Christopher John Donnachie

Bahamas court makes substantial costs award against extortionist computer programmer

February 28, 2005

Computer programmer Christopher John Donnachie has been ordered to pay legal costs of $808,653 to a Bahamas banking group from which he tried to extort money. The costs against Donnachie, a British national believed to be residing in the Turks & Caicos Islands, and his Panamanian-registered firm, Pandon Technology S. A., were awarded by Bahamas Supreme Court on December 1, 2004.

Offshore credit-card holders await refunds as litigation drags on in the Bahamas

July 31, 2004

A bitter legal dispute is taking place in the Bahamas over the refunding of millions of dollars to people who held offshore credit cards issued by Leadenhall Bank & Trust Ltd. Bahamas-based Leadenhall and First Financial Caribbean Trust Company Ltd., a licensed trust company in the Turks & Caicos Islands, each claims the other holds security deposits that are owed to card-holders. 

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.

Telecheck Holdings Limited (in Provisional Liquidation) v. Christopher John Donnachie

March 25, 1994

Telecheck Holdings Limited (in Provisional Liquidation) vs. Christopher John Donnachie - Bermuda Supreme Court