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Monday, September 30, 2019

PASSPORT PRICES UNDERMINED & A PEOPLE DEFRAUDED IN A SHARE BUY BACK SCHEME


ROBBER ON THE LOOSE-CHECK HOTELS
Don’t Let then fool ya
Or even try to school ya
We’ve got a mind of our own

A’yin the darkness ah must come out ah light.(Bob Marley)

A series of emails between Montreal Management Consultants (MMCE) and a prospective CBI applicant reveal that MMCE has been offering passports under the Economic Development Fund option for US $139,700. US $60,300 less than the legal cost.  

This new revelation shadows a letter from Dominica’s CBI director chastising CBI agents who had been undercutting the legal price of the passports. With the evidence now showing that Anthony Haiden and MMCE have been offering passports at a significantly reduced price we expect the government of Dominica to act decisively on this matter.   

Now that we know that MMCE is a culprit in the undercutting of the passport pricing with offers of “special discount” the question is – are there any more CBI agents undercutting the passport prices?

We have been reliably informed that there is another CBI agents allegedly involved in a guileful form of passport undermining which is referred to among CBI agents as  a  “ Share Buy Back"  Scheme and the people of Dominica should be incensed about this.

According to our sources in the Middle East, under the “Share Buy Back Scheme” A CBI agency involved in a particular hotel development in Dominica is allegedly buying out the shares earned through the Real Estate Option for the cost of US$35,000. We were also told that instead of paying say US $200,000 under the Real estate option, an investor/passport buyer would be required to pay $165,000 and that US $350000 discount would provide for an automatic transfer of ownership in that hotel to that particular CBI agent.

By the alleged “Share Buy Back " Scheme the participating CBI agent is not just undermining the price of the passports but that, that CBI agent is also involved in a pervasive multiple dipping stratagem. In addition to receiving up to 20% commission on every passport transaction this agent is allegedly scheming another US $35000 off the base price of the passport to buy out share in a “Real estate Investment “valued at over US $200,000.

A question that has dogged Roosevelt Skerrit and his CBI program is – Who own these real estate developments/hotels after the country’s resources have been used to finance these projects? Under the missing $1.2 Billion pressure PM Skerrit with his deceitful ways told the people of Dominica in a halfhearted manner that the hotels now being constructed under the CBI program belong to the people of Dominica however in a recent radio broadcast CBI agent and Jungle Bay hotel developer Sam Raphael disputed the PM’s statement. Sam Raphael clearly stated that the Hotel belong to the investors.

Although Sam Raphael and Roosevelt Skerrit are both pathological liars we have every reasons to believe that Sam Raphael is right as the PM and his administration for 5 years never saw it fit to respond to the people on the question of the ownership of these hotels until they felt the pressure of the missing $1.2 billion. In addition not one of the CBI agents involved in Hotel development have ever stated that the hotels belong to the people of Dominica. Instead what we have seen from these CBI agents is a relentless effort to protect their selfish interest (never that of the people) in the CBI program.    

It is also important to note that the alleged “Share Buy Back"  Scheme does not only provide an avenue for the CBI agent to use the people’s money to purchase absolute ownership of the real estate development but that it also provides a great cost saving incentive for the CBI applicants/passports buyers as the vast majority of them are strictly interested in the convenience of another passport and not an investment in a hotel in Dominica- let alone Skerrit’s claim of a “housing option “ where passport buyers can invest in government housing projects. 

Nanthan's Letter
We believe now that that this letter by Emmanuel Nanthan expressing concern about the undercutting of the passport pricing was just a hypocritical attempt to appease a few CBI agents complaining about the under-handing action of some of Nanthan and Skerrit’s close associate. Nanthan and Skerrit knew then that MMCE was involved in offering special discounts and we believe to they are fully aware of the dangerous and unscrupulous agent involved in the “Share Buy Back” Scheme.

 With an unfettered CBI program where Skerrit and company are too busy taking care of their personal interest and not that of the people it would be no surprise to us  if many other CBI agents are involved in the Share Buy Back" Scheme. After all it's an unregulated windfall opportunity for any unscrupulous CBI agent.   

 The people of Dominica should now understand why Skerrit and his friends would rather keep them in the dark or even gaslighted on the ownership of those CBI real estate developments. The revelation of the “Share Buy Back” scheme in the CBI program is enough to get the people of Dominica angery and out in the streets demanding accountability.  


Monday, September 23, 2019

ANOTHER NBD OFFSHORE ACCOUNT- THIS TIME IN THE CAYMAN ISLANDS


In the words of Dr. Martin Luther King “We shall overcome because Carlisle is right “No lie can live forever, we shall overcome because William Cullen Bryant is right ,Truth Crush to earth will rise again. We shall overcome because James Russel Lowell is right Truth forever on the scaffold, wrong forever on the throne –yet that scaffold sways the future.”

A few weeks ago we reported that the National Bank of Dominica (NBD) had been identified in the Panama papers as a corporation with an offshore account set up in Panama. The leaked documents show that the NBD Corporation was domiciled in Barbados by the Law Firm of George Payne.George Payne is a politician and sitting minister in the Mia Mortley government of Barbados.

Since the wider public was apprised of this suspicious NBD account in Panama neither the NBD management nor the government of Dominica who own more than 50 percent of the bank have come forward to explain why there is a secret account in Panama under the name of the National Bank of Dominica. With the total silence on the matter we can only assume that the government is way too busy trying to account for the stray passport revenue of $1.2 Billion or is may be  just another way of telling us that it is none of our darn business.

Just when we think that the extent of corruption could not be any worse, we are realizing that there was another account set up in the name of National Bank of Dominica, not in Panama but in the Cayman Islands.

According to the Paradise Papers declaration, on December 29, 2006 an account in name of National Bank of Dominica (Pension & Retirement Services) was set up by law firm named Appleby. Appleby is headquartered in Bermuda with operations in the British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Isle of Man, Jersey, Seychelles and more jurisdictions.

Like the Panama Papers, The Paradise Papers are a set of leaked documents providing a close up view of how politicians, celebrities and other rich individuals use shell company tactics for illegal purposes including fraud, tax evasion and money laundering.  In the case of the Panama Papers the leaked documents came from the Corporate Service provider and law firm Mossack Fornseca however in the case of the Paradise Papers the leaked documents came from a law firm named Appleby together with offshore service providers Estera and Asciati Trust and other business registries in 19 tax jurisdictions. Estera for example has over 550 employees and operates in 11 jurisdictions. Asciati Trust also provides international trust and corporate services but throughout Asia, Central America and the Pacific.

The address for the National Bank of Dominica (Pension & Retirement Services) as shown in the Appleby leaked document is 64 Hillsborough Street, Roseau Dominica. The shell company structure indicates an Entity named Pension Support Fund Limited with the National Bank Of Dominica as a Shareholder as well. Even Appleby itself is named as a shareholder. Other shareholders include offshore service providers such as ,Gravitas Capital, Mapcal Limited, Maples Finance Limited, Mourant Cayman Corporate Ltd. It is important to note that the shell company schemes are based on masking the true identities of the account holders and so the shareholders as shown in the shell company structure are almost always sketchy. For example in the case of the National Bank Of Dominica account in Panama the web was created using Dominicans who were on the board of directors for the NBD and as we noted these board members may have been totally unaware this offshore arrangement.  

The Journey Into Abyss of Corruption Started in 2004

As we continue to go through the investigative reports by the International Consortium Of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) we notice that all of the shady offshore compilations related to Dominica began from 2004, right after Roosevelt Skerrit became the prime minister. For example The NBD account in Panama was set up in 2010 and the Cayman island account in 2006.

Between 2004 and 2006 we also notice that a number of other offshore accounts were set up by the PM’s attorney and accountant Stephen Isidore. In some cases the accounts were set up using what is referred to as “Bearers Shares” tactics. According to international investigators Bearer Shares provide the deepest levels of secrecy in the offshore finance industry as the tactic does not register the identity of the owner and it does not provide for tracking the transfer of ownership. As a matter of fact many countries have outlawed Bearer Shares because the tactic provides deep cover and facility for money laundering and tax evasion.

Stephen Isidor Email  
It was around 2006 when evidence of massive money laundering activities were seen taking place from the office of Stephen Isidore ,the  Prime Minister Skerrit’s attorney and personal account handler at the time. We saw evidence of thousands of pounds being wired to a young lady in England on behalf of Roosevelt Skerrit; thousands of US dollars wired to Carmel Waldron a cousin of Roosevelt Skerrit in the New York area. It was also around the same time that Stephen Isidore was seen handling the financial account for the construction of the Prime Minister’s 8 villa project in Savane Pailles area near Portsmouth.The question still remains - Where did Skerrit who came into office like a "vere Tere " /earth worm get the money from? 

In an email sent September 14, 2004 to one Rene Arciga, Stephen Isidore on behalf of his boss PM Skerrit is offering French National Rene Arciga a diplomatic Passport for the price of US $2 Million. Even in the face of this critical evidence apologists and co-beneficiaries of Roosevelt Skerrit banditry and corruption came out to attack those who denounce the selling of our diplomatic passports. Click the attached email for legibility

By 2006, two years into the leadership of Roosevelt Skerrit we were having serious concerns that Dominica had already descended into the abyss of corruption and so we established contacts with a few international investigators –journalists and financial crime investigators. By 2012 we received information on a few offshore accounts amounting to over US $64 Million and these accounts were all identified with the government of Dominica. According to the source of the information these accounts were just what they were able to locate at the time. We have redacted some of the account information for privacy purposes.
Banks
Acc #
 USD Millions
Year
HSBC
9.2
CREDIT SUISSE
20
8/7/2007
CREDIT SUISSE
0512.XXXX655
7.6
HSBC
867XXXX192
2
12/14/2011
UBS
3.35
ZURICH
BANK FREY
Z017.XXXX.258
4.82
7/18/2009
BANK FREY
GN10XXXX 8244
3.1
2010
UBS
GN158XXXX748
14.6
2010
         Total
64.67

While the opposition forces are focused on the missing $1.2 Billion from the last budget many people are beginning to realize that this missing $1.2 Billion is just the tip of the iceberg. It must therefore be the priority of the next government administration to insure that we get to the bottom of the iceberg and not just retrieve the hidden loot but to prosecute all the thieves and vagabonds that have violated our people and country.

Wednesday, September 18, 2019

REASON FOR KENNY G AND FRIENDS GUN PERMIT APPLICATION? - SECURITY FOR MELISSA SKERRIT


The statement by Honorable Hector “Spags" John that “ there will be civil disobedience if there is no electoral reform “ was deemed a threat and Police Commissioner Daniel Carbon, National Security Minister Rayburn “Baby Sarah Blackmore and PM Roosevelt Skerrit carried out a plan to have Honorable Hector “Spags John arrested and charged for incitement.

The arrest of Hector Spags John did not come as a surprise as it is now clear to all and sundry that PM Roosevelt Skerrit and his criminal regime are really not concerned about national security- their only concern is to remain in power by any means necessary and to do so ,the political persecution of members of the opposition parties must be a priority item.

There are countless examples whereby the government has failed to act in the interest of national security and on many occasions we have seen government officials parading around with well-known violent criminals and even interfering with the judicial system on matters involving these well-known criminals.

Gang Leader Kenny G
We recently reported on a court matter whereby PM Skerrit and Melissa had been working behind the scene to have a criminal charges dropped against the notorious criminal Kenny G, in a matter involving the shooting incident in the Portsmouth area. See MiTC  article  http://www.masinthecemetery.com/2019/05/a-political-attempt-to-quash-another.html?m=1.
It is alleged that Kenny G threatened to withdraw his political support for DLP Candidate in the Roseau Central constituency,Melissa Skerrit, should the murder charges continue in the courts.

Kenny G had also been a main subject in the investigation of the recent shooting death at the "Garage" in Roseau. We understand that Kenny G was not the trigger man in that case however it is alleged that the gun used in that particular incident was in Kenny G’s possession  and that the police had to threaten Kenny G with murder charges in order to secure the gun for evidentiary purposes. 

While Daniel Carbon, Minister Rayburn Blackmore and PM Roosevelt Skerrit Skerrit are busy trying to persecute the opposition members we can confirm that the same Kenny G and two other members of his gang have applied to Police Commissioner Daniel Carbon for gun carrying licenses. In their gun permit application it says “The reason for the gun permit – “Security For Melissa Skerrit “ – I kid you not. 

It is public knowledge that a special task force was commissioned by the police to provide security for the Prime Minister and his family, so why then is Melissa requesting additional security to be provided by Kenny G and his criminal gang? It is the question that even the Skerrit apologists would ask in their quest to spin and defend this absurdity- so to all the Skerrit apologists be our guest and ask Daniel Carbon, Richmond Valentine et al - what the on earth are they thinking?    

We can also confirm that since the submission of the gun permit applications both PM Skerrit and Rayburn Blackmore have called Daniel Carbon to follow up on the status of the application. 
Puppet-Daniel Carbon
Our sources have also indicated that even some of the high ranking police officers who are Skerrit apologists are quite uncomfortable with the idea of providing a well known criminals like Kenny G with gun carrying permits.

We were informed that Daniel Carbon himself was hoping that this matter would never get to the public domain and that he would once again subject himself to the dictates of dirty politicians like Rayburn Blackmore and Roosevelt Skerrit. Now that MiTC have exposed this dangerous threat to our national security we are hoping that Daniel Carbon will do the right thing, be a real man  and say no to Skerrit, Blackmore and to Kenny G and his crime syndicate.   


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