04 April 2015

Mauritius shuts bank: PM says evidence of Ponzi scheme

Mauritius’s future as an offshore financial centre is under threat after the island state’s Prime Minister Anerood Jugnauth announced its central bank has uncovered evidence of a Ponzi scheme. It has revoked the licence of listed Bramer Bank Corporation as a set towards addressing what Mr Jugnauth described as an “unprecedented financial scandal.” The closure of the bank follows last week’s suspension of a third Mauritius-based entity of alleged Ponzi scheme operator Belvedere, which is controlled by South African Cobus Kellermann and his Irish national partner David Cosgrove.

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