Scientology
The Fashanu Report &
The Nigeria Debt Buy-Back Scam
Issue Come to the US April 28, 2000
Contents:
1. Letter from John Fashanu to NDM
2. Letter from John Fashanu's investigators to NDM
3. Letter from Britain's Department of International Dev. to John Fashanu
4. Letter from NDM to USA's State Department and IRS
5. URL links to the Fashanu report
6. The News Report: "The Foreign Crooks That Swindled Nigeria"
From: John Fashanu, London
I am happy to report that my meetings with the Nigerian High
Commissioner Prince Ajibola have gone extremely well and I have
personally sat down with him to assist and direct the
communications to the Swiss bank, Discount Bank and Trust
Geneva and the Austrian bank, Bank Austria regarding freezing
of Mr. Robert Minton's accounts and suspected associated
accounts.
I am also delighted to inform you through my meetings with the
High Commissioner I have been privy to the communications from
the Swiss and Austrian banks involved and am happy to report
they have identified numerous accounts of the suspected looted
funds and complied with the freezing request from the Nigerian
government. I can also confirm that the suspected actions of
Mr. Robert Minot to obstruct our investigation and transfer
large amounts of these funds into other accounts have been
recognized by the banks and the Nigerian government which has
rendered those attempts null and void.
The banks involved have assured the Nigerian government they
will cooperate fully in investigating this matter and assisting
in returning any and all funds (assets) to their rightful
owner, the Nigerian people. The Swiss and Austrian banks along
with the Commission Federale Des Banques, which is the official
Swiss banking oversight agency has guaranteed their cooperation
with any and all interested parties and governments due to the
substantial amounts of money involved and the far reaching
effects throughout the international banking community this
financial fraud has undoubtedly corrupted.
I am in continuous communication with the President himself
regarding these matters and he has pledge (sic) his full
cooperation and offers any assistance our team may require to
pursue and identify more looted funds and suspected
coconspirators.
Finally, a considerable amount of data and evidence has been
compiled and we are in the process of analyzing and evaluated
(sic) this material which specifies all the US finance
institutions and their specific involvement in the fraud. This
material will be forwarded to you shortly.
Warmest Regards,
We are the investigators working on behalf of Nigerian Diplomat
John Fashanu and have collected and developed the following
documents and evidence, which we are now presenting to your
organization in the hopes this will benefit the people of
Nigeria. We respectfully request your organization to forward
this material to the proper US authorities for the purpose of
assisting them in their duties.
In the course of this inquiry evidence has been uncovered which
will implicate several US citizens and financial institutions
who have been responsible for the movement of billions of
dollars in Nigerian debt trading transactions. While some of
these transactions may appear to have been negotiated outside
the United States, documents and evidence show that a large
amount were transacted and negotiated in the US by certain US
citizens, US companies and several US financial institutions.
This documentation and evidence indicates these individuals not
only profited from these transactions but set up a
sophisticated offshore network to establish and operate
companies and trusts with the most likely intention of hiding
their true identities and ownership so as to try to elude the
US tax jurisdictions and many other jurisdictions as well.
After close examination of the documents it is apparent that
these individuals set up a complex money laundering operation
through established on and offshore finance institutions using
real and manufactured third world debt instruments actively
being traded on the secondary market.
Currently resources are coming forward to assist Nigerian
officials in charge of the efforts to recover billions of
dollars of funds looted by previous corrupt officials and their
financial advisors. These resources are also making this
information known to the proper authorities and various
international lawyers and law firms representing clients that
have been defrauded. These actions are creating much media
interest and the potential for alerting involved guilty parties
has risen dramatically.
We are herewith requesting the US Internal Revenue Service's
assistance in coordination with the Nigerian government to
obtain banking records and transaction documents which are
currently being held in US locations to further this
investigation. The purpose of seizing such is to prevent the
possible obstruction of justice through the destruction of
records which could further document law violations committed
by these individuals and companies. We also request civil and
criminal prosecution of the individuals involved.
This comprehensive report and evidence should be forwarded to
the US Internal Revenue Service and the US State Department
requesting them to assist in coordination with the Nigerian
government to obtain banking records and transaction documents
which are currently being held in US locations to further this
investigation. The purpose of seizing such is to prevent the
possible obstruction of justice through the destruction of
records which could further document law violations committed
by these individuals and companies. We also suggest civil and
criminal prosecution of the individuals involved.
Furthermore the US authorities assistance in these actions are
needed to; a) identify and b) freeze bank accounts in
Switzerland, Austria and the United States which are currently
holding millions of dollars of looted Nigerian funds. These
accounts were established for the sole purpose of hiding these
funds while masking the true beneficiaries, which are US
citizens. I refer to the letter dated April 19th 2000 from
Nigerian Diplomat John Fashanu to your organization and
supporting documentation which confirms the Nigerian government
is already acting on information from the investigators and
freezing identified accounts in Austria and Switzerland.
Please be advised Mr. Fashanu has already meet with Clare
Short, the UK Secretary of State for International Development
in Great Britain and she has requested a second meeting dated 3
May 2000, to be briefed on this matter further and lend
official assistance from the British government. (See enclosed
letter from Dept. for International Development dated April
13th 2000)
The actions of the US authorities in these matters is essential
and vital in collecting the needed evidence and safeguarding
the records detailing numerous law violations as well as
assisting with their responsibilities within the State
Department and the Internal Revenue Service. The documents and
evidence collected so far clearly outline these businesses and
individuals violated numerous State, Federal and International
banking laws and regulations.
Please feel free to contact our organization and rest assured
we will cooperate fully in forwarding documents and evidence to
your organization and any US agency.
Yours sincerely,
[original signature]
NIGERIA FRAUD
The Secretary of State for International Development has asked
me to thank you for your fax of 11 April. We have arranged a
meeting to discuss this on 3 May, 11:00 am at the above address.
Yours sincerely
[Original signature]
Lynn Foord-Divers
Our organization, the NDM, is a well-known US-based
pro-democracy [A Scientology front] organization with a membership of Nigerians and
friends of Nigeria. We are interested in these allegations
because we are committed to upholding the honor, integrity and
dignity of our country which is just emerging from harrowing
years of military tyranny, and is re-committing itself under
the Obasanjo presidency to honesty, transparency and
accountability. The United States government has pledged to
help our nation in this regard. If in fact these financial
crimes in Nigeria have been aided and abetted by the named
US-based entities, we will want nothing more than full account
be given, and monies returned to the suffering citizens of
Nigeria and our governments. In fact, we might be able to use
some of the monies recovered to pay the crushing international
debt under which we currently labor.
Consequently, in the name of honesty, transparency and
accountability, we hope that investigations of these
allegations will be initiated forthwith by the United States
government.
Sincerely:
[original signature]
Mobolaji E. Aluko, PhD
From: Bob Minton <bob@minton.org>
Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2000 21:29:38 -0400
Message-ID: <rv2ngsk540f3i1bdi4sbdah55adctrqchl@4ax.com>
To: Nigerian Democratic Movement, USA. [A Scientology front]
April 19th, 2000
Dear Sirs,
I write to clarify and update you of current events and actions
which I hope will aide you in your activities in the United
States regarding this rapidly unfolding financial scandal
involving billions of dollars of Nigerian funds and the
American bankers and finance institutions involved.
[Original signature]
John Fashanu
Ambassador for Sports - Nigeria
UK Special Representative/Ambassador for UNICEF
Patron for Africa on Human Rights
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April 24, 2000
To: Nigerian Democratic Movement [A Scientology front]
From: Robert Clarke
Inquiry Agent, International Inquiries Limited
Our investigative team has been assisting in the collection of
evidence, information and documentation concerning hundreds of
millions of dollars of looted funds from Nigeria through a
recently discovered Secret Debt Buyback scheme. The information
thus assembled is being made known to the proper authorities
and various international lawyers and law firms representing
clients that have been defrauded.
Robert Clarke
Inquiry agent
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Department for International Development
London
From: The Assistant Private Secretary
To: John Fashanu, Esq
13 April, 2000
Dear Mr. Fashanu:
Assistant Private Secretary
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NIGERIAN DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT (NDM) [A Scientology front]
April 28, 2000
State Department of State
Africa Desk (Nigeria)
2201 C Street, NW
Washington, DC 20520
Attention: Alex Marschenko/ Portia McCollum
Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
International Enforcement Division
Washington, DC
Attention: Chief Martin Bunn
Secret Nigerian Debt Buy Back Schemes & US Involvement
The attached letter and supporting documents which we have just
received speak for themselves. We are forwarding them to you as
any US citizen should do, who understands that a grave set of
crimes may have been committed by entities, individual or
corporate, within the United States.
President, Nigerian Democratic Movement (NDM)