Pamela Butson

Fugitive offshore banker files criminal charges

July 15, 2003

A French magistrate has ordered a criminal investigation into several people accused of offenses against fugitive offshore banker Thierry Nano.Among those named in the complaint are two U. S. FBI Agents, an alleged FBI informant, the Prime Minister and chief offshore regulator of the Caribbean island of St. Vincent & The Grenadines, and a partner with PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Richard Downes sentenced to 33 months in prison

September 30, 2002

Richard F. Downes, a former director of Dominica licensed Overseas Development Bank & Trust, has been sentenced to 33 months in prison for conspiracy to commit money laundering. Downes has also been ordered to pay restitution of $48,339 and he

Former BTCB boss gets 30 months in prison, another banker admits laundering

July 31, 2002

Rodolfo Requena, the former Chairman/President of now-defunct British Trade and Commerce Bank, of Dominica, has been sentenced to 30 months in prison for money laundering.Requena, 51, was sentenced on July 17, 2002 at the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida, in Miami. He also received two years of supervised release. 

Change of Plea Hearing for Rodolfo Requena

April 30, 2002

A change of plea hearing has been set for May 9 for Rodolfo A. Requena, the former Chairman and President of Dominica-based British Trade and Commerce Bank who is charged with money laundering.Requena, 51, previously pleaded not guilty to one count of money laundering and one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Updates on cases against Giraud, Boeger, Downes, Butson and Nano

February 28, 2002

Following the convictions of William Abraczinskas and Malcolm West for money laundering only three months after their arrest, five more offshore bankers who were indicted in the same month must wait to see how the cases against them develop. Julien Giraud, of Dominica; Brian Boeger, of the United States; Richard F. Downes and Pamela Butson, who live in Spain; and Thierry Nano, formerly of St. Vincent & The Grenadines, all still have cases pending.

Four offshore bankers arrested, two more on the run

November 30, 2001

Four offshore bankers were arrested by United States law enforcement agencies in November and charged with money laundering.Two more have also been charged with money laundering but are still at large after warrants were issued but not executed.Those arrested were