Tag: Anti-Corruption Commission
More officials arrested in immigration corruption case
(CNS): Two more public officials have been arrested in connection with the ongoing corruption investigation into the immigration department. A statement released by the Anti-Corruption Commission Wednesday said that this morning its own investigators along with RCIPS officers picked up a man from the Bodden Town area and woman from Spotts Newlands, both aged 42, […]
Two more arrested in corruption probe
(CNS): Two more people have been arrested in connection with the immigration corruption probe currently underway. Officials from the Anti-Corruption Commission said that their investigators, with the help of the police, have arrested a 32-year-old woman from George Town and a 44-year-old man from Spotts. The two people, who are not public officials, were arrested on suspicion of bribing officials, […]
Eight immigration officers off the job
(CNS): Officials from the Department of Immigration have said that there are now eight people from the department on required leave for one reason or another after three more people were suspended last week following their arrest in an anti-corruption case. It is also understood that the eight people on enforced leave includes Chief Immigration […]
Five arrested in immigration corruption probe
(CNS): Five people have been arrested by investigators from the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), with the assistance of the RCIPS, on suspicion of bribing public officials, fraud on government and breach of trust. While the ACC and police gave no details about the case, the home affairs ministry confirmed soon after the ACC announced the arrests […]
ACC chair says inquiries will remain under wraps
(CNS) The new civilian chair of Cayman’s Anti-Corruption Commission has said that the inquiries it is overseeing will remain confidential. Following the first meeting of the newly appointed oversight board, Richard Coles said that confidentiality was “an integral part” of its work and premature releases of information could undermine the cases. The all-civilian board, which […]
CIFA-Webb cash connection on FBI radar
(CNS): US authorities involved in the FIFA corruption scandal may also be looking into the Cayman Islands Football Association (CIFA) and the movement and disappearance of cash, at a time when Jeffrey Webb was president and Canover Watson was treasurer, that came from the Zürich-based football HQ to the local association. CNS has learned that […]
Officials removed from Anti-Corruption Commission
(CNS): An amendment to the Anti-Corruption Law, which passed unopposed through a second reading in the Legislative Assembly Monday, has removed the police commissioner, the auditor general and the complaints commissioner from the Anti-Corruption Commission, paving the way for the five-member panel to be made up of retired judges, lawyers, police officers, justices of the […]
ACC finally meets with new face on board
(CNS): Well-known local businessman and one time politician, Norman Bodden OBE, has been appointed as the newest private sector member of the Anti-Corruption Commission, officials have told CNS. He joined the police commissioner, the acting auditor general and acting complaints commissioner at a meeting on Monday, the first time the ACC has met for some time. A […]
CIFA boss leaves day job at Maples
(CNS): Bruce Blake, the acting president of the Cayman Islands Football Association, has reportedly left his lucrative position as a lawyer with an offshore firm to focus on his job at the helm of the beleaguered local football organisation. The decision comes following several months of controversy, beginning in May with the arrest of the […]
General secretary resigns from CIFA
(CNS): Paul Macey has resigned from the Cayman Islands Football Association just days after he and most of the other members of its executive committee were re-instated during the annual general meeting on Saturday. The news comes against the backdrop of a possible local corruption probe into the local football body after its annual audit […]
CIFA audit stalled over suspicions transactions
(CNS): Controversies relating to the Cayman Island Football Association got worse on Friday when the auditors confirmed that they were unable to complete the annual accounts for the association ahead of the AGM and elections Saturday. It is understood that as a result of unsubstantiated and suspicious transactions, which have been reported to the local […]
