Australia

Judgment in favor of George Ghossayn in a civil complaint against Roland Bleyer at New South Wales District Court in Australia.

Chapter 15 Petition for Recognition of a Foreign Main Proceeding in Australia by Barry Taylor, as the Foreign Representative of Super Save Superannuation Fund, at the U. S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.

Chapter 15 Petition for Recognition of a Foreign Main Proceeding in Australia by Barry Taylor, as the Foreign Representative of Integrity Plus Unit Trust, at the U. S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation into alleged fraud, theft and money laundering involving Roger Bryer, Yulia Bryer, Herbert Austin, Susan Austin and others.

Chapter 15 Petition for Recognition of a Foreign Main Proceeding in Australia by Simon Cathro, as the Foreign Representative of Betcorp Limited, at the U. S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Nevada.

Chapter 15 Petition for Recognition of a Foreign Main Proceeding in the Cayman Islands by Hugh Dickson, Stephen Akers, and Paul Billingham, as the Foreign Representatives of Basis Yield Alpha Fund (Master), at the U. S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.

Chapter 15 Petition for Recognition of a Foreign Main Proceeding in Nevis by Richard Fogerty and William Tacon, as Foreign Representatives of Condor Insurance Limited, at the U. S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Mississippi.

Article based on an application to collect evidence for a criminal investigation into alleged securities fraud - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from Australia - that was filed at federal court in the USA on June 28, 2007. Individuals and businesses mentioned in the request for assistance include Brian Millwood Smith, Stuart Adrian Corp, Christine Bevard, Eugene Wollschlager, Susan Wickerson, Abacus London Limited, Welcome Stranger Mining Company NL, Hallmark Gold NL, Happle Limited, Davenrite Limited, Gold Coast Trust, Courtenay Investments Limited, Centurion Trust Company Limited, f.k.a. Steeple Trustee Company Ltd.; Kas Depository Trust Company, Kas Associatie NV, Carr Sheppards Limited, ANZ Nominees Limited, National Nominees Limited, Diurnal Nominees Pty Limited, and HKBA Nominees Pty Ltd.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Australia into Brian Millwood Smith and Stuart Adrian Corp. for alleged fraud regarding their holdings in two public companies, Welcome Stranger Mining Company NL and Hallmark Gold NL.

Condor Insurance Ltd. went into liquidation at the High Court of St. Kitts and Nevis on May 18 following a petition by New York Stock Exchange-listed Infineon Technologies AG, which is registered in Germany.Richard Fogerty, of Kroll (Cayman) Limited, and William Tycon, of Kroll (BVI) Limited, were appointed joint official liquidators. Another creditor, Pro Med Reinsurance Limited, which, like Condor, is incorporated in Nevis, was granted permission to appear in the liquidation.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Australia into Damien Vella for allegedly fraudulently using a credit card belonging to George Psaroudis, who was described as "a member ofthe Bandidos outlaw motorcycle gang" who was "assaulted and robbed at the Wallacia Hotel in NSW, Australia".

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Australia into Marcus Richard Einfeld, a former Justice of the Federal Court of Australia, for allegedly perverting the course of justice, perjury and making and using false instruments.

Article based on an application to collect evidence for a criminal investigation into alleged corruption - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from Australia - was filed at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio on March 23, 2007.

Plea Agreement in USA v. Ali A. Yawar at the U. S. District Court for the Central District of California.

Article based on an application for permission to collect evidence for a criminal investigation into alleged corruption by David Wills - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from Australia - that was filed at federal court in the USA on July 7, 2006.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Australia into David Wills, a former General Manager of Group Management Information Services for Woolworths Ltd., for allegedly receiving "substantial corrupt commissions for awarding lucrative software and hardware development contracts to companies linked to him and operated by his business associates".

Objection to Pre-Sentence Investigation Report by USA in USA v. Derek Guise Turner at the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

The authorities in Australia have requested the extradition from the United States of a 24-year-old U. S. national who is accused of laundering money for a Colombian narcotics trafficking operation. Spanish-speaking John Paul Viana, of N. W. 114th Avenue, Miami, Florida, was arrested in Miami on December 7, 2005 - the same day an extradition complaint was filed against him at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

USA's Objection to Pre-Sentence Investigation Report in USA v. Derek Guise Turner at the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Article based on an application to collect evidence for an investigation into alleged fraud - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from Australia - that was filed at federal court in the USA on October 14, 2005. Individuals and businesses mentioned in the request for assistance include Mark John Williams, Peter Bell, Michael Maher, Amazon.com, Australian Broadcasting Company.

U. S. prosecutors may rescind the plea agreement of a former Bahamas resident and bring additional charges after he apparently lied about the extent of his criminal activity.Derek Turner, a New Zealand national, pleaded guilty to three counts of wire fraud concerning an investment scam at the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York on August 9, 2005.

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.

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 Australia into Mark John Williams for allegedly defrauding his employer, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.

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.

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.

Ambassadors of the Dominion of Melchizedek, namely George Harlley, Fortunato P. Aguas, Nikolai Bougaenko, Nathan Obasi, Dewey Painter, Rodny Daniel, Renzo Pampalon, Carlos Alberto Rosa Machado, Peter Feher, Charles W. Price, Sr., Melchizedek Maquiso, Berno Mendiola Atalig, Joalbert S. Kapalong, Charles Balas, Ron Roger Adams, Hans von Grunwald, George Carter, Ross Masao Harano, Louis Lesser, Edward Allen Artis, M.E. Evans, Tain Bodkin, Skip Wills, Larry Madrigal, James Gentry Laws, Jason Gentry Laws, and Joseph Anton Walter.

Offshore investment firm Lines Overseas Management, which is headquartered in Bermuda and has offices in Cayman, the Bahamas and England, claims to have spent US$2.75 million over the last two years on legal fees concerning two securities fraud investigations into its activities by the Securities and Exchange Commission; The International Financial Services Authority in St. Vincent & the Grenadines has revoked these Class I banking licenses: Horizon International Bank Limited, on April 4, 2005; Transglobal Bank Limited, on April 13, 2005; and Triton Capital Bank Limited, on April 13, 2005; How times have changed. On May 26, 2005, something happened that would have been unthinkable when OffshoreAlert was launched in 1997: the Cayman Islands Government issued a press release lauding its co-operation with U. S. authorities in clamping down on financial crime and disclosing that Cayman Islands Chief Justice Anthony Smellie; and OffshoreAlert has unearthed yet another red-flag concerning GISBeX, a Costa Rica-based stock exchange that purports to specialize in securities offered under Regulation S of the Securities Exchange Act in the United States and operates from a web-site at www.gisbex.com.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation into Simon Brophy, Margaret Brophy and others in the United Kingdom.

Article based on an an application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation into Frank Yueman Chan for alleged burglary and false imprisonment - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from Australia - that was filed at federal court in the USA on March 17, 2005.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Australia into Frank Yueman Chan and others for the offenses of aggravated burglary, false imprisonment, and conspiracy.

Derek Guise Turner; Ralph Kuna; Quanpro; Bye, Bye BVI?; Ireland; The Euro; The Swiss; and Grenada.

Church-goers in Utah are among investors who claim they were defrauded out of $2.5 million after being promised "guaranteed minimum" returns of 100 per cent per month.The "promised" returns should have come to more than $300 million in a 12-month period, according to a civil lawsuit that was filed at the U. S. District Court for the District of Utah on November 15, 2004.

A controversial wine based investment firm appears to have abandoned the Cayman Islands in the wake of Hurricane Ivan - allegedly leaving behind substantial debts.Architects of Wine Ltd. closed down its Grand Cayman office in September, owing rent and several

In separate actions, the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority has announced its intention to revoke the Mutual Fund Administrator's license held by Signature Financial Group (Grand Cayman) Ltd., c/o P. O. Box 2494 GT, Grand Cayman, and that it has revoked the unrestricted Class 'B' Insurer's License held by Potomac Indemnity Company, effective April 6, 2004; Controversial newsletter publisher Pirate Investor LLC has obtained a subpoena against Yahoo! Inc. as part of its attempt to identify an anonymous Internet user who is suspected of a breach of copyright; The Isle of Man Financial Supervision Commission issued notices over April-June, 2004 urging the public to "exercise the greatest possible caution" when dealing with several businesses; The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, which regulates national banks in the United States, has issued advisories several 'banks'; If anyone wants a blueprint of how not to attempt to transport more than $10,000 out of the United States without correctly filling out the proper Customs forms, they could do a lot worse than study the case of 23-year-old Bahamian national Antunya Shenique Rahming; A Costa Rica-based private bank that targeted expatriates - Corporación Elca, S.A., more commonly known as Banco Elca - has been closed down by local regulator Superintendencia General de Entidades Financieras; Evidence of corruption against Grenada's Prime Minister Keith Mitchell and former Director of Public Prosecutions and current "Special Prosecutor" Hugh Wildman while he was Director of Public Prosecutions was referred to in a Judgment delivered in the UK High Court on June 24, 2004 in a civil lawsuit that had been filed against former First International Bank of Grenada CEO Lawrence Victor Jones by his former fiancé, Kerry Cox; Apart from being home to many a fraudulently-operated offshore company, the South Pacific island of Niue is also one of the biggest producers of Internet pornography in the world; The Australian Securities and Investments Commission announced on June 11, 2004 that it had concluded its proceedings in the Supreme Court of New South Wales against Trans Pacific Insurance Corporation, a Cayman Islands-registered insurers, and Triton Underwriting Insurance Agency Pty Ltd.; and Under the Progressive Labour Party Government, Bermuda — for so long a model, small-country jurisdiction — is hurtling towards being as openly corrupt as any of the islands in the Caribbean that it has historically looked down on.

Section 304 Petition for Assistance in Insolvency Proceedings in Australia by Anthony McGrath, as the Foreign Representative of Pembroke Securities Limited, HIH Insurance Limited, HIH Investment Holdings Limited, FAI Insurances Limited, FAI Leasing Finance Pty Limited, FAI Investments Pty Limited, First Mentor Group Pty Limited, FAI Home Security Holdings Pty Limited, HIH Casualty and General Insurance Limited, FAI General Insurance Company Limited, Lanlex No. 65 Pty Limited, CIC Insurance Limited, FAI Overseas Investments Pty Limited, FAI Traders Insurance Company Limited, and World Marine and General Insurance Pty Ltd., at the U. S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.

Article based on an application to collect evidence - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from Australia - that was granted by the U. S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida on April 12, 2004. Individuals and businesses mentioned in the request include Anthony Porter, Jenelle Porter, Linda Stirello, and Atlantic.Net Internet Services, Inc.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Australia into Anthony Ronald Porter for suspected harassment of his former wife, Jenelle Porter.

A company formed by British investment fraudsters Lincoln Fraser and Jared Brook to disrupt the administration liquidation of their failed Imperial Consolidated Group, including perpetrating an asset recovery fraud against Imperial's investors, is about to go the way of most,

Article based on an application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a murder investigation - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from Australia - that was filed at the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania on February 24, 2004. Individuals and businesses mentioned in the request for assistance include Sherman Calvin White, and Wachovia Bank.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Australia into Sherman Calvin White for allegedly attempting to murder his sister, Susan Mae French.

A legal battle is taking place in Oregon for possession of gold and silver bars and coins that were seized during a raid on the offices of companies associated with offshore provider Terry Neal. The United States Government is seeking to take permanent possession of the property, worth approximately $225,000 at current prices.

Investors who were defrauded in the Cash 4 Titles Ponzi scheme can expect to receive a dividend of approximately one-third of their recognized losses, according to Philip Stenger, the SEC Receiver responsible for administering claims; Four offshore companies and their registered agents have been trying to prevent their local regulator in the Turks & Caicos Islands from having access to their records; Also at the TCI Supreme Court, John E. Rutley Jr. has filed a lawsuit against Timothy Prudhoe, Christian Papachristou, Melbourne Wilson and Stephen Wilson, sued as and on behalf of the partners of McLeans law firm, formerly McLean McNally; Financial criminals operating in six offshore centers in the Bermuda-Caribbean region can breathe more easily next year with news that the Miami, Florida-based White-Collar Crime Investigation Team, is being disbanded on March 31, 2004 due to the withdrawal of funding by the United Kingdom government; The capacity of sales people for UK-based due diligence information provider World-Check to tell outrageous lies to potential customers in an attempt to secure a sale appears to know no bounds. FirstRand, the South African parent of Ansbacher (Cayman) Ltd., has agreed to pay 25 per cent of the amount being sought by the Irish government to cover the costs of an offshore tax investigation carried out by a panel known as the McCracken Tribunal, reported the Irish Examiner newspaper on December 19, 2003; and The Australian Securities & Investments Commission has obtained an interim order appointing a receiver over Queensland-based Comcash Australasia Pty Ltd., which it claims was operating an unregistered investment scheme in conjunction with SMC Corporation, of Dominica.

Article based on an application to collect evidence for a criminal investigation into alleged fraud by a former employee of the Australian Tax Office - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from Australia - that was filed at federal court in the USA on February 4, 2003. Individuals and businesses mentioned in the request for assistance include Gordon Munro Walker, Bank One, Cal Fed Bank, Pacific Trust Bank, Union Bank of California, Washington Mutual, Wells Fargo Bank, Western Financial Bank, and Bank of America. 

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Australia into Sherman Calvin White for allegedly attempting to murder his sister, Susan Mae French.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Australia into Roger Gregory Matson, his wife, Janette Matson; and their two children, Baron Matson and Matilda Matson for alleged fraud and money laundering.

An offshore hedge fund has been set up by a group with an eye-popping record of profiting from trades in penny stocks whose issuers have collectively lost more than $1.2 billion. Cornell Capital Partners Offshore Ltd. was licensed as a mutual fund by the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority on July 1, 2003. 

Clients of an unlicensed "offshore credit union" who claim they cannot redeem their investments believe that at least $100 million of total investor funds may be at risk.Much of the money that has gone into Alianta International Credit Union, a.k.a. Alliance International Credit Union, was invested by U. S. nationals, according to one group.

Public Announcement about Uniworld Global Management Ltd. by the British Virgin Islands Financial Services Commission.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Australia into suspected tax fraud by Gordon Munro Walker.