Financial Crime
Mac’s lawyers merge with BVI firm
(CNS): Cayman Islands-based law firm, Travers Thorp Alberga, which successfully represented the opposition leader in his corruption trial and which is currently dealing with his civil suit against government and defending him in a writ filed by the premier, has merged with the British Virgin Islands-based Orion Law, owned by two BVI politicians.
Secrecy in BOTs fuelling corruption, says report
(CNS Business): A new report released by a coalition of NGOs, including Transparency International UK, has described some of the British overseas territories (BOTs) as “some of the most notorious purveyors of financial secrecy”, despite promises about more transparency. The authors say a World Bank study found that BOTs are the most popular jurisdictions for the corrupt to incorporate a […]
CIMA under fire in Caledonian saga
(CNS Business): The Cayman Islands Monetary Authority (CIMA) is in the firing line for failing to support Caledonian, as the fallout from the bank’s collapse continues. Published court documents showed there was no need for the freezing order on its US assets, which ultimately led to Caledonian’s insolvency. Questions are also being asked about Caledonian’s […]
Financial industry waking up to scale of cyber threat
(CNS Business): Cyber security is fast becoming the number one global business concern, and with hedge fund managers seen as being particularly susceptible, a sustained attack on the industry could have a major systemic impact here, as experts warn that Cayman firms are already being targeted by cyber-criminals.
CIMA battles forgers with seminar on fake cash
(CNS Business): The US Secret Service and representatives from money printers, De La Rue, will be partnering with CIMA and the RCIPS Financial Crimes Unit (FCU) next week at a fraud detection and prevention seminar to help businesses in the fight against forged currency. “At CIMA, we are highly conscious of the need to continually […]
Insider trading one of FBI’s top 10 frauds
(CNS Business): “You cannot make money in a hedge fund unless you are insider trading,” a trader who was caught by the FBI once told Supervisory Special Agent David G. Nanz. Speaking about the FBI’s top 10 financial crime threats at a recent financial crime conference, Nanz said that it’s almost unheard of for the FBI […]
Threats revealed to Cayman’s AML regime
(CNS Business): Government faces some serious challenges over the next 18 months to update the regulatory regime that protects the country’s financial service sector ahead of a task force inspection in March 2017. Francis Arana, head of the Anti-Money Laundering Unit in the Attorney General’s Chambers, who is coordinating the Cayman Islands’ National Risk Assessment (NRA), […]
Cayman-US couple fight tax exchange decision
(CNS Business): US taxpayers and Caymanian status holders Lee and Sheila Aronfeld are seeking a judicial review of a decision by the Cayman Islands Tax Information Authority (CITIA) to give their information to the IRS in the United States in connection with a criminal tax probe. Shareholders in three Cayman registered exempted companies, the Aronfelds claim […]
Swiss bank with CI link strikes US deal to reveal secret accounts
(CNS Business): The US Department of Justice has struck a non-prosecution deal with Schroder Bank AG that will see the Swiss-based bank and its Cayman subsidiary cooperate in any criminal or civil proceedings and pay a $10m penalty to avoid criminal charges relating to secret accounts. The DoJ also said that the Cayman arm and a Swiss […]
Banks from Cayman to Switzerland caught up in FIFA scandal
(CNS Business): The Cayman branch of Fidelity is just one of many banks around the world that have now been caught up in the various FIFA corruption investigations, calling the already distrusted global banking system into question. Citibank, First Caribbean and HSBC are just some named in the US indictment outlining the corruption case against a number of […]
Webb scandal not representative of Cayman
(CNS Business): It’s been three weeks since the Cayman Islands was shoved into the international spotlight of a corruption scandal, with the arrest of now former CONCACAF president and FIFA vice president, Jeffrey Webb. “This isn’t a representation of the jurisdiction,” Cayman Finance CEO Jude Scott told CNS Business, maintaining that Cayman has no tolerance for corruption, money laundering […]
How ATM scammers steal customer information
(CNS Business): Devices that capture your debit card information at ATMs are becoming more popular with crooks. On a global scale, data reports show “ATM skimming” is on the rise, and its also plaguing local ATMs in the Cayman Islands. The fraud technique has already succeeded in stealing around $250,000 this year. CNS Business wanted […]
Commuting judge starts work in court’s FSD
(CNS): A judge who is commuting some 4,000 miles to his new job in the Financial Services Division of the began hearing cases recently. A new non-resident judge, Justice Nick Segal, will serve in Cayman from time to time as required. A specialist in financial, commercial and insolvency law and litigation, Segal has been immersed […]
Deadline extended for risk assessment surveys
(CNS Business): Cayman Finance officials said when it comes to tackling money laundering and terrorist financing in the Cayman Islands, it’s all about working together as an industry to create awareness and solutions to this issue. The firm recently hosted a free informational seminar regarding the Cayman Islands Government’s Money Laundering/Terrorist Financing National Risk Assessment […]
Finance firm sues former rogue boss
(CNS Business): One of Cayman’s leading offshore financial services firms is suing a former director for a catalogue of wrongdoing that the company claims could have damaged its reputation. DMS has filed a lawsuit against Jazeb Jones, who was until earlier this month the MD of its bank and trust arm, over unauthorized relationships with […]
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