Aruba

Application for Seizure Warrant in USA v. Airbus A319-100 Aircraft, which was "purchased ... through a series of shell companies and trusts" in Aruba, Belize, Cyprus, and Jersey, in the Channel Islands involving accounts in England, Isle of Man, Switzerland, and USA and in which "an interest" is allegedly held by Andrei Skoch, described as "a member of Russia's State Duma" since 1999 and "a Deputy of the Duma", filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Petition to Enforce Foreign Arbitral Awards totaling $5 million in The Government of the Lao People's Democratic Republic, a.k.a. Laos v. John K. Baldwin, who "claims his residence" is in the Northern Mariana Islands; Bridge Capital LLC, described as being domiciled in the Northern Mariana Islands; Lao Holdings NV, described as being domiciled in Aruba, in the Netherlands Antilles, and Sanum Investments Ltd., described as being domiciled in Macau, at the U.S. District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands.

Petition to Quash Summons directed to Bank of America on the grounds that it "will violate the attorney-client privilege under the law of Aruba" in Edwin Duijneveld, a "former attorney" in Aruba v. USA at the U. S. District Court for the District of Delaware.

Criminal Information in USA v. Egbert Koolman at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

'Abandoned Property' reported by BOI Bank Corporation, domiciled in Antigua and Barbuda.

Letter to the Editor from Rewetiekoemar S. Kanhai complaining about OffshoreAlert's publication of a request for judicial assistance in the USA by Aruba regarding a criminal investigation into suspected money laundering by Oro Cash NV.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance by Aruba - to collect evidence for a criminal investigation into suspected tax fraud and money laundering by Oro Cash N.V.

Letter from Aruba-based attorney Rudolf E. Offringa, representing the heirs of Pursi Tjew San Jie-A-Swie, Farley hon Ping Jie-A-Swie, Kong Hing Supermarket NV, Kong Hing Supercenter NV and Kong Hing Freezone NV, threatening to sue OffshoreAlert if a document concerning a criminal investigation into suspected money laundering and forgery involving his clients was not removed "immediately".

Forfeiture Complaint by USA v. All Funds at UBS AG Held in the name of Swiss private bank Wegelin & Co., filed at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Superseding Indictment in USA v. Wegelin & Co., Michael Berlinka, Urs Frei, and Roger Keller at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

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.

Indictment in USA v. Stanley Shew-A-Tjon for alleged securities fraud involving International Accredited Investment Club, LLC, of Florida; Qik International Investment Club, LLC, of Aruba; and Mercury Management Consulting Limited, of the British Virgin Islands.

Class Action Complaint filed by Steve Segal, Nick Hammer, Robin Hougdahl, and Todd Terry against Raymond Bitar, Nelson Burtnick, Full Tilt Poker Ltd., Tiltware LLC, Vantage Ltd., Filco Ltd., Kolyma Corp. AVV, Pocket Kings Ltd., Pocket Kings Consulting Ltd., Ranston Ltd., Mail Media Ltd., Howard Lederer, Phil Ivey, Christopher 'Jesus' Ferguson, John Juanda, Jennifer Harman-Traniello, Phillip Gordon, Erick Lindgren, Erik Seidel, Andrew Bloch, Mike Matusow, Gus Hansen, Allen Cunningham, and Patrik Antonius 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.

Chapter 15 Petition for Recognition of a Foreign Main Proceeding in the Bahamas by Juan Lopez, a.k.a. John Lopez, as the Foreign Representative of British American Insurance Company Limited, at the U. S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Florida.

A civil lawsuit has been filed in Florida concerning an abandoned private public sector project to build a “luxury timeshare resort” in Aruba.Plaintiff RRC Aruba Ltd., known as Royal Resorts, which is incorporated in Belize and based at 43 Barrack

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,

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 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.

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.

Several offshore reinsurers have been implicated in an alleged $45 million health insurance scam in the United States. The reinsurers, formed in Aruba, Belgium, the Cook Islands, Cyprus, and Ireland, have allegedly failed to pay claims to small businesses and

Criminal Indictment in USA vs. Michael Arthur Reeve, John Anthony Claro, Jack H.M. Ferguson, Milton Doke Wilkinson, Gary I. Hoskie, James Arthur Glidewell, and Euan David McNicoll at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas.

A Florida-based firm which processes card transaction payments has been ordered to turn over its records to the IRS as part of an investigation into offshore tax evasion using MasterCard, VISA and American Express. An order issued on September 11, 2003 at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida allows the IRS to serve a "John Doe" summons on Credomatic of Florida Inc., of Brickell Avenue, Miami.

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 - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from Aruba - for a criminal investigation into Pursi Jie-A-Swie and Farley Jie-A-Swieet for suspected money laundering and forgery.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from Aruba - for a criminal investigation into Pursi Tjew San Jie-A-Swie, Farley Hon Ping Jie-A-Swie, Gerrit de Rouw, Hon Wo Choy, Kong Hing Supermarket NV, Kong Hing Supercenter NV and Kong Hing Freezone NV for suspected money laundering.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from Aruba - for a criminal investigation into Pursi Tjew San Jie-A-Swie, Farley Hon Ping Jie-A-Swie, Gerrit de Rouw, Hon Wo Choy, Kong Hing Supermarket NV, Kong Hing Supercenter NV and Kong Hing Freezone NV for suspected money laundering of the proceeds of narcotics trafficking and forgery.

The latest Pyramid scheme run by 28-year-old Damon Westmoreland, called Caruba International, seems to be headed the way of his last, which was shut down by regulators in the United States.Caruba International, which claims to be operated "entirely in Aruba" but appears to be run from Florida and California, has been subject to two enforcement actions in the US.

The high stakes poker game between onshore and offshore governments lost six players recently but another 35 have 12 months to decide whether the OECD is bluffing with the threat of sanctions.Bermuda, the Cayman Islands, Cyprus, Malta, Mauritius and San Marino have all signed an 'Advanced Letter of Commitment' agreeing to co-operate with international tax investigations.

The Mexican government has amended the country's tax laws to try to curb the massive outflow of capital being lost to the world's tax havens.