FACING THE IMMINENT LOSS OF THEIR PRIZED CITIZENSHIP BY INVESTMENT PASSPORT SALES REVENUE, HOW MANY OF THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN CIP STATES WILL RETURN TO DRUG MONEY LAUNDERING?

Compliance officers at international banks in North America and Europe, noting the impact of the EU policy forbidding economic passport programs, and watching the ALEX SAAB MORAN and NICOLAS MADURO cases play out in Federal Courts in New York and Miami, are now expressing well-founded concerns that the leaders of the East Caribbean Five will close their eyes, and permit a resurgence in money laundering activities, to replace lost CBI revenue. They have seen how ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA, and to a significantly lesser extent, THE COMMONWEALTH OF DOMINICA, engaged in narcotics money laundering with the Maduro /Saab organization, and foresee a swift return to the massive laundering of narcotics profits that plagued the region in the 1980s and 1990s, and resulted in FATF NCCT designations.

All the necessary prerequisites present themselves; corrupt national leaders whose avarice knows no bounds; pliant banks whose underpaid officers are extremely susceptible to bribes and kickbacks; a total lack of regulatory control; and courts whose judges, appointed by bad leaders, choose to follow their orders, rather than the Rule of Law. Call it a Perfect Storm just waiting for the arrival of professional money launderers, their arms laden with drug profits of Latin American cartels selling their products in Europe, as well as the United States & Canada.

Given the current reduced focus of the U.S. Department of Justice on white collar crime, under orders of the current American administration, and the fact that it will takes a couple of years for the next administration to ramp up enforcement capability, money launderers for the cartels most certainly see a target of opportunity, with fiscal needs that they can easily fulfill, and the cleaning of narco-profits through Caribbean financial institutions can easily ensue, with little or no adverse consequences.

Compliance officers, cognizant that the United States is pointedly ignoring the massive CBI money laundering which has been occurring in the region during the present pro-business American administration, correctly predict that drug money laundering may be back in the Caribbean shortly, as the leadership seeks alternative, albeit illegal, sources of funding to cover their national budgets, and deep pockets, and they intend to watch for it.

ANTIGUA'S PRIME MINISTER RUEFULLY ADMITS WHY NOBODY WANTS THE SALE OF ECONOMIC PASSPORTS TO STOP: LARGE LOANS OUTSTANDING TO LOCAL BANKS ARE SECURED BY FUTURE CIP REVENUE

GASTON BROWNE, the manipulative Prime Minister of Antigua & Barbuda, in a recent communication to the European Commission, has asked for an extension, to the year 2030, before his country must suspend Citizenship by Investment (CIP) passport sales. He has also asked the EU for financial aid, claiming that his state's governmental budget is so heavily dependent upon CIP revenue that it will need alternate forms of funding to survive. He also asserts that the developers who are engaged in construction, with CIP funding, need additional time to accumulate it, or they may be forced to abandon their projects in midstream. ThIs sounds suspiciously like CIP revenue to developers has been greatly reduced recently.

More ominously, Browne has admitted that one of the primary reasons Antigua needs four more years of CIP cash flow is because "local and regional banks" have extended credit in the form of loans, to his government, and the sole collateral is future CIP revenue. This dangerous situation, which means that Antigua was counting on years of future CIP payments, even though the program has obviously been in jeopardy for years, as American, Canadian and European governments condemned its abject due diligence failures, and granting of passports to known white collar criminals, fraudsters, citizens of high-risk countries and of designated state sponsors of terrorism.

If, as expected, the European Commission denies Antigua the four year cushion Browne is pleading for, and the government of Antigua is then unable to cover its debt service timely, then the Caribbean banks who extended it credit could fail, and Antigua is years away from building its own depositor insurance plan; the new law contemplates it will be 2031 before bank clients are protected, and the coverage will be minimal. This means that any major bank failures, or administration by regulators, could wipe out the life savings of most of the Antiguan working class. It could also spell the total loss of American correspondent accounts.

No wonder there is fear and loathing in the Office of the Prime Minister, in a small Caribbean state which is top-heavy with government staff, due to its poor, single industry, economy; if all those government employees lose their jobs will the result be a major economic dislocation?

Finally, did all the other four EC CBI & CIP passport-selling states in the region also quietly borrow millions, collateralized by future passport revenue? If so, are we looking at a future Caribbean economic catastrophe after 2028, and if so, being that Antiguans are already unwelcome in the United States; will the UK and EU, both already swollen with immigration issues, admit them as economic refugees?

EVEN AFTER THE SUSPENSION OF EASTERN CARIBBEAN CBI PROGRAMS, THE EUROPEAN UNION WILL STILL FACE YEARS OF ECONOMIC PASSPORTS IN THE HANDS OF BAD ACTORS, FRAUDSTERS, FINANCIAL CRIMINALS AND INTERNATIONAL SANCTIONS EVADER

Lest you think that the EU will leave all its issues with Eastern Caribbean economic passports behind, when the five EU states with CBI programs suspend them, compliance officers at international banks know very well that they face years of increased risk of financial crime from the tens of thousands of existing economic passport holders, including these issues:

(1) The Iranians, Russians, North Koreans, Chinese and other residents of high-risk, sanctioned and terrorist sponsor jurisdictions who hold EC CBI passports, issued by Saint Kitts & Nevis, Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Saint Lucia and Grenada, will all still have visa-free access, to engage in money laundering, fraud, espionage, sanctions evasions, national security breaches, and sundry other crimes and transgressions.

(2) Forgers who will extend the expiration dates on existing CBI passports for bad actors, or create new bogus passports for criminals. Given that we cannot trust any of the EC states to be honest about who was issued valid passports, due to rampant greed and corruption, there will never be a database to check documents against. No country's Prime Ministers want to admit to the massive corruption they have engaged in to date.

(3) The resale of existing passports will feed an underground cottage industry in those prized identity documents, among the career criminal population, especially the money launderers, as well as the world's intelligence services, for many years, so long as the Schengen Zone ETIAS program blindly accepts EC passports showing that the holder was not born in the Caribbean.

For compliance officers, the problem will not go away until the last possible expiration date on a CBI passport issued on the last day in 2028 possible for one to be issued passes, and since we know that backdating applications has been the order of the day in the Eastern Caribbean, to evade restrictions, will we ever see a day when those CBI passports no longer pose a financial crime and national security threat to Europe? Doubtful.

WITH AMERICA'S CIA, SOUTHCOM AND STATE DEPARTMENT ALL SEEKING REGIME CHANGE IN CUBA, ARE THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN STATES NEXT?

West Indians, who generally devote all their attention to local domestic and regional news and the accompanying bareknuckle corrupt politics which the Eastern Caribbean states are known for, most likely are not aware of the media reports detailing how the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)is openly soliciting, in Spanish, insiders within the Cuban regime who wish to "break away from Communism."Instructions on how to contact the Agency without being discovered by Cuban authorities are being supplied to prospective cooperating individuals. Similar action has also been reported by SOUTHCOM, the U.S. military's Southern Command, which has its headquarters in Miami, and the U.S. State Department is currently engaged in a massive sanctions pressure campaign against several aspects of Cuba's economy.

 Clearly, the United States intends to foster regime change in the communist state, as part of what has been described as the Trump Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine, which seeks to remove all Chinese, Russian and Iranian influence from the Caribbean region. Individuals who reside in the Eastern Caribbean states whose Labour Party leaders in government have close political and economic relationships with Cuban and Chinese leaders should take note of these new developments, and expect that, so long as their governments continue to move their nations closer to China, through economic, social, cultural, political and even linguistic ties, they should expect the U.S. to take similar action to destabilize their hold onto power, and to result in governments more friendly and politically connected to Washington.  America has valid  Nationa' Security grounds to seek this endgame.

Whether there is already action behind the scenes to accomplish regime change in the five Eastern Caribbean states that are currently in the news, due to an existential threat to their Citizenship by Investment (CBI/CIP) programs by the European Union, all of whose pro-China governments have spurned closer ties with the US, we cannot confirm, but covert American influence in the region, including but not limited the deployment of resources from the American intelligence community, and providing material support to Opposition movements that publicize money laundering, fraud and official corruption, should be taken as a given. Antiguans and Saint Lucians should particularly  understand the geopolitical consequences of the actions of their national leaders.

Will the authoritarian left-leaning governments of the Eastern Caribbean be replaced through the efforts of an unhappy Uncle Sam, through the "Donroe Doctrine?" We cannot say, but we will be watching. 

IMMINENT NOVEMBER 12 SUSPENSION OF CARIBBEAN CITIZENSHIP BY INVESTMENT PASSPORT SALES PROGRAMS, AFTER THE EU FORCES A DECISION IF EC STATES WANT TO KEEP THEIR PRESENT VISA-FREE STATUS

This week's announcement by Antigua Prime Minister GASTON BROWNE, that the ruling Labour government may suspend the country's CIP (Citizenship by Investment economic passport sales program) on November 12, 2026, in accordance with EU demands that it obey EU Regulation 2025/2441, is the first of what will most likely be five such public statements. Leaders of the Eastern Caribbean CBI states have apparently decided that the wrath of their native-born citizens, who would lose their prized visa-free status to visit the members of European Union, is too politically costly for them to continue to operate CBI programs.

It is noteworthy that Antigua, considered by the United States to be one of the worst offenders in the issuance of economic passports to known wanted economic criminals, sanctions evaders, citizens of terrorist states, and other sordid individuals who should never have received identity documents giving them visa-free entry into the EU, and the ability to apply for a visa for the United States, appears to be the first to recognize its dire situation, and submit to EU law, which states that without any direct residential, economic, social, and cultural connection to a country, one does not qualify as a bona fide citizen. We welcome the end of all five rogue Caribbean economic passport programs, which have become a financial crime nightmare for the world's financial institutions, law enforcement agencies and counter-terrorism authorities.

We do caution though, that a mere suspension, rather than a termination, of a passport sales program, still poses a threat:
(1)Caribbean Governments backdating CIP passports to previous years, and continuing to issue them, for cash, indefinitely, especially to purchasers who will never qualify for economic citizenships at any other CBI-issuing jurisdiction anywhere in the world. We know that Russian and Belarusian purchasers were routinely sold Caribbean CBI passports, covertly, even when prohibited by local law.
(2) Operating "black" passport sales sites, using existing blanks and equipment, after hours and in high-security locations, not government offices.
(3) Switching over to the extremely lucrative business of issuing diplomatic passports to individuals not qualified under the Vienna Convention, which has been done on a smaller scale by Antigua and Dominica for decades, but could now be ramped up to serve their CIP clients, making them bogus "diplomats."

Unless these CBI and CIP agencies are dismantled, and their unissued passports destroyed, bad actors, even those inside government, could abuse them in the future. Let's clean up these targets of opportunity for the world's smugglers and money launderers, for once and for all, and end SKN Ambassador Billy Herbert's dark concept.

DOMINICA'S ALTERNATIVE NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT MODEL

A close examination of the Commonwealth of Dominica reveals its natural capital as a productive national asset - its whales, reefs, forests, rivers, biodiversity and renewable energy. Science and technology linked to local capacity rather than imported as a spectacle. Entrepreneurs and communities as protagonists, not dependents of the State. External partnerships that strengthen standards, institutions and accountability. Conservation treated as an economic strategy and an intergenerational responsibility. Let's look at some of the noteworthy developments:

1. The Sperm Whale Reserve and Project CETI

Dominica has become a globally important centre for sperm-whale conservation and research. The Sperm Whale Reserve gives the country a genuinely distinctive conservation asset, while Project CETI brings together artificial intelligence, machine learning, robotics, linguistics and marine biology in an effort to understand sperm-whale communication. Just as important, CETI is developing local capacity through marine conservation fellowships and collaboration with Dominicans.

Why it matters: The larger story is how a unique natural asset can be connected to science, education, conservation and high-value tourism. Dominica is not merely protecting whales; it has the potential to become a global centre for marine science and ocean intelligence.

2. Geothermal Energy as a Governance Case Study

Dominica’s geothermal programme is significant not only because of renewable energy, but because much of its development has been financed and supervised through multilateral institutions, including the World Bank and other development partners. That framework brings prescribed procurement processes, environmental and social safeguards, reporting requirements and external scrutiny.

Why it matters: The useful comparison is not simply “geothermal versus CBI.” The deeper question is why the institutional discipline expected by multilateral partners should not become the normal standard for every major public project in Dominica, whatever the source of financing.

3. A New Generation of Dominican Entrepreneurs

Young businesses such as ShopDM, Bee Natural, Jaydee’s Naturals and Hey Mama demonstrate what an empowerment-based economy can look like. They are building brands, creating products, using technology, solving local problems, reaching new markets and taking entrepreneurial risk rather than waiting for state employment or political patronage.

Why it matters: The policy question is how Dominica creates thousands more businesses like these: easier access to finance, transparent procurement, better logistics, digital payments, export support, skills development and a business environment based on merit rather than connections.

4. Coral Restoration and Marine Conservation

Simon Walsh and the coral-restoration work associated with Oceans Forward and Nature Island Dive are examples of citizens using science and practical conservation to protect one of Dominica’s most valuable natural assets. Coral nurseries, disease response and reef-restoration work create a direct connection between environmental stewardship, scientific knowledge and the long-term viability of diving and marine tourism.

Why it matters: This is the “nature economy” in practice: protect the asset, develop local expertise, involve communities and create economic value without destroying what makes Dominica different.

5. Jeanelle Brisbane and Environmental Leadership

Jeanelle Brisbane and WildDominique represent a younger generation of environmental leadership focused on biodiversity, wildlife conservation, public education and community participation. Her work illustrates that environmental advocacy is not anti-development; it is about safeguarding the natural capital on which Dominica’s future development depends.

Why it matters: Dominica should be capable of becoming a country where environmental defenders, scientists, entrepreneurs and government institutions work together — rather than treating development and conservation as opposing forces.

6. DomSeTCO and Sea Turtle Conservation

The Dominica Sea Turtle Conservation Organization (DomSeTCO) is a strong grassroots example of citizens protecting nesting beaches, monitoring turtles, supporting research and educating communities. It shows the extraordinary amount of voluntary and community effort taking place outside the political spotlight.

Why it matters: The broader lesson is that Dominica already has people willing to protect the country’s natural inheritance. Public policy should empower and resource such stewardship rather than centralize every initiative through government.

7. GEMS Foundation: A Private-Sector-Led Non-Profit Model

The GEMS Foundation is a Dominican non-profit organization focused on environment, entrepreneurship, education, and arts and culture. Its significance is that it converts private-sector resources into structured programmes that build local capacity, rather than one-off charity. Operating through its own board, initiatives include the GEMS Entrepreneurship Challenge, which provides grants and mentorship to businesses in the hospitality and tourism supply chain; the GEMS Hospitality School and internship partnerships for practical skills training; the GEMS Artisan Market for local artists, artisans and performers; scholarships and graduation awards at Dominica State College; support for the Waitukubuli Artist Association and a permanent seed hub; and community-led environmental and eco-tourism projects. 

Why it matters: This is another example of civil society and the private sector investing in people rather than dependency. It shows how tourism can create wider development value when resources are deliberately circulated into entrepreneurship, skills, culture and environmental stewardship — and raises the question of how Dominica can encourage many more foundations, businesses and civic organisations to become active partners in national development.

LAW REVIEW ARTICLE CONCLUDES THAT CITIZENSHIP BY INVESTMENT PROGRAMS ARE INCONSISTENT WITH EUROPEAN POLICY, AND VISA-FREE ENTRY TO THE EU THROUGH CBI WILL BE TERMINATED

I direct your attention to the recent article, appearing in the University of Miami School of law International and Comparative Law Review, entitled WHO GETS TO SELL A PASSPORT? THE EU'S CARIBBEAN ULTIMATUM AND THE RULE THAT QUIETLY CHANGED (Vol. 33, Issue 2, 2026), which contains an objective, thorough legal analysis of the European Union's reasoning behind its ruling that there must be a "genuine link," or meaningful connection, between an individual and that "payments through a transactional procedure" are a violation of EU law; naturalization cannot be reduced to a purchase.

The author does touch, in passing, on the abject failure of Caribbean CBI and CIP states to perform effective due diligence as a national security risk factor in the EU decision, and the United States policy of effectively ending visa entry for citizens of Antigua & Barbuda, for the same reason, and remarked that such security concerns are real, citing a non-Caribbean CBI jurisdiction where inadequate due diligence allowed sanctions and prosecution evasion.

While the article is critical of the EU, for its own residency-to-citizenship programs, which require years of genuine connection with the jurisdictions offering such ultimate benefits, and it questions whether the five Eastern Caribbean states have a bona fide chance to delay, or modify, the June 2028 deadline set by the European Commission, its conclusions should serve to convince Caribbean government leaders, and their counsel, that the end is coming, and they had best start making alternative arrangements for cash flow, to cover their bloated governmental budgets, or pare them down severely, as 2028 is not merely a negotiating tool, but a reflection of national policy. Change is coming soon t0 the five Eastern Caribbean CBI states pay their bills, and they has best adapt early on, or face the consequences.

Here is the link to the article:

https://international-and-comparative-law-review.law.miami.edu/who-gets-to-sell-a-passport-the-eus-caribbean-ultimatum-and-the-rule-that-quietly-changed/

PREMIER OF NEVIS, FEARING INSOLVENCY IN THE CARIBBEAN, ASKS FOR A FIVE YEAR EXTENSION ON CITIZENSHIP BY INVESTMENT PROGRAMS IN THE CARIBBEAN

The Premier of Nevis, MARK BRANTLEY, in a recent address, made the case for a minimum five-year moratorium on the termination of the five Citizenship by Investment (CBI/CIP) passport sales programs currently operational in the Eastern Caribbean states. 

Mr. Brantley argued:
(1) CBI programs account for more than half of government revenue in some jurisdictions. Demanding a swift shutdown would place immense, destabilizing pressure on local economies. Didn't regional leaders know this might come one day?
(2)Brantley argued that at least a five-year period would be reasonable to allow regional economies to transition and find alternative revenue streams. St.Kitts & Nevis has been ignoring development that could create jobs since 1983, when the CBI program opened. It has been addicted to the easy cash flow, and neglected development.
(3)He urged St. Kitts and Nevis, along with neighboring Caribbean nations operating similar programs, to actively initiate the formal bilateral negotiation mechanisms rather than quietly complying with immediate EU pressures. That sounds suspiciously like playing hardball when you don't have the proper glove to take the heat.

Of course, the possible self-destruction of Nevis' offshore industry, as the direct result of the HAMILTON RESERVE BANK/BONI financial scandals might have something to do with the Premier's concerns; if the financial revenue stream received from the offshore sector expires, Nevis might face fiscal insolvency, being unable to pay its government employees or settle obligations.

We know the Members of the EU will never agree to a five-year transition period, especially with their concerns about Russia's possible military moves against them by 2030, and Russian intelligence agents with visa-free access to Europe is facilitated by CBI, so it's not going to happen. Mr. Premier, find another legal source of cash flow for Nevis.

SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS-REGISTERED VESSEL SEIZED BY U. S. COAST GUARD WHEN ATTEMPTING TO SMUGGLE OIL INTO CUBA

The JAIRA PROVIDER, registered in SAINT KITTS & NEVIS, was intercepted in the Caribbean by the United States Coast Guard, carrying 210,000 gallons of illicit oil, bound for a power plant in Mariel, Cuba, in violation of the de facto American oil embargo on all petroleum shipments to that country. The United States recently announced the seizure, which took place over the Summer, this week, in connection with yet another vessel seizure of a ship attempting to smuggle oil into Cuba. The Jaira Provider, whose crew hid the oil in ballast tanks, which represent an environmental danger, due to likely leaks, was reportedly loaded in the Republic of Panama. We have no information regarding whether any Kittitians or Nevsians were on board.

We know the vessel, an offshore tug/safety & supply ship, had successfully completed a prior illicit oil delivery to Cuba. The Jaira Provider, previously registered in Tanzania,is not the first oil smuggling vessel that we have reported on in recent years, flagged in the CBI states of the Eastern Caribbean. Readers may recall our reports on illicit oil shipments to NORTH KOREA, using vessels registered in ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA and in DOMINICA. Also, shipments of sanctioned Iranian oil have been transported on tankers registered in the Eastern Caribbean.

ILLEGAL DISCOUNTING OF CITIZENSHIP BY INVESTMENT PASSPORTS CONTINUES EVEN WITH NEW REGIONAL REGULATOR IN PLACE

If you wanted proof that the illegal discounting of Citizenship by Investment (CBI/CIP) passports continues unabated, notwithstanding that a new, allegedly effective, regional regulator, is in place and supposedly on duty, an advert spotted yesterday by one of our readers, sponsored by MW IMMIGRATION, of Lahore, Pakistan, selling DOMINICA passports for USD$150,000. Kindly note the MW  logo on the upper right-hand corner of the page. No wonder the European Commission will not budge on the June 2028 termination date it has set for the end of Eastern Caribbean CBI programs; there has never been, and will never be, effective control of sellers by Dominica, St. Kitts & Nevis, St. Lucia, Antigua and Grenada.

NOTE THAT THEY HAVE AN OFFICE IN CANADA. What will happen if their Canadian clients have their passports cancelled?

HAMILTON RESERVE BANK'S DARK LITTLE SECRET

For the past twenty plus years, I have provided financial crime analysis and commentary, first for Complinet, then for World-Check, and more recently since 2011, on my blog and on LinkedIn. Though my primary focus has always been money laundering, there are usually other financial crimes which are part of each story.

Crime and the resulting punishment after conviction are generally normal components of my articles, but there are instances where the ends of justice never seem to occur. Consider a few of the more glaring examples: the Iranian sanctions evader who curiously receives "Time Served", rather than the Life Sentence his offenses so richly deserve. The Middle Eastern banker from Malta with the CBI passport whose case is magically dropped to purported Brady violations, and who goes on to live in the United States, with his extended family. The California career criminal who continues to exploit female victims with impunity, while the FBI chooses to ignore his conduct. I have reported on a number of such cases.

All these individuals have successfully participated in that dark, and generally unreported, aspect of our criminal justice system, that of Confidential Informants rendering Substantial Assistance, which often results in reduced sentences, or sometimes no significant punishment at all, due to their cooperation in criminal investigations, resulting in new indictments and/or the recovery of substantial amount of criminal proceeds.

While these cases, which seldom are fully reported in the media, may be ethically problematic to many people interested in the administration of justice, they are a fact of life, they are deemed necessary. the press rarely covers the quiet early release from custody of such individuals.The problem is where law enforcement, in its interest in continuing to receive valuable intelligence from its sources, insures that some criminals are allowed to target and exploit further victims in the process.

You may recall a Florida case I reported on a while back, where a Russian organized crime figure's New York case file was sealed, so the government could continue to receive his information without his criminal role being exposed; that individual then went to South Florida to commit a major real estate fraud. Anyone conducting due diligence on that person, not having access to his New York conviction, would believe him to be a legitimate businessman, which he definitely was not. There were significant victims, and the case stood out when a judge chose to punish a lawyer for later publicly revealing the sordid truth about the individual, when law enforcement wanted to keep it quiet.

I bring all this up in the context of Hamilton Reserve Bank, which curiously still has been able to maintain correspondent accounts at two major American financial institutions, notwithstanding years of civil litigation filed by depositors who allege that the bank has illegally withheld their money. Additionally, there has been zero U.S. law enforcement actions against Hamilton funds believed to be located in America, nor any indictment of anyone connected to the bank. Do you also wonder why?

Hamilton's victims are asking why their complaints to American law enforcement have been ignored; they may not like the answer. According to a reliable source, a senior bank official is rumored to be an informant for an American law enforcement agency. Given that defense counsel for the bank has frequently interposed in pending civil litigation, that many of their depositors are criminals or tax evaders, that makes sense. It would not be the first time a financial institution alleged to be involved on possible criminal activity got a pass from U.S. law enforcement, so long as it continued to feed actionable intelligence to its agents. I leave this information to be verified in the capable hands of counsel for the many plaintiffs/victims. They know best how to dig into the past and, perhaps, find a very interesting tidbit that may resemble what I have been referring to earlier in this article; Happy Hunting. 

PREMIER OF NEVIS OBTAINED A SAINT KITTS CITIZENSHIP BY INVESTMENT (CBI) ECONOMIC PASSPORT FOR HUNDRED MILLION DOLLAR AMERICAN FRAUDSTER HIDING OUT THERE FROM JUSTICE

As we continue to make further inquiries into the HAMILTON RESERVE BANK scandal, our investigation into the fugitive American fraudster KRISTI (KRISTY) ROSS has revealed that Ross, who has been evading payment on a U.S. government judgment of $164 million for more than a decade, obtained an SKN CBI passport, to aid in her ability to cheat justice. She secured the economic citizenship, notwithstanding that it was widely known she was literally running away from a huge United States judgment, with the assistance of NEVIS PFREMIER MARK BRANTLEY, according to reliable sources in the Nevis financial community. Ross has evaded justice in Nevis ever since she fled the United States. We have identified Ross as closely linked to troubled Hamilton Reserve Bank, now at risk of being suspended for allegations of multiple instances of financial misconduct in Nevis.

The fact that Ross was able to obtain a valuable Saint Kitts & Nevis passport, whilst on the run, speaks volumes about the total lack of Due Diligence at the country's CIU, the agency charged with vetting applicants, which has a long and sordid history of selling career criminals, international sanctions evaders, and citizens of countries which are State Sponsors of terrorism. Any bank compliance officer that chooses to accept an SKN passport at account opening is taking a huge risk that he has approved an individual who should never be permitted access to financial resources. Many such passports have altered names (Aliases), bogus Dates and Places of Birth, and allow criminals to travel abroad with impunity.

Additionally, The undue (and illegal) influence of Premier Brantley should not go unnoticed, as he is reputed to be a close friend of Ross, notwithstanding her criminal history. As he has been asked by the judge presiding over the Hamilton cases to consider suspending the bank's operations, pending a civil and criminal investigation into serious allegations, and Ross may have a connection to the bank that has not been publicly disclosed, he may be faced with a decision that Conflict of Interest is interfering with being made. Whether he chooses to resign is an issue he must confront if the Rule of Law is to be adhered to in Nevis in 2026.

$163 MILLION FRAUDSTER, HIDING FROM JUSTICE IN NEVIS, CLOSELY LINKED TO HAMILTON RESERVE BANK

KRISTI MARIE ROSS, also known as KRISTY ROSS, who has failed to pay a one hundred and sixty three million dollar ($163,000,000) FTC fraud judgment fine, and whom we have previously profiled here OUR MOST NOTORIOUS FUGITIVE INTERNET FRAUDSTER, KRISTI ROSS, HIDES FROM THE LONG ARM OF AMERICAN JUSTICE IN NEVIS has been linked to HAMILTON RESERVE BANK, which was ordered this week to pay eighty five million dollars to its depositors.*

Ross, who appears to have a special relationship with Hamilton, formerly known as NEVIS INTERNATIONAL BANK & TRUST, has been seen in the bank by our sources multiple times. Eyewitnesses have stated that she "is treated like a queen" by bank staff. It is not known whether she has parked any of the proceeds of crime that she acquired from American consumers in the bank. Ross operated a fraudulent "Scareware" Internet scam that deceived its victims into thinking their computers were infected, and required costly remediation to fix nonexistent and fabricated damage to their software.

Additionally, Ross has repeatedly been seen socially in Nevis, in the company of reputed Hamilton owner BENJAMIN WEY a/k/a TIANBING WEI, which further confirms her connection to Hamilton. It is presumed that Ross holds a CITIZENSHIP BY INVESTMENT (CBI) economic passport issued by SAINT KITTS & NEVIS, and that she takes advantage of the fact that the government of Saint Kitts routinely ignores any extradition requests from abroad, seeking to detain white collar criminals.

Wey

The complex nature of the Order and Judgment issue this week by the High Court in Nevis requires that the issues presented be analyzed in detail, which will unfold in a number of articles we intend to present here in the coming days. Readers are urged to review all of them, so as to get a comprehensive understanding of the untenable offshore banking situation in Nevis, who the players are, and how the Court, in cooperation with local and international law enforcement, is seeking to assist multiple victims.

Summary of appellate decision confirming judgment against Ross:

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*NEVIS COURT ORDERS HAMILTON RESERVE BANK TO DISBURSE $85 MILLION TO ITS DEPOSITORS BY END OF OCTOBER, AND REQUIRES CIVIL AND CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION OF THE BANK