Juan Peirano Basso

On January 12, 2009, Bermuda and the USA signed a Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty, pursuant to which each country can formally apply to the other to obtain information for criminal investigations. The Bermuda Government lauded the agreement as "yet another

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A civil complaint has been filed in the Cayman Islands against Arthur Andersen LLP for alleged negligence concerning audits of a failed Cayman Islands-licensed bank.The action has been filed at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands by Christopher Johnson, as liquidator of Trade and Commerce Bank, which went into liquidation in August, 2002.

The 56-year-old former head of a major financial services group in Latin America has been arrested in Florida and faces extradition to Uruguay to face fraud charges.Juan Peirano Basso was arrested shortly after an extradition complaint was filed against him at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida on May 19, 2006. He is currently being held in custody.

Complaint for the extradition of Juan Peirano Basso from the USA to Uruguay to face allegations of fraud.

Chapter 15 Petition for Recognition of a Foreign Main Proceeding in the Cayman Islands by Richard Fogerty and James Cleaver, as Foreign Representatives of Trade and Commerce Bank, at the U. S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.

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