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In Salt Lake City this week, Jacob Kingston revealed that accused fraudster Lev Dermen became interested in Belize in 2012. Living a high lifestyle, the accused fraudster would wine and dine many personalities, including government officials, agents, mayors, ministers and sheriffs. One such telling image of Dermen posing with his Belizean friends has surfaced; it […]
Written on February 7, 2020 | Posted in
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Attorney for the Belize Bank Limited, Senior Counsel Eamon Courtenay this evening filed an application for leave to appeal a ruling made last month by Chief Justice Kenneth Benjamin in favour of the Government of Belize on a U.H.S. debt that has now ballooned to over a hundred million dollars with interest included. It all dates […]
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Today, Lord Michael Ashcroft made good on his interest to join the legal battle along with the parties seeking for a re-districting exercise to be conducted before this year’s General Elections. Attorney for Lord Ashcroft, Andrew Marshalleck told the media that the disparity in preliminary numbers of the registered voters in the various constituencies convinces […]
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In the court, the Prosecution and the Defense in the rape trial of Ervin Pitts, wrapped up this evening during their closing arguments before Supreme Court Justice Colin Williams. A jury of six women and three men will decide Pitts’ fate. Pitts is accused of forcing a mother of three of performing oral sex on him […]
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A number of bail applications were heard today. Gian Lee Guerra appeared before Justice Antoinette Moore to apply for bail but he could not be considered because he does not have a defense attorney for his trial, even though the incident allegedly happened in 2015. Guerra said he had an attorney but the case was […]
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The Meighan brothers: Shaquille, Tyrone and Ellis were not able to be considered for bail today because their case file is still incomplete. The trio, charged with Being Members of a Street Gang (namely the Bank Street Clique), will return before a Supreme Court judge next Friday to apply for bail. By then, it is […]
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Attorney Hurl Hamilton secured bail for Jahliel Petillo from Supreme Court Justice Antoinette Moore, provided he abides by certain conditions. These include that he report every Friday to the Police Station in Caye Caulker where he lives; returns to Court when the case is next called; and does not interfere with the Police Officer or […]
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Jacob Kingston continued with his testimony in the Salt Lake court at today’s sitting. Kingston’s testimony is highly anticipated and is critical for the prosecution if it is to seal the case against Lev Dermen, his former business partner who is also known as Levon Termendzhyan. Since Wednesday, Kingston has been providing background to his […]
Written on February 6, 2020 | Posted in
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As we reported on Wednesday, Lord Michael Ashcroft has formally applied to join a lawsuit against the Government of Belize that was brought by the Belize Peace Movement. Ashcroft’s application is to join the claimants as an interested party in a legal challenge that, once successful, would prompt government to conduct a redistricting exercise prior […]
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We asked Marshalleck about the odds of conducting a redistricting exercise ahead of the upcoming general elections given what appears to be a stringent timeline. He says that should the Supreme Court rule in the claimants’ favour, resources can be made available to get the job done in limited time. Isani Cayetano “If the […]
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The star witness in the case against Lev Dermen arrived today at the court in Utah in handcuffs. Jacob Kingston is expected to testify through next week Monday since he has a throve of information that is critical to prove that Dermen was involved in massive money laundering. All eyes will be on Kingston because […]
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Teshawn Williams is back behind prison where he is awaiting a sentence for the charge of manslaughter in the stabbing death of Eaton Lamb. The accused is the cousin of the deceased and will learn his fate on March twelfth, 2020. Lamb was killed two years ago on February eighteenth, 2017 on Antelope Street, Belize […]
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The brothers: Tyrone, Ellis and Shaquille Meighan appeared in courtroom of Senior Magistrate Tricia Pitts Anderson on Tuesday and were charged for being members of a gang, specifically Banak Zone Clique. The Meighan brothers pleaded not guilty and while they have been charged with all sorts of offences in the past, the siblings now say […]
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News Five’s Hipolito Novelo is in Salt Lake City, Utah covering the trial of accused fraudster Lev Dermen. It’s a huge tax fraud case involving over a billion dollars, involving money laundering and extends to Belize. That’s because Dermen is said to have met and associated with several politicians including sitting U.D.P. cabinet ministers. One […]
Written on February 4, 2020 | Posted in
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Justice Courtney Abel has made a determination in a case brought by the Public Service against the Belmopan City Council, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Simplex Design Limited. In 2018, the hilltop property—home to the Public Service Union for decades—was quietly sold to Simplex Design Limited, a Chinese-owned company from Corozal. Since then, the […]
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According to Estevan Perera, the Registered Land Act gives two opportunities for the court to set aside a land title—when the title was issued in error or if it was part of a fraudulent transaction. As such, Simplex Design Limited is legitimately the sole owner of the hilltop property. An eviction notice was issued in […]
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It is widely speculated that Simplex Design Limited, which is registered to an address on Santa Rita Road in Corozal Town, is a shell company with no true intention to develop the hilltop property. While he says that he is not privy to all the details, Estevan Perera confirmed to the media today that the […]
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Estevan Perera is also the attorney for Andre Vega, son of former Lands Minister Gaspar Vega. In July of 2019, the government took the younger Vega to court to recover over four hundred thousand dollars that was paid in compensation to him for prime property along the Philip Goldson Highway, near the Haulover Bridge. The […]
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The much anticipated ruling in respect of the Petrocaribe case brought by the Opposition was delivered this morning by Chief Justice Kenneth Benjamin in the Supreme Court. The ruling found that over one billion dollars were spent illegally and that the Prime Minister had violated the constitution. In the unprecedented ruling, the CJ found that […]
Written on January 31, 2020 | Posted in
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Following today’s decision, Senior Counsel Eamon Courtenay, who represents the People’s United Party, broke down the Supreme Court ruling in layman’s terms before likening government’s expenditure of public funds to that of a small-time panades operation. When asked if an appeal is expected, Courtenay says he wouldn’t be surprised, despite government’s lawyer conceding in trial […]
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On the heels of an interview with Senior Counsel Eamon Courtenay, the question of government’s fiscal prudence was also put to Financial Secretary Joseph Waight. Here’s how he responded. Reporter “The criticism is that you all were running the government’s finances like one would a panades shop. Your response?” Joseph Waight, Financial Secretary […]
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The trial of Lev Dermen in the U.S. District Court of Utah before Judge Jill Parrish recessed today and will resume on Monday morning. News Five has been following very closely the developments leading up to the hearing, as well as the details of what is transpiring during the trial. Earlier today, we spoke via […]
Written on January 31, 2020 | Posted in
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During our interview with Carlisle, we inquired what bearing, if any, an admission corroborated by evidence proving that Dermen did in fact pay Saldivar these significant sums of money, would have on trial. Isani Cayetano “In the pretrial hearing, were you privy to any documents or any information that would have either suggested or […]
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The Prosecution and Defense Counsels in the murder trial of twenty-six year-old Louis Carter wrapped up their closing arguments today before Supreme Court Justice, Colin Young, and Carter’s fate will be known on February thirteenth. Carter is accused of the shooting murder of mechanic, thirty year-old Dwayne Hyde on July thirty, 2016 in Hyde’s yard […]
Written on January 31, 2020 | Posted in
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A Belize City man charged with Unlawful Sexual Intercourse and Incest upon a relative was denied bail today when he appeared before Justice Marilyn Williams to seek his freedom before the trial. But Justice Williams denied Leroy Robateau his request. The incident for which he is charged allegedly happened in April of 2019. It is […]
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