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Canada seeks extradition of 71-year-old suspected fraudster

September 30, 2004
Extradition proceedings have been started against a 71-year-old man who allegedly embezzled $858,619 from two estates in British Columbia, Canada for which he was acting as executor and trustee. Details are contained in an extradition complaint that was filed at the U. S. District Court for the District of Kansas on August 26, 2004.

Horizon Bank International has $11.9 m of assets frozen in Bermuda

September 30, 2004
A Caribbean offshore bank closely associated with the Bermuda-based Grosvenor Group has been accused of perpetrating a $20 million fraud against two of its clients. The allegation against Horizon Bank International Limited, which is licensed in St. Vincent & the Grenadines, was made in a civil complaint filed at Ontario Superior Court of Justice, in Canada.

Canada seeks evidence from Florida law firm for money laundering investigation

September 30, 2004
Article based on an application to collect evidence for a criminal investigation into alleged money laundering - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from Canada - that was filed at federal court in the USA on August 17, 2004. Individuals and businesses mentioned in the request for assistance include Paul Thomas Bryntwick, Francine Allard, Micheline-Claire Allard, and Williams, Smith & Summer, PA.

US court orders extradition to Canada of alleged fraudster

September 30, 2004
A U. S. court has ordered the extradition to Canada of a California resident who allegedly defrauded an elderly woman out of $3.2 million in a telemarketing scam — while he was also acting as a police informant. An order certifying the extraditability of Darren Irwin Cohen was issued by the U. S. District Court for the Central District of California on September 10, 2004. He has applied for a stay.

Extradition Complaints: 12-Month Snap-Shot

September 30, 2004
Snap-shot of certain extradition complaints filed in the United States in the 12 months ended September 30, 2014 involving Ryszard Grzesiak, Gregorio G. Sahagun, Maribeth N. Pelonia, Raul Castaneda Gutierrez, Juha-Pekka Rouvinen, Jan Saft, Michal Knecht, Oziel Cardenas-Guillen, Gregorio Galindo Sahagun, Frank Tsui, Gisele Marie Goudreault, Darren Irwin Cohen, Leopold Charles Felsenstein, Pavel Vellek, Pavla Velleka, Avraham Yigal Mizrahi, Kyung Joon Kim, Chris Kim, Gintaras Petrikas, Alexander Davidoff, Muamer Kupa, and Marvin Kenneth Singleton

SEC v. LOM hearing postponed by ten days

September 15, 2004
A court hearing in the United States concerning Bermuda based investment firm Lines Overseas Management and its Managing Director, Scott Lines, has been put back by ten days.Following a joint request by all parties, LOM and Lines must now appear

UK litigation funding flops try again with new group called Strathmore

August 31, 2004
Former insiders of two U. K. litigation funding scams that collapsed with combined losses of nearly $500 million are behind a recycled version of the same scheme, OffshoreAlert can reveal. The new business - operating under the brand name 'Strathmore' - encompasses companies in the Bahamas, Canada, the United Kingdom and Africa.

LOM and Scott Lines ordered to appear before US court

August 19, 2004
Bermuda-based investment firm Lines Overseas Management Ltd. and its Managing Director, Scott Lines, have been ordered to appear before a United States court as part of a securities fraud investigation.The U. S. District Court for the District of Columbia issued an order on August 17, 2004 that they must attend a hearing that is scheduled to start at 9.45 a.m. on October 4.

Canada: Ajaib Singh Bagri

August 5, 2004
Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Canada into Ajaib Singh Bagri for murder and conspiracy to commit murder.

Canada: Paul Thomas Bryntwick et al

August 4, 2004
Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Canada into "repeat bank robber Paul Thomas Bryntwick and his spouse, Francince Allard".

Insider Talking: July 31, 2004

July 31, 2004
How absurd has the criminal case in Texas involving Bahamas resident Yank Barry become?; A recent land-mark opinion by the United States Supreme Court that effectively determined federal sentencing guidelines were unconstitutional has formed the basis of an appeal by jailed former offshore services provider Marc Harris against his sentence of 17 years in prison and a financial penalty of $26 million for fraud, money laundering and tax evasion; The Central Bank of Belize has warned that an entity calling itself 'Development & Holding Bank of Belize' is not licensed; In July, the Bermuda Monetary Authority also issued warnings about suspect or bogus companies claiming to have ties to the jurisdiction; The United States FBI is establishing an office in the Bahamas, reported the Nassau Guardian; On July 19, 2004, a United States podiatrist admitted to using an offshore bank and credit card account to launder money and evade New York City state and federal taxes on more than $300,000 in income, according to a press release from the office of Manhattan District Attorney Robert Morgenthau, which prosecuted the case at the state Supreme Court; Germain Bourgeois, the former investment manager of the University of Montreal Pension Plan, is suspected of receiving payments in return for "convincing" three parties to invest "hundreds of millions of dollars" in the Lancer Offshore group of funds; and A civil lawsuit has been filed at the Turks & Caicos Islands Supreme Court against a solicitor who was recently disqualified from serving as a company director in the U. K. by the Department of Trade & Industry for his part in a timeshare scam.

Poland requests evidence in Michigan for fraud investigation

July 31, 2004
Article based on an application to collect evidence for a criminal investigation into alleged fraud - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from Poland - that was filed at federal court in the USA on June 29, 2004. Individuals and businesses mentioned in the request for assistance include Michal Mozgala, Krystyna Brozyna-Mozgala, Cyberheat, Inc., Bank of America, ICS, Inc., RJB Telcom, Inc., Norwest Bank Arizona NA, WebQuest, Inc., Wells Fargo Bank, Cybernet Ventures, Inc., Sanwa Bank, B.E.G. Inc., Keystone Community Bank, Tri-Tech Internet Services Inc., Spedia.com Inc., Citibank, Electrocash Inc., Innovative Ideas International, GoTo.com, Overture.com, Overture Services, Inc., Dixon James Productions Inc., and Key Bank NA.

Lancer Receiver sues financial institutions for over $17 m

July 31, 2004
The Receiver of the Lancer Offshore group has filed a lawsuit against 26 financial institutions and other firms in an attempt to recover more than $17 million of allegedly fraudulent transfers.Defendants include companies from Bahrain, Bermuda, Canada, the Cayman Islands, Guernsey, the Isle of Man, Luxembourg, Monaco, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

Offshore bank paid $3 m fraudulent preference before collapse

July 24, 2004
The owner of a Hilton hotel in the Bahamas was the recipient of a $3 million fraudulent preference from a Bahamas-based offshore bank shortly before it collapsed, a court has ruled.Canadian national Ronald Hubert Kelly, a 60-year-old former Catholic priest and convicted pedophile, received the transfer from Americas International Bank on September 4, 2001.

Default judgment against Lines Overseas Management and RBC Dominion Securities

July 10, 2004
A default judgment for $6.4 million has been entered in the United States against offshore investment firm Lines Overseas Management Ltd. and an offshore brokerage arm of the Royal Bank of Canada in connection with an allegation of banking and securities fraud.The judgment against LOM and RBC Dominion Securities, of the Turks & Caicos Islands, was entered at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Alabama on July 1, 2004 after they failed to defend a civil complaint after being served in December, 2001, according to court records.

Poland: Krzysztof Oleszek

July 7, 2004
Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Poland into Krzysztof Janusz Oleszek for alleged bank card fraud.

Poland: Michal Mozgala

June 29, 2004
Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Poland into Michal Mozgala and his mother, Krystyna Brozyna-Mozgala, for alleged fraud.

SEC investigates LOM for alleged securities fraud

June 11, 2004
Bermuda-based investment firm Lines Overseas Management Ltd. and its principal officers, Scott and Brian Lines, are being investigated for alleged securities fraud in the United States. It has been alleged that the Lines brothers and LOM customers profited by more than $6.4 million from fraud and market manipulation and that the firm caused false statements to be filed with the SEC and altered its internal records to impede an investigation.

Insider Talking: May 31, 2004

May 31, 2004
Two prominent Bermuda businessmen were arrested at their offices on May 6 by police investigating the alleged theft of $145,000 from a development company. They are Arthur Jones, 52, who owns Bermuda's biggest realtor, Coldwell Banker JW Bermuda Realty, formerly

Canada requests evidence from Florida web-hosting firm for investigation into alleged prostitution

April 30, 2004
Article based on an application to collect evidence for a criminal investigation into alleged prostitution - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance by Canada - granted by the U. S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida on April 13, 2004. Individuals and businesses mentioned in the request for assistance include Robert Penman, Yvonne H. Regner, and CandidHosting, Inc.

Insider Talking: April 30, 2004

April 30, 2004
Ian Renert and his unlicensed Bahamas-based investment fund group receive $1.5 m in penalties in securities fraud action, London-based barristrer Lawrence Jones in messy legal battle with former fiancée, Keith King and the Dominican Republic's Central Bank, AT&T Corp. sues the Bahamas Tourist Office for an allegedly unpaid bill of $104,361, Royal Bank of Scotland refused to explain massive exposure to the Cayman Islands, civil complaints filed in the Turks and Caicos Islands against Professional Capital Ltd. and Intalco Management Ltd., US Government obtains order allowing it to seize $2.6 m of narcotics trafficking proceeds held at Barclays Bank (Bahamas), US Government applies to seize 55-feet catamaran passenger ferry called 'The Preference' moored in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, and Netherlands Antilles-domiciled Overseas World Marketing NV sues Motivational Marketing Inc. in Florida.

Offshore fraudster Serdar Kalaycioglu jailed for 27 years

April 28, 2004
Former Canadian Space Agency engineer Serdar Kalaycioglu has been sentenced to 27 years in prison for his role in an offshore banking fraud. The sentence was delivered on April 26, 2004 by Judge Daniel Hurley at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida in West Palm Beach and is one of the longest ever handed down for an offshore-related scam.

Canada: Robert Penman et al

April 13, 2004
Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Canada into Robert Penman and Yvonne Regner for "prostitution-related activity".

Spain seeks evidence in Washington for Internet fraud investigation

March 31, 2004
Article based on an application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation into alleged fraud - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from Spain - that was filed at federal court in the USA on February 27, 2004. Individuals and businesses mentioned in the request for assistance include Enrique Manuel Vecino Acosta, Ivan Recio Perez, Maximiliano Vecino Adami, Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, NamesDirect.com Inc., Kenneth Milton, Yahoo!, Jeffrey Lainer, Swissbanknet.com, About Inc., Gilbert Moore, Dufoniks Venture Inc., and FR-PROXAD-200304003.

Canada seeks evidence from SunTrust Bank for fraud investigation

March 31, 2004
Article based on an application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation into alleged fraud - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from Canada - that was filed at federal court in the USA on March 9, 2004. Individuals and businesses mentioned in the request for assistance include Wayne William Fincham, WW Fincham Transport, SunTrust Bank, and Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce.

Investors sue Lancer Group service providers for $570 m

March 18, 2004
Eighty-six investors from 19 countries who claim to have invested more than $570 million in the Lancer Offshore Group have filed a lawsuit against its directors, administrator, auditor and prime broker. The three biggest claimants are all based in Montreal, Canada: Fondation Lucie et Andre Chagnon, a charity with a claim for $100 million; Bombardier Inc., the world's biggest train maker and third largest civil aircraft manufacturer whose pension fund has a claim for $68 million; and the University of Montreal's pension fund, with a claim for $67 million.

United Kingdom: Anthony David Rich et al

March 17, 2004
Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in the United Kingdom into Anthony David Rich and others for alleged fraud.

Canada: Wayne William Fincham

March 9, 2004
Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Canada into alleged fraud by Wayne William Fincham.

Canada requests medical records of Michael Ongley for sentencing hearing

February 29, 2004
Article based on an application to collect evidence for the sentencing hearing of Michael John Ongley - pursuant to a request for a request for judicial assistance by Canada - that was filed at the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan on July 18, 2003.

Spain: Enrique Emanuel Vecino Acosta

February 27, 2004
Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Spain into Enrique Manuel Vecino Acosta, Ivan Recio Perez and Maximiliano Vecino Adami for alleged fraud.

Insider Talking: January 31, 2004

January 31, 2004
Lines Overseas Management has filed a lawsuit against the Bermuda Monetary Authority in an attempt to prevent the SEC in the United States from receiving information about LOM's clients; Two alleged participants in a massive investment fraud involving Evergreen Security, which was registered in the British Virgin Islands and managed in Florida, are to be re-tried after their trial for grand larceny in the first degree ended in a hung jury; How much does failed offshore hedge fund boss and accused $600 million fraudster Michael Lauer hate Christopher Byron, the New York Post columnist who exposed his activities at the Lancer Offshore Group?; Imperial Consolidated administrator Mazars Neville Russell has reported receipts of $6.48 million and payments of $4.57 million in the five months from June 10, 2003 to December 9, 2003 for the group's principal UK company, Imperial Consolidated Financiers Ltd.; On January 19, 2004 at the British Virgin Islands High Court, Allen Wheatley, former Financial Secretary of the BVI Government, and three accomplices pleaded guilty to corruption-related charges concerning the misappropriation of funds for telecommunications projects at the Terrance B. Lettsome International Airport; Canadian television firm CBC broadcast a fascinating documentary on convicted money launderer Martin Chambers on January 13, 2004, including hidden camera footage of the undercover sting operation that led to his arrest in the 'Bermuda Short' operation conducted by the FBI and RCMP a few years ago; A liquidator of First Cayman Bank, of the Cayman Islands, announced in December 2003 that he had paid out a third interim dividend of 15 cents in the dollar on November 21, 2003 to all admitted creditors in a distribution of approximately US$4.4 million; Eduardo Masferrer, former Chairman and CEO of the now-closed Hamilton Bank N.A., of Miami, Florida, has agreed to pay $960,000 in restitution for the benefit of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and $40,000 in penalties and stay out of banking for an indefinite period; Grenada-domiciled IBC Joie de Vie Ventures Inc. closed for business after taking in millions of dollars from the public by offering returns of up to 100 per cent per year; U.K. attorney Christopher Stenning's Regalia Offshore Fund Ltd., which has an affiliate in the British Virgin Islands called The Regalia Fund Ltd., did not last long; A Canadian regulatory agency has issued a warning against a sham bank doing business as "Bermuda Credit Re-Insurance Bank Ltd."; The California Division of Corporations might want to look a little more closely at Gamboa Properties Inc. before renewing its status as an 'Active' company in the state; and Two Cayman Islands law firms announced they were merging with firms in other jurisdictions during January.

Legal battle for Terry Neal group’s gold and silver

January 31, 2004
A legal battle is taking place in Oregon for possession of gold and silver bars and coins that were seized during a raid on the offices of companies associated with offshore provider Terry Neal. The United States Government is seeking to take permanent possession of the property, worth approximately $225,000 at current prices.

Citco slammed by Lancer Group Receiver

January 31, 2004
An offshore fund administrator has been accused of "impeding" the investigation in the United States into the $600 million collapse of the Lancer group of hedge funds. Citco Fund Services (U.S.A.) Inc. has refused to turn over records concerning BVI-registered Lancer Offshore Inc. and The OmniFund Ltd., which its Netherlands Antilles affiliate administered.

Canadian regulator warns against Bermuda ‘bank’

January 31, 2004
A Canadian regulatory agency has issued a warning against a sham bank doing business as "Bermuda Credit Re-Insurance Bank Ltd." The Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions published its warning against BCRB on December 18, 2003.

Romania: John Paul Pender (North Carolina)

January 30, 2004
Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Romania into identity fraud and money laundering.

Jury finds former Canadian Space Agency engineer guilty of fraud involving offshore bank

January 24, 2004
Former Canadian Space Agency engineer Serdar Kalaycioglu has been found guilty of fraud involving an offshore bank and a bogus mutual fund following a jury trial in the United States that spanned seven weeks. After 21 days of hearing testimony and four days of deliberations, the jury found 40-year-old Kalaycioglu guilty of 11 counts of wire fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Energy Innovations Corporation: Section 304 Petition

January 23, 2004
Section 304 Petition for Assistance in Insolvency Proceedings in Canada by Mintz & Partners Limited, as the Foreign Representative of Energy Innovations Corporation, at the U. S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.

Parmalat Capital Finance Ltd.: Section 304 Petition

January 20, 2004
Section 304 Petition for Assistance in Insolvency Proceedings in the Cayman Islands by Gordon MacRae and James Cleaver, as the Foreign Representatives of Parmalat Capital Finance Limited, at the U. S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.

Martin Chambers receives 15-year prison sentence

December 9, 2003
Canadian attorney Martin Chambers has been sentenced to 15 years and eight months in prison for his role in an offshore money laundering scheme. Chambers, 64, was also fined $20,000 and ordered to forfeit $95,000, representing that portion of the $700,000 in cash that he took from undercover officers and agreed to launder but failed to return.

Insider Talking: November 30, 2003

November 30, 2003
Deloitte & Touche has offered $32 million to settle a class action lawsuit filed on behalf of shareholders of the British Virgin Islands registered Manhattan Investment Fund who bought shares between October, 1995 and January, 2000. D&T's Bermuda office audited

Switzerland: Ulrich Wymann et al

November 30, 2003
Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Switzerland into Ulrich Wymann, Martin Wymann and Juerg Rothen for suspected investment fraud.

US Gov’t applies to seize allegedly criminal proceeds

October 31, 2003
The United States Government has applied to seize $438,035 controlled by a United States-based attorney with close ties to a Grenada-based offshore bank and a convicted money launderer in Barbados.The funds are held at the Fifth Third Bank, of Evansville, Indiana, in an escrow account in the names of Price & Associates and Price & Collins law firms and controlled by attorney David E. Price, of Santa Claus, Indiana.

USA v. Gilbert A. Ziegler et al: Second Superseding Indictment

October 27, 2003
Second Superseding Indictment in USA vs. Gilbert Allen Ziegler, a.k.a. Van Arthur Brink; Rita Regale, a.k.a. Rita Brunges; Douglas Ferguson, Robert Skirving and Laurent Barnabe, a.k.a. Larry Barnabe, at the U. S. District Court for the District of Oregon.

Sandra V. Boylan et al v. Kevin McGeever et al: Complaint

October 22, 2003
Complaint in Sandra V. Boylan, Aidan J. Greaney, Paul A. Carnegie, Kevin Cleary, Dale Cochard, John R. Combes, Cynthia Crough, Robert Drake, Eddie Ewell, Ruth Frank, Daniel Zlotnick, Roger Gilmore, Jaime Hamame, Linda Hoitt, Jerry Holladay, Kenyield Limited, Curt Landberg, Helen Louros, Marlow, Davis & Byrd, Ltd., William D. McPeak, Mid America Capital Trust, Ida Ruth Morehouse, Stephen Schulte, Douglas Shortt, A. G. Skinner, Robert Stein, and Paul W. Vandermolen, Jr. v. Kevin McGeever, Douglas Johnson, James C. Sexton, Kenneth J. Adler, Liechtensteinische Landesbank, Gabriel Marxer, James McKiernan, Michael Miller, Raiffeissen Bank, Rudolf Ritter, and James C. Sexton, Jr. at the U. S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.