Government of Antigua vs. Lester Bird et al in the ‘IHI’ Matter

Government Political Corruption Payments Guaranteed by Tax Revenue In March 2004, Baldwin Spencer was elected as Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda replacing the former Antigua Labour Party led by Lester Bird. In May 2004, the Attorney General retained Lindquist to investigate allegations of corruption regarding the former government. Lindquist called in Howard Williams and Ron Piers to assist with the mandate. In March 2006 the Attorney General filed a civil claim in the High Court of Antigua and Barbuda in the “IHI” matter that included Lester Bird, Asot Michael and Bruce Rappaport as defendants. In February 2009, the Attorney... Read More...

Government of Antigua vs. Lester Bird et al in the ‘IHI’ Matter

Government Political Corruption Payments Guaranteed by Tax Revenue In March 2004, Baldwin Spencer was elected as Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda replacing the former Antigua Labour Party led by Lester Bird. In May 2004, the Attorney General retained Lindquist to investigate allegations of corruption regarding the former government. Lindquist called in Howard Williams and Ron Piers to assist with the mandate. In March 2006 the Attorney General filed a civil claim in the High Court of Antigua and Barbuda in the “IHI” matter that included Lester Bird, Asot Michael and Bruce Rappaport as defendants. In February 2009, the Attorney... Read More...

Government of St. Lucia

Government Political Corruption Firm was retained by the Attorney General of the Government of St. Lucia to address matters raised by Prime Minister Anthony in his ‘Address to the Nation on Relations with China and Taiwan’. The ‘PM’ referred to his ‘concern regarding the alleged payments made to UWP members of Parliament by the Government of Taiwan and its agents upon the establishment of diplomatic relations and during the ensuing period…I wish to indicate that the Government of Saint Lucia has engaged the services of Bob Lindquist to look at these alleged transactions…This audit will go beyond the issue of... Read More...

Government of Romania vs. former President Nicolai Ceausescu

Government Political Corruption, Asset Search A Journey Inside the the Padded Walls Investigative findings for this case are in the public forum as the result of a television documentary. This case reinforced my belief in the importance of the human element in fraud investigations, irrespective of the culture. Your first arrival to meet the client is always special, and here on April 5, 1990, Rod Stamler and I were greeted at Bucharest’s Otopeni airport by the military, whisked around armed security and taken directly to the Ministry of Justice in Bucharest, via a government vehicle, a black Dacia, otherwise aka... Read More...

Government of Trinidad vs. Minister Johnny O Halloran, Mr. 10%

Government Political Corruption, Bribery Mr. Ten Percent of Trinidad “It doesn’t sound like much to Mr. Ten Percent of Trinidad. A man named John H. O’Halloran made himself an extraordinarily wealthy man. Johnny O, as he was called on the island hadn’t come as a stranger to Trinidad; he grew up there. O’Halloran’s clout in Trinidad lay in the sway he seemed to hold over a man named Eric Williams, Trinidad’s father of independence, head of the People’s National Movement, a political party that came to power in 1956. Williams appointed his man to a series of powerful patronage positions.... Read More...

Politician: Minister Sinclair Stevens, Canada

Government Public Inquiry Taking advantage of one’s position? It was 1972 when I caught the end of a Royal Commission, now in 1986 the beginning. The Parker Commission was established to address the activities of a federal cabinet minister, Sinclair Stevens, who had been alleged to have violated the government’s conflict of interest guidelines. For me, while an honour to be retained, it was neither the public profile nor the press but the incredible speed demanded by the process to meet the start date. No cottage approach here! Television, drama, late nights, constant new findings from documents and interviews, ongoing... Read More...

Regina vs. Parks

Government Management Fraud A County Engineer with the County’s Tractor In January 1974, this case gave me the opportunity to sit with Crown Counsel Rod McLeod at the table through a jury trial. Once again as the last witness, I gave fact evidence of financial transactions regarding the acts of the accused Don Parks as the County Engineer. The Defense argued against the use of an overhead projector and lost. The Defense also argued against the introduction of accounting schedules and lost. The presiding Judge Garth Moore ruled the accounting schedules admissible given what he described as the “veritable blizzard... Read More...