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In re Sanctuary Belize Litigation

  1. January 15, 2020

    FTC Settles With Sales Worker In Belize Scam For $86M

    A Maryland federal judge has approved an $86 million judgment against a sales and marketing employee in a Federal Trade Commission case alleging a massive real estate investment scam in a Manhattan-sized development in the country of Belize.

  2. September 24, 2019

    Defunct Belize Bank To Pay $23M To Exit FTC Fraud Case

    Atlantic International Bank Ltd. will pay $23 million — the entirety of its U.S.-based assets — to settle Federal Trade Commission claims that the shuttered Belizean institution helped facilitate a $100 million Belize-based real estate fraud.

  3. September 12, 2019

    FTC Says Scammer In Belize Fraud Can't Tap Relief Fund

    An alleged mastermind of a Belize real estate scam can't fund his defense or travel expenses from money set aside for victims, the Federal Trade Commission told a Maryland federal court, saying he gets $3,000 a month from a frozen account and isn't looking for a job.

  4. September 09, 2019

    Public Face In FTC's Belize Fraud Case Can't Escape Suit

    A Maryland federal judge has denied a bid by the alleged public face of a Belize real estate enterprise to exit a Federal Trade Commission sales fraud suit, saying the agency has sufficiently shown he's breaking the law now and may plan to do so in the future.

  5. September 03, 2019

    Key Player In Belize Fraud Case Must Offer Docs, FTC Says

    The Federal Trade Commission has asked a Maryland federal court to compel a key marketing strategist to produce documents in a Belize property sales fraud case, alleging that he has refused through his counsel to participate in most discovery.

  6. August 16, 2019

    Atty Can't Tap Into Receiver Assets In Belize Fraud Case

    A Maryland federal judge has denied a defendant's bid to release restrained funds so he can pay his lawyer about $189,000 in fees and costs in a Belize property sales case, which the Federal Trade Commission calls the largest overseas real estate investment scam it has ever targeted.

  7. August 02, 2019

    FTC Wins Asset Freeze In Sprawling Belize RE Fraud Case

    A Maryland federal judge on Friday backed the Federal Trade Commission's bid for a preliminary injunction against the defendants in a Belize property sales case that the agency calls the largest overseas real estate investment scam it's targeted, ruling their allegedly fraudulent behavior would likely continue without it.

  8. June 24, 2019

    FTC Wins Bids To Shut Down Jury Trial In Belize Fraud Case

    A Maryland federal judge has granted the Federal Trade Commission's bids to deny an executive's and a marketing employee's separate requests for a jury trial in a Belize property sales case that the agency calls the largest overseas real estate investment scam it's targeted.

  9. June 06, 2019

    FTC Fights Bid For Jury Trial In Belize Property 'Scam' Suit

    The Federal Trade Commission has urged a Maryland federal court to deny a sales and marketing employee's request for a jury trial in a case the agency calls the largest overseas real estate investment "scam" it's targeted, saying defendants under the Federal Trade Commission Act don't have the right to a jury trial.

  10. May 01, 2019

    Sales Employee In Belize Real Estate 'Scam' Can't Exit Suit

    A sales and marketing employee lost his bid to escape a Federal Trade Commission case involving what the agency calls "the largest overseas real estate investment scam" it has ever targeted when a Maryland federal judge denied his argument that the FTC's claims against him lack any factual support.

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