The Financial Regulator and others might want to know how Simon Carswell from the Irish Times is finding out today (subs. required) about payments in the personal account of one of Michael Lynn’s right hand men. Anthony Cantwell seems to be getting paid from Panama. Ah yes Panama that place yer man in the canoe and his wife ‘disappeared‘ to.

Bet there’ll be a lot of googling for photos of Michael on Panamanian property sites in the next few days. This is what he looks like in case you need reminding!! There are a few other personal bank accounts I’d think that Simon, the revenue and the Garda Fraud Investigation unit are probably having a close look at as Michael owes a lot of favours to a lot of people.

AIB features heavily in Michael Lynn related news over the weekend. Michael should be proud of himself for the amount of legal firsts he is setting. The Sunday Business Post tell us that the bank have got a court ruling permitting them to seize assets across Europe.

The bank obtained the ruling last week after an exparte application to the High Court. The ruling was obtained under a sub-clause of the Treaty of Rome and will enable the bank to enforce judgments across member states of the European Union.

However getting the full list (no sub. needed) of all the houses that Michael owns and especially the many (potentially) outside the EU might be just a bit difficult. And of course if they are outside the EU well that ruling that AIB are so chuffed about has no impact at all! Simon seems to be the one to be keeping an eye on for the latest news.

Would you look though at how long it took them to get details on houses in Brazil and work out why it might be something worth investigating…tut!

Of course we’re still awaiting auctioneers details of the property that the banks and Brid Murphy are fighting over which is up for auction on March 11th.