Tag: bribery
Witness reveals failings around immigration tests
(CNS): A senior manager with the immigration department revealed many policy failings over how it was conducting English Language Tests at the time an internal review began, which happened after the department was tipped off that something criminal could be going on. Nicola Solomon, an assistant chief officer, gave evidence on Thursday in the immigration […]
IO’s allegedly took $600 for English test pass mark
(CNS): Immigration officers allegedly took $600 from at least 15 Spanish speakers to steer them to the 75% pass mark needed to get through the department’s English Language Test and secure work permits, even though their language skills were not up to scratch, the court heard Monday. As the acting director of public prosecutions, Patrick Moran, […]
Jury selected in challenging immigration fraud case
(CNS): A group of seven men and women, along with three alternate jurors, have now been selected to serve in an anti-corruption case involving a number of immigration officers and clients, who are accused of conspiring to circumvent the English tests administered to people wanting to enter Cayman for work. The prosecution is expected to […]
Webb sentencing deferred for seventh time
(CNS): Cayman’s fallen football hero, Jeff Webb, who was convicted of racketeering offences relating to his time as president of the regional football body CONCACAF, has managed to postpone his sentence for the seventh time, according to information from the US court in New York dealing with the case. Webb has already given up over […]
$25 bribe buys local man 6 months in jail
(CNS): A local man convicted of trying to bribe a police officer who was arresting him following a public altercation last year has been given a six-month jail term for the corruption offence. Although Ian Duffell offered the arresting officer just $25 to let him “go home to West Bay”, the judge took a dim […]
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 […]
100 hours community work for $100 bung
(CNS): A 54-year-old woman who was convicted of fraud for trying to give an official a $100 bribe to expedite her naturalization application has received 100 hours of community service after the court agreed with lawyers and probation service experts that it was an exceptionally sad case that did not require a jail term. Paula […]
Ex-cop goes to jail in wake of failed appeal
(CNS): A former police officer who was convicted 18 months ago of bribery began serving his three-year jail sentence today after his conviction was upheld on appeal. Although convicted of soliciting a bribe from a Filipino man in exchange for not pursuing a possible theft charge, Elvis Kelsey Ebanks has not yet served any time […]
