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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.

A U. S.-based professional organization for private investigators has revoked the membership of Cayman Islands-based PI William Claude C. Myles for “professional misconduct” and violations of its code of ethics; What is the going rate for climbing into bed with crooks to ‘throw' a liquidation so the bad guys can continue to profit at the expense of true creditors? Try £1,624 (US$2,870) per day!; A victim of 72-year-old serial fraudster Keem Kalfon, a.k.a. Chaim Kalfon, a.k.a. Chaim Chalfon, has set up a web-site at www.chaimchalfontaxevader.com following the collapse of his latest scheme, known as LifeStyle Master Inc.; Once again proving that there is no hiding place for financial criminals, no matter which country they flee to when looking for a rock to hide under, the U. S. Government recently arranged the deportation from Panama of accused fraudster David Alan Struckman, a co-founder of the Global Prosperity Group; and If Bahamas-based investment scam group Banakor Swisse is indeed behind several menacing telephone calls that have been anonymously made to OffshoreAlert's publisher over several months, as evidence indicates, it would not be the first time that the group has reacted crudely to an investigative journalist writing negatively about its fraudulent activities.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in the United Kingdom into Andrew James Alexander for allegedly distributing child pornography.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Hong Kong into Cassandra Keung Yuen-Mun for allegedly defrauding PacificNet Limited of approximately US$830,000 between November and December 2004.

Indictment in USA v. Michael Enrest Zapetis, Sr., Karen Carazo Zapetis, Richard Joseph Solomon, William Allen Broughton, Clifton Fred Lees, William L. Clancy, John E. S. Kramar, Peter Ivan Greengrass, Richard William Peterson, and Anthony John Hicks at the U. S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida.

AXIS Capital CEO John Charman has lost the latest round of a bitter battle with his estranged wife over a Bermuda family trust.

It was the usual round of lies, broken promises, incompetence, and losses in 2005 in the murky world that OffshoreAlert forces itself to inhabit to investigate and expose financial crimes. As each year passes, it becomes increasingly obvious to us that illegal, immoral, unethical, and incompetent behavior in business are the norm, rather than the exception. OffshoreAlert has dumpster-dived through all the trash that we have found during the year, picked out the smelliest items, and used them as the basis for our ‘Best and Worst' awards.

Article based on an application for the aoppointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation into fraud and money laundering - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from the UK - that was filed at federal court in the USA on November 2, 2005. Individuals and businesses mentioned in the request for assistance include Operation Molotov, David Anthony Bampton, Peter Stephen Rust, Wassim Soufan, Imad Ajama, Markus Stummer, Sitaram Patel, Theodore Kolb, Kurt Kendig, Wendy Twyman, Jose Martinez, Carl Wilson, Homer Walker, Donald Cochran, Accounting Computer Solutions Ltd., Mikhail Entertainment Ltd., DeAngelis Associates LLC, a.k.a. Dean Delis & Associates LLC; McQuaid Bedford & Van Zandt LLP, Fordyce Curry & Co., Williams Inc., Bertil Garpenhold Ltd., and Kefor Pty Ltd., North West Bank, California North Retail Bank, Riggs National Bank, National City Bank, North Fork Bank, Arvest Bank; Bank of America, and Barclays Bank.

A Japanese pension fund that invested 80% of its assets in a British litigation funding scam has been advised to write-off its $125 million investment. That was the recommendation of Hori Hiroshi Law Office, which the All Japan Liquor Merchants Association hired to look into the mess and advise how to proceed.

Montague Morgan Slade FZC - Services Licence issued by Government of Ajman, in the United Arab Emirates.

AXIS Capital CEO John Charman is taking legal action in the United Kingdom to prevent his estranged wife from obtaining information about a family trust fund she suspects is being used to conceal tens of millions of dollars, reported Reuters news agency on December 2.

Five banks have been ordered to provide details of accounts maintained by the AlphaStar group of companies, formerly known as Stirling Cooke Brown, to its Bankruptcy Trustee.An order directing The Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son Ltd., Wachovia Bank, Bank of America, North Fork Bank and JP Morgan Chase Bank, NA to turn over the records to Trustee Richard O'Connell was issued at the U. S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York on September 22, 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

Company Appointments for Puritan Holdings Limited - Obtained From Companies House for England and Wales on November 23, 2005.

First Amended Complaint in WCN/GAN Partners Ltd. vs. Charles Cathcart, Yuri Debevc, Bancroft Ventures Limited, Bryan Jeeves, and The Jeeves Group of Companies at the U. S. District Court for the District of Wyoming.

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

A United States federal judge has dismissed a criminal indictment against all eight defendants who were accused of using several offshore reinsurers to commit a $45 million fraud.All 54 counts of conspiracy, fraud and money laundering against Michael Arthur Reeve,

A United States federal judge has dismissed a criminal indictment against all eight defendants who were accused of using several offshore reinsurers to commit a $45 million fraud.All 54 counts of conspiracy, fraud and money laundering against Michael Arthur Reeve,

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 Poland - that was filed at federal court in the USA on October 20, 2005. Individuals and businesses mentioned in the request for assistance include Piotr Osuch, a.k.a. Peter von Hochburg, a.k.a. Peter von Hochberg; Ian Francis Burns, Michael Kupfer, Harlan Polk, a.k.a. Hap Polk; William Gerald Gamble, Peter Shackleton, Bernard Hardingham, John Townley, Jo Arpino, Erwin Jess, William Long, John Daniel Deuter, Jennifer de Zerne, Robert Dean, Thomas Waples, Luiz Ferreira de Moraes, Bob Dean, David Grow, Rodolfo Oeshlin, Sondej Janusz, Wojcik Janusz, Wieslaw Binek, Czeslaw Adamski, Michal Lewinski, Grzegorz Dziedkinski, Edward Rogowski, Edward Rutkowski, Roland Lambregts, Mobin Shater Ghassem, Noel Collett, Romario De Souza Faria, Jerzy Lejman, Stanislaw Swaczyj, Lin Shih Kuang, Chen Chen-Ming, Geoffrey Busch, Hans Peter Wildrath, Frederico Antunes, Koncern Agro-Fruct, Credex International Limited, Multi-Color Investment Limited, White Horse Trust, Gold Beach Foundation Inc., KB Securities, Farianex, Full-Oil, Sherwood Group PTY Ltd., Swiss Realinvest AG, Multidevelopment Inc., Asset Investment Group Limited, United Collectors, Ambel Group Inc., ITT Group Ltd., Sogevalor, ING Bank Slaski Spolka Akcyjna, GE Capital Bank Spolka Akcyjna, Bank Pekao Spolka Akcyjna, Raiffeisen Bank Polska Spolka Akcyjna, Pictet & Cie Banquiers, Citibank, Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, BBVA Bancomer, Bank of Albuquerque, JPMorgan Chase Bank, and Dresdner Bank.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in the United Kingdom into suspected fraud and money laundering by David Bampton, Peter Rust, Wassim Soufan and Imad Ajama.

First Amended Complaint in ABN AMRO, Inc. v. Capital International Limited, Eirles Four Limited, Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft, Sarco Holdings, and Dhananjay (Dan) Hajela at the U. S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.

An analysis of Operation 'Bermuda Short', including which defendants were convicted or acquitted and length of sentences. These defendants were Serdar Kalaycioglu, Martin Chambers, Anthony Damato, Kevan Garner, Walter Dorow, Bruce Bertman, Michael Reiter, Geoffrey Gazda, James Cary Parrish, Jeffrey Senger, Melvin Levine, Jerry Poole, Charles Cini, Lawrence Gallo, Bruce Cowen, Daniel Charboneau, Thomas Steinbach, Gordon Novak, Harold Joliffe, Howard Kerbel, Greg Balk, Barry Berman, Vincent Barone, Dax Ross, David Rich, George Doumanis, Michael Puorro, Blair Valentine, Ray Hutchison, Frank Dickey Jr., Daniel Bender, Paul Lemmon, Bruce Biddick, John Purdy, Ronaldo Horvat, Mark Valentine, Joseph Huard Jr., Cris Sagnelli, Michael Vlahovic, Douglas Rasberry, Richard Greene, Tim Rice, Ashley Sosner, Andrew Proctor, Marshall Klein, Mario Turcotte, Sheldon Mickelson, Richard Carson, Dennis Epstein, Kenneth Liebscher, Michael Hepburn, Charles Arnold, Les Price, James Kelly, Justyn Feldman, Robert Wilder, and Paul deRome.

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.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in the United Kingdom into alleged fraud and money laundering by Carnegie Fieldhouse and others.

Article based on an application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation into alleged money laundering - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from the United Kingdom - that was filed at federal court in the USA on August 5, 2005. Individuals and businesses mentioned in the request for assistance include Dr. Heather Henderson, Kamini Kichlu, Carnegie Fieldhouse, a.k.a. Carnie Fieldhouse; David John Neale Lemon, Woods Erickson Whitaker & Miles LLP, Unified Co-Existence Pty Limited, Red Rock Mountain Pty Limited, Tristram Hallett Fieldhouse, IMC Beteiligungs GmbH, Rainer Kastele, Winward Fearon, Dr. Rudiger Von Hulst, Firma Wessing, HSBC, Westpac Banking Corporation, Macfarlanes Solicitors, Nicholas Drukker & Co. Solicitors, TLT Solicitors, Atlantic Law, Amanda Podger, Steven George Woods, and BankWest of Nevada.

The High Court in the United Kingdom has issued an order freezing the world wide assets of Bill Godley, a former CEO with the Imperial Consolidated Group. It was entered on July 28, 2005 following an application by Imperial's administrators,

Indictment in USA v. Ian Anthony Scott and Bauduin Noel Antoon Hayen at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of California.

Liechtenstein based offshore provider Bryan Jeeves and his group have been named as defendants in a civil complaint filed at federal court in the United States.The complaint was filed by Colorado registered WCN GAN Partners Ltd. at the U. S.

Article based on two applications to appoint a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation into alleged narcotics trafficking - pursuant to requests for judicial assistance from the United Kingdom - that were filed at federal courts in the USA on August 19, 2005 and August 26, 2005. Individuals and businesses mentioned in the request for assistance include Gary Haywood, Willow Tree Surgery, One Source International, One Source Pharmaceutical Medical, Nick Mallis, Global Medz Ltd., Dwight McCoy, Tim McCoy, Nashi Pharmacy, Ashish Halai, Alpesh Patel, Stormgrand Enterprises Ltd., Planet Pharma AB, Ashwin Patel, Metro Pharmacy, Rajendra Shah, LPC Pharmaceuticals, Satnam Singh Butter, Nimesh Mistry, Smartway Pharmaceuticals, Hitendra Patel, Cross Trading, JTR Associates, Ritecare General Trading Company, Eco West, Inter Americas, Farmacia del Mundo SA de CV, Dr. Giorgio Patino, a.k.a. Giorio Patino Paticciano; Peter Jackish, Julio Taboado, Dhanji Goyib Halai, David Morgan,Victor Villalba Doria, Interlab Enterprises, Indo Gulf Trading Company, Wells Fargo Bank, HSBC Bank International Ltd., and Colonial Bank.

Article based on an application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation into alleged tax evasion and money laundering - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from the United Kingdom - that was filed at federal court in the USA on August 24, 2005. Individuals and businesses mentioned in the request for assistance include Michael Voudouri, Richard Sutton Housley, Nicos Savva, Chrystalla Voudouri, Agryoulla Savva, Trust Union LLC, Paul Gebal & Co., Alpha Bank AE, City Bank, Clydesdale Bank. 

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in the United Kingdom into Gary Haywood and others for suspected illegal dealings in medicines.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Russia into CM Tekhno for suspected fraud.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in the United Kingdom into Michael Voudouri and Richard Housley.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in the United Kingdom into suspected narcotics trafficking by Gary Haywood.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in the United Kingdom into the alleged laundering of the proceeds of investment fraud by Carnegie Fieldhouse and others.

British national Sendjer Shefket, who has been subject to an outstanding U. S. arrest warrant for two years concerning an alleged investment fraud, has been accused of perpetrating another alleged scam.Shefket is one of several parties in civil litigation that was initially filed at the U. S. District Court for the Western District of Washington on September 23, 2004.

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 United Kingdom - that was filed at federal court in the USA on July 20, 2005.

A United States citizen has consented to returning to Scotland to answer a charge of causing death by dangerous driving nearly seven years after an arrest warrant was issued against him.Scott Douglas MacLennan waived extradition following his arrest pursuant to an extradition complaint that was filed on behalf of United Kingdom authorities at the U. S. District Court for the District of Nevada on March 16, 2005.

About 80 per cent of all assets realized in the first 12 months of the liquidation of British litigation funding firm Invaro Ltd. have gone to a Canadian shell entity controlled by serial fraudster Bill Godley. That was the statistic that jumped out of the first report to creditors and members by liquidators Tony Murphy, Robert Horton and Henry Shinners, of Smith & Williamson, on July 21, 2005.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Austria into alleged investment fraud and money laundering by Walter Stumpfer, Johann Dollinger, Wilhelm Bosl and Dr. Bernhard Bohler.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation involving Peter Martin Jones.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in the United Kingdom for suspected money laundering by Tania Castaneda Dominguez and others.

United States-based, British national Nigel Scott Grant has reared his head again, a few years after OffshoreAlert exposed his involvement in sham offshore credit unions, at least one of which was used to commit investment fraud; The U. S. District Court for the Central District of California has granted summary judgment in favor of the SEC and against a publicly-traded firm that was closely associated with a closed-end investment fund that was once listed on the Bermuda Stock Exchange; A Commission of Inquiry, which some people believe is a sham, has begun in Grenada regarding a bribery allegation against Keith Mitchell; Still in Grenada, telecommunications firm Cable & Wireless recently settled a libel action brought by sue-happy Keith Mitchell for allowing derogatory messages about him concerning the alleged Resteiner cash bribe to be posted on a web-site it hosted, reported the Associated Press on April 26, 2005; Bruce Cowen is sentenced to prison for his involvement in the fraudulently-operated Lancer Offshore group of hedge funds; The Isle of Man Financial Supervision Commission issues warnings against several businesses; and The Cayman Islands Monetary Authority and the United States Securities and Exchange Commission have entered into an Undertaking on Exchange of Information in Securities Matters.

The United States has applied to seize $7.81 million from two accounts at Bermuda Commercial Bank that are believed to be the proceeds of insurance fraud.It is part of an investigation into the activities of William A. Ledee Jr., who is currently out on bail of $500,000 pending a trial on two separate criminal indictments at federal court in the U. S.

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.

Article based on an application to collect evidence for a criminal investigation into alleged investment fraud - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from the United Kingdom - that was filed at federal court in the USA on April 28, 2005. Individuals and businesses mentioned in the request for assistance include Kevin Dooley, Trevor Prider, Dooley & Co., CFC Finance Ltd., JPMorgan Chase, Chase Manhattan Bank, Citco Banking Corporation, Golconda Partners Ltd., Woodborough Corporation Ltd., Ken Wiseman II, Wiseman Hedge Fund, Barclays Bank, Fiserv Correspondent Services Inc., JD Horwood, Imhoff Clearing Corporation, Imhoff Clearing Corporation, National Westminster Bank, First National Bank, Crystal Cathedral, Somerset Auctions Inc., Steven Thomas Antiques, Nelson Storage, Irvine Regional Hospital and Medical Center, The Inside Story, Abe Corporation, RAD Industries Inc., Majestic Marble & Granite, and US Remodelers Inc.

Article based on an application to collect evidence for a criminal investigation into alleged fraud and money laundering by Joseph Chibi Dariye - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from the United Kingdom - that was filed at federal court in the USA on April 15, 2005.

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.

Second Amendment Complaint in U.S. Bank N.A. v. Eel River Investment Company, Veril L. Olsen, Michael D. Ross, John E. Breazile, Michael Sullivan, Sterne Agee & Leech Inc., Eel River Acquisition Corporation, Ross Williamson & Loitz PLLC, Sendjer Shefket, of England; Target International Funds Ltd., of England, and Eel River Lumber Products LLC at the U. S. District Court for the Western District of Washington.