James Staples

Insider Talking: November 30, 2002

November 30, 2002

The British Columbia Securities Commission has scheduled a hearing for December 10 11, 2002 to consider applications to vary asset freeze orders relating to accounts at the Bank of Montreal in Vancouver that were frozen in 2000 as part of

Former offshore insurance officer flees US despite monitoring device

November 30, 2002

A suspected fraudster who has worked in the insurance industry in Bermuda and the Bahamas has gone on the run again despite being fitted with an electronic monitoring device.John Keith McGarrity was fitted with the monitoring device after being arrested

John McGarrity arrested in Texas

June 4, 2001

John Keith McGarrity, who is a former insurance officer in both Bermuda and the Bahamas, was arrested on May 31 in Houston, Texas after entering the United States on a fake passport, according to a US regulatory source.   A bond hearing was held on Friday, June 1 and we do not yet know whether he was released or remanded in custody.

Insider Talking: March 31, 2001

March 31, 2001

Former Bermuda insurance boss John McGarrity resurfaces in the Bahamas, Turks & Caicos Islands regulators issue warning about Petro Funds, Bahamas resident Yank Barry goes on trial in Texas, default judgment entered in U. S. against American International Bank (in receivership), Bahamas union boss negotiates for employees of Suisse Security Bank & Trust, a private letter from FIBG principal Van Brink hints at corrupt payments to influential individuals in Grenada.

State of Florida v. John McGarrity et al: Amended Information (2000)

August 3, 2000

Amended Information in State of Florida v. John McGarrity James T. Staples, Joseph Monaco, James Deas, Francis Clarkson, John McGarrity, John Manion, Jeff Mann, Rich Mann, David Trotter, Steven Schaefer, Jeno Koch, and Julie Gilvary at the Circuit Court of the Eighteenth Judicial Circuit, in and for Seminole County, Florida.

State of Florida v. John McGarrity et al: Amended Information (1999)

August 3, 1999

Amended Information in State of Florida v. John McGarrity James T. Staples, Joseph Monaco, James Deas, Francis Clarkson, John McGarrity, John Manion, Jeff Mann, Rich Mann, David Trotter, Steven Schaefer, Jeno Koch, and Julie Gilvary at the Circuit Court of the Eighteenth Judicial Circuit, in and for Seminole County, Florida.

State of Florida v. John McGarrity et al: Criminal Indictment

October 5, 1998

Criminal Indictment alleging racketeering and securities fraud in State of Florida v. John McGarrity James T. Staples, Joseph Monaco, James Deas, Francis Clarkson, John McGarrity, John Manion, Jeff Mann, Rich Mann, David Trotter, Steven Schaefer, Jeno Koch, and Julie Gilvary at Florida Supreme Court.