Turks & Caicos Islands

Florida-based, self-described "asset protection expert" Kevin Wessell has been accused of withholding records from the IRS that it requires for an investigation into his clients for suspected offshore tax evasion involving accounts and entities in several jurisdictions, including the Bahamas, Belize, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Cook Islands, Hong Kong, Nevada, Nevis, Panama, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Seychelles, Switzerland, and Turks and Caicos Islands.

Petition to Enforce IRS Summons in USA v. Kevin W. Wessell, whose "Wessell Group" is suspected of "providing offshore services to U.S. persons to hide their beneficial ownership of assets", at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Judgment regarding "whether the Integrity Commission of the Turks and Caicos Islands has the power under section 20 of the Integrity Commission Ordinance to issue a summons to a third party requiring them to produce documents as part of an informal investigation, or whether that power can be exercised only in connection with a formal inquiry under section 46 of the Ordinance" in the Integrity Commission of the Turks and Caicos Islands v. Anthony Kikivarakis, as Official Liquidator of TCI Bank Ltd. (in Liquidation), at the Privy Council for the United Kingdom.

The US has applied to seize $1 million from Cayman Islands-domiciled Maydaisy Corporation that is believed to derive from an investment fraud in the Turks and Caicos Islands and narcotics trafficking from Colombia and Jamaica. Research by OffshoreAlert showed that Maydaisy is controlled by Ingrid Loiten, a citizen of Jamaica.

Forfeiture Complaint in USA v. $1 million in the name of Cayman Islands-domiciled Maydaisy Corporation at Forex Capital Markets Ltd. at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Complaint alleging an unpaid loan of $170,000 in British Caribbean Bank Limited, of the Turks and Caicos Islands v. Armando Pizzuti, described as a citizen of the United States who used to reside in the Turks and Caicos Islands and now lives in Clearwater, Florida, at the U. S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida.

Cayman Islands hedge fund VR Global Partners is seeking evidence from U.S. lawyer Stuart Newberger for litigation in the Isle of Man in which it claims to have not received its share of $28.7 million of alleged proceeds from legal claims against the Pakistan Government.

Judgment removing Christopher Johnson as Joint Liquidator in Redhouse Holdings Limited, of Belize, and British Caribbean Bank Limited, of the Turks and Caicos Islands v. Christopher D. Johnson, of the Cayman Islands, and John J. Greenwood, of the British Virgin Islands, as Joint Liquidators of Oxford Ventures Limited, at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

Judgment in Lea Lilly Perry and Tamar Perry v. Lopag Trust Reg., of Liechtenstein; Private Equity Services (Curaçao) NV, of Curaçao; Fiduciana Verwaltungsanstalt, of Liechtenstein; Gal Greenspoon, Yael Perry, Dan Greenspoon, Ron Greensoon, Ron Greenspoon, Mia Greenspoon, by Hagai Greenspoon, her guardian ad litem, and Admintrust Verwaltungs Anstalt at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Third Superseding Indictment adding four new defendants, including former executives of 21st Century Fox, Inc., of the United States, and Imagina Media Audiovisual SL, of Spain, alleging racketeering, money laundering, wire fraud, tax fraud, and unlawful procurement of naturalization regarding alleged bribery and corruption involving FIFA and other soccer organizations in USA v. Hugo Jinkis, a citizen of Argentina; Mariano Jinkis, a citizen of Argentina; Full Play Group SA, of Uruguay; Hernan Lopez, a citizen of the U.S. and Argentina; Carlos Martinez, a citizen of the U.S. and Mexico; Gerard Romy, a citizen of Spain; Ariel Alvarado, a citizen of Panama; Manuel Burga, a citizen of Peru; Luis Chiriboga, a citizen of Ecuador; Marco Polo Del Nero, a citizen of Brazil; Eduardo Deluca, a citizen of Argentina; Eugenio Figueredo, a citizen of the U.S. and Uruguay; José Luís Meiszner, a citizen of Argentina; Romer Osuna, a citizen of Bolivia; Ricardo Teixeira, a citizen of Brazil; Reynaldo Vasquez, a citizen of El Salvador, and Jack Warner, a citizen of Trinidad and Tobago, at the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Default judgment regarding an alleged fraud involving a cryptocurrency known as 'ATM Coin' in Commodity Futures Trading Commission v. Blake Harrison Kantor, a.k.a. Bill Gordon, of New York, NY; Nathan Mullins, of Forest Hills, NY; Blue Bit Banc, described as "a business entity that purports, on its website, to be owned and operated by Biz-E-Bee Services, Ltd. in the U.K."; Blue Bit Analytics Ltd., apparently of the Turks and Caicos Islands; G. Thomas Client Services, of New York, and Mercury Cove Inc., of New York, as Defendants, and Blue Wolf Sales Consultants, of New York, as Relief Defendant, at the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Complaint alleging malicious prosecution in Cristal Coleman Clark v. Andrew Joseph Zahn, a.k.a. Joe Zahn, a.k.a. Andy Zahn, described as "a resident of Brazil"; Keith Miles, described as "a resident of the Turks & Caicos", and CMZ Group Ltd. SEZC, a.k.a. Sandstone Holdings Ltd., of the Cayman Islands, at the Circuit Court of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit, in and for Miami-Dade County, Florida.

Complaint alleging the wrongful death of former Turks and Caicos Islands-based, Canadian private investigator Cullen Johnson while serving a prison sentence for money laundering conspiracy in a U.S. federal prison in Elaine Johnson, a.k.a. Elaine White, his widow, of Canada, also a convicted criminal, v. USA at the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina.

Complaint in Fiscal Investments Ltd., of the Turks and Caicos Islands v. 379 Captains Neck Lane LLC and Principal Investment Group Inc. at the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Cayman Islands law firm Hampson and Company is suing Turks and Caicos Islands law firm Karam & Missick for $70,000 regarding the representation of an unidentified "mutual client".

Writ of Summons in Hampson and Company v. Karam & Missick, a Turks and Caicos Islands law firm whose partners are Peter Karam, George Missick, Marc Traube, Alicia Bowe, and Colin Thompson, at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Chapter 15 Petition for Recognition of a Foreign Main Proceeding in the Cayman Islands by Andrew Morrison, David Griffin, and John Batchelor, as the Foreign Representatives of Pinnacle Global Partners Fund I Ltd., at the U. S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.

Deferred Prosecution Agreement in USA v. Mizrahi-Tefahot Bank Ltd., of Israel; United Mizrahi Bank (Switzerland) Ltd., of Switzerland; and Mizrahi Tefahot Trust Company Ltd., of Israel, at the U. S. District Court for the Central District of California.

Claim Form and Particulars of Claim for breach of contract, negligence, breach of fiduciary duty, and dishonest assistance in Northern and Western Insurance Company Limited (in Liquidation), of Nevis, represented by its Joint Liquidators, Keiran Hutchison and Roy Bailey, of the British Virgin Islands v. BSG Valentine, an accounting firm in London, at the High Court of Justice for England and Wales.

Winding Up Petition in Perlen Holdings Ltd. and Nerthington Ltd. v. Pinnacle Global Partners Fund I Ltd. at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Pennsylvania-based global construction firm dck worldwide has taken legal action against the IRS concerning a $2.5 million payroll tax dispute involving offshore companies in the Bahamas, Belize, Bermuda, Jamaica, Nevis, Palau, St. Lucia, St. Maarten, and the Turks and Caicos Islands.

Complaint in dck International, LLC, dck worldwide holdings, Inc., dck worldwide, LLC, dck international SKN, Limited, dck Bermuda, Ltd., dck Dominica, Inc., dck St. Maarten N.V., dck Jamaica, LLC, dck Bahamas, Inc., dck TCI, Ltd., dck Palau Limited, LLC, dck caribbean holding Ltd., DCK Building Solutions Jamaica Limited, dck Belize, Limited, dck Building Solutions SL, Ltd., dck Staffing Services, LLC, dck development north america, LLC, Connecticut Studios, LLC, CTS Energy, LLC, dck development, LLC, dck Capital Solutions, LLC, Oakview dck LLC, dck California Construction, Inc., Zenith Equipment, LLC, Main Street Cranberry Management, LLC, Main Street Cranberry, LP, dck pacific region, LLC, dck global development, LLC, dck pacific construction, LLC, pacific guam, LLC, DCK Pacific, LLC, Terrace Pacific Insurance, Ltd., Terrace Guam, Ltd., and dck California Building, LLC v. USA at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Ex Parte Petition by the USA for Leave to Serve 'John Doe' Summons on Nevis Services Limited, of New York, as part of an IRS investigation into suspected offshore tax evasion, filed at the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.

Complaint in Privateer Sailing Excursions, Inc. v. Chukka Caribbean Adventures (TCI) Ltd., of the Turks and Ciacos Islands; Chukka Caribbean Adventures Ltd., of Saint Lucia; Alexander Melville, Marc Melville, John Byles, and Danielle Melville, Jr., all of Jamaica, at the U. S. District Court for the District of South Carolina.

Criminal Indictment in USA v. Ramses Owens, a.k.a. Ramses Owens Saad; Dirk Brauer, Richard Gaffey, a.k.a. Dick Gaffey; and Harald Joachim von der Goltz, a.k.a. H.J. von der Goltz and Johan von der Goltz, in connection with the ICIJ's 'Panama Papers' investigation of Mossack Fonseca law firm in Panama, filed at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Ruling in Andrew Newlands and Paul Dempsey, as Joint Official Liquidators of Johnston International Limited (in Liquidation) v. Lord Michael Ashcroft and Christopher D. Johnson and Hadley Chilton, as Joint Official Liquidators of Oxford Ventures Limited (in Liquidation) v. Lord Michael Ashcroft at the Turks and Caicos Islands Supreme Court.

Complaint alleging fraud involving a cryptocurrency known as 'ATM Coin' in Commodity Futures Trading Commission v. Blake Harrison Kantor, a.k.a. Bill Gordon, of New York, NY; Nathan Mullins, of Forest Hills, NY; Blue Bit Banc, described as "a business entity that purports, on its website, to be owned and operated by Biz-E-Bee Services, Ltd. in the U.K."; Blue Bit Analytics Ltd., apparently of the Turks and Caicos Islands; G. Thomas Client Services, of New York, and Mercury Cove Inc., of New York, as Defendants, and Blue Wolf Sales Consultants, of New York, as Relief Defendant, at the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Motion for Preliminary Injunction and Temporary Restraining Order in Commodity Futures Trading Commission v. Blake Harrison Kantor, a.k.a. Bill Gordon, of New York, NY; Nathan Mullins, of Forest Hills, NY; Blue Bit Banc, described as "a business entity that purports, on its website, to be owned and operated by Biz-E-Bee Services, Ltd. in the U.K."; Blue Bit Analytics Ltd., apparently of the Turks and Caicos Islands; G. Thomas Client Services, of New York, and Mercury Cove Inc., of New York, as Defendants, and Blue Wolf Sales Consultants, of New York, as Relief Defendant, at the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Writ of Summons in Neil Johnson v. CMZ Group Ltd. at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Complaint in Richard C. Poe II, individually and derivatively for Dick Poe Motors, LP and Dick Poe Dodge, LP; Caribbean Reinsurance Ltd. and Archipelago - Performance Ltd. v. Anthony E. Bock, Karen G. Castro, Paul O. Sergent, Jr., Gery Reckelbus, and Joe Mailander at the U. S. District Court for the Western District of Texas.

Jamaica has requested evidence in the United States for use in the trial of four Jamaicans - Frederick March, Andrew Grant, David Smith and Joseph Issa - accused of participating in a substantial forex fraud perpetrated in the name of Overseas Locket International Corporation, commonly known as OLINT.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from Jamaica - for a criminal investigation into Frederick March and Andrew Grant for suspected money laundering.

Complaint in Evergreen E-Pay Solutions, Inc., Digital Empire USA, Inc., Robert Allen, and Kellianne Beltran v. Visa, Inc., Visa International Service Association, Inc., Caribbean Investment Holdings, Ltd., BCB Holdings, Ltd., British Caribbean Bank International, Ltd., Belize Bank, Ltd., Belize Bank International, Ltd., Alina Gonzalez, Filippo Alario, Christopher Coye, and Credomatic International Corporation at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Petition to Serve 'John Doe' Summonses on Citibank and Bank of America in USA v. Belize Bank International Limited, Belize Bank Limited or Belize Corporate Services Limited at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Writ of Summons in Felicity Fletcher-Wilson and Thomas Fletcher-Wilson v. Mariko Higuchi, Association of Life Partners Limited and Intertrust Corporate Services (Cayman) Limited at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Indictment in USA v. Jeffrey Webb, Eduardo Li, Julio Rocha, Costas Takkas, Jack Warner, Eugenio Figueredo, Rafael Esquivel, Jose Maria Marin, Nicolas Leoz, Alejandro Burzaco, Aaron Davidson, Hugo Jinkis, Mariano Jinkis, and Jose Margulies, a.k.a. Jose Lazaro, at the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Complaint in U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Bruce D. Strebinger, Howard Chapman, and Nevis-domiciled Muskateer Investments, Inc., as defendants, and Anne E. Strebinger, Furla Blue SpA, Lance Investments S.A. and Muskateer Investments, Inc., as relief defendants, at the U. S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia.

Letter from Turks and Caicos Islands-based attorney Courtenay Barnett, of Barnett and Associates law firm, denying that he was ever president of Delaware-domiciled International Balanced Fund, even though he was described as such in a corporate filing.

Complaint in BNT Ventures Limited, described as a Canadian company whose "principal shareholder is Wade Wohlford, a citizen of Canada" v. Peter Beckingham, as successor in interest to Mirage Capital Inc., of the Turks and Caicos Islands, at the U. S. District Court for the District of Delaware.

Canadian nationals Patrick Poulin and Eric St-Cyr were today each sentenced to 14 months in prison for participating in an offshore money laundering scheme - prison terms that were significantly less than U. S. prosecutors had been seeking.

Judgment in a Criminal Case in USA v. Patrick Poulin at the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.

Judgment in a Criminal Case in USA v. Eric St-Cyr at the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.

Patrick Poulin has filed for bankruptcy and been disbarred in Canada and the Turks and Caicos Islands as a result of his conviction for money laundering in the United States, while the wife of co-defendant Eric St-Cyr has filed for a divorce, according to court filings ahead of sentencing this Friday.

St-Cyr's Position on Sentencing in USA v. Eric St-Cyr at the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.

USA's Position on Sentencing in USA v. Eric St-Cyr at the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.

USA's Position on Sentencing in USA v. Patrick Poulin at the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.

Patrick Poulin's Position on Sentencing in USA v. Patrick Poulin at the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.

An investment fund of which Turks and Caicos Islands-based attorney Courtenay Barnett was identified in a corporate filing as "president" - a position he says he never held - has had its assets frozen as part of an investigation into a suspected $4.6 million Ponzi scheme.

Motion for Asset Freeze in U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Abatement Corp. Holding Company Limited, domiciled in the Turks and Caicos Islands, as defendant, and Brenda M. Davis, International Balanced Fund, as relief defendants, at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Complaint in U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Abatement Corp. Holding Company Limited, domiciled in the Turks and Caicos Islands, as defendant, and Brenda M. Davis, International Balanced Fund, as relief defendants, at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.