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Due Diligence Report
JP Morgan Chase
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Executive Summary
On 01/23/2009, GS&I was requested by Mary Casey to conduct a background
investigation.
Full research was conducted on Air Ghislaine Inc. in Delaware only.
Media research was conducted on Ghislaine Maxwell.
Throughout this search, the following records were researched:
Company and corporate records, RDC (Regulatory Data Corp), CDC (Compliance
Data Corp), MIS (McDonald Information Services), Factiva (Public Figures &
Associates Database), CSSS/FPS internal database search ("Follow the Money"
List), state & federal court searches, personal particulars, publications,
regulatory sanctions, NASD/NFA and OFAC (Office of Foreign Asset Control).
Please Note: All research is subject to the availability of electronic
database resources.
Our searches revealed the following:
Air Ghislaine
Company records search revealed no records found.
ETax ID not confirmed.B-
Address not confirmed.
Corporate records search revealed records found.UState of domicile:
Confirmed.
Internal database search revealed the following:UReference the accounts
titled "13699066" and "1082086" for previous research.
State court searches revealed no records found.
Federal court searches revealed no records found.
Publications revealed nothing derogatory.
Regulatory sanctions search revealed no records found.
A search of OFAC did not reveal any matches.
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Ghislaine Maxwell
Internal database search revealed the following:UReference the account
titled "Ghislaine Noelle Maxwell", "Forums, LLC", and "116 East 65th St LLC"
for previous research. The following information was previously reported to
Mary Reith on 03/17/2003 under the account Ghislaine Maxwell (DDR # 1185/03):
Several newspaper articles detailing the investigation conducted by
Britain's Serious Fraud Office against Robert Maxwell. He allegedly used
pension funds to service debts, cover operating losses, gamble in the
foreign exchange markets, and support the stock of his publicly held
companies. The agency is also looking into a complaint from Swiss Bank
Corp., which says it did not receive collateral for a $100 million loan to a
small private Maxwell company.
Newspaper article dated 12/01/2000, which stated that "Ghislaine Maxwell's
source of wealth is being classified as something of a mystery."
Newspaper article dated 08/09/1996 detailing the arrest of Ghislaine Maxwell
on DWI charges.
Numerous newspaper articles detailing the criminal fraud charges brought
against Kevin and Ian Maxwell (sons of Robert Maxwell).
The following information was previously reported to Mary Reith on
10/20/2005 under the account Forums, LLC (DDR # 11374/04):
Newspaper article dated 6/23/2005 detailing Robert Maxwell misappropriated
funds from the companies under his control. According to the newspaper
article, "He pledged assets as security for additional loans", but instead
of delivering the assets to the lender, he would simply sell the assets for
cash. "For example, Berlitz language school was supposedly sold to a
Japanese publishing company, but the shares had previously been pledged as
security for loans from Swiss Volksbank and Lehman Brothers."
Publications revealed nothing derogatory found.
Regulatory sanctions search revealed no records found.
A search of OFAC did not reveal any matches.
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Name:
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CORPORATION TRUST CENTER 1209 ORANGE STREET
City:
WILMINGTON
County: NEW CASTLE
State: DE
Postal Code:
19801
Phone: (302)658-7581
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Confidential Due Diligence Report
Confidential - This report is not to be disseminated or photocopied to any
third party without the express consent of Global Security & Investigations.
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