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    Credit Suisse (Guernsey) and trust officers accused of concealing proceeds of corruption by Ukraine politicians

    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.

    Universal Trading & Investment Co, Inc. et al v. Credit Suisse AG et al: Complaint

    Complaint in Universal Trading & Investment Co, Inc., and Foundation Honesty International, Inc., both of Massachusetts, v. Credit Suisse AG, of New York; Credit Suisse (Guernsey) Ltd., of Guernsey; Credit Suisse Trust Ltd., of Guernsey; Philip John Glanfield, of Guernsey; Pamela Freda Kay Le Cheminant, of Guernsey; and Julia Rosalind Church, of Guernsey, at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

    SEC v. Michael R. Balboa et al: Complaint

    Complaint alleging securities fraud in U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Michael R. Balboa and Gilles T. De Charsonville at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

    In the Matter of Stellar Yachting Limited

    Affidavit of Chrystelle Cavernes, of Societe Generale Private Banking (Monaco), regarding a charge by Societe Generale Private Banking (Monaco) over one share in Stellar Yachting Limited, filed at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

    Daniel Silverstein v. Byron Knief et al: Derivative Complaint

    Derivative Complaint filed by Daniel Silverstein, derivatively on behalf of Tetragon Financial Group Ltd. vs. Byron Knief, Rupert Dorey, David Jeffreys, Lee Olesky, Greville VB Ward, Patrick Dear, Reade Griffith, Alexander Jackson, Jeff Herlyn, Michael Rosenberg, David Wishnow, Tetragon Financial Management LP, Tetragon Financial Group Ltd., and Polygon Investment Partners LLP at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

    Millennium Global Emerging Credit Master Fund Ltd. et al: Chapter 15 Petition

    Chapter 15 Petition for Recognition of a Foreign Main Proceeding in Bermuda by Michael Morrison, Charles Thresh, and Richard Heis, as the Foreign Representatives of Millennium Global Emerging Credit Master Fund Limited and Millennium Global Emerging Credit Fund Limited, at the U. S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.

    Mary Elsa Sonia Echavarria Lince v. Rothschild Trust Guernsey Limited et al

    Originating Summons filed by Mary Elsa Sonia Echavarria Lince against Rothschild Trust Guernsey Limited, Daniel Echavarria Arango, Valentina Echavarria Arellano, Camila Echavarria Arellano, Paula Echavarria Arango, Salvador Vidal Echavarria and Bautista Vidal Echavarria at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands on May 17, 2011.

    Fairfield Sentry Limited (in Liquidation) et al v. SG Hambros et al: First Amended Complaint

    First Amended Complaint filed by the liquidators of Fairfield Sentry Limited, Fairfield Lambda Limited, and Fairfield Sigma Limited against Hambros Guernsey Nominees, a.k.a. Hambros (Guernsey Nominees) Limited; SG Hambros Nominees (Jersey), a.k.a. SG Hambros Nominees (Jersey) Limited; SG Hambros Bank (Channel Islands) Limited; and SG Hambros Bank & Trust (Guernsey) Ltd. at the U. S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.

    Hiscox Insurance Company Ltd.: Chapter 15 Petition

    Chapter 15 Petition for Recognition of a Foreign Main Proceeding in the United Kingdom by Toby Wooldridge, as the Foreign Representative of Hiscox Insurance Company Limited, Baloise Insurance Ltd., City International Insurance Company Limited, Dowa Insurance Company (Europe) Limited, East West Insurance Company Limited, Fuji International Insurance Company Limited, KX Reinsurance Company Limited, Metropolitan Reinsurance Company (UK) Limited, Moorgate Insurance Company Limited, Nippon Insurance Company of Europe Limited, Polygon Insurance Company Limited, Swiss Re International SE, UK Branch, and Tower Insurance Limited, at the U. S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.

    Insider Talking: December 8, 2008

    US Senator John Kerry intends to look into offshore tax evasion; First Curacao International Bank to "start repatriating" frozen assets; UK Government commissions review of offshore financial centers' Condor Insurance sued in California; and US criminally indicts Raoul Weil, Chairman and CEO of UBS Global Wealth Management and Business Banking and a member of the Swiss bank's Group Executive Board.

    Security expert was ‘double agent’, claims former employer

    A Virginia-based investigation and security consulting firm turned its resources on one of its own senior officers - a Guernsey-based former British paratrooper - in order to expose his activities as a 'double agent' who was working on behalf of a British Virgin Islands-domiciled competitor he had secretly set up, it has been claimed. Vance International Inc., a.k.a. GardaWorld, claims its internal investigation discovered that, while serving as Vance's Managing Director, International Security Operations, Paul Wood was conspiring with two of his Vance colleagues, Dennis Trussler and John Lee, to steal Vance's trade secrets, poach key staff and solicit its clients - all for the benefit of Vida Elan Limited, which they had established in the BVI.

    USA applies to seize $9 m ‘fraud proceeds’ from Bank Julius Baer (Guernsey)

    The United States Government has applied to seize $9.75 million in allegedly criminal proceeds from two accounts at the Guernsey branch of Bank Julius Baer.The Government claims the money represents the proceeds of insider trading conducted by an employee of Credit Suisse in New York and an accomplice.

    Insider Talking: December 7, 2006

    Nearly six years after being forced into Receivership and then provisional liquidation, Suisse Security Bank & Trust Limited has finally gone into official liquidation in the Bahamas; MBNA America Bank NA obtained an order of garnishment at the Circuit Court for the 11th Judicial Circuit, Miami-Dade County, Florida on October 30, 2006 that allows it to garnish assets up to $44,143, plus costs of $198, at Eastern Financial Bank that are beneficially owned by St. Kitts-based financial services provider M. Irvin BonCamper; The Swedish Financial Services Authority, known as Finansinspektionen, has issued a public warning about Charterhouse Trust Credit Union, which was exposed by OffshoreAlert as long ago as May 31, 2002; An order to compulsorily wind-up International Alliance Insurance Limited was entered at the Royal Court of Guernsey on April 4, 2006, with Anthony Christian Pickford and James Robert Toynton, of Chandlers Limited, appointed joint liquidators; and The U. S. SEC announced on November 28, 2006 that the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York entered a preliminary injunction on November 14, 2006 barring Ian Scott from pursuing litigation in the Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis.

    U. S. indicts offshore gaming operators

    A 13 month old criminal indictment against two individuals and two corporations involved in offshore gaming has been unsealed in the United States. Defendants William Paul Scott, 65 Jessica Pauline Davis Dyett, 35 Soulbury Ltd., a “bearer share” corporation formed

    Insider Talking: April 6, 2006

    Nicolas Eugene Grant St. James charged with cannabis possession in UK, a look at the record of criminal-friendly judge Jon Isaacs in the Bahamas, liquidator of Suisse Security Bank and Trust charges creditors extra if they want to receive his creditors' reports, long after denying it, Marcus Queree acknowledge's fraudster Robert Raven's involvement in the group of companies known as 'Sidera'; and a look at CFTC Chairman Reuben Jeffery III's role in one of the biggest insurance frauds in history.

    John G. Pitman et al v. Seed International, Ltd. et al: Amended Complaint

    Amended Complaint in John G. Pitman and Susan Pitman v. Seed International, Ltd., Ocean International Marketing, Ltd., Architects of Wine, Ltd., A.V.E. International, Kensington Corporation, Ltd., Paradigm Holdings Limited, OptiDisc International Limited, CD Fender, Churchill Associates, Ltd., Heros Global Marketing Services, Ltd., Paradigm Wine Services, Ltd., New Fine Wines International, Ltd., Paul Freeman, Robert John Middlemiss, Denver Andersson, David Wilcock, Phillip Beasley, Fred Hagelberg, Trevor Burroughs, Giles Cadman, Craig Garrett, Desmond Jackson, Anil Kohli, Jadon Schmidt, and Robin Loxton at the U. S. District Court for the District of New Jersey.

    Czech Republic: Alexandr Nestera et al

    Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in the Czech Republic into Alexandr Nestera, Jakub Dolezal, Svetlana Klimova, Milos Luka and Zdenek Jezek for alleged fraud.

    Russia: VN Daginov (Florida)

    Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Russia into Vitali Nicolaevich Daginov for alleged theft from Kalmneft JSC, Glencoe International AG and Briarwise International Ltd.

    PayPal records targeted by IRS in offshore tax evasion investigation

    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.

    Belarus: Belarusian Steel Works

    Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Belarus into corruption, bribery and fraud involving Belarusian Steel Works, including an alleged bribe by SP Klemantovich to VV Fillippov while the latter was Director General of the Belarusian Steel Works.

    Here we go again: Citco accused of distributing false NAVs

    An offshore fund administrator in the Netherlands Antilles has been caught up in a second hedge fund scandal in less than two years.Citco Fund Services (Curacao) NV is a defendant in a civil lawsuit filed on June 9, 2005 by investors in Dobbins Offshore, which was registered in the British Virgin Islands. KPMG (Netherlands Antilles), as the Fund's auditor, is also a defendant. The plaintiffs include companies in the Cayman Islands, France, Luxembourg and Switzerland.

    US Gov’t applies to seize funds at Julius Baer (Guernsey)

    The United States Government has applied to seize funds held at Bank Julius Baer in Guernsey that are believed to be the proceeds of health care fraud. A forfeiture application was filed at the U. S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas on December 10, 2004 against approximately $3.4 million of funds held in an account in the name of AsiaTrust Limited as Trustee of The Cyreal Trust (formerly known as The Big Train Irrevocable Trust) located at Bank Julius Baer & Company (Guernsey), and four associated investment portfolio accounts.

    Ex-Imperial Consolidated officer sued for $120 m

    A British national who was arrested on Christmas Eve as part of an investment fraud investigation has now had a civil lawsuit filed against him in which $120 million is being sought on behalf of alleged victims. The action was filed at the U. K. High Court on January 5, 2005 by the liquidators/administrators of five corporate members of the Imperial Consolidated Group, which operated in England and offshore centers before collapsing in 2002 owing approximately US$400 million.

    Lithuania: JSC Sidabrine Menke

    Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Lithuania into fraud involving Jonas Disleris and JSC Sidabrine Menke.

    Utah church-goers claim scam after being offered returns of 100% per month

    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.

    John G. Pitman et al v. Seed International, Ltd. et al: Complaint

    Complaint in John G. Pitman and Susan Pitman v. Seed International, Ltd., Ocean International Marketing, Ltd., Architects of Wine, Ltd., A.V.E. International, Disney Limited, Kensington Corporation, Ltd., Paradigm Holdings Limited, OptiDisc International Limited, Churchill Associates, Ltd., Heros Global Marketing Services, Ltd., Paradigm Wine Services, Ltd., New Fine Wines International, Ltd., Paul Freeman, Robert John Middlemiss, Denver Andersson, David Wilcock, Phillip Beasley, Fred Hagelberg, Trevor Burroughs, Giles Cadman, Craig Garrett, Desmond Jackson, Anil Kohli, and Robin Loxton at the U. S. District Court for the District of New Jersey.

    IRS receives permission to serve subpoena on First Data Corp.

    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.

    Lancer Receiver sues financial institutions for over $17 m

    The Receiver of the Lancer Offshore group has filed a lawsuit against 26 financial institutions and other firms in an attempt to recover more than $17 million of allegedly fraudulent transfers.Defendants include companies from Bahrain, Bermuda, Canada, the Cayman Islands, Guernsey, the Isle of Man, Luxembourg, Monaco, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

    Judgment against LOM and RBC appears to be defective

    A $6.4 million default judgment in the United States against offshore investment firm Lines Overseas Management Ltd. and an offshore brokerage arm of the Royal Bank of Canada appears to be legally defective.Research by OffshoreAlert indicates that the summonses against LOM and RBC Dominion Securities were served improperly in December, 2001, meaning that the judgment, that was entered on July 1, 2004, should be dismissed if challenged.

    Indosuez Eastern Europe Fixed Income Fund Ltd.: Section 304 Petition

    Section 304 Petition for Assistance in Insolvency Proceedings in the British Virgin Islands by Stephen Akers and Terry Carson, as the Foreign Representatives of Indosuez Eastern Europe Fixed Income Fund Ltd., Clariden Eastern Europe Debt Fund, Ltd., and Safra Eastern Europe Fixed Income Fund, Ltd., at the U. S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.

    USA v. Funds on Deposit at Bank Julius Baer & Co. et al: Complaint

    Complaint in USA v. All Funds on Deposit at Bank Julius Baer & Company, Ltd., Credit Suisse (Guernsey) Limited, and Eurofed Bank Limited in the names of Pavlo Lazarenko, Pavel Lazarenko, Samante Limited, and Alexander Milchenko at the U. S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

    Investors sue Lancer Group service providers for $570 m

    Eighty-six investors from 19 countries who claim to have invested more than $570 million in the Lancer Offshore Group have filed a lawsuit against its directors, administrator, auditor and prime broker. The three biggest claimants are all based in Montreal, Canada: Fondation Lucie et Andre Chagnon, a charity with a claim for $100 million; Bombardier Inc., the world's biggest train maker and third largest civil aircraft manufacturer whose pension fund has a claim for $68 million; and the University of Montreal's pension fund, with a claim for $67 million.

    Citco slammed by Lancer Group Receiver

    An offshore fund administrator has been accused of "impeding" the investigation in the United States into the $600 million collapse of the Lancer group of hedge funds. Citco Fund Services (U.S.A.) Inc. has refused to turn over records concerning BVI-registered Lancer Offshore Inc. and The OmniFund Ltd., which its Netherlands Antilles affiliate administered.

    Insider Talking: December 31, 2002

    UK-based Capital City Finance Limited, which was formed on August 20, 2001 as a spin-off from the Imperial Consolidated Group, is three and a half months overdue with the filing of its annual return with Companies House for England and Wales; If clients of St. Vincent-licensed Omnicorp Bank needed further evidence that they are being taken to the cleaners by the bank's management, there has been plenty of it recently; Investment fraudster Tracy Calvin Dunlap, Jr. was sentenced to 27 years in federal prison on December 19, 2002 at the United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina.; Steve Saemmler Klein, who operates a dubious Belize-based offshore group known as Grupo CAT, has apparently gone missing; and Alyn Richard Waage, 56, of Canada, and James Michael Webb, 40, of California, were extradited on December 19, 2002 from Costa Rica to Sacramento, California to face numerous federal charges relating to the Tri-West Investment Club, an Internet-based investment fraud scheme that allegedly netted more that $60 million.