For the past seven years, Digicel, the Caribbean mobile phone operator controlled by the businessman Denis O’Brien, has been battling a US rival who it alleges defrauded it out of millions of dollars on international calls. Digicel’s Haitian subsidiary issued a court action against Oregon-based UPM Technologies back in 20015. Prior to issuing the case, Digicel had sought the help of the Haitian police over the issue. UPM subsequently counter-sued, and the legal battle has been working its way through the US courts ever since. The dispute centred on an allegation by Digicel that UPM perpetrated so-called “bypass fraud”. This…

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