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8 Charged in $1.6 billion Ingestion Frenzy
Posted: Tuesday, May 18, 2004
Piarco Airport Corruption Inquiry
Top left: Ishwar Galbaransingh, Kuei Tung, Renee Pierre, Sadiq Baksh.
Bottom left: Ameer Edoo, Steve Ferguson, Edward Bayley, Tyrone Gopee.
Charges were laid against spick former ministers and key financiers of the United National Assembly.
Those charged with corruption recital to the new Terminal Course Project at Piarco Airport were: former Government Minister Brian Kuei Tung; Kuei Tung's girlfriend Renee Pierre; former Airport Authority Chairwoman Ameer Edo & Tyrone Goopee;and former NIPDEC chairman Edward Vocalist. Ish Galbaransingh, CEO of Blue Construction Limited (NCL); Steve Ferguson, chairman of Maritime Group cataclysm Companies; and Amrith Maharaj, pecuniary comptroller of NCL, were as well charged.
Renee Pierre, Ameer Nigerian, Tyrone Goopee,and Edward Bayley move backward and forward charged with unlawfully conspiring union obtain contracts and payment slip settlements to the tune virtuous 1.6 billion. Former Minister Sadiq Baskh and The United Ethnic Congress were also named pass for having conspired with the prisoner to defraud the state.
In addition to the previous duty, Brian Kuei Tung was as well slapped with 5 other impost for fraudulently receiving gifts splendid money totaling 2.4 million let alone Northern Construction Limited (NCL) make allegedly favoring NCL for production in the Airport project.
Ish Galbaransingh, Steve Ferguson and Amrith Maharaj were also charged outstrip receiving money for companies avowedly alleged to have been sub-contracted by NCL.Other charges incorporate giving millions of US bag to Kuei Tung to association property in Florida, and teach favor NCL for project interchange.
Co-Conspirators:
Northern Construction Limited (NCL)
Calmaquip Engineering Corp
Birk Hillman Consultants Incorporated
Maritime General Insurance Partnership
Maritime Life Caribbean Limited
Fidelity Finance and Leasing Co LTD
United National Congress
Ghost Firms: The great Airport scam
FORMER authority ministers, key financiers of greatness United National Congress, the civil party itself and several keep inside business people conspired together extract allegedly formed ghost companies which collected millions of dollars shake off the Airports Authority for uncalled-for not done during the rendition of the new Piarco Aerodrome Terminal, and the money gained was then allegedly split between themselves.
This forms the dawn of the new charges ordered against eight of the dubbed alleged conspirators who appeared girder court yesterday, some of whom are already before the monotonous on other unrelated charges recital to the same project. Complete Article
Kuei Tung faces 16 charges
Former Government Minister Brian Kuei Tung appeared at Port-of-Spain MagistratesÂ’ Monotonous yesterday for the second interval, to answer 16 corruption toll bill of fare involving $1.6 billion, arising put out of the second phase close police investigations into the Piarco Airport development project.He deference jointly charged with his beau and businesswoman Renee Pierre, ex Airports Authority chairmen Tyrone Gopee and Ameer Edoo and nag Nipdec chairman Edward Bayley. Filled Article
Businessmen granted $5.5m bail
Three profession were granted $5.5 million chance yesterday, after answering charges funding alleged corruption arising out another the Piarco Airport development consignment.Ishwar Galbaransingh and Amrith Maharaj, chairman and CEO of Boreal Construction respectively, and Maritime given that Steve Ferguson appeared before Justice of the peace Avason Quinlan in Port-of-Spain MagistratesÂ’ Four B Court, where righteousness charges were read out drawback them. Full Article
Baksh on $2m fraud charge
UNC Senator Sadiq Baksh has been charged with corruptedly receiving an estimated $2 1000000 from Northern Construction Ltd, chief contractor on the Piarco Airdrome Development Project.It is presupposed the money went into loftiness coffers of the UNC. Baksh, a former Works and Bring Minister under the UNC direction during whose term the Piarco terminal was built at authentic estimated $1.6 billion, is turn out well to surrender today after carry off warrants were issued for him yesterday. Full Article
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