Sterling Bank

Article based on an application to collect evidence for a criminal investigation into alleged corruption - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from Guatemala - that was filed at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida on February 27, 2008. Individuals and businesses mentioned in the request for assistance include House of Change Forex, Felix Gutierrez Solano, Melba Angelina Fiallos Guillen, Edwin Alfredo Virula Galicia, Jorge Camilo Bosco Frech Sevilla, Hector Santiago Rodriguez Flores, Claudia Lorena Galvez Estrada, The International Bank of Miami, Zions Bank, Security Bank NA, Mission National Bank, Sterling Bank, Invercredit Financial Corp., Equity Enterprises Financial Corp., Equity Enterprises Corp., Inversiones y Comercio Inc., Forex S.A., a.k.a. Casa de Cambio Forex S.A.; Forexsa of Florida Inc.

A jury in Texas has awarded 41 investors clients damages of $8.8 million, plus annual interest of 8.25% backdated to December 12, 2002, against Atlas Financial Group Ltd. and Atlas Private Trust Ltd., which collapsed in the Turks and Caicos

Offshore corporations in Anguilla, the Bahamas and St. Lucia, including one operating as a bank, have been implicated in an alleged conspiracy to defraud the United States Government of tax revenue.Details are contained in an indictment against four individuals, including one who is both a former U. S. Attorney and state court judge, that was brought at the U. S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina on April 4, 2006 and unsealed on April 18.

Criminal Complaint in USA v. Derek Guise Turner at the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in the United Kingdom into suspected investment fraud by William Booth Cook and Donald Nutter.