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USA v. Belize Bank International Ltd. et al: Petition to Serve ‘John Doe’ Summonses

September 15, 2015

Petition to Serve 'John Doe' Summonses on Citibank and Bank of America in USA v. Belize Bank International Limited, Belize Bank Limited or Belize Corporate Services Limited at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Two more ex-Grenada offshore bankers convicted of fraud

February 4, 2006

The operators of yet another Grenada-licensed offshore bank have been convicted of fraud-related charges in the United States. Taansen Fairmont Sumeru, a.k.a. David Freeston, of Santa Barbara, California, and Jerome Harold Hall, a.k.a. JeRu Hall, of Fairfield, Iowa, were convicted jury of eight counts of securities fraud and nine counts of wire fraud at the U. S. District Court for the Central District of California on January 24, 2006. Sumeru was also convicted of conspiring to launder money and failing to file federal income tax returns for 1999 and 2000.

U. S. arrests two more suspected fraudsters in investigation of Grenada banks

March 31, 2005

Two more suspected fraudsters have been arrested in the United States in connection with the criminal activities of the First International Bank of Grenada group.Taansen Fairmont Sumeru, a.k.a. David Freeston, of Santa Barbara, California, and JeRu Harold Hall, a.k.a. Jerome

National Commercial Bank of St. Vincent awarded damages over asset freeze

March 31, 2001

The National Commercial Bank of St. Vincent has been awarded damages by Grenada Supreme Court after its correspondent accounts were frozen in the United Kingdom by attorneys representing victims of the First International Bank of Grenada. In a decision on December 12, 2000, the court discharged an injunction that had been granted on August 11, 2000 in Grenada and September 14, 2000 in the High Court in England against NCB's assets held in correspondent accounts in the United Kingdom.

Grenada revokes licenses of 17 banks

March 6, 2001

The Grenada International Financial Services Authority has revoked the licenses of 17 offshore banks.

Latest on massive Grenada banking fraud

January 31, 2000

Offshore Alert can this month reveal further disturbing details about the massive financial fraud that is being committed on the island of Grenada in what appears to be a joint effort between the island's government and the private sector. What is currently taking place in Grenada mirrors what happened in Montserrat in the late 1980s when approximately 300 'paper' banks established with phantom capital defrauded foreign clients of tens of millions of dollars before eventually being closed down by the UK police in 1989/90.