My name is Gilbert Lomont, born in France in 1934, also with Belizean nationality, residing now in France for treatment of a cancer now in remission; In 1969 I had the firm of Dean Lindo incorporate Lomont Enterprises, Ltd, half of the shares plus one being issued to myself, and the rest to my then wife, Marsha-Jo Lomont nee Demorest; I was president and general manager, my wife was secretary. At a later date the company purchased the island named North East Cay, 9 acres, at Glover's Reef, Belize District, from Nell Conerton, a Florida resident, for 50 000 USD, paid from funds coming equally from my inheritance and my wife's. Around 1980 2500 shares each were given to my daughters Rebecca and Madeleine, but there was no transfer certificate issued and no fee paid, although the transfer shows in the annual company report. In 2003 the firm of Barrow and Williams filed at the Company Registry some documents without my knowledge, among which were the minutes of a general meeting of shareholders stating that half of the total shares were transferred to Rebecca and half to Madeleine, who were appointed directors. A new company stamp was made for the purpose. Then ,as directors, they sold the sole asset of the company, North East Cay, to themselves, paying the stamp fee on an amount much lower than the market value of the island, which had had a diving resort operating on it for 34 years, many cabins and a restaurant, probably worth over 3 million dollars US. In 2005, when filing late the yearly report at the Company Registry, I discovered the fraud; checking at Land's Registry I found that the TCT formerly made to Lomont Enterprises,Ltd had been cancelled and a new one issued to Rebecca Lomont-Cabral and Madeleine Lomont-Estephan. I went to see Mr.Kaseke, who was the Registrar of Companies then, and after investigation he told me the new TCT was null and void, but that it could be rectified only by a request from the Land Registrar to a judge of the supreme court; he also said that there was fraud and tax evasion, the directors not having been appointed legally. When I confronted my family with the fact that they had defrauded me of my share of the island and of the businesses I created, they agreed to compensate me financially; then I had to leave because of my illness, and since they have been sending me odd amount of money erratically, just enough for me to survive, considering that Rebecca sent me her two daughters to put in school here in France. They keep promising to pay a lump sum but nothing materializes. I have a small income from welfare here, but depend on the money I get from Belize. I would like to know what can be done. Just before leaving Belize, I got divorced from my wife Marsha-Jo, but no financial settlement was made, partly because our only asset was the island and the related businesses.
