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    Second ex-Grenada diplomat indicted in the United States

    United States national Eric Resteiner has become the second former diplomat of scandal plagued Grenada in six months to be criminally indicted in the United States.Resteiner, once a General Ambassador for the Caribbean island, was indicted on 33 counts of

    USA v. Funds on Deposit at Bank Julius Baer & Co. et al: Complaint

    Complaint in USA v. All Funds on Deposit at Bank Julius Baer & Company, Ltd., Credit Suisse (Guernsey) Limited, and Eurofed Bank Limited in the names of Pavlo Lazarenko, Pavel Lazarenko, Samante Limited, and Alexander Milchenko at the U. S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

    Ukraine: Fleming LLC

    Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Ukraine into Aleksandr Mikhailovich Rastegaev, Vladislav Anatoliyevich Streletskiy, NF Dolinina, VA Koltygin, GM Opryshko, LO Kulibanych, LM Maltsev, SV Gotvyansky and VA Gudramovych for alleged money laundering.

    Russia seeks evidence from Delaware companies for investigation into alleged tax evasion

    Article based on an application to collect evidence into alleged fraud, tax evasion and money laundering - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from Russia - that was granted by the U. S. District Court for the District of Delaware on April 1, 2004. Individuals and businesses mentioned in the request for assistance include Raduga LLC, Shteller LLC, a.k.a. Schteller LLC; Kontinent-K LLC, a.k.a. Continent K LLC; USA-Sekret LLC, a.k.a. YuSA-Secret LLC; USA-Luks LLC, a.k.a. YuSA-Lux LLC; Astoria Bancorp LC, Barberan Inc., Tong Cong Ty May & Phu Tung Vietnam National Machinery Import-Export Corporation, Mitabr Trading LLC, Kenton Business Corp., Home GmbH, Avtokar S, Stroyvax M, Svetlana Chukova, M. Schmitt, Maxim Gorodetsky, and Nair Shrileh Vishashvaran. 

    Belarus seeks evidence in Delaware for money laundering investigation

    Article based on an application to collect evidence for a criminal investigation into alleged money laundering - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from Belarus - that was granted by the U. S. District Court for the District of Delaware on March 9, 2004. Individuals and businesses mentioned in the request for assistance include V. Tuhto, Novokom Bank, Luxora Group Inc., Aerotech Enterprises Inc., Transatlantic Commerce Co., Oriental Company, Rosprom Import Inc., G. Sinyavskiy, S. Basovets, I. Aleksandov, V. Savonya, O. Dudar, S. Senko, A. Turiyanskaya, and Grusha Tatyana Yuryevna.

    Belarus seeks evidence in Arkansas for customs fraud investigation

    Article based on an application to collect evidence - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from Belarus - that was filed at the U. S. District Court for the Western District of Arkansas on April 7, 2004. Individuals mentioned in the request for assistance include Oleg Eduardovich Gabrinevsky and Alexander Vladimirovich Minov.

    Cayman authorities seek testimony of Cash 4 Titles criminals

    The United States authorities have been asked to temporarily release four white-collar criminals from federal prisons so they can travel to the Cayman Islands to testify at a money laundering trial.They are Charles Richard Homa, 57; Michael Gause, 47; William Henry Black, 47; and James Albert Franklin, 36, who were all convicted of offenses involving a Ponzi scheme known as Cash 4 Titles.

    Belarus: Oleg Gabrinevsky et al

    Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Belarus into suspected customs fraud, tax evasion and money laundering by Oleg Eduardovich Gabrinevsky and Alexander Vladimirovich Minov, as directors of Ryabushka LLC, and officials with the companies Euroopt, Eurotorg and Minsk Wine Plant.

    Cayman Islands: Lewis Rowe et al

    Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in the Cayman Islands into alleged money laundering by Lewis Rowe and Patrick Tibbetts regarding the Cash 4 Titles Ponzi scheme.

    Latvia: Aleksandrs Lasmanovs

    Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Latvia into Aleksandrs Lasmanovs for alleged smuggling, illegal entrepreneurial activity, forgery and money laundering.

    Latin America Round-Up : March 31, 2004

    ARGENTINA Good banks, bad banksElisa Carrió - leader of the Alternative for a Republic of Equals (ARI) party - warned the government in a letter that Merrill Lynch & Co. and Barclays Plc, two of the three banks picked by

    UK seeks evidence in Florida for trial of suspected investment fraudsters

    Article based on an application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation into alleged investment fraud - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from the UK - that was filed at federal court in the USA on March 17, 2004. Individuals and businesses mentioned in the request for assistance include Anthony David Rich, Michael Thomas Rich, Victor Le Chenal, Nigel Sandor Allan, Michael Clark, Alan Butt, E&I International Ltd., First National Bank of Florida, Captain Steven Gunning, Seth Braiman, Global 2 You, Nick Sturghill, Sturghill Films Productions, Lloyds of London, Onno Petersen, TPP,  Quarterhorse Films Inc., and Triple A Finance.

    Poland seeks evidence in Venice, Florida for criminal investigation

    Article based on an application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from Poland - that was filed at federal court in the USA on February 5, 2004. Individuals mentioned in the request for assistance include Artur Nesorowicz and Stanislaw Jakubiuk.

    Italys seeks evidence in USA for Parmalat investigation

    Article based on an application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation into alleged fraud - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from Italy - that was filed at federal court in the USA on March 15, 2004. Individuals and businesses mentioned in the request for assistance include Parmalat SpA, Morgan Stanley, Bank of America, Citibank, Antonella Ioffredi, Silvia Cavallari, Web Holding Inc., Western Alps Foundation, Boston Holding Corporation, Boston Financial Corporation, Endeavours Fund, Latitalia Group Corporation, Louis Caiola, Heather Lee Harrison, Steven Alan White, Jeffrey Scott White, Epicurum Fund Management Service LLC, Cotton Wood Management Services Inc., Thomas B. Bratvet, Angela D. Williams, NYTE Investments LLC, Calisto Tanzi, Giovanni Tanzi, Anna Maria Tanzi, Fausto Tonna, Parmalat Capital Finance, Gian Paolo Zini, Heather Lee Harrison, Buconero LLC, Calisto Tanzi, Fausto Tonna, Luciano Del Soldato, Maurizio Bianchi, Lorenzo Penca, Claudio Pessina, Gianfranco Bocchi, Gian Paolo Zini, Giovanni Bonici, Stefano Tanzi, Franco Gorreri, Domenico Barilli, Giovanni Tanzi, Paola Visconti, Francesco Giufreddi, Luciano Silingardi, Fabio Branchi, Angelo Ugolotti, Donatella Alinovi, Claudio Baratta, Alberto Maurizio Ferraris, Curcastle Corporation, Carital Food Distributors NV, Bonlat Company, Hit International, and ITC&P SpA.

    USA v. Michael Arthur Reeve et al: Criminal Indictment

    Criminal Indictment in USA vs. Michael Arthur Reeve, John Anthony Claro, Jack H.M. Ferguson, Milton Doke Wilkinson, Gary I. Hoskie, James Arthur Glidewell, and Euan David McNicoll at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas.

    United Kingdom: Juan David Delvalle et al

    Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in the United Kingdom into suspected narcotics trafficking and money laundering by Juan David Delvalle and others.

    United Kingdom: Anthony David Rich et al

    Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in the United Kingdom into Anthony David Rich and others for alleged fraud.

    Netherlands seeks account records at Bank of Montreal in Florida for money laundering investigation

    Article based on an application to collect evidence for a criminal investigation into alleged customs violations and money laundering - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from the Netherlands - that was filed at federal court in the USA on October 1, 2003. Individuals and businesses mentioned in the request for assistance include Joanna Atsma-Stulp, Patrick Coughlin, 4458, Inc., and Bank of Montreal.

    Spain seeks evidence from Miami-based Intertransfer for money laundering investigation

    Article based on an application to collect evidence for a criminal investigation into alleged narcotics trafficking and money laundering - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from Spain - that was filed at federal court in the USA on February 3, 2004. Individuals and businesses mentioned in the request include Talbor Trading SA, Abalone Investments Inc., Gustavo Duran Bautista, Kuna Business SL, Intertransfer, Inc., and Hudson United Bank.

    Netherlands seeks evidence in Florida for criminal investigation into professional soccer players

    Article based on an application to collect evidence for a criminal investigation into alleged narcotics - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from the Netherlands - that was filed at federal court in the USA on January 21, 2004. Individuals and businesses mentioned in the request for assistance include Agustin Suriyani Lammers, Yassine Abdellaoui, Jeffrey Prommayon, a.k.a. Geoffrey Prommayon; Abderrazaq Faqir, Adil Ramzi, and Abderrazaq Faqir.

    Netherlands seeks evidence from Coral Gables realtor for criminal investigation

    Article based on an application to collect evidence for a criminal investigation into alleged narcotics-trafficking - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from the Netherlands - that was filed at federal court in the USA on October 23, 2003. Individuals and businesses mentioned in the request for assistance include Michel Pen, Carpe Diem SA, Ramos Moreno, Ellison Investments Spain SA, Ellison World Wide Limited, Julissa Maricela Garcia, JM Carvajal, and Terra Realty, LLC.

    Lithuania seeks information about Delaware-domiciled Burlington Distribution Service

    Article based on an application to collect evidence for a criminal investigation into alleged money laundering - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from Lithuania - that was filed at federal court in the USA on January 20, 2004. Individuals and businesses mentioned in the request for assistance include James William Grassick, Burlington Distribution Service, LLC, JSC Liteurofoto, JC Daisotra, Arturas Aleksiunas, and Irena Jaksoniene.

    Colombia: CI Precious Metals

    Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from Colombia - for a criminal investigation into CI Precious Metals for suspected money laundering.

    Belarus: Novokom Bank

    Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Belarus into money laundering by employees of Novokom Bank.

    Bermuda Gov’t suspected of whitewashing alleged $1 b money laundering scheme

    A James Bond-like tale involving allegations of corporate espionage, bribery, corruption, and a Bermuda Government whitewash of a suspected $1 billion money laundering scheme is unfolding in a U. S. court. Among the cast of characters are Russia's Telecommunications Minister, Leonid Reiman; a Bermuda-based, so-called mutual fund in which Reiman appears to be the only investor and which he may have used to launder the proceeds of corruption, IPOC International Growth Fund Ltd.; IPOC's banker, fund administrator, custodian, and accountant, Bermuda Commercial Bank; IPOC's Bermuda representative and provider of various services, including directors and officers, Wakefield Quin; the firm appointed by Bermuda's Minister of Finance to investigate IPOC, KPMG Financial Advisory Services Ltd.; and Diligence LLC, a Washington, D.C.-based intelligence-gathering firm that is headed by a former officer of the U.K. Security Service known as MI5 and whose advisors include a former Director of the CIA and the FBI.

    Spain: Gustavo Duran Bautista

    Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Spain into Gustavo Duran Bautista for alleged money laundering.

    Netherlands: Agustin Suriyani Lammers et al

    Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in the Netherlands for Judicial Assistance in Criminal Matters in the Matter of Agustin Suriyani Lammers and others for alleged narcotics trafficking, forgery and money laundering.

    Missed filing deadline costs Harris chance to challenge conviction

    An attempt by offshore provider Marc Harris to overturn his conviction for money laundering and tax evasion has failed because of an apparent blunder by his attorneys. On January 23, 2004, U. S. District Judge James Cohn threw out Harris' motion for a Judgment of Acquittal because it was filed after the statutory deadline for post trial motions had expired.

    US Gov’t seeks to seize Bahamas property

    The United States government is seeking ownership of property in the Bahamas that it alleges was bought with the proceeds of crime by a client of local law firm Graham Thompson & Co. It filed a civil forfeiture complaint at the U. S. District Court for the Western District of Washington on January 12, 2004.

    Italy seeks evidence in Illinois for investigation into organized crime

    Article based on an application to collect evidence for a criminal investigation into organized crime - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance by Italy - that was filed at federal court in the USA on January 8, 2004. Individuals and businesses mentioned in the request for assistance include Luigi Bartolini, Spartaco Belotti, Alfredo Maini, Carlo Mancini, Lino Mancini, Enrico Nicoletti, Antonio Nicoletti, Massimo Nicoletti, Enrico Terribile, Stefano Taccini, Rodolfo Graffi, Rocco D'Agostino, Gianni Micalusi, Attilio Adorni, Vittorio Casamonica, Pietro Consalvi, Patrizia D'Agostino, Ruggero Di Clemente, Piero Lancianese, Lino Mancini, Alessio Monselles, Antonio Raponi, Eda Corsagni, Fabrizio Montali, Ermenegildo Scarapicchia, Fabrizio Spadoni, Vinicio Spinelli, Darlo Maria Vizzotto, Salvatore Mule, and Bernardina Tulli.

    Colombia seeks evidence from Mutual Benefits Corp. for money laundering investigation

    Article based on an application to collect evidence for a criminal investigation into alleged money laundering - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from Colombia - that was filed at federal court in the USA on January 9, 2004. Individuals and businesses mentioned in the request for assistance include Arturo Delgado Florez and Mutual Benefits Corporation.

    Romania: John Paul Pender (North Carolina)

    Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Romania into identity fraud and money laundering.

    Marc Harris sentencing delayed

    The sentencing date for convicted offshore financial services provider Marc Harris has been put back from February 6 to April 30, 2004. An order postponing sentencing was issued at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida on January 16, 2004 following a request from the United States Probation Office.

    Netherlands: Yassine Abdellaoui et al

    Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in the Netherlands into Yassine Abdellaoui, Agustin Suriyani Lammers, Abderrazaq Faqir, Jeffrey Prommayon, Adil Ramzi and others for alleged narcotics trafficking.

    Lithuania: James William Grassick

    Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Lithuania into James William Grassick and others for alleged money laundering involving Burlington Distribution Service LLC.

    Colombia: Arturo Delgado Florez

    Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Colombia into Arturo Delgado Florez for suspected money laundering.

    Italy: Luigi Bartolini et al

    Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Italy into Luigi Bartolini, Spartaco Belotti, Alfredo Maini, Carlo Mancini and Lino Mancini for allegedly laundering the proceeds of crime committed by an alleged criminal organization headed by Enrico Nicoletti and allegedly including Massimo Nicoletti, Antonio Nicoletti, Enrico Terribile, Stefano Taccini, Rodolfo Graffi, Spartaco Belotti, Rocco D'Agostino, Gianni Micalusi, Attilio Adorni, Vittorio Casamonica, Pietro Consalvi, Patrizia D'Agostino, Ruggero Di Clemente, Piero Lancianese, Lino Mancini, Alessio Monselles, Antonio Raponi and others.    

    Five ex-FIBG insiders indicted in Oregon, four arrested

    Five insiders with the First International Bank of Grenada have been criminally indicted in the United States for allegedly perpetrating a scam that cost investors more than $206 million. Gilbert Allen Ziegler, a.k.a. Van Arthur Brink, a U. S. national formerly of Oregon and Hawaii, now living in Uganda; Douglas C. Ferguson, a U. S. national formerly of Oregon; Laurent E. Barnabe, a.k.a. Larry Barnabe, a Canadian national residing in Las Vegas, Nevada; Rita L. Regale, a.k.a. Rita L. Brunges, a U. S. national formerly of Hawaii; and Robert J. Skirving, a U. S. national residing in Oregon, collectively face 146 counts at the U. S. District Court for the District of Oregon.

    Zambia: Frederick Jacob Titus Chiluba et al (Florida)

    Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from Zambia - for a criminal investigation into Frederick Jacob Titus Chiluba, Xavier Franklin Chungu, Bede Mphande, Stella Mumba Chibanda, and Atan Shansonga for suspected corruption and theft.

    Prosecutors push for sentencing in bizarre case involving Yank Barry

    The U. S. Government has filed a motion asking a federal judge to sentence Yank Barry, an offshore promoter, and James Collins, a former Executive Director of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. More than 28 months after they were both convicted of conspiracy, bribery and money laundering at federal court in Houston, Texas on August 20, 2001, Barry and Collins have still not been sentenced.

    Banc Caribe investigation turns to Florida

    Article based on an application to collect evidence - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from Germany - that was granted at the U. S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama on November 26, 2003. Individuals and businesses mentioned in the request for assistance include SouthTrust Bank, Ferdinand Hoischen, Jonny Franke, Banc Caribe Ltd., AIF Bank & Trust Ltd., American Investment & Finance Corp., American Investment & Finance Service Corp., Orion Technology & Commerce Corporation, Orion Technology, Handelsgesellschaft GmbH, and Pershing Securities Ltd.

    Germany: Ferdinand Hoischen et al

    Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Germany into Ferdinand Hoischen and Jonny Franke for suspected fraud and money laundering.

    Martin Chambers receives 15-year prison sentence

    Canadian attorney Martin Chambers has been sentenced to 15 years and eight months in prison for his role in an offshore money laundering scheme. Chambers, 64, was also fined $20,000 and ordered to forfeit $95,000, representing that portion of the $700,000 in cash that he took from undercover officers and agreed to launder but failed to return.

    Germany: Birgit Rathgeb et al

    Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Germany into Birgit Rathgeb and Charlotte Margit Payne for the alleged theft of securities and money laundering.

    Latin America Round-Up: November 30, 2003

    ARGENTINA More incriminating data against MenemFormer Iranian spy Abolghasem Mesbahi confirmed from Berlin in a videotaped interview at the AMIA trial taking place in Buenos Aires that an alleged envoy sent by Carlos Menem requested $10 million in exchange for

    Mikhail Khodorkovsky: ‘The richest crook in Russia’

    A business group headed by Russia's richest man, Mikhail Khodorkovsky, who was arrested in October for allegedly defrauding the state of $1 billion, stashed money in offshore centers, including Switzerland, Luxembourg, the British Virgin Islands, the Seychelles, Panama and the Bahamas, according to Yelena Collongues-Popova, who worked for one of Khodorkovsky's associates. Lucy Komisar, a New York investigative reporter who is writing a book about the offshore banking and corporate secrecy system, interviewed Collongues-Popova. This is her story.

    Marc Harris convicted of money laundering, conspiracy and tax evasion

    Five and a half years after being exposed as a criminal by OffshoreAlert, offshore businessman Marc M. Harris, 38, has been found guilty of 16 counts of money laundering and tax evasion.Harris was convicted by a jury on November 24, 2003 following six days of testimony at the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida, in Fort Lauderdale. He did not testify on his own behalf or call a single witness.