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JPMorgan account targeted in Dieter Behring fraud

May 5, 2006
Switzerland has requested information about accounts at two United States based financial institutions as part of a criminal investigation into an alleged US$629 million fraud by hedge fund operator Dieter Behring and his Bahamas based Moore Park group of companies.

Ex-US prosecutor accused of tax evasion conspiracy

April 21, 2006
Offshore corporations in Anguilla, the Bahamas and St. Lucia, including one operating as a bank, have been implicated in an alleged conspiracy to defraud the United States Government of tax revenue.Details are contained in an indictment against four individuals, including one who is both a former U. S. Attorney and state court judge, that was brought at the U. S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina on April 4, 2006 and unsealed on April 18.

Switzerland: Dieter Behring et al (April 2006)

April 10, 2006
Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Switzerland into Dieter Behring, Arthur Buck, Beat Bangerter, Jean Kampf, Peter Josef Weibel, Willy Wuthrich, Raymond Pousaz, and Anita Zweifel-Reidy for suspected fraud, embezzlement, forgery and money laundering.

Ex-Bahamas resident Derek Turner sentenced to 20 years in prison

April 6, 2006
Former Bahamas resident Derek Turner was sentenced to 20 years in prison on February 17 - six months after pleading guilty to three counts of wire fraud concerning a high-yield investment scam.Turner, a 56-year-old New Zealand national, was also ordered to pay restitution of $55 million at his sentencing at the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York. He immediately filed a notice of appeal against the judgment to the U. S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.

Insider Talking: April 6, 2006

April 6, 2006
Nicolas Eugene Grant St. James charged with cannabis possession in UK, a look at the record of criminal-friendly judge Jon Isaacs in the Bahamas, liquidator of Suisse Security Bank and Trust charges creditors extra if they want to receive his creditors' reports, long after denying it, Marcus Queree acknowledge's fraudster Robert Raven's involvement in the group of companies known as 'Sidera'; and a look at CFTC Chairman Reuben Jeffery III's role in one of the biggest insurance frauds in history.

Bahamas judge unfreezes fraud group’s assets, invites it to apply for damages

April 6, 2006
An attempt by the Attorney General of the Bahamas to confiscate the criminal proceeds of securities fraud firm Banakor Swisse S.A. spectacularly backfired last year after the group supplied the court with false information and the judge chose to believe the fraudsters over regulators and law enforcement agents. The AG obtained an order at Bahamas Supreme Court freezing the group's assets at The Royal Bank of Scotland (Bahamas) Ltd. on December 8, 2004 - just a few weeks after OffshoreAlert first exposed Banakor. However, after Banakor submitted affidavits that are replete with inaccurate and misleading information, Justice Jon Isaacs reversed his decision on June 13, 2005 and even awarded the crooks costs and invited them to apply for damages.

Poland: Witoil SpO

March 30, 2006
Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Poland into Robert Tomasz Witczak and Emil Fuksiewicz for alleged tax evasion.

Connelly Management Inc., et al v. Ferguson Marketing Group Inc., et al: Judgment Order

March 15, 2006
Judgment Order, Findings of Fact & Conclusions of Law in Connelly Management Inc., Connelly Management Employee Welfare Benefit Plan, James B. Connelly, individually and as a participant under the Connelly Management Employee Welfare Benefit Plan, v. Ferguson Marketing Group Inc., Euan David McNicoll, John Fowler Anderson, Marsh Investment Corporation, McSooner, Inc., Marketrends Financial Services Ltd., Marketrends Insurance, Ltd., Michael Arthur Reeve, Saint John Management Services, Ltd., and Michael Reeve & Associates at the U. S. District Court for the District of South Carolina.

SSBT loses fight to regain its bank license

March 14, 2006
Bahamas-based Suisse Security Bank & Trust Ltd., which may be insolvent by as much as $29 million, has lost a four-year fight to regain its bank license. In a judgment issued yesterday, the Privy Council in the United Kingdom dismissed an appeal by SSBT against a ruling on June 29, 2004 by the Court of Appeal of the Bahamas that upheld the revocation of SSBT's license by the Governor of the local Central Bank, effective April 2, 2001.

Leadenhall Bank’s insolvency estimated at $11.3 m

March 6, 2006
Bahamas-based Leadenhall Bank & Trust Ltd., which was closed down by regulators seven months ago, may be insolvent by more than $11 million. That was the glum news for creditors in the first report of liquidator Craig A. (Tony) Gomez on December 9, 2005. On paper, the bank had shareholders' equity of $1.6 million as of October 3, 2005, with assets of $29,864,139, including $20.4 million in cash, and liabilities of $28,235,807. “However my review has revealed that the balance sheet includes loans and past due credit card receivables totaling $6.6 and $6.3 million, respectively, and that both balances are either unsecured or inadequately collateralized,” stated Gomez in his report.

USA v. Derek G. Turner: Judgment

February 17, 2006
Judgment in a Criminal Case in USA v. Derek Guise Turner at the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Ex-Grenada Diplomat pleads guilty to fraud charges

February 10, 2006
An American who is suspected of bribing the Prime Minister of Grenada for appointing him to a diplomatic position has pleaded guilty to unrelated fraud charges in the United States.Eric Resteiner, 46, pleaded guilty to five counts of wire fraud and two counts of mail fraud at a change of plea hearing that was held at the U. S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts on February 8, 2006. He is due to be sentenced on May 8. Under a plea agreement, the remaining 53 counts, including 18 regarding money laundering, which carry the harshest penalties, will be dismissed.

Offshore provider accused of laundering $1 billion

February 4, 2006
The head of a Bahamas-based investment firm has been arrested in the United States after being charged with laundering $1 billion in proceeds from narcotics trafficking and fraud. Canadian national Martin Tremblay, 43, allegedly laundered the funds through Dominion Investments Ltd., of which he is Managing Director.

Banakor Swisse raises money around firms that no longer exist

February 4, 2006
A scam by Bahamas-based Banakor Swisse is so low-budget that several shell firms it raises money around have been struck off for non-payment of their $350 annual government fee, OffshoreAlert can reveal. The fact that these sham entities are no longer legally in existence has not stopped Banakor Swisse from continuing to raise funds in their names by holding them out to the public as bona fide businesses.

Offshore provider Martin Tremblay accused of laundering $1 b

January 23, 2006
The head of a Bahamas-based investment firm has been arrested in the United States after being charged with laundering $1 billion in proceeds from narcotics trafficking and fraud. Canadian national Martin Tremblay, 43, allegedly laundered the funds through Dominion Investments Ltd., of which he is Managing Director.

OffshoreAlert Awards: Best and Worst of 2005

January 4, 2006
It was the usual round of lies, broken promises, incompetence, and losses in 2005 in the murky world that OffshoreAlert forces itself to inhabit to investigate and expose financial crimes. As each year passes, it becomes increasingly obvious to us that illegal, immoral, unethical, and incompetent behavior in business are the norm, rather than the exception. OffshoreAlert has dumpster-dived through all the trash that we have found during the year, picked out the smelliest items, and used them as the basis for our ‘Best and Worst' awards.

Insider Talking: December 5, 2005

December 5, 2005
Liechtenstein-based offshore provider Bryan Jeeves and his Jeeves Group of Companies have been named as defendants in more civil lawsuits alleging racketeering that have been filed at federal courts in the United States regarding South Carolina-registered Derivium Capital LLC; Ex-Bahamas resident and former Grenada diplomat Eric Resteiner is unhappy with the way a criminal action against him is proceeding at the U. S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, where he is defending 42 counts of fraud and 18 counts of money laundering; and In a move that shames its counterparts in the United Kingdom, Japan and other countries in Europe and the Caribbean, the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission has reprimanded an investment broker and suspended its major shareholder and managing director for three years for “gross negligence” and “serious misconduct” in selling investment products connected with the Imperial Consolidated Group at a time when the group - which was based in the UK and Grenada- was widely known to be suspect.

Derek Turner may face additional fraud charges

December 5, 2005
U. S. prosecutors may rescind the plea agreement of a former Bahamas resident and bring additional charges after he apparently lied about the extent of his criminal activity.Derek Turner, a New Zealand national, pleaded guilty to three counts of wire fraud concerning an investment scam at the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York on August 9, 2005.

British accountants charged with offshore scam

November 17, 2005
Two British nationals have been charged with defrauding clients of companies in the Bahamas and England in a high yield investment scam.Shinder Gangar, 44, and Alan White, 47, were each charged with two counts of conspiracy to defraud at Leicester

Insider Talking: November 4, 2005

November 4, 2005
After more than four years on the run, ‘sex.com' domain name thief Stephen Cohen - whose illegal proceeds are believed to be hidden offshore - was arrested in Tijuana, Mexico on October 27, 2005 and turned over to U. S.

Drug trafficker fights for control of Liechtenstein assets

November 4, 2005
A convicted drug trafficker who laundered his criminal proceeds through accounts in the Bahamas, Liechtenstein and Panama has allegedly reneged on a deal to turn over his assets to the U. S. Government.Details are contained in a forfeiture complaint that

PayPal records targeted by IRS in offshore tax evasion investigation

October 26, 2005
The IRS has asked a U. S. federal court for permission to serve a “John Doe” summons on Internet money transfer firm PayPal Inc. as part of a clampdown on tax evasion using offshore credit and debit cards.“The records requested in the summons will identify the holders of bank accounts at, or payment cards issued by banks in, the listed jurisdictions, information which is not otherwise readily available to the Internal Revenue Service,” stated the IRS in its petition.

Newt Utopia: Fiber optic offers the Bahamas a bright future

October 4, 2005
The BahamasYes, it still considers itself an offshore financial center. The Bahamas offers a number of attractive features if 1) You don't live in the US, 2) You don't live in the EU, 3) You don't mind spending twice the

Insider Talking: October 4, 2005

October 4, 2005
A Florida based stock promoter with a checkered past has been served with a subpoena on behalf of the liquidators of collapsed Cayman Islands based stock broker SEGOES Services Ltd. Howard Gostfrand, of Miami Beach, and his Florida incorporated stock

Offshore firms seek $452 m from Enron advisers

October 4, 2005
Firms in the Bahamas, Bermuda, the Cayman Islands and Delaware have filed an Enron-related civil lawsuit against JP Morgan and Citigroup in which they are seeking damages of $452 million.That is the amount they lost from loans they issued to Enron after being duped into believing that the Texas-based energy firm was solvent, according to a complaint that was filed at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas on August 26, 2005.

LOM hit by triple dose of bad news

October 4, 2005
Life just keeps getting worse for offshore financial services firm Lines Overseas Management Ltd., which is headquartered in Bermuda and also has offices in the Cayman Islands, the Bahamas, and England.In June, LOM became a defendant in another civil complaint in the United States, this one concerning a $140 million investment fraud for which LOM allegedly introduced investors and provided at least one account, despite regulatory warnings about the scheme and unsatisfied judgments against its masterminds, one of whom was already an undischarged bankrupt when LOM allegedly became involved.

Court freezes assets of former Imperial Consolidated CEO

September 27, 2005
The High Court in the United Kingdom has issued an order freezing the world wide assets of Bill Godley, a former CEO with the Imperial Consolidated Group. It was entered on July 28, 2005 following an application by Imperial's administrators,

Insider Talking: September 4, 2005

September 4, 2005
For several weeks now, Cayman's two main newspapers, the Caymanian Compass and Cayman Net News, have been attacking each other in news articles and editorials. The animosity between the rivals has now spilled out into the legal system. At the

UK seeks evidence from US banks for investigation into viagra ring

September 4, 2005
Article based on two applications to appoint a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation into alleged narcotics trafficking - pursuant to requests for judicial assistance from the United Kingdom - that were filed at federal courts in the USA on August 19, 2005 and August 26, 2005. Individuals and businesses mentioned in the request for assistance include Gary Haywood, Willow Tree Surgery, One Source International, One Source Pharmaceutical Medical, Nick Mallis, Global Medz Ltd., Dwight McCoy, Tim McCoy, Nashi Pharmacy, Ashish Halai, Alpesh Patel, Stormgrand Enterprises Ltd., Planet Pharma AB, Ashwin Patel, Metro Pharmacy, Rajendra Shah, LPC Pharmaceuticals, Satnam Singh Butter, Nimesh Mistry, Smartway Pharmaceuticals, Hitendra Patel, Cross Trading, JTR Associates, Ritecare General Trading Company, Eco West, Inter Americas, Farmacia del Mundo SA de CV, Dr. Giorgio Patino, a.k.a. Giorio Patino Paticciano; Peter Jackish, Julio Taboado, Dhanji Goyib Halai, David Morgan,Victor Villalba Doria, Interlab Enterprises, Indo Gulf Trading Company, Wells Fargo Bank, HSBC Bank International Ltd., and Colonial Bank.

United Kingdom: Gary Haywood(2)

August 26, 2005
Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in the United Kingdom into Gary Haywood and others for suspected illegal dealings in medicines.

Investment fraudster receives 37-month prison term

August 25, 2005
One of the key figures in an offshore investment fraud has been sentenced to 37 months in prison and ordered to pay restitution of $124 million.Robert W. Boyd was sentenced at the U. S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida on August 22, 2005 for his role in the operation of Evergreen Security Ltd., an unlicensed investment fund that was incorporated in the British Virgin Islands but largely operated from the United States and the Bahamas.

United Kingdom: Gary Haywood

August 19, 2005
Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in the United Kingdom into suspected narcotics trafficking by Gary Haywood.

Offshore entities sue Miami law firm for $140 m

August 17, 2005
Three offshore-based businesses are suing a Florida law firm for more than $140 million in damages, alleging professional malpractice concerning a failed factoring business.A civil lawsuit was filed on August 10, 2005 at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida by Banco Espirito Santo International Ltd., incorporated in the Cayman Islands; ESB Finance Ltd., incorporated in the British Virgin Islands; and Banco Espirito Santo SA (Nassau Branch), a Portuguese corporation. Defendants are Gunster, Yoakley & Stewart PA, a law firm incorporated in Florida, and Mark Scheer, a Florida resident and shareholder of GY&S. Causes of action are professional malpractice, and negligent misrepresentation.

Judge slams hedge fund fraudster for ‘abuse’ of court system

August 3, 2005
Investment fraudster Ian Renert has been severely criticized by a judge in the Bahamas, who accused him of “duplicity and dishonesty” and of abusing the legal system during four years of litigation.After defrauding investors in his offshore hedge funds, Renert then sought to mislead the judiciary in an effort to impede civil and criminal investigations into his activities by the Securities Commission of the Bahamas, the SEC in the United States and an unidentified U. S. law enforcement agency, stated Mr. Justice Lyons in a ruling on June 21, 2005.

Regulator suspends Leadenhall Bank license

July 19, 2005
Leadenhall Bank & Trust Company Limited has had its bank and trust license suspended by the Central Bank of the Bahamas and gone into Receivership.The Central Bank did not go into details about the reasons for its actions in a public announcement yesterday but stated the measures were intended "to protect the interests of depositors".

British law firm rakes in fees for helping fraudster with Invaro scheme

July 5, 2005
A top British law firm helped a serial fraudster client - Bill Godley - set up an investment scheme that wiped out a Japanese pension fund, OffshoreAlert can reveal. Charles Russell solicitors drew up contracts, attended a planning meeting in Portugal, helped with an offshore bank account, and was even asked to help prepare a "due diligence" report to give credibility to the scheme, known as 'Invaro'. The law firm has received more than £2 million ($3.5 million) in legal fees from Godley-related parties, including a Bahamas IBC, said a source.

Missing in Action: Halliburton’s disappearing offshore subsidiaries

June 5, 2005
In the space of four or five years, Halliburton, the international oil services and construction conglomerate that is under attack for overcharging and underperforming in Iraq, has gone from reporting approximately 70 to 80 offshore subsidiaries in its annual SEC filing to just two, both in the Cayman Islands.Offshore networks had become a central part of Halliburton's management and financial strategy. When current United States Vice President Dick Cheney was CEO of Halliburton from 1995 to 2000, the company's offshore subsidiaries increased from nine to 44. By the year 2001, that had nearly doubled. Now most of them have gone missing!

Globe-X Management Ltd.: Section 304 Petition (Bahamas)

June 3, 2005
Section 304 Petition for Assistance in Insolvency Proceedings in the Bahamas by Clifford Johnson and Wayne Aranha, as the Foreign Representatives of Globe-X Management Limited and Globe-X Canadiana Limited, at the U. S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.