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11/16/2008
Natwest Three Homecoming
Another Enron Loose End Tied Up - The NatWest Three Sentenced
NatWest 3 Plead Guilty
Amid Controversy, Another Brit Businessman Extradited Under Anti-Terror Treaty
NatWest Three Lawyer-Up Locally, While Local Law Enforcement Feels the Political Heat
Was FBI Pressure a Factor in Coulbeck Suicide?
NatWest Informant Found Dead
UK Enron Bankers Facing Extradition
Brit Enron Bankers Fight Extradition on Texas Indictment
Natwest Three Homecoming
And a long strange trip it has been...
And too long since Ive spent some time reading Tom Kirkendall's blog, at that.
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2/24/2008
And too long since Ive spent some time reading Tom Kirkendall's blog, at that.
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Labels: Enron, NatWest Three
Another Enron Loose End Tied Up - The NatWest Three Sentenced
You can read about the fates of Giles Darby, David Bermingham and Gary Mulgrew, bit players in the massive Enron fraud, right here.
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11/29/2007
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Labels: Enron, NatWest Three, sentencing
NatWest 3 Plead Guilty
If you need a little background on how these three gents fit into the massive Enron fraud puzzle, click on to the tags below to find our past coverage. If all you want is the latest news on the NatWest Three, just click on through to this AFP article. I tell you what, being stuck for 17 months in Texas would make me want to plead guilty to almost anything just get get out of there. *
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* We Louisianians are honor-bound to take shots at Texas. Relax, Sam Houston.
9/15/2006
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* We Louisianians are honor-bound to take shots at Texas. Relax, Sam Houston.
Labels: Enron, NatWest Three, Texas
Amid Controversy, Another Brit Businessman Extradited Under Anti-Terror Treaty
The recent extradition and pending trial of the NatWest three in Texas brought significant attention to an agreement recently signed between the U.S. and U.K. governments. The purpose of the treaty is, ostensibly, to speed the transfer of terror suspects between the two nations, thus its employ in pursuit of white collar criminals has been somewhat controversial.
Another British businessman has joined the list of those extradited to the U.S. to face charges in U.S. courts, the unfortunately named Jeremy Crook. Crook is a former V.P. with Peregrine Systems, which imploded in a major fraud scandal backin 2001. Crook has reported to San Diegofor the Peregrine fraud trial and his ultimate fate is as yet unknown.
More on Crook's case, here.
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8/14/2006
Another British businessman has joined the list of those extradited to the U.S. to face charges in U.S. courts, the unfortunately named Jeremy Crook. Crook is a former V.P. with Peregrine Systems, which imploded in a major fraud scandal backin 2001. Crook has reported to San Diegofor the Peregrine fraud trial and his ultimate fate is as yet unknown.
More on Crook's case, here.
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Labels: Enron, NatWest Three, Peregrine Systems
NatWest Three Lawyer-Up Locally, While Local Law Enforcement Feels the Political Heat
The always worth reading Tom Kirkendall of Houston's Clear Thinkers is front and center for the NatWest Three trial currently going on down Texas way. And he's got link-laden thoughts on the subject.
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7/13/2006
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Labels: Enron, Houston's Clear Thinkers, NatWest Three
Was FBI Pressure a Factor in Coulbeck Suicide?
Shades of the Abbey National / Richard Chang case of almost exactly one year ago. Quite eerie, actually. In related news, apparently the NatWest three have touched down in the colonies. Friend of The Daily Caveat, Peter Henning has the details over at The White Collar Crime Prof. Blog.
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Labels: Kroll, NatWest Three, Peter Henning
2 Comments.
As the youngest sister of Richard Chang I believe that the truth relating to Richard's death has still to be revealed.
Vital evidence relating to the Metropolitan Police's investigation into the death and the selection process by Abbey Management of suspects has been withheld from the Chang Family by the Metropolitan Police. It is quite shocking that one of the explanations given by the police is because of the existence of commercial confidentiality between themselves and Abbey National. We are calling on the public to please support our campaign www.justice4richard.co.uk
Vital evidence relating to the Metropolitan Police's investigation into the death and the selection process by Abbey Management of suspects has been withheld from the Chang Family by the Metropolitan Police. It is quite shocking that one of the explanations given by the police is because of the existence of commercial confidentiality between themselves and Abbey National. We are calling on the public to please support our campaign www.justice4richard.co.uk
Today is Saturday 3rd November 2007 and the newspapers are full of things relating to wronful police action regarding the killing of Jean Charles de Menezes. It is very sad the UK police could not help Richard Chang or his family and that Neil Coulbeck suicide is as unlikely as that of Richard Chang. SFO/3/C/920 and 9/11 to be addressed soon.
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NatWest Informant Found Dead
Whoa! Neil Coulbeck a former Royal Bank of Scotland employee who provided information regarding the alledged crimes of the NatWest threewas found dead yesterday in a London park. The death has been described as "unexplained" and homicide detectives are investigation. From first appearances, it is said that Coulbeck's death looks like a suicide. Read more in the New York Times. Or if you prefer a more local flavor, the Times Online. Meanwhile, the NatWest three are expeted to be extradited to the U.S. today to face Enron-related fraud charges. The three have not been charged in the UK.
7/12/2006
Labels: Enron, NatWest Three
UK Enron Bankers Facing Extradition
Despite high level pressure in the UK, three former executives at Greenwhich NatWest (a division of the Royal Bank of Scotland)are set for extradition to the United States on July 13th in response to alleged Enron related fraud. While the three are set for trial in a Texas court, their own firm has declined to pursue charges against them.
The NatWest three, as they've come to be known represent the first white collar crime application of a post-9/11 treaty between the United states and Great Britain designed to speed extradition of terror suspects. While the treaty was signed in 2003, The U.S. Congress has yet to ratify the document. A futher point of irritation for many in the UK. From The Hindu:
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11/29/2005
The NatWest three, as they've come to be known represent the first white collar crime application of a post-9/11 treaty between the United states and Great Britain designed to speed extradition of terror suspects. While the treaty was signed in 2003, The U.S. Congress has yet to ratify the document. A futher point of irritation for many in the UK. From The Hindu:
Prime Minister Tony Blair is under pressure from political parties, human rights groups and the business community to halt the extradition of the three men — David Bermingham, Gary Mulgrew and Giles Darby — on grounds that the extradition arrangements are unfairly weighted in favour of America.More on the story and links galore via a Daily Caveat favorite, The Jurist. And a comment in defense of the extradition.
Under the provisions, America is not required to make a prima facie case when it wants someone extradited from Britain. But Britain has to convince American courts that a prima facie legal case exists against a person for extradition.
This is because the 2003 extradition treaty, pushed through British Parliament in the wake of 9/11 attacks to facilitate extradition of terrorists, has still not been ratified by the U.S. Senate.
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Labels: Enron, NatWest Three
Brit Enron Bankers Fight Extradition on Texas Indictment
Via Bloomberg.com:
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U.K. Enron Bankers Say New Evidence Prevents Their ExtraditionRead the full article here.
By Megan Murphy
November 28, 2005
Bloomberg
Three British bankers fighting extradition to the U.S. on Enron Corp.-related fraud charges accused the U.S. government of failing to disclose evidence that ``fundamentally undermines'' its case against them.
David Bermingham, Giles Darby and Gary Mulgrew, former executives at Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc unit Greenwich NatWest, today told the High Court in London that the judge that authorized their extradition didn't know that Greenwich NatWest has acknowledged it didn't lose any money in the alleged fraud, which involved the sale of an Enron off-the-books partnership...
A U.S. federal court in Houston indicted the three men on seven counts of wire fraud in 2002. Prosecutors claim they misled Greenwich NatWest over the sale value of its stake in ``Swap Sub,'' an off-balance-sheet entity used to hedge Enron's investment in Internet service provider Rhythms NetConnections, gaining $7.3 million in the deal...
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Labels: Enron, NatWest Three
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