Ambrose George

European Federal Union Bank Ltd. falsely claims to be based in Antigua; Barbados Central Bank revokes license of Keywest Swiss Investment Bank Inc.; DIAK Bank's Clifford Pitt fails in an attempt to quash a subpoena duces tecum; John Wayne Zidar is gound guilty of fraud and money laundering; US federal court approves IRS motion to serve John Doe summons on MasterCard International for investigation into tax evasion using offshore credit cards; Offshore bankers Julien Giraud and Brian Boeger have each been sentenced to 37 months in prison in the United States; and an auction of property belonging to Imperial Consolidated is due to take place in England.

Former offshore bankers Julien Giraud and Brian Boeger have each been sentenced to 37 months in prison in the United States.Giraud was also fined $7,500 and they were both ordered to jointly and severally pay $194,000 in restitution.

A civil complaint has been filed in the United States against the Government of Dominica and two of its Ministers.The action was filed at the United States District Court for the District of Southern Florida in Fort Lauderdale on July 3, 2002 by Paradise Group LLC, of Florida; and Aramco Industries Ltd., of Dominica.

Four offshore bankers were arrested by United States law enforcement agencies in November and charged with money laundering.Two more have also been charged with money laundering but are still at large after warrants were issued but not executed.Those arrested were

Dominica-licensed British Trade & Commerce Bank appears to be on its last legs, if a recent letter to clients from the bank's President, Rodolfo Requena, is anything to go by. In the letter, Requena seems to be digging the bank into a deeper hole by offering rates of return of up to 50 per cent for clients who delay making withdrawals.