South Africa

Chapter 15 Petition for Recognition of a Foreign Main Proceeding in England and Wales by Patrick Willcocks, as the Foreign Representative of Avanti Communications Group Plc, at the U. S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.

Complaint in Global Distressed Alpha Fund III LP, Global Distressed Alpha Capital I Limited, and Global Distressed Alpha Fund Management Limited, all of Bermuda v. Hamilton Downing Quinn LLP, a London law firm, at the High Court of Justice for England and Wales.

Fifth Report of the Joint Official Liquidators of Brighton SPC.

Combined Summons in Jacobus Everhardus Kellermann v. Alexander Brian Hogg at the High Court of South Africa.

Judgment of dismissal and memorandum opinion in the Joint Official Liquidators of Caribbean Island Developments, Ltd., both as liquidator of CID and as successor-in-interest to Richard Allen, Dr. Byong Uk Chung, Ted V. Clark, Jill Bowers-Destro, Joseph Anthony Destro, Kevin Gildner, Tony Jenkins, Joy La France, Thomas Leidell, Nancy Leidell, Joan Link, Ken Liss, Martin McCarthy, Patrizia McCarthy, John Mikutowicz, Jack Neilsen, Gitte Neilsen, Jonathan Parker, Cheryl Parker, Marcus Pender, Mary J. Shanahan, Douglas Spencer, Kathleen Spencer, Richo Strydom, G. David Thomas, Mike Thomas, and Christopher Curlew Tribelhorn, v. RE/MAX Holdings, Inc., RMCO LLC, RE/MAX, LLC, Simba Ltd., d.b.a. RE/MAX Cayman Islands; Kim Lund, James Bovell, Oliver DeHart, and Michael Beggs at the U. S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.

For a few years now, I've been flabbergasted by articles published by South African financial news service Moneyweb about Belvedere Management Group, which OffshoreAlert exposed as a global criminal financial enterprise in 2015.Since OffshoreAlert's exposé, Moneyweb has gone out of

Letter from Guernsey Financial Services Commission concerning an investigation, known as 'Project Sauveur', into the Belvedere Management Group.

In ominous news for investors in Privilege Wealth's insolvent $40 million investment scheme, the company they were told was insuring their principal - Affinity Insurance PCC Limited - has lost its insurance license in Guernsey.

Britain's Companies House has started the process of compulsorily striking off Privilege Wealth Plc, which was exposed as a fraud by OffshoreAlert nine months ago.

Fixed Date Claim Form In the Matter of International Hotel Properties Limited at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

Chapter 15 Petition for Recognition of a Foreign Main Proceeding in South Africa by Paolo Pianezze, Robert Pasley, and Graham Mackinnon, as the Foreign Representatives of Cell C Proprietary Limited, at the U. S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.

Trading in one of the main fund-raising vehicles for the fraudulently-operated Privilege Wealth investment group has been suspended by the Bermuda Stock Exchange after its Listing Sponsor, Estera Securities, formerly Appleby Securities, apparently resigned.

Winding Up Petition in Nigerian Aglp Exploration Ltd. v. Camac International Limited at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Privilege Wealth Plc, the British arm of the fraudulently-operated Privilege Wealth investment group, has missed a deadline to file its first annual accounts - the latest setback to worry investors who are believed to have invested more than $40 million.

Order in Gavin Cecil Gainsford N.O. and Mario Paul Malters N.O., as Trustees of the insolvent Estate of Casper Scharrighuisen; and Megacube Minin (Pty) Limited v. Casper Scharrighuisen, Anticus Limited, Cims Group Ltd., and RSA Private Foundation at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

The two main websites for Privilege Wealth's fraudulent investment scheme have gone off-line as the Marbella, Spain-based group continues to collapse in chaos. The group is threatening to bring a "class action" against OffshoreAlert, which it says is "100% liable" for investors' losses, which an insider estimated to be more than $40 million.

Five months after being exposed as a fraud by OffshoreAlert, the Privilege Wealth investment scheme has collapsed, with an insider claiming there is a deficit of more than $40 million. Redemptions to investors have been suspended, Privilege Wealth's main office - a call center in Panama - has closed after the attempted murder of its boss - a fraud fugitive in Spain - and unpaid payroll and the group's registered agent in Gibraltar has resigned.

A Gibraltar judge has ordered an inspection of the books and records of a limited partnership that underpins the Privilege Wealth investment group, which was exposed as a fraudulent enterprise by OffshoreAlert five months ago. The order was issued after Privilege Wealth allegedly ignored a request for inspection from one of its limited partners.

Claim Form in Gavin Cecil Gainsford and Mario Paul Walters, as Trustees of the insolvent Estate of Casper Scharrighuisen, and Megacube Mining (Pty) Limited v. Casper Scharrighuisen, Anticus Limited, CIMS Group Ltd., and RSA Private Foundation at the the British Virgin Islands High Court.

Announcement on the Bermuda Stock Exchange by HELIX Investment Management SLP, of Luxembourg, that the group it raises funds for, Privilege Wealth, intends to sue OffshoreAlert for defamation regarding an article exposing Privilege Wealth as a global investment fraud.

Within hours of OffshoreAlert's exposé of Privilege Wealth being published last night, the fraudulently-operated global investment group took their websites offline (before bringing them back online after the first version of this article was published). The group's main websites at www.pwplc.com, www.privilegewealthlp.com and www.privilegedirect.com were temporarily unavailable.

Notorious British swindler Brett Jolly is secretly behind a global investment fraud being perpetrated under the name 'Privilege Wealth', OffshoreAlert can reveal. The scheme involves a sprawling web of companies and operators in Bermuda, BVI, Cayman Islands, Curacao, Dubai, Gibraltar, Guernsey, Jersey, Luxembourg, Panama, Seychelles, South Africa, Spain, UK, and USA.

Application by David Cosgrove to the Mauritius Financial Services Review Panel for a review of regulatory action taken against him.

Seventeen months after being exposed as a serial fraudster by OffshoreAlert, Irishman David Cosgrove has been banned from serving as a corporate officer in Mauritius, while fellow director Francess Henriette was also banned and Belvedere Management Limited has its management license revoked.

Liquidation Application in Vancor Participations S.A. v. Taurus Gold Limited at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

First Amended Libel Complaint in Steven Slom v. Kenneth Rijock and Joelle Oiknine at the Circuit Court for the Eleventh Judicial Circuit, in and for Miami-Dade County, Florida.

Complaint for defamation in Steven Slom v. Kenneth Rijock at the Circuit Court for the Eleventh Judicial Circuit, in and for Miami-Dade County, Florida.

Originating Application in Taurus Gold Limited v. Vancor Participations S.A. at the British Virgin Islands High Court.

A British affiliate of Belvedere Management Group that is ultimately-owned by Cayman Islands-domiciled Brighton SPC has been wound up "in the public interest" in London for involvement in a boiler room fraud that swindled investors out of £36 million. Another Belvedere affiliate is fighting a similar winding-up petition.

First Report of the Joint Administration Managers and the Joint Liquidators (Grant Thornton) of The Global Mutual Fund PCC Limited, The Worldwide Mutual Fund PCC Limited, The Universal Mutual Fund ICC Limited, and The Trinity Global Fund - all part of the Belvedere Management Group - to The Royal Court of Guernsey and Investors.

First Report of Joint Official Liquidators in Cayman Islands Monetary Authority v. Brighton SPC at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Two more Belvedere Management Group investment vehicles - The Two Seasons PCC and Venture Assets PCC - have been closed down by the Financial Services Commission in Mauritius.

The measure of any person or business is not whether they become involved in controversy but the actions they take when such controversy occurs.Within hours of OffshoreAlert exposing Belvedere Management Group as a "massive criminal financial enterprise" on March 17th,

Nearly six months after an OffshoreAlert exposé, the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority has petitioned to wind up Belvedere Management Group investment vehicle Brighton SPC, citing evidence of fraud "from inception" in which at least US$83 million of investors' funds has disappeared.

Claim Form in Advalorem Value Asset Fund Limited (in Administration) v. William Francis Redford, Robert Stuart Stark, Brian Weal, Advalorem Asset Management Limited, Mark Compson, Minette Compson, Gregory King, Thistle Holdings Limited, and Michael Kane at Gibraltar Supreme Court.

Winding Up Petition in Cayman Islands Monetary Authority v. Brighton SPC at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Judgment regarding freezing order application in Advalorem Value Asset Fund Limited (in Liquidation) v. William Francis Redford, Robert Stuart Stark, Brian Weal, Advalorem Asset Management Limited, Mark Compson, Minette Compson, Gregory King, Thistle Holdings Limited, and Michael Kane at Gibraltar Supreme Court.

Offshore stockbroker CityGate Securities Limited, which is part of the fraudulently-operated Belvedere Management Group, has had its license suspended by the Mauritius Financial Services Commission.

More than one-third of the nearly €200 million of assets reported by one of Belvedere Management Group's offshore fund vehicles in 2013 was doubtful, according to auditor BDO (Mauritius).

OffshoreAlert's continuing investigation into Belvedere Management Group and its affiliates has uncovered another ongoing investment fraud, this one involving British firm Etaireia Investments Plc, whose shares are listed on the London-based ICAP Securities & Derivatives Exchange and which has raised at least £1.5 million over the last 15 months.

Kijani Resources Limited, which is a key component of international investment frauds committed by Irishman David Cosgrove's and South African Cobus Kellermann's Belvedere Management Group, has gone into liquidation in Gibraltar.

First Amended Complaint in The Joint Official Liquidators of Caribbean Island Developments, Ltd., both as liquidator of CID and as successor-in-interest to Richard Allen, Dr. Byong Uk Chung, Ted V. Clark, Jill Bowers-Destro, Joseph Anthony Destro, Kevin Gildner, Tony Jenkins, Joy La France, Thomas Leidell, Nancy Leidell, Joan Link, Ken Liss, Martin McCarthy, Patrizia McCarthy, John Mikutowicz, Jack Neilsen, Gitte Neilsen, Jonathan Parker, Cheryl Parker, Marcus Pender, Mary J. Shanahan, Douglas Spencer, Kathleen Spencer, Richo Strydom, G. David Thomas, Mike Thomas, and Christopher Curlew Tribelhorn, v. RE/MAX Holdings, Inc., RMCO LLC, RE/MAX, LLC, Simba Ltd., d.b.a. RE/MAX Cayman Islands; Kim Lund, James Bovell, Oliver DeHart, and Michael Beggs at the U. S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.

Citing 'breach of fiduciary duty', the Mauritius Financial Services Commission has suspended the license of trust company Belvedere Fiduciary Limited, which is part of a rapidly-disintegrating fraudulent global business empire controlled by Irish business consultant David Cosgrove and South African fund manager Cobus Kellermann.

The listings of British firms Eligere Investments Plc and Fulhold Pharma Plc, which are controlled by Mauritius-based fraud group Belvedere Management, were suspended yesterday by Danish stock exchange GXG Markets.

Belvedere Management Group fund vehicle Brighton SPC, which was exposed as a fraud by OffshoreAlert 11 weeks ago, has been taken over by the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority following the completion of a "forensic examination" by the regulator.

Public Notice by the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority that controllers have been appointed for Brighton SPC.

One day after new directors were appointed to 'ensure' that Cayman-domiciled Brighton SPC would be operated legally, the Fund illegally acquired a Gibraltar firm with bogus assets of $125 million, OffshoreAlert can reveal. The transfer allowed Belvedere and its accomplices in Britain, Dubai, Gibraltar, Spain and elsewhere to continue securities frauds involving firms listed on stock exchanges in Denmark, England and Germany.

Indictment in USA v. Jeffrey Webb, Eduardo Li, Julio Rocha, Costas Takkas, Jack Warner, Eugenio Figueredo, Rafael Esquivel, Jose Maria Marin, Nicolas Leoz, Alejandro Burzaco, Aaron Davidson, Hugo Jinkis, Mariano Jinkis, and Jose Margulies, a.k.a. Jose Lazaro, at the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Decision Notice by the Gibraltar Financial Services Commission disqualifying Minette Compson for being "not a fit and proper person".

Judgment in Minette Compson and Brian Peter Weal v. Gibraltar Financial Services Commission at Gibraltar Supreme Court.