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Bermuda law firm Trott & Duncan is being sued for more than $18 million by a US insurance company.
Fidelity National Title Insurance Company has filed a writ in the Supreme Court claiming that it became involved in a botched bid to build a luxury hot...
DATE: Apr 19, 2018
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Sam Strangeways
Two of the men behind a failed sports centre that swallowed up millions of tax dollars are trying to revive another charity.
Melvyn Bassett was managing director of Sandys 360,
and former treasurer Stanley Lee handled the finances of Sandys 360.
Now...
DATE: Apr 13, 2018
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The Government is still to decide if betting shops need tougher regulation to block money laundering and terrorism funding as a critical international assessment looms on the horizon.
David Burt, the Premier and Minister of Finance, admitted in Novem...
DATE: Apr 13, 2018
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An embargo has been imposed on the formation of companies involved in cryptocurrencies.
The government move was designed to allow for time to create a regulatory framework for the growing financial technology sector.
The temporary ban was welcomed ye...
DATE: Apr 11, 2018
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Police are investigating three cases under a new anti-corruption law.
The inquiries fall under the Bribery Act 2016, which came into effect last year.
The probes were disclosed after a public access to information request to the Bermuda Police Servic...
DATE: Apr 06, 2018
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Crime
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Sam Strangeways
A woman who admitted importing more than $70,000 of cannabis to Bermuda was warned yesterday that she could face prison.
Magistrates’ Court heard that Natasha York, 41, of Slip Point Lane, St George’s, returned with her two young daughters from Toron...
DATE: Apr 05, 2018
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Court
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Sam Strangeways
A motorist was banned from driving all vehicles for 12 months yesterday after he admitted failing to give a breath sample to police.
Trevor Forth, 48, of Ramgoat Hill, Smith’s, also got an $800 fine from Magistrate Khamisi Tokunbo.
Prosecutor Yanique...
DATE: Apr 05, 2018
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Court
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Sam Strangeways
A man was fined almost $1,000 for traffic offences yesterday.
T’Shun Basden, 24, admitted in Magistrates’ Court to two speeding offences and driving an unlicensed motorcycle.
Magistrate Khamisi Tokunbo fined him $400 for speeding at 70km/h in Septemb...
DATE: Apr 05, 2018
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Court
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Sam Strangeways
An HSBC customer whose money went missing after he tried to transfer it overseas has got his cash back.
Cleon Scotland, a former St George’s Cup Match and Bermuda cricketer, saw red after HSBC Bermuda “lost” $4,175 of his money and told him it would ...
DATE: Apr 05, 2018
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A man charged with eight counts of accessing child pornography could stand trial in August.
The defendant is set to be arraigned on April 16 and a tentative trial date of August 20 was set when he appeared before Puisne Judge Carlisle Greaves today.
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DATE: Apr 04, 2018
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Sam Strangeways
