Suspected Barbados money laundering accomplices named
Caribbean L 18 ife, Feb. 8–14, 2019 BQ
Donville Inniss. Photo by George Alleyne
Dr. Daniel LaMontagne (left) and Dr. Vincent Adamo (right)
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Dr. Vincent Adamo is at the helm of
Live Holistic. Dr. Adamo is certified in
nutrition and spinal correction.
Live Holistic’s goal is to reduce and
remove interference from your nervous
system. Your body has an “innate” ability
to be healthy, so long as the controlling
mechanism (the nervous system)
is free from interference.
With time and repetition, Live Holistic’s
goal is to correct subluxations and
allow your body to return to good health
naturally and feel its best!
By George Alleyne
American authorities have
unsealed documents naming
former Barbados insurance executives,
Alex Tasker and Ingrid
Inness as the persons who allegedly
conspired with former government
minister Donville Inniss
to launder money in the United
States.
Revelation of the names of
Tasker, a former senior vicepresident
of Insurance Corporation
of Barbados, and Inness, a
former ICBL CEO ended months
of speculation by Barbadians who
were the persons alleged to have
bribed Donville Inniss for him to
renew a government insurance
policy.
Tasker is Barbadian and
Inness, a Canadian resident in
Barbados.
The former minister, who
is expected to go on trial in a
Brooklyn federal court from June
24, was in August arrested in
Florida and charged with one
count of conspiracy to launder
money and two counts of money
laundering.
Placed on $50,000 he was
brought to New York for a further
federal court hearing when
he was made to deposit his passport
with federal authorities and
had an electronic monitoring
bracelet placed on his ankle.
The US Attorney’s Office,
Eastern District of New York
stated, “the charges stem from
Inniss’ acceptance of bribes from
a Barbadian insurance company
in 2015 and 2016 when he was a
public official.”
He is alleged to have conspired
with persons in a Barbados company,
ICBL, to pay him $36,000
to use his authority to ensure
that the firm’s million-dollar
contract with a state-owned
company under Inniss’ ministerial
portfolio is renewed.
The US Attorney’s Office alleges
that he conspired to hide the
payment by having the money
sent to a New York dental company,
then into his bank account
through a number of transfers.
Inniss has had three court
appearances before a date for trial
was set for June, but throughout
the time US authorities had not
revealed the names of the alleged
co-conspirators, until late January
. Tasker and Inness are still in
Barbados and there is not yet
any information on whether and
when the US government will
apply to its Barbadian counterpart
for extradition of the two
to face trial in New York, along
with Inniss.
According to the US Attorney’s
Office, the insurance company
officials conspired to have a Bermuda
based firm that owns the
Barbados insurance business to
forward payments to a New York
dental firm, which then sent on
the monies to a bank accountant
in the name of Inniss.
It is alleged that the Barbados
officials had indicated to the Bermuda
parent company that the
money was owed to the dental
office for consulting services.
BF&M of Bermuda is the
majority owner of ICBL, having
bought majority shares from
the government of Barbados
for $25.85 million in November
2005 and now owns a 51.7
percent stake in the company
through its wholly owned subsidiary,
Hamilton Financial Ltd,
which is based in St. Lucia.
Established in 1978 as a statutory
corporation and subsequently
privatized in December 2000,
ICBL boasts 2,300 shareholders
inclusive of institutional investors
and individuals representing
48.3 percent of the company’s
ownership.
Inness had suddenly resigned
from her ICBL job in 2017 with
no explanation offered.
It is unclear when Tasker left
the firm.
Alex Tasker.