Teketa Thompkins

United States prosecutors are contemplating adding money laundering counts to a fraud indictment against a Georgia resident accused of defrauding the Bermuda Government out of US$1.9 million. Details are contained in a letter to the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York on January 3, 2006 on behalf of Teketa Thompkins, of Lizella, Georgia.

The Government of Bermuda is seeking account records from three banks, including the Bank of Bermuda, for a possible lawsuit against an ex-employee who is currently under indictment for fraud and others.Details are contained in an application for limited pre-action discovery that was filed at the Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of New York, on July 29, 2005.

Two prominent Bermudian businessmen accused of fraud appeared at Magistrates Court in November for a preliminary hearing on whether there is sufficient evidence for the case against them to proceed. Bermudians Arthur Jones, 52, and Fraser Butterworth, 62, have exercised

A Bermuda court has ordered the extradition of a former Government accountant to New York to face charges that he committed a $1.9 million fraud.An order for the extradition of Harrison Isaac, Jr., a 34-year-old Bermudian national, was granted on November 26, 2004 at Bermuda Magistrates Court.