Beaufort Securities

The U.S. SEC has filed a complaint against 18 individuals and entities in or from Canada, Cayman Islands, Dominican Republic, Nevis, United Kingdom, and United States for their alleged participation in a 'hacking and securities fraud scheme', with some of the conduct allegedly concealed through offshore accounts in the Bahamas, Belize, Switzerland, and U.K.

Complaint alleging hacking and securities fraud in the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Rahim Mohamed, described as a citizen of Canada residing in Canada and the Cayman Islands; Davies Wong, described as a citizen and resident of Canada; Glenn B. Laken, described as a resident of Chicago, Illinois; Richard C. S. Tang, described as a citizen and resident of Canada; Zoltan Nagy, described as a citizen and resident of Canada; Jeffrey D. Cox, a citizen and resident of Canada; Phillip G. Sewell, described as a citizen of the United Kingdom residing in Canada; Breanne M. Wong, described as a citizen and resident of Canada; Christophe Merani, described as a resident of Illinois, USA; Anna Tang, described as a citizen and resident of Canada; Robert W. Seeley, described as a citizen of the United Kingdom residing in the Dominican Republic; Richard B. Smith, described as a citizen of the United Kingdom residing in the Dominican Republic; Christopher R. Smith, described as a citizen of the United Kingdom residing in the Dominican Republic; H.E. Capital SA, described as a Nevis-domiciled company based in the Dominican Republic; Pop Holdings Ltd., described as a Nevis-domiciled company based in the Dominican Republic; Maximum Ventures Holdings LLC, Harmony Ridge Corp., and Avatele Group LLC, as Defendants, and 9224-3708 Quebec Inc., a.k.a. Distributions Bano, and Jason Black, as Relief Defendants, at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia.

Loyal Bank, of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, is suing Mastercard for allegedly causing its liquidation by terminating its license and keeping its $1.5 million deposit as a "termination fee" after the offshore bank was charged with money laundering in the U.S.

Insolvent Cayman Islands online discount broker OneTRADEx Ltd. allegedly illegally received $851,396 in "commissions and profit sharing" by borrowing cash from U.S. lender Stockloan Solutions using a client's assets as security without the client's "knowledge or authorization".

Chapter 15 Petition for Recognition of a Foreign Main Proceeding in the Cayman Islands by Kenneth Krys and Angela Barkhouse, of KRyS Global, as the Foreign Representatives of OneTRADEx Ltd. (in Provisional Liquidation), at the U. S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York. Editor's Note: This publicly-available petition in the United States contains information about a case that is entirely sealed at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands, where there is no public record that the case even exists, much less what it is about. It is part of a secrecy policy implemented by Cayman's Chief Justice, Anthony Smellie, in which dozens of winding-up petitions are sealed to conceal allegations of insolvency and impropriety.

Judgment in U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Beaufort Securities Ltd., of the United Kingdom, at the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

SEC's Motion for Judgment Based on Settlement in U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Beaufort Securities Ltd. and Panayiotis Kyriacou, a.k.a. Peter Kyriacou, both of the United Kingdom, at the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Two years after suspending unsecured bonds issued by British firm European Investment Grade Properties Plc "to protect investors", the Gibraltar Stock Exchange has delisted them. Research by OffshoreAlert showed that the firm's chairman, Bodo Laux, is now involved with a cryptocurrency exchange in Dubai.

USA's Sentencing Memorandum in USA v. Adrian Baron at the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Criminal Complaint in USA v. Roger Knox, a citizen of the United Kingdom, at the U. S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts.

Offshore banker Adrian Baron faces up to five years in prison after becoming the first-ever person to be convicted in the United States under the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act.

Offshore banker Adrian Baron, Chief Business Officer of Caribbean-based Loyal Bank, is in custody in New York after being extradited from Hungary to face fraud and money laundering charges.

In a superseding indictment returned on Tuesday in New York, four offshore bankers and service providers in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Mauritius, Hungary and England were charged with conspiring to defraud the USA by "obstructing" the IRS' ability to collect tax revenue via FATCA.

Superseding Indictment in USA v. Panayiotis Kyriacou, a.k.a. Peter Kyriacou; Arvinsingh Canaye, a.k.a. Vinesh Canaye; Adrian Baron, Linda Bullock, Aristos Aristodemou, Matthew Green, Beaufort Securities Ltd., Beaufort Management Services Ltd., Loyal Bank Ltd., and Loyal Agency and Trust Corp. at the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Caribbean-based Loyal Bank and its two British managers, Linda Bullock and Adrian Baron, have been criminally indicted in the U.S. for allegedly laundering the proceeds of securities fraud.

Press Release by the Mauritius Financial Services Commission concerning Beaufort Management Services Ltd.

Complaint in U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Beaufort Securities Ltd. and Panayiotis Kyriacou, a.k.a. Peter Kyriacou, at the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Criminal Indictment in USA v. Panayiotis Kyriacou, a.k.a. Peter Kyriacou; Arvinsingh Canaye, a.k.a. Vinesh Canaye; Adrian Baron, Linda Bullock, Aristos Aristodemou, Matthew Green, Beaufort Securities Ltd., Beaufort Management Services Ltd., Loyal Bank Ltd., and Loyal Agency and Trust Corp. at the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.