Caribbean-based lawyer pleads guilty in laundering sting [Cayman Islands]
By David Voreacos From Bloomberg A Caribbean-based lawyer charged in a sting operation pleaded guilty to helping launder what he was told were proceeds of a bank fraud designed to hide $2 million from U.S. tax officials, according to the…
Are Europe’s banks being prosecuted – or persecuted?
By Jamie Robertson Presenter, BBC World News From BBC Even BNP Paribas cannot shrug off a $9bn (£5.1bn) fine. The bank is the fourth biggest by assets in the world and has been found guilty of violating US economic sanctions…
US jury finds Jamaican national guilty of sex trafficking
From Caribbean360 MIAMI, United States, Thursday, July 3, 2014, CMC – A Jamaican national has been found guilty for his role in an international sex trafficking operation. Damion St. Patrick Baston, 37, was convicted on three counts of sex trafficking…
Two found guilty in ‘mistaken identity’ murder of Jamaican national
From Caribbean360 HAMILTON, Bermuda, Thursday July 3, 2014, CMC – Two men have been convicted of the premeditated murder of Jamaica-born George Lynch, who was killed 18 months after he moved to the island from Canada. Lynch, 40, a father…
iNew Briefs
Cuban migrant in surgery at Cayman hospital after self harm attempt A Cuban migrant is undergoing surgery at the Cayman Islands Hospital, after trying to harm himself today (Wednesday 2 July, 2014). Immigration and prison authorities are investigating the matter….
Cayman Judge says witnesses must have courage and supply information re criminal activity
In a ruling given by Cayman Islands Justice Charles Quin in the Cayman Grand Court last Tuesday (20) on a No Case Submission, the judge said: “I note that there are seven (7) civilian witnesses named on the back of the…
Northward Prison intercepts more contraband
Prison Officers at Her Majesty’s Cayman Islands Prison Northward continue to battle with the threat of contraband being smuggled into the prison system. Four pounds of ganja and six bottles of rum were recently discovered inside the prison perimeter, in…
Credit Suisse, US ‘in tax probe payment talks’
From Taipei Times Credit Suisse Group AG is in talks with the US Department of Justice (DOJ) to pay as much as US$1.6 billion to resolve an investigation into the bank’s role in helping US citizens evade taxes, a person…
Ex-Ficano aide stole from the poor to buy hair plugs, luxury perks, prosecutors say
By Tresa Baldas From Detroit Free Press Ex-Wayne County official Michael Grundy should go to prison for 14-17½ years for stealing “from the poor” to pamper himself with perks like $10,000 hair plugs, a Mustang Convertible, a Caribbean time share…
Raziel Jeffers GUILTY!
The 12 member jury at the trial of Raziel Jeffers have found him GUILTY of murdering Damion King 4 years ago. Ming had been hit by two bullets in a yard in Birch Tree Hill Road on the night of…
