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Two BVI judges give opposite judgments in $11 m ‘Boston Life v. Insureds’ case

June 10, 2007
An offshore insurer that operated what may have been an investment scam dressed up as a U. S. tax avoidance scheme endured and enjoyed two contrasting judgments in the same case at the British Virgin Islands High Court over a three-day period in May. It was a tale of two judges for Boston Life and Annuity Company Ltd., which is involved in litigation with 57 of its U. S.-based insureds who claim they are victims of an $11 million fraud allegedly masterminded by U. S. nationals Leo Ford and Denis Kleinfeld and U. K. national Rick May.

Puritan International shareholder goes bust in United Kingdom

July 31, 2004
Since our article in last month's newsletter, OffshoreAlert has uncovered more information about an offshore-domiciled, United Kingdom-based litigation funding company that casts further doubt about its credibility. One of the founding shareholders of British Virgin Islands-registered Puritan International Ltd., which is offering investors annual returns of 10.5 per cent in an unregistered offering, has gone bust.

HERE WE GO AGAIN: BVI firm offers double-digit annual returns for UK litigation funding, claims investment is ‘very low risk’ and returns are ‘guaranteed’

June 30, 2004
An offshore firm is seeking to raise millions of dollars from the sale of an unlicensed investment product that investors are told is "very low risk" and pays out a "guaranteed" annual return of 10.5 per cent. British Virgin Islands-registered Puritan International Limited has launched a "Loan Stock Offering" for investment in the widely abused personal injury litigation funding industry in the United Kingdom.