Simon Samuels

France: Peter Ritchie et al

May 28, 2003

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in France into Peter Ritchie, Patrick Portier and others regarding an alleged cashback fraud involving Garantie Commerciale de France, Intervest Capital Ltd. and other businesses.

Insider Talking: November 30, 2002

November 30, 2002

The British Columbia Securities Commission has scheduled a hearing for December 10 11, 2002 to consider applications to vary asset freeze orders relating to accounts at the Bank of Montreal in Vancouver that were frozen in 2000 as part of

Former offshore insurance officer flees US despite monitoring device

November 30, 2002

A suspected fraudster who has worked in the insurance industry in Bermuda and the Bahamas has gone on the run again despite being fitted with an electronic monitoring device.John Keith McGarrity was fitted with the monitoring device after being arrested

Arrest warrant issued for former Bermuda insurance officer Simon Samuels

May 31, 2002

An arrest warrant has been issued in Las Vegas for 46 year old former Bermuda based insurance officer Simon John Samuels.The warrant was issued at the U. S. District Court for the District of Nevada on February 21, 2002 -

New England International Surety boss Hendrik Rienstra arrested

October 31, 2001

The 72 year old principal of a Panama domiciled company that allegedly provided sham insurance for investment scams has been arrested in Belgium, where he is based.Hendrik Rienstra, of New England International Surety Co. Inc., was among six people arrested

John McGarrity given bail and an ankle bracelet

June 30, 2001

Former Bermuda and Bahamas insurance businessman John Keith McGarrity is currently out on bail and wearing an ankle bracelet around Tampa, Florida after being arrested in Texas on May 31.McGarrity was detained after entering the US on a fake passport in Houston, according to a regulatory source.

John McGarrity arrested in Texas

June 4, 2001

John Keith McGarrity, who is a former insurance officer in both Bermuda and the Bahamas, was arrested on May 31 in Houston, Texas after entering the United States on a fake passport, according to a US regulatory source.   A bond hearing was held on Friday, June 1 and we do not yet know whether he was released or remanded in custody.

Ex-Bermuda residents linked with international ‘cash back’ fraud

August 31, 2000

Two British insurance consultants with close ties to Bermuda are being investigated for an alleged multi-million dollar fraud that could have as many as 40,000 victims in the UK and Europe. Former Bermuda residents Simon John Samuels, 44, and Charles Gordon-Seymour ran the failed Intervest Capital group, which was headquartered in Las Vegas and had a marketing arm in the UK.

Simon Samuels sets up yet another company doomed to failure

February 29, 2000

Simon J. Samuels, a former Bermuda resident who specializes in working for insurers with fake capital, has set up a new company in Nevada. He is a Director and Manager of R&W Management LLC, which was incorporated in Nevada on December 1, 1999.

The crooked empire of Charles Gordon-Seymour

October 31, 1997

Regulators might want to take a close look at Bermuda-based insurance management firm Sussex International Ltd. following the collapse by fraud over the last six months of an Antigua-registered insurer and another company based in Nevada.All three were run by Charles Gordon-Seymour, a discredited British businessman and former Bermuda resident whose ventures frequently collapse in suspicious circumstances with debts of millions of dollars.