Offshore fund head John Lipton arrested in Costa Rica

By David Marchant

22 years ago

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Bribery & Corruption Costa Rica Fraud Investment St. Kitts & Nevis

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Compass Bank Genesis Fund Jean Pierre Harper John Lipton

A man who headed an offshore fund that collapsed last year amid allegations of impropriety has been arrested in Costa Rica and criminally charged with fraud.
United States national John Sherman Lipton, who has homes in Costa Rica and California, was taken into custody in early May, according to a report in A. M. Costa Rica on May 14, 2003.

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