La corrupción y Hugo Chávez: el cáncer de Venezuela

Suspicacias en transferencia

de bono soberano BCV de $ 2Mil Millones

a empresa de sólo £2 Mil de capital

La página del venezolano Alek Boyd, quien desde el exterior se ha dedicado a hurgar en los archivos del gobierno venezolano y de sus instituciones  u oficinas fantasmas que le sirven de apoyo global, sigue descubriendo guisos todos los días.

Sin acusar a nadie, todavía, este documento muy completo de la transferencia de $2.000 Millones en Bonos Soberanos del Banco Central de Venezuela a Kellmar Limited, una compañía de capital limitado (solo £2,000 libras esterlinas ) registrada en la Isla de Man, al menos despierta suspicacias. La persona a la que se transfiere es Tony Caplin quien aparece inactivo en el registro del Financial Services Authority. La sorpresa es en torno a cómo se transfiere libre y claramente la propiedad de un bono soberano con tanta facilidad a una empresa de reciente formación. La excusa serían “proyectos humanitarios en los que, a su libre albedrío, pueda cooperar”. Mencionan unas “Hermanas de la Caridad” ligadas al Vaticano. ¿Extraño al menos?

¿Dirá algo el BCV?

Todos los datos aparecen fotocopiados en los documentos que en su web http://alekboyd.blogspot.com/ tiene colgados.

24.11.11

Update on BCV - Kellmar Ltd / Tony Caplin

The state of play in the alleged transfer, by Venezuela's Central Bank (BCV) of a sovereign bond, worth $2 billion, to Kellmar Ltd and Tony Caplin, is the following.

The president of the BCV, Nelson Merentes, has denied having signed any document to that effect [link]. If Merentes' denial is to be taken at face value, it remains to be seen what legal actions will he, the BCV, and the government of Venezuela undertake, to prosecute Kellmar Ltd and Tony Caplin, for forgery of documents and signatures of Venezuelan government officials, in what could be a rather elaborate scam.

Venezuela: Central Bank transfers $2 billion sovereign bond to Tony Caplin / Kellmar Limited

Daniel writes in to say that I should provide a bit of an explanation for why this should be a scandal. I guess that the reason would be that it is simply not normal for a Central Bank, to transfer free and clear, ownership of a sovereign bond, worth $2 billion, to a recently formed limited company with a share capital of £2,000, managed by an individual (Tony Caplin) who appears as inactive in the Financial Services Authority register.

[Read UPDATE] Some context of actors provided to facilitate further investigations in respective jurisdictions.

Banco Central de Venezuela (BCV): Venezuela's Central Bank [link].

Nelson Merentes: Current President of BCV [link].

Eudomar Tovar: First Vice President of BCV [link].

Kellmar Limited: Isle of Man registered, £2,000 limited company [link].

James Ellwood: Director of Kellmar Ltd [link]. Board member of Momentum Pensions Ltd [link].

Anthony Lindsay Caplin: a.k.a. Tony Caplin [link]. Former Chief Operating Officer of the Conservative Party [link]. Formerly with Panmure Gordon [link]. Director of Kellmar Ltd since 29 March 2011 [link]. Current Chairman of North West London Hospitals NHS Trust [link]. Current member of the Medical Research Council [link]. Current Commissioner of the Public Works Loan Board [link]. Currently inactive -as individual AXC01538 - Anthony Lindsay Caplin- according to the Financial Services Authority register [link].

Ramon Carpio Carvajal: Vice President of International Operations of BCV [link].

Ira D. Pruitt Jr: Attorney for Kellmar Ltd and Tony Caplin [link].

Rosallyn Hazelle: St. Kitts & Nevis Ambassador and Permanent Secretary Industry, Commerce, and Consumer Affairs [link].