Millar told the court that in August 2015, she attended a meeting with former chief executive officer (CEO) of ICBL Ingrid Innes and former senior vice-president with responsibility for business development and marketing Alex Tasker.
Following that meeting, she said Innes instructed her to make “an urgent payment” of a referral bonus to Inniss.
She said she was uncomfortable with the request made by Innes as he was “politically exposed” and she enquired if she Innes had cleared such a transaction with the company’s chairman John Wight, to which Innes responded, “It’s fine”.
Donville Inniss GUILTY as Charged
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@ John A who wrote ” after being in power for nearly 2 years we did not get around to putting integrity legislation in place ”
The reason it is taking so long COULD BE that the BLP is making sure that their MPs are squeky clean and would not be among those
caught in the anti corruption investigations and prosecutions.
By the time the Integrity bill is passed no BLP politician will be linked to any corruption,corrupt individuals or criminals.
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“By the time the Integrity bill is passed no BLP politician will be linked to any corruption,corrupt individuals or criminals.”
That is the whole point of hiring the Fulcrum SCAM…we await to hear who is a money launderer and who robbed all those state owned, taxpayer funded entities…in February…if the report is ever released.
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“Confirmation if needed that our elite have given up on the masses.”
they only use the masses to vote them in to tief and sell out.
those elite black CRABS do not even want to see the Black population get to be millionaires and billionaires from the marijuana, but they will make sure all their bribers and their toxic criminal friends get that pleasure…while they inflate their own bank accounts.
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@Hants
The reason it is taking so long COULD BE that the BLP is making sure that their MPs are squeky clean and would not be among those
caught in the anti corruption investigations and prosecutions
+++++++++++++++Stop telling lies on the politicians, their list of assets are already in the Cabinet’s Secretary’s possession as promised by the PM shortly after the Election and you know that the PM’s word is gospel.
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@ Miller
You know the young people on our island watch these excuses for not acting on this matter locally and wonder why can I be jailed for a spliff, when this man stole and has not faced a single charge locally? The lesson from this to them is if you going steal then steal big, as then you appear to be untouchable.
Sergeant has said above that they are in fact laws that we could of dealt with him on locally. So the question one has to ask is why haven’t we?
I have to say I am very disappointed in the excuse the AG gave for doing nothing on this matter.
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David,
prior to a recent amendment one of the principal objectives of Proceeds of Crime Act in Bim was-
(a) to deprive persons of the proceeds of, and the benefits derived
from, the commission of scheduled offences;there are other objectives but they are concerned with scheduled offences
Scheduled Offences simply are offences listed in the schedule attached to the Act to wit:-
List of Scheduled Offences
1. Possession of controlled drugs for the purpose of supply contrary to section
6(3) of the Drug Abuse (Prevention and Control) Act, Cap. 131.
2. Trafficking in controlled drugs contrary to section 18 of the Drug Abuse
(Prevention and Control) Act, Cap. 131.
3. Assisting another to retain the benefit of drug trafficking contrary to section
19 of the Drug Abuse (Prevention and Control) Act, Cap. 131.
4. Terrorism offences under section 3 or 4 of the Anti-TerrorismProceeds of crime is defined as
(a) proceeds of a scheduled offence; or
(b) any property or benefits derived, obtained or realised,
directly or indirectly, by any person from any act or omission that occurred outside Barbados and would, if it had occurred in Barbados, have constituted a scheduled offence;the above means that the Proceeds of Crime Act in Bim or M/L was only concerned with Drug Offences and Terrorist Financing. that is why Bim was so roundly criticised when it was evaluated by CFATF.
in 2019 that the above was amended by the PROCEEDS AND INSTRUMENTALITIES OF CRIME ACT, 2019–17 which brought Bim’s laws in line with international jurisdictions.
the amendments that pertains to this thread was –
the insertion of the phrase “criminal conduct” which means conduct which constitutes an offence in Barbados or would constitute an offence if it occurred in Barbados, which for the sake of this thread includes corruption and other associated offence
and proceeds of crime or what we know as M/L is defined as-
any property or other benefit that a person obtains as a result of, or in connection with, criminal conduct;”
to tie that in, M/L means-
(1) A person engages in money laundering where
(a) the person engages, directly or indirectly, in a transaction that
involves money or other property or a benefit that is proceeds of
crime; or(b) the person receives, possesses, conceals, disposes of, or brings
into or sends out of Barbados any money or other property or a
benefit that is proceeds of crime.there are some more M/L offences but the above is the main one.
bottom line is – prior to 2019, only drug offences and terrorist financing were regarded as M/L in Bim.
https://barbadostoday.bb/2019/03/13/law-going-after-proceeds-from-criminal-activity/
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@ Greene
Thank you for making this as clear as you have. It’s a pity our AG didn’t simply do the same. So I guess we should say thank God for the U.S laws and court system, as ours doesn’t function on crimes committed in modern times. Of course if he stole a can of cornbeef we could of ” lock up he tail here.”
So does that mean the CLICO gang will also get a free past too based on our antiquated laws then?
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@ Hants
@ TLSNThere is a noticeable drift away from our moorings. Is this the result of Climate Change? EWB must be turning in his watery grave. Is Grenville II the only one “with no solutions”?.
Wuh Loss!!!
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Part of Beatrice Henry and Violet Beckles’ stolen OIL ESTATE FOUND.
THIEVES!!!!!
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Dont worry, glitch, it has to be redone. Yall gotta see those names who are attached to these ladies STOLEN ESTATE.
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Well this is just right for a FULL INVESTIGATION.
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1227187007490836&id=100005986451739&sfnsn=scwspwa&extid=dXolWTrXlcL7Yao4 -
VINCENT
WHEN YOU GO TO SHOWER YOU CAN INCREASE THE VOLUME OF HOT WATER ISSUING FORTH FROM YOUR SHOWER HEAD BY ADJUSTING THE TAPSWITH ALL THE VOLCANOES ON BOTH LAND AND BENEATH THE SEA, AND PLACES LIKE SOUFRIERE IN ST LUCIA AND DOMINICA AND THE BOILING LAKE IN DOMINICA………DO THE THINK THAT THE CREATOR OF THESE CAULDRONS CAN ADJUST THE “TAPS” TOO?
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@ John A
Do you honestly believe that there is no law on the Law books of Barbados that deals with a public officer asking for and receiving compensation for effecting decisions in the public service?
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@ GP at 11 :16 AM
The “drifting from the moorings” is a reference to the political philosophy of of a Party or Government.
I do not think you and I differ in our positions on geological Climate Change . -
for corruption / bribery see a not so old submission from now CoA Judge Cumberbatch
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@Greene
Thanks!
Hope others take a breath and read your submissions with comprehension.
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Let me make it pellucidly clear, I have no position on the case under discussion. I think we ought to let the US court get on with what is before them. What is before them is an issue of apparent money laundering.
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@fortyacresandamule January 16, 2020 5:40 AM. “It just seemed curious to me that the USA will used up all this resources to prosecute a small fry.”
How do we know that it is a “small fry” matter/
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simple
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@Simple Simon
Fortyacres contextualised his comment.
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The Integrity Legislation CANNOT be implemented BEFORE DE 30 bandits accrue unusual wealth from the coffers of the Barbados Tax Payers.
Otherwise the letters with their personal assets that they are to lodge with the head of the integrity commission would NOT BE IN SYNC.
Euphemism for “de letters would be a RH lie!”
De ole man dont really talk bout Trump but I will draw this reference to make a point!
Trump has been fighting to ensure that his tax returns prior to his presidency remain a secret because they reveal his true wealth status!
What if the inert Reverend Joseph Atherley was to seek the Tax Return Records of Mugabe Mottley for the last 25 years?
And what if it became evident that her records DID NOT CORRESPOND WITH HER LIFESTYLE?
So you see where de ole man going wid dis?
That Legislation is doomed NEVER TO BE ENACTED!
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@ Greene January 16, 2020 11:39 AM
Honest-to-goodness Bajans should shout hallelujah to the sky god of Justice for the grand USA in snaring and accusing such an (alleged) petty fraudster who would have definitely slipped through (according to you) the legal loopholes of the Bajan criminal justice system.
This one act of setting an example by catching a greedy sprat should send a clear lesson to those hoping to get rich while holding public office for which they have been elected or appointed to work in the interests of the people.
It brings a different complexion to that adage (with which you are acutely familiar) especially in the court of the Bajan public opinion: “Not only must Justice be done; it must also be seen to be done.”
The Don of Porn- who has been in the dental kickback game from his days in the hospital has received his own comeuppance by hoisting himself onto the gallows of Justice by his own crooked petard. Why not then give the “pot-starver” mongrel a bad name and hang him in the public square?
Why don’t you use your own DI (detective inspector) skill set and pursue a possible scam which could have some of its tentacles in your former stomping ground?
Why not climb the white oaks money tree and see if a similar “D I” type kickback caper is not taking place in the most “intelligence capital” manner.
You, DI Greene the highflying legal eagle, attended the college of “Universal Commonsense” and might just earn a feather in your yellow DLP cap.
Karma is the Queen of dogs, isn’t she!
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@Miller
The US will intervene in matters that intersect its national interest.
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@GP January 16, 2020 12:27 PM “simple do you do stir fries with sweet peppers onions and cabbage?
Yws I do. You know that I like my ground food.
I harvested some cassava, two kinds of sweet potatoes and some yams this morning.
Came home and had some left over breadfruit cou-cou and a pork chop for lunch. My favorite cousin has a sweet, sweet breadfruit tree, and she gifted me a freshly picked breadfruit yesterday. I came home and cooked half before the stain was even dry on the stem. My sister gave me 5 dry coconuts, so you know that i will be eating fresh and good for a while.
I have another monster sized pork chop in the fridge. That is a gift too. Plenty of spinach on de paling. Nuff, nuff herbs in de garden.
Wish Donville was here.
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@ David January 16, 2020 1:01 PM
You must admit that Herbert’s tentacles of influence stretched rather far a field even if only at the local diplomatic post representing those interests of Uncle Sam.
Remember those famous words on social media:
‘Lock he up, lock he to hell up’!The greedy dog might soon be biting his own tail (in jail).
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Miller,
i never said Donville would slip thru any legal system in Bim. my posts were restricted to the crime he is facing in the US- ML. there is the Prevention of Crime Act and other dishonesty offences that may capture the described behaviour on the face of it.
and FYI i am a fisherman or used to be.
back then i got paid by the word and were to write like you i would have been as rich as Donville.
man, you do go on.
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@ Greene January 16, 2020 1:31 PM
And you would get yourself incarcerated for a measly US $36, 000 which the Don used to splash out on his new year’s bash?
We are glad you have recognized that there are pieces of legislation other than the nebulous M/L under which the local Bill could execute their job with the necessary guidance from the DPP.
So when are you going to see his ‘friends for collaborators in handcuffs just like the ‘small’ guys who pilfer food items and trinkets like nail clippers?
We are sure you are quite competent to know the manufacturing of invoices to defraud a business entity is a rather serious offence under the Theft Act Cap 29.
The only consultancy services the beneficiary of those invoices could have provided were of a ‘scatological’ nature emanating from his big mouth full of filthy verbal cavities.It’s a pity his former ‘weak’ boss was keen to see him get his ‘just deserts’ for persistently undermining his fragile authority.
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@ Vincent
Of course we all know they are laws here that could have been used. My point is the extent some have gone to using feeble excuses to try and claim why they could not be charged locally. What about the others at ICBL Implicated in the scam, have we no laws to deal with them either, or do they need to sign onto the invisible integrity legislation document first?
All of this and we still ask where the young people get the idea they can do anything and get away with it from.
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@John A
If you check todays court peg in the Nation there is an article about two ordinary citizens charged with ML.
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@ David.
Will take a look thanks.
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This is what Barbados’ greedy corrupt government does not want to do, EMPOWER the majority population parish by parish…BVI is still british ruled and they can see the benefits of empowering the people…but you THIEVING MAGGOTS…can never see anything like that can ya.
you have 11 tiny parishes, each parish could have 10 or more people growing, but no, the people would benefit and that is what you asses don’t want. They never want to see the people financially independent. Well let’s see you win this.
“BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS — The Government of the British Virgin Islands will provide approximately 100 of its citizens with half an acre of land each to cultivate medicinal marijuana, Premier Andrew Fahie disclosed during a recent radio talk program called Honestly Speaking with Claude Skelton Cline.
“We’re looking at Paraquita Bay for 50 acres of land, to empower 100 Virgin Islanders, 100 Belongers and we are doing it by districts. The Territorial members will also be able to include some youngsters, so at least the minimum of 10 persons per district for each of the nine districts,” Mr. Fahie said. “We want to be able to give the 100 of them — each of them — a half-acre of land and this is what we are working towards so that they now can become the captains of their own ship and destiny financially.”
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@ Silly Woman January 16, 2020 1:09 PM
I expected that you would have been a vegan, based on your feminist leanings. I must admit that you eat some wholesome food. With all the B vitamins from pork you have to take it easy.
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The defense that Donville’s lawyers appear to be using is that without prosecution in Barbados of the bribery charges there is no proof that the payments were illegal.
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The defense that Donville’s lawyers appear to be using is that without prosecution in Barbados of the bribery charges there is no proof that the payments were illegal.
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If the payments were not illegal then there is no money laundering.
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So if Donville is found not guilty, the blame lies squarely on this BLP administration for failing to prosecute him under the 1929 Prevention of Corruption Act.
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So what is this rumor they got going around on whatsapp that Bajan lawyers do not need to register in the US to practice law, once they are barred in Barbados they are good to go, am sure the US lawyers would love that kinda privilege and won’t have to register individually in every state to practice law.
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Now would be a good time to check out how many Bajan lawyers are in the US practicing law without registering.
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That is why they are backing away from charging him, they are hoping he is found not guilty so that they can find another excuse, something like, well in our court, he would never even have been charged, see how easy it is to find an excuse why not to bring a charge. We will know who is what soon Enuff.
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@peterlawrencethompson January 16, 2020 4:35 PM
Ricco seems to have forgotten based on your assertion that, the actual alleged event took place in the US.
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@ peterlawrencethompson January 16, 2020 4:37 PM
Since when is a Barbadian Minister of the Crown permitted by law to render ‘professional’ services to a provider of insurances to a statutory corporation for which the said minister has responsibility for its governance?
He was not any ordinary member of Parliament or even the Speaker.
He was a trusted Minister of the Crown who took an oath of office which precludes his engaging in activities which were not part of his ministerial remit.
That type of ‘prostituting’ behaviour in office is like Trump (or Obama) selling State secrets to the Russians, Chinese or even the Iranians.
It’s the moral equivalent of a man having a wife and still on the down low(e).
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Guilty as charge, you Greedy Mother “F”!
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Waiting to confirm, but someone said it came out in NY that Donville was found guilty on all charges…as i said…waiting to confirm.
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Duhhhh!!
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Inniss had been found guilty on all three charges V.O. B news flash
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The guilty verdict was very predictable. His lawyers said they expected it, but plan to appeal. Sound like they plan to bleed him dry of his money.
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@ WURA-WAR-on-U,
Thumbs up!
Let’s see when the national news’ publications publish this story.
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This was an easy call. Tell Guyson Mayers so.
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@robert lucas
There were multiple events. Two of them took place in Barbados when Donville and the ICBL executives broke the 1929 POC Act, specifically:
“Any person who, by himself or by or in conjunction with any other person, corruptly gives, promises or offers any gift, loan, fee, reward or advantage whatsoever to any person, whether for the benefit of that person or of another person, as an inducement to or reward for or otherwise on account of any member, officer or servant of the Crown or of any public body doing or forbearing to do anything in respect of any matter or transaction whatsoever, actual or proposed, in which the Crown or such public body is concerned, shall be guilty…”
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