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Court

"Plasma TV purchase concerned Permanent Secretary"

Buildings manager Kyril Burrows quit the Works and Engineering Ministry amid concerns over his irregular purchase of a 58-inch plasma screen television, high-ranking civil servant Robert Horton told a court yesterday. Mr Horton, former Permanent Secr...
Feb 24, 2012
Court

"Couple's alleged $553,000 fraud is detailed in court"

A civil servant and his wife stole hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars to fund their luxurious lifestyle, a prosecutor alleged yesterday. Kyril Burrows, a former buildings manager in Works and Engineering, is accused of dishonestly submitting i...
Feb 23, 2012
Court

"Further delay hits fraud trial"

A fraud trial was delayed again yesterday following more difficulties selecting a jury. Puisne Judge Charles-Etta Simmons adjourned the case, in which Kyril Burrows and Delcina Bean-Burrows are accused of defrauding Government of more than $553,000 b...
Feb 22, 2012
Court

Fraud trial hits stumbling block

A couple accused of a fraud totalling more than $553,000 against Government saw their trial delayed after the court ran out of potential jurors yesterday. Kyril Burrows, a former Works and Engineering employee, and his wife Delcina Bean-Burrows are t...
Feb 21, 2012
Court

"Charges dropped in fraud case"

Charges have been dropped against two former Works and Engineering workers in an alleged fraud case. Greatfield Carmichael, 61, and Calvin Waldron, 43, were released from Supreme Court yesterday after prosecutor Kirsty-Ann Kiellor told Supreme Court ...
Feb 14, 2012
Court

"Cheque fraud man was ‘desperate’"

A 46-year-old man who admitted cashing a forged cheque has been remanded into custody to await sentencing. Appearing in Magistrates’ Court Colin Simmons pleaded guilty to dishonestly receiving stolen goods, specifically a cheque, and dishonestly rece...
Jan 30, 2012
International Business

"Stanford defence told to keep preparing for trial"

HOUSTON (Bloomberg) R. Allen Stanford’s defence experts were ordered to keep preparing for the former financier’s trial over an alleged $7 billion investment fraud by a U.S. appellate court that also agreed to pay their back wages. All of Stanford’s ...
Jan 06, 2012
Crime

"Fresh charges brought against Curtis’ former US associates"

Two fraudsters who led a worldwide Ponzi scheme involving Bermudian Andre Curtis face decades in jail if found guilty of new federal charges. Daniel Two Feathers and Shawn Swor have been charged in the US federal court with investment fraud, receipt ...
Jan 03, 2012
Other

"Police warning over fake bank e-mail"

Police are warning people to be aware of a fake e-mail claiming to be from Butterfield Bank. A Police spokesman said: “The Bermuda Police Service Financial Crime Unit would like to warn the public about a fake e-mail claiming to be from Butterfield B...
Oct 27, 2011
Editorials

"Lessons learned?"

Andre Curtis’ acquittal on charges that he stole nearly $130,000 that was intended to be used to promote faith based tourism to Bermuda did not come as a complete surprise. The defence’s case that the Government contract engaging Mr Curtis was so po...
Oct 15, 2011
Court

"Witness: Curtis spent $129,681 on personal expenses"

Andre Curtis spent just $215,568 of the $345,250 he received from Government for Faith-Based Tourism on that project, a forensic accountant alleged yesterday. Prosecution witness Todd Boyd said Mr Curtis spent the other $129,681 on personal expenses ...
Oct 08, 2011
Court

"Curtis spent part of building fund on personal expenses"

Businessman Andre Curtis spent $271,000 paid to him to renovate a home in only four months, with less than half going toward actual construction, according to a forensic accountant. Accountant Todd Boyd yesterday told Supreme Court that according to ...
Oct 07, 2011
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