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Peter Virdee et al v. National Crime Agency: Approved Judgment

May 11, 2018
Approved Judgment in Hardip Singh, a.k.a. Peter Virdee, and Dieter Trutschler v. The National Crime Agency at the High Court, in London, contains evidence of bribery and corruption involving politicians in the Caribbean, specifically Antigua & Barbuda and St. Kitts & Nevis.

Unsealed documents detail corruption allegations against ex-Antigua PM Lester Bird & associates

September 25, 2012
Documents that were unsealed recently at federal court in Miami provide specifics of a long-running criminal investigation into alleged fraud, corruption, extortion, and money laundering by former Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister Lester Bird and his associates, including Asot Michael, Josette Michael, John E. St. Luce, Robin Yearwood, Bruce Rappaport, and Sir Ronald Sanders.

Insider Talking: March 11, 2009

March 11, 2009
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP and PricewaterhouseCoopers (Bermuda) have paid the State of New Jersey $5.85 million to resolve allegations of fraud and accounting improprieties at Tyco International Ltd., according to a press release issued by New Jersey's Attorney General, Anne Milgram, on

Antigua & Barbuda: Lester Bird et al – Supplemental Request (2008)

June 19, 2008
Motion for Modification of Court Order and to Supplement Commissioner Appointment regarding a request from Antigua & Barbuda for judicial assistance for a criminal investigation into Lester Bird, Asot Michael, Josette Michael, Bruce Rappaport, Sir Ronald Sanders and others for suspected involvement in fraud, corruption, and money laundering.

Bermuda bank accounts at center of Antigua corruption allegations

July 10, 2006
Accounts at the Bank of Bermuda and Butterfield Bank were used to launder millions of dollars of criminal proceeds stemming from corruption by former Antigua Prime Minister Lester Bird and his associates, it has been claimed. The Bank of Bermuda account was controlled by Asot Michael, Bird's former Chief of Staff and a current Opposition Member of Parliament, and the Butterfield Bank account was controlled by Bruce Rappaport, an offshore banker who is a former Antigua Ambassador to Israel and Russia and who was once the single biggest shareholder in the Bank of New York, according to the current Antigua Government. 

Wachovia Bank seeks to avoid giving records to Antigua corruption investigators

July 10, 2006
Wachovia Bank is trying to avoid turning over records to the Antigua Government for an investigation into alleged corruption by former Prime Minister Lester Bird, offshore banker Bruce Rappaport and others. The North Carolina-domiciled bank has applied for a protective order in a civil complaint filed by the Government of Antigua and Barbuda at the Eleventh Judicial Circuit Court for Miami-Dade County, Florida on February 23, 2006. 

Former Antigua minister investigated for alleged money laundering

November 30, 2004
Antigua's former Finance Minister has taken legal action in an attempt to thwart a criminal investigation into whether he was involved in money laundering.Asot Michael and Bellwood Services SA filed a civil complaint against The Bank of Bermuda and Bermuda's Commissioner of Police at Bermuda Supreme Court on November 1, 2004.