Government & Politicians

Complaint in Universal Trading & Investment Co., Inc., of Massachusetts, v. Bassington, Ltd., of the British Virgin Islands, at the U. S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts.

Application for Leave to Apply For Judicial Review in Ready Mix Concrete Co. Ltd. v. Cayman Islands Attorney General at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Writ of Summons in Cayman Islands Attorney General v. RoyalStar Assurance Limited regarding a Performance Bond concerning the liabilities of Tom Jones International Ltd., filed at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Complaint in Dwane Hubbart v. Government of the Cook Islands and Ministry of Health of the Cook Islands at the U. S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

The Royal Cayman Islands Police has expanded its investigation into alleged corruption by Cayman Islands Premier McKeeva Bush to include his involvement with other foreign business people operating on the island, OffshoreAlert understands.

Complaint in Universal Trading & Investment Co., Inc. v. Yulia Tymoshenko at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Writ of Summons and Statement of Claim in McKeeva Bush v. Randy Merren and Hurley's Entertainment Corporation at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Writ of Summons and Statement of Claim in McKeeva Bush v. Nicky Watson and Wendy Ledger, trading as Cayman News Service, at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Writ of Summons and Statement of Claim in McKeeva Bush v. Daphne Orrett at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Democratic and Republican political organizations in the United States are appealing a judgment that they return $1.6 million in contributions from offshore fraudster Allen Stanford and related parties.

Update on status of returned and unreturned political contributions made by Allen Stanford and related parties to politicians and political groups in the USA, prepared by Ralph Janvey, Receiver for Stanford Financial Group and related parties.

Cayman Islands Premier McKeeva Bush is being investigated by the Royal Cayman Islands Police for suspected corruption involving Atlanta-based developer Stanley Thomas.

Guatemala is seeking evidence in the USA for a criminal investigation into alleged corruption and money laundering by Ruben Darío Morales Veliz during his service as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Guatemalan Congress.

Order and Final Judgment in a complaint filed by Ralph Janvey, as Receiver for Stanford International Bank and related parties, against Democratic Senatorial Campaign, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Republican National Committee, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, and National Republican Congressional Committee at the U. S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas.

The Tunisia (Restrictive Measures) (Overseas Territories) Order 2011 - Advisory Warning - British Virgin Islands Financial Services Commission.

Advisory Warning - The Libya (Restrictive Measures) (Overseas Territories) Order, 2011 - British Virgin Islands Financial Services Commission.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Guatemala into Ruben Darío Morales Veliz for alleged corruption and money laundering while serving as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Guatemalan Congress.

Request for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in the British Virgin Islands into Verna Maduro for alleged fraud while serving as the Financial Comptroller of the British Virgin Islands Tourist Board.

Guatemala has requested evidence account information from four financial institutions in the United States as part of a criminal investigation into alleged corruption.Details are contained in an application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence - pursuant to

Argentina has requested evidence from the Bank of America as part of a criminal investigation into alleged corruption by Luis Alfredo Juez, who is suspected of concealing money in accounts in the Bahamas and or the Cayman Islands.Details are contained

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in the British Virgin Islands into Verna Maduro for alleged fraud while serving as Financial Comptroller of the British Virgin Islands Tourist Board.

U. S. Government's Memorandum of Law in Opposition to the Petition of Landlocked Shipping Company and Dr. Jitka Chvatik in USA v. Viktor Kozeny at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

"I will be correspondent to command,And do my spiriting gently." Anyone who attended the Bermuda Insurance Institute's Christmas lunch last month would have acquired, in addition to indigestion, a distinct competitive advantage in the event they found themselves playing the

Second Witness Statement of Brian Francis Wight to the Royal Cayman Islands Police for an investigation into alleged corruption by McKeeva Bush.

BRAZIL Football and fraud Brazil has committed to billions of dollars worth of infrastructure investments in preparation for the 2014 World Cup and the 2016 Olympic Games. The opportunities for foreign suppliers, contractors and investors are considerable. So, too, are

First Witness Statement of Brian Francis Wight to the Royal Cayman Islands Police regarding an investigation into alleged corruption by McKeeva Bush.

The son of Maurice Sarfati, an Israeli citizen who was implicated in a weapons scandal involving Antigua and Colombia 20 years ago, has filed a complaint against the Government of Antigua for alleged failure to repay three loans totaling $750,000

Notice of Ex Parte Application for Leave to Apply for Judicial Review in The Attorney General of the Cayman Islands, on behalf of the Department of Agriculture, v. Information Commissioner at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

"Misery acquaints a man with strange bedfellows" Bermuda's Premier, Dr. Ewart Brown, may have felt a little awkward the other day when facing the press flanked by two senior corporate lawyers from the Island's largest law firms. At first sight,

Notice of Ex Parte Application for Leave to Apply for Judicial Review in Strategic Risk Solutions (Cayman) Ltd. v. The Attorney General at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

A British Virgin Islands based businesswoman allegedly defrauded dozens of local senior citizens who booked a Caribbean cruise that was organized by the BVI Government.Details are contained in an application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence -

"What cares these roarers for the name of king?"There are no hurricanes at this time of the year. Instead, we have winter storms. Recently, the Island has been receiving a ferocious battering from wind and waves. So many flights to

Complaint filed by Ralph Janvey, as Receiver for Stanford International Bank and related parties, against Democratic Senatorial Campaign, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Republican National Committee, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, and National Republican Congressional Committee at the U. S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation into alleged fraud and corruption by Carlos Menem,Carlos Vladimiro Corash, Aldo Omar Carreras, Daniel Alberto Dominguez,  Jose Alberto Ares, Juan Carlos Denicolay and Ruben Daniel Slame regarding bribes of approximately $31 million that were allegedly paid by Siemens AG in connection with a $1 billion national identity card project.

An offshore company controlled by disgraced former Turks and Caicos Islands Premier Michael Misick is embroiled in a legal battle with two business partners - one a rapper, the other a music journalist - for control of the publisher of

Two magazine publishers have filed separate civil complaints in the United States against the Turks and Caicos Islands Tourist Board for allegedly failing to pay for advertising.The first case was brought by New York based Advance Magazine Publishers, Inc., d.b.a.

Supplemental Request for Judicial Assistance from Antigua & Barbuda regarding a criminal investigation into Lester Bryant Bird, Asot A. Michael, John E. St. Luce, Robin Yearwood, and Bruce Rappaport for alleged conspiracy to defraud the Government of Antigua & Barbuda.

COLOMBIA Everybody under surveillance The revelation that the Departamento Administrativo de Seguridad (DAS) - Colombia's domestic secret police service, which answers directly to president Álvaro Uribe - has illegally hadjournalists and opposition leaders in Colombia under surveillance has created a

Bermuda based husband and wife financial advisors were charged with stealing $360,000 from one of their companies, Emerald Capital International Ltd., and laundering the proceeds during a hearing at Bermuda Magistrates Court on July 9, 209. David Bolden, 44, a

The futility of the British legal system's obsession with secrecy in the age of the Internet was brutally exposed on the weekend with the publication of a long awaited final report by the United Kingdom Government into alleged corruption and

A class action complaint has been filed in the United States against the Antigua government on behalf of all customers of accused fraudster Allen Stanford's Antigua licensed offshore bank, Stanford International Bank Ltd. The action was initiated at the U.

Letter from St. Kitts & Nevis Prime Minister to Cabinet regarding Vernon Veira - June 29, 2009

I delayed writing this letter in the hope that a move to oust Premier Ewart Brown as the leader of the ruling Progressive Labour Party would succeed. Unfortunately, he has survived the challenge to his authority and that is bad

Writ of Summons in Stuart Kernohan v. Governor Stuart Jack, on behalf of the Government of the Cayman Islands; Martin Bridger, Cayman Islands Attorney General, and The Acting Commissioner of The Royal Cayman Islands Police Service at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

The Royal Bahamas Police Force has launched a murder investigation following the death on May 8, 2009 of Bahamas based offshore provider Hywel Jones, who had been in a coma since he was shot in the head 16 days earlier

The Bermuda Government has been hit with a damning Special Report of the Auditor General, Larry Dennis. The report is so strong that I am going to quote sections of it, rather than attempt to summarise the document. According to

In the very first edition of OffshoreAlert in February, 1997, we referred to TCI as the "Totally Corrupt Islands" and commented that there was a presumption among knowledgeable businesspeople that TCI domiciled companies were "crooked until proven otherwise", prompting a

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP and PricewaterhouseCoopers (Bermuda) have paid the State of New Jersey $5.85 million to resolve allegations of fraud and accounting improprieties at Tyco International Ltd., according to a press release issued by New Jersey's Attorney General, Anne Milgram, on

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Peru into Enrique Jose Benavides Morales, Moshe Rothschild Chassin, and Claus Corpancho Kleinicke for alleged bribery, embezzlement and other illegal transactions.

The current global economic crisis has prompted the United Kingdom Government to commission an "independent review" of all British Crown Dependencies and Overseas Territories that serve as offshore financial centers.Details of the review, which is due to be completed by