The Financial Intelligence Unit has reported a matter to FICAC to examine the case of a politically exposed person for possible unexplained wealth as a result of corruption and bribery.<\/p>\n
The Unit has identified the person as only Mr. R and says he was brought to their attention for receiving large cash deposits from various individuals and entities in Fiji.<\/p>\n
They say their analysis revealed that from 2017 to 2022, Mr. R received close to $1 million in large cash deposits from various entities and foreigners in Fiji.<\/p>\n
The Unit says further analysis showed that Mr. R received remittances totalling half a million dollars from 2019 to 2022.<\/p>\n
They say these remittances were received from various individuals and entities in Countries A, B, C and D and most of the remittances \u2013 approximately $370,000 \u2013 were received from Country A.<\/p>\n
The Unit further says open source searches showed that Mr. R had travelled to Country A in his capacity as a politically exposed person and met with numerous government officials in Country A.<\/p>\n
They say indicators that a crime has been committed include cash deposits apart from salary, large cheque withdrawals and large remittance from offshore.<\/p>\n
Possible offences include unexplained wealth, corruption, bribery, possible tax related offences or tax evasion.<\/p>\n
Questions have been sent to FICAC. They are yet to respond.<\/p>\n
SOURCE FIJI VILLAGE<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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