Anthony Ghirardello

Ernst & Young (Bahamas), its Senior Partner, Paul Clarke; and its former Managing Partner, Bahamian politician Philip Galanis, have agreed to pay $3 million to settle a civil lawsuit alleging racketeering. Details of the settlement are contained in documents that were recently filed at the United States District Court for the District of Arizona.

Motion for Determination of Good Faith Settlement in Jack G. Larsen, as Receiver for Southwest Income Trust, Advantage Income Trust, and Investors Trading Trust v. Lauriel Investments, Inc., Charles Smith, Standard Industrial Capital, Inc., Glen Roger Thompson, Progressive Growth Management Group, Ltd., Richard M. Kubany, Paul W. Floyd, III; James M. Floyd, Philip C. Galanis, Paul F. Clarke, and Ernst & Young at the U. S. District Court for the District of Arizona.

Ernst & Young (Bahamas), its former Managing Partner, Philip Galanis; and a current partner, Paul Clarke, are being sued in the United States for their role in an alleged $9.95 million investment fraud. The complaint, which was filed on November 30, 2000 at the U. S. District Court for the District of Arizona, relates to the same events that led to Galanis being fired from Ernst & Young in 1997.