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Costa Rica: Miguel Angel Rodriguez Echeverria et al

June 19, 2008
Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Costa Rica into the country's former President, Miguel Angel Rodriguez Echeverria, former head of state electrical company, Jose Antonio Lobo Solera, Alfonso Guardia Mora, Guido Sibaja, Edgar Valverde Acosta, Adrian Quiros Carmona, Jose Joaquin Fernandez, Eliseo Vargas Garcia, Rodrigo Mendez Soto, Leonel Barrios and Hernan Bravo Trejos for suspected corruption and illicit enrichment.

Condor Insurance Ltd.: Chapter 15 Petition (Saint Kitts and Nevis)

July 27, 2007
Chapter 15 Petition for Recognition of a Foreign Main Proceeding in Saint Kitts and Nevis by Richard Fogerty and William Tacon, as Foreign Representatives of Condor Insurance Limited, at the U. S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Mississippi.

Trinidad investigates National Lotteries Board & G-TECH

April 5, 2007
Article based on an application to collect evidence for a criminal investigation into alleged corruption - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from Trinidad and Tobago - that was filed at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida on March 8, 2007. Individuals and busineses mentioned in the request for assistance include National Lotteries Control Board, G-TECH Corp., Distant Learning Technologies Inc., Union Planters Bank NA, Commercial Scientific Corporation, Union Bank of California, Paul S. Coopers, Wells Fargo Bank, Flixx Avatar Limited, Bank of Nova Scotia, Lloyds TSB Bank Plc, Platinum Resources Limited, Bank Leu (Bahamas), Ishwar Galbaransingh, Amrith Maharaj, Suzanne Seepersad, Jane Yang, Mathew Zukerman, Brian George, Garth Gooding, and Stephen Joseph.

Trinidad and Tobago: National Lotteries Control Board et al

March 8, 2007
Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Trinidad and Tobago into three former members of the National Lotteries Control Board regarding an agreement between NLCB and G-TECH Corp.

Tri-Continental Exchange Ltd. et al: Chapter 15 Petition (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines)

July 20, 2006
Chapter 15 Petition for Recognition of a Foreign Main Proceeding in St. Vincent and the Grenadines by Malcolm Butterfield, Brian Glasgow, and Simon Whicker, as the Foreign Representatives of Tri-Continental Exchange Ltd., Combined Services Ltd., and Alternative Market Exchange Ltd., at the U. S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of California.

Wachovia Bank seeks to avoid giving records to Antigua corruption investigators

July 10, 2006
Wachovia Bank is trying to avoid turning over records to the Antigua Government for an investigation into alleged corruption by former Prime Minister Lester Bird, offshore banker Bruce Rappaport and others. The North Carolina-domiciled bank has applied for a protective order in a civil complaint filed by the Government of Antigua and Barbuda at the Eleventh Judicial Circuit Court for Miami-Dade County, Florida on February 23, 2006. 

Ex-Grenada Diplomat pleads guilty to fraud charges

February 10, 2006
An American who is suspected of bribing the Prime Minister of Grenada for appointing him to a diplomatic position has pleaded guilty to unrelated fraud charges in the United States.Eric Resteiner, 46, pleaded guilty to five counts of wire fraud and two counts of mail fraud at a change of plea hearing that was held at the U. S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts on February 8, 2006. He is due to be sentenced on May 8. Under a plea agreement, the remaining 53 counts, including 18 regarding money laundering, which carry the harshest penalties, will be dismissed.

Globe-X Management Ltd.: Section 304 Petition (Bahamas)

June 3, 2005
Section 304 Petition for Assistance in Insolvency Proceedings in the Bahamas by Clifford Johnson and Wayne Aranha, as the Foreign Representatives of Globe-X Management Limited and Globe-X Canadiana Limited, at the U. S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.

Bahamas-based unlicensed fund manager arrested in New York

April 30, 2005
Less than three months after being featured in OffshoreAlert, the operator of an unlicensed, Bahamas-based investment fund has been arrested in New York.Derek Guise Turner, a New Zealand national, was arrested in Long Island on April 18 - three days after a sealed criminal complaint alleging fraud was filed against him at the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Eric Resteiner may be close to plea agreement with US prosecutors

January 31, 2005
Former Bahamas resident and Grenada diplomat Eric Resteiner is considering entering into a plea agreement with federal prosecutors in Boston, where he has been indicted for alleged investment fraud. Details of a possible deal were contained in a joint filing by the U. S. Attorney's Office and Resteiner's counsel at the U. S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts on December 2, 2004.

UK seeks evidence from Citibank for investigation into $5 m fraud

December 31, 2004
Article based on an application to collect evidence for a criminal investigation into alleged fraud - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from the United Kingdom - that was filed at federal court in the USA on November 24, 2004. Individuals and businesses mentioned in the request for assistance include Raymond Burraway, Mettrade Establishment, Patricia Francis, John Billington, Nicholas Webster, John Botros, Citibank, Bank of Nova Scotia, TTT Moneycorp, Ferick Smith, Christine Dixon, Curtis Samuel, and Verwaltungs-und Privat-Bank AG.

United Kingdom: Raymond Burraway

November 24, 2004
Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation into Raymond Burraway in the United Kingdom for allegedly defrauding the Bank of Nova Scotia and laundering the proceeds.

Eric Resteiner extradited from Singapore to the US

June 21, 2004
Former Grenada diplomat Eric Resteiner has been extradited from Singapore to the United States to answer a 60-count criminal indictment for fraud and money laundering. Resteiner, who is a United States national, was extradited to the United States from Singapore, where he was arrested on February 11, 2004, after losing his fight against extradition proceedings. He made his first appearance at the U. S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts on June 18, 2004.

Second ex-Grenada diplomat indicted in the United States

May 15, 2004
United States national Eric Resteiner has become the second former diplomat of scandal plagued Grenada in six months to be criminally indicted in the United States.Resteiner, once a General Ambassador for the Caribbean island, was indicted on 33 counts of

US Gov’t seeks to seize Bahamas property

January 31, 2004
The United States government is seeking ownership of property in the Bahamas that it alleges was bought with the proceeds of crime by a client of local law firm Graham Thompson & Co. It filed a civil forfeiture complaint at the U. S. District Court for the Western District of Washington on January 12, 2004.

Bank syndicate owed $183 million by Trenwick Group

August 31, 2003
A syndicate of banks led by JPMorgan Chase Bank is the biggest creditor of ailing Bermuda-based specialty insurer Trenwick Group Ltd., with an outstanding claim of $183 million at August 20, 2003.The syndicate also includes Wachovia Bank, Credit Lyonnais (New York), Dresdner Bank (New York and Grand Cayman), Fleet National Bank, The Royal Bank of Scotland, ING Bank (London), Citibank, The Bank of Nova Scotia, State Street Bank and Trust Company, and Mizuho Corporate Bank.

USA v. Alvin Irwin Moss et al: Criminal Indictment

May 8, 2002
Indictment filed by USA against Alvin Irwin Moss, Frederick John Collier, Avraham Zohar, a.k.a. Avy Zohar; Richard Titterington, Geoffrey L. Feldman, Sherrie-Lee Doreen Cave, Peter James O'Sullivan, Rosalind Rose, Wayne Budd, Thomas Montgomery Bayer, Robert Murray Bohn, Stacy Layne Beavers, Beverly Ann Moss, Jeffery Allen Moss, Larry Charles Moss, Michael Joseph Harkin and Michael Elliot Cole at the U. S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee.

Antigua Gov’t tries to seize Eurofed Bank assets

July 31, 2001
In secret court hearings held in Antigua, the island's government has been trying to seize all or most of the $76 million of assets recovered so far in the liquidation of Eurofed Bank Ltd., we can reveal.The government is claiming the assets under its anti-money laundering laws on the grounds that they are the proceeds of criminal activity by former Ukraine Prime Minister Pavlo Lazarenko, 48.