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Guernsey regulator bans Steve Dewsnip from financial services industry

October 27, 2024
British businessman Steve Dewsnip, 57, whose involvement in several fraudulent investment schemes has been previously exposed by OffshoreAlert, has been banned from Guernsey's regulated financial services industry "as a result of his failure to meet the minimum criteria for licensing".

Soccer club-owning 777 Partners sued by lender ING Capital for ‘$28M fraud’

October 17, 2024
New York-based lender ING Capital has filed a $28 million fraud complaint against Miami-based investment group 777 Partners, which owns several soccer clubs around the world; its principals, and related entities, the latest in a slew of lawsuits against them over the last few years for alleged fraud and indebtedness.

U.S. seeks ownership of $2.3M cash & 38 luxury watches seized from Cyprus home of indicted Swiss banker Urs Meisterhans

October 16, 2024
The United States has filed a forfeiture complaint against $2.3 million in cash and 38 luxury watches that were seized in 2021 from the Cyprus home of 63-year-old Swiss banker Urs Meisterhans as part of an investigation into an alleged $6 million international investment fraud and money laundering scheme for which Meisterhans and nine citizens of Cyprus, Ireland, and the United Kingdom were criminally indicted in 2021.

Bermuda regulator cancels insurance registration of 777 Partners-owned 777 Re

October 9, 2024
Bermuda's financial regulator, the Bermuda Monetary Authority, has cancelled the insurance license of life and annuity reinsurer 777 Re. Ltd., which is part of the scandal-plagued U.S.-based investment group 777 Partners, which owns several professional soccer clubs around the world and recently failed in its attempt to buy English Premier League club Everton F.C.

U.S. takes forfeiture action against crypto linked to ‘$879M heists by North Korean military hacking groups’

October 6, 2024
The United States has filed forfeiture complaints against previously-seized Bitcoin and Tether that allegedly can be traced to the theft of crypto worth $879 million from at least five entities, including those in Japan, Singapore, U.S., and Vietnam, by "North Korean military hacking groups" known as the Lazarus Group and Advanced Persistent Threat 38 over 13 months in 2021-2022.

Saint Kitts-based ‘recidivist’ Paul Bilzerian indicted in U.S. for ‘avoiding $180M SEC judgment’

September 27, 2024
Saint Kitts-based "recidivist" Paul Bilzerian has been criminally indicted in the United States for allegedly fraudulently avoiding a 1993 SEC judgment that now stands at $180 million. Also indicted were accountant Scott Rohleder and Canadian "cannabis and lifestyle brand company" Ignite International Brands Ltd., while all three and others have also been sued for fraud by the SEC.

Hong Kong trustees of ‘uncooperative’ Chinese $74M bankrupt Kwan Cheung seek U.S. assets

September 19, 2024
The Hong Kong trustees of 'uncooperative' Chinese bankrupt Kwan Cheung, who owes more than $74 million and has business interests in multiple jurisdictions, including Australia, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, China, Hong Kong, and United States, have applied for Chapter 15 recognition in California as they hunt for her assets. Cheung's "largest creditor" is Cayman-domiciled CM International Capital Ltd., with a claim of "more than $35 million".

Dubai bank seeks U.S. records in attempt to collect on $100M judgment against UAE’s ‘wealthy Al Sari family’

September 10, 2024
The Commercial Bank of Dubai has applied to take discovery from banks in the United States as part of a long-running battle to collect on a judgment for approximately $100 million that was entered in the United Arab Emirates in 2016 against Abdalla Al Sari, his sons Mohamed Al Sari and Majid Al Sari, and related parties in a dispute that, inter alia, involves entities in the British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, and UAE.

Britons Simon Hooper, Martin Kelly & Ryan Allen convicted of fraud involving Rationale Asset Management

September 5, 2024
British nationals Simon Hooper and Martin Kelly, both of whom have been previously exposed by OffshoreAlert, are in custody pending sentencing after being found guilty of fraud in England regarding Rationale Asset Management Plc, which raised more than £2 million from investors before the U.K. Government petitioned it into liquidation in 2021. A third defendant, Ryan Allen, was also convicted and was released prior to being sentenced.

Mexican billionaire Ricardo Salinas takes legal action over ‘$290M stock loan fraud by U.S.-based Val Sklarov’

August 25, 2024
One of Mexico's richest people, billionaire businessman Ricardo Salinas, has applied to take discovery in New York for a lawsuit in London in which he has accused Chicago-based Val Sklarov and entities with addresses in the Bahamas, Canada, England, Monaco, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Seychelles and Ukraine of swindling him in a stock loan fraud whose damages "could exceed $290 million".

Trader ‘owed over $21M’ applies to wind up Bybit crypto exchange in BVI

August 23, 2024
An application to wind up the operator of "a large, international online cryptocurrency exchange" known as Bybit has been filed in the British Virgin Islands by a trader who claims to be owed more than $21 million and has accused the group of 'playing a jurisdictional shell game' involving several countries, including the BVI, England, Seychelles, and Singapore.

U.S. firm sues Tether for release of ‘$160M of crypto frozen to satisfy $180K Chinese criminal judgment’, alleges extortion attempt

August 7, 2024
Tiger Mines New York, Inc., which appears to be operated by New York businessman Hassan Miah, is suing crypto stablecoin Tether's British Virgin Islands and Hong Kong companies for "improperly" freezing crypto "worth about $160 million" allegedly at the request of police in China investigating a '$180,000 online gambling case'. Tiger Mines alleged that people claiming to represent the "Chinese government" have attempted to extort half of the frozen funds.

Private investment firm 777 Partners faces eviction from Miami HQ for ‘unpaid rent of $144K’

July 30, 2024
The landlord of a prestigious 40-story office skyscraper in downtown Miami has taken legal action to evict the private investment firm 777 Partners from its $76,000 per month, 25,138 sq. ft. office space on the 19th floor that serves as the group's headquarters for non-payment of rent. 777 Partners owns several professional soccer clubs, including Genoa C.F.C., in Italy; Sevilla Fútbol Club, in Spain; Standard de Liège, in Belgium; Red Star F.C., in France; Hertha Berlin, in Germany; Club de Regatas Vasco da Gama, in Brazil, and Melbourne Victory Football Club, in Australia.

British fugitive fraudster Anthony Constantinou ‘died of a heart attack in Mexico’, claims source

July 24, 2024
British fugitive fraudster Anthony Constantinou, who fled England last year during his trial for fraud and money laundering regarding a £70 million Ponzi scheme known as CWM that involved entities in the British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, and England, 'died of a heart attack in Mexico earlier this month', an anonymous source has told OffshoreAlert, providing a copy of a 'death certificate' as 'proof', although it's possible that Constantinou - a notorious conman - may have faked his own death and is still alive.