cohen by a Federal Court in California.

John McGarrity arrested in Texas

June 4, 2001
John Keith McGarrity, who is a former insurance officer in both Bermuda and the Bahamas, was arrested on May 31 in Houston, Texas after entering the United States on a fake passport, according to a US regulatory source.   A bond hearing was held on Friday, June 1 and we do not yet know whether he was released or remanded in custody.

Insider Talking: May 31, 2001

May 31, 2001
Ned Richard Hart, who was criminally indicted on February 23, 2000 along with Nevis based offshore provider Raymond David Finzer and Christian G. Cooper, pleaded guilty to one count each of fraud and money laundering on May 21, 2001 at

MRM boss Robert Mulderig part of $112 million financing consortium

May 31, 2001
Mutual Risk Management Chairman and CEO Robert Mulderig was part of the consortium that recently agreed to inject $112.5 million into the ailing company, it has been disclosed.Mulderig's participation was publicly released for the first time in a filing with

Offshore firms defendants in new lawsuit against Grenada bank

May 31, 2001
Bermuda-based investment firm Lines Overseas Management and Turks & Caicos Islands-based RBC Dominion Securities are among 72 defendants in a civil fraud lawsuit filed in the United States by clients of Cambridge International Bank & Trust, of Grenada. They are in good company, with fellow defendants including household names such as J&H Marsh McLennan and Lloyds TSB Bank (Isle of Man).

Global Dominion clients unable to redeem investments

May 31, 2001
About 200 people who invested more than $6 million through Nevis-based Global Dominion Financial Services are unable to redeem their investments, OffshoreAlert can reveal. One investor, a 39-year-old disabled woman residing in Washington State, is due to have her house repossessed on June 24, 2001 because she cannot meet her mortgage payments.

Indictment left Clarendon MGA ‘too depressed’ to work

May 31, 2001
A former Managing General Agent for the Clarendon Insurance Group and business associate of Stirling Cooke who claims that a criminal indictment left him too depressed to work is suing an insurer for stopping his disability payments. David R. Sanz, 39, claims that he is still incapacitated even though he was acquitted of racketeering, grant theft and fraud by a jury in Florida more than two years ago.

Gulf Union Bank settles lawsuit brought against former US athlete

May 31, 2001
The liquidators of Gulf Union Bank (Bahamas) Ltd. have reached an out of court settlement with a former professional athlete in the United States who borrowed money from the bank. Fred D. Barnett Jr., who played in the National Football League between 1990 and 1997 for the Philadelphia Eagles and Miami Dolphins, had received a loan of about $70,000 from the bank to buy a sports car, said a bank representative.

Bahamas arbitrators issue award against Robin Cotterell client

May 31, 2001
A Bahamas arbitration tribunal has awarded nearly $500,000 against a Nevis-registered entity managed by Robin Cotterell on behalf of American fugitive Joseph Andrew Mann. The award was handed down on February 21, 2001 in favor of Nevada-registered Basic Capital Management for breach of contract against International Depository Trust Corp.

First Ecom.com moves into oil and gas as losses mount

May 31, 2001
E-commerce firm First Ecom.com, whose principal shareholders include the Bank of Bermuda, clients of Bermuda-based investment firm Lines Overseas Management and various offshore entities, is fast becoming a lemon of gargantuan proportions. Faced with unrelentingly dire operating results, the firm took the drastic measure in May of announcing that it was using some of the $28 million of capital that it still has left to buy a Nevada-registered oil and gas exploration company called Gasco Energy Inc.

Burdett Streeter sued for alleged fraud in the California

May 31, 2001
A man who at one time was listed as a Director of Grenada-registered Meridian Investment Bank has been accused of defrauding 59-year-old twin sisters out of $550,000 in a civil lawsuit filed in the United States. California-based Burdett Hale Streeter is alleged to have conned the women out of their savings by selling them into a "High Yield Investment Program" and other schemes that were described as "risk free".

John Wayne Zidar placed in custody pending trial

May 31, 2001
John Wayne Zidar and four others who were allegedly involved in a multi-million dollar investment fraud that was heavily promoted in Bermuda, as well as other countries, were arrested in April and are currently being held in custody after being criminally indicted at the U. S. District Court for Western Washington on March 28, 2001.

Another dubious Grenada bank run by an American dentist

May 31, 2001
OffshoreAlert has come across another dubious Grenada-registered offshore bank that is operated by an American dentist. Lincoln Investment Bank Ltd., which is run by Dr. Thomas E. Miller, of North Platte, Nebraska, has been offering depositors annual interest of up to 144 per cent.

Indicted ex-client of John Mathewson linked to Nevis trust company

May 31, 2001
A man who is under criminal indictment in the United States for alleged money laundering and fraud is no longer involved with Nevis-based Guardian Trust Company, said the firm's manager, Jessica Huggins. Even though one of Guardian's web-sites is still registered to Baron D. Abboud, of Omaha, Nebraska, Huggins said: "He no longer has anything to do with the company."

Norway: Torstein Kjell Hauge

May 31, 2001
Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Norway into Torstein Kjell Hauge for alleged bank fraud, insurance fraud, and false or fraudulent representations.

India: Ashok Kumar Aggarwal

May 25, 2001
Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in India into Ashok Kumar Aggarwal for alleged corruption while serving as Deputy Secretary, Ministry of Finance, New Delhi.

Insider Talking: April 30, 2001

April 30, 2001
Attorney David Hampton Tedder, 54, who has spent much of his career involved in offshore finance, including several dubious ventures, is no longer licensed to practice law in the United States. Records kept by the State Bar of California, where

Unusual trading in MRM stock before $112 m financing announcement

April 30, 2001
Trading in Mutual Risk Management shares displayed unusual patterns hours before the official announcement that the troubled firm had obtained a $112 million financing package, we can disclose.MRM's share price plummeted from above $5 to $3.40 in early trading on

Fraud lawsuit filed against Kenneth Weare and J&K Global Marketing

April 30, 2001
A civil complaint alleging fraud has been filed by the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission against J&K Global Marketing Corp., its president, Kenneth R. Weare, a.k.a. Roy Weaver, and an affiliate, AAA Auction.com.In the complaint, which was brought at

Fraud case involving XtraNet Systems to move to lower court

April 30, 2001
More than two years of legal action involving parties related to Bermuda-based Mezzanine Capital has been wasted, with a US judge expected soon to rule that a lawsuit be moved from Federal to State court. Nevada-registered plaintiff Voice Media Inc., which has alleged racketeering against several defendants, intends to continue its civil action at the lower court, OffshoreAlert has been told.

Alleged Mid Ocean insider dealers settle with SEC

April 30, 2001
Two Tennessee stock brokers accused of profiting from insider trading in shares of Mid Ocean Ltd. prior to the announcement of its acquisition by EXEL in March, 1998 have settled an SEC lawsuit. Cristan Kinnard Blackman and Charles Ray Roberts Jr., who both worked for broker Morgan Keegan & Co. at the time, agreed to disgorge profits of $317,409 that they made from the trades.

Jerry Nims and his 3D technology claim another victim

April 30, 2001
The curse of American businessman Jerry Nims and his 3-D camera technology, whose many failures over two decades have cost Bermuda-based investors millions of dollars, has claimed another victim. NimsTec North America Inc. filed for voluntary bankruptcy at the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Georgia on November 6, 2000.

Clarendon America/Eton Management involved in premiums dispute lawsuit

April 30, 2001
Clarendon America Insurance Company is suing two US Virgin Islands-based brokers for $2.92 million of premiums that were allegedly sent to a firm controlled by Martin Hoffman, instead of to Clarendon. The lawsuit was filed against Marshall & Sterling of St. Thomas Inc, d.b.a. Theodore Tunick & Co., and Marshall & Sterling of St. Croix Inc. at the US District Court for the District of Delaware on July 14, 2000 before being transferred to Federal Court in US Virgin Islands on April 10, 2001.

Mathewson claims Cayman politician asked for pay-off

April 30, 2001
Former banker John Mathewson claims that a member of the Cayman Islands government once asked him for a pay-off of $250,000, plus shares in an offshore bank that Mathewson controlled. Mathewson, who owned and managed the now defunct Cayman-registered Guardian Bank & Trust, made the allegation on the first of three days of United States Senate hearings into money laundering.

United Nations body acts against latest scam run by former FIBG group officer

April 30, 2001
A new scheme run by former First International Bank of Grenada group officer Doug Ferguson has been denounced as a fraud by a representative of an organization within the United Nations. Ferguson has distributed promotional brochures in an attempt to raise "donations" for a "Foundation" to purportedly fund the G77 Chamber of Commerce & Industry of Developing Countries.