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"Conman’s Canadian victims speak out after conviction"

Fraudster Joel Balfour came to Bermuda with an impressive CV in Canada’s IT industry. News of his conviction prompted Canadian residents to contact this newspaper with stories of their own. After pleading guilty to obtaining property by deception, Ba...
Jul 07, 2012
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"Tannock jailed for plundering couple’s savings"

Bank executive Barbara Tannock was yesterday jailed for six months for stealing $76,500 from an elderly couple. Tannock presented Supreme Court with a cheque of $70,000 to repay most of the cash she stole from Alice and Vorhees Place before being sen...
Jul 07, 2012
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"Banks join together to combat online fraud"

Phony e-mails, commonly known as phishing scams, are being used to try to get Bermuda’s bank customers’ personal and banking information. The campaign teaches the public how to tell the difference between official bank communications and the phony e-...
Jul 06, 2012
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"Canadian creditors object to Boldens’ land licence application"

Former clients of disgraced financiers David and Antoinette Bolden have objected to the couple’s application for a land licence for their Hamilton Parish home. A notice in the Official Gazette on May 30 revealed that Bermudian Mrs Bolden, 48, has ap...
Jun 11, 2012
Other

"Auditor: Govt must end financial abuses"

Auditor General Heather Matthews believes civil servants will continue abusing public funds until Government officials finally start holding them accountable. Mrs Matthews questioned why public officials have once again been allowed to get away with ...
May 25, 2012
Court

"Prosecutor: ‘No doubt at all’ on the evidence"

A prosecutor urged the “unsung heroes” on the jury in a government fraud trial to convict Kyril Burrows and his wife of robbing the public purse. Susan Mulligan said of the alleged crimes, in which the pair are accused of pocketing more than $553,000...
May 11, 2012
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"US Senator objects to IRS attending OffshoreAlert conference"

A top US senator has criticised US tax authority the Internal Revenue Service for sending 19 senior staff to the annual OffshoreAlert conference in Miami. The conference, organised by OffshoreAlert publisher and former Royal Gazette business reporter...
May 10, 2012
Court

Defendants grill W&E’s chief architect

Alleged Works and Engineering fraudster Kyril Burrows quizzed Government’s chief architect over the workings of their department as part of his defence case. However, Lawrence Brady responded to most of Mr Burrows’s questions by saying he was unable...
May 09, 2012
Court

"Contractor tells jury he was paid to work at defendants’ home"

A contractor told a court alleged fraudster Kyril Burrows paid him thousands of dollars to carry out work at his home. Steve Wilson, the first cousin of Mr Burrows’ co-accused wife Delcina Bean-Burrows, said he was hired two years ago to work at thei...
May 08, 2012
Court

Second W&E supervisor admits authorising payments

A second Government employee who worked with fraud-accused Kyril Burrows admitted to Supreme Court that he authorised payments for him without reading the documents. Greatfield Carmichael, 62, was originally charged alongside Mr Burrows. The charges ...
Apr 24, 2012
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