British Virgin Islands News

When China Fire and Security Group Inc. went public through a reverse merger in October 2006, Chairman Gangjin Li's teen-aged son was listed as the beneficial owner of roughly 10 percent of its shares.

NEW YORK - Disgraced financier Bernard Madoff will not appeal his 150-year sentence for a fraud that unraveled overnight last December when Madoff confessed to his sons that nearly $65 billion he promised investors was safe was actually only worth a few hundred million dollars.

The trustee liquidating Bernard Madoff a s investment-advisory business told a judge that British Virgin Islands-based hedge fund Vizcaya Partners Ltd.

A FINANCIAL services provider from Nedlands has been banned for eight years over his involvement with collapsed fuel additive firm Firepower.

Last week, the Prime Minister of the British Virgin Islands Ralph O'Neal signed Tax Information Exchange Agreement with France .

PROPERTY DEVELOPER Paddy Kelly and two other businessmen are resisting a bid to enforce here a $5.77 million judgment granted against them by a Florida court.

Last updated on Tuesday, Jun. 30, 2009 11:08AM EDT B izarre, but true: the British Virgin Islands is about to issue eight different versions of a postage stamp featuring pop singer Michael Jackson.

Western Prospector Group Ltd. today announced that 38,003,666 common shares of Western Prospector were validly deposited to the offer of First Development Holdings Corporation , with its registered office at P.O. Box 957, Offshore Incorporations Center, Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands, for all of the outstanding common shares of Western ...

Wayne Kafcsak has been appointed General Manager at Raffles Canouan in , Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.

The company which is responsible for much of the group's day-to-day operations, such as looking after the cars went into liquidation last Wednesday.

Queen Elizabeth II has made the unofficial patriarch of an idyllic Caribbean island a Member of the Order of the British Empire.

Thursday, June 25, 2009 KARACHI: Vision Holding Middle East Ltd , a company incorporated in British Virgin Islands, has acquired 24.599 per cent shares in Pioneer Cement Ltd at the rate of Rs10 per share on June 18, 2009.

Discerning travelers in search of the perfect Caribbean vacation have a wide variety of luxury resorts to choose from depending on their preferences.

So for instance, whilst partnerships and unit trusts can be organised with ease in each country, the limited liability company is generally the most popular form of vehicle used.

Court officials in Siberia moved a step closer Friday to selling off a major investment by the Norwegian telecommunications company Telenor in a Russian mobile phone company, VimpelCom , that was seized in April in a legal dispute after the company refused to pay a $1.7 billion fine.

Gasoline retailer South Pacific Petroleum Corp. has filed another civil complaint against three of its former executives for the return of more than $3.2 million in allegedly unpaid loans.

Fraud and insolvency can be vexing. However, there are a number of tools available to an insolvency professional who is faced with an insolvent estate that has been made the victim of grand malfeasance or fraud.

The Peter Island Resort & Spa, the largest private island resort in the British Virgin Islands has unveiled newly refurbished guest rooms and enhanced spa experiences.

On June 9, the Premier of the British Virgin Islands Ralph O'Neal reported during press conference about his plans to make visit to France, in order to sign Tax Information Exchange Agreement with French government .

Paul & Helen Glavin back home after their 150,000 yacht sank when it hit a whale in the Caribbean.