Robert Roche

U.S.-based 'distressed business investor' Tony Bobulinski is suing Cayman Islands law firm Walkers, insolvency specialist Grant Thornton, and others in California, alleging he suffered losses totaling "tens of millions of dollars" as a result of a "fraudulent conspiracy" regarding the liquidation of China Branding Group.

Complaint alleging "a coordinated series of material misrepresentations, culminating in a secret, fraudulent transaction that allowed Defendants to avoid making Tony Bobulinski whole on a debt that they all knew he was owed" in Tony Bobulinski, described as "an expert in investing in distressed businesses" who "provided critical bridge funding to a now-defunct Cayman Islands company called China Branding Group" v. Hugh Dickson, of the Cayman Islands; Hickory Grove, LLC, Jake Fisch, described as a resident of Shanghai, China; Don Williams, Grant Thornton Specialist Services Ltd., of the Cayman Islands; Robert Roche, Theresa Roche, Phillip Tyrrell, described as a resident of the Cayman Islands; Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP, Walkers LLP, of the Cayman Islands; MGG Investment Group, LP, and Does 1 through 50 at the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.

British businessmen who fronted a failed attempt to keep the collapsed Privilege Wealth investment scheme going under another name in 2017 after it was exposed by OffshoreAlert have launched a look-alike in Florida and England, C-Tech Financial. They are Keith Harris, who is Deputy Chairman of Everton Football Club, and Andrew MacKenzie, who once ran the image rights firm of British politician and Olympic champion Sebastian Coe.

A Gibraltar judge has ordered an inspection of the books and records of a limited partnership that underpins the Privilege Wealth investment group, which was exposed as a fraudulent enterprise by OffshoreAlert five months ago. The order was issued after Privilege Wealth allegedly ignored a request for inspection from one of its limited partners.

Notorious British swindler Brett Jolly is secretly behind a global investment fraud being perpetrated under the name 'Privilege Wealth', OffshoreAlert can reveal. The scheme involves a sprawling web of companies and operators in Bermuda, BVI, Cayman Islands, Curacao, Dubai, Gibraltar, Guernsey, Jersey, Luxembourg, Panama, Seychelles, South Africa, Spain, UK, and USA.

Winding Up Petition in Hickory Grove LLC v. China Branding Group Ltd. at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Email exchanges between Brett Jolly and Frank Schaefer in April, 2015 in which Jolly acknowledged, inter alia, that he had "personally funded all set up expenses" for the Privilege Wealth investment scheme.

Winding Up Petition in Acorn Composite Corporation v. Acorn International, Inc. at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.