Government's Position re. Sentencing of Defendant and Objections to PSR in USA v. John S. Lipton et al at the U. S. District Court for the Central District of California.
A man who headed an offshore fund that collapsed last year amid allegations of impropriety has been arrested in Costa Rica and criminally charged with fraud. United States national John Sherman Lipton, who has homes in Costa Rica and California, was taken into custody in early May, according to a report in A. M. Costa Rica on May 14, 2003.
Five weeks after being exposed in the September 30, 2002 edition of OffshoreAlert, Washington state based Sterling forex LLC has stopped operating and its clients have incurred substantial losses.The firm sent its clients a letter on November 15 stating that
An ordinary IBC in Nevis that operates as an unlicensed mutual fund has collapsed owing an estimated $50 million to approximately 1,100 shareholders.Approximately $100 million is believed to have gone into The Genesis Fund Ltd. but about half of it was repaid as interest payments, according to a client's representative.