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Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Guatemala into Alfonso Antonio Portillo Cabrera, a former President of Guatemala; Eduardo Arevalo Lacs, a former Minister of National Defense; Enrique Rios Sosa and Sergio Hugo Cardenas Sagastume, former members ofthe Department of Finances of the Guatemalan Army, and others for alleged corruption.

Amended Complaint in Condor Insurance Limited (In Official Liquidation) v. Condor Guaranty, Inc., PetroQuest Resources, Inc., Harvey Milam, Byron Tyghe Williams, Ross N. Fuller, T. Alan Owen, Intercontinental Development and Investment Corporation, Gymnogyps Management, Inc., and Finpac Holdings, Inc. at the U. S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Mississippi.

UBS Fund Services (Cayman) Ltd. has agreed to pay $19 million to settle litigation brought against it as administrator of a failed offshore hedge fund that allegedly defrauded investors out of more than $200 million The settlement agreement between UBS Fund Services, and Stephen J. Harmelin, as Receiver for Philadelphia Alternative Asset Management Company, LLC and related parties, including Cayman-domiciled Philadelphia Alternative Asset Fund LP, was entered into on January 30, 2008.

BRAZIL: Investigating Swiss Banks; CHILE: First Money Launderer in Prison; COLOMBIA: Parapolitics in Action; GUATEMALA:New President; MEXICO: Arellano Félix Sentenced to Life; Friction over Merida Initiative; The Mexican Connection in the Wachovia and Harris banks Case; PERU: 30 Years for Fujimori?; REGIONAL: ‘Specially Designated' Latin Americans; and VENEZUELA: Seedy Diamonds.

An account at Cayman National Bank was used by an Italian family to help defraud a state supported Italian bank out of approximately US$576 million in a scheme that also involved bribing a judge to fix litigation, it has been

Article based on an application to collect evidence for a criminal investigation into alleged narcoticcs trafficking - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from Ecuador - that was filed at federal court in the USA on June 29, 2007. Businesses mentioned in the request for assistance include United Bank of Switzerland and Savoy Brands International.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Ecuador into suspected narcotics trafficking involving Savoy Brands International.

Two subsidiaries of alternative investment provider Man Group Plc are seeking to avoid providing details about 24 Cayman Islands funds for use in legal proceedings concerning the collapse of Philadelphia Alternative Asset Management Company, LLC.It is part of the legal

Wachovia Bank is trying to prevent itself from being sued by several hedge funds, including four in the Cayman Islands, that bought claims from creditors of a bankrupt firm in order to try to collect on them.Wachovia has applied to a court in North Carolina for an injunction to enjoin the funds from prosecuting claims against the bank, arguing that such conduct violates “established prohibitions against assignment of tort claims, champerty and maintenance”.

Fund administrator UBS Fund Services (Cayman) Ltd. has been dragged into litigation concerning a hedge fund group that allegedly concealed $179 million of losses from investors before collapsing. On January 22, 2007, UBS was added as a third-party defendant to an action that was started nine months ago at the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania against Delaware-incorporated, New York-based futures broker Man Financial Inc. and others by C. Clark Hodgson, Jr., as Receiver for Philadelphia Alternative Asset Management Company, LLC (“PAAMCo”), Philadelphia Alternative Asset Fund, Ltd. (the “Offshore Fund”), Philadelphia Alternative Asset Feeder Fund, LLC, Philadelphia Alternative Asset Fund, LP, and Option Capital Fund, LP. The case has been set for trial in May, 2007.

Iranian businessman Mohamad Harajchi and his son, Michel, whose family's scandal plagued offshore bank was closed down by Bahamas regulators in 2001, are back in the financial services business, OffshoreAlert can disclose.They are involved with a Bahamas based business called

A 13 month old criminal indictment against two individuals and two corporations involved in offshore gaming has been unsealed in the United States. Defendants William Paul Scott, 65 Jessica Pauline Davis Dyett, 35 Soulbury Ltd., a “bearer share” corporation formed

ARGENTINA & OTHERS Efforts to regulate remittances markets…The Argentinean Central Bank is examining a plan to toughen the regulation of the remittances market in order to prevent money laundering. Remittances to Argentina rose almost eightfold, from $100 billion in 2001

Bahamas-based Suisse Security Bank & Trust Ltd., which may be insolvent by as much as $29 million, has lost a four-year fight to regain its bank license. In a judgment issued yesterday, the Privy Council in the United Kingdom dismissed an appeal by SSBT against a ruling on June 29, 2004 by the Court of Appeal of the Bahamas that upheld the revocation of SSBT's license by the Governor of the local Central Bank, effective April 2, 2001.

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.

A Cayman Islands judge has put back a key ruling in a battle for control of an offshore hedge fund that is part of a failed North American group whose losses are estimated at US$179 million.Justice Henderson, sitting at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands, must decide whether to grant a petition to liquidate Philadelphia Alternative Asset Fund Limited by five investors who claim to have collectively invested $32 million in the Fund.

An employee with the Paraguayan banking authority defrauded shareholders of a liquidated Cayman Islands licensed offshore bank, it has been alleged. Details are contained in an application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence - pursuant to a

For several weeks now, Cayman's two main newspapers, the Caymanian Compass and Cayman Net News, have been attacking each other in news articles and editorials. The animosity between the rivals has now spilled out into the legal system. At the

An offshore fund administrator in the Netherlands Antilles has been caught up in a second hedge fund scandal in less than two years.Citco Fund Services (Curacao) NV is a defendant in a civil lawsuit filed on June 9, 2005 by investors in Dobbins Offshore, which was registered in the British Virgin Islands. KPMG (Netherlands Antilles), as the Fund's auditor, is also a defendant. The plaintiffs include companies in the Cayman Islands, France, Luxembourg and Switzerland.

Article based on an application to collect evidence for a criminal investigation into suspected terrorism and narcotics-trafficking - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from Belgium - that was filed at federal court in the USA on June 9, 2005. Individuals and businesses mentioned in the request for assistance include Rafael Contreras, Fortis Bank, UBS, PNC Bank, Marcelo Hernandez Gonzalez, Rafael Antonio Contreras, Nestor Levy Miranda Santini, Marcelo Hernandez, Luiz Garcia, and Nestor Miranda.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Belgium into Rafael Contreras for assault and attempted theft.

Major accounting firms, banks, law firms and investment advisors helped create "abusive tax shelters" that deprived the United States Government of "billions of dollars", it has been claimed. Among the alleged participants were KPMG, Ernst & Young, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Sidley Austin Brown & Wood, Sutherland Asbill & Brennan, Deutsche Bank, HVB, UBS, First Union National Bank, Wachovia Bank, Presidio and Quellos.

ARGENTINA: Purge in Prison; CHILE: Pinochet Investigation Becomes Global; COLOMBIA: "Let Politicians Tremble"; and PERU: Lost Millions Recovered.

Article based on an application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation into alleged corruption - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from Peru - that was filed at federal court in the USA on September 21, 2004. Individuals and businesses mentioned in the request for assistance include Vladimiro Lenin Montesinos Torres, Maximo Agustin Mantilla Campos, Jorge Luis Mantilla Campos, Julia Isabel Mantilla Campos, Nicolas De Bari Hermoza Rios, Lelis Marta Salerno Flores, Ana Maria Josefina Pino Davila, Nicolas De Bari Hermoza Quiroz, Carla Eleonora Hermoza Quiroz, Juan Luis Quiroz Bocanegra, Zwi Sudit Wasserman, Ilan Weil Levy, Ana Maria Eschevarria Ramirez De Weil, Hernan Alberto Chumpitza Vasquez, Edwin Diaz Zevallos, Maria Elvidia Rodriguez Quevedo, Carlos Eduardo Milla Comitre, Mario Nestor Wu Vargas, Dionisio Edgard Luque Freyre, Federico Nilo Ocampo Flores, Roberto Huaman Azcurra, James Eliot Stone Cohen, Jose Barsallo Burga, Jose Uchuya Capcha, Jose Uchaya Capcha, Victor Dioses Silva, Mega Bank, EOG Bank, and Union Bank of Switzerland.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Peru into Maximo Agustin Mantilla Campos, Jorge Luis Mantilla Campos, Julia Isabel Mantilla Campos, Nicolas De Bari Hermoza Rios, Lelis Marta Salerno Flores, Ana Maria Josefina Pino Davila, Nicolas De Bari Hermoza Quiroz, Carla Eleonora Hermoza Quiroz, Juan Luis Quiroz Bocanegra, Zwi Sudit Wasserman, Ilan WeiI Levy, Ana Maria Echevarria Ramirez De Weil, Hernan Alberto Chumpitza Vasquez, Edwin Diaz Zevallos, Maria Elvidia Rodriguez Quevedo, Carlos Eduardo Milla Comitre, Mario Nestor Wu Vargas, Dionisio Edgard Luque Freyre, Federico Nilo Ocampo Flores, Roberto Huaman Azcurra, James Eliot Stone Cohen, Jose Barsallo Burga, Jose Uchuya Capcha, Jose Uchaya Capcha and Victor Dioses Silva for alleged corruption.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Peru into Maximo Agustin Mantilla Campos, Jorge Luis Mantilla Campos, Julia Isabel Mantilla Campos, Nicolas De Bari Hermoza Rios, Lelis Marta Salerno Flores, Ana Maria Josefina Pino Davila, Nicolas De Bari Hermoza Quiroz, Carla Eleonora Hermoza Quiroz, Juan Luis Quiroz Bocanegra, Juana Luisa Quiroz Bocanegra, Zwi Sudit Wasserman, Ilan Weil Levy, Ana Maria Echevarria Ramirez De Weil, Heman Alberto Chumpitza Vasquez, Edwin Diaz Zevallos, Maria Elvidia Rodriguez Quevedo, Carlos Eduardo Milla Comitre, Mario Nestor Wu Vargas, Dionisio Edgard Luque Freyre, Federico Nilo Ocampo Flores, Roberto Huaman Azcurra, James Eliot Stone Cohen, Jose Barsallo Burga, Jose Uchuya Capcha, Jose Uchaya Capcha, Victor Dioses Silva, Hernan Alberto Chumpitza Vasquez, Edwin Diaz Zevallos for alleged corruption.

The Receiver of the Lancer Offshore group has filed a lawsuit against 26 financial institutions and other firms in an attempt to recover more than $17 million of allegedly fraudulent transfers.Defendants include companies from Bahrain, Bermuda, Canada, the Cayman Islands, Guernsey, the Isle of Man, Luxembourg, Monaco, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

Article based on an application to collect evidence - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance by Belgium - that was granted at federal court in the USA on April 22, 2004. Individuals and businesses mentioned in the request for assistance include Didier Meimoun, a.k.a. Didier Meimoun Santerre, a.k.a. Didier Santerre, a.k.a. Didier Abaroudi, a.k.a. Daida Meimoun; Silvia Lescure, Anita Winckler, M&M International, M&M Distribution or M&M Interest, SPRL M&M Distributions, SPRL DMS Market Globus, M&M Group, M&M Europe, M&M Helvetia, M&M Diffusions, M², M³, M&M Swisswatch, Black Stone Services SA, Lucky Invest SA, N&N SA, Bank Vontobel AG, UBS AG, BNP, Chase Manhattan, Mellon Bank, Sanwa Bank, Bank of America, Bank of New York, Citibank, Salomon Smith Barney, KeyBank, Gilles Benisti, Frederic Toussaint, Michel Pallacci, Eddie Levon, Stephane Noel, Claude Hec, and Simon Bretholz.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Switzerland into Sabine Christa Scharer, Jose Enrique Scharer Angura, Aycardo Pineda, Ivan Dario Lopez Laverde, Patrick Petermann and Umberto Frattini for alleged narcotics trafficking and money laundering.

A criminal investigation is being conduced in Panama into an alleged fraud committed by Tempus Bank. Details are contained in an application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from Panama

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Panama into Alejandro Gabriel Castanos for alleged fraud.

Complaint in USA v. All Funds on Deposit at Bank Julius Baer & Company, Ltd., Credit Suisse (Guernsey) Limited, and Eurofed Bank Limited in the names of Pavlo Lazarenko, Pavel Lazarenko, Samante Limited, and Alexander Milchenko at the U. S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

Fund administrator Citco Fund Services is still "the most significant stumbling block" in the winding-up of the Lancer Group, it has been claimed.Auditor PricewaterhouseCoopers is also not being helpful, according to a report dated April 23, 2004 by SEC-appointed Receiver Marty Steinberg that was submitted to the federal court in Miami, Florida.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Belgium into Didier Meimoun for alleged fraud.

ARGENTINA Good banks, bad banksElisa Carrió - leader of the Alternative for a Republic of Equals (ARI) party - warned the government in a letter that Merrill Lynch & Co. and Barclays Plc, two of the three banks picked by

An Austrian investment broker defrauded approximately US$50,000 from at least 20 of his clients, according to investigators.Dieter Pointner has been charged with theft and embezzlement at the Regional Court of Linz, in Austria and faces between six months and ten

The principals of Bahamas-based Suisse Security Bank & Trust have allegedly put more than $31 million of client funds in jeopardy due to their "interference and obstruction" with its provisional liquidation.This includes $5.5 million in cash that was transferred out of an account at Barclays Bank in Nassau in April, 2001 after the bank was closed down by regulators, according to investigators.

ARGENTINA Switzerland to investigate Menem's bank accountsSwiss judge Christine Junod will investigate whether beleaguered former president Carlos Menem had money in the country's banking system. Until now, Menem has escaped prosecution in spite of the fact that he has been

UBS AG (Labuan branch), East Asia Fund Ltd., and East Asia Fund II Ltd. vs. N/A - Bermuda Supreme Court

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner for a criminal investigation in the United Kingdom into Nathan Meyyappan, Richard Parfett and Ronan Moss for allegedly dishonestly receiving stolen goods, dishonestly arranging to receive stolen goods, conspiracy to commit burglary and conspiracy to receive stolen goods.

An ex-business partner of Bermuda-resident John Grant Marshall has, like Marshall himself in the 1990s, been implicated in an offshore reinsurance fraud. Frank C. Blunt Jr. has been named as a defendant in a civil lawsuit filed in Miami on January 18, 2002 in which the plaintiffs claim to have been defrauded of $550,000.

Bahamas enteres into Tax Information Exchange Agreement with the United States; UBS is reducing its number of staff in the Cayman Islands; The trial of former officers and clients of Euro Bank Corp. is scheduled to begin in May, 2002; and Creditors of First Cayman Bank may receive up to 60 cents in the dollar.

A claim by St Vincent &the Grenadines that it is serious about combating financial crime was dealt a blow on November 22 when it allowed suspected money launderer Thierry Nano to avoid an arrest warrant.Nano flew from the island on

Michael Danzinger (as Receiver of the Estates of John F. Bass & Rebeca D. Bass) vs. UBS (Cayman Islands) Ltd et al. - Grand Court of the Cayman Islands

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Switzerland into Vladimiro Montesinos Torres, James Stone, Ilan Weil Levy, Zwi Sudit, Yury Khozyainov, Fernando Carulla, Rony Lerner and Mordechai Mintzer for alleged money laundering, bribery and embezzlement.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Belgium into Melchior Wathelet for suspected forgery and bribery.

Some of the biggest names in offshore finance have been named as defendants in a civil lawsuit filed in the United States by investors who claim to have been defrauded of $5 million. Defendants are Matheson Trustees (BVI) Limited, Matheson Trust Company (BVI) Limited, Bank of Bermuda, Credit Suisse, of Switzerland; UBS, of Switzerland; and KPMG, of the British Virgin Islands.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Switzerland into alleged fraud by Lydia Albertina Sturm while working as an investment adviser for UBS AG.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Ukraine into Pavlo Ivanovych Lazarenko, a former Prime Minister; Myckola Ivanovych Agafonov, Petro Myckolayiovych Kirichenko and Igor Olexandrovych Polozhentsev for alleged fraud, embezzlement and corruption.

UBS (Cayman Islands) Ltd. is being sued for breach of trust and fiduciary duty in relation to the alleged misappropriation of $775,000 of client funds by former trust officer Barry Victor Randall.The lawsuit was filed at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands on August 10, 1999 by Publishers Representatives Limited, suing as Trustee of the Asian Sources Retirement Plan, and Lee Sku Lee, representing beneficiaries of the plan.