Switzerland

Complaint in USA vs. Bank of Cyprus Plc at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Complaint filed by Marc S. Kirchner, as Trustee of the Refco Litigation Trust against Thomas Hackl, Clarnet Properties, SA, Acies Asset Management, SA, and WPM SA at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Complaint in Marc S. Kirschner, as Trustee of the Refco Litigation Trust v. Jasso AG 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 in Spain into Maria Luisa Vizcaino Bascones, Pablo Sanchez Garcia, Benito Rosal Labato, Javier Sanclemente Castrillon, Alfonso Duran del Castillo, Gonzalo Cantarela del Castillo, Antonio Miranda Rojas and Javier Miranda Burgos into alleged narcotics trafficking and money laundering.

Reinsurers in Bermuda and elsewhere are seeking to force a Vermont based captive and its NYSE listed parent to arbitrate a dispute involving claims from a fire at a chemical manufacturing plant.A motion to compel arbitration was filed against International

An account at Cayman National Bank was used by an Italian family to help defraud a state supported Italian bank out of approximately US$576 million in a scheme that also involved bribing a judge to fix litigation, it has been

Former offshore services provider Marc Harris, who was sentenced to serve 17 years in prison on May 17, 2004 after being convicted by a jury of conspiracy to defraud the USA, money laundering and tax evasion, turned down a pre-trial offer from prosecutors that would have seen him receive just three years in prison in return for a guilty plea, according to a recently-filed court paper in Miami; New information about what is shaping up to be the latest big offshore hedge fund scandal recently became publicly available in filings at the U. S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, where the U. S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission is trying to close down Lake Shore Asset Management Limited, which is incorporated in Bermuda; and Former offshore specialist Nigel Scott Grant, who once participated in a Nevis-based investment scam while working as an attorney in California, is being sued in Florida for allegedly failing to pay legal fees of $16,125 to a Miami-based law firm, Levey, Airan, Shevin, Roen, Kelso, Corona & Herrera LLP.

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.

A contempt of court motion has been filed in the United States against a Bermuda-based firm that manages several hedge funds registered in the British Virgin Islands and also has ties to Canada and Switzerland.Lake Shore Asset Management Limited, which is believed to manage at least $466 million, has refused to turn over documents to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission in breach of a Statutory Ex-Parte Restraining Order issued seven days earlier, stated the regulator in its contempt motion at the U. S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois on July 3, 2007.

Article based on an application to collect evidence for a criminal investigation into alleged fraud and money laundering - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from Switzerland - that was filed at federal court on May 3, 2007. Individuals and businesses mentioned in the request for assistance include Gyorgy Matrai, Pierre Schaefer, Limage Holding SA, Limage Southwest Holding Ltd., Wells Fargo Bank NA, Julius Baer Bank, Amas Bank, Banque de Patrimoines Prives, Ulf Juvel, and SMA International BV.

Amended Complaint in Charles C. Howland v. Eric Resteiner, Keith Mitchell, and Marietta Mitchell at the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Complaint in Charles C. Howland v. Eric Resteiner, Keith Mitchell, and Marietta Mitchell at the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Two dubious groups that have featured separately in exposés by OffshoreAlert appear to be business partners and have been jointly accused of perpetrating an advance fee fraud in a civil lawsuit filed recently in the United States. Certusia Reinsurance, whose operations include a Nevis-based insurer, and Nexxus One, whose operations include a Bahamas-based ‘securities' firm and a Swiss ‘trust' firm, are defendants in a complaint that was filed at the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of California on May 1, 2007. 

Article based on an application to collect evidence for a criminal investigation into alleged fraud and forgery - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from Switzerland - that was filed at federal court in the USA on May 11, 2007. Individuals and businesses mentioned in the request for assistance include Jean Geza Roth, Banco Mercantil, Juan Carroni, Santana Romero, Omaira de Romero, and Washington Mutual Bank.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Argentina into Pablo Santiago Perez Brown, Isaac Daniel Benoliel, Horacio Adolfo Rojo, Romulo Rafael Piccardo Silvestri, Roberto Edmundo Ale, Tulio Arturo Del Zoppo, Diego Alejandro Cerboni, Patricio Guillermo Vergara Escudero, Bernardo Mario Libman, Debora Benoliel de Libman and others for allegedly laundering valuables stolen from a safe at Banco Meridian.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Switzerland into fraud and forgery committed by an unknown person against Santana R. Romero and Omaira De Romero.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Switzerland into Gyorgy Matrai for alleged fraud, forgery and money laundering.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Ukraine into alleged tax fraud involving FCTS Enterprises Ltd.

Article based on an application to collect evidence for a criminal investigation into alleged fraud - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from Switzerland - that was filed at the U. S. District Court for the District of Arizona on February 5, 2007. Individuals and businesses mentioned in the request for assistance include Delen (Suisse) SA, Delen Bank (Switzerland) Ltd., Melissa Poirier, CrystalTech Web Hosting Inc., Joseph Wong, Horst Steinmetz, NOLDC Inc., Philippe Ruchet, Ralph Henry Ermisch, and Lovina Lehr.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Liechtenstein into Arthur Vogt and others for suspected investment fraud.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Belgium into Charles Van Renynghe de Voxvrie for alleged fraud, forgery and money laundering.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Spain into Jose Juan Redon de Diego and Christopher Stephen Russell for alleged misappropriation and forging of official documents.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Switzerland into alleged fraud via the web-site www.delensuisse.ch.

Grenada authorities have turned down the offer of a video tape showing their Prime Minister receiving a $500,000 cash ‘bribe' from investment fraudster Eric Resteiner, OffshoreAlert can reveal.They were notified more than 12 months ago by Resteiner's attorney, John Amabile, that a copy of the six-year-old tape still existed and that it could be obtained through a formal request for assistance to the authorities in the United States, where Resteiner is in custody awaiting sentencing for seven counts of mail and wire fraud to which he pleaded guilty earlier this year at the U. S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts.

Article based on an application to collect evidence for a criminal investigation into alleged money laundering - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from Switzerland - that was filed at federal court in the USA on November 7, 2006. Individuals and businesses mentioned in the request for assistance include Parmalat, Luca Sala, Melford Neto Vaughn, Nino Giuralarocca, Andrea Sala, Lucia Sala, Arthur Cleber Telini, Luis Alfonso Moncada, Antonio Luzi, Andrea Luigi De Grandi, Fabio Malerba, Geoffrey Taylor, Louis George Sampanis, Paul Akel, Riccardo Artioil, Fernando Capozzi Baldan, Maria Carolina Nolasco, Mayra Sita, Antonio Pires de Almeida, Chase Bank, BDL Banco di Lugano, Graubündner Kantonalbank, Bank of America, The Merchants Bank of New York, Valley National Bank, Citibank, Bank One Wikenburg, Dorinda Eisenhaver, MTB Bank, GATEX Corporation, Sorabe SA, Harber Corporation, Cristal, Venus, Lespan SA, Antalux SA, and Wachovia Bank.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in the Netherlands into Jacobus Johannes Broekhuis and others for alleged investment fraud regarding Woonzeker Hypotheken BV and Triple Plus GmbH.

Investigators in Argentina are seeking records from HSBC Bank, in Miami, for use in a criminal investigation into a sophisticated fraud involving the diversion of telephone calls as part of a scheme to drain funds from victims' bank accounts.Details are

Iranian businessman Mohamad Harajchi and his son, Michel, whose family's scandal plagued offshore bank was closed down by Bahamas regulators in 2001, are back in the financial services business, OffshoreAlert can disclose.They are involved with a Bahamas based business called

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Switzerland into Luca Sala, Melford Neto Vaughn, Nino Giuralarocca, Andres Sala, Lucia Sala, Arthur Cleber Telini, Luis Alfonso Moncada, Antonio Luzi Andrea de Grandi, Geoffrey Taylor, Fabio Malerba and Louis George Sampanis for alleged money laundering, forgery and fraud regarding Parmalat.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Argentina into alleged fraud by unknown parties.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Italy into Giovanni Cristalli for alleged tax evasion and bankruptcy fraud regarding Cristalli Motors.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Russia into suspected misappropriation of funds by Evgeny Olegovich Adamov while holding the position of Minister for Nuclear Power of the Russian Federation.

Wachovia Bank is trying to avoid turning over records to the Antigua Government for an investigation into alleged corruption by former Prime Minister Lester Bird, offshore banker Bruce Rappaport and others. The North Carolina-domiciled bank has applied for a protective order in a civil complaint filed by the Government of Antigua and Barbuda at the Eleventh Judicial Circuit Court for Miami-Dade County, Florida on February 23, 2006. 

Article based on an an application to collect evidence for a criminal investigation into alleged embezzlement - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from Switzerland - that was filed at federal court in the USA on May 12, 2006. Individuals and businesses mentioned in the request for assistance include Francois Davoine, Company Factory Limited, Stephan Breu, Friedhelm Haas, Jurgen Uhrig, North American Investment Banking Corporation, Advanced Capital Group LLC, Atlantic and Pacific Capital Corporation, Canusa Holdings Limited, Madsen Group Limited, Haas and Partner MCI Inc., Credit Suisse Lugano, Piazzoli Bernardino, Valley First Community Bank, Glenn Premru, and John Madsen.

Article based on an application to collect evidence for a criminal investigation into fraud and embezzlement - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from Switzerland - that was filed at federal court in the USA on April 28, 2006. Individuals and businesses mentioned in the request for assistance include Ulrich Wymann, James Milton Bohannon, JAJV Inc., Real Estate Insurance Services, and Colonial Bank.

Articled based on an application to collect evidence for a criminal investigation into alleged investment fraud - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from Switzerland - that was filed at federal court in the USA on May 16, 2006. Individuals and businesses mentioned in the request for assistance include Dieter Behring, Walter Mader, Arthur Buck, Beat Bangerter, Jean Kampf, Peter Josef Weibel, Willy Wuthrich, Raymond Pousaz, Anita Zweifel-Reidy, Dr. Stefan Suter, Daniel Borter, Markus Raess, Jorg Honegger, Carmen Rosat-Wyss, Dumartheray, Susanne Hasse, Almesa Fund Two Ltd., Almyx Fund, Alpine Fund, Alto Fund, Cedux International, Cedux Fund, Excolatur, HNI Cap Fund,HNI Growth Fund, MC Premier Return Fund, Moore Park Preferred Return Fund, Platinum Capital Invest, Realto Invest Bahamas, RS Fixed Fund, Secu Value Classic Fund, Solo Fund, Moore Park Investments, Moore Park International, Moore Park Asset Management, Moore Park Fund Services, Moore Park Funding, Swisspulse Holding, Swisspulse Real Estate, Redswiss Holding, RICIR AG, Redsafe Immobilien AG, Swisspulse Systems, Redsafe Systems, Rewswiss Systems, Swisspule Marketing, Redsafe Consulting, Swisspulse Corporate Investment, Schonkind Holding, QED Consulting, Redsafe Holding, Schonkind Asset Management, Redsafe Asset Management, Redsafe Investment Services, Hornblower Fischer Zurich, KB&P Consulting, Hansabank, Moore Consulting, Moore Park Companies, Global Forex Trading, JP Morgan Chase, Bank One Corporation, and Cortal Consors SA.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Switzerland into Dieter Behring, Arthur Buck, Beat Bengerter, Jean Kampf, Peter Josef Weibel, Willy Wuthrich, Raymond Pousaz and Anita Zweifel-Reidy for alleged investment fraud, theft, forgery and money laundering involving Moore Park Funding and related companies.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Switzerland into Francois Davoine for suspected embezzlement.

An investment fund organized in Luxembourg claims it has been defrauded by a publicly listed firm in the United States.Verus Global Fund filed a complaint against eXair Communications Corporation at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of

Switzerland has requested information about accounts at two United States based financial institutions as part of a criminal investigation into an alleged US$629 million fraud by hedge fund operator Dieter Behring and his Bahamas based Moore Park group of companies.

Investigators in Switzerland say that a Bahamas based fund group headed by accused fraudster Dieter Behring is believed to be insolvent by more than US$600 million.Details of the estimated scale of the alleged scam and the identities of those being

Article based on an application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation into alleged fraud - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from Switzerland - that was filed at federal court in the USA on March 23, 2006. Individuals and businesses mentioned in the request for assistance include Khundkar Khalid Ahmed Houssain, a.k.a. Khundkar Khalid Ahmed Hossain; and Citibank.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Switzerland into Ulrich Wymann, Martin Wymann and Juerg Rothen for alleged fraud and embezzlement.

Article based on an application to collect evidence for a criminal investigation into alleged embezzlement - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from Switzerland - that was filed at the U. S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida on March 17, 2006.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Switzerland into Dieter Behring, Arthur Buck, Beat Bangerter, Jean Kampf, Peter Josef Weibel, Willy Wuthrich, Raymond Pousaz, and Anita Zweifel-Reidy for suspected fraud, embezzlement, forgery and money laundering.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Poland into Grazyna Tarach, Szczepan Bartosiak and Jerzy Pawlowski for suspected fraud.

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.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Switzerland into Khundkar Khalid Ahmed Houssain for alleged fraud.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Switzerland into Esther Iris Weber for alleged embezzlement.

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.