Ireland

‘No business relationship between Merrion Re and Windsor Bank’, writes Darren Thomas

April 30, 2001

Dear Sir, RE: WINDSOR INTERNATIONAL BANK AND TRUST ("WINDSOR") Further to our brief discussion and your follow up e-mail request for information of 27th inst., concerning the relationship of Merrion Reinsurance Company Ltd. ("Merrion") and Windsor. There has not existed nor does there exist any business

Windsor International Bank told to remove references to Merrion Re

April 30, 2001

A Grenada-licensed bank founded by a dentist has been told to remove references on its web-site to a reinsurer that purportedly "guarantees" the bank's high yield investment products. Darren Thomas, a Director of Merrion Re, of Dublin, Ireland, told OffshoreAlert that references to the reinsurer on the site of Windsor International Bank & Trust had been "put there in error".

United Kingdom: Robert Swire et al

April 20, 2001

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in the United Kingdom into Robert Swire and Robert Leung for alleged tax evasion regarding Memsolve Limited.

Interclaim sues US law firm in row over settlement with Canadian crook Blair Down

March 31, 2001

International asset recovery firm Interclaim is suing its former law firm for allegedly cutting it out of a settlement deal with a crook who made tens of millions of dollars by ripping off the elderly. Interclaim Holdings Ltd. and Interclaim Recovery Ltd. filed a lawsuit against Ness Motley Loadholt Richardson & Poole at the US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois on December 4, 2000.

USA v. Mack Obioha et al: Motion for Letters Rogatory

August 9, 2000

Defendant Obioha's Motion for Issuance of Letters Rogatory in the case of  'USA vs. Mack Obioha et al' at the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of California.

Ukraine: Pavel Lazarenko et al

April 28, 2000

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Ukraine into Pavlo Ivanovych Lazarenko, a former Prime Minister; Myckola Ivanovych Agafonov, Petro Myckolayiovych Kirichenko and Igor Olexandrovych Polozhentsev for alleged fraud, embezzlement and corruption.

Poland: Alexei Bragontchuk

February 24, 1999

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Poland into Alexei Bragontchuk and for alleged fraud and money laundering regarding the proceeds of weapons trafficking.

Share Register of Mezzanine Capital

February 10, 1999

Share Register of Mezzanine Capital, accurate as of February 10, 1999.

USA v. Zenichi Konishi et al: Criminal Indictment

August 25, 1998

Criminal Indictment in USA v. Zenichi Konishi and John Doe, a.k.a. Steven Baker, at the U. S. District Court for the District of Delaware.

Insider Talking: April 30, 1998

April 30, 1998

David Walsh, the former head of Bre X Minerals, tried to close a bank account in the Bahamas and take out his entire deposit of $25.3 million two weeks after an audit revealed concluded that the supposedly rich Busang gold

SEC v. Austria Trust Company Ltd. et al: Complaint

April 23, 1998

Complaint alleging fraud in U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Austria Trust Company Ltd., of Belize; Bobby Lee Rodgers, and Glen Moyer, as Defendants, and City (U.K.) Ltd., as Relief Defendant, at the U. S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee.

Irish authorities seek confidential bank information on Charles Haughey in Cayman

May 28, 1997

The authorities in Ireland were waiting anxiously this week to see if the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands will give them permission to interview Cayman bankers and auditors who may have information about alleged illegal payments to former Irish Prime Minister Charles Haughey.