Archive for April 19th, 2023
Watson and Blake jailed in CIFA fraud case
(CNS): Former CIFA and CONCACAF executives Canover Watson and Bruce Blake were both sent to jail by Chief Justice Margaret Ramsay-Hale on Wednesday, following their conviction in October last year in relation to a football fraud. While Watson was handed an eight-year term, reflecting his leading role in the fraud and money laundering, Bruce Blake […]
COVID numbers increase among hospital patients
(CNS): There was a slight uptick in the number of individuals admitted to hospital who tested positive for COVID-19 in March over February, and there was one “COVID-19 death”, according to the latest issue of Public Health Spotlight. Twenty people admitted to hospital tested positive, up from 17 in February, an increase of 18%.
Maples wins legal battle over CIMA’s AML rules
(CNS): In a complex legal ruling, a Grand Court judge has found largely in favour of financial services group, Maples, after it challenged the regulator, CIMA, over new rules surrounding the recording of clients’ details under regulations rolled out in 2020 as part of the enhanced local anti-money laundering regime. The ruling comes against the […]
