programme Archives - OffshoreAlert Conference London 2018

How To Detect Investment Fraud

OffshoreAlert programme, speakers November 9, 2018

Detecting investment fraud is easy if you know what to look for. Since 1997, OffshoreAlert has exposed more than 175 investment frauds and helped law enforcement and regulators hold those responsible accountable. At next week’s OffshoreAlert Conference in London, OffshoreAlert’s owner an...

Sergei Magnitsky: Fact Vs. Fiction

OffshoreAlert oaclondon, programme November 7, 2018

By now, the story of Sergei Magnitsky is well-known: A young attorney was beaten to death in a Russian jail cell after blowing the whistle on a $230 million fraud. The incident inspired legislative initiatives in the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia to punish ...

Gutting The Billion Dollar Whale

OffshoreAlert programme November 6, 2018

A $5 billion fraud perpetrated by Malaysian financier Jho Low via an entity known as 1MDB is as audacious a scam as you will find, involving Hollywood, politics, Goldman Sachs, and the financial elite. At this month’s OffshoreAlert Conference in London, The Wall Street Journal reporter Bradley...

Scamming the World: SE Asia’s Boiler Rooms

OffshoreAlert oaclondon, programme November 2, 2018

Thailand and other parts of Southeast Asia are hotbeds of criminality, places where expatriate investment fraudsters operate boiler rooms with seeming impunity as they set about swindling foreigners living in the world’s major countries, many of whom are pensioners. Investigative journalist An...

Litigation Funding: What Claimants & Investors Need To Know

OffshoreAlert oaclondon, programme, speakers October 31, 2018

Litigation funding is revolutionizing two industries: legal and investigative. At next month’s OffshoreAlert Conference in London, litigation funders and private investigators will explain how to take advantage of opportunities arising from this emerging sector. In two sessions, details will b...

Dissecting Cayman Court’s ‘$126B Ponzi scheme’ ruling: AHAB v. al-Sanea et al

OffshoreAlert oaclondon, programme, speakers October 29, 2018

A recent Cayman Islands court judgment concerning “one of the largest Ponzi schemes in history” will be analyzed at next month’s OffshoreAlert Conference in London. Chief Justice’s 1,348-page ruling in May in a decade-long family dispute over Saudi Arabia-based conglomerate A...

Spain’s Costa del Fraud: Are the Crooks Untouchable?

OffshoreAlert programme, speakers October 25, 2018

After OffshoreAlert exposed the $40 million-plus investment fraud by Privilege Wealth in 2016, it became obvious to us that Spain’s Costa del Sol region was a hotbed of fraud by mainly British expatriates who seemed to operate with impunity. That belief was reinforced when we discovered that n...

Asset Recovery: Developments You Need To Know About

OffshoreAlert programme, speakers October 25, 2018

Emerging key issues and developments in the world of international asset recovery will be discussed at next month’s OffshoreAlert Conference in London. In two informal sessions totaling over two hours, attendees will have the opportunity to pepper questions at some of the world’s leading...

ICIJ’s Offshore Investigations: Making Sense Of Complex Data

OffshoreAlert programme, speakers October 22, 2018

In the era of huge data leaks and e-discovery, finding evidence that can be helpful in investigations and litigation support can be like looking for a needle in a haystack … where it’s difficult to see the wood for the trees. At next month’s OffshoreAlert Conference in London, th...

Offshore Evasion: UK & US Criminal Tax Chiefs to Speak at OffshoreAlert London

OffshoreAlert announcements, oaclondon, programme, speakers October 2, 2018

The criminal heads of HMRC, in the United Kingdom, and the IRS, in the United States, will be discussing the latest initiatives to clampdown on offshore tax evasion at next month’s OffshoreAlert Conference in London. HMRC’s Simon York and the IRS’ Don Fort will co-present a se...

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