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A US fraud investigator on Friday detailed his investigation into real estate projects at the heart of a Bermuda guidance counsellor’s dishonesty trail.
Cedric Oates, 41, has denied allegations that he used false or misleading statements to induce Di...
DATE: Oct 22, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A teacher’s life savings were largely used for construction-related expenses rather than the purchase of properties for resale, Supreme Court heard yesterday.
A forensic accountant said that a portion of the $345,000 invested by Dianne Laird may have...
DATE: Oct 19, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A convicted drug dealer was yesterday jailed for a year after he admitted having crack cocaine.
Vincent Jerome Robinson, 25, pleaded guilty to possessing a controlled drug with intent to supply in an increased penalty zone.
He was caught with the dru...
DATE: Oct 18, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A police officer charged with assaulting his young stepson walked free yesterday after a magistrate ruled he had no case to answer.
His wife, however, remains on trial for the same offence.
Both defendants denied charges of assaulting the boy on an u...
DATE: Oct 17, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A woman who lost her life savings in a real estate scheme broke down in tears as she recalled how she was “lied” to by her business partners.
Dianne Laird told Supreme Court she thought she could trust Cedric Oates a friend, coach and guidance counse...
DATE: Oct 17, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Court
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A woman who cried foul after losing her life savings in a house “flipping” scheme sparred in the Supreme Court over her awareness of the risks she was taking.
Lawyer Charles Richardson is defending Cedric Oates, 41, against a charge of making a state...
DATE: Oct 16, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A childminder faces jail over the death of a toddler who died of accidental strangulation in his playpen after she left him home alone.
Nasir Burgess, aged 18 months, was left close to an electrical cord dangling from an air conditioning unit. It got...
DATE: Oct 16, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Court
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A childminder faces up to three years in jail for endangering the life of a toddler who died in her care.
Nasir Burgess, aged 18 months, was strangled in his playpen after he got an electrical cord from a nearby air conditioner wrapped around his nec...
DATE: Oct 15, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Court
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A teacher who said she lost everything in a plan to “flip” US real estate has admitted she’d previously fallen for a pyramid scheme.
Lawyer Charles Richardson suggested in the Supreme Court that Dianne Laird, 45, had a history of making high-risk inv...
DATE: Oct 13, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A man accused of hoodwinking a woman into losing her life savings tried to pressure her into a “terrible” settlement just to keep the matter out of court.
But former Dellwood teacher Dianne Laird has told the Supreme Court she couldn’t bring herself ...
DATE: Oct 12, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
