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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.

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.

IRS v. CIBC FirstCaribbean International Bank: Petition to Serve 'John Doe' Summons

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

SEC v. Gibraltar Global Securities Inc. et al: Complaint(2)

April 18, 2013 - Complaint in U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Gibraltar Global Securities Inc. and Warren A. Davis at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

USA v. Elaine White et al: Indictment

April 10, 2013 - Indictment in USA v. Elaine White, Cullen Johnson, and Theodoros Grontis at the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.

Convicted fraudster David Aubel was source of 'only asset' owned by insolvent Montaque Capital Partners

March 18, 2013 - The "only asset" owned by Owen Bethel's Bahamas-based investment firm Montaque Capital Partners Ltd., which appears to be insolvent by more than $10 million as a result of mismanagement and wrongdoing, comprises worthless shares in a long-defunct Florida shell company that was set up by a convicted fraudster to commit another fraud, OffshoreAlert can reveal.

Bahamas-based Gibraltar Global Securities and boss Warren Davis accused of fraud in New York

March 16, 2013 - Bahamas-based investment firm Gibraltar Global Securities Inc. and its 38-year-old president, Warren Davis, are being sued by the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission for allegedly participating in a multi-million dollar "pump-and-dump" securities fraud.

SEC v. Gibraltar Global Securities Inc. et al: Complaint

March 15, 2013 - Complaint in U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Carrillo Huettel LLP, Luis J. Carrillo, Wade D. Huettel, Gibraltar Global Securities Inc., Warren Davis, John B. Kirk, Benjamin T. Kirk, Dylan L. Boyle, James K. Hinton Jr., Luniel De Beer, Joel P. Franklin, Pacific Blue Energy Corporation, Tradeshow Marketing Company Ltd., and Dr. Luis Carrillo at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

CFTC v. Nikolai Battoo et al: Liquidators' Response to Contempt Motion

March 11, 2013 - British Virgin Islands Liquidators' Response to Contempt Motion in U. S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission v. Nikolai Simon Battoo, BC Capital Group SA, BC Capital Group International Limited, a.k.a. BC Capital Group Limited, a.k.a. BC Capital Group Global; BC Capital Management LLP, and BC Capital Group Holdings SA at the U. S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.

CFTC v. Nikolai Battoo et al: Contempt Motion Against BVI Liquidators

March 04, 2013 - Emergency Motion to hold Hadley Chilton and John Greenwood, of Baker Tilly (BVI) Limited, as the British Virgin Islands liquidators of funds controlled by Nikolai Batto, in contempt for allegedly violating an asset-freeze order in U. S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission v. Nikolai Simon Battoo, BC Capital Group SA, BC Capital Group International Limited, a.k.a. BC Capital Group Limited, a.k.a. BC Capital Group Global; BC Capital Management LLP, and BC Capital Group Holdings SA at the U. S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.

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On Correspondent Bank Accounts ... the Achilles Heel of Offshore Banking
Dan Reeves
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