MP Brownbill detained by anti-corruption team in Emerald-investigation

March 15, 2017 5:05 PM
PHILIPSBURG--United St. Maarten party (USP) Member of Parliament Chanel Brownbill has been detained by authorities on Wednesday morning along with two other suspects in connection with the Emerald investigation.
 
Brownbill and the other suspects in the case are suspected of forgery and tax evasion. The home of the Member of Parliament in the Sucker Garden district was searched in the presence of an investigative judge.
 
The French authorities also searched a house in the French Quarter district. Documents, records and digital data carriers among other things were seized. These are all premises the investigators had not previously searched.
 
In connection with this same investigation a total of seven (7) premises, including the house of the suspect Checkmate Security owner O’Neal Arrindell, the offices of Port St. Maarten and the offices of Checkmate were searched on November 28, 2016. O’Neal’s brother Akeem, a police officer, was arrested this morning in connection with the case.
 
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Lawyer Roeland Zwanikken considers legal action against ABN AMRO Bank

May 08, 2021 6:14 PM
THE HAGUE--Attorney-at-law Roeland Zwanikken at St. Maarten’s BZSE law office is considering legal action against the intention of the Dutch ABN AMRO Bank to close the bank accounts of its clients in the Dutch Caribbean.

Fiscaal onderzoek bij notariskantoren vinden doorgang

May 07, 2021 8:04 AM
In het Antilliaans Dagblad: Fiscaal onderzoek bij notariskantoren
WILLEMSTAD – De fiscale onderzoeken bij de notarissen vonden en vinden, ondanks de beperkingen van Covid-19, weer doorgang en de medewerking aan de kant van notarissen en adviseurs is daarbij ‘over het algemeen goed’.

Juridische miljoenenstrijd tussen BNP Paribas en Italiaanse prinses verhardt

February 22, 2021 4:51 PM
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Een Italiaanse prinses met zakelijke belangen in Nederland heeft het onderspit gedolven bij diverse rechtbanken in een langslepend conflict met zakenbank BNP Paribas.