Tag: bribe
Local man convicted over $25 bung to cops
(CNS): The latest victim to fall foul of the anti-corruption law is a West Bay man who offered a police officer a $25 bribe to let him “go home” after he was arrested last year on Laurence Boulevard for being disorderly and for possession of a small quantity of ganja. Justice Charles Quin found Ian Duffell […]
Suspect allegedly offered cop $25 to let him go home
(CNS): A man who was arrested by police following a disturbance at a bar in the early hours of the morning on 4 September 2015 allegedly offered the officer CI$25 to let him go home to West Bay but instead he ended up on a corruption charge. Ian Duffell appeared in court Wednesday on trial […]
Cuban woman convicted in $100 bung case
(CNS): Paula Yates-Rivers, a 53-year-old Cuban national married to a Caymanian, has become the first non-government official to be charged and convicted of a crime under the anti-corruption law. Yates-Rivers, who works at The Craft Market, was found guilty by Justice Charles Quin Thursday of fraud on government over an attempted $100 bribe following a […]
Woman faces corruption charge of $100 bung
(CNS): The first person from the private sector to be prosecuted under the anti-corruption law for bribery is not a major contractor, powerful and influential firm or even a political donor but a 54-year-old Cuban woman married to a Caymanian who works at the craft market. Paula Yates-Rivers is accused of offering an administrator in […]
