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Timothy Blixseth et al v. Gary Di Silvestri et al: First Amended Complaint

March 9, 2012
First Amended Complaint in Timothy L. Blixseth and Emerald Cay Ltd. v. Gary Di Silvestri, Worldwide Commercial Properties Ltd., Angelica Morrone, Southaven Ltd., Commercial Properties Ltd., and Ital Swiss Investments Ltd. at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

USA v. Philip J. Baker: Plea Agreement

August 24, 2011
Philip Baker's Plea Agreement in a criminal action styled as 'USA v. Philip J. Baker' at the U. S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.

Timothy Blixseth et al v. Gary Di Silvestri et al: Complaint

July 8, 2011
Complaint filed by Timothy L. Blixseth and Emerald Cay Ltd. against Gary Di Silvestri, Worldwide Commercial Properties Ltd., Angelica Morrone, Southaven Ltd., and Ital Swiss Investments Ltd. at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Llewellyn Connolly et al v. Cem Kinay et al: Complaint

January 28, 2011
Complaint filed by Llewellyn Connolly, Dodgar Partners Ltd., Edward Razek, Ocean Villa 4 (D.C.) Ltd., Thomas Walker III, Beach Villa V. D.C. Ltd., Andrey Ivanov-Galitsyn, Villa 7 Dellis Cay Ltd., Estefano Isaias, Salinas on the Beach Ltd., Stephane Pictet, Sandrine Pictet, Thomas Singh, Upwey Ltd., Michael Topr, Ocean Villa 2 (D.C.) Ltd., Mikal Watts, Tammy Watts, and 313TW Caribbean Investment Ltd. against defendants Cem Kinay, Oguz Serim, O Property Collection USA, Inc., O Property Collection GmbH, ), O Property Collection TCI Ltd., Turks Development L.P., Turks General Partners Ltd., Turks (B.V.I.) Holdings Ltd., Turks Ltd., Dellis Construction Ltd., William Tacon as Receiver of Turks Development L.P. and Turks Ltd., Stephen Katz as Provisional Liquidator of Dellis Construction Ltd., Marjorie Kinay, Cenk Kinay, The SUU Hotels, Trinidad and Tobago Unit Trust Corporation, Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group International Ltd., Mandarin Oriental Management (BVI) Ltd., Mer Insaat, Halis Sumer and Avatar Real Estate Services, LLC at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.  

Insider Talking: August 26, 2010

August 26, 2010
Litigation that has been taking place in Florida over the last 22 months on behalf of victims of various get rich quick investment schemes that substantially targeted Jamaican nationals or their descendants in the Caribbean and the United States is

British American Insurance Company Ltd.: Chapter 15 Petition

October 9, 2009
Chapter 15 Petition for Recognition of a Foreign Main Proceeding in the Bahamas by Juan Lopez, a.k.a. John Lopez, as the Foreign Representative of British American Insurance Company Limited, at the U. S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Insider Talking: October 5, 2009

October 5, 2009
A High Court judge in St. Lucia has quashed a dubious decision by the Government of St. Lucia to protect a Government Minister, Keith Mondesir, after he was apparently caught trying to avoid customs duty on household items that he

Magazine publishers sue TCI Tourist Board for ‘unpaid advertising’

August 24, 2009
Two magazine publishers have filed separate civil complaints in the United States against the Turks and Caicos Islands Tourist Board for allegedly failing to pay for advertising.The first case was brought by New York based Advance Magazine Publishers, Inc., d.b.a.

Fourth fraud action against Cayman-domiciled Maydaisy Corp.

June 14, 2009
A fourth civil complaint in 11 months has been filed at federal court in Orlando by an investor claiming to have been defrauded in a Forex scheme operated by a Jamaican national using a Cayman Islands corporation.The latest action was

Ex-TCI Premier Michael Misick sued by victims of Ponzi scheme

June 14, 2009
Former Turks and Caicos Islands Premier Michael Misick is being sued in Fort Lauderdale by a physician who claims he was defrauded in a TCI based get rich quick scheme. Plaintiff Christopher Walker, a resident of Orlando, Florida, is seeking

Insider Talking: April 7, 2009

April 7, 2009
In the very first edition of OffshoreAlert in February, 1997, we referred to TCI as the "Totally Corrupt Islands" and commented that there was a presumption among knowledgeable businesspeople that TCI domiciled companies were "crooked until proven otherwise", prompting a

Assurant sues Inter-Ocean Re for $20 million

March 19, 2009
Bermuda based finite risk reinsurer Inter Ocean Reinsurance Company Ltd., which has been in run off since 2005, is being sued for $20 million by four subsidiaries of U. S. Fortune 500 company Assurant, Inc. The complaint against Inter Ocean

Canadian defrauded two Bahamas brokers of $29 m, alleges indictment

March 11, 2009
Canadian national George Georgiou has been criminally indicted in the United States for allegedly defrauding two Bahamas based broker dealers of at least $29 million in a securities scam. Georgiou, 39, masterminded a scheme that caused losses of "approximately $25

Insider Talking: February 13, 2009

February 13, 2009
On January 12, 2009, Bermuda and the USA signed a Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty, pursuant to which each country can formally apply to the other to obtain information for criminal investigations. The Bermuda Government lauded the agreement as "yet another

Insider Talking: December 8, 2008

December 8, 2008
US Senator John Kerry intends to look into offshore tax evasion; First Curacao International Bank to "start repatriating" frozen assets; UK Government commissions review of offshore financial centers' Condor Insurance sued in California; and US criminally indicts Raoul Weil, Chairman and CEO of UBS Global Wealth Management and Business Banking and a member of the Swiss bank's Group Executive Board.

Investors scramble to recover up to US$1 billion as Caribbean Forex scams collapse

November 10, 2008
An epidemic of investment fraud is causing financial misery to victims who appear to be predominantly Caribbean residents and Caribbean expatriates living in the United States.Tens of thousands of investors are believed to have invested between US$650 million and US$1 billion over the last five years in more than two dozen unlicensed schemes, many of which promised returns of between 6% and 25% per month.

Insider Talking: September 8, 2008

September 8, 2008
Miami-based businessman Charles Intriago, who sold his anti-money laundering-focused company Alert Global Media, Inc. to New York-based supplier of AML technology Fortent in December, 2006 and continued to manage it before abruptly departing in late March, 2008, is preparing to launch a new business venture that will concentrate on asset forfeiture; Canadian national Wayne Wile, who has been accused of committing securities fraud along with the Cayman, Bahamas and Bermuda operations of investment group Lines Overseas Management, obtained a Cayman Islands Driver's License in a false name, according to the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission; OffshoreAlert has obtained more information about companies and individuals involved with the Grand Island Commodity Trading Fund group of companies, which went into liquidation on June 17, 2008 - one month before its trading manager, R. Christopher Girvan, was arrested in Cayman on suspicion of theft, false accounting and fraud; Investment fraudster Keem Kalfon is at it again. His latest venture operates as 'The People's Money Center' from a web-site at www.peoplemc.com, which was established in June, 2007; and Despite all that has happened over the last 10 years in terms of legal gateways being implemented to allow foreign parties to obtain information about individuals and businesses operating in offshore financial centers, there is still a misconception among some residents of major countries that the secrecy and anonymity of their offshore transactions is enshrined in law.

UK Gov’t Committee expresses concern over corruption and fraud in Bermuda

July 9, 2008
The United Kingdom Government has been asked to provide details of any and all steps it has taken to ensure that corruption and fraud in Bermuda is "properly investigated".The request was made in a new report on British Overseas Territories by the Foreign Affairs Committee, which is appointed by the House of Commons to examine the administration, expenditure and policy of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and its associated agencies.

Allegations of corruption in offshore financial centers highlighted in report to UK Gov’t

July 7, 2008
A new report on British Overseas Territories by the Foreign Affairs Committee of the United Kingdom Government has highlighted evidence of corruption in the Turks and Caicos Islands, Bermuda and Anguilla. By comparison, the British Virgin Islands and the Cayman Islands emerged relatively unscathed. The Committee has recommended that the UK Government sets up a Commission of Inquiry to investigate corruption in the TCI, encourages the Anguillan government to establish an "independent inquiry" to look into corruption, and details the steps it has taken to ensure that allegations of corruption in Bermuda are "properly investigated".

Investment advisers accused of “massive fraud” against offshore firms and others

July 2, 2008
Two former officers of a U. S.-based investment adviser have been accused of perpetrating a "massive fraud" against clients, who include an offshore bank and several offshore hedge funds.The conduct of Eric A. Bloom, 42, a resident of Northbrook, Illinois, and Charles K. Mosley, 43, a resident of Vernon Hills, Illinois, caused the loss of "several hundred million dollars" of approximately $1.4 billion of assets under management that their Chicago-based firm, Sentinel Management Group Inc., had at the time it filed for bankruptcy last year, according to the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

Insider Talking: May 7, 2008

May 7, 2008
Former Canada-based offshore services provider Peter Sabourin and related parties, including companies he controlled in the British Virgin Islands and the Bahamas, have been ordered to pay $1.77 million in compensatory and punitive damages, plus costs and fees, to the victim of an investment scam they perpetrated; Creditors of St. Vincent and the Grenadines-licensed Horizon Bank International Limited (in liquidation) took a massive hit at Bermuda Supreme Court on March 31, 2008 when Justice Ian Kawaley awarded damages of $20 million against the bank for conspiracy to defraud and breach of fiduciary duty in a civil complaint filed by Canadians Allen Walsh and Hans Taal; and Alleging fraud, segregation and false reporting violations involving $562 million in client funds, the U. S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission filed a complaint against Sentinel Management Group Inc. (in bankruptcy) and two of its former officers, Eric Bloom and Charles Mosley, at federal court in the USA on April 28, 2008.