Iran, other Mideast states hit by computer virus
(AP) — Iran and other Middle East countries have been hit with a cunning computer virus that can eavesdrop on computer users and their co-workers and filch information from nearby cellphones, cybersecurity experts said Tuesday. And suspicion immediately fell on…
Billion-dollar tax evasion fraud case now linked to Cayman Islands
This case has been making headlines for three years, has involved countries around the globe and corruption within law enforcement institutions. This is the first time there has been a link with the Cayman Islands, which is, “thought to have…
Terror at Television Station
One of the accompanying photos is of architect Rupert Ackermon’s impression of how the Television Centre was invisaged to look when it started construction in 1994. It did look like it at first but as time has passed by its…
Man tells police he killed missing NYC boy in 1979
NEW YORK (AP) — In a potential break in one of the nation’s most baffling missing-children cases, a former convenience-store employee has told police that he suffocated 6-year-old Etan Patz in 1979 and left the boy’s body in a box…
First Quarter Crime Statistics and a warning
The good news: Robberies in Cayman have fallen by over 66% in the first quarter of this year compared to the beginning of 2011. There were eight robberies in the first three months of 2012 compared to 24 over the…
Legal Aid Bill Out for Public Input: Cayman Islands lawyers face pro bono proposal
The Attorney General’s Chambers has released a draft bill titled The Legal Aid and Pro Bono Legal Services Bill 2012 for public consultation. One of the provisions is a requirement for all private attorneys to provide at least 25 hours of…
Cops urge vigilance in light of recent burglaries
Officers from the RCIPS are warning members of the public to be extra vigilant and to ensure that they keep a record, including serial numbers, of all electrical items following a spate of burglaries in the past few weeks. While…
Police are almost silent on robbery
The RCIPS seemed to have very little to say concerning a robbery that happened in the early hours on Tuesday 8th May. The RCIPS would only confirm that an aggravated burglary took place in Northward Road, Bodden Town involving two…
“Bank Robber” robbed
The owner of “Bank Robber”, a 38′ LX Fountain, Triple Mercury Verados 275HP boat found it missing from “The Estates in Grand Harbour between 4pm on Tuesday and 10am on Wednesday morning. If anyone finds the boat or its engines…
Does this fraud letter circulating abroad originate from the Cayman Islands?
We publish the following email that is circulating all over the globe – this was passed to us from a news media house in Nigeria. The reason we ask whether it originated in Cayman is because it mentions CIBC First…
