David Graham Da Costa

Hendrik Rienstra, 73, the principal of sham Panama-registered insurer New England International Surety Co. Inc., has died.; OffshoreAlert has uncovered three new names associated with the business activities of crooked financial services provider Marc M. Harris, who has moved his operations to Nicaragua after running up massive debts in Panama, leading to an application from a creditor to wind up his company and an eviction notice issued by his commercial landlord; Police in the UK have charged a fourth person, Francois M. Verkaeren, with conspiracy to commit fraud in connection with an investigation into the business practices of Merrion Reinsurance Company, which is located in Dublin, Ireland; The Royal Canadian Mounted Police has announced that two residents of the Turks & Caicos Islands - Michael Witt, 45, and his partner, Tina Grenier, 41 - have been arrested and charged with various narcotics, money laundering and possession of crime offenses and their US$1 million property restrained in an operation codenamed 'Oilsheik'; and Local newspapers in the Bahamas have suddenly become excited over a criminal indictment that was issued in the United States as long ago as June 15, 1999.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in the United Kingdom into Merrion Reinsurance and others.

Three people linked with an Irish-based reinsurer which Grenada-registered Windsor International Bank and Trust claimed was guaranteeing its high yield investments have been charged with conspiracy to defraud.Darren Louis Thomas, Leslie Gerald Hursey and David Graham Da Costa, of Merrion Reinsurance, were charged on July 19, 2001 at the City of London Magistrates Court, in England.

An offshore reinsurer run by people with links to the Dai Ichi Kyoto/Kobe Re/North American Fidelity & Guarantee scandal in the 1990s, which was partly based in Bermuda, is being investigated for fraud.Three principals of Irish-based reinsurer Merrion Reinsurance have been charged in the United Kingdom with conspiracy to defraud.Darren Louis Thomas, Leslie Gerald Hursey and David Graham Da Costa, of Merrion Reinsurance, were charged on July 19, 2001 at the City of London Magistrates Court, in England.