Bankers often speak to the imagination of us, the average Joes, and offshore bankers do so even more. What is the typical profile of an offshore banker? Well, an example of a famous offshore banker is the Dutchman John Deuss.
John Deuss is a banker and oil trader who was born in the Netherlands but has since long been living primarily at Bermuda. Deuss is founder and owner of the offshore bank First Curacao International Bank (FCIB) at Curacao (Netherlands Antilles).
In 2006, Deuss was arrested because of allegations of massive fraud concerning the British Tax Office. Hundreds of British traders would have used his Curacao bank to evade taxes in the UK. The traders made it seem like they were selling chips and mobile phones so that they could get a return on their taxes from the British government.
Deuss is not only known in Western Europe, though. The Russians are also very familiar with and interested in the bankers, since he used to be good friends with Stephen Curtis, the man who was the owner of Russian oil company Yukos in 2004. The Russians also know Deuss from back in the 1970s, when he traded Russian oil to South Africa.
In January, John Deuss was released by the Dutch authorities. It is not evident why he was released. He had to pay a 2.5 million bail, which really isn’t much taking into consideration that his assets are an estimated 1,1 billion euro.

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