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Asean ex-shareholder Saxena appeals extradition order

2006-02-01 17:02 ET - Street Wire

by Stockwatch Business Reporter

Canada's resident stock personality, Rakesh Saxena, has begun yet another phase of his fight to remain in Canada -- or, more specifically, avoid Thailand. On Monday, Jan. 30, the amiable stock tout appeared before the British Columbia Court of Appeal to protest a November, 2003, order by then-justice minister Martin Cauchon that Mr. Saxena return to Thailand. If he does return, the 53-year-old fugitive banker will be tried on allegations that he contributed to the 1996 collapse of the Bangkok Bank of Commerce.

A brief history

Mr. Saxena, formerly a shareholder of VSE-listed Asean Holdings Inc., was the bank's treasury adviser at the time of its collapse. On June 5, 1996, the Thai government accused Mr. Saxena, the bank's then-president and chairman Krirk-kiat Jalichandra, and Adnan Khashoggi, another VSE player, of defrauding the bank of a total of $2.2-billion (U.S.). Mr. Saxena specifically stands accused of using his position as an employee to fraudulently borrow 1.6 million baht (about $88-million) to help acquire three telecommunications companies.

The Thai government said that Mr. Saxena did not use the money for its intended purpose. Mr. Saxena's former employees say he used some of this money to repay personal debts, with some of the rest deposited in his Swiss bank accounts; all told, Mr. Saxena's companies only repaid 650 million baht.

By the time the bank collapsed, Mr. Saxena had left Thailand, eventually showing up in Whistler, B.C., where the RCMP, at the Thai government's behest, arrested him on July 7, 1996. The RCMP released Mr. Saxena on bail, but revoked the bail in January, 1998, after he allegedly threatened a witness and tried to get a fake passport.

Several months after his bail was revoked, Mr. Saxena managed to convince judge Wally Oppal (then a B.C. Supreme Court judge, now B.C.'s attorney-general) to allow him to remain under house arrest in a False Creek condominium. Mr. Saxena was allowed to remain under guard by security hired at his own expense. The RCMP seemed to be satisfied with a $10,000-per-week in-house camera security system tracking his moves.

The extradition hearing

After an extradition hearing that sputtered along for four years, Judge Frank Maczko found on Sept. 15, 2000, that Mr. Saxena could be convicted of fraud under Thai law. After this judgment, the decision to extradite fell into Mr. Cauchon's hands; Mr. Cauchon decided to surrender Mr. Saxena to Thailand on Nov. 18, 2003.

Russ Chamberlain, Mr. Saxena's lawyer, said Judge Maczko's decision was flawed on the grounds that the evidence Judge Maczko used may not be available for Mr. Saxena's trial in Thailand. He also said that since Thai police, and not the courts, issued the arrest warrants, the warrants are invalid. (Thai law was amended in 2002 to require the court to issue warrants.)

Mr. Saxena has argued that he fears being murdered by powerful people in Thailand who are worried that his testimony will expose them. Though the Thai government provided an assurance about how Mr. Saxena would be treated should he return, Mr. Chamberlain said it is invalid because it was not signed, only stamped "Minister of Foreign Affairs, January 20, 2004, Bangkok."

Warrant expiring

In an Aug. 13, 2005, article in the Vancouver Sun, reporter David Baines noted that the warrant issued for Mr. Saxena's arrest contained a 10-year limitation clause, meaning that in June, 2005, the warrant expired without a fuss. Mr. Saxena sees this as a reason for the extradition process to end. According to him, Thai authorities technically cannot arrest him if he returns to the country.

To Mr. Saxena's way of thinking, the long Canadian process is not him stalling to avoid being surrendered to Thailand; rather, Mr. Saxena says Canada has illegally held him for a decade. Mr Saxena says: "Most Canadians are ignorant about how things work in the Third World. They turn a blind eye to the corruption. If they don't know the facts, they should shut up."

The appeal

In the Jan. 31, 2006, hearing of the Court of Appeal, Mr. Chamberlain said Mr. Saxena sent one of a few letters to Thai authorities in September, 2005, asking that the Thai government demonstrate that his crimes are ones for which he may be extradited. There was no response to that letter.

Mr. Chamberlain says Mr. Cauchon has the responsibility to prove that Mr. Saxena can be prosecuted in Thailand. Mr. Chamberlain contends that the justice minister made his decision to extradite without sufficient evidence. He called Mr. Cauchon's failure to inform himself of Thai law "patently unreasonable" and claims the only inference to be drawn from it is that Mr. Cauchon could not obtain it.

Mr. Chamberlain points out the Thai government has had a decade to provide evidence that Mr. Saxena can be prosecuted. He said it has not yet done so, and so it would be "fundamentally unjust" to surrender Mr. Saxena for a crime for which he cannot be prosecuted. Mr. Chamberlain said, "I fear we may send a person to a foreign country for a crime that does not exist," possibly quoting someone else.

Mr. Chamberlain continued, saying that Mr. Cauchon had an obligation to determine whether Mr. Saxena's actions are punishable under Thai law, but failed to do so. He also repeated Mr. Saxena's assertion that since the 10-year limitation on the warrant has run out, Thai authorities cannot prosecute him. The court responded by saying it was unclear whether the limitation could still expire when the target was a fugitive.

Among other cases, Mr. Chamberlain cited that of Alfred Reumayr, a New Westminster, B.C., resident who was accused of planning to bomb the trans-Alaska oil pipeline on New Year's Day of 2000. (U.S. prosecutors said Mr. Reymaur planned to gain a fortune by buying oil futures and investing in gas and electric securities.) Mr. Reumayr said that if he were convicted, he would be subject to cruel and unusual punishment and would likely die in prison before becoming eligible for release.

In Mr. Reumayr's case, the court decided that a significant difference between Canadian and U.S. sentences for the same conduct would not be grounds to deny a request for extradition. The court also ruled that charges did not need to be laid under the same law in Canada and the United States; the Extradition Act requires only that the alleged crime would also be punishable in Canada.

The morning session ended amid discussion of whether the justice minister has the authority to amend the surrender order. Stockwatch will cover the afternoon's proceedings in a separate story.


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It's time for this crime boss to do some time.The frauds must stop.

Posted by mae jon lu @ 2006-02-02 05:35


The activities of Rakesh Saxena were more widespread, than outlined in the above mentioned article.

In 1997 he co-financed a coup in Sierra Leone, Africa, by sponsering the mercenary Tim Spicer and with him the mercenary company Sandline, owned by Heritage-Oil (Vancouver) CEO Tony Buckingham with ex-apartheid soldiers from South Africa (Executive Outcomes).

Together with his old friend Adnan Khashoggi, well known arms dealer and involved in the Iran-Contra Affair in the 80s, also uncle of Dodi Fayed, the last partner of Diana Princess of Wales they bought the General Commerce Bank in Vienna/Austria in the year 2000 and turned it into a boiler room, a centre of international stock fraud, to the alleged tune of 1 billion US Dollar. With them the following criminals

- Amador Pastrana, Filipino, international fraud gangster, king of the boiler rooms.

- Regis Possino, ex California state lawyer, disbarred after having been convicted for drug dealing and fraud in the US.

- Raoul Berthaumieu, Canadian, sentenced in 1991 for cheque fraud in Arkansas,

- Sherman Mazur, US citizen, jailed for 6 years in 1993 for tax fraud.

Saxena was also running his own boiler rooms, amongst them

- West Shore Ventures in the UK.

- Platinum Asset Management in South Africa and Botswana

The boiler room in South Africa was raided in 2004 by the Financial Services Board.

Not to forget his allegedly corrupt relationship with eading Opposition Politician John D. Reynolds in Canada.

One has to ask, why does it take now 10 years to deal with an extradition request from Thailand? One has to ask, why does the state allow Saxena to continue with his fraudulent activities?

Dr. Alexander von Paleske.

Head, Department of Oncology. Princess Marina Hospital. Gaborone/Botswana. Ex-Barrister-at-Law, High Court Frankfurt (M), Germany

Posted by Dr. Alexander von Paleske @ 2006-02-09 14:27


If Mr. Saxena is under house arrest and a fugitive from another country, why is it he can buy land and sign legal documents to purchace buildings and such in Canada? I would think house arrest would mean exactly that. It seems he has been allowed to make money from deals in Canada rght under the noses of everyone. Shame on you Mr. Saxena for de-frauding once again

Posted by M. S. Lang @ 2006-03-07 23:40


Dr. Alexander von Paleske's commennt above is actually startling in itself for the mere fact that he is one of the fugitives, indicted in the Botswana scandle and who is said to be an accomplace of Saxena's. The submission of his comment here, does in part make sense, since this is a financial site, I guess he wants to keep up to date on all the developments on his newly aquired money. Also his implicating half a dozen people along with Saxena doesnt do a whole lot in convincing the world that he knows nothing in trying to exonorate himself, but more power to them all, I say. If in fact they conduct corrupt business, how come only a fraction of those places they have allegedly done so scream "Foul-Play" I say more power to them, just cuz they miscalculatred a few things doesnt make them all criminals.

Adding, Adnan Koshasgi is not the Uncle of Dodi Fayad. The Fayads are Egyptian, Adnan is Saudi and as far as we all know there have been no inter-marriages between the above. I would like to say what an excellently written article, I truelly enjoyed it.

Posted by Anglo-Arab @ 2006-03-26 03:05


Mr. Saxeena is now sitting in jail in Vancouver waiting to be sent back to be dealt with. I'm sure whatever happens to him back there won't be very nice. He has been living as a free man here for 10 years so now it's time to go.

Posted by M.S. Lang @ 2006-04-05 09:35


Short reply to the letter of the Angla-Arab

1. Adnan Khashoggi's sister Samira was married to Mohamed al Fayed. Their son was Dodi al Fayed, the last Pertner of Diana Princess of Wales. Who denies this, cannot be taken seriously. 2. What "Botswana Scandal"is he talking about, there is no "Botswana Scandal" and I am not a fugitive but employed by the Government of Botswana. This Website is a place for serious discussions and not a place to disseminate baseless nonsense. 3. I have, in conjunction with the Botswana weekly paper "The Sunday Standard" uncovered, that Saxena had moved his boiler room "Platinum Asset Management" from South Africa to Botswana, after it was raided by the Financial Services Board, an institution similar to the SEC, in 2004. . Lastly, one can only hope, that the "Saxena Saga" and with him his international crooking comes to an end soon.

Dr Alexander von Paleske Head, Department of Oncology Princess Marina Hospital Gaborone/Botswana Ex-Barrister-at-Law, High Court Frankfurt (M)

Posted by Dr. Alexander von Paleske @ 2006-04-06 15:48


I'm sure Saxeena's rein of terror has ended here but I don't know what will happen in Thailand, maybe they'll hang him for all his ruthless crimes, what a low life he is. He has involved someone very close to me with his crimes. I'm worried what if Saxeena wants his money back, what will he do if this person hasn't got the money he owes. So sad there are people like him in the world that only think of themselves and don;t care who they hurt to get what they want.

Posted by M.S. Lang @ 2006-04-12 19:22


My dad was in real estate, and Saxena and his friend's little trick drove my dad's company under along with many more small business. And knowing that he'd been living here not 10 miles from me, it really pissed me off. There're thousands of thai people suffererd in the past decade, maybe more. Especially those of middle class family or lower, they try to save up to make something of themselves then ,BAM!! all their life saving gone. I'm afraid even after Canada finally send him back, with his money, he might still be able to get away with it afterall.

Posted by Khon Thai @ 2006-04-18 14:50


Rakesh Saxena is the lowest of the low and the Canadian Government should be ashamed of letting this man continue to operate his fraud while under house arrest , in fact the Government should be held responsible for all the losses as practically a co-conspirator.

Posted by Bradley Sandler @ 2006-04-28 06:52


Mr. Saxena and his buddies all belong in Jail, this man and his minions have harmed lot of people. Just look at his partners Raoul Berthaumie who stole million from investors in Europe and now is working on other frauds with his wife Sylvie Sainlez

Posted by James Riley @ 2006-06-02 00:00


Well Mr. Saxseena is finally where he belongs... back in our jail in Vancouver Canada until he is deported back to Thialand where I hope he is dealt death by hanging or life in the worst prison they have there. The sad thing is though, he destroyed the wealth of a friend of mine because of his fraud and lies. Mr. Saxseena will have to answer to a higher authority when the time comes, thank God.

Posted by M.S. Lang @ 2006-09-03 10:04


answer to James Riley , I lost just like everyone else because of Saxena . Tried to help you and now you spread these untruths . Concerning Sylvie Sainlez my EX wife she has never had anything to do with FRAUD............ so Riley get your facts straight and stop inventing because you were stupid enough to fall for Saxena even after I warned you.

Posted by Raoul Berthaumieu @ 2006-12-09 16:55


Well Mr. Lang,I was briefly in the North Fraser Pretrial centre where Mr.Saxena was. He has been released because:

1. Despite all the reports, the bank was duplicitous in their own demise because of their corruption.

2. Thailand had a coup and Canada cannot extradite anyone to a country that has no constitutional protection.

3. The statute of limitation had passed, and the Canadian authorities still kept him in the pre-trial centre for another year.

4. Why do the taxpayers of Canada have to do all the dirty work for other countries? If Thailand wanted him so bad, why didn't they pay for it?

5. Canada has no extradition treaty with Thailand. The only treaty in existence was written in 1903 by the British government when Thailand was known as Siam. The British resigned their treaty in 1946, we never bothered.

I could go on and on about the stupidity of the system that allowed these absolutely pointless proceedings to drag on for years because our stupid country deems that it is important that we live up to treaty obligations that we don't have. (this case cost us millions with absolutely no hope in hell of winning).

Yes, Mr.Saxena is a scammer, certainly not your ordinary type, that's for sure. But the fact is that once you have millions of other people's money, it is extremely difficult if not impossible to get convicted.

I know most of you people out there think that once you have been arrested that it is all over but the sentencing, it is, for a lot of the petty criminals out there who choose to steal cars or peddle drugs at the retail level. If one manages to pull off major cons like Rakesh, the rules totally change - he has excellent representation and can afford this representation.

Just in the future, if you think that he is involved or any of his cronies are involved you can either:

1 Leave the table.

2 Sell your shares before he does - you know he is going to engineer some sort of confidence game, you will make money, just don't be too stupid and greedy.

Posted by George Raymond @ 2006-12-14 12:28


Yes George I know the scumbag is here in Canada and re-tied to my family. Rakesh owes money to some-one close to me and I really wonder if they will ever see it. As for his Lawyer, he fired him and I don't know who he has representing him now. I really worry what Rakesh can do to my family if he wanted to? I have told them he doesn't care that he owes money because he's a thief in another country so why would he change in Canada? I agree with you that Canada has spent millions on this case for nothing. I'm sure Saxseena thinks he has won by staying here but just wait until he does something illegal again, he will spend more time in jail where he belongs.

Posted by M.S. Lang @ 2007-01-09 10:58


Rakesh does two things right.

A) He has yet to be convicted of anything. You can have the all the charges in the world against you and as long as your are never convicted... in a civilized nation, you are treated as innocent.

B) He carefully skirts the relationship between the law and illicit behavior. As you may have heard him quoted, it is a thin red line, but a line none the less.

Having known him for some time I will add this: if you are stupid enough to have done business with one of the most notorious men in the world, then please, explain to me why you have the right to complain. It is called due diligence, something this nation seems to have forgotten about.

In any capacity, I continue to wish R.S. all the best. To put some perspective on your issues presented M.S. Lang... he staged a coup in a third world nation and then was released because of a coup... in Thailand (Am I the only one who sees the connection). I consider myself his friend, but I would not come between the man and his money.

Cheers amigo.

Posted by John Doe @ 2007-02-16 02:46


Mr. Saxseena will pay for all his corruption one day and it will happen when he least expects it. I agree with the comments that he is a master con and he would hurt anyone who got between him and (his? )money. Like the saying goes, What goes around, comes around. I guess the people that do busness with him have alot in common with him. He is still in Canada under house arrest and still doing busness but I'm sure sopmeone will get hurt and lose everything and I doubt it'll be Saxseena.

Posted by M S Lang @ 2007-02-28 19:13


M.S. Lang

I assure you the best course of action would be to forget Mr. Saxena's existence. I can assure you that you will not get either your friend/relatives money or satisfaction, and in court, the only one who wins is he who has the money, and apparently he has yours at the moment.

Leave it be.

Posted by John Doe @ 2007-03-11 00:18


I noted with regret, that Rakesh Saxena has been released from prison. Is is unbelievable, that it took ten years until finally the extradition request had expired and he had to be requested on different charges (State security).

The extradition is one thing, the other thing is the prosecution for his alleged megafraud, that stretched as far as South Africa and Botswana, while in Canada under house arrest. Obviously nothing was done in view of the expected extradition to Thailand. This is really unforgivable. Brent Mudry, formerly with Stockwatch, now with RCMP/Vancouver should have been more forthcoming.

Every petty criminal would have been convicted by now. Is the slogan "crime does not pay" with alleged criminals like Saxena now turned to the opposite? This, at least, would have brought him back to prison, if convicted and stopped him from further criminal activity.

However Canada is in good company with Austria, that has by now not tried or requested the extradition of the alleged (and formerly convicted) criminals Raoul Berthamieu (Raoul Berthaumieu) alias Lee Sanders, Regis Possino, Amador Pastrana, Adnan Khashoggi, and Sherman Mazur in connection with the alleged Megafraud at the WMP-Bank/General Commerce Bank in Vienna in 2000/2001.

Dr. Alexander von Paleske Head, Department of Oncology princess Marina Hospital Gaborone/Botswana Ex-Barrister-at-Law, High Court Frankfurt (M)

Posted by Dr. Alexander von Paleske @ 2007-04-01 06:10


Rakesh Saxena certainly cost Canada and many Canadians much money. However, do be aware that our fellow Canadians were very helpful to Mr. Saxena while he was fleecing, brokerage houses and Canadian investors. For five years one, Allison Eaton was his right hand. She was President of his shell corporations and she traveled all over the world conducting the policies that Rakesh directed. Allison Eaton’s travels include Sierra Leone to help with Rakesh’s blood diamond fraud.

So much anger can be directed at Rakesh, but also look at our fellow citizen’s who for a dollar were willing to do whatever Rakesh was paying them to do.

Posted by Roger Doger @ 2007-04-02 17:48


Here is one of Rakesh's press releases on his Sierra Leone trading.

Global Exploration's B2B Website to offer African Diamonds

New York, NY., June 21--Global Exploration, Corporation--(GXC.V) Diamonds are forever, and African diamonds will be forever unequaled in their beauty and value. This is why Global Exploration Corporation, in Vancouver B C is moving to the Internet E-Commerce arena.

Global Exploration Corporation is a public company that trades under the symbol GXC on the VSE. A Form 20 is in process, which will allow for a NASDAQ listing, as GBEXF on the L market. Global Exploration Corporation has recently entered into a Joint Venture Partnership with the HAGA Group to purchase raw gemstone quality diamonds. The HAGA Group has developed diamond mining properties in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Under the terms of the agreement Global Exploration Corporation will purchase 1000 carats of uncut high quality diamonds and purchase 49% interest in two diamond concessions in the DRC. Global Exploration Corporation also has interests in diamond concessions in Angola and recently announced a 2yr 2 million dollar revolving credit facility which will enable it to develop it's concessions.

The diamonds will be delivered to a Los Angeles company specializing in diamond cutting and polishing. The finished stones will then be offered exclusively on the as yet to be named website for sale to retailers around the world. To the best of the company's knowledge, the forthcoming website will be the first commercial website to offer diamonds direct from Africa to retailers via the Internet.

According to company officials, many jewelry stores around the world do not have direct access to quality African diamonds. "By the time they (dealers) have the opportunity to buy good quality stones, a number of middlemen have marked up the prices to unreasonable levels, typically 300% to 450%, in many cases effectively pricing them out of the market," sites Allison Eaton, Global Exploration Corporation's C.E.O. "This is our effort at disintermediation in this market.," Ms. Eaton adds," We intend to sell direct to the smaller to intermediate jewelry stores worldwide doing away with the middleman mark up."

The Global Exploration E-commerce website will cater to these businesses, via a well organized Internet site and offer top quality African diamonds to retailers and wholesalers worldwide. The B2B website will provide photos, specifications, industry recognized professional evaluations and appraisals. In addition, the site will offer multiple payment and shipping options along with a quality guarantee/return policy.

The company is in talks with a St. Petersburg, Florida based company that designs and maintains sophisticated E-commerce websites. A name for the website and building costs have yet to be worked out. More information on Global Resources Corporation can be found at: http://www.africaresources.com

This press release contains forward-looking statements relating to future operating information and their impact on future results. Actual results could differ materially from those projected in forward-looking statements as a result of risk factors such as market conditions, technology shifts, potential difficulties in other countries, competition, price sensitivity and market acceptance.

Allison Eaton President and Director

GLOBAL EXPLORATIONS CORPORATION ("Global") Suite 406 - 1040 Hamilton Street Vancouver, B.C.V6B 2R9 Phone No.: 1-604-689-5598

Posted by Jon Smith @ 2007-04-02 18:15


Here is one of Rakesh's press releases on his Sierra Leone trading.

Global Exploration's B2B Website to offer African Diamonds

New York, NY., June 21--Global Exploration, Corporation--(GXC.V) Diamonds are forever, and African diamonds will be forever unequaled in their beauty and value. This is why Global Exploration Corporation, in Vancouver B C is moving to the Internet E-Commerce arena.

Global Exploration Corporation is a public company that trades under the symbol GXC on the VSE. A Form 20 is in process, which will allow for a NASDAQ listing, as GBEXF on the L market. Global Exploration Corporation has recently entered into a Joint Venture Partnership with the HAGA Group to purchase raw gemstone quality diamonds. The HAGA Group has developed diamond mining properties in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Under the terms of the agreement Global Exploration Corporation will purchase 1000 carats of uncut high quality diamonds and purchase 49% interest in two diamond concessions in the DRC. Global Exploration Corporation also has interests in diamond concessions in Angola and recently announced a 2yr 2 million dollar revolving credit facility which will enable it to develop it's concessions.

The diamonds will be delivered to a Los Angeles company specializing in diamond cutting and polishing. The finished stones will then be offered exclusively on the as yet to be named website for sale to retailers around the world. To the best of the company's knowledge, the forthcoming website will be the first commercial website to offer diamonds direct from Africa to retailers via the Internet.

According to company officials, many jewelry stores around the world do not have direct access to quality African diamonds. "By the time they (dealers) have the opportunity to buy good quality stones, a number of middlemen have marked up the prices to unreasonable levels, typically 300% to 450%, in many cases effectively pricing them out of the market," sites Allison Eaton, Global Exploration Corporation's C.E.O. "This is our effort at disintermediation in this market.," Ms. Eaton adds," We intend to sell direct to the smaller to intermediate jewelry stores worldwide doing away with the middleman mark up."

The Global Exploration E-commerce website will cater to these businesses, via a well organized Internet site and offer top quality African diamonds to retailers and wholesalers worldwide. The B2B website will provide photos, specifications, industry recognized professional evaluations and appraisals. In addition, the site will offer multiple payment and shipping options along with a quality guarantee/return policy.

The company is in talks with a St. Petersburg, Florida based company that designs and maintains sophisticated E-commerce websites. A name for the website and building costs have yet to be worked out. More information on Global Resources Corporation can be found at: http://www.africaresources.com

This press release contains forward-looking statements relating to future operating information and their impact on future results. Actual results could differ materially from those projected in forward-looking statements as a result of risk factors such as market conditions, technology shifts, potential difficulties in other countries, competition, price sensitivity and market acceptance.

Allison Eaton President and Director

GLOBAL EXPLORATIONS CORPORATION ("Global") Suite 406 - 1040 Hamilton Street Vancouver, B.C.V6B 2R9 Phone No.: 1-604-689-5598

Posted by Jon Smith @ 2007-04-02 18:18


Here are a few more public corporations that Rakesh ran with fellow Canadian's as front persons. Asean Holdings; Quadrant Financial. Looks like Allsion Eaton and Fred Hess were officers and directors of these corporations.

Posted by Jon Smith @ 2007-04-02 18:21


Dear Dr. Alexander von Paleske, Its very sad to see that an educated man like yourself has decided to waste his time spreading untruths, Saxena and Khashoggi never ever owned one share of the General Commerce Bank something that you can check very easily with the curator of the bank and I was never convicted in Arkansas something you can also check with the State's registrar. So................. check before you write it would make your comments more credible.

Posted by Raoul Berthaumieu @ 2007-04-09 17:27


For the record, here is the background of this Berthamieu, convicted fraudster,who was also deeply involved in the megafraud at the General Commerce Bank/WMP Bank in Canada.

Dr. Alexander von Paleske

The second key player behind Raoul Berthaumieu of Belgium, the front man in the $1-billion collapse of General Commerce Bank SA in Austria last year, was Sherman Mazur. Mr Mazur is a convicted big-league California real estate fraudster who graduated to the penny stock world after his release from jail. (All figures are in U.S. . On Dec. 1, 1993, U.S. District Court Judge Ronald Lew sentenced Mr. Mazur to six years in prison and a $250,000 fine. (This was on top of the $500,000 restitution the fraudster agreed to in his plea negotiations.) Prosecutors called the Mazur saga one of the largest cases of tax fraud at the time. Mr. Mazur "should be punished for the greed he has shown," Assistant U.S. Attorney Maureen Tighe, the lead prosecutor, told Judge Lew. While lesser men might be crushed by such a term and the odd one or two might find redemption and rehabilitation behind bars, not Mr. Mazur. For this incorrigible entrepreneur, prison was evidently just another business opportunity and a great place to network. "Sherman (Mazur) met Raoul (Berthaumieu) in jail Mr. Berthaumieu, who used the alias Lee Sanders then and now, had the misfortune of being convicted in 1991, when he pleaded guilty to felony bank fraud for writing $1.6-million in rubber cheques. The Belgian-born Canadian national, then 46 and living in the Los Angeles suburb of Woodland Hills, was arrested on a sealed grand jury indictment in June, 1990, in Melbourne, Australia, a credential few other bank chairmen can boast of. The jailhouse legend is even richer. Mr. Mazur and Mr. Berthaumieu spent several years together in California, they also met a chap in jail who later became General Commerce Bank's representative in London. . Mr. Mazur, Mr. Berthaumieu and their London associate were not the only General Commerce Bank key players to learn a thing or two in jail. Mr. Possino was convicted in 1978 in an entertaining drug sting, sentenced to one year in jail, and disbarred in 1984. The budding young lawyer had offered to sell half a ton of pot and $5-million worth of stolen bonds to undercover agents.

(c) Copyright 2002 Canjex Publishing Ltd. http://www.canada-stockwatch.com

Posted by Dr. Alexander von Paleske @ 2007-04-11 12:16


Sorry,the megafraud was-of course- at the WMP-Bank/General Commerce Bank in Vienna/Austria, not Canada

Posted by Dr. Alexander von Paleske @ 2007-04-11 12:19


Dear Dr, Here you go again, the mega fraud as you call it never happened the bank was not a deposit taking bank therefore had no public clients. The fraud was committed by the previous owners who went to jail for self dealing with other Austrian banks. Get you facts straight .

Posted by Raoul Berthaumieu @ 2007-04-11 13:46


Mr. Saxeena is living in Richmond B.C. and still buying properties with other investers. I feel these other people will get the royal shaft when Saxseena's time is right, he will walk away with everyones money as he always has. Did anyone see the story on him in the Province newspaper awhile ago, it was headed THE 10 MOST WANTED AND STILL FREE IN CANADA. He was just one of many stories written about how he has stayed under the raidar for so long. I feel sad for the small business people who lost their life savings because of this man. I worry what will he do to the people I care about.

Posted by I. M. ANONYMOUS @ 2007-05-04 00:03


shame on you all.. Innocent until proven guilty.. since he hasn't been convicted yet, or proven guilty yet.. let the innocent man live in peace..

Posted by unknown @ 2007-05-10 19:55


believe me.... this man is guilty as sin of so much there isn't room on this page to print so shame on you for not reading up on the man and getting your facts straight. The reason he hasn't been convicted yet is because he is ruthless and he knows how to make deals with anyone who will keep him out of prison or at the end of a firing squad

Posted by I. M. ANONYMOUS @ 2007-05-15 23:11


hello mr Raoul Berthaumieu. i saw that you were married with sylvie sainlez. so we have something together. i was also married with her. if you want or have some informations about sylvie i have some...best regards w.h.

Posted by a man from austria @ 2007-05-24 17:54


Raoul Berthaumieu just went back to university !

Posted by Shit happens @ 2007-06-09 17:19


What do you know about Raoul Berthaumieu being back in University?

Posted by Girl from USA @ 2007-06-14 00:15


Raoul Berthaumieu is an old friend of mine along with Regis and Sherman. All class acts. Get the facts before assuming and writing these untruths! Raoul, here is my new email address, contact me.

Posted by Lance Badgwell @ 2007-06-30 14:55


I see Saxseena still has friends in high places. He has no $$$$ of mine personally but he has his hands in the pockets of my relatives. I guess they will learn after they're broke from this fraud.I don't understand why Canada allowes this creep to stay here.

Posted by I. M. ANONYMOUS @ 2007-08-11 12:52


Well Mister Lance Badgwell, as far as I know there's no Internet access where Raoul is now staying. Though you could pay him a visit, don't forget to make an application forthe visitor's list first!

Posted by Goofy @ 2007-08-29 09:02


Hi Lee: (Raoul) I haven't seen you since 1982 or 1983 but I do think about you from time to time. Rather than giving out inflammatory information because I always liked you, I'll just say, Remember Dan Moody (Laura you called him)? Unfortunately he passed away from AIDS a few years ago. When I left the employment wherein you knew me, I used my education and did much better for myself. I'm now retired. Jim

Posted by Jim Finney @ 2007-10-15 23:32


Does anyone know the names of the companies in Britian that Rakesh has his money in? I now know he buys properties and things but puts them in someone elses name. All the millions he has is tied up in companies where he has to bring alittle at a time over to Canada and then deposit it in his business partners bank account.I guess that's why he has business associates. He can't very well get money from another country and deposit in his own account when it's stolen money.

Posted by anonymous @ 2008-04-16 19:42


boiler rooms still thrive in the Philippines. i myself met some people working in boiler rooms, people who i think is still linked with amador pastrana-the so called king of boiler rooms. is there any way to stop this or is it just to complicated for our laws to handle? more and more people are victimized by these scams-people who are working hard everyday just to save some money for their retirement, and then what people like amador pastrana can just literally take it all from them. maybe you guys can do something about it. you're in the stocks business. why cant u do something to protect your investors from these thieves? does that mean people like amador pastrana is more efficient than u guys?

Posted by john vincent archangel @ 2008-04-18 06:02


As an addition to Raoul Berthaumieu alias Lee Sanders. This man was arrested in 2004 allegedly in connection with the banking of money for a dutch airline called Air Holland, that went bankrupt the same year. The airline was allegedly surviving before on a cocaine drip, i.e. financed by cocaine money. Berthaumieu was arrested together with former employees of the Investment Bank Luxembourg, IBL, later renamed Sella Bank. The bank is a subsiduary of Banca Sella in Italy. Some of of the cocaine money allegedly went into IBL bank accounts.

Posted by Dr. Alexander von Paleske @ 2008-07-13 06:37


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