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Letter to Bryan Jeeves from the Assistant Official Receiver regarding Casterbridge Properties Limited.

Letter to Maitre Jean-Mary Morin from the Assistant Official Receiver regarding the Hever Group of Companies.

Order Concluding Public Examination of Bryan Jeeves regarding Casterbridge Properties Ltd. (in liquidation), issued at the UK High Court.

Originating Summons in Kestrel Stock Trading Co. Limited v. Daventree Trustees Limited, of Cyprus; Daventree Resources Limited, of Belize; Tomas Sevcik, of Czech Republic; Christina Sarris, of Cyprus; Polakis Sarris, of Cyprus; Boris Vostry, of Belize; Santiago Gomez, of Belize; Juraj Siroky, of Slovak Republic; HPH Protektor Limited, of Liechtenstein; Harms Holdings Co. Limited, of Cyprus, and Deneb Shipping Limited, of Cyprus, at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Church-goers in Utah are among investors who claim they were defrauded out of $2.5 million after being promised "guaranteed minimum" returns of 100 per cent per month.The "promised" returns should have come to more than $300 million in a 12-month period, according to a civil lawsuit that was filed at the U. S. District Court for the District of Utah on November 15, 2004.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation into Raymond Burraway in the United Kingdom for allegedly defrauding the Bank of Nova Scotia and laundering the proceeds.

Total Systems Services Inc. has become the latest third party credit card processor to be ordered to turn over client records to the IRS as part of its offshore tax evasion investigation. An order allowing the IRS to serve a

The world's largest processor of credit card payments has been ordered by a United States court to assist the IRS in its investigation into tax evasion using offshore accounts.First Data Corp. must turn over information about transactions by holders of American Express, Visa and MasterCard credit cards that were issued by or on behalf of certain offshore financial institutions.

Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Panama and the Bahamas were key elements in the offshore shell company and money-laundering schemes that bankrolled Saddam Hussein for more than 20 years.And Saddam used the same offshore money launderers as Osama bin Laden. His offshore network hid the money skimmed from government oil sales and collected in kickbacks. It was used to pay for Saddam's secret agents and security forces, reward domestic and foreign friends, and buy arms during international embargos. 

Article based on an application to collect evidence for a criminal investigation into suspected securities fraud - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from Liechtenstein - that was filed at federal court in the USA on June 30, 2004. Individuals mentioned in the request for assistance include Ilan Mika Arbel, Alan Berkun, and Reinhold Wohlwend.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Liechtenstein into Ilan Mika Arbel, Alan Berkun and Reinhold Wohlwend for suspected investment fraud.

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.

Eighty-six investors from 19 countries who claim to have invested more than $570 million in the Lancer Offshore Group have filed a lawsuit against its directors, administrator, auditor and prime broker. The three biggest claimants are all based in Montreal, Canada: Fondation Lucie et Andre Chagnon, a charity with a claim for $100 million; Bombardier Inc., the world's biggest train maker and third largest civil aircraft manufacturer whose pension fund has a claim for $68 million; and the University of Montreal's pension fund, with a claim for $67 million.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Belgium into alleged fraud by Patrick Delcour.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from Belgium - for a criminal investigation into Patrick Delcour and others for suspected fraud.

A United States resident claims he lost $22 million as a result of the mis handled restructuring of his offshore account made necessary by Swiss banks agreeing to co operate with the IRS.At the center of the allegations are Bank

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Liechtenstein into an alleged attempt to extort funds from Liechtenstein-based attorney Dr. Andreas Schurti.

Complaint alleging securities fraud in Anthony Defries, a citien of the United Kingdom residing in Virginia, as the principal beneficiary and beneficial owner of the assets of Laurasca Foundation, of Liechtenstein v. Swiss Partners Investment Network, of Switzerland; Swiss Partners Insurance Company SPC Ltd., described as a "Swiss corporation" with "principal offices in Cayman Islands"; Liechtensteinische Landesbank Ltd., of Liechtenstein; Karp & Grenauer PA, of Florida; Bank Julius Baer & Company Ltd., of Switzerland; Dexia PrivatBank Switzerland, of Switzerland; Rainer H. Moser, of Switzerland; Martin P. Egli, of Monaco; Simon Newson, of Switzerland; Benno K. Raeber, of Switzerland; Anthony B. Stelling, described a citizen of the United Kingdom residing in the Cayman Islands; Elfried Hasler, of Switzerland; Norman Oehri, of Switzerland; Joel J. Karp, of Florida; Raymond J. Baer, of Switzerland; Armin Weber, of Switzerland; Marcel Wieduwilt, of Switzerland; Sigrid Baur, of Switzerland, and Alfons Widmer, of Switzerland, at the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.

Forfeiture complaint in USA v. Accounts at LGT Bank in name of 'Hellivesa Foundation' at the U. S. District Court for the District of Idaho.

Complaint in Sandra V. Boylan, Aidan J. Greaney, Paul A. Carnegie, Kevin Cleary, Dale Cochard, John R. Combes, Cynthia Crough, Robert Drake, Eddie Ewell, Ruth Frank, Daniel Zlotnick, Roger Gilmore, Jaime Hamame, Linda Hoitt, Jerry Holladay, Kenyield Limited, Curt Landberg, Helen Louros, Marlow, Davis & Byrd, Ltd., William D. McPeak, Mid America Capital Trust, Ida Ruth Morehouse, Stephen Schulte, Douglas Shortt, A. G. Skinner, Robert Stein, and Paul W. Vandermolen, Jr. v. Kevin McGeever, Douglas Johnson, James C. Sexton, Kenneth J. Adler, Liechtensteinische Landesbank, Gabriel Marxer, James McKiernan, Michael Miller, Raiffeissen Bank, Rudolf Ritter, and James C. Sexton, Jr. at the U. S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.

The authorities in Liechtenstein have started criminal proceedings to seize US$6 million and other assets that allegedly belong to a convicted drug trafficker in the United States.Jeffrey B. Collins is believed to control US$4.296 million at Centrum Bank AG and US$2.3 million at Liechtensteinische Landesbank AG.

Indictment in USA v. Kevin Michael McGeever, a.k.a. Caoimhim Michael McGeever, and Douglas Elliott Johnson at the U. S. District Court for the Central District of California.

Indictment in USA v. James Carroll Sexton, James Carroll Sexton, Jr., a.k.a. Jimmy Sexton; Rudolf Walter Ritter, and Egon Walter Fink at the U. S. District Court for the Central District of California.

Article based on an application to collect evidence for a criminal investigation into alleged threats to kill - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance by Liechtenstein - that was granted by federal court in the USA on May 28, 2003. Individuals and businesses mentioned in the request for assistance include James Vincent Sullivan, Dr. Andreas Schurti, Thomas McGovern, and Sullivan Import-Export Holding Ltd.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Liechtenstein regarding the search for assets of convicted narcotics trafficker Jeffrey B. Collins.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in France into Peter Ritchie, Patrick Portier and others regarding an alleged cashback fraud involving Garantie Commerciale de France, Intervest Capital Ltd. and other businesses.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Costa Rica into Osvaldo Villalobos Camacho, Luis Enrique Villalobos Camacho and Freddy Villalobos Camacho for allegedly laundering the proceeds of narcotics trafficking by Bertrand Henri St-Onge, Sandra Kerwin St-Onge, Luc St-Onge, Richard Rivers and Norman Denault.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Liechtenstein into an alleged attempt to extort funds from Liechstein-based attorney Dr. Andreas Schurti.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Switzerland into alleged fraud, theft and money laundering by Gunter Tschudin, Gabriele Borjan, Raymond Schmitt and Luigi Piffaretti.

Second Amended Complaint in Endovasc Ltd. Inc. v. J.P. Turner & Co. LLC, KCM Group LLC, The Keshet Fund LP, Keshet LP, Nesher Ltd., Talbiya B. Investments Ltd., Balmore Funds SA, David Grin, LH Financial Services Corp., Laurus Master Fund Ltd., Laurus Capital Management LLC, Celeste Trust Reg, Patrick Power, John Clark, Abraham Grin, Talbiya Ltd., and Keshet Management Inc. at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

A raid on an alleged boiler room in Vancouver is further evidence that the Bank of Bermuda may have been conned out of $14.3 million when it invested in First Ecom.com Inc.

First Amended Complaint in Endovasc Ltd. Inc. v. J.P. Turner & Co. LLC, KCM Group LLC, The Keshet Fund LP, Sichenzia Ross & Friedman LLP, Keshet LP, Nesher Ltd., Talbiya B. Investments Ltd., Balmore Funds SA, David Grin, LH Financial Services Corp., Laurus Master Fund Ltd., Laurus Capital Management LLC, Celeste Trust Reg, and Patrick Power at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Complaint in Endovasc Ltd. Inc. v. J.P. Turner & Co. LLC, KCM Group LLC, Kingdon Capital Management LLC, The Keshet Fund LP, Sichenzia Ross & Friedman LLP, Keshet LP, Nesher Ltd., Talbiya B. Investments Ltd., Balmore Funds SA, David Grin, LH Financial Services Corp., Laurus Master Fund Ltd., Laurus Capital Management LLC, Celeste Trust Reg, and Patrick Power at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Italy into Mauricio Raggio and Rocio Zaldivar Mercado for alleged money laundering regarding the proceeds of corruption by the former Secretary of the Italian Socialist Party Benedetto Craxi, a.k.a. Bettino Craxi.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Switzerland into Hans Josef Ludwig, Georg Eduard von Boguslawski, Robert Schoch and Lidia Santangelo-Ortoleva for alleged fraud involving Henderson Pacific Private Bank and Henderson Pacific Financial Services AG.

Indictment filed by USA against Alvin Irwin Moss, Frederick John Collier, Avraham Zohar, a.k.a. Avy Zohar; Richard Titterington, Geoffrey L. Feldman, Sherrie-Lee Doreen Cave, Peter James O'Sullivan, Rosalind Rose, Wayne Budd, Thomas Montgomery Bayer, Robert Murray Bohn, Stacy Layne Beavers, Beverly Ann Moss, Jeffery Allen Moss, Larry Charles Moss, Michael Joseph Harkin and Michael Elliot Cole at the U. S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee.

A California court has approved a request by the Internal Revenue Service for leave to file "John Doe" summonses on VISA International as part of an investigation into tax evasion using offshore credit cards. The order, issued on March 28, 2002, allows the IRS to examine the records of VISA credit or debit cards issued "by, through, or on behalf of banks or other financial institutions" in 31 offshore jurisdictions.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Liechtenstein into Christos N. Lialioutis and Harald Buhler for alleged fraud.

In secret court hearings held in Antigua, the island's government has been trying to seize all or most of the $76 million of assets recovered so far in the liquidation of Eurofed Bank Ltd., we can reveal.The government is claiming the assets under its anti-money laundering laws on the grounds that they are the proceeds of criminal activity by former Ukraine Prime Minister Pavlo Lazarenko, 48.

Article based on two applications to collect evidence for separate criminal investigations into suspected money laundering - pursuant to requests for judicial assistance from Liechtenstein - that were filed at federal courts in the USA on June 14, 2001 and June 15, 2001. Individuals and businesses mentioned in the requests for assistance include Jorge Hugo Reyes Torres, Herbert Batliner, Helmuth Otto Wilhelm Eduard Stanisch, Enrico Clerici, Dresdner Bank (Switzerland) AG, Peter Niermann, Verwaltungs-und Privat Bank AG, Pablo Escobar, Juan Carlos Saavedra Molina, Eugen von Hoffen, Eugen Heeb, Maria Sanclemente, Angela Maria Narvaez, Rosa Elvira Muñoz, Nestor Gomez Mejia, Intercompany Management AG, Barex Shipping, Conus Shipping, Nomentana, Calcul Business Consulting, Cashcom Investments, Con Moto Stiftung, Brenner Stiftung, Ancestry Foundation, FSK Foundation, Von Langenburg Stiftung, Agnat Stiftung, Valauris AG, Langdon Shipping Ltd., Standex Shipping Ltd., Zundorf Unternehmens AG, LGT Bank, Citibank, National Financial Services Corp., and Pershing Securities Ltd.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Liechtenstein into Jorge Hugo Reyes Torres and others for suspected money laundering and narcotics trafficking.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Liechtenstein into Juan Carlos Saavedra Molina and others for the alleged laundering of the proceeds of narcotics trafficking.

Attorney David Hampton Tedder, 54, who has spent much of his career involved in offshore finance, including several dubious ventures, is no longer licensed to practice law in the United States. Records kept by the State Bar of California, where

Former Bermuda insurance boss John McGarrity resurfaces in the Bahamas, Turks & Caicos Islands regulators issue warning about Petro Funds, Bahamas resident Yank Barry goes on trial in Texas, default judgment entered in U. S. against American International Bank (in receivership), Bahamas union boss negotiates for employees of Suisse Security Bank & Trust, a private letter from FIBG principal Van Brink hints at corrupt payments to influential individuals in Grenada.

Liechtenstein benefits for short timers Police in the capital of Vaduz recently reported a prisoner housing problem as a result of several recent arrests made during a money laundering investigation. In police headquarters there are 16 cells that can only

A now defunct Isle of Man stockbroking company controlled by offshore businessman Keith King has lost a second civil lawsuit brought by a former client. Defendant City & International Securities was found to have illegally transferred GBP200,000 out of the account of The Mannin Foundation, of Liechtenstein, to fund a new stockbroking firm that collapsed within 12 months and was compulsorily wound up by the Isle of Man High Court.

The Jeeves Group, which operates out of Liechtenstein and St. Vincent, has been named in a UK government investigation into an alleged scam involving more than GBP7 million. The group represented two St. Vincent-registered companies that were part of an organization involved in the fraudulent sale of shares and timeshare holidays to the public, according to the Department of Trade & Industry.

The governments of offshore financial centers have moved with unprecedented haste in changing their regulatory and supervisory systems in order to be removed from international 'hit lists'.Rather than attempt to group together and negotiate with foreign agencies from a position of strength, many governments have capitulated to international pressure and rushed through emergency legislation.

The Mannin Foundation vs. City & International Securities Limited - Plaintiff's Closing Submissions - Isle of Man High Court of Justice - July 13, 2000

The much-vaunted publication of a tax haven 'hit list' by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development has been put off for at least a year. The OECD had planned to name those territories deemed to engage in "harmful tax practices" in June of this year, after which the 29 OECD member countries would seek to punish those on the list by introducing "defensive measures".