Jonathan Curshen

Ex-offshore provider Jonathan Curshen receives 20 years in prison for fraud & money laundering

May 11, 2012

Jonathan Curshen, a former offshore financial services provider and Honorary Consul to Costa Rica for St. Kitts & Nevis, was today sentenced to 20 years in prison at federal court in Miami after previously being convicted of securities fraud and money laundering.

Prosecution of Wegelin & Co. is good for the offshore world

February 4, 2012

If the U. S. Government's allegations against Switzerland's oldest private bank, Wegelin & Co., are true, i.e. that the bank actively encouraged and helped U. S. taxpayers conceal their assets from the IRS and, it would be logical to assume, their other creditors and victims, the bank represents the worst of the offshore world and it would be convincing evidence that the bank's managers at the time of the conduct were talentless morons.

USA v. Jonathan Curshen et al: Witness List

February 1, 2012

Witness List in USA v. Jonathan Curshen et al at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

USA v. Jonathan Curshen and Nathan Montgomery: Trial Transcript

January 31, 2012

Trial Transcript in USA v. Jonathan Curshen and Nathan Montgomery at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

USA v. Jonathan Curshen et al: USA’s Witness List

January 13, 2012

USA's Witness List in USA v. Jonathan Curshen and Nathan Bradley Montgomery at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

USA v. Jonathan Curshen: Curshen’s Exhibits to Motion to Suppress Evidence

January 10, 2012

Curshen's Exhibits Supporting Motion to Suppress Evidence in USA v. Jonathan Curshen at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Depositors of fraudulent U.S.-based offshore bank to receive half their funds back

November 17, 2011

Depositors in American Intercapital Depository & Trust, which was a fraudulently-operated offshore bank in Colorado that was forcibly closed down by regulators in 2007, can expect to receive approximately half of their deposits back.

Ex-St. Kitts & Nevis Honorary Consul Jonathan Curshen starts 16-month prison sentence in New York

October 3, 2011

Jonathan Curshen, a former offshore financial services provider and Honorary Consul to Costa Rica for St. Kitts & Nevis, has been sentenced to 16 months in prison and fined $10,000 in the first of two criminal actions against him for alleged securities fraud.

USA v. Jonathan Curshen: Criminal Judgment

September 14, 2011

Judgment in the case of USA v. Jonathan Curshen at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

USA v. Jonathan Curshen: Government’s Sentencing Memorandum

September 2, 2011

U. S. Government's Sentencing Memorandum in the case of USA v. Jonathan Curshen at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

USA v. Jonathan Curshen: Guilty Plea

July 28, 2009

Guilty Plea in the case of 'USA vs. Jonathan Curshen' at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Jonathan Curshen pleads guilty to securities fraud

July 19, 2009

Offshore financial services provider Jonathan Randall Curshen faces up to five years in prison and a $250,000 fine after admitting his role in a securities fraud and bribery scheme. Curshen, 44, who holds dual British and U. S. citizenship and who is a former Honorary Consul for St. Kitts & Nevis in Costa Rica, where he lived prior to his arrest last September, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit securities fraud and commercial bribery at a change-of-plea hearing held at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York on June 24, 2009 - just 37 days before his trial was scheduled to start.

Jonathan Curshen found liable for securities fraud in SEC action

March 11, 2009

Offshore services provider Jonathan Curshen has lost the first of two securities fraud complaints filed against him by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. Curshen, 42, a former Honorary Consul for St. Kitts & Nevis in Costa Rica who

SEC v. Jonathan Curshen et al: Findings of Fact Regarding Jonathan Curshen

March 3, 2009

Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law and Orders Regarding Jonathan Curshen in SEC v. Jonathan Curshen, C. Jones & Company, Carter Allen Jones, Timothy Miles, and Gaylen Johnson at the U. S. District Court for the District of Colorado.

USA v. Jonathan Curshen: Criminal Information

January 15, 2009

Criminal Information filed by the USA against Jonathan Curshen at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Depositor took $6 m out of AIDT one month before liquidation, says liquidator

November 10, 2008

A Costa Rica-based company associated with accused securities fraudster Jonathan Curshen transferred $6 million from a Colorado-based offshore bank to Liechtenstein just 33 days before the bank went into liquidation.That was, perhaps, the most startling fact contained in documentation that recently became publicly-available as part of the liquidation of American Intercapital Depository & Trust, which was closed down last November after its local regulator considered the bank "hopelessly insolvent" and its management untrustworthy.

Default judgment entered against Red Sea Management in civil fraud action

November 10, 2008

 A default judgment has been entered in the United States against offshore services provider Red Sea Management Limited for allegedly defrauding investors of $7.4 million in a securities scam.

USA v. Jonathan Curshen and Bruce Grossman: Criminal Complaint

September 4, 2008

Criminal complaint filed by the USA against Jonathan Crushen and Bruce Grossman at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

NuWave Ltd. et al v. Michael Farkas: Amended Complaint

July 31, 2008

Amended Complaint alleging fraud in NuWave Ltd., Castle Bridge Investors Ltd., Taiba Group Inc., Q Invest Inc., Therfield Holdings, and World Capita Communications Inc., formerly known as Skyway Communications Holding Corp. v. Michael D. Farkas, Atlas Capital Services LLC, Atlas Group of Companies LLC, The Farkas Family Foundation, Kenneth Bruce Baker, Red Sea Management Ltd., and Jonathan Curshen at the Circuit Court of the 11th Judicial District, in and for Miami-Dade County, Florida.

SEC v. Jonathan Curshen et al: SEC’s Closing Argument at Trial

May 18, 2007

SEC's Closing Argument at Trial of Jonathan Curshen in SEC v. Jonathan Curshen, C. Jones & Company, Carter Allen Jones, Timothy Miles, and Gaylen Johnson at the U. S. District Court for the District of Colorado.

SEC v. Jonathan Curshen: SEC’s Closing Argument

May 18, 2007

SEC's Closing Argument in a securities fraud complaint filed by the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission against Jonathan Curshen at the U. S. District Court for the District of Colorado.

SEC v. Jonathan Curshen: SEC’s Proposed Findings of Fact

April 9, 2007

SEC's Proposed Findings of Fact & Conclusions of Law in the trial of Jonathan Curshen at the U. S. District Court for the District of Colorado.

SEC v. Jonathan Curshen: Witness List

April 6, 2007

Witness list for a criminal action filed by the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission against Jonathan Curshen at the U. S. District Court for the District of Colorado.