Manager of Omni Networks appears in court

News Five has reported on the case of Money Laundering charges brought against the five members of the Coye family that operated the MoneyGram Company, a subagent for Money Exchange International. That was at the end of December 2008. More recently, a huge scandal erupted on the drivers’ license database of the Belize City Council that was being used for money laundering. That database was provided to CitCo by Omni Networks Limited, who until recently was the master agent for MoneyGram. This is all background information that may or may not be related to what happened in court today. Dean Fuller, the manager of Omni Networks appeared in the Belize City Magistrates’ Court to reportedly face charges of money laundering. But as it turns out, there was an error in the charge sheet and Fuller is to reappear in court on Friday. According to the charge sheet, the offences occurred between November 2007 and 2009, but the amount of money laundered was not specified. Legal information available to News Five is that there are other directors to the company who apparently will not be charged. These include Diana Fuller, Susan Fuller, Michael Singh, Lynette Ross, Delmarie Fairweather, Fred Shyu and Ruth Esquivel. This Friday is also the trial date for the Coye family who were charged since last December.