Archive for January 16th, 2023
CIG makes another bid to get off FATF ‘grey list’
(CNS): A Cayman Islands Government delegation, led by Financial Services Minister André Ebanks and Attorney General Sam Bulgin, met recently in Miami with the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) review group on money-laundering investigations and prosecutions here to demonstrate the jurisdiction’s renewed capability and capacity for fighting financial crimes. The meeting was part of the process […]
HIC identifies problems at local insurance company
(CNS): The Health Insurance Commission (HIC), in consultation with the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority (CIMA), conducted an investigation last year of the local insurance company Cayman First Insurance following complaints about its failure to pay legitimate claims to healthcare providers. During the investigation, the regulator found a number of problems at Cayman First, including a […]
Suspect denies West Bay gas station stick-up
(CNS): Alvin Shaquille Ebanks (25) from West Bay pleaded not guilty on Friday to charges of robbery and the possession of an imitation gun. After appearing in Grand Court facing allegations that he was one of the men who held up the Hell Gas station in West Bay last month, he was remanded in custody […]
Failed fraud lands driver in jail over traffic case
(CNS): Theodore O’Neil Morgan (40) from West Bay was remanded in custody on Friday to begin serving a three-month sentence for a failed attempt to dodge a driving ban for not having insurance. Morgan, who had ambitions to become a lawyer, has likely also ruined his future career chances with what the judge said was […]