Two men, one Vincentian and one Bermudian, will know their fate soon after they were found guilty in the nation’s largest money laundering case.
Vincentian businessman Antonio “Que Pasa” Gellizeau and Bermudan sailor Winston Robinson were on Friday found guilty on two charges of money laundering, involving US$1.7 million in cash.
They have been remanded to prison, pending sentencing.
Trinidadian Kent Andrews was acquitted in the case that involved a constitutional motion, which was dismissed in December, and cooperation with Bermudian police.
The case began on April 5, 2008 when Coast Guard officials found the money concealed in vacuum packed bags on board the yacht, Jo Tobin.
Andrews and Robinson were on board the yacht and were charged with breaching the Proceeds of Crime and Money Laundering (Prevention) Act of 2001.
Prosecutors say that Robinson sailed the yacht from Bermuda to St. Vincent.
But Robinson denied the money laundering charges and told the court that he had earned the cash while working in the hotel and fishing industry.
After the guilty verdict was handed down here, Bermuda Police Service issued a statement describing the case as “significant and complex”.
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