Statement 7 From BIG International

RELATING TO MR GRANT

The Financial Mail on Sunday's headline recently written by Tony Hetherington was:

"Mr Big Cheese of Gouda is wanted by the fraud squad"

This statement is in response to the large number of supportive responses from around the world for Mr Grant's actions. Mr Grant has proven that there isn't law that protects the individual within the United Kingdom, because now a warrant has been served against Mr Grant by the SFO (Serious Fraud Office). This is not because Mr Grant has committed a crime, but due to the officers at the SFO misusing their powers to COMPEL a witness to answer questions which they know cannot be answered by the person being interviewed.

This shows just how desperate the British Government are. They know that Mr Grant will not stop his fight against establishment corruption and is prepared to go to prison to expose their corruption against humanity.

Since Tony Hetherington's article and the illegal action taken against BIG International within the United Kingdom, we have learned the value of Mr Grant's research and documents entrusted to BIG International. In fairness to Mr Grant, he did warn BIG International as to what the British Government would do, we just didn't believe him at the time. We did not realise how corrupt given systems within the United Kingdom have become and how seriously this corruption is affecting all the world's citizens. We didn't believe or we didn't want to believe.

Copies of all messages to Mr Grant are being forwarded to him. BIG International thanks all those who have written.

We believe that Tony Hetherington is served with the job of discrediting Mr Grant within the media by the SFO, to ensure that it is impossible for Mr Grant to obtain a fair trial within the United Kingdom.

What Tony has not mentioned in any of his articles, is that he met with Mr Grant at the High Court of Justice in London. At this meeting he asked Mr Grant several questions, all of which were recorded. The tapes are safely with BIG International's legal department and copies are with the European solicitors representing Inner Sanctum.

The photographs of Mr Grant in Tony's latest and previous articles were taken at the same time outside the High Court of Justice while Tony and Mr Grant were talking. The photos were obviously arranged by Tony.

Now to the nitty-gritty of the facts which are as follows.

Mr Grant has been fighting the British Government and Financial Institutions since the age of fourteen. During his early life, Mr Grant made a number of openly admitted mistakes of action to achieve his goal of exposing specific corruptions within the United Kingdom (UK).

Mr Grant openly reported himself to the UK's policing authority for those mistakes, expecting and believing the corruption he had found and fought against would be exposed during his Crown Court trial. Sadly, Mr Grant found that the Crown Court refused to allow the evidence into court. The UK police were instructed not to continue their investigation into a number of British Financial Institutions including his then employer.

All of what Mr Grant attempted to expose then has now been proved. Currently, the British Government is still allowing the organisations concerned to cover their tracks. They are Lloyds of London, Prudential, Dixon Photographic and British Government departments related to the British State Pension, to mention a few.

But Mr Grant went further. He named in reports the establishment figures behind the theft of massive amounts of money from the British public and how these establishment and institutional thefts affected individuals all over the world. The UK government responded by increasing the amount of time before certain government papers would be released for public inspection. This ensured that the individuals responsible would either be dead due to old age, or too old to stand trial for their actions - hopefully Mr Grant would go away.

Mr Grant is not in Holland but he was once employed there to complete a specific task for Dixon Photographic. According to our records Mr Grant is actually in Switzerland, recovering from nine years of constant harassment by the United Kingdom authorities since his return to England in 1989. We can confirm that a copy of Mr Grant's medical report was given to the magistrates court which the magistrate chose to ignore. This is hardly surprising since all have confirmed it is a court controlled by the police via the court Clerk.

We have a recorded copy of that day's court proceedings when West London magistrates issued the warrant for Mr Grant's arrest. It must be noted that Mr Grant was never served with notice of appearance at West London magistrates court. The court, via the Clerk of Court, was notified of Mr Grant's location and current health in writing from the medical centre in Switzerland.

Mr Grant has never been a spokesman or representative of BIG International. Mr Grant freely supplied BIG International with his complete records since 1956, relating to the British Government's and financial institutions illegal actions taken around the world.

There is a warrant for Mr Grant's arrest which is totally unrelated to BIG International and there could possibly be another warrant for Mr Grant's arrest by the High Court of Justice. In both cases Mr Grant made it perfectly clear that he wished to plead not guilty and requested a trial by jury.

In both situations Mr Grant has been refused a trial by jury, because this would give Mr Grant the opportunity to question in public many establishment figures. The British Government had hoped that they could quietly take Mr Grant to prison. To prove this, let's look at the charges laid against Mr Grant by the Establishment.

At the High Court of Justice, Mr Grant is accused of breaking a previous order against him due to his then involvement with BIG International.

Mr Grant's involvement with BIG International was first to supply BIG International with a lifetime of research into British Government and Financial Institutions corruption against British Citizens. Originally Mr Grant considered and was offered the master agency with BIG International, but was warned by the DTI that should he continue to support BIG International, actions would be taken against him and the organisation of BIG International.

In the High Court of Justice, the Registrar ensured the action against Mr Grant when the statement of "what appears to be" was accepted by the Registrar, with no proof and no evidence being provided by the DTI to support their claims against Mr Grant.

The High Court of Justice wanted no public, no jury or reporters present during this so called trial of Mr Grant, with the verdict finally being given by one judge to imprison Mr Grant. The High Court of Justice at the DTI's insistence, even refused to give Mr Grant time to prepare his case or the required court time to enable Mr Grant to call the required number of witnesses. No wonder the British Government wishes to stop trial by Jury.

Mr Grant made it perfectly clear that he was prepared to stand trial by Jury, but not a closed court. We at BIG International believe this is a British Citizen's Right.

Now to the SFO's Warrant reported in Tony's article:

West London Magistrates Court is recognised in all UK legal circles as a Police Court. That is why this court was used instead of the court near to Mr Grant's home.

Firstly, Mr Grant was never a member of Inner Sanctum. He never personally received money from Inner Sanctum. Mr Grant did form the Inner Sanctum Defence Centre in the United Kingdom to protect the individual rights of all members of Inner Sanctum and has never stood down from this role.

Mr Grant's stand against the DTI and the Bank of England has certainly caused embarrassment to the British Government regarding their illegal actions against British Citizens. He was offered payment to go away and refused any such payment.

BIG International was aware of Mr Grant's interview with the SFO from day one, and we arranged payment for sophisticated devices to be placed upon Mr Grant's person which enabled us to record all interviews, both in the interview room and outside.

From inside the interview room we have copies of all interview tapes, sixteen tapes in total. Anyone can have a copy of these tapes at a cost. We have also had the official tapes transcribed. Again, copies can be obtained at cost. These tapes clearly show the SFO trying to stop Mr Grant's actions against them.

The most interesting tapes are those taken outside the interview room which clearly indicates the senior officer's actions. The senior officer stated to Mr Grant that he "intended to make this personal", and he believed that Mr Grant was a traitor to the establishment which was there to protect United Kingdom Citizens from having information which they couldn't possibly understand.

On Mr Grant's behalf we made three separate complaints to the Police Complaints Commission. No action was taken by this department.

On Mr Grant's behalf we made three separate complaints to the Banking Ombudsman. No action was taken by this department.

So what is the charge?

The Serious Fraud Office which has powers to COMPEL witnesses to answer questions and produce documents, ordered Mr Grant to hand over bank statements that MIGHT show where investors money went.

All the documents that the SFO compelled Mr Grant to hand over were already in their possession, including details of every personal account held by Mr Grant.

How do we know this? When the British authorities were given illegal warrants to raid the Inner Sanctum Defence Centre, illegally attended by the Inner Sanctum Receivers, they removed every single file, including all details of Mr Grant's accounts. A Romford Police raid at Mr Grant's Mother's home and his accountants, removed every single piece of Mr Grant's personal paper work, computer systems and many private belongings which have never been returned.

From all these records and collected paperwork they haven't, in four years of investigation, placed one serious arrest charge against Mr Grant because, quite simply, there isn't one.

Mr Grant did not not need to be COMPELLED, because all of his actions are totally open and have one aim, to stop corruption and the removal of British Citizens Humanitarian Rights.

Mr Grant has never failed to attend any British Government interview, Police or otherwise. Mr Grant has never failed to stand up and admit responsibility or arrest himself when he has done something wrong. At least Tony Hetherington within his article made one truthful statement, which was "Mr Grant ALLEGEDLY refused to answer the SFO's enquiries".

The tapes taken during the interviews with the SFO show differently. Mr Grant requested access to the files removed, so as to answer questions accurately. This is from the SFO's own tapes. He was refused and therefore couldn't answer the questions.

When Mr Grant's solicitor requested these defence papers in court, the judge said to him "it sounds like a fishing trip". The judge denied Mr Grant access to crucial defence paper work and personal paperwork taken during illegal raids at both his mother's home and the Inner Sanctum Defence Centre.

In this case, all Mr Grant requested was a Jury and time to prepare a correct defence. It was refused. The UK Establishment know it will open up cases which will prove financial corruption against British Citizens, committed by various British Government Departments and the Financial Institutions.

It was hoped that this action by the SFO would stop Mr Grant from achieving his goals in life, by basically shutting him up in prison for six months to a year, in the hope that the illegal actions taken against Inner Sanctum could finally be placed into the lost archives of establishment corruption.

Tony Hetherington's article isn't worth the paper it is printed in, more than likely under instructions from the establishment. Tony, for the establishment, has attempted to link Mr Grant as the mastermind behind both Inner Sanctum and BIG International in the public media. In defence of Tony, it is the first time we have seen one of his articles written without actual personal commitment. The article shows Tony to be unsure. In fact, our own experts believe it's under Tony's name but the information input is being directed.

Just one point in Tony's article which really affects BIG International. We actually gave you the date and the period it would take to re-open the 15000000 number range, but Tony or his advisors seem to wish to connect it to what Tony calls Mr Grant's disappearance.

Mr Grant hasn't disappeared. He simply didn't go and he has now achieved, thanks to Tony, public awareness of the actual situation and will continue to fight the corruption of British Citizens Human Rights. Mr Grant is a resolute and remarkable man. With the total weight of the financial institutions and government against him, they still haven't cracked the mental agility of Mr Grant, even in bad health.

Friends and family are assisting in the protection of Mr Grant's mother who has always wanted her son to give up the fight and accept that the fight is impossible when alone. Mr Grant's mother may now understand the worldwide support for her son from letters received in support of her son's actions. We are not talking from just one culture or faith. Mr Grant appears to be accepted by all in relation to his fight. The letters from France have been most encouraging offering a new home and protection of Mr Grant and his mother there.

BIG International Freedom Through Service

Below is the full article as featured in Financial Mail On Sunday - 16th August 1998.

Big Cheese of Gouda wanted by the Fraud Squad By Tony Hetherington 16/08/98 A WARRANT has been issued for the arrest of Raymond Grant, named as the 'Mr Big' ringleader behind the Big International illegal lottery and investment company. Grant, who also calls himself Ibrahim Grant, failed to appear at West London magistrates' court last Tuesday in connection with Inner Sanctum, an earlier pyramid scam. Inner Sanctum, exposed in Financial Mail three years ago, promised to turn £125 into £1,000 within a year, or £3,300 into £60,000 within five years.

Money was supposedly invested with a company called Swiss Investment Bankers, based in central London. But neither Inner Sanctum nor Swiss Investment Bankers was authorised to accept deposits from the public, and were closed after legal action by the Department of Trade and Industry and the Bank of England.

The Serious Fraud Office, which has powers to compel witnesses to answer questions and produce documents, ordered Grant to hand over bank statements that might show where investors' money went. It says Grant had accounts in the name of Inner Sanctum at the Trustee Savings bank near his home in Romford, Essex, and at the Bank of Ireland in Charleville in the Irish Republic. He also operated three accounts under a different name at Barclays bank in Romford.

Grant allegedly refused to answer the SFO's enquiries or to produce statements or documents connected with his bank accounts and he was charged with withholding evidence. He was released on bail pending last Tuesday's court hearing.

Promises His disappearance coincides with the relaunch of his recent money-making scheme, Big International. The High Court ordered the firm to be closed last month after hearing evidence that it had recruited more than a million people worldwide with promises of free tickets in a lottery with a top weekly prize of £25 million.

Ticket applicants were invited to invest from £60 to £60,000 in several schemes, some said to yield more than 300% a year. They were also offered offshore bank accounts paying interest at 4.25% a month. Big International has always claimed to be based offshore, though it has never revealed its location. It communicates largely via the Internet.

However, it ceased operations for several weeks as a result of the DTI's court action, leading some of its own members to speculate that there was no offshore headquarters and that the DTI had correctly identified Big's principals, led by Grant. A few days ago, Big reappeared on the Net, inviting fresh investments from an address in Gouda, the Netherlands dairy town.

Mr Big may have dropped out of sight in the UK, but Mr Big Cheese seems to have surfaced in Gouda.