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David Rowe linked with plaintiff in alleged advance fee fraud

July 31, 2001
A Canadian businessman who is currently in prison awaiting trial for an alleged offshore banking fraud was an agent for a US-based firm that itself was a victim of fraud, according to a civil lawsuit.David Rowe, who at one time was President and CEO of Grenada-registered Cambridge International Bank and Trust, is mentioned along with CIBT in a civil complaint filed at Federal Court in Oklahoma.

First Nevisian group opens up in the Dominican Republic

July 31, 2001
The First Nevisian stockbroking and corporate services group, which is now known as The FN Group, has opened an office in the Dominican Republic, where it plans to relocate much of its business from Nevis.And the official line is still that Keith King "retired" from the group two years ago, even though he is listed as the administrative contact for its new Internet domain name of 'thefngroup.com', which was only created 12 months ago on June 20, 2000.

Tri-West courier arrested while carrying $4.5 million

June 30, 2001
Tri-West Investment Club, which raised approximately $50 million from more than 6,000 people by promising monthly returns of ten per cent, has stopped payments after its founder was arrested in Mexico.Alyn Richard Waage, 55, was arrested carrying $4.5 million in cashiers' checks and money orders after he landed at Puerto Vallarta on a leased Lear Jet in April, according to international press reports.

Elderly client claims Sabourin and Sun cleaned her out

June 30, 2001
A 61-year-old woman is suing Canada-based offshore provider Peter Sabourin to recover CDN$876,451 that was allegedly defrauded from her trading account, leaving her destitute.Judith Laiken claims that Sabourin, who is described in court filings as a former school janitor, wiped out her entire account within six months of it being opened in March, 1999.

Police investigate collapse of Atlas Securities

June 30, 2001
Police are investigating Wayne Turner and his son, Scott, for allegedly misappropriating an estimated $8 million from clients of Atlas Securities Inc., of the Turks & Caicos Islands.TCI police began an investigation after a KPMG audit apparently turned up evidence that the Turners had used client funds to cover margin calls relating to their personal trading accounts.

David Voth cleared of impeding tax evasion inquiry

June 30, 2001
Canadian offshore advisor David Voth has been found not guilty by a provincial court of failing to comply with Revenue Canada's requests to see his financial records. Judge Bria Huculuk ruled on April 6, 2001 that the Crown had not proven "beyond a reasonable doubt" that Voth, 42, had the criminal intent of deliberately avoiding compliance, reported a local newspaper.

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.

Canadian regulator acts against Tri-West Investment Club

April 30, 2001
The British Columbia Securities has issued a Temporary Cease Trade Order against an offshore investment scheme run by Tri-West Investment Club that offers "risk-free" annual returns of up to 300 per cent. The Order relates to Tri-West Investment Club, its President, Jason Kingsley; Haarlem Universal Corp., its founder, Alex Haarlem, Alan Richards and Mark Goldman.

Securities regulators act against Global Privacy Management Trust

April 30, 2001
On December 12, 2000, the Ontario Securities Commission has issued a Temporary Cease and Desist Order against Global Privacy Management Trust, whose web-site was registered to a Cayman Islands address, and its principal, Robert Cranston, who lives in London, Ontario.

Sterling International Bank fails to unfreeze assets

April 30, 2001
An offshore bank has failed to unfreeze US$540,000 of its assets that were frozen at the Bank of Montreal in Vancouver by the British Columbia Securities Commission as part of a stock fraud investigation. The provisional liquidator of Nauru-registered Sterling International Bank Inc., Graham R. Whiteside, had applied for the funds to be released so that he could proceed with the liquidation of the bank.

USA v. Corey Spencer Sniderman: Docket in Fraud Case

April 30, 2001
Court Docket in the case of 'USA vs. Corey Spencer Sniderman' in which Sniderman, a Canadian national, was convicted of defrauding the FBI at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Raids on Jerome Schneider and Global Prosperity, charges against Anderson’s Ark

March 31, 2001
Jerome Schneider, who has made a living by selling offshore bank charters in lightly-regulated jurisdictions to private individuals and by writing offshore books, had his office raided by the IRS on February 26. The raid on the office of Schneider's Wilshire Publishing Company in California was one of three high profile actions taken against offshore promoters within five days of each other in the United States.

David Voth arrested for kidnapping

March 31, 2001
Businessman David Marlin Voth, whose dubious offshore activities have been exposed in previous editions of OffshoreAlert, has been arrested in his native Canada and charged with kidnapping. Also arrested with 42-year-old Voth were Lorne Murray Ryz, 31, of the Bahamas, and Merrill Paul Lepp, 38, of Calgary. All three have been charged with kidnapping, forcible confinement and assault.

Poland: Sulik Auto, Inc. et al

March 22, 2001
Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence from Sulik Auto, Inc., Progressive Auto, and Merek Piepryzyk - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from Poland - for a criminal investigation in Poland into alleged tax fraud.

United Kingdom: Wilson-Smith & Co. et al

March 5, 2001
Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in the United Kingdom into alleged fraud by Martin Brian Tobias-Gibbins, Jimmy Barnard Sanchez, William Deluce, Imdad Ullah, Carl Tessier, Michael Wilson-Smith, Peter Barnett, Minesh Ruparelia, Wilson-Smith & Co., Rhodes Barlow and Ruparelia Thaker.

Insider Talking: February 28, 2001

February 28, 2001
Offshore regulators act against banks named in U. S. Senate's 'Correspondent Banking: A Gateway to Money Laundering' report, Marc Harris denounces attempt to strip him of Panamanian citizenship, David Voth comes up with a novel excuse as to why he can't make investment pay-outs, complaints about Morrison Cross Financial Investments start coming in, details of relatively-recent lawsuits involving Jerome Schneider and/or related entities, U. S. court approves settlement plan between Heartland Financial Services and investors who received "false profits", Pittsburgh travel agent Roy Davis Jr. becomes latest victim of John Mathewson's co-operation with US authorities, sset freeze order issued against Midpoint Trading Corporation, Euro Bank Corp. 'Preliminary Inquiry' hearing starts in Cayman Islands.

Canadian exchange suspends shares linked with Grenada bank

February 28, 2001
The Canadian Venture Exchange has suspended trading in the shares of two companies that are linked to insolvent Grenada-registered Cambridge International Bank & Trust. It is the latest regulatory action to be taken involving the now-defunct First International Bank of Grenada group, whose activities have been filling pages of newspapers all over the world recently.

USA v. Corey Spencer Sniderman: Exhibit and Witness List

February 7, 2001
U. S. Government Exhibit in a criminal case of 'USA vs. Corey Spencer Sniderman' at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, specifically a letter from Toronto Police Service in February, 2001 stating that, at that time, Sniderman was a "wanted fugitive in Toronto" at that time.

Poland: Alfred Poser

February 6, 2001
Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Poland into Alfred Poser for alleged fraud and perjury.

Insider Talking: January 31, 2001

January 31, 2001
David Voth unable to name auditor of The Forex Fund, Dennis Sutton charged with fraud and forgery in the Bahamas, fraudulent GTrade 'stock exchange' becomes active again after months of inactivity, conman Joseph Becker sets up his own European Community in cyberspace, FIBG-related barrister Lawrence Jones stops practicing law in England.

Leon Brener v. Malcolm Alan Novack et al: Complaint

January 11, 2001
Complaint in Leon Brener v. Malcolm Alan Novack, Marilyn Novack, Watermark (International) Holdings Ltd., Buckingham Holdings International Ltd., Pembroke Trading Company Ltd., and Gabelle Holdings Ltd. at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Insider Talking: December 31, 2000

December 31, 2000
During the course of 2000, Offshore Alert received many telephone calls and e-mails from clients of The Harris Organization financial services group in Panama who claimed to have been defrauded of various amounts of money; After Tony Vigna was recently deported from Panama to face criminal charges in Miami, further details emerged of a fake British passport that was obtained for him by The Harris Organization when he fled the US before being indicted; Standard Hellier Bank and Allianz Trade Reinsurance web-sites become inactive after investigation by Offshore Alert; We have been told by the Grenada Supreme Court that between 10 and 15 civil lawsuits have now been filed against the First International Bank of Grenada group; The default judgment entered against the Bank of Bermuda in favor of the Receiver of the Cash 4 Titles alleged Ponzi scheme at a US federal court on November 20, 2000 was set aside ten days later; Clyde DHood, the small-town electrician in Illinois who persuaded thousands of suckers all over the world to mail him millions of dollars just by promising high returns, remains in jail after his bail application was turned down; Canadian crook Jordan Bionda seems to subscribe to the philosophy that 'the best form of defense is attack'; and Americans are regarded virtually all over the world as being parochial in that they tend not to travel abroad, generally know little about other countries or world affairs and, rather insultingly to the rest of the world's population, give themselves titles such as 'World Champions' when they win a national championship, be it in basketball, baseball, American football or whatever.

British Trade & Commerce Bank’s claim of frozen assets not true, says adversary

December 31, 2000
A claim by Dominica-based British Trade & Commerce Bank that its liquidity problem is substantially due to having its assets frozen by a Canadian court is in dispute. The Plaintiffs in the only known lawsuit against BTCB in Canada told Offshore Alert that no assets have been frozen as a result of the action, which contradicts BTCB's public stance.

Insider Talking: November 30, 2000

November 30, 2000
In an attempt to more accurately gauge the expectations of investors when they go offshore, we decided not to close last month's Internet poll on offshore investing but to keep it going indefinitely; Approximately 1,911 investors have filed claims totaling US$189.3 million, according to the latest report by the Receiver of the Cash 4 Titles alleged Ponzi scheme, which operated largely out of the United States, the Cayman Islands and the Bahamas; Controversial businessman Yank Barry, who hails from Montreal in Canada, has been given his passport back by Judge Lynn Hughes sitting at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas, where Barry is awaiting trial on eight counts of bribery, fraud and money laundering; The Panama Supreme Court has still not ruled on a dispute between The Harris Organization and La Comisión Nacional de Valores (National Securities Commission), which ordered the suspension of the financial services group's operations for operating without a license; The State of Washington Department of Financial Institutions Securities Division has issued a Cease and Desist Order against Grenada-registered Joie De Vie Ventures Inc., which Offshore Alert exposed earlier this year, and Arthur Kilner, d.ba. Kilner Enterprises Ltd.; and We recently contacted Bill Wallace, of Pannell Kerr Forster, in Nassau, to ask how his accounting firm was able to perform a competent audit of several Bahamas and Grenada-registered mutual funds operated by the Imperial Consolidated Group when the BVI-registered companies upon which the funds' solvency entirely depends do not appear to be audited.

Accounts in Jersey and BVI used for insider trading

October 31, 2000
A Vancouver-based businessman who used a Jersey-registered trust and a BVI-registered IBC to conduct illegal insider trades in firms he managed has been fined $50,000 by Canadian securities regulators. David Michael Patterson admitted that he did not file insider-trading reports for trades he made through a British Virgin Islands firm in shares of four companies where he was an officer or director.

Cayman on-line trader expands to Canadian stock markets

October 31, 2000
Cayman-based SEGOES Securities Ltd. has announced plans to offer on-line trading for stocks listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange and the Canadian Venture Exchange. SEGOES, which has a web-site at www.segoes.com.ky, will also provide real-time quotes from these exchanges.

Insider Talking: October 31, 2000

October 31, 2000
Midasco Gold Corp's dubious offshore private placement participants, Turks & Caicos Islands regulator issues warning against Orion Bank & Trust, Canadian lawsuit filed against Bermuda-based investment firm GulfStream Financial Ltd., prospectus for Bermuda Money Funds identifies long-deceased Bermudian attorney as its chairman, Better Business Bureau in Costa Rica angered by Harris Organization's false claim to be a member, New Utopia scam keeps going and going, superseding indictment brought against Nevis-based offshore provider Robin Cotterell.

Court battle looms for control of Hawthorne-Sterling fund group

October 31, 2000
A crucial hearing in the battle for control of the Hawthorne-Sterling group of mutual funds is due to take place at Bahamas Supreme Court on November 1. Florida-based Ian L. Renert wants the court to remove accountant Clifford Culmer as Receiver of 36 companies within Renert's group and be allowed to relocate them to Nevis.

David Gilliland pleads guilty to investment fraud, turns on his co-defendants

October 31, 2000
A guilty plea has been entered by one of the defendants in an alleged $95 million investment fraud in which funds were allegedly laundered through the Bank of Bermuda in the name of an Antiguan 'paper' bank. Benjamin David Gilliland, of Memphis, Tennessee, pleaded guilty on August 22, 2000 to one count each of conspiracy to commit wire and securities fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering.

Grenada licenses new FIBG and blocks FBI investigation into fraud

October 31, 2000
Grenada Prime Minister Keith Mitchell is being lined up as a potential defendant in a civil fraud lawsuit following the collapse of the First International Bank of Grenada. Depositors have vowed to take action against Mitchell after his government announced that it had granted a license to a new bank called First International Bank of Grenada 2000 Ltd.

Canada: Project Offline

October 6, 2000
Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Canada - codenamed 'Project Offline' - into allegations of illegal gambling and bookmaking against a Canadian citizen.

Former Cayman broker and mother penalized for lying to regulators

September 30, 2000
Former Cayman-based stockbroker Richard Harris and his mother, Ana Jimenez, have settled a perjury action brought against them by the British Columbia Securities Commission. Under the settlement, Harris and Jimenez, who now live in Costa Rica, have been banned for ten years from serving as a director or officer of any issuer regulated by the BCSC. They are also prohibited from "engaging in investor relations" in British Columbia for the same period.

Terry Neal settles SEC lawsuit for $2.5 million

September 30, 2000
Nevis-based offshore financial services provider and author Terry Neal has been ordered to disgorge $2.3 million in "ill-gotten gains" and pay a $200,000 penalty to settle a civil fraud lawsuit in the United States. Neal, who is an American citizen, has also been barred from serving as an officer or director of a public company in the United States.

TAC International and Craig Southwood penalized by regulators

September 30, 2000
Bahamas-registered TAC International and its President, Craig Southwood, have been further penalized by the British Columbia Securities Commission after failing to honor a previous settlement agreement. In a ruling on June 9, 2000, shares in TAC International Limited were permanently cease-traded and Southwood was prohibited from trading in securities and serving as an officer or director of a company.

Undischarged bankrupt linked with Grenada bank

September 30, 2000
An undischarged bankrupt, whose debts include $4 million owed to a now-defunct Cayman Islands bank, has resurfaced as a director of Grenada-registered Sterling International Bank & Trust. Robert Leroy Bandfield Jr., 56, known as 'Bob Bandfield', went into voluntary bankruptcy in his home state of Oregon on October 30, 1992 with assets of $282,681 and liabilities of $8,610,000.

Bermuda resident penalized by SEC

September 30, 2000
Bermuda resident Susan McKenna Grant has been ordered by a US court to disgorge $135,204 and pay $264,796 in refunds and interest following a lawsuit filed by the Securities and Exchange Commission. Grant, who lives at Harbour Road, Paget, was one of three former executives of NASDAQ-listed Alias Research Inc. who were ordered to pay total penalties of $2.4 million on July 24, 2000.

Canada: Kwasi Ntiamoah

September 6, 2000
Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Canada into alleged money laundering by Kwasi Ntiamoah.

Omega Trust and Trading investment farce ends after six-year run

August 31, 2000
One of the longest-running investment farces ever ended this month when 19 people were criminally indicted in relation to a so-called 'offshore trading program' known as Omega Trust and Trading Ltd. The scheme has been going on since at least January, 1994 and has raised at least $12.5 million, according to an indictment filed at the US District Court for the Central District of Illinois on August 18.

Insider Talking: July 31, 2000

July 31, 2000
Robin Cotterell released on bail pending trial on money laundering charge, SG Hambros and Coutts settle Bahamas lawsuit, casino web-site's links to the Bahamas, where Internet gaming is prohibited; Canadian regulators issues warning about Cayman International Holdings, First International Bank of Grenada fraudsters open a new bank, investors in Versailles finance group apply to liquidate BVI firm Trading Partners, Harris Organization has Nov. 24 deadline to obtain investment manager's license in Panama, Imperial Consolidated Securities SA offers "High-Yield Investment Facility", Cayman Islands passes Electronic Transactions Bill and Computer Misuse Bill.

Sale of unregistered stock in Bahamas-based IBC comes to a halt

June 30, 2000
An offering memorandum for shares in a Bahamas-registered IBC was taken off the Internet recently immediately after Offshore Alert began asking questions about it.Offshore Alert had downloaded a "Memorandum" relating to the sale of up to 2.5 million shares for $10 each in a company called ecombahamas.com Ltd., which was incorporated on August 3, 1999.

Regulators freeze assets of bank controlled by Terry Neal

May 31, 2000
A Nauru-registered bank that is operated out of Nevis by offshore provider and author Terry Neal is at the centre of a major stock fraud investigation in the United States and Canada.Investigators allege that Exchange Bank and Trust helped launder millions of dollars from illegal trading in US stocks through bank and brokerage accounts in Vancouver and Nevis-registered entities.