The Netherlands has urged Australia to extradite a man wanted by Interpol over the death of a Dutch tourist two years ago. The West Australian is reporting that Dutch honorary consul for Honduras Floris Kluck said yesterday the Central American country had been trying to get Daniel Ian Ross, 31, returned since the Sydney-born man […]
A former Colbert couple now living in Honduras were arraigned in federal court today after the husband and wife were arrested in Florida on warrants for failing to pay income taxes in Washington. Kristin W. Haynes and Scott D. Haynes, 56, both pleaded not guilty. Each faces five misdemeanor counts of failing to pay taxes, […]
Christopher Pearson, the former Mashantucket Pequot tribal official convicted of defrauding investors in a Honduran resort project that never materialized, was sentenced today to 21 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release. U.S. District Judge Robert N. Chatigny also ordered Pearson to pay restitution to his victims. According to evidence presented during […]
Excerpt: Documents related to the settlement of a lawsuit against Christopher Pearson, the former Mashantucket Pequot tribal official accused of defrauding investors in a Honduran real estate deal, have been sealed by the tribal court. Terms of the settlement are “NOT subject to public/media knowledge,” reads an entry made in the case file following a […]
A federal judge has refused a prosecutor’s motion to revoke bail for Christopher M. Pearson, a former Mashantucket Pequot tribe Vice President. Pearson was banished from the tribe last month after being convicted in federal court on eight counts of wire fraud involving investors in a resort on the Honduran island of Roatan. The U.S. […]