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To: AD who wrote (34947)	5/5/1999 5:05:00 PM
From: Jay Fisk	Respond to of 122087

Found these scam headlines amusing ! It's a wild world offshore. From an e-mail this morning: ----------------------------------- The headlines from the April 30, 1999 edition of Offshore Alert include: * First International Bank of Grenada: Bank faces closure as Prime Minister asks the FBI to investigate, its auditor is fired and it is disclosed that the bank's initial capital was a "precious stone" * Seven new listings for sham World Investors' Stock Exchange. Most of the companies are run from Canada but registered in Grenada and St. Vincent * Rudolph Linschoten arrested in Florida on suspicion of offshore high yield investment scam * New General Manager for Bermuda Monetary Authority * Alleged Bermuda-based stock manipulation firm Mezzanine Capital has another affiliate adjudged 'stock of the month' by stock promoter * Canadian investor in Star Capital Fund criticizes Cayman Islands Monetary Authority for lack of action over alleged illegalities in operation and liquidation of the fund * Marc Harris withdraws as a witness in libel lawsuit against Offshore Business News & Research, believed to fear arrest * New Utopia closed down by SEC four months after Offshore Alert exposed it as an advance fee fraud * Caribbean Bank of Commerce, which is run by Russian criminals out of Ridgewood, New Jersey, put up for sale * SEC brings actions against businessmen using Nevis company for alleged fraud * Insider Talking features dodgy advice given in The Sovereign Individual book, Baltimore-based Agora Inc. offers 'press passes' to anyone willing to pay for them, analysis of a sucker investor and more * Start of long-awaited Bermuda Fire & Marine Insurance trial * Round-up of lawsuits filed at Bermuda Supreme Court and the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands Full details of the articles headlined above are available to subscribers from the web-site of Offshore Business News & Research, Inc. at offshorebusiness.com.