Switzerland

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Belgium into Paul Phserowsky for allegedly laundering the proceeds of narcotics trafficking.

Plea Agreement in USA v. Eric Resteiner at the U. S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Belgium into Jean-Philippe Pecoraro, Jean-Noel Meinard, Guy De Backere, Albert De Bleecker, Carine Carpin and others for suspected involvement in narcotics trafficking and money laundering.

A Bermuda-based protection and indemnity club is suing some of its members for allegedly failing to pay premium calls. Details are contained in a civil lawsuit filed by The Steamship Mutual Underwriting Association (Bermuda) Ltd. at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York on November 16, 2005.

The liquidators of three offshore firms have filed two civil lawsuits in the U. S. in which they are seeking nearly $1 billion from the main banker and auditors of the Parmalat food and milk processing group.They have alleged a

Two British nationals have been charged with defrauding clients of companies in the Bahamas and England in a high yield investment scam.Shinder Gangar, 44, and Alan White, 47, were each charged with two counts of conspiracy to defraud at Leicester

Article based on an application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation into alleged narcotics trafficking - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from Switzerland - that was filed at federal court in the USA on October 24, 2005.Individuals and businesses mentioned in the request for assistance include Javiera Parada, Tucows Inc., Christophe Polese, Fabien Piccand, and Delta 9.

The IRS has asked a U. S. federal court for permission to serve a “John Doe” summons on Internet money transfer firm PayPal Inc. as part of a clampdown on tax evasion using offshore credit and debit cards.“The records requested in the summons will identify the holders of bank accounts at, or payment cards issued by banks in, the listed jurisdictions, information which is not otherwise readily available to the Internal Revenue Service,” stated the IRS in its petition.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Switzerland into Fabien Piccand and Christophe Polese for suspected narcotics trafficking.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Poland into Piotr Osuch, a.k.a. Peter von Hochburg, for alleged investment fraud, check forgery, and using a false passport and driver's license to obtain financing for real estate transactions.

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 Belgium - that was filed at federal court in USA on July 14, 2005.Individuals and businesses mentioned in the request for assistance include Antoine Mekri, a.k.a. Antoine Bauer; Oxet Corp., FJ Tytherleigh, STC Trading Company, Finel Express Truckline, and Container Care International.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Belarus into corruption, bribery and fraud involving Belarusian Steel Works, including an alleged bribe by SP Klemantovich to VV Fillippov while the latter was Director General of the Belarusian Steel Works.

An offshore fund administrator in the Netherlands Antilles has been caught up in a second hedge fund scandal in less than two years.Citco Fund Services (Curacao) NV is a defendant in a civil lawsuit filed on June 9, 2005 by investors in Dobbins Offshore, which was registered in the British Virgin Islands. KPMG (Netherlands Antilles), as the Fund's auditor, is also a defendant. The plaintiffs include companies in the Cayman Islands, France, Luxembourg and Switzerland.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Belgium into Antoine Mekri who, while serving as while serving as head of OXET Corporation Ltd., allegedly perpetrated a fraud in connection with the purchase of approximately $5,540,643.96 worth of pharmaceutical drugs from Cilag International.

A United States court has ordered the extradition to Switzerland of a 50-year-old alleged narcotics trafficker.An extradition order against Jerry Reyes, a.k.a. Maximum Reyes Acosta, a.k.a. Massimo Reyes Acosta, was issued by the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida on June 21, 2005. Reyes was arrested in Miami and taken into custody shortly after an extradition complaint was filed at the local federal court on February 28, 2005.

A top British law firm helped a serial fraudster client - Bill Godley - set up an investment scheme that wiped out a Japanese pension fund, OffshoreAlert can reveal. Charles Russell solicitors drew up contracts, attended a planning meeting in Portugal, helped with an offshore bank account, and was even asked to help prepare a "due diligence" report to give credibility to the scheme, known as 'Invaro'. The law firm has received more than £2 million ($3.5 million) in legal fees from Godley-related parties, including a Bahamas IBC, said a source.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Belgium into Rafael Contreras for assault and attempted theft.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Canada into JTI-MacDonald, Corp. (previously known as RJR Macdonald, Inc.), Northern Brands International, Inc., RJ Reynolds Tobacco Co. (Delaware), RJ Reynolds Tobacco International, Inc., Dale Sisel, Jaap Uittenbogaard, Edward Lang, Pierre Brunelle, Paul Neumann, Roland Kostantos, Stanley Smith and Peter MacGregor for alleged tax evasion.

As a Russian court prepares to issue a verdict in the tax evasion trial of Russian mogul Mikhail Khodorkovsky, documents show that his Menatep holding company and Yukos Oil shorted Russia of billions of dollars in taxes by using shell companies for transfer pricing.They also allegedly cheated minority shareholders. A U.S. lawsuit is charging that Yukos auditor PricewaterhouseCoopers knew of the false invoicing scheme and failed in its duty to report it. Documents obtained by OffshoreAlert, but not cited in the suit, indicate that PwC knew of Yukos' offshore marketing structure, called "Jurby Lake," which used Menatep shell companies in Switzerland, Liberia and Dublin to sell Yukos oil.

Article based on an application to collect evidence for a criminal investigation into narcotics trafficking and money laundering - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from Switzerland - that was filed at federal court in the USA on June 9, 2004 and unsealed on March 7, 2005. Individuals and businesses mentioned in the request for assistance include Sabine Christa Scharer, Jose Enrique Scharer-Angura, Aycardo Pineda, Ivan Dario Lopez Laverde, Patrick Petermann, Umberto Frattini, and Citibank Miami.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Peru into Alfredo Novoa Pena, Renato Corzo de la Fuente and others for alleged fraud.

Civil complaints have been brought against parties from nine countries, including former Sotheby's Chairman Alfred Taubman, in an attempt by the Receiver for the failed Lancer Offshore group of hedge funds to recover allegedly fraudulent transfers. Among the defendants in two actions filed at the U. S. District Court for the District of Florida this month are companies from Bermuda, Canada, Isle of Man, Netherlands Antilles, Jersey, Kuwait, Switzerland, the United States and the United Kingdom.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation by Belgium into Sebastiano Di Luciano, who was described as "an active member of an international criminal organization for money laundering".

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Search the Internet for 'Caledonian Offshore Ltd.' and you will receive a plethora of hits for web-sites containing allegations that the firm engages in wholesale illegal activity, specifically that it takes money from residents of third-world countries on the false promise that they will be offered jobs in the offshore oil industry; Tthere is still no sign of the US Postal Service taking any action against another up-front-cash-for-non-existent-jobs fraudster - Rommy Kriplani, a few years after OffshoreAlert handed them more than enough evidence to bring a prosecution for mail fraud; Ten months after the closure of Canada-based OFC Publications Inc., which published Offshore Finance Canada and Offshore Finance USA magazines, another publisher of news about offshore financial centers and issues that affect them has closed down; The Financial Services Authority in the United Kingdom has refused an application for 'permission to carry on regulated activities' by Target Asset Management Limited, whose links with accused fraudster Sendjer Shefket were first revealed by OffshoreAlert on June 30, 2003; The Office of the Public Prosecutor of the Second Circuit in Panama has allowed a request from former employees of the now-defunct Harris Organization to freeze US$800,000 of its assets on the grounds that they were fired illegally, according to a report in El Panama America newspaper on December 27, 2004; Bermuda hotelier and former Minister of Tourism David Dodwell has settled litigation with a former business partner that lasted more than 12 years, spanned courts in three countries and was notable for its acrimony; British solicitor Mark Agombar, who was banned as a company director for six years in the United Kingdom last year for his part in a timeshare scam, was named as a defendant in a civil complaint filed by Johnston International Limited at the Turks & Caicos Islands Supreme Court on April 30, 2004; and The Securities Commission of the Bahamas announced on November 16, 2004 that it was "monitoring" a criminal investigation in Switzerland into suspected investment fraud and money laundering by Dieter Behring and "assessing any possible connections Mr. Behring may have with existing licensees or registrants of the Commission.

Extradition news regarding Harrison Isaac, Jr., Augustin Vasquez Mendoza, Mohammed Achraf, and Abba Abacha.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in India into the alleged defrauding of Air India by U.S.-based Pennsylvania Woven Carpet Mills Inc.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from Antigua & Barbuda - for a criminal investigation into Lester Bryant Bird, Asot A. Michael, John E. St. Luce, Robin Yearwood, and Bruce Rappaport for suspected corruption and fraud.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Spain into Domingo Tarruella Dalmau for alleged money laundering.

Swiss financier Dieter Behring, 49, was arrested in Switzerland on October 19, 2004 on suspicion of financial investment fraud and money laundering, according to news service Swissinfo; Paradigm Holdings Limited, which has been implicated in an alleged scam involving investments in wine, was placed into provisional liquidation at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands on October 12, 2004; The sentencing of former offshore bank charter broker Jerome Schneider for conspiracy to commit fraud, which was scheduled to take place in late October, has been postponed to December 6, 2004 at the U. S. District Court for the Northern District of California; As previously forecast by OffshoreAlert, a default judgment against Bermuda-based investment firm Lines Overseas Management Limited and RBC Dominion Securities Inc. has been thrown out at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Alabama; and LOM's principals, Brian and Scott Lines, have been accused of violating Section 13D of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 by failing to timely disclose their beneficial ownership of River Capital Group Inc.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Ukraine into AC Energy Holding LLC and its director, Volodymyr Liutiy, and others for alleged tax evasion, money laundering, corruption and forgery.

Forfeiture Complaint in USA v swisspartners Investment Network, Edward Fredrick Van Wingen, and Claude Jenni at the U. S. District Court for the District of South Carolina.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation into alleged investment fraud and money laundering by Shinder Gangar and others.

Extradition proceedings have been started in California against a Los Angeles based businessmen who allegedly defrauded his former South Korean company of $32 million fraud. Details are contained in an extradition complaint that was filed at the U. S. District

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Peru into Maximo Agustin Mantilla Campos, Jorge Luis Mantilla Campos, Julia Isabel Mantilla Campos, Nicolas De Bari Hermoza Rios, Lelis Marta Salerno Flores, Ana Maria Josefina Pino Davila, Nicolas De Bari Hermoza Quiroz, Carla Eleonora Hermoza Quiroz, Juan Luis Quiroz Bocanegra, Juana Luisa Quiroz Bocanegra, Zwi Sudit Wasserman, Ilan Weil Levy, Ana Maria Echevarria Ramirez De Weil, Heman Alberto Chumpitza Vasquez, Edwin Diaz Zevallos, Maria Elvidia Rodriguez Quevedo, Carlos Eduardo Milla Comitre, Mario Nestor Wu Vargas, Dionisio Edgard Luque Freyre, Federico Nilo Ocampo Flores, Roberto Huaman Azcurra, James Eliot Stone Cohen, Jose Barsallo Burga, Jose Uchuya Capcha, Jose Uchaya Capcha, Victor Dioses Silva, Hernan Alberto Chumpitza Vasquez, Edwin Diaz Zevallos for alleged corruption.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Peru into James Eliot Stone Cohen, Zwi Sudit Wasserman, Ilan Weil Levy and Rony Lerner for alleged corruption.

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

Article based on an application to collect evidence for a criminal investigation into alleged fraud, embezzlement and forgery - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from Switzerland - that was filed at federal court in the USA on August 17, 2004. Individuals and businesses mentioned in the request for assistance include Maria Cecilia Rothermel Manzanera, Rolf Rothermel, Feraro Properties LLC, Grimaldi & Co., Dolores Nerlinger, Frederick Nerlinger, Bank of America, Colonial Bank, and Liberty Savings Bank.

Article based on an application to collect evidence for a criminal investigation into alleged fraud and money laundering - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from Switzerland - that was filed at federal court in the USA on August 3, 2004. Individuals and businesses mentioned in the request for assistance include Jean Arhawi, Greace Arhawi, Elli Bern Arhawi, Dellonix Sagl, American Express, Credit Suisse, Raiffeisen Bank and JA Elettronica.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Switzerland into Maria Cecilia Rothermel Manzanera for suspected fraud, forgery and embezzlement.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Switzerland into Jean and Greace Arhawi for alleged forgery and money laundering.

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 alleged money laundering and forgery by Jean Arhawi and Greace Arhawi - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from Switzerland - that was filed at federal court in the USA on July 2, 2004.

The Receiver of the Lancer Offshore group has filed a lawsuit against 26 financial institutions and other firms in an attempt to recover more than $17 million of allegedly fraudulent transfers.Defendants include companies from Bahrain, Bermuda, Canada, the Cayman Islands, Guernsey, the Isle of Man, Luxembourg, Monaco, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Switzerland into Jean and Greace Arhawi for alleged forgery and money laundering.

Article based on an application to collect evidence - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance by the United Kingdom - that was granted by federal court in the USA on March 3, 2004. Individuals and businesses mentioned in the request for assistance include Roddam Quintin Twiss, Emile Coury, The Grosvenor Trust, Grosvenor Ventures Inc., Westfield Capital Investments Ltd., Al Grillo, Michael Grillo, Dragon Group, Swepstone Walsh, William Hedley, Solicitors Indemnity Fund, Robin Kobacher, M. Rachid Safa, and Arab Bank.

Article based on an application to collect evidence for a criminal investigation into alleged embezzlement - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance by Switzerland - that was granted by federal court in the USA on June 18, 2004. Individuals and businesses mentioned in the request for assistance include Michel Gauthey, Gauthey & Fils, Mathias Burlet, US Technology Science-Real Estate Corp., Christoph Gisler, Robert Bozzetti, Immofin Foundation, Lloyds Bank, IBC Novotec Ltd., Lombard Odier & Co., Si Temple de Carouge SA, Anne Rossier, Jean-Claude Rossier, Si Tourmaline B SA, and Si Verjus Levant.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Spain into Domingo Tarruella Dalmau and others for alleged money laundering.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation by Switzerland into Michel Gauthey for alleged dishonest management, breach of trust and forgery.