Antigua & Barbuda

Application by H.M.B. Holdings Limited to take discovery from HSBC, Standard Chartered, Citibank, OBM Miami Inc., Norton Consulting Inc., and Hensel Phelps Construction Co. for use in legal proceedings in Antigua & Barbuda and Canada, filed at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Application by H.M.B. Holdings Limited to take discovery from Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC for use in foreign proceedings in an attempt to collect on a judgment against the Government of Antigua & Barbuda concerning the Half Moon Bay Resort, filed at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Application by H.M.B. Holdings Limited for an order to conduct discovery of JPMorgan Chase, Bank of Nova Scotia, a.k.a. Scotiabank; Wells Fargo, Bank of America, Deutsche Bank, Credit Suisse, Bank of Montreal, and Eastern National Bank for use in proceedings in Antigua & Barbuda, Barbados, and Canada, filed at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Plaintiffs' Opposed Motion to Certify Class in Ralph S. Janvey, in his capacity as Court-appointed receiver for the Stanford Receivership Estate; the Official Stanford Investors Committee, Pam Reed, Samuel Troice, and Michoacan Trust, individually and on behalf of a class of all others similarly situated, v. Greenberg Traurig, LLP, Hunton & Williams, LLP, and Yolanda Suarez.

Complaint in U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Jehu Hand and Antonio Katz at the U. S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts.

Jehu Hand, a California-licensed attorney who resides in Antigua, has been arrested in the United States after being criminally charged with conspiracy to commit securities fraud.

Criminal Complaint in USA v. Jehu Hand at the U. S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts.

Criminal Complaint in USA v. John W. Ashe, Francis Lorenzo, Ng Lap Seng, a.k.a. David Ng; Jeff C. Yin, a.k.a. Yin Chuan; Shiwei Yan, a.k.a. Sheri Yan; and Heidi Hong Piao, a.k.a. Heidi Park at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

This session will look at a 10-year legal battle between the USA and the liquidators of Eurofed Bank, in Antigua, for control over assets accumulated by corrupt former Ukraine Prime Minister Pavlo Lazarenko.

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.

Second Amended Complaint in Ralph Janvey, as Receiver for Stanford International Bank, Ltd., Stanford Group Company, Stanford Capital Management, LLC, R. Allen Stanford, James M. Davis, Laura Pendergest-Holt, Stanford Financial Group, the Stanford Financial Group Bldg., Inc., v. Yolanda Suarez at the U. S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas.

Letter from 'Michael Gibson', using an email address at 'lawyer.com', threatening legal action over an OffshoreAlert article headlined 'Unsealed documents detail corruption allegations against ex-Antigua PM Lester Bird & associates'.

Amended Complaint in Universal Trading & Investment Co., Inc. v. Yulia Tymoshenko, Alexander Tymoshenko, and Andrey Vavilov at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

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Amended Joint Motion to Approve Settlement Agreement in U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. R. Allen Stanford, James M. Davis, Laura Pendergest-Holt, Stanford International Bank, Ltd., Stanford Group Company, and Stanford Capital Management, LLC at the U. S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas.

Caribbean regulator the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank and several Caribbean banks have been accused of 'fraudulently misappropriating' a bank owned by convicted fraudster Allen Stanford to keep its assets out of the hands of his victims.

Victims of Allen Stanford's multi-billion dollar Ponzi scheme are suing the Government of Antigua and Barbuda for its alleged participation in the fraud.

Complaint in Ralph S. Janvey, as Receiver for Stanford International Bank, Ltd., Allen Stanford, James Davis, Laura Pendergest-Holt, Stanford International Bank, Ltd., Stanford Group Company, and Stanford Capital Management, LLC, v. Pablo Mauricio Alvarado, Henry Amadio, Daniel "Danny" Bogar, Kennard "Kenny" Byron, Jay Comeaux, Anthony D'Aniello, Gordon Edwards, Jason Green, Luis Garcia, Laura "Suzanne" Hamm, Rebecca Hamric, Mark Kuhrt, Gilberto "Gil" Lopez, Patricia Maldonado, David Nanes, Laura Pendergest-Holt, Osvaldo Pi, Nelson Ramirez, Robert "Glen" Rigby, Jack Staley, Linda Wingfield, Robert Winter, and Bernard "Bernie" Young at the U. S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas.

Complaint in The Official Stanford Investors Committee v. Bank of Antigua, a.k.a. Eastern Caribbean Amalgamated Bank; Eastern Caribbean Central Bank, Antigua Commercial Bank, St. Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla National Bank Ltd., Eastern Caribbean Financial Holdings Company Ltd., National Commercial Bank (SVG) Ltd., National Bank of Dominica Ltd., and the Government of Antigua and Barbuda at the U. S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas.

Complaint in The Official Stanford Investors Committee v. Antigua and Barbuda at the U. S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas.

Ralph Janvey, as Receiver for the Stanford Receivership Estate; The Official Stanford Investors Committee, Sandra Dorrell, Samuel Troice, and Michoacan Trust v. Greenberg Traurig, LLP, Hunton & Williams, LLP, and Yolanda Suarez at the U. S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas.

Letter about closing offshore ten tax loopholes from Senator Carl Levin to Senator Harry Reid, Senator Mitch McConnell, Senator Dick Durbin, Senator Jon Kyl, Senator Kent Conrad, Senator Saxby Chambliss, Senator Mark Warner, Senator Mike Crapo, Senator Tom Coburn, Senator Michael Bennet, Senator Mike Johanns, Senator John McCain, Senator Jeanne Shaheen, Senator Lindsey Graham, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, Senator Kelly Ayotte, Honorable Timothy Geithner, Secretary of the Treasury; Gene Sperling, Director, National Economic Council, dated October 5, 2012.

Documents that were unsealed recently at federal court in Miami provide specifics of a long-running criminal investigation into alleged fraud, corruption, extortion, and money laundering by former Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister Lester Bird and his associates, including Asot Michael, Josette Michael, John E. St. Luce, Robin Yearwood, Bruce Rappaport, and Sir Ronald Sanders.

Order In re. Stanford International Bank, Ltd. at the U. S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas.

Chapter 15 Petition for Recognition of a Foreign Main Proceeding in Antigua & Barbuda by Charles Walwyn and Robert Wilkinson, as the Foreign Representatives of InterAcciones Banking Corporation Ltd., at the U. S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas.

Complaint in The Official Stanford Investors Committee v. BDO USA, LLP, BDO International Ltd., BDO Global Coordination BV, and Brussels Worldwide Services BVBA at the U. S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas.

Petition to Confirm International Arbitration Award in Construtora Andrade Gutierrez SA v. Antigua and Barbuda Airport Authority and ABI Bank, Ltd. at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

USA's Statement Of Material Facts As To Which There is No Genuine Dispute In Support Of Its Motion For Summary Judgment To Strike The Claim Of European Federal Credit Bank Limited (in liquidation) and the Answer of Liquidators of Eurofed Bank Limited (in liquidation) in USA v. Funds Associated With Pavlo Lazarenko at the U. S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

Credit Suisse (Guernsey), three of its trust officers and a BVI-domiciled IBC are being sued for allegedly concealing the proceeds of corruption by former Ukraine Prime Ministers Pavlo Lazarenko and Yulia Tymoshenko and avoiding paying debts, including an $18 m judgment. At least $2.6 m in "bribes" went into accounts at Barclays Bank, in the Cayman Islands, it was alleged.

The Royal Police Force of Antigua and Barbuda has issued a public appeal to the country's former Ambassador to the United Kingdom - Sir Ronald Sanders - to co-operate with a corruption investigation in which he is a suspect.

The court-appointed managers of Bahamas-domiciled British American Insurance Company Ltd., which operated throughout the Bermuda-Caribbean region, are suing the insurer's former directors and others for 'recklessly gambling away' hundreds of millions of dollars on 'speculative' Florida real estate investments.

Complaint in Universal Trading & Investment Co., Inc., of Massachusetts, v. Bassington, Ltd., of the British Virgin Islands, at the U. S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts.

Second Amended Complaint in Brookfield Asset Management, Inc., f.k.a. Hees International Bancorp Inc., of Canada, and Brysons International, Ltd., f.k.a. Brysons International Bank, Ltd., of Barbados, v. AIG Financial Products Corp. and American International Group, Inc. at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Complaint in Universal Trading & Investment Co., Inc. v. Yulia Tymoshenko at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

USA's Motion For Leave to File First Amended Complaint in a civil complaint filed by the USA against PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker, Absolute Poker, Ultimate Bet, Oldford Group Ltd., Rational Entertainment Enterprises Ltd., PYR Software Ltd., Stelekram Ltd., Sphene International Ltd., Tiltware LLC, Kolyma Corporation AVV, Pocket Kings Ltd., Pocket Kings Consulting Ltd., Filco Ltd., Vantage Ltd., Ranston Ltd., Mail Media Ltd., Full Tilt Poker Ltd., SGS Systems Inc., Trust Services Ltd., Fiducia Exchange Ltd., Blue Water Services Ltd., Absolute Entertainment SA, Blanca Games Inc. of Antigua, Raymond Bitar, Howard Lederer, Christopher Ferguson, a.k.a. Jesus Ferguson; and Rafael Furst at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Democratic and Republican political organizations in the United States are appealing a judgment that they return $1.6 million in contributions from offshore fraudster Allen Stanford and related parties.

Update on status of returned and unreturned political contributions made by Allen Stanford and related parties to politicians and political groups in the USA, prepared by Ralph Janvey, Receiver for Stanford Financial Group and related parties.

Account holders in several major offshore financial centers, including the Bahamas, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands and Cayman Islands, had substantial deposits at alleged fraudster Allen Stanford's Antigua licensed Stanford International Bank Ltd., a document obtained by OffshoreAlert shows.

Order and Final Judgment in a complaint filed by Ralph Janvey, as Receiver for Stanford International Bank and related parties, against Democratic Senatorial Campaign, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Republican National Committee, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, and National Republican Congressional Committee at the U. S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas.

Superseding Indictment filed by the USA against Robert Allen Stanford at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas.

Civil complaint filed by the USA against PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker, Absolute Poker, Ultimate Bet, Oldford Group Ltd., Rational Entertainment Enterprises Ltd., PYR Software Ltd., Stelekram Ltd., Sphene International Ltd., Tiltware LLC, Kolyma Corporation AVV, Pocket Kings Ltd., Pocket Kings Consulting Ltd., Filco Ltd., Vantage Ltd., Ranston Ltd., Mail Media Ltd., Full Tilt Poker Ltd., SGS Systems Inc., Trust Services Ltd., Fiducia Exchange Ltd., Blue Water Services Ltd., Absolute Entertainment SA and Blanca Games Inc. at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York on April 20, 2011.

Superseding Indictment in USA v. Isai Scheinberg, Raymond Bitar, Scott Tom, Brent Beckley, Nelson Burtnick, Paul Tate, Ryan Lang, Bradley Franzen, Ira Rubin, Chad Elie, and John Campos at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

A breakdown by jurisdiction and amounts of accounts held at Stanford International Bank.

Complaint filed by Ralph Janvey, as Receiver for Stanford International Bank Ltd. et al, against Yolanda Suarez at the U. S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas.

The son of Maurice Sarfati, an Israeli citizen who was implicated in a weapons scandal involving Antigua and Colombia 20 years ago, has filed a complaint against the Government of Antigua for alleged failure to repay three loans totaling $750,000

Following an application by creditor Alexander M. Fundora, who claims to have been swindled out of US$2.5 million by former offshore banker Allen Stanford, a Caribbean judge has removed Nigel Hamilton Smith and Peter Wastell as joint liquidators of Stanford

Two civil complaints against global risk consulting firm Kroll by victims of fraudulent investment schemes were dismissed recently.First, an action by Horacio Mendez and Annalisa Mendez, who invested $424,000 with Allen Stanford's group of companies, was dismissed at the U.

Democratic and Republican politicians alike in the USA fail to return Allen Stanford donations, including Charles Rangel, Max Baucus, John McCain and … gulp … Barack Obama!; victims of one of Canada's biggest hedge fund frauds prepare to sue Grant Thornton Bahamas; man charged with murder of British financial services provider Hywel Jones - police continue to investigate the person who ordered the hit; and a penny stock firm that vanishes into thin air exposes two ridiculous audits conducted by Bahamas firm HLB Galanis Bain

Complaint filed by Ralph Janvey, as Receiver for Stanford International Bank and related parties, against Democratic Senatorial Campaign, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Republican National Committee, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, and National Republican Congressional Committee at the U. S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas.

The Hedge Hog and Conserve Fund has become the latest example of the extraordinary reluctance of the Bermuda Monetary Authority to take any meaningful action against locally domiciled financial services firms that are suspected of illegal activity, no matter how