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US Virgin Islands Investment Advisor Arrested for Multimillion-Dollar Fraud

Above: St Thomas By the Caribbean Journal staff James Tagliaferri, who managed and controlled TAG Virgin Islands, a Virgin Islands-based investment firm, was arrested in St Thomas Friday for a allegedly executing a scheme to defraud TAG clients, US Attorney […]

R Allen Stanford Gets 110-Year Sentence for Antigua-Based Fraud Scheme

Above: Casey Federal Courthouse in Houston By the Caribbean Journal staff Financier R Allen Stanford has received a 110-year prison sentence for orchestrating a 20-year investment fraud scheme in which he misappropriated $7 billion from his Stanford International Bank. The […]

David Smith to Plead Guilty to $220M Fraud in Orlando Federal Court

David Smith, who led the failed investment scheme OLINT, will plead guilty to 23 charges in Orlando federal court. Smith, who began OLINT in Jamaican until moving it to Turks and Caicos (where he pleaded guilty to fraud and conspiracy […]

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Grand Bahama Tech Hub Vision Moves Forward

By Dana Niland CJ Contributor The Bahamas has made no secret of its ambition to turn the island of Grand Bahama into a tech hub and innovation center, and its plans got a big boost with the recent announcement that […]

Doing Business in Jamaica

By Dennis Chung CJ Contributor AS I stated in my last article, I believe that Jamaica can start seeing positive economic and social development with the current set of legislative and fiscal reforms we are seeing. However, for this to […]

United States Government to Return Funds to OLINT Victims

Above: David Smith By the Caribbean Journal staff The United States government plans to compensate investors who lost money to the OLINT Ponzi scheme operated by Jamaica’s David Smith. The scheme was first operated in Jamaica and subsequently in the […]

Jamaica Looks to Tackle Lotto Scam

Above: Minister of State Julian Jay Robinson By the Caribbean Journal staff Jamaica’s government is drafting legislation and setting up an inter-ministerial task force aimed at curb a multi-million-dollar lottery scam in Jamaica. The new drive has been motivated by […]

Irwin Stotzky: Haiti, Here We Go Again

Above: a girl stands in front of her home for persons displaced by the earthquake in Port-au-Prince. (UN Photo: Logan Abassi) By Irwin Stotzky Op-Ed Contributor The news from Haiti is grim. Nineteen months after the devastating earthquake, the future […]

Inside David Smith’s OLINT Sentence

By Robert Di Pano United States authorities are now seeking restitution and asset forfeiture from failed OLINT Ponzi schemer David Smith after his 30-year prison sentence for wire fraud and money laundering was announced Aug. 11. US Federal District Court […]

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