127 results returned for search: "education AND " category "Court"
Convicted fraudster Cedric Oates has been jailed for two-and-a-half years, and must repay his victim $200,000.
The 42-year-old US national fraudulently induced Dianne Laird to invest her life savings of $345,000 in a “flipping” scheme to profit off U...
DATE: Feb 01, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Juan Wolffe believes Bermuda has a “chronic case of denial on deep-seated problems”.
As president of Bermuda’s Drug Court, he is familiar with the 12-step programme many recovering addicts go through.
“Any discussions about solutions must first begin...
DATE: Jan 25, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Court
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The number of women brought before the courts for violent offences and civil matters as a result of unpaid bills is on the rise.
Coupled with the prevalence of absent fathers Magistrate Juan Wolffe has warned that the effect on young women is now as ...
DATE: Jan 22, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Court
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Four teens were yesterday charged with inflicting grievous bodily harm on a fellow student.
Tijuan Swan, 16, Keanu Wilson, 17, Tishon Gordon, 17 and Kenneth Wade, 17, denied taking part in the beating of Raymond Crofton Jr on November 6.
Magistrates...
DATE: Nov 29, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Bermuda’s justice system is due for change in its approach to cases of sexual abuse, according to children’s welfare campaigner Sheelagh Cooper.
In a bid to transform the way Bermuda treats its most dangerous criminal offenders, Ms Cooper has joined ...
DATE: Nov 17, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A school guidance counsellor was yesterday convicted of using false statements to convince a teacher to invest her life savings into a real estate scheme.
A Supreme Court jury found Cedric Oates guilty of making statements he knew to be false or misl...
DATE: Oct 27, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Lawyers make closing arguments in case against Cedric Oates
By Owain Johnston-Barnes
A man charged with defrauding a schoolteacher of her life savings acted as a manipulative predator according to prosecutors.
However defence lawyer Charles Richardso...
DATE: Oct 26, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Court
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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 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
