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This Caribbean Villa Has a Private Pool, Fresh Lobster Nearby, and It’s Right on One of the Best Beaches on the Island

Villa Do Dragon in St Barth.

There’s a stretch of sand in St. Barts where the afternoons feel slower than the rest of the island. The water at Flamands Beach stays wide and bright blue all day, the waves roll in softly enough for long swims, and the beach never gets crowded in the way people expect from St. Barts. You […]

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Op-Ed: Corruption In the Caribbean

By David Rowe Op-Ed Contributor THE ARRESTS OF McKeeva Bush and Michael Misick in one-week span focused on the world of corruption in the Caribbean. The two most prestigious Caribbean offshore financial centres ended up with a pair political leaders in jail. Does this say anything about the region as a whole? Transparency International has already […]

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OLINT Investors Await Smith Sentencing

Above: Federal District Court in Orlando, Fla. By Robert Di Pano David Smith, the mastermind behind the Caribbean-based Olint Ponzi Scheme that bilked investors out of over $220 million, will be sentenced Aug. 11 in United States District Court in Orlando, Fla. Smith pled guilty March 28 to 23 counts of wire fraud, conspiracy to […]

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U.S. Investors Get Olint Priority

Federal Court in Orlando, Fla. U.S.-based investors will receive first priority in the Olint case, according to the U.S. Government, and the deadline for filing claims to recover money from David Smith’s failed ponzi scheme has been extended. Victim-witness specialist Elizabeth Medina said investigators needed more time to review the claims. “The federal government is continuing […]


OLINT Investors Await Smith Sentencing

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 charges last year), described OLINT as a private investment club that pooled investors’ money in […]

Jamaicans Still Buying into Financial Schemes

Jamaica’s FSC Senior Management Team Jamaica has been home to the high-profile OLINT issue, what some have dubbed the Caribbean’s version of the Bernard Madoff controversy. But according to the Jamaican Financial Services Commission, there are 64 unregulated investment schemes on the books, as Jamaicans apparently continue to put their money in the hands of […]

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