What’s at stake: Hamilton law firm iClaw, a firm that acts for Du Val Group, among others, appears to have used its trust account to transact tens of millions of dollars on behalf of overseas people and entities with high money laundering risks.
Background: A document leaked to NBR shows multiple transactions, including for a Cayman Islands-registered entity, which later had its banking licence revoked and a transfer to an entity associated with a prominent Belarusian businessman and a disbarred Vancouver lawyer.
Key players:iClaw, Owen Culliney, David Hillary, Richard Whitham, Worldclear, Global Fidelity Bank, DIA, Law Society.
A document provided to NBR suggests a trust account of Du Val lawyer Owen Culliney’s law firm iClaw transferred tens of millions of dollars on behalf of overseas people and entities with high money laundering risks.
It appears the transfers were made on behalf of a now-deregistered financial
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What’s at stake: Hamilton law firm iClaw, a firm that acts for Du Val Group, among others, appears to have used its trust account to transact tens of millions of dollars on behalf of overseas people and entities with high money laundering risks.
Background: A document leaked to NBR shows multiple transactions, including for a Cayman Islands-registered entity, which later had its banking licence revoked and a transfer to an entity associated with a prominent Belarusian businessman and a disbarred Vancouver lawyer.
Key players:iClaw, Owen Culliney, David Hillary, Richard Whitham, Worldclear, Global Fidelity Bank, DIA, Law Society.
