Leon Harte

The FBI has obtained a civil seizure warrant for accounts held at the Global Bank of Commerce in Antigua that were used in an alleged $20 million scam.The warrant was issued on March 13, 2003 by the U. S. District Court for the District of Colorado and is part of a criminal investigation that involves St. Vincent-based businessman Clifford Pitt.

Offshore banker Clifford Pitt, who heads DIAK Bank, which is licensed in Grenada but appears to be managed in St. Vincent & the Grenadines, has been implicated in a fraudulent "high-yield" investment fraud. Pitt assisted Leon F. Harte and Norman Schmidt in a scheme to defraud Colorado-based individuals and institutions out of approximately $20 million, according to the U. S. Government.