Dario Item

Swiss lawyer Dario Item lied to obtain Antigua banking license, judgment shows

March 24, 2022

Madrid-based Swiss lawyer Dario Item, 49, who serves as Antigua and Barbuda's Ambassador to Spain, Liechtenstein, and Monaco, lied to Antigua's financial regulator when successfully applying for a bank license in 2018, apparently to conceal an investigation in Labuan that led to his corporate disqualification and the closure of his bank there the following year, OffshoreAlert can reveal.

Julius Capital Bank Inc. v. Antigua and Barbuda Financial Services Regulatory Commission: Judgment

March 1, 2022

Judgment regarding a bank licensing dispute in Julius Capital Bank Inc. v. The Financial Services Regulatory Commission at the Antigua and Barbuda High Court.

Antigua Ambassador Dario Item given bank license despite corporate ban

April 20, 2020

Antigua and Barbuda's banking regulator appears to have fast-tracked a licensing application by one of the country's diplomats - London-based Swiss lawyer Dario Item - after his bank in Labuan ran into regulatory problems and he received a corporate ban, OffshoreAlert can reveal.

Dario Item et al: Regulatory Update

March 24, 2020

Update by the Labuan Financial Services Authority regarding a lessening of previously-imposed penalties against Dario Item, a London-based, Swiss attorney who serves as Antigua and Barbuda's Ambassador to Spain, Monaco, and Liechtenstein; Andrea Mezzi, a citizen of Italy; Mauro Giacomo Silva, a citizen of Italy; Blue Investment Bank Inc., and Blue Wealth Management Ltd., including the cessation of corporation disqualifications.

Swiss lawyer & Antigua Ambassador Dario Item fights Labuan regulatory ban, obtains Google removal

July 9, 2019

London-based Swiss attorney Dario Item, who serves as Antigua and Barbuda's Ambassador to Spain, Monaco, and Liechtenstein, has legally challenged director and officer disqualifications against him in Labuan and persuaded Google to remove an OffshoreAlert article from its European search engine results.

Labuan FSA Enforcement Actions: July 8, 2019

July 8, 2019

Notification by the Labuan Financial Services Authority of legal action by Dario Item, a London-based Swiss lawyer who serves as Antigua and Barbuda's Ambassador to Spain, Monaco, and Liechtenstein; Andrea Mezzi, a citizen of Italy; Mauro Giacomo Silva, a citizen of Italy; Blue Investment Bank Inc., and Blue Wealth Management Ltd., both of Labuan, challenging regulatory action against them.

Antigua’s Ambassador to Spain banned as director & officer in Labuan

June 6, 2019

London-based Swiss attorney Dario Item, who serves as Antigua and Barbuda's Ambassador to Spain, Monaco, and Liechtenstein, has been disqualified and removed from acting as a director and officer of Blue Investment Bank and Blue Wealth Management in Labuan.

‘Remove details of Dario Item’s disqualification’, writes reputation manager

June 5, 2019

Letter from Ealixir, which claims to be "world leaders in the removal of undesirable web content and links", requesting the removal from OffshoreAlert's website of an enforcement action by the Labuan Financial Services Authority against its client, Dario Item, who, according to his promotional material, is an attorney in Switzerland and, inter alia, the Ambassador for Antigua & Barbuda to Spain, Monaco, and Liechtenstein.

Labuan FSA Enforcement Actions: May 16, 2019

May 16, 2019

Enforcement Actions by the Labuan Financial Services Authority, May 16, 2019.

Julius Capital Bank Inc.: Directors & Shareholders

April 26, 2019

Certificate of Incumbency by the Antigua and Barbuda Financial Services Regulatory Commission identifying the shareholders and directors of Julius Capital Bank Inc.