Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi of Italy and the Egmont Group of Financial Intelligence Units are featured in the March 31st "Asset Search News Roundup":
Today’s "Asset Search News Roundup" reports on "Operation Illegal Motion" and describes the recovery of a 3,000-year-old sarcophagus:
The March 14, 2010 “Asset Search News Roundup” first highlights ex-Detroit councilwoman Monica Conyers and then mentions Madoff Trustee Irving Picard:
*As The Wall Street Journal described at “House Judiciary Chairman’s Wife Sentenced to Prison“and “Lawmaker’s Wife Sentenced to Jail“, ex-councilwoman Monica Conyers was sentenced to 37 months of prison for
This "Asset Search News Roundup" focuses on "politically exposed persons", some of whom would launder corruption monies.
At “Target Of Corruption Probe Sues Hip-Hoppers For Supposed Fraud“, I first mentioned the nexus between former Turks & Caicos premier Michael Misick and Hip Hop Weekly Magazine. The Forbes article “The Premier And The Hip-Hop Magazine” discussed the same thing and also quoted me.
This article specifically examined the Former Premier’s alleged investment in Hip Hop Weekly Magazine through My Way Productions 2. The Forbes article additionally described Sir Robin Auld’s public corruption investigation of the Former Premier and asked at page 1:
“How did My Way Productions 2 get its funding? According to the investigation carried out by Sir Robin Auld, Misick supplied a document that showed $300,000 was transferred to My Way Productions 2 in 2007 from a company called Windsor Investment Group. Misick claimed the money was a dividend from that company, which he and his brother partially owned.”
The supposed transfer of $300,000 dollars into My Way Productions 2 had been expressly mentioned at page 146 ¶¶4.75 & 4.76 of Sir Robin’s “Final Report to the Governor of the Turks and Caicos Islands“.* The $300,000 dollars was also apparently discussed at pages 51, 53, & 54 of a transcript from the Former Premier ‘s January 14, 2009 public corruption hearing. Besides all of the foregoing, assertions made by New Jersey lawyer David J. Finkler might too shed light on the Former Premier’s connection to Hip Hop Weekly Magazine.Continue Reading The Former Premier’s Nexus To Hip Hop Weekly Magazine
Today’s “Asset Search News Roundup” is about the New York case against the ex-president of Guatemala, Alfonso Portillo and it also mentions the sentencing of New York former top cop Bernard Kerik:
The Wall Street Journal’s February 4, 2010 article "Switzerland Freezes Freed Duvalier Assets", is about alleged illicit assets blocked in Switzerland. The blocked assets have been maintained in Swiss bank accounts and are believed to originate from Haiti’s public coffers. These public coffers were reportedly looted by former politically exposed person Jean-Claude "Baby
The Court announced yesterday that there had been a settlement in the New Jersey case involving Former Premier Michael Misick of the Turks and Caicos Islands. The settlement is mentioned at the Court’s Order of Dismissal and by the current docket report.
According to various court filings, the Former Premier could have been a beneficial owner of Hip Hop Weekly Magazine through his alleged interests in: My Way Productions 2 LTD. (“My Way”), Z & M Media LLC (“Z & M”), and the holding company for Hip Hop Weekly Magazine, Hip Hop Global Media, LLC (“HHG”). (Cf. Defendants’ Answer, Counterclaim and Third-Party Complaint at p. 26 ¶ 7) (claim that the Former Premier and his ex-wife LisaRaye McCoy were “real parties in interest”).
The Verified Amended Complaint in the New Jersey case meanwhile, indicated at ¶¶7, 57, 75, 78, 80 and Exhibit “H”, that My Way or Z & M or HHG, might have been involved in making substantial capital contributions:
Continue Reading New Jersey Lawsuit Involving Former Premier Misick Settles
At first glance, there was nothing unusual about the lawsuit filed in New Jersey involving Former Premier Michael Misick of the Turks and Caicos Islands. The complaint in the lawsuit executed by the Former Premier, claimed that Hip Hop Weekly Magazine founders David Mays and Raymond Scott had misappropriated the magazine’s cash.
Mr. Mays and Mr. Scott separately alleged in their answer, counterclaim and third-party complaint, that the Former Premier had been an investor in the magazine and was basically one of its owners. On March 23, 2010, there was a status and settlement conference scheduled in the lawsuit, as mentioned by the Court’s docket entry:
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“Target Of Corruption Probe Sues Hip-Hoppers For Supposed Fraud” meanwhile, explained that the Former Premier had been the subject of a public corruption probe by the Turks and Caicos Islands Commission of Inquiry. The Inquiry issued its Redacted Final Report, which had once been available here. This Final Report asserted that the Former Premier was known to have enjoyed a “Hollywood lifestyle” beyond his salary and allowances as a politician. It also raised the critical questions: Had the Former Premier been a party to public corruption and could he have taken illicit monies?Continue Reading Could Former Premier Misick Face U.S. Forced Collection Proceedings?
Thehumanitarian non-profit Slovenian Red Cross operates in 12 regions with 916 local Red Cross organizations. Its former Secretary-General Mirko Jelenic however, is suspected of involvement in a criminal "breach of trust", as mentioned by Slovenian law. He might have used Slovenian Red Cross monies in a phony real estate sale agreed to in the year