Darren Brost

Prior to, and following, the publication of last month's edition of Offshore Alert, private investigators have been making an unsuccessful attempt to dig up dirt on its publisher and founder, David Marchant. So hapless has the investigation been that Marchant was actually able to track down one of the investigators - Darren Brost, of Renton, Washington - and gave him a call to say ‘hello' and to inform him that he faced the possibility of prosecution for suspected fraud. A criminal complaint against the man has been made with police in his home-town of Renton, Washington State, alleging that he obtained telephone records by wire fraud.