VICTIMS OF RAMPANT PROBATE AND REAL ESTATE FRAUD AMONGST LAWYERS IN BARBADOS POINT FINGERS AT SENIOR GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS AS FACILITATORS OF RACKETEERING OPERATION

                       

We have been examining the claims, made by a large number of Barbados citizens, alleging that a large number of the country's senior attorneys have been, and currently are, engaged in an organized scheme to prepare and record fraudulent deeds to real property, to divert valuable assets held by deceased relatives from their rightful heirs in probate proceedings. Some of these claims have surfaced in a civil suit brought in the United States, and we are advised that additional lawsuit are planned and will be brought forthwith. Major law firms in Barbados, such as CARRINGTON AND SEALY, were allegedly involved in what the claimants describe as racketeering, in complex illegal operations that resulted in clients of those law firms, and the lawyers themselves, ending up in title to valuable oceanfront properties, through organized fraud and deception. There are other firms, and we will be naming and shaming them in future articles, after these other suits are filed.

The lawyers who are said to have been involved allegedly had help from not only corrupt members of the High Court judiciary, all the way up to members of the Supreme Court, but senior government officials who facilitated their illicit actions. The Country's Attorney General, Solicitor General, Chief Marshall, Director of Public Prosecutions, and Supreme Court Registrar all reportedly and allegedly conspired in concert to defeat any efforts by the victims to achieve justice through the courts or government agencies and offices.

The net result is that no title insurance company will insure that any of the real estate titles in Barbados qualify as good and marketable; any foreign resort developer takes a major risk in purchasing waterfront or otherwise desirable tracts, for they could lose all right, title and interest in the future, by acquiring the properties through warranty deeds that are void ab initio, not merely voidable at law. Any foreign corporate buyer cannot insure against such risks, and stands to lose its entire investment, including all improvements made thereon, which could be millions of US Dollars, Pounds or Euros. Until and unless these valid claims are settled, meaning most likely through court-ordered conveyance of these properties to their rightful owners, foreign investment in Barbados, especially as it relates to tourism, is to be completely avoided by any investor using a risk-based due diligence program. Caveat Barbados.