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Article based on an application to collect evidence for a criminal investigation into alleged narcotics trafficking by Herbert Charles Austin - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from the United Kingdom - that was filed at the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana on March 28, 2005.

The biggest creditor in the bankruptcy of Christopher Davy, who was once a senior officer of the tax evasion group The Harris Organization, is none other than the IRS; the dubious liquidation of Imperial Consolidated spin-off Invaro Ltd.; and Canadian Timothy Ryan Babuin receives an eight-year prison sentence for a telemarketing scam against mainly elderly people that ended up causing huge losses for the Bank of Bermuda and Bermuda-based credit card processor First Atlantic Commerce.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from the United Kingdom - for a criminal investigation into "Kevin Dooley (now deceased), Trevor Prider and others for their involvement in and management of a massive investment fraud scheme resulting in the loss of millions of dollars to original investors".

Section 304 Petition for Assistance in Insolvency Proceedings in Bermuda by Mike Morrison and John Waldrop, as the Foreign Representatives of LaSalle Re Holdings Limited, at the U. S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Israel into Michael Komissarouk and others for alleged money laundering involving the operation of an underground bank.

British police today arrested Bill Godley and took him away for questioning about the collapsed investment group known as Imperial Consolidated, of which he is a former CEO. Godley, a 57-year-old South African national who is believed to reside in Portugal and South Africa, was picked up by officers in London in the early afternoon, local time.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in the United Kingdom into Collins Oladipupo Awosika.

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.

Three former senior officers of The Harris Organization, which defrauded clients out of tens of millions of dollars before collapsing in 2002, are back in business in Panama. Lawrence George Gandolfi, 65, a.k.a. Larry Gandolfi Christopher Glover Davy, 60, and

Article based on an application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation into alleged fraud, corruption, and money laundering - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from the United Kingdom - that was filed at federal court in the USA on March 23, 2005. Individuals and businesses mentioned in the request for assistance include Joseph Chibi Dariye, Valentina Dariye, Christopher Mekwunye, Harris Corporation,  Harris Communications Systems Nigeria Ltd., Pinnacle Communications Ltd., Franco Investments Ltd., Frederick Harrison Ngatia, Ngatia & Associates, Joyce Oyebanjo, Wagdi Karam Mikhail, Rowberry Morris, Babatunde Lucky Omoluwa, Vistana Development Inc., National Westminster Bank, Barclays Bank, Joseph Dagwan, American Express Bank, and First American Bank.

Article based on an application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation into an Egyptian doctor accused of plotting to assassinate three people - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from the United Kingdom - that was filed at federal court in the USA on March 3, 2005. Individuals and businesses mentioned in the request for assistance include Mamdouh Hamza, Mamdouh Mostafa Abdel Fattah Hamza, Dr. Muhammad Ibrahim Sulieman, Dr. Ahmad Fathi Sorour, Karnal Muhammad Al Shazli, Lloyds TSB Bank, Hamza Associates, Credit Suisse, Pritikin Longevity Center and Spa, Dickstein Shapiro Morin & Oshinsky, American Society of Civil Engineers, Megan Farrell, Peter South, and Alison Young.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in the United Kingdom into Jed Murphy for conspiracy to produce cannabis and obtaining property by deception.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in the United Kingdom into suspected narcotics trafficking by Herbert Charles Austin.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in the United Kingdom into suspected money laundering by Joseph Chibi Dariye while serving as Executive Governor of Plateau State, Nigeria.

Public Warning by Spain's Comisión Nacional del Mercado de Valores against Millenium Business Services, S.L., whose participants were identified as Richard Sinclair Pope, Alexander Giles Martin, Harrington Advisory Services SL, and Richmond Royce Advisory Services SL.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in the United Kingdom into Mamdouh Hamza for allegedly conspiring to murder three Egyptian public officials, namely Dr. Muhammad Ibrahim Sulieman, Dr. Ahmad Fatbi Sorour and Kamal Muhammad Al Shazli.

Former Caribbean banker Thierry Nano, for whom there is an outstanding arrest warrant issued at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida in November, 2001, appears to be involved in a luxury yacht business based in the south of France; Surprisingly enough, given our focus on exposing hard-core, financial crime, OffshoreAlert's staff do not receive as many obscene telephone calls as you might expect; A spokesperson for the British Columbia Securities Commission told OffshoreAlert on February 8 that its staff had not applied for a contempt of court order against Lines Overseas Management at the British Columbia Supreme Court, as a BCSC panel had suggested in a ruling on an enforcement action on January 12, 2005; and Creditors of Terry Lindon who are seeking his assets in the wake of the collapse last June of U. K. litigation funding firm Invaro Ltd. ought to pay a visit to http://www.perfectplaces.com/vacation-rentals/a_Villa_Rentals/4314.htm, where they can see an advertisement for his villa in Machico, Madeira, Portugal, which is available for rent for $300 to $500 per night or $2,100 to $3,500 per week, depending on the season.

A notorious penny stock swindler currently in prison for fraud is secretly behind a Costa Rica-based Internet 'stock exchange', OffshoreAlert can disclose. Harold Bailey Gallison Jr., a 47-year-old U. S. national, controls the Global Internet Stock Brokerage Exchange, trading as GISBeX, through nominees, including his 74-year-old mother.

Civil complaints have been brought against parties from nine countries, including former Sotheby's Chairman Alfred Taubman, in an attempt by the Receiver for the failed Lancer Offshore group of hedge funds to recover allegedly fraudulent transfers. Among the defendants in two actions filed at the U. S. District Court for the District of Florida this month are companies from Bermuda, Canada, Isle of Man, Netherlands Antilles, Jersey, Kuwait, Switzerland, the United States and the United Kingdom.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation by Belgium into Sebastiano Di Luciano, who was described as "an active member of an international criminal organization for money laundering".

Two lawsuits for allegedly failing to pay claims were filed recently in the United States against Steamship Mutual Underwriting Association (Bermuda) Limited, a Bermuda-based P&I Club. The first complaint was filed on November 5, 2004 at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York by Penn Maritime, Inc., as successor-in-interest to Morania Oil Tanker Corp., which is incorporated in Delaware.

Search the Internet for 'Caledonian Offshore Ltd.' and you will receive a plethora of hits for web-sites containing allegations that the firm engages in wholesale illegal activity, specifically that it takes money from residents of third-world countries on the false promise that they will be offered jobs in the offshore oil industry; Tthere is still no sign of the US Postal Service taking any action against another up-front-cash-for-non-existent-jobs fraudster - Rommy Kriplani, a few years after OffshoreAlert handed them more than enough evidence to bring a prosecution for mail fraud; Ten months after the closure of Canada-based OFC Publications Inc., which published Offshore Finance Canada and Offshore Finance USA magazines, another publisher of news about offshore financial centers and issues that affect them has closed down; The Financial Services Authority in the United Kingdom has refused an application for 'permission to carry on regulated activities' by Target Asset Management Limited, whose links with accused fraudster Sendjer Shefket were first revealed by OffshoreAlert on June 30, 2003; The Office of the Public Prosecutor of the Second Circuit in Panama has allowed a request from former employees of the now-defunct Harris Organization to freeze US$800,000 of its assets on the grounds that they were fired illegally, according to a report in El Panama America newspaper on December 27, 2004; Bermuda hotelier and former Minister of Tourism David Dodwell has settled litigation with a former business partner that lasted more than 12 years, spanned courts in three countries and was notable for its acrimony; British solicitor Mark Agombar, who was banned as a company director for six years in the United Kingdom last year for his part in a timeshare scam, was named as a defendant in a civil complaint filed by Johnston International Limited at the Turks & Caicos Islands Supreme Court on April 30, 2004; and The Securities Commission of the Bahamas announced on November 16, 2004 that it was "monitoring" a criminal investigation in Switzerland into suspected investment fraud and money laundering by Dieter Behring and "assessing any possible connections Mr. Behring may have with existing licensees or registrants of the Commission.

Article based on an application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation into alleged money laundering - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from the United Kingdom - that was filed at federal court in the USA on December 22, 2004. Individuals and businesses mentioned in the request for assistance include Trust Union LLC, Paradise Enterprises, Decklink Ltd., Cortek Management Ltd., Computer Technics (GB) Ltd., Alpha Bank AE, Michael George Voudouri, Chrystalla Voudouri, Nicos Savva, Agryoulla Savva, Martin Alexander Craw, and Paul Gebal & Co.

Article based on an application to collect evidence for a criminal investigation into alleged money laundering - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from the United Kingdom - that was filed at federal court on December 23, 2004. Individuals and businesses mentioned in the request for assistance include Advantex Group LLC, Erdbeer Group LC, Anatoly Kazachkov, Lawrence Gillick, Neil Turnbull, Jointplain Limited, Single Market Sources (UK) Limited, Promstroyservis (PSS), Ferguson Dewar Solicitors, Royal Bank of Scotland, Central European International Bank, Bank of Montreal, Nesbit Burns Hedge Fund, Bank of New York, Andrew DewarVefbank JSC

Two new lawsuits have been filed in the United States by investors in a wine-based investment scheme operated from the Cayman Islands, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. The plaintiffs claim to have lost more than $1.5 million in Architects of Wine and related parties after being induced to invest by promises of high returns and liquidity that never materialized. Instead, they claim their funds were misappropriated.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from Antigua & Barbuda - for a criminal investigation into Lester Bryant Bird, Asot A. Michael, John E. St. Luce, Robin Yearwood, and Bruce Rappaport for suspected corruption and fraud.

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.

A sixth person has been arrested in the United Kingdom as part of an investigation by the Serious Fraud Office into the Imperial Consolidated Group, which collapsed in 2002 owing approximately $400 million. Robert Statham Raven, a 44-year-old British national believed to reside in continental Europe, was arrested on Christmas Eve in Monmouthshire, Wales, where he was apparently spending the holidays.

Various recently-filed extradition requests from around the world.

A British firm previously exposed by OffshoreAlert for fraudulently seeking to profit from the 9/11 terrorist attacks is now involved in a controversy involving the United States Department of Homeland Security. Global Objectives Ltd., doing business as World-Check, launched a public relations campaign in December claiming that U. S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, which is Homeland Security's largest investigative arm, is actively using its know your customer database to ferret out financial criminals.

Article based on an application to collect evidence for a criminal investigation into alleged fraud - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from the United Kingdom - that was filed at federal court in the USA on November 24, 2004. Individuals and businesses mentioned in the request for assistance include Raymond Burraway, Mettrade Establishment, Patricia Francis, John Billington, Nicholas Webster, John Botros, Citibank, Bank of Nova Scotia, TTT Moneycorp, Ferick Smith, Christine Dixon, Curtis Samuel, and Verwaltungs-und Privat-Bank AG.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Spain into Domingo Tarruella Dalmau for alleged money laundering.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in the United Kingdom into suspected money laundering by Anatoly Kazachkov and others.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in the United Kingdom for alleged tax evasion and money laundering by Michael Voudouri and others.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Ukraine into alleged money laundering, tax evasion and forgery.

Three more former Enron officers have filed a complaint against insurers in Bermuda and elsewhere in an attempt to protect their directors and officers liability coverage.The latest action was filed at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District

A dubious insurer that is purportedly based in Costa Rica and headed by a British national has been ordered to stop doing business in British Columbia, Canada.Centennial Insurance Company A.V.V. S.A., d.b.a. CIC Insurance Company, had a cease and desist

Police in the U. K. are seeking information about a telephone number in the United States as part of a murder investigation.Details are contained in an application for the appointment of a Commissioner pursuant to a request for judicial assistance

Another application for evidence has been filed in the United States as part of a criminal investigation by the Serious Fraud Office in the United Kingdom into an alleged $240 million investment fraud and money laundering. The latest application to

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation into Raymond Burraway in the United Kingdom for allegedly defrauding the Bank of Nova Scotia and laundering the proceeds.

Confidential Private Placement Memorandum for securities issued by Strategy International Insurance Group Inc. and Strategy Real Estate Investments Ltd.

First Amendment Complaint in U.S. Bank N.A. v. Eel River Investment Company, Veril L. Olsen, Michael D. Ross, John E. Breazile, Michael Sullivan, Sterne Agee & Leech Inc., Eel River Acquisition Corporation, Ross Williamson & Loitz PLLC, Sendjer Shefket, of England, and Target International Funds Ltd., of England, at the U. S. District Court for the Western District of Washington.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation into the murder of Shuman Hussein.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in the United Kingdom into Shinder Gangar and others for alleged investment fraud.

An unlicensed offshore broker that is headed by a convicted criminal and banned company director appears to be peddling worthless securities to the public, OffshoreAlert can reveal.Evidence suggests that Bahamas-based Banakor Swisse S. A. is cold-calling residents of the United States and attempting to sell them shares in companies that appear to have no bona fide activity.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Ukraine into AC Energy Holding LLC and its director, Volodymyr Liutiy, and others for alleged tax evasion, money laundering, corruption and forgery.

British criminal investigators have moved to subpoena bank records in the United States as part of an investigation into an alleged $240 million investment fraud.It is part of an investigation by the Serious Fraud Office into 11 people on both sides of the Atlantic who are suspected of money laundering and conspiracy to commit fraud.

Peter Michael Bond - Disqualified Directors - Isle of Man Financial Supervision Commission

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation into alleged investment fraud and money laundering by Shinder Gangar and others.

Terra Nova (Bermuda) Insurance Co. Ltd. is among several subsidiaries of the Markel Corporation who are seeking $8.1 million in a lawsuit that was filed against PMA Capital Insurance Company, of Pennsylvania at the U. S. District Court for the