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CD&P law firm held liable for costs in Bermuda after trial no-show

June 13, 2013 - Bermuda Chief Justice Ian Kawaley has taken the extraordinary step of holding prominent offshore law firm Conyers Dill & Pearman and one of its attorneys, Ray DeSilva, liable for costs in a legal action after neither the law firm nor its client turned up for a trial.

Butterfield Bank sued by client of imprisoned fraudster David Self

June 12, 2013 - Butterfield Bank (Cayman) Ltd. has been dragged into litigation arising from the theft by David Self of approximately $1 million from clients of his Cayman Islands-based captive management firm Monkton Insurance Services Ltd.

Otkritie International Investment Management Ltd. et al: Eighth Application to Issue Subpoenas

June 11, 2013 - Eighth Application to Issue Subpoenas for the Production of Documents for Use in a Foreign Proceeding by Otkritie International Investment Management Limited, domiciled in the British Virgin Islands; Otkritie Securities Limited, domiciled in England and Wales; and Otkritie Financial Corporation JSC, domiciled in Russia, at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Botswana: Albern Investments (PTY) Ltd.

June 10, 2013 - Application for the appointment of a Commissioner - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from Botswana - to collect evidence for a criminal investigation into suspected fraud by Tendai Gwata, Godfrey Marecha, Anganiswo Ngunga, James Ngunga, and Albern Investments (PTY) Ltd.

Cayman's anonymous liquidation petitioner identified as owner of multi-billion dollar global group

June 09, 2013 - An insolvent firm - CIL Limited, f.k.a. CEVA Investments Limited - that anonymously petitioned for liquidation two months ago in the Cayman Islands is the holding company for an international conglomerate with 50,000 employees worldwide and reported revenues of $9.5 billion in 2012, OffshoreAlert can reveal.

Offshore hedge fund boss charged with fraud in New York

June 08, 2013 - U. S.-based hedge fund manager Fredrick Scott has been charged with defrauding investors in his ACI Capital Group, which has offshore structures and accounts in the British Virgin Islands and Cayman Islands,

CIL Limited: Amended Winding-Up Petition

June 05, 2013 - Amended Winding-Up Petition In the Matter of CIL Limited - Unredacted Winding-Up Petition - Grand Court of the Cayman Islands - June 2, 2013

Innovation Fund: Petition

June 05, 2013 - Petition In the Matter of Innovation Fund at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Saudi National Commercial Bank et al v. TCP Private Equity II Ltd. et al: Writ of Summons

June 05, 2013 - Writ of Summons in Saudi National Commercial Bank, limited partner of Oryx Private Equity Partners II, LP. and Oryx Private Equity Partners III, LP, and Oryx Private Equity Fund, L.P., as limited partner of Oryx Private Equity Partners, LP, v. TCP Private Equity II Ltd., as limited partner of Oryx Private Equity Partners, LP, TCP Private Equity III Ltd., as limited partner of Oryx Private Equity Partners II, LP and TCP-NC Private Equity V Ltd., as limited partner of Oryx Private Equity Partners III, LP at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Lion International Corporate Services Limited: Corporate Information

June 05, 2013 - Corporate Information for Lion International Corporate Services Limited obtained from the Cayman Islands General Registry on June 5, 2013.
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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