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Cayman-based alleged fraudster accused of hiding $1.7 m

May 19, 2013 - Cayman Islands resident Dave Clark has been accused of transferring $1.7 million from a bank account in Cayman to one in Honduras in an attempt to keep it from the SEC, which is suing him for allegedly perpetrating a $300 million investment fraud.

USA v. David Leon Fredrick et al: Indictment

May 15, 2013 - Indictment for alleged tax fraud in USA v. David Leon Fredrick and Patricia Lynn Hough, allegedly both clients of UBS AG, at the U. S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida involving two Caribbean medical schools: Saba University School of Medicine, in Saba, and Medical School of the Americas, in St. Kitts & Nevis.

Client alleges theft against Cayman corporate services provider

May 14, 2013 - A client of Bodden Corporate Services Ltd. in the Cayman Islands claims to have been defrauded of US$439,300 by one of the firm's employees.

Swiss banker arrested in USA last month identified as Pierre-Yves Roten

May 11, 2013 - The Swiss banker arrested last month on a 'Material Witness Complaint' as he entered the United States is Pierre-Yves Roten, OffshoreAlert can disclose.

Rochester Ltd. v. Patricia Glasgow et al: Writ of Summons

May 10, 2013 - Writ of Summons in Rochester Ltd. v. Patricia Glasgow, Bodden Corporate Services Ltd., BCSL Directors Ltd., and BCSL Secretaries Ltd. at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Chematur International AB et al v. Newhaven Trustees (BVI) Ltd. et al: Fixed Date Claim Form

May 02, 2013 - Fixed Date Claim Form in Chematur International AB and Chematur Engineering AB v. Newhaven Trustees (BVI) Limited and Overseas Engineering & Trading Co. Ltd. at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

IRS investigates clients of FirstCaribbean Int'l Bank for suspected tax evasion

May 01, 2013 - A judge in California has granted an IRS petition to serve a 'John Doe' summons on Wells Fargo Bank as part of a criminal investigation into suspected tax evasion by clients of Barbados-headquartered CIBC FirstCaribbean International Bank, for which Wells Fargo provided a correspondent account.

Charlie Rowten et al v. Wall Street Brokerage, LLC et al: Complaint

April 30, 2013 - Complaint in Charlie Rowten and Robert Rowten v. Wall Street Brokerage, LLC, Toni Robertson, Larry Goldston, and Daryl Allison, all individually and d.b.a. as Wall Street Brokerage, LLC; and Caprock Securities, Inc. at the U. S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas.

Axiom Legal Financing Fund: Update on Receivership from Grant Thornton

April 29, 2013 - Update by Grant Thornton on the Receivership of Axiom Legal Financing Fund.

IRS v. CIBC FirstCaribbean International Bank: Order

April 29, 2013 - Order in IRS Petition for Leave to Serve John Doe Summons on Wells Fargo Bank regarding clients of CIBC FirstCaribbean International Bank Limited at the U. S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

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On Correspondent Bank Accounts ... the Achilles Heel of Offshore Banking
Dan Reeves
  If you blinked, you probably missed the news.  On January 29, 2013, a federal judge sitting in New York City authorized the IRS to issue a John Doe summons to UBS AG in Stamford, Connecticut for the correspondent bank records of Wegelin Bank of Switzerland and at least two other Swiss banks that nested their