TERROR CHECK

ELASHI BROTHERS TERRORIST FUNDING

In April 2005 three Palestinian born brothers and US residents were found guilty of supporting terrorism after they allegedly tried to conceal a $250,000 investment in their computer firm by a Hamas official, Mousa Abu Marzook. Marzook who is married to the Elashi brothers cousin Nadia was declared a terrorist by the US Government in 1995 and deported. Ghassan and Bayan Elashi were convicted on 21 counts while their brother, Basman was convicted on three counts.. In 2004 these three brothers were convicted together with two more of their brothers Ihsan and Hazim, the five were accused of making illegal technology shipments to Libya and Syria. In January 2006 Ihsan was sentenced to 72 months imprisonment to run concurrently with the 48-month sentence he was already serving and Hazim was sentenced to 66 months imprisonment, with instruction that he is be deported upon completion of his jail term. To read about this high profile case check out UID 40804 Ghassan Elashi who World-Check profiled in October 2001 a full four years before he was convicted by US authorities. Also don’t forget to make use of our new technology the Graphic Display to see who’s who in this complex ring of companies, associates and family members. Try it out on UID 7240 Mousa Mohammed Abu Mazook.

USS COLE MASTERMIND ACCUSED OF TERROR FUNDING

Muhammad Al-Hamati (UID 38920) also know as Mohammad Hamdi Sadiq Al-Ahdal, was born in Saudi Arabia in 1971. Following the amputation of a leg the former field operations terrorist, was reportedly shifted to administrative duties where he was involved in the financing of terror operations in Yemen, including the USS Cole bombing in 1999 and the 2002 bombing of a French oil tanker off the Yemeni coast. Sources put Al-Ahdal as the number two Al-Qaida terrorist in Yemen. In 1999 he was arrested in Saudi Arabia and jailed for fourteen months for involvement with Osama Bin Laden and after serving his time was deported to Yemen. He was then charged and held in Aden political security prison, Reports suggest that Al-Ahdal will soon appear in a special court in Yemen to face charges of terrorist funding. World-Check keeps updating profiles as the stories unfold.

Mas Selamat Bin Kastari (UID 137994) is reported to be the head of Jemaah Islamiah (JI) terrorist cell in Singapore who fled the country in December 2001. The 45 year old Singaporean is suspected as the instigator of a plan to bomb Changi International Airport in 2002. He is also thought to have information of several bombings which have taken place in Indonesia. This alleged associate of Hambali, (UID 66840) was jailed in 2003 for 18 months for immigration offences and according to reports was again in East Java in 2005 once more for immigration offences. In January 2006 he was arrested in Java whilst travelling on a false Indonesian passport and has since been deported to Singapore. Check out Hambali's profile (in World-Check since 2002) to find out how all these associates are linked.

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CONVICTED CENDANT VICE CHAIRMAN TO APPEAL

The fifty-year-old former vice chairman of the Cendant Corporation and CUC International Inc., E Kirk Shelton was successfully convicted for massive accounting fraud one year ago. He was found guilty on 12 counts of conspiracy, mail fraud, wire fraud, securities fraud and making false statements to the US Securities and Exchange Commission. Shelton was first profiled on World-Check in January 2001, a month later the SEC charged him and his fellow executive Walter A Forbes,(UID 16390) in a civil action with directing and profiting from a massive financial fraud. In August 2005 Shelton was sentenced to ten years in federal prison and ordered to pay restitution of over 3 billion dollars. Forbes however has so far had two mistrials whereby the jurors had failed to reach a unanimous verdict and as at February 2006 it is not yet known whether the government will attempt to prosecute Forbes again. Shelton now faces a lengthy term behind bars if his appeal against his conviction is unsuccessful; he will then start serving his sentence in September this year. He has reportedly requested that he be jailed in a federal facility in his home state of Pennsylvania. Did you know that the US Securities and Exchange Commission is just one of the many regulatory and enforcement bodies that World-Check monitors, to find out if Shelton’s appeal is successful why not make use of our unique News Check facility or check back on his profile UID 16389.

PEP ALERT...FINANCE MINISTER RESIGNS OVER GRAFT ALLEGATIONS

David Mwiraria (UID 138104) the African Development Bank Governor in 2003 and until recently Kenya's Minister of Finance was profiled on World-Check in January 2002. In February this year he was forced to resign from his cabinet post because of allegations of fraud and corruption involving the SH7 billion Anglo Finance tender scandal. He together with Vice President Moody Awori (UID 36635)and Kiraitu Murungi (UID 41914) the Energy Minister both on World-Check since 2001 were summoned before the Kenyan Parliamentary Accounts Committee in early February 2006 but they all failed to to divulge any information. Have any of these PEP's done business with your organisation? If you had been a client of World-Check back in 2002 you would have been alerted to these high-risk individuals

LIKUD MP's ORGANISED CRIME CONNECTIONS

Inbal Gavrieli is a member of the Likud party in Parliament in Tel Aviv, World-Check profiled her in March 2003. In February this year her father and uncle and other family members were arrested alongside organized crime figures, on charges of running an online gambling operation, money laundering and tax evasion. Some of her family member have already been found guilty and sentenced. Find out who this PEP is linked to by trying out our new Graphic Display feature which produces a visual display of a profile’s network and enables you with just a click of the mouse to open an associated profile.

DICTATOR'S SON TAKES UP SECURITY POST

Taban Amin (UID 178873) now in his early fifties is the eldest son of the late Ugandan dictator Idi Amin. Taban returned to his native Uganda three years ago having been in exile in the Sudan and DR Congo for over 25 years. The former rebel leader is said to have at one stage occupied the Ugandan embassy in Kinshasa, DRC. In February the current President of Uganda General Musevani (UID 2253) who it is alleged is a close associate of Taban, formalised his appointment as the Deputy Director General of the Internal Security Office in charge of West Nile and Congo. It is reported that Taban has been engaged in speaking to the Allied Democratic Force (ADF) rebels to facilitate their surrender. World-Check profiled Taban in 2003 upon his return from exile.

BRIBERY ALLEGATIONS FOR FORMER MINISTER

In Europe former Italian minister of health Dr Gerolamo Sirchia (UID 164850)is facing more allegations, this time the Milan Public Prosecutors are investigating him for bribery, corruption and embezzlement. He stands accused of embezzling 300,000 Swiss francs when he was treasurer of the Fondazione Il Sangue. A year ago he came under the spotlight when he was investigated for accepting bribes from a US medical machinery company in 1998 and 1999. In April 2005 he lost his position in a cabinet reshuffle and a month later further incriminating claims surfaced regarding deals brokered on behalf of Sirchia. The doctor denies all allegations, and was profiled on World-Check in June 2003 two years before authorities instituted investigations.

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