Word: cayman
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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...investigators, the four built a tax-shelter empire selling interests not only in American coal but also in distribution rights to European films and a Namibian diamond mine. They funneled investment money through a string of paper corporations with headquarters in the U.S., and such offshore havens as the Cayman Islands and Curaçao. Although the current charges concern only the coal caper, which involved write-offs totaling $150 million, sources close to the case estimate that when all the allegedly bogus tax deductions peddled by the defendants are uncovered and toted up, the U.S. may be short between...
...about him discovered that he did indeed have a connection, if only because Meltzer immediately phoned them back. Several told the New York Times that the knowledge increased their confidence in Meltzer, but some did get suspicious. Meltzer kept summoning them to distant locations-New York City, London, the Cayman Islands-to pick up their money, but produced excuses for not handing it over and for not letting borrowers meet the sheik...