Restoration Project Fraud Ignorance

Restoration Project Fraud Ignorance
by, The Offshore Informant


January 28, 2008


Within the next 2 to 3-months, sometime between March and April 2008, the American CNBC network television show production series "American Greed" will air its upcoming report on those surrounding the now-defunct First International Bank of Grenada Ltd. bank and its splinter group that branched-off driving its fraudulent Restoration Project.


Born out-of the Financial Action Task Force ( FATF ) crackdown, spurred by the United States on domestic capital flight going offshore into independent offshore banks and international business companies, such network of crooks have now defrauded, what news reports indicate has been more than 6,000 individuals around the world out-of more than one quarter of a billion (USD) dollars ( $250,000,000.00 ) of victims' hard earned monies, savings, life insurance annuities, stocks, bonds, real estate, and other valuable property and services for over 10-years ( 1997 - 2008 ).


Surprisingly, without any government intervention - except for a few individuals - the fraud and money-laundering network continues operation today without any government intervention whatsoever.


The Restoration Project fraud 'current king pins', are:


- James Gregory Ziegler; and,
- Daniel T. Hashimoto.


Their unbelievable advantage over U.S. government federal law enforcement is that while U.S. federal agents and federal prosecutors budgets are too broke and/or too enept to do anything to bring these crooks to justice, these crooks continue to gain fraud and money-laundering momentum with support flowing in daily from friends operating within the category of what may be defined as a global financial crime or economic terrorist network.


On August 22, 2007 the U.S. government released its federal prison sentencing memorandum surrounding four (4) defendants [ Douglas Christie Ferguson, Larry Emmanuel Barnabe, Robery John Skirving, and Rita L. Regale ] whom pled guilty to various federal crimes during U.S. District Court case number CR 01-321-KI in Portland, Oregon.


Within the memorandum, the government briefly described what they could only fathom the "Restoration Project" [ RP ] was after a 5-year investigation.


The government did not even come close to describing the worldwide geographic scope of this fraud and money-laundering operating, and failed to answer these eight ( 8 ) questions:


1. How many 'foreign country citizens lose their hard earned money'?;


2. How many 'repeat victims were defrauded multiple times'?;


3. How many 'victims closest friends and family members became new victims'?;


4. How many 'more fraudsters were involved'?;


5. How many 'more fraudsters drove money fraud mule teams'?;


6. How many 'old and new victims continue being defrauded through 2008'?;


7. How much 'money was defrauded out-of all victims and vendors'?; and,


8. Who has been allowed to continue driving this fraud and money-laundering operation today?


The government memorandum describes the Restoration Project, but only names two (2) defendants, consisting of one ( 1 ) who died on December 10, 2005 and the other one ( 1 ) imprisoned, as follows:


"'The Restoration Project,' a scheme wherein they [ defendants Douglas Christie Ferguson, Larry Emmanuel Barnabe, Robery John Skirving, and Rita L. Regale ] promised FIBG [ First International Bank of Grenada Ltd. ] depositors they could recover their lost investments through a new project that was secret, but was certain to be successful. In order to recover their funds, FIBG investors had to contribute more money towards the "Restoration Project." Investors were also told that their FIBG loss claims would rise to the top of the repayment list if they provided additional funds or 'Staying Alive Money' [ SAM ] for Brink's [ Van Arthur Brink ( formerly known as ) Gilbert Allen Ziegler ] and Ferguson's [ Douglas Christie Ferguson ] living expenses. This entire scheme was premised on the same sort of failed asset acquisition and high-yield investment fraud which had led to the bank's collapse."


When Gilbert Allen Ziegler (aka) Van Arthur Brink ( deceased on 10DEC05, but while living in Uganda ), James Gregory Ziegler (aka) Zig Ziegler ( while living in Serbia and Montenegro and The Philippines ) began their so-called "Restoration Project" over the internet it was initiated through a Yahoo.Com message group, at:


 http://groups.yahoo.com/insidescoop


Whereupon, Gilbert Allen Ziegler (aka) Van Arthur Brink, Zig Ziegler, Daniel T. Hashimoto ( Kapaa, Kauai, Hawaii ), ( Robert J. Langley ( Modesto, California ), Dr. Thomas Earl Miller ( North Platte, Nebraska ), Allan Sanford ( Wurtsboro, New York ), Melissa Skirving ( Portland, Oregon ), plus a significantly much-much longer name list of others in these fraud, money-laundering, and money fraud mule teams furthered what came to be known as the Restoration Project ( RP ) and/or Instauration Project ( IP ) fraud directing those who already lost their monies - at least once before - not only as former First International Bank of Grenada Ltd. ( FIBG ) bank depositors and investors, but also victims of other multiple independent offshore Serbia and Montenegro bank fraud programs, Trust establishment fraud programs, plus yet other frauds enticed by word-of-mouth but mostly by internet broadcast e-mail promises claiming to be working on "projects" that would see having their monies lost returned but only those on the e-mail list(s) would see their lost monies returned, first to only those whom became 'members' of the RP group, which was then peppered with solicitions from Van Brink and Zig Ziegler thousands of subsequent enticing e-mails requesting victims to send more and more monies that would be returned up to 300 fold from their loss-recovery Project(s) where all victims additional lost monies amounted to in-excess of $6,000,000 million (USD) - beginning in 2002 - initially through the following address, at:


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AMERICAN RIVER TAX CONSULTANTS
8041 Greenback Lane
Citrus Heights, California 95610
USA
TEL: (916) 726-3252
E-MAIL:  amrvrtax@ips.net ( NOTE: has link to  http://www.copper.net an ISP )
E-MAIL:  getthemoney@yahoo.com
E-MAIL:  insidescoop@yahoo.com
WWW:  http://groups.yahoo.com/insidescoop


Services:


Bookkeeping / Business
General Bookkeeping Services
Tax Return Preparation
Individual Tax Returns


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Now, while Bob Langley (named further above) had been a close personal business partner with James Gregory Ziegler from about 1985 - during the midst of the FULL GOSPEL BUSINESS MENS FELLOWSHIP INTERNATIONAL ( FGBMFI ) business financial affinity schemes - that came to a screeching halt in late-2006, and there's another story there too.


The Restoration Project scheme saw victims with over 964 private e-mail addresses receiving these internet broadcast fraud e-mails, including:


- Phyllis Ann Miller ( Citrus Heights, California );
- James Robert Miller ( Citrus Heights, California );
- Lloyd Wilson and Karen Wilson ( Modesto, California ); and,
- Many-many more U.S. people as well as people around the world.


I found it very interesting that Phyllis Ann Miller lived and worked in Citrus Heights, California along with her husband for many-many years, and even though she and her husband made complaints to authorities about Brink, Ziegler, and others having defrauded them out-of over $80,000 (USD) she was part of the first FIBG victims to be placed on the Restoration Project private e-mail list.


Why would a so-called "victim" who lost over $80,000 (USD) want to be involved with fraudsters?


To hear Ziegler tell his side of the story about Miller, he indicated she lied to authorities, was an extremely vindictive person, and money-grubbing woman who would sell her soul to the devil if it meant getting any part of her money returned, however she was placed on the Restoration Project list in hopes of quieting her down and away from making any further complaints to authorities.


The Offshore Informant heard from Phyllis Miller via e-mail, and here are those e-mails:


Ref: N1N-qU6IUA8N5N
Subject: Re: First International Bank of Grenada
Date: 28 Jun 2006 20:05
From: "Offshore Informant"  offshoreinformant@gmail.com
To:  phyllismiller4@c.......net


Attachments:


- James Robert Miller re Pensco with FIBG.jpg (112Kb)


- Lloyd & Karen Wilson re Robert J Langley in Modesto CA.jpg (166Kb)


Hello Mrs. Miller,


Contacting the FBI is a great idea as I suggested to you earlier, however figuring out 'which field office knows more' about the 'second case' regarding the Restoration Project SAM funds is what I had hoped you would narrow down my search of since you lodged your complaint from a FBI field office in Northern California it would then only make sense 'they' would have more information than the Portland field office, which was my original purpose for having contacted you so I could determine this.


Having been in Who's-Who I can understand your concerns for any e-mail you receive from someone you did not first e-mail, however in this case we both know that is 'not' the case, and yet you express concerns to me over "trust" when it was you who e-mailed me many times over the course of the past 2-years hoping to get my ear for whatever you had to say so, to allay your "trust" fears, I've included information you may know about.


While you're in-touch with your local FBI agent be sure to have them e-mail me so I can discuss this further.


In addition to the two (2) attachments (here), you may wish to scroll-down further (below) to review more for your local agent, from which material I hold a plethora of.


Keep in-touch if you wish, and thank you for your e-mail.


Cordially,


OI

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Phyllis, I believe you were brought into the Restoration Project after showing proof of your previous relationship with FIBG LTD. bank (where your funds went) from the appearance of your e-mail (below) sent to Robert J. Langley on June 28, 2003.


X-USANET-From: 204.127.202.64 IN  phyllismiller4@attbi.com
sccrmhc13.attbi.com
From: "Phyllis Miller"  phyllismiller4@attbi.com
To: "rjlangley"  boblangley@usa.net
Subject: Re: The Procedure!
Date: Sat, 28 Jun 2003 14:50:16 -0700
X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158


PENSCO PENSION SERVICES INC. Custodian FBO
250 Montgomery Street - Third Floor
San Francisco, CA 94104-3430
Telephone: 415.274.5600


Account Type: SELF DIRECTED IRA


JAMES ROBERT MILLER (Rollover) Account #MI 140
7133 Woodmore Oaks Drive
Citrus Heights, California 95610
Telephone 916.726.2055


Account opened 11/12/1999


Initial Investment $80,400.00


The Term of the Certificate of Deposit was 5 years commencing November 29, 1999 and maturing on November 28, 2004. Interest on the Principal Balance bearing at the simple rate of six and twenty-nine-one-hundredths (6.29%) percent per month. Interest Earnings computed monthly.


02/04/2000 PENSCO RECEIVED $5059.65
02/15/2000 PENSCO RECEIVED $5059.65
03/20/2000 PENSCO RECEIVED $5059.65
04/06/2000 PENSCO RECEIVED $5059.65
06/13/2000 PENSCO RECEIVED $5059.65


-------- Original Message --------


From: "Phyllis Miller"  phyllismiller4@c.......net
To: "Offshore informant"  offshoreinformant@gmail.com
Subject: Re: First International Bank of Grenada
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2006 09:02:43 -0700

>
> Thank you for your email. Because I have been taken advantage of in a
> terrible way, I must tell you that I now have "NO" trust system within me
> for anyone, so before you and I continue in any communication form, I shall
> contact my source at the FBI and then follow their leading with how I should
> proceed.
>
>
> If in fact your email is true then please know that I am truly grateful for
> your interest in Jim and I. But, until I can know this for sure you must
> please be patient with me.
>
>
> I believe I stated that I have in my possession a paper in which James
> Ziegler wrote in his own handwriting urging me to put yet another $60,000.00
> on a credit card, which I did not do. I do have the copy of the CD that you
> sent. I have copies of all email sent to me by the James and Bob.
>
>
> At any rate...thank you and I shall contact you later via email before
> setting up a phone call, if a phone call is what the FBI will agree to.
> Phyllis Miller
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----


Ref: N1N-S_9SU5u-8w
Subject: Re: FIBG LTD bank CD
Date: 28 Jun 2006 12:25
From: "Offshore Informant"  offshoreinformant@gmail.com
To: "Phyllis Miller"  phyllismiller4@c.......net


Attachments:


- Miller FIBG CD Pg 1.jpg (213Kb)


- Miller FIBG CD Pg 2.jpg (145Kb)


Mrs. Miller,


You'll probably recognize the document copies as the Certificates of Deposit ( CDs ) received from FIBG LTD. bank. See, e.g. Attachments (2).


Although I have much clearer copies, I shrank these down to send them from this small capacity e-mail account.


Just wanted to let you know I'm aware of that and the SAM contribution made for you too, is all, which you already knew about but that was only, what $100, sent on your behalf?


Best,


OI

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No wonder why the FBI cut her off ( see quote from her below ), possibly embarrassing for CNBC to air her after they already taped her already for American Greed, especially when her "friend" was a long-long time partner James Gregory Ziegler who started HARBOR BANK in Grenada, a bank Ziegler never licensed in Grenada but kept on the books of FIBG that was inside Zig's office at suite number 5 upstairs in a small strip mall in Grand Anse, Grenada. This 'is' the location where all the 'truly confidential business and money transaction files of FIBG, FIB, IDIC, and their network of IBCs were kept', which I do not believe that either PriceWaterhouseCoopers or the FBI ever got ahold of, unlike the other files they 'did'.


Phyllis Ann Miller, Sacramento Bee Newspaper, QUOTE:


"The couple . . . turned for advice to a friend they had known for 12-years. They trusted him when he said he and another friend had started HARBOR BANK, a subsidiary of the First International Bank of Grenada."


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NOTE: Miller may be drinking alcohol beverages, or doing something else, when she sends e-mails (see below ):


-------- Original Message --------


From: "Offshore Informant"  offshoreinformant@gmail.com
To:  phyllismiller4@c.......net
Subject: FIBG Money Loss Solutions
Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2005 22:56:16 +0100


Dear Mrs. Miller,


Thank you for your e-mail enquiries and attachments.


Your attached page two (2) 'reverse side' of the FIBG LTD. bank CD appears to have a 'protection clause' that in the event the government steps in, which it did, the holder of the CD agrees to hold harmless the bank. That may appear at-first-glance to provide you with perhaps no civil redress unless something else can be proven by a competent attorney in the proper jurisdiction offering some other proof in your case, in whatever approach necessary to accomplish your goals, however I am not a lawyer and in no position to advise you as to what may or may not be and only provide my opinions to you here.


Your e-mails make specific reference 'twice' for your wish to know more about the status of Mr. Zeigler, which I believe the U.S. Department of Justice Federal Bureau of Investigation is handling. I cannot reveal specifics about this matter to you, because I do not have access to 'their' files (only my own) so, how might I be able to assist you in any way beyond the government?


I am not in the business of providing free information details from my private research files nor can I think of a soul in the world who does, except perhaps that of Amnesty International who on occasion does if there is a true need where human life is involved, which I do not see in this particular case.


In America, U.S. citizens call on their government to assist them, however in many cases the government is limited through legislation as to just what all it can assist 'victims' with, but there are special 'victim relief' funds available in almost every major city in America, which can sometimes be accessed through local police agencies. Have you tried any of them to see if they will help you?


It is my understanding - I may be wrong - that perhaps you saw filed a complaint with the FBI regarding either the bank or some individual(s), so I would certainly hope that the good agents of the U.S. government pointed you to a good 'victim relief' organization nearest you in order to assist you. "If not, why not?" is my question so, how might I be able to assist you today?


You mentioned table scratch paper having been written upon by Mr. Ziegler, I'm wondering since the FBI seems to have taken a "ho hum" attitude with helping you recovery your financial losses if perhaps they needed a signature to go along with that scratch paper in order to have more teeth in their case so they could arrest Mr. Ziegler, or perhaps there already is enough evidence, but they're just too busy chasing terrorists and cannot focus on doing much more with regard to victims of financial crimes, which you hold yourself out to be from the evidence presented to the FBI regarding a now defunct bank, which was closed by the government.


It would appear from your attachments that you saw money placed into a CD bearing 6.29% monthly.


The bank auditors claim to have spent, but never provided the victims with an accounting as to how their fees amounted to the tune of over $900,000 (USD), which they clearly claim to have 'taken' from part of your money invested in that bank with whatever assets the auditors could auction off, sell, or trade away that the bank had. Hmmm? Where is the justice in that, Mrs. Miller, since you saw not a dime of your own money once the auditors got their hands on 'your money'?


Are you aware it did 'not' cost $900,000 (USD) to locate the bank assets? Where then, you might wonder or ask, did all that money go when the auditors 'took what monies belonged to the depositors'? Did the auditors big company lawyers fly as "coach" passengers all over the globe to locate the bank assets, i.e. the depositor's money? Did they stay at the "Motel 6", perhaps? Where is 'that' accounting, Mrs. Miller?


According to my figures, and I'm no accountant but, I'm wondering if you're further aware that the auditors sold over $2-million dollars worth of PRESTO TELECOMMUNICATIONS (San Diego, CA) stock, held by that bank taken over by the auditors, to a "private investor"? Who was that "private investor" that bought that stock and what happened to 'that' money?


I'm no accountant, Mrs. Miller but I can add $3-million right there, and then not even including all the other assets of the bank they sold and auctioned off and also gave away to their friends, please divide that by the number of depositors at the bank and tell me what you come up with, which if split equally amongst depositors, just how much money 'you' would have gotten back?


Did the auditors every publicly release just 'how many depositors' there were? Hmm? And, 'they' are accountants?


There are a lot of tough questions to be asked, Mrs. Miller, and I would suggest that a good private investigator who's familiar with international financial business matters might be one of many types of professionals who could extract those answers from the bowels of who's ever hiding them, which you and other depositors so desperately need. And, from your questions put to me, I can tell that the FBI isn't helping any of the depositors in that regard. Ever ask, "Why not?"?


With all the public assistance and investigative bodies accessible to Americans to seek compensation for their losses, surely there must be at least one (1) such organization that can do at least 'something' for you.


This is one of many American tragedies facing U.S. citizens every day. What happens, if something goes wrong? What if I get ripped off? Who will help me? Unfortunately, I do not have the answers, Mrs. Miller, which the government does and it would seem that they aren't sharing information too much either so, where does that leave you?


Where does that leave Mr. Owen Platt? Making money based on contacting victims for information? Has he bothered to establish with a 'recovery firm' the money he might make on book and C-D sales any money to help the victims? I didn't read anything about this so, why would I want to assist him with information so he can fill his pockets instead of those belonging to the 'victims'? I'm sorry, Mrs. Miller, but Mr. Platt's demonstrations over the years reminds me of an ambulance chasing attorney.


While I may seem a bit harsh, perhaps, I see just how things work 'against' victims and wonder why all those 'crusader rabbits' aren't out doing more to volunteer their time and money to help, since they obviously have much more than most of the victims have today. I know those who promote and herald the 'victims' as "victims", have far more money than I with which to do so.


I am a very poor person ma'am. I study information and do research as a hobby. So, when I am involved in researching much more than one (1) bank collapse, as I've seen so many do before, what incentive do you see for me to feed information freely to anyone who will profit from the fruits of my labor?


You place great faith in your government to help you retrieve your money you worked so hard for.


Mr. Platt is definitely 'not in the information power curve' as to what's going on with regard to the defunct bank 'before', nor is he in it today, nor will he be in it in the future, but the government is. The only problem is, 'they' aren't going to tell depositors everything. Just a piece of information here and there is all, which for someone may digest easily. I take it that you aren't just "someone" who's gonna lay done and be told your money just simply vanished, correct?


Please know, that in a tragic fire, I lost my wife, her two sons, my home and everything worked for over a 34-year period. I lost an entire lifetime of work and financial holdings, which placed me into a position of being a lot poorer than any of the victims who deposited money in that Grenada bank. There was no help for me.


And, after feeling real sorry about the tragedy, I picked myself up by the bootstraps and channeled my work energy into something positive that would begin to put a little food on my table, and I dare say that there is no comparison of tragedies. As you well know, one can't replace the loss of human lives as easy as one might replace financial losses later on down the road.


What I'm about to say may upset you, Mrs. Miller, but it is my sincere wish to see all 'victims' recover from their losses without smiling barbaricly at those wrongfully sent to the gallows and hung when the public isn't even aware as to 'whom and what was responsible' for their losses, and until that day arrives I'm not holding onto such a rope.


Now what has long been reported, placed in a "book", easy to comprehend and believed by many as a cheap thrill ride is 'not' the same as what has 'not' been reported, unable to be read, difficult to comprehend, nearly impossible to believe, and far more expensive than what the public knows the entire U.S. Department of Justice spent to investigate, arrest, and prosecute who they 'easily' have to-date.


Based on what I do know, Mrs. Miller, what the public may see today will not be seen in the future as 'justice', but raw 'economics'. Remember, people have enjoyed brief periods of entertainment since the days of the colliseum in Rome, which never saw a patient crowd.


Thank you for your e-mails and attachments.


Cordially,


OFFSHORE INFORMANT


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-- Original Message --


From: "Phyllis Miller"  phyllismiller4@c.......net
To: "Offshore Informant"  offshoreinformant@gmail.com
Subject: Re: Your Mention On FIBG Grenada
Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2005 22:56:05 -0800


Do you have any current information on James (ZIG) Ziegler?


-- Original Message --


From: "Phyllis Miller"  phyllismiller4@c.......net
To: "Offshore Informant"  offshoreinformant@gmail.com
Subject: Re: Your Mention On FIBG Grenada
Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2005 14:06:58 -0800


I have attached a picture of myself. Is your identity a secret or may I see a picture of you, as well. I had mentioned that I thought your real name might be Owen Platt. :>)


-- Original Message --


From: "Phyllis Miller"  phyllismiller4@c.......net
To: "Offshore Informant"  offshoreinformant@gmail.com
Subject: Re: Your Mention On FIBG Grenada
Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2005 13:59:36 -0800


Perhaps we can forget all former email and make a fresh start. I am Phyllis Miller. My husband Jim and I were scammed by Gilbert and James Ziegler of our entire retirement. This is a copy of the article written in a concise version of our story:


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SACRAMENTO BEE

Investment Is Too Good To be True
by, Elizabeth Hume - Sacramento Bee Staff Writer


A Citrus Heights Couple Lose Retirement Money To An Offshore Bank Scam.


June 9, 2004 [ Published 2:15 am PDT Wednesday ]


The investment couldn't miss. Put $80,000 in an offshore bank and watch the money grow.


At first, it seemed as if Jim and Phyllis Miller were smart to follow a friend's financial advice. Five months after making the plunge, the Citrus Heights couple received an interest check for $5,000, far more than their old IRA would have returned.


Then the checks stopped. The retirement money disappeared. The Millers, authorities say, were victims of a multimillion-dollar scam.


A federal grand jury in Portland, Ore., indicted five people in January for allegedly defrauding 4,000 U.S. and Canadian citizens out of more than $200 million by persuading them to invest in banks, said Beth Anne Steele, spokeswoman for the Portland FBI office.


The two ( 2 ) lead players were arrested May 28 in Kampala, Uganda, authorities said.


"It's a huge case, which is why we went to all the trouble to track them down in Uganda," Steele said.


The indictment alleges the defendants set up banks including the Fidelity International Bank and the First International Bank of Grenada. Investors were promised 3 percent to 300 percent returns on their investments.


Rita L. Regale, 51, of Florida; Robert J. Skirving, 56, of Nevada; and Laurent E. Barnabe, 65, of Nevada, were arrested in January.


Gilbert A. Ziegler, 53, and Douglas Ferguson, 71, were arrested May 28 at a residential compound in Kampala. They have been returned to the United States.


Although the Millers are pleased to see the defendants behind bars, Phyllis Miller believes the scam hasn't stopped. The Miller family still gets e-mails from Ziegler associates claiming they want to take care of all the people who lost their money.


"People need to believe they are not going to get their money back," she said. "For one minute I believed it, and then I realized they were still scamming."


Steele said the FBI investigation is ongoing.


The Millers' plunge into the world of international bank fraud began in 1999, when Jim Miller retired after 20-years at Raley's.


The couple wanted to re-invest their IRA and turned for advice to a friend they had known for 12-years. They trusted him when he said he and another friend had started HARBOR BANK, a subsidiary of the First International Bank of Grenada.


They even took a trip to Grenada, where they met Ziegler and Ferguson.


An empty building was pointed out as the future site for their bank.


"We wondered if we had made a mistake, but we had already sent our money in before we left," she said.


Their minds were eased when their first check for $5,039 - minus $1,000 in taxes - arrived. The extra money couldn't have come at a better time. Phyllis Miller's mother was receiving chemotherapy for breast cancer. Her father had been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. Her brother was disabled with a neck injury.


She also decided she could afford to retire from her work as a real estate agent and spend more time with her family.


The last check came the day before her mother died in June 2000.


"We started freaking out and calling the bank in Grenada," Phyllis Miller said. "They said it was just some hang-up. Then I saw a warning on the Internet about an offshore investment alert. I knew we were scammed when our friend wouldn't return our calls."


Phyllis Miller, 55, returned to work in February. Jim Miller, 68, cannot go back to work due to high blood pressure.


Now they are learning about the items their money allegedly helped purchase. There is a palace in Uganda and expensive homes in Oregon, Nevada and Grenada. There is an organic vegetable farm in Oregon, plus luxury cars, jewelry, gambling junkets, private jet rentals and travel.


Reporter:


Elizabeth Hume
TEL: (916) 321-1203
E-MAIL:  ehume@sacbee.com


Reference


 http://dwb.sacbee.com/content/news/story/9588771p-10512385c.html


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We did NOT try to defraud our government as we believe in paying taxes and had the taxes held out through Pensco in San Francisco on the 5 checks we did receive initially.


Attached is a copy of the CD that I am still owed through Nov. 28, 2004 is $278,143.80


I want every penny owed me.


My question to you is who are you?


Owen Platt has enough information supplied by me that he is doing a squeal to his first book.


I would appreciate any information you might forward to me.


I have a two foot tall stack of documents regarding the scam. I offered them to the FBI last summer and was told I could send them if I wanted but that they already had over 700,000.


-- Original Message --


From: "Offshore Informant"  offshoreinformant@gmail.com
To: "Phyllis Miller"  phyllismiller4@c.......net
Sent: Monday, January 17, 2005 5:37 AM
Subject: Re: Your Mention On FIBG Grenada


Dear Mrs. Miller,


I'm having difficulty trying to understand your e-mail (below) when you make reference to Offshore Informant and David Marchant as there is no such affiliation between the two (2) parties, nor is there any affiliation between Offshore Informant and Owen Platt. Hence, I am a bit confused as to what you may be referencing in your e-mail below.


Other than the fact I sometimes place posts at the KYC News message board and other bulletin board services (BBS), I am not affiliated with those BBS hosts in any way.


Might you still have a copy of the e-mail reply I sent you, in response to that of your first (1st) e-mail correspondence directed to me? If so, please be so kind as to copy it into your next e-mail directed to me so, I can understand better what it is you may wish to discusss further.


I recall your mentioning something about a table napkin jotting and your wish to know if one person had been arrested, and that you had copied and pasted one of the posts I placed at the KYC News message board into your first (1st) e-mail to me.


Thank you for your e-mail, Mrs. Miller, and I trust all continues to be well with you.


Cordially,


OFFSHORE INFORMANT


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-- Original Message --


From: "Phyllis Miller"  phyllismiller4@c.......net
To: "Offshore Informant"  offshoreinformant@gmail.com
Subject: Re: Your Mention On FIBG Grenada
Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2005 09:13:06 -0800


I am a bit confused. I did not know OFFSHORE INFORMANT as David Marchant....duh....I thought it might have been Owen Platt since the writing was so remarkably correct in grammar and structure.... I still have not heard from Owen whom I was receiving email from most every day until mid December....


-- Original Message --


From: "Offshore Informant"  offshoreinformant@gmail.com
To: "Phyllis Miller"  phyllismiller4@c.......net
Sent: Saturday, January 15, 2005 2:19 AM
Subject: RE: Your Mention On FIBG Grenada


Hello Mrs. Miller,


Unfortunately, I am unable to locate the e-mail reply I sent you concerning your previous e-mail so, I'm unable to understand clearly your reference to your question mark after the name "Owen" (below).


I may have referenced Owen in my previous reply to you, which unfortunately I am unable to locate as stated above. Please forgive my oversight for this, which is pretty unusual for me to see have happen to my correspondence.


If you would kindly send me a copy of my previous e-mail, I would be more than pleased to reply to yours below.


Thank you, Mrs. Miller.


Cordially with respect,


Offshore Informant


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From: "Phyllis Miller"  phyllismiller4@c.......net
To: "Offshore Informant"  offshoreinformant@gmail.com
Subject:
Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2005 23:52:45 -0800


Owen?


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NOTE: Apparently my post to the KYC messageboard got Miller communicating with me ( see immediately below):

From: "Phyllis Miller"  phyllismiller4@c.......net
To: "Offshore informant"  offshoreinformant@gmail.com
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Thank you for posting the following as I am Phyllis Miller whom the FBI acted upon my tip. Could you please give me more information that you have regarding The U.S. Federal Grand Jury that was scheduled to be seated in Portland, Oregon on September 21, 2004. I knew nothing of this and would have loved to have been there. Please tell me anything you know or whom I could contact for this information! Thank you so much for posting it!!! Does this mean that James Gregory ("Zig") Ziegler, brother of Gilbert A. Ziegler is in cusotdy, too? I hope so! Not only did he take our $80,400.00 retirement money, which took my husband over 40 years to earn but he also (sitting at Zig's kitchen table in Grenada) tried to heavily influence us into putting another $60,000.00 on our credit card! (I still have the scratch paper with his handwriting on showing us how much monety we could make).Thank God we didn't do that! Through all of this we have lived meagerly for the past five years on a social security income, but did not have to file bankruptcy and retained our sterling credit rating. Does anyone foresee us getting any of our money back, please?


KYC NEWS messageboard post . . .


Subject: FIBG Grenada Bank Defendants: Ongoing Criminal Enterprise
By: And Now For The Forecast . . .
Date: 9/8/2004 6:57:10 PM
E-mail:  offshoreinformant@gmail.com


It has come to my attention that a parallel investigation - begun in January 2003 by the F.B.I. - sprang from an earlier 1998 investigation of theirs surrounding associates of a network of independent offshore banks operating from the island of Grenada - may be an "ongoing criminal enterprise" linked to an indictment handed down by a U.S. Federal Grand Jury on October 27, 2003 naming Van A. Brink (aka) Gilbert A. Ziegler, Douglas C. Ferguson, Robert J. Skirving, Laurent E. Barnabe, Rita L. Regale (aka) Rita L. Brunges, Jack Stacey, and Gerald Burton where the latter two (2) have yet to be captured (as of thie date of this post).


Being sought by the Office of the U.S. Attorney in Portland, Oregon are 'new federal criminal charges' akin to that of the U.S. Racketeering Influenced Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act in operating what may be believed to be an "ongoing criminal enterprise" and as recently as August 2004 from 'inside' one of the U.S. Bureau of Prisons by one (1) of the aforementioned defendants, a federal inmate named Van A. Brink (aka) Gilbert A. Ziegler, who is being alleged to have conspired with others 'outside' of the Federal Prison System.


The U.S. Federal Grand Jury scheduled to be seated in Portland, Oregon on September 21, 2004 has named about 45 individuals, which include the following:


- Van Arthur Brink (aka) Gilbert A. Ziegler
- Annet Asiimwe Brink, Ugandan wife of the aformentioned
- James Gregory ("Zig") Ziegler, brother of Gilbert A. Ziegler
- Douglas C. Ferguson
- Evelyn McLellan, wife of the aformentioned
- Robert J. Skirving
- Melissa ("Missi") Skirving, wife of the aforementioned
- Jack Stacey
- Gerald Burton


The FBI acting on a complaint levied by a California couple (The Millers) reported (see, e.g. The Sacramento Bee online California-based newspaper) in July 2004 that they had become involved earlier with the bank, but had later joined a private internet-based e-mail solicitation program, estimated to contain a membership of over 400 people, donating monies toward what has been believed to be a purpose designed to gift funds to those who had lost funds in the bank(s) from 1999 thru 2000.


The online e-mail solicitation program was revealed in a message post found on the financial business internet Bulletin Board Service (BBS) named, The Diligizer Board. [  http://www.diligizer.com ]


Message poster Owen Platt, author of one book (i.e. "FIB") surrounding the bank(s) saw it promoted and sold online by one civil lawsuit plaintiff named, Robert Mark Guili, whose attorney obtained a Grenada court order freezing assets of FIRST INTERNATIONAL BANK OF GRENADA LIMITED.


- OI


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NOTE: After Phyllis Miller first contacted me, Ziegler was asked about what (if any) contact he may have had with her, and here were his typewritten e-mail replies (below):


From: "James Gregory Ziegler"  e..........@safe-mail.net
To: "Offshore Informant"  a......@safe-mail.net
Subject: Re: Update
Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2005 07:53:45 -0500


Phyllis Miller was contacting the California AG, FBI, newpapers, anybody she thought might listen in 2000 and 2001. She did not start any new Grand Jurys.


As you know the first Grand Jury was sarted in '97, or maybe early '98 as a result of Skirving's boys operating an office in Tigard, Oregon promoting the little trust system. That investigation was turned over to the federalies who have conducted non-stop GJs since, and evidently continue to do so. Interesting it came out in Iris' update today that they may have some warrants still sealed, plus they may break-off into separate cases some of the issues the GJs are messing with. That increases my jeopardy considerably.


Zig


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From: "James Gregory Ziegler"  p....@seagold.net
Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2005 07:48:27 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: The phyllis
To: "Offshore Informant"  p...@seagold.net
CC: (no CC recipients)


Phyllis has a real bug about me personally. I have written her in the past that the newspaper, FBI, etc. have zero interest in sending her any money, her only hope is our Restoration Project.


Makes no difference she hates anyway, and continues to want to know when she gets money. Duh, huh?


Zig


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From: "James Gregory Ziegler"  p....@seagold.net
Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2005 05:39:54 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: msg boards
To: "Offshore Informant"  p...@sealand.pmmit.com
CC: (no CC recipients)


Phyllis sure has a selective memory. She was never at my kitchen table, I did sit with the Millers and two other couples at a restaurant outside table in the hotel where the bank seminar was being held that they attended. She was the one who asked for the calculations. How would I possibly know how much to calculate if not asked? Like average joe has a $60,000 credit line, huh? Oh well, huh!


I did not drag her $80,000 out of her, those arrangements had already been made by her before we even met.


Zig


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Here now (below), are a few brief updates surrounding where the Restoration Project is today, an international business financial investment fraud and money-laundering operation that since October 1, 2007 - even though more and more victims were being defrauded around the world - saw the U.S. Department of Justice and Federal Bureau of Investigation discontinue investigating or unwilling to prosecute any further:


ALABAMA AGAINST FRAUD ( ALAF )


Financial News Discussion Forum


MLM / Forex / Other


Subject: IC3 Online Complaints: E-Mail For Gold Mine Loan Partners
Posted by: Offshore Informant
Posted on: Fri Sep 07, 2007 4:59 am


INTERNET CRIME COMPLAINT CENTER ( IC3 ) - FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION ( FBI ) - NATIONAL WHITE-COLLAR CRIME CENTER ( NW3C ) PARTNERSHIP


A few internet fraud schemes, but not all, may be identified by these few examples (below):


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ANTS & ELEPHANTS [ That's the real name of this fraud ! ]


Past ( 2000-2006 ) and current ( 2007 ) victims in the ongoing internet e-mail solicitation recovery fraud named "Restoration Project" (aka) "Instauration Project" (aka) "Victory Club" (aka) "WrapUp Project" (aka) "Our Project" (aka) "The Project" began as a sophisticated Multi Level Marketing ( MLM ) fraud in Tigard, Oregon but turned into a cluster of independent offshore banks in the Caribbean and South Pacific that took deposits, investments, and restricted securities from 1997 through 2001 in the now-defunct First International Bank of Grenada Ltd. network of international business companies and satellite independent offshore bank system of depositors and investors that has now turned into an internet e-mail gold mine loan fraud scheme operated chiefly out-of The Philippines by James Ziegler and Hawaii by Daniel T. Hashimoto along with their associates in New York & Toronto, Canada ( Ronald Taylor ), Central Queensland, Australia ( Vincent Freeborn ), and others whom need to have their names posted so that 'new victims may be warned about this fraud' and so 'previous victims' - many of-whom are triple victims - can file complaints with the IC3 so that government authorities can get the ball rolling aimed at shutting these frauds down once and for all. In 'this' case, the fraud games have been ongoing for over 10-years and only a few fraudsters have been caught and prosecuted.


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ALABAMA AGAINST FRAUD ( ALAF )


Financial News Discussion Forum


MLM / Forex / Other


Subject: James Ziegler Philippines Gold Mine Loan Partnership Fraud
Posted by: Offshore Informant
Posted: Fri Sep 07, 2007 5:38 am


Reported details back in 2006, here . . .


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ALABAMA AGAINST FRAUD


Financial, Forex, Stock Discussions


Subject: Gold Mine Investment Advanced Fee Frauds
By: Offshore Informant
Date: Sat Dec 23, 2006 1:54 am


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"Is XYZ (above), on behalf of PEARL ASIAN MINING INDUSTRIES, still awaiting Philippine Goverment agency approval certification on environmental and other applications they submitted years ago? Probably, as those don't come easy!


Although XYZ uses 'chemicals' in their processing, Philippine law has it that no matter if chemicals, explosives, or water used in small mining enterprises, such ventures 'must' obtain Philippine government agency certifications.


SECOND: The 'new fraud' . . .


If anyone is approached on Philippines gold mining ventures, big or small, they had better make sure the company makes available to investors the proper Philippines government agency certification before accepting one thin dime.


It is understood a small Philippines gold mine investment deal searching for so-called "partners" are circulating solicitations aimed at only 'small individual investors' living in the Hawaiian islands, New York, South Carolina, Arizona, Oregon, Washington, Texas, California, Florida, and in areas surrounding Toronto, Ontario, Canada and Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.


Prospective small individual investors should be made aware of current financial business investment frauds underway in the United States and Canada by 200 bird-dogging fraudsters.


Trying to name a list of 200 fraudsters involved in this get-rich-quick scam in this bulletin board service message board forum may not be 'legally prudent', however those wishing to check whom approaches them on such an investment deal, I will check my database list of individuals involved and let you know by e-mail.


Federal authorities have currently indicated a lack of time and resources to begin pursuing these particular U.S. and Canada gold mining frauds from The Philippines so, to-date I appear the only individual amassing, analyzing, and adding incoming information to my database to see swifter prevention of furtherance of these particular investment frauds.


Who knows? Perhaps, law enforcement will see a New Year of 'private sector assistance networking' grow in order to save both investors and taxpayers from losing billions every year from fraud and lengthy complex prosecutions."


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Reference


 http://alabamaagainstfraud.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?p=2652&highlight=#2652


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Submitted,


Offshore Informant


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Reference


 http://www.alabamaagainstfraud.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?p=3672&sid=e0891392e10f394429f430e773dd4f33


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Unfortunately, the scandalous behavior of these U.S. federal agencies does nothing more than send a 'positive' signal to each and every fraudster who wishes to dervive their income from ill-gotten gains around the world and in America.


The Offshore informant
[E-MAIL:  OffshoreInformant@gmail.com]


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