Trial date set for Tony Habib
A trial date for Bermuda company boss Tony Habib, who is accused of a multi-million dollar fraud, has been set for March 21 in the Federal Court southern district of New York.
Beinhocker and Plunkett firm faces winding-up
An application has been made to wind up Bermuda-based Windsor Investments, which is majority owned by beleaguered American businessmen Gilbert Beinhocker and Gregory Plunkett.Channel Islands-based Maydown Consultants, which filed the winding-up petition at Bermuda Supreme Court on Wednesday, claims the investment company owes it $375,000.
New hope for Beinhocker and Plunkett investors
Bermuda-based investors fighting to regain $750,000 which was allegedly stripped from their firm by American Gilbert Beinhocker may get most of their money back.The receiver of their investment firm, EPA Inc, has ordered the return of $500,000 in Promissory Notes that were taken out of the firm by Dr Beinhocker.Dr Beinhocker, who ran EPA for its investors, gave two notes - worth a total of $207,692 - to law firms Hale & Dorr, of Boston, and Richards, Layton & Finger, of Delaware, as payment for legal bills.
Bermuda professionals deposed in Tony Habib case
US federal prosecutors investigating Bermuda company boss Tony Habib have taken steps to depose local accountant Ray Medeiros and lawyer Ken Robinson.
Investors get stung time and again on Vancouver Stock Exchange
The saying ‘there's one born every minute' has never been more appropriate than when applied to the plethora of investors who have lost their shirts gambling on companies that prospect for diamonds and gold in ‘them thar hills' of British Columbia, Canada. DAVID MARCHANT takes a look at an industry that has attracted substantial investment from Bermuda residents and scrutinizes the performance of the notorious Vancouver Stock Exchange, which helps firms raise money and which was described in Forbes magazine in 1989 as ‘The Scam Capital of the World'.
Bermuda Fire & Marine liquidators receive court extension
Ernst & Young, the provisional liquidators of Bermuda Fire & Marine Insurance, have been granted an extra three months by Bermuda Supreme Court to compile information about the company's financial health and are now expected to produce their findings on March 10.
Arnold Todd file to go to Bermuda AG
A police file on Arnold Todd and others allegedly involved in a multi-million dollar fraud ring will be sent to the Attorney-General's chambers early next month.But criminal charges are unlikely to be brought for several months, if they are brought at all, Acting Assistant Police Commissioner Superintendent Wayne Perinchief said last night.
Bermuda Fire chairman criticizes DTI
Bermuda Fire and Marine Insurance chairman Charles Collis says responsibility for regulatory compliance by the company's UK subsidiary was the job of H S Weavers.
Bermuda Fire & Marine can still honour its debts, claims chairman
Bermuda Fire & Marine chairman Charles Collis said yesterday that the company has between $50 million and $60 million in reserves and was put into liquidation to avoid "a feeding frenzy" by its creditors.
Provisional liquidators appointed at Bermuda Fire & Marine
Provisional liquidators have been appointed to investigate the financial position of Bermuda Fire and Marine Insurance Company Ltd after the company filed for a voluntary winding up order on November 2.
Premium Sales Corporation v. Kenneth Thenen et al: Writ of Summons
Writ of Summons in Premium Sales Corporation, by Harley Tropin, as Receiver, v. Kenneth Thenen, Brenda Thenen, Scott Thenen, Daniel Morris, a.k.a. Daniel Rae; Samuel Schwartz, and Barclays Bank Plc at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.
Focus directors fail to have lawsuit struck out
Bermuda Supreme Court Chief Justice Sir James Astwood has refused to strike out a civil action started last summer by the liquidators of Focus Insurance against its former directors and officers.He has ruled that the action contains allegations which, if proved at trial, could show that the directors deliberately disregarded their legal duty to Focus and failed to exercise the care, diligence and skill that a reasonably prudent person would exercise in comparable circumstances.
Tony Habib company to go into liquidation
Financial Services Insurance, the Bermuda-based company whose chief executive was arrested on fraud charges last month, is to be placed in liquidation.
Assets of Tony Habib company frozen in Bermuda
The Ministry of Finance has frozen the activities of a Bermuda-based insurance company after its chief executive and founder was arrested in New York on fraud charges.Alleged trickster Tony Habib, who heads Financial Services Insurance Ltd, is accused of conning auditors and insurance authorities here and in the US into believing that his company had over $50 million in assets. In reality, its finances are said to be "in serious jeopardy".
Portermains go into hiding
A Bermuda-based insurance company's president and his wife are thought to have gone into hiding after a Federal court in Dallas last week found them guilty of fraud.Neill and Florence Portermain were also found to have taken money from the company under false pretences and were ordered to pay a Bermudian liquidator $17.6 million in damages and interest.
USA v. Stephen Frederick Hinch: Criminal Judgment
Criminal Judgment in USA v. Stephen Frederick Hinch at the U. S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina.
United Kingdom: Parkfield Group Plc (‘Securities Fraud’)
Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence from Maljack Productions, Inc. and Union Bank - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from the United Kingdom - for a criminal investigation into suspected securities fraud involving Parkfield Group Plc.
Mark Hardy fights committal proceedings
Focus Insurance Company chairman Mark Hardy is fighting committal proceedings for alleged contempt of court.Focus liquidators David Lines and Peter Mitchell have begun an action to have Mr Hardy jailed or to receive "other punishment as the court may deem fit" for violating injunctions restricting the use of Mr Hardy's personal assets.
USA v. Stephen Frederick Hinch: Criminal Indictment
Criminal Indictment in USA v. Stephen Frederick Hinch at the U. S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina.
Six defendants added to Focus Insurance lawsuit in Bermuda
Six new defendants who have been added to a suit against the former directors and officers of Bermuda-based Focus Insurance Ltd are not being accused of willful negligence or breach of fiduciary duty - the central allegations in the civil complaint now being brought by Focus' liquidators David Lines and Peter Mitchell.
USA v. Michael Alberga and CS Gill: Dismissal Order
Order dismissing indictment in USA v. Michael Alberga and CS Gill at the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado.
USA v. Michael Alberga: Criminal Docket
Court Docket in USA v. Michael L. Alberga for the period from 1982 to 1992.
Michael Heilman v. Roland Bleyer et al: Complaint
Complaint filed by Michael Heilman against Roland Bleyer, The Bleyer Clinik Inc., Clinik Zurich, and April Farinola at Superior Court, Orange County, California.
USA v. Kenneth Rijock: Order Reducing Sentence
Order Reducing Sentence in USA v. Kenneth Rijock at the U. S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida.
USA v. Kenneth Rijock: Government’s Motion For Sentence Reduction
Government's Motion for Sentence Reduction in USA v. Kenneth Rijock at the U. S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida.
USA v. Kenneth Rijock: Amended Criminal Judgment
Amended Judgment in a Criminal Case in USA v. Kenneth Walton Rijock at the U. S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida.
USA v. Kenneth Rijock: Criminal Judgment
Criminal Judgment in USA v. Kenneth Walton Rijock at the U. S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida.
USA v. Kenneth Rijock: Plea Agreement
Plea Agreement in USA v. Kenneth Walton Rijock at the U. S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida.
USA v. Kenneth Rijock: Criminal Information
Criminal Information in USA v. Kenneth Walton Rijock at the U. S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida.
USA v. Kenneth Rijock et al: Superseding Indictment
Superseding Indictment in USA v. Kenneth Walton Rijock, Herberto Julian Rodriguez, a.k.a. Tico Rodriguez, a.k.a. Herberto Castellano; Michael Clinton Gruener, a.k.a. Michael Rossi, and Christine Marie Dickinson at the U. S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida.
USA v. Kenneth Rijock et al: Criminal Indictment
Criminal Indictment in USA v. Kenneth Walton Rijock, Herberto Julian Rodriguez, Michael Clinton Gruener, and Christine Marie Dickinson at the U. S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida.
USA v. Kenneth Bryant: Certificate of Vacation of Conviction
Certificate of Vacation of Conviction in the case of 'USA v. Kenneth Bryant' at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.
USA v. James G. Bryan et al: Criminal Indictment
Criminal Indictment in USA v. James G. Bryan, Robert J. (Jack) Bryan, Raul Costales, James R. Curtin, Allan L. Dolan, Lynford R. Evans, Mitchell E. Exctain, Elmer M. Haskins, Wayne M. Haskins, James A. Hearn, Eugene R. Jackson, Julian Malcomson, Richard W. Morris, Michael K. Mulford, Jan T. Shelton, Michael K. Shelton, George Sprague, Judith Thomason (Curtin), Anthony Virtue, Andreas Wiedenfeld, Ronald F. Williams, and John Worley at the U. S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas.
USA v. James G. Bryan et al: Court Docket
Court Docket in USA v. James G. Bryan, Robert J Jack Bryan, Raul Costales, James R Curtin, Allan L Dolan, Lynford R Evans, Mitchell E Exctain, Elmer Haskins, Wayne Haskins, James A Hearn, Eugene R Jackson, Julian Malcomson, Richard W Morris, Michael K Mulford, Jan T Shelton, Michael K Shelton, George Sprague, Judith Thomason Curtin, Anthony Virtue, Andreas Wiedenfeld, Ronald F Williams, and John Worley at the U. S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas.
USA v. Edward C. Bodden et al: Superseding Indictment
Superseding Indictment in USA v. Edward C. Bodden, a.k.a. Jill Bodden; Everett Kyle Lane, Christopher Bain, Sibert Watler, a.k.a. Bert Watler; Executive Air Services, Ltd., and Inco Bank and Trust Corporation at the U. S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida.
USA v. Ronald E. Hedges et al: Criminal Indictment
Indictment in USA v. Ronald E. Hedges, Gene W. Plemons, and Everett Kyle Lane at the U. S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida.
USA v. Kenneth Bryant: Pre-Plea Agreement
Pre-Plea Agreement in the case of 'USA v. Kenneth Bryant' filed at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.
USA v. Kenneth Bryant: Documents Regarding Psychiatric Condition of Defendant
Documents in the criminal case of 'USA v. Kenneth Bryant' regarding the psychiatric condition of defendant Ken Bryant, filed at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.
USA v. Kenneth Bryant: Government Response to Standing Discovery Order
Government Response to Standing Discovery Order in the case of 'USA v. Kenneth Bryant' at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.
USA v. Kenneth Lawrence Bryant: Criminal Indictment
Criminal indictment against Kenneth Lawrence Bryant for allegedly impersonating a U. S. Government Agent, filed at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.
USA v. Kenneth Lawrence Bryant: Booking Information Sheet
Booking Information Sheet in the case of 'USA v. Kenneth Lawrence Bryant' at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.
USA v. Kenneth Lawrence Bryant: Complaint and Arrest Warrant
Arrest Warrant and Complaint in USA v. Kenneth Lawrence Bryant at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.
USA v. William Kilpatrick et al: Order Dismissing Indictment
Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law & Order of Dismissal in USA v. William A. Kilpatrick, Michael Alberga, Declan O'Donnell, John Pettingill, Sheila Lerner, CS Gill, CM Smith and The Bank of Nova Scotia at the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado.
USA vs. William Kilpatrick et al: Memorandum by Alberga and Gill
Memorandum by Michael Alberga and CS Gill on Proposed Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law in Support of Motions for Dismissal of Indictment in USA v. William A. Kilpatrick et al at the U. S. District Court for the District of Colorado.
USA v. William A. Kilpatrick et al: Memorandum Opinion Granting Motion for New Trial
Memorandum Opinion Granting Motion for New Trial and Denying Motion For Acquittal in USA v. William A. Kilpatrick et al at the U. S. District Court for the District of Colorado.
USA v. William A. Kilpatrick et al: Government’s Proposed Witness List
Government's Proposed Witness List in USA v. William A. Kilpatrick et al at the U. S. District Court for the District of Colorado.
USA v. William Kilpatrick et al: Criminal Indictment
Criminal Indictment alleging tax fraud in USA v. William A. Kilpatrick, Michael Alberga, Declan O'Donnell, John Pettingill, Sheila Lerner, CS Gill, CM Smith and The Bank of Nova Scotia at the U. S. District Court for the District of Colorado.
