SG Hambros

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence from Erika Droste and Comerica Bank - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from Zambia - for a criminal investigation into shareholders of Finance Bank Zambia Limited (FBZL), specifically Finsbury Investments Limited and Dr. Rajan Lekraj Mahtani, for suspected money laundering.

Memorandum of Decision on Petition for Recognition and Related Relief filed by the liquidators of Millennium Global Emerging Credit Master Fund Limited and Millennium Global Emerging Credit Fund Limited at the U. S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.

Chapter 15 Petition for Recognition of a Foreign Main Proceeding in Bermuda by Michael Morrison, Charles Thresh, and Richard Heis, as the Foreign Representatives of Millennium Global Emerging Credit Master Fund Limited and Millennium Global Emerging Credit Fund Limited, at the U. S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.

First Amended Complaint filed by the liquidators of Fairfield Sentry Limited, Fairfield Lambda Limited, and Fairfield Sigma Limited against Hambros Guernsey Nominees, a.k.a. Hambros (Guernsey Nominees) Limited; SG Hambros Nominees (Jersey), a.k.a. SG Hambros Nominees (Jersey) Limited; SG Hambros Bank (Channel Islands) Limited; and SG Hambros Bank & Trust (Guernsey) Ltd. at the U. S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.

Chapter 15 Petition for Recognition of a Foreign Main Proceeding in the British Virgin Islands by Kenneth Krys and Christopher Stride, as the Foreign Representatives of Fairfield Sentry Limited, Fairfield Sigma Limited, and Fairfield Lambda Limited, at the U. S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.

Dozens of offshore hedge funds, asset managers, IBCs and their representatives, including those in the Bahamas, Bermuda, the British Virgin Islands and the Cayman Islands, are among customers of accused fraudster Bernard Madoff, according to a client list released yesterday.The

Robin Cotterell released on bail pending trial on money laundering charge, SG Hambros and Coutts settle Bahamas lawsuit, casino web-site's links to the Bahamas, where Internet gaming is prohibited; Canadian regulators issues warning about Cayman International Holdings, First International Bank of Grenada fraudsters open a new bank, investors in Versailles finance group apply to liquidate BVI firm Trading Partners, Harris Organization has Nov. 24 deadline to obtain investment manager's license in Panama, Imperial Consolidated Securities SA offers "High-Yield Investment Facility", Cayman Islands passes Electronic Transactions Bill and Computer Misuse Bill.

Craig Major has been criminally charged with issuing false letters of credit for amounts totaling $700 million while serving as Chief Operating Officer for SG Hambros Bank & Trust (Bahamas) Ltd. in Nassau.As COO, Major had approximately 80 staff under him at the bank and, before his current problems, had been publicly held out as a role model for Bahamians by Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham.

SG Hambros in the Bahamas is considering asking both US and Canadian clients to sign waiver forms authorizing the private bank to release account information to the authorities in these two countries if the need ever arises, we have been

SG Hambros filed a lawsuit in March in the High Court in London against Coutts private banking group in relation to the former's purchase of Coutts (Bahamas) for $100 million in August, 1998.