December 15th, 1983: Mr Ross attends a meeting of investors and brokers in the Stormont Hotel, Belfast. Investments are sought in International Investments Ltd although the company is alleged to have been "hopelessly insolvent" at this time.

December 31st, 1983: Statements of account, which allegedly misrepresent IIL's position, are sent to depositors.

April 1984: A Gibraltar-based auditor, Mr Timothy Revill, describes IIL's records as a "complete shambles". He is appointed provisional liquidator of IIL on June 14th, 1984. He is replaced as liquidator by another Gibraltar accountant, Mr James Galliano, in August 1984.

1991: Mr Galliano's liquidation is wound up with funds realised sufficient only to meet the expenses of the liquidation.

June 1996: RUC issues warrants for the arrest of Mr Ross, now a US citizen living in Oklahoma.

March 1998: Mr Ross arrested by the FBI in Oklahoma. Now a practising minister of the Light of Christ Church, an "esoteric Christian" group, Mr Ross proceeds to challenge the extradition in a number of US courts.

May/June 1999: Mr Ross is extradited from the US to Belfast.