Tourism
Financial offshore tourism in Panama
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Why the smart money stays away from Panama's crime-ridden financial sector.
Scams & Frauds
New Gilbert Straub company in wake of COACECSS scandal
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COACECSS hasn't even been dismantled yet, but Gilbert Starub & Co are already on it with a new company, Sentinel Capital Services, selling yet more shadowy offshore certificates of deposit.
Corruption
COACECSS liquidation result of dirty campaign, directors say
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The liquidation of COACECSS is not the result of their shoddy management and ties with financial criminals, but of a vicious yet unspecified campaign, the directors claim.
Corruption
Toxic smoke in Panama banking district
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The gringos are coming to put out the fire on Cerro Patacon, but toxic smoke still hovers over the COACECSS toxic assets in the banking district. - UPDATED
Scams & Frauds
Panama is open for business: Now with insider trading and stock manipulation!
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The shenanigans of our beloved president Ricardo Martinelli, in his indefatigable drive to promote Panama as a business heaven for financial shysters, have produced accomplishments not seen since Noriega.
Scams & Frauds
Straub, Friesner and COACECSS
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MasterCard has pulled the plug on Pronto Cash, and at the same time it turns out that Monte Friesner and offshore crook Gilbert Straub are circling COACECSS, a credit union that is in trouble.
Scams & Frauds
Authorities go after Pronto Cash
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In case you missed it: The Panamanian authorities have launched an assault on Pronto Cash, the financial firm of Monte Friesner, his wife Tatiana Nazarova and lawyer Herbert Young.