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Temple Mortgage Fund reports heavy losses

November 30, 2002
Turks & Caicos Islands based Temple Mortgage Fund Ltd. has informed its 350 investors of losses due to downgrading the valuation of property on its books. As a result of the re evaluation, the fund incurred a loss of 19.02
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False claims about World-Check and the 9/11 terrorists

November 30, 2002
Claims in news articles that a British provider of Know Your Customer information to financial institutions had the names of 15 of the 19 September 11 hijackers in its due diligence database BEFORE the attacks are false, OffshoreAlert can reveal.Global

Bruce Rappaport sells shares in offshore bank

October 31, 2002
The Bank of New York's one-time biggest single shareholder, Bruce Rappaport, no longer controls shares in Antigua-licensed Global Bank of Commerce Ltd., formerly known as Swiss American Bank Ltd.Antigua's International Financial Sector Regulatory Authority approved a change of ownership at a meeting on December 18, 2001.

Martin Chambers suspected of death threat against Bahamas accountant

October 31, 2002
A bail ruling at Federal Court in Miami indicates that prosecutors believe a Canadian businessman may have been behind an alleged death threat against one of his co-defendants, Bahamas accountant Michael Hepburn.In a decision dated October 16, 2002, District Court Judge Ursula Ungaro-Benages allowed an appeal by the U. S. Government against an earlier order granting bail to 62-year-old Martin G. Chambers.

Former offshore banker David Taylor arrested in UK fraud investigation

October 31, 2002
The former General Manager of Overseas Development Bank & Trust, of Dominica, and three accountants in the United Kingdom have been arrested as a part of an investment fraud investigation.David Taylor was arrested and granted police bail in Leicestershire, England, in October, along with Shinder Singh Gangar, Alan White and Ian Collins.

Regulators pressure Omnicorp to sell investment portfolio, will probably revoke license

October 31, 2002
Pressure from regulators in St. Vincent & the Grenadines has caused Omnicorp Bank Inc. to take steps to sell its investment portfolio, after which it is expected to lose its banking license.The local Offshore Finance Authority stepped in due to concerns about the solvency of Omnicorp, which had offered clients annual interest of up to 60 per cent.

Omnicorp Bank attempts to restructure

October 14, 2002
Omnicorp Bank, of St. Vincent, is attempting to convert from an offshore bank to an investment fund in an attempt to stave off liquidation.Canadian national Nelson Bayford, who controls the bank, has been approaching depositors requesting that they convert their interest from debt to shares, said two sources.

Richard Downes sentenced to 33 months in prison

September 30, 2002
Richard F. Downes, a former director of Dominica licensed Overseas Development Bank & Trust, has been sentenced to 33 months in prison for conspiracy to commit money laundering. Downes has also been ordered to pay restitution of $48,339 and he

Thierry Nano sues liquidator of his offshore banks

September 30, 2002
Thierry Nano, who is wanted in the United States on suspicion of money laundering, has filed a civil complaint in New York against the liquidator of his offshore banks.Defendants in the action are PricewaterhouseCoopers and Marcus A. Wide, a PWC

Alleged money launderers sue Stanford International Bank

September 30, 2002
Antigua-licensed Stanford International Bank is being sued by two Mexican clients who had approximately $3 million forfeited to the United States authorities as part of a narcotics money laundering investigation. Two lawsuits have been filed in Miami by Juan Alberto Zepeda Mendez and Jorge Bastida Gallardo and their British Virgin Islands-registered IBCs, Radon Trading Ltd. and Kadir Overseas Ltd., respectively.

Italy: Marco Bourelly

September 9, 2002
Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Italy into Marco Bourelly and Fausto De Berardinis for alleged bank fraud.

Switzerland: Henderson Pacific et al

September 3, 2002
Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Switzerland into Hans Josef Ludwig, Georg Eduard von Boguslawski, Robert Schoch and Lidia Santangelo-Ortoleva for alleged fraud involving Henderson Pacific Private Bank and Henderson Pacific Financial Services AG.

CIBC (Cayman) sued by client, local accountant panned in complaint

August 31, 2002
CIBC Bank and Trust (Cayman) and three of its subsidiaries are being sued for fraud and negligence in the United States over the alleged mismanagement of a trust account.The lawsuit was filed on August 7, 2002 at the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Dominica regulators take over Investors Bank and Trust

August 31, 2002
Investors Bank and Trust Ltd., formerly known as Overseas Development Bank and Trust Ltd., has been taken over by regulators in its home jurisdiction of Dominica.PricewaterhouseCoopers was appointed controller of the bank on August 20, 2002 because IBT was "insolvent" and "unable to meet its obligations", according to Prime Minister Pierre Charles.

Computer hackers try to steal $7 million from Crowne Gold

August 31, 2002
Computer hackers have unsuccessfully attempted to steal $7 million from an alternative currency firm linked with offshore provider Terry Neal.News of the incident is contained on the web-site of Crowne Gold, which operates from addresses in Grenada and St. Kitts.

Ecuador: Filanbanco Corporation

August 28, 2002
Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Ecuador into Roberto Isaias Dassun, Daniel Eduardo Rodriguez Galarza and others regarding suspected fraud and corruption involving Filanbanco SA.

Spain: Nicolas Spaccapietra

August 16, 2002
Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Spain into Nicolas Spaccapietra, a.k.a. Jorge Morasso, for alleged fraud and forgery.

Asset freeze order issued against Imperial Consolidated founders

August 14, 2002
A worldwide mareva injunction has been issued in the United Kingdom against Lincoln Fraser and Jared Brook, who co-founded the fraudulently-operated Imperial Consolidated Group. The injunction freezes all personal and business assets belonging to Fraser and Brook.

Salisbury Merchant Bank offices raided in share scam investigation

July 31, 2002
Yet another Grenada-licensed offshore bank has been taken over by regulators amid allegations of fraud and investigations by foreign police authorities.Salisbury Merchant Bank had accountant Marcus Wide, of PricewaterhouseCoopers, appointed as its controller on July 25 following an application to the Grenada High Court.

Former BTCB boss gets 30 months in prison, another banker admits laundering

July 31, 2002
Rodolfo Requena, the former Chairman/President of now-defunct British Trade and Commerce Bank, of Dominica, has been sentenced to 30 months in prison for money laundering.Requena, 51, was sentenced on July 17, 2002 at the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida, in Miami. He also received two years of supervised release. 

Imperial Consolidated administrator awaits results of geological survey in Argentina

July 31, 2002
The results of an independent geological survey of 4.5 million acres of land in Argentina to which the Imperial Consolidated Group has mining rights are expected to be known by the end of August. They will go a long way to determining the level of dividend creditors can reasonably expect, said a spokesman for Imperial's UK-based administrator, Mazars Neville Russell.

Two more FIBG promoters file for bankruptcy in the United States

July 31, 2002
Two more men who were involved in the fraudulently-operated First International Bank of Grenada have filed for bankruptcy in the United States.Paul James Peiffer and Robert John Skirving separately filed for bankruptcy on May 20 and May 23, respectively, at the U. S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Oregon.

FIBG stripped of assets just before collapse, says liquidator

July 31, 2002
First International Bank of Grenada founder Van Brink stripped $4.5 million of assets out of the bank not long before it went bust, according to its liquidator.In his third report to creditors dated June 1, 2002, Marcus A. Wide, of PricewaterhouseCoopers, reported that details of the asset transfers were contained "unsigned minutes from FIBG's June 2000 Board of Directors meeting".

Programmer put ‘time-bomb’ in ex-employer’s computer system

July 31, 2002
A programmer who caused his former employer's computer system to crash in the Cayman Islands shortly after resigning and then demanded money to fix it has lost a court judgment.Christopher John Donnachie "unlawfully placed a blocking device" in software used by British American Card Company Ltd., ruled Bahamas Supreme Court Justice Hugh Small on June 5, 2002.

Former FIBG director arrested for another alleged bank fraud

July 31, 2002
A former director of the fraudulently-operated First International Bank of Grenada has been arrested in the United States on suspicion of committing a $6.6 million fraud involving another bank.DuSean Berkich was arrested in California on May 3, 2002 - nine days after being criminally indicted at the United States District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands on April 24.

AIF Bank and Trust has Dominica banking license revoked

July 31, 2002
AIF Bank and Trust Limited has had its banking license revoked in Dominica, the island's offshore regulators told OffshoreAlert.AIF Bank had been granted a provisional license on August 10, 2001 but it was revoked towards the end of July, said a regulatory spokesperson.

FIBG liquidator warns creditors to expect no dividend

July 8, 2002
In his Third Report dated June 1, 2002, the liquidator of the First International Bank of Grenada has again warned creditors that there may not be any dividend distribution.Marcus A. Wide, of PricewaterhouseCoopers, advised "there is a real and distinct possibility that there will be no distribution whatsoever made by the Liquidator to the FIBG depositors/creditors".

Cambridge International Bank files action against former principal

June 30, 2002
Cambridge International Bank & Trust, whose banking license was revoked in Grenada last year, has brought a lawsuit in the United States against its former principal, David Frank Rowe. The action was filed as an Adversary Proceeding at the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Mississippi on May 13, 2002.

Euro Bank liquidators pay first dividend

June 30, 2002
The liquidators of Euro Bank Corporation have paid a first dividend totaling US$70 million to creditors, representing 80 cents on the dollar to recognized claimants.Liquidators Michael Pilling and Ian Wight, of Deloitte & Touche, told creditors in a letter dated May 13, 2002 to expect a final return of at least 100 per cent of their respective claims.

Banque SCS Alliance sued over Martin Frankel dealings

June 30, 2002
Swiss-based Banque SCS Alliance and one of its officers, Jeanne-Marie Wery, are being sued for racketeering involving Martin Frankel.The bank helped Frankel defraud seven U.S.-based insurance companies of more than $200 million, according to a civil complaint filed in New York.

Regulators in Bahamas and Canada warn against offshore ‘bank’

June 30, 2002
The Central Bank of the Bahamas has issued a warning against an unauthorized bank operating from Nassau following details of the illegal activity in last month's edition of OffshoreAlert.On June 6, 2002 - six days after our article - the Central Bank issued a "Warning Notice" that Alpha Credit Union, of 51 Frederick Street, P.O. Box CB-12287, Nassau, was not licensed in the Bahamas.

Judgment for $1.18 million against VistaBank

June 30, 2002
A default judgment for $1.18 million has been entered in the United States against Grenada-licensed VistaBank Ltd. and its principal, Carl H. Lane.The judgment, comprising $835,537 in actual damages and $350,000 in punitive damages, was entered on March 7, 2002 at the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.

Imperial Consolidated goes into administration

June 13, 2002
The Imperial Consolidated Group has gone into 'voluntary administration' in the United Kingdom. The news was announced today by Imperial's London-based public relations firm, Luther Pendragon.

Bank and trust license revocations in the Bahamas

May 31, 2002
Falcon Trust Co. Ltd. has had its license revoked by the Central Bank of the Bahamas on the grounds that it was "operating in a detrimental manner". The revocation was effective March 22, 2002.Nine other financial institutions had their licenses

AvantGuard Bank goes into liquidation in Grenada

May 31, 2002
Grenada licensed AvantGuard Bank and Trust Ltd. has gone into voluntary liquidation following a review of its operations by accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers, acting on behalf of Grenada's Ministry of Finance. Pierre Gauthier, a spokesman for the bank, told OffshoreAlert on

Unlicensed banking activity in the Bahamas

May 31, 2002
OffshoreAlert has uncovered two related Internet 'banks' which are operating using contact information in the Bahamas, where they do not have a banking license. Alpha Credit Union Bank and Alliance Trust Bank are promoted from web sites at www.alphacreditunion.com and