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Re: State vs Contractors - Bid rigging at EMBD, EFCL & HDC

Postby zoom rader » July 29th, 2020, 10:16 pm

The_Honourable wrote:Guardian "responds" to Express

UK company confirms TTPS’ EMBD case strong

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Lead Editor, Investigative Desk - Trinidad Guardian

“There are reasonable grounds to suspect criminal behaviour.”

That was the comment from Kate McMahon, of the UK firm Edmonds and Marshall Mc Mahon (EMM), as she wrote an email to investigators of the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS) and its legal department last Friday to raise her latest concerns about the investigation into the Estate Management and Development Co Ltd (EMBD).

In follow-up correspondence on Monday (July 27), she denied recent newspaper reports that the evidence was weak and said the police were “quite comfortable with the warrants” they need to carry on with their investigations.

Mc Mahon informed the TTPS last Friday that her firm, which has been assisting the TTPS with the major probes, had intensified their communication with the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions in “relation to the cases we are seeking to charge.” She indicated that there were three cases now being actively investigated (EMBD, Lifesport and EFCL) and “two which are currently being assessed for charge by the DPP and the third which is at an advanced stage and has warrants to be executed which will, we believe, reveal money laundering and funding for the 2015 election via government contract fees.”

Mc Mahon also pointed out a third matter has also been considered.

“We wish to execute a search soon on (name called), who is central to our investigation with the Anti-Corruption Investigations Bureau (ACIB). This is an important matter of public policy and we urge that, on the evidence as it stands, there are reasonable grounds to suspect criminal behaviour and warrant a search,” Mc Mahon said.

Mc Mahon noted that with a search warrant under section 5 (1) of the Indictable Offences(Preliminary Enquiry Act 1917), “there is a general authority granted to a police officer to search specified premises in accordance with a validly issued search warrant under this section.” She said once the magistrate is satisfied that the place in question to search may have evidence “as to the commission of any such offence,” the DPP’s permission is not needed.



She said she was optimistic that “the DPP may see fit to advance the cases we have put before him.”
On Monday (July 27), Mc Mahon also wrote to TTPS investigators about the matter surrounding Ed Jenkins QC raised in another newspaper report. She indicated in her correspondence that “Ed Jenkins has advised that he does not wish these searches done as they will appear politically motivated. We have three problems here.”

However, Mc Mahon advised the officers that “since there has been significant media attention on this case, I think evidence should be collected now.”

The UK firm partner advised that “unless the warrant was particularly tricky or difficult, that the officers should be encouraged to (a) not go to the DPP for assistance with routine policing and (b) if they do have concerns or need help, they use the TTPS legal department.”

Mc Mahon ended her correspondence by stating they were working as quickly as possible with Jenkins to get his approval “but I think that it’s a significant problem for the TTPS to ask the DPP for approval of warrants. That is a policing function and it should be sped up.”

In her Friday correspondence, she also cleared the air on the firm’s contract with the TTPS.

“It was my mistaken belief that our contract was only until the end of July... it has been approved in principal (sic) for at least an additional year and is in the latter stages of contractual approval. This potential contract endpoint was communicated to the DPP’s office in the last few weeks. Unfortunately, (incorrect) circumstances of this contract appear to have been discussed with the media.”

On Monday, Commissioner of Police Gary Griffith and T&T Police Service legal adviser Christian Chandler also defended the evidence they had so far compiled in the Lifesport and EMBD probes amid reports they had not uncovered enough to press charges concerning those cases. Chandler noted that the report which the Trinidad Express based its stories on was old and they had advanced the case substantially since then.

On July 19, a Sunday Guardian report revealed that arrests were imminent in the $549 million criminal EMBD case, with a prominent politician allegedly closely linked to the matter.

Source: https://www.guardian.co.tt/news/uk-comp ... 888d0bf2f0
Don't ever believe the 1% media when they say a leak report.

It's all set that way to feed sheep

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Re: State vs Contractors - Bid rigging at EMBD, EFCL & HDC

Postby De Dragon » August 2nd, 2020, 2:00 pm

Shameful that Geeyore felt it necessary to politicize the issue as well. If your evidence is so strong, why the need to defend it days before a GE, particularly when the PNM is pushing it hard on the hustings? Geeyore has proven to be the most political, conflicted and hypocritical CoP we've ever had.
Before the Red and Dotish brigade jumps out, please note my oft stated position that ANYONE who is found to have a case to answer, should be made to do so.

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Re: State vs Contractors - Bid rigging at EMBD, EFCL & HDC

Postby bluefete » August 2nd, 2020, 2:04 pm

De Dragon wrote:Shameful that Geeyore felt it necessary to politicize the issue as well. If your evidence is so strong, why the need to defend it days before a GE, particularly when the PNM is pushing it hard on the hustings? Geeyore has proven to be the most political, conflicted and hypocritical CoP we've ever had.
Before the Red and Dotish brigade jumps out, please note my oft stated position that ANYONE who is found to have a case to answer, should be made to do so.


Yuh know, yuh so right.

I lost all respect for him with the Deputy Commissioner Hackshaw issue with all the accounts he had in the banks.

Seems like Gary and Hackshaw might be in the same Lodge.

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Re: State vs Contractors - Bid rigging at EMBD, EFCL & HDC

Postby De Dragon » August 2nd, 2020, 3:33 pm

bluefete wrote:
De Dragon wrote:Shameful that Geeyore felt it necessary to politicize the issue as well. If your evidence is so strong, why the need to defend it days before a GE, particularly when the PNM is pushing it hard on the hustings? Geeyore has proven to be the most political, conflicted and hypocritical CoP we've ever had.
Before the Red and Dotish brigade jumps out, please note my oft stated position that ANYONE who is found to have a case to answer, should be made to do so.


Yuh know, yuh so right.

I lost all respect for him with the Deputy Commissioner Hackshaw issue with all the accounts he had in the banks.

Seems like Gary and Hackshaw might be in the same Lodge.

There is a Lodge for dumb high ranking TTPS?

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Re: State vs Contractors - Bid rigging at EMBD, EFCL & HDC

Postby The_Honourable » August 2nd, 2020, 8:17 pm

$66m more for UK firms probing EMBD

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Twelve days before the election, Cabinet approved the renewal of a $50 million contract for the police service to retain the services of a specialised team of private investigators and forensic accountants from the United Kingdom. Their task is to help build criminal cases against their political opponents.

According to a Cabinet note 1320, headed Ratification of approval by the Honourable Prime Minister for the engagement of English law firms to provide professional services to the TTPS, Ministry of National Security, the minister sought to approve the decision to retain the UK firm Edmonds, Marshall and McMahon Ltd, Open Text UK Ltd and PricewaterhouseCoopers Advisory Services Ltd since April 2019 and renew the contract for another year.

Cabinet also approved the payment of a further $16.3 million in outstanding fees to the firms for work already done, which brings the total contract value to $66.3 million.

Another $50 million had already been spent to retain their services for the last 12 months, according to government sources.

Opposition sources claim that the decision of the government to pay for the services of the foreign teams without Cabinet approval since April 2019 was irregular, and said senior public servants had raised concerns about the contracts being renewed after millions of taxpayers’ dollars had already been spent.

Questions that Sunday Newsday sent to the Prime Minister on the issue were not answered.

The three firms were selected by Police Commissioner Gary Griffith in April 2019 to help police officers assigned to the Anti-Corruption Investigations Bureau complete their investigations into high-profile, politically sensitive cases.

These included bid-rigging and kickbacks from a $549 million road-development contract awarded by the Estate Management and Business Development Company (EMBD) on the eve of the 2015 general election under the former UNC administration; the $400 million spent during the LifeSport programme under the last administration and which has been blamed for the mushrooming of gang warfare along the East West Corridor; and the million-dollar deposits into the account of a relative of a UNC politician, among other cases.

The original contracts expired at the end of June. Last month a status report into the EMBD investigation was purposely leaked to the media which disclosed details of the investigation, including the identity of a senior member of the UNC, four private contracting firms, and other officials involved in an alleged scheme to steal close to $500 million, some of which the police claim was used to fund the UNC 2015 general election campaign.

The UK investigators advised police to execute a search warrant at the home of the UNC politician before July 17, nomination day, but on seeking the advice of the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions, they were told they needed more information before making such a move.

According to the Cabinet note, the hiring of the foreign experts was advised by the CoP, who said that from time to time he is provided with “secret and classified information regarding plans to undermine the rule of law, good governance and national security through criminal and corrupt activities.

“Should this information fall into the hands of the wrong individuals it could undermine the security of the country,” he said.

“Based on some of this information, the TTPS are engaged in numerous investigative cases of a high profile nature which the CoP is convinced will be better handled by a neutral competent body devoid of influence by the society.”

This was the basis for the hiring of the foreign experts to deal with sensitive matters of national security.

Commenting on the decision to retain foreign teams to assist the police, Griffith said he welcomed the opportunity to get experts to help them fast-track high-profile investigations.

This, he said, will also deflect allegations of cover-ups and assist people of interest in such cases, as they can be determined one way or another in quick time.

He pointed out this was not the first time foreign experts have been retained to assist the police in complex white-collar crimes, and referred to the forensic accountant Bob Lindquist and his team, who were brought in by a former PNM administration to assist police in the $1.6 billion Piarco Airport Development Project. That resulted in former ministers, contractors and foreign firms being charged with a host of criminal offences.

Griffith said even the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions has hired a foreign adviser, Ed Jenkins, QC, to give advice on some high-profile matters, including the EMBD case, and a foreign accounting firm to help unravel allegations of a complex fraud case involving top officials of the CL Financial empire.

Griffith said the foreign specialists advise police officers on how to build their investigation, and do not direct them.

UNC Oropouche East candidate Dr Roodal Moonilal, at virtual political meeting on Friday, also brought to the fore, a July 24, 2020 matter for consideration by the Cabinet for the ratification of an approval granted by the Prime Minister one year ago to engage an English law firm to provide services to the TTPS.

Services were to be provided for the period April 2019 to June 2020. Approval was also given for the provision of services for one year from July 1, 2020.

Moonilal said what this means, “is that the PM went and took a decision by himself without the Cabinet and now he running back to the Cabinet to get approval and support for the decision he already took.”

“He wants to pay it backwards.”

“There is no reference to any other Cabinet note which means Cabinet never dealt with that,” he said showing off his copy of the Cabinet note.

“June 2020 gone. They engaged a company for $66 million and they did not have any approval. It was an illegal act to procure the services of a company without proper approval and now they come to Cabinet to cover it up.”

He said what is worse is that the money will have to come from the TTPS which does not have a budget for it.

“They are taking money from the police vote that is there to fix police stations, fix police cars, pay for goods and services for the police to pay these English people who have produced nothing.”

He advanced that the TTPS and not the Cabinet which should be procuring and recruiting a company to assist the service with complex matters.

“The Cabinet is made up of politicians. They are passing a decision to spend tax payers money to a company to prosecute their political opponents. That is wrong.”

Source: https://newsday.co.tt/2020/08/02/66m-mo ... bing-embd/

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Re: State vs Contractors - Bid rigging at EMBD, EFCL & HDC

Postby bluefete » August 2nd, 2020, 8:34 pm

De Dragon wrote:
bluefete wrote:
De Dragon wrote:Shameful that Geeyore felt it necessary to politicize the issue as well. If your evidence is so strong, why the need to defend it days before a GE, particularly when the PNM is pushing it hard on the hustings? Geeyore has proven to be the most political, conflicted and hypocritical CoP we've ever had.
Before the Red and Dotish brigade jumps out, please note my oft stated position that ANYONE who is found to have a case to answer, should be made to do so.


Yuh know, yuh so right.

I lost all respect for him with the Deputy Commissioner Hackshaw issue with all the accounts he had in the banks.

Seems like Gary and Hackshaw might be in the same Lodge.

There is a Lodge for dumb high ranking TTPS?


How yuh think dey get to be "dumb high ranking TTPS?"

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Re: State vs Contractors - Bid rigging at EMBD, EFCL & HDC

Postby bluefete » August 2nd, 2020, 8:36 pm

That is $116 million spend 'jusso" on foreign. Rowley real like dem foreigners.

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Re: State vs Contractors - Bid rigging at EMBD, EFCL & HDC

Postby zoom rader » August 3rd, 2020, 8:03 am

bluefete wrote:That is $116 million spend 'jusso" on foreign. Rowley real like dem foreigners.
Redman more concerned about UNC plans.

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Re: State vs Contractors - Bid rigging at EMBD, EFCL & HDC

Postby De Dragon » August 3rd, 2020, 11:04 am

zoom rader wrote:
bluefete wrote:That is $116 million spend 'jusso" on foreign. Rowley real like dem foreigners.
Redman more concerned about UNC plans.

Love to see the reaction of those hypocrites if a UNC AG did a "Malcolm Jones"
That nasty little piece of abject corruption, done by a non-PNM GORTT would surely stick in their sheepish maws.

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Re: State vs Contractors - Bid rigging at EMBD, EFCL & HDC

Postby Redman » August 3rd, 2020, 11:09 am

De Dragon wrote:
zoom rader wrote:
bluefete wrote:That is $116 million spend 'jusso" on foreign. Rowley real like dem foreigners.
Redman more concerned about UNC plans.

Love to see the reaction of those hypocrites if a UNC AG did a "Malcolm Jones"
That nasty little piece of abject corruption, done by a non-PNM GORTT would surely stick in their sheepish maws.


Section 34 was.......The AG, the PM and the Cabinet....but that dont matter anymore.

Hypocrite indeed.

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Re: State vs Contractors - Bid rigging at EMBD, EFCL & HDC

Postby De Dragon » August 3rd, 2020, 11:17 am

Redman wrote:
De Dragon wrote:
zoom rader wrote:
bluefete wrote:That is $116 million spend 'jusso" on foreign. Rowley real like dem foreigners.
Redman more concerned about UNC plans.

Love to see the reaction of those hypocrites if a UNC AG did a "Malcolm Jones"
That nasty little piece of abject corruption, done by a non-PNM GORTT would surely stick in their sheepish maws.


Section 34 was.......The AG, the PM and the Cabinet....but that dont matter anymore.

Hypocrite indeed.

It was wrong then too, but I haven't seen you tote about Malcolm Jones and AV Drilling like this. Hell, you did not even offer accustomed your lukewarm, unconvincing "criticsm"

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Postby Redman » August 3rd, 2020, 11:18 am

You should pay more attention

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Re: State vs Contractors - Bid rigging at EMBD, EFCL & HDC

Postby Dizzy28 » August 3rd, 2020, 11:18 am

Redman wrote:
De Dragon wrote:
zoom rader wrote:
bluefete wrote:That is $116 million spend 'jusso" on foreign. Rowley real like dem foreigners.
Redman more concerned about UNC plans.

Love to see the reaction of those hypocrites if a UNC AG did a "Malcolm Jones"
That nasty little piece of abject corruption, done by a non-PNM GORTT would surely stick in their sheepish maws.


Section 34 was.......The AG, the PM and the Cabinet....but that dont matter anymore.

Hypocrite indeed.


The Administration of Justice (Indictable Offences) Act of which Section 34 was merely part of was unanimously voted for by both PNM and PP though

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Re: State vs Contractors - Bid rigging at EMBD, EFCL & HDC

Postby De Dragon » August 3rd, 2020, 11:21 am

Redman wrote:You should pay more attention

I do, hence my previous post. You actions need no more attention to be made out for what they are.

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Postby Redman » August 3rd, 2020, 11:24 am

@ Dizzy
Yes- Explain how Section 34....and ONLY section 34 was Proclaimed.

You guys only remember one side of the story
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Postby Redman » August 3rd, 2020, 11:26 am

De Dragon wrote:
Redman wrote:You should pay more attention

I do, hence my previous post. You actions need no more attention to be made out for what they are.


No you dont- but whatever.

As I said your concern is heart warming.

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Postby Dizzy28 » August 3rd, 2020, 11:33 am

Redman wrote:Yes- Explain how Section 34....and ONLY section 34 was Proclaimed.

You guys only remember one side of the story


A pretty ironic statement as your response earlier seems to indicate you definitely only remembered one side. An act was passed unanimously by the upper and lower houses for which only Independent senator Helen Drayton at the time apologized for the lack of oversight.

I am not disputing Section 34 was nefariously passed (Can't speak to the other forum users) seemingly to benefit the Piarco accused. But to omit the players in the actual passage of the law cheapens the role of Parliament.

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Re: State vs Contractors - Bid rigging at EMBD, EFCL & HDC

Postby De Dragon » August 3rd, 2020, 11:37 am

Dizzy28 wrote:
Redman wrote:Yes- Explain how Section 34....and ONLY section 34 was Proclaimed.

You guys only remember one side of the story


A pretty ironic statement as your response earlier seems to indicate you definitely only remembered one side. An act was passed unanimously by the upper and lower houses for which only Independent senator Helen Drayton at the time apologized for the lack of oversight.

I am not disputing Section 34 was nefariously passed (Can't speak to the other forum users) seemingly to benefit the Piarco accused. But to omit the players in the actual passage of the law cheapens the role of Parliament.

Wait, Red Plastic Bag trying to turn it around on you and I :rofl:
Notice he still isn't making a definitive statement on Malcolm Jones or AV Drilling still eh. Lemme guess RPB, yuh on de fence :roll:

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Re: State vs Contractors - Bid rigging at EMBD, EFCL & HDC

Postby shaneelal » August 3rd, 2020, 11:48 am

Don’t publish EMBD judgment before election

Attorneys for the contractors in the civil suit involving the Estate Management and Business Development Co Ltd (EMBD) have written to the court asking that it not publish the judgment on August 6 because of the August 10 general election.

The letter is dated July 31 addressed to Justice James Aboud and signed by Karina Singh of Fortis Chambers. Singh is the instructing attorney for Kiel Taklalsingh and Jagdeo Singh and Senior Counsel Ramesh Lawrence Maharaj. Maharaj is the lead counsel for TN Ramnath and Company and Motilal Ramhit and Sons, Fides Limited, the defendants against whom EMBD filed the civil suit.

The EMBD also filed a suit against Roodal Moonilal.

“The purpose of this letter is to ask His Lordship to reconsider the date fixed for the delivery of the judgment having regard to the wide publicity given concerning the merits of the weakness of the above-mentioned claims and counter-claims,” Singh stated.

“The political arm of the Government made strong and inflammatory public statements about the strength of the case of the EMBD. Similarly the political arm of the Opposition had made strong and inflammatory public statements about the weaknesses of the case of EMBD,” the letter stated.

“It is in that context that the court may wish to consider postponing the delivery of the judgment to a few days after the date fixed for the general election on 10th August, 2020. This is because the delivery of the judgment prior to the election date, whichever side succeeds in the applications before the court is likely to bring the administration of justice into political controversy,” the letter stated.

The letter referred to several newspaper articles which had been published recently on the EMBD matter, suggesting that given the intense and inflammatory views expressed by politicians in the Government and Opposition on the claims and counter-claims, the “court may wish to consider that the interest of justice demands that the judgment be postponed to a date after the general election.

“The court may wish to consider that in the circumstances, whichever way the court decides, there can be baseless public perceptions that the court has taken the side of one of the political parties,” the letter stated.



https://trinidadexpress.com/elections/2 ... a2006.html

The public may not have all the info, but we should be able to form our own opinions, delaying this judgement doesn't help.
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Re: State vs Contractors - Bid rigging at EMBD, EFCL & HDC

Postby Redman » August 3rd, 2020, 11:48 am

Ok

I get your point-albeit I think it isnt taken to the conclusion

Have you read the Hansard that shows the details of how the act was in fact passed????

It was passed with Volney making promises and commitments that were reneged upon...

The UNC position that they complete a series actions and that changes th the Section 34 would be made before proclamation.
They lied.

The UNCabinet-voted to pass Section 34 for proclamation.
Volney took the fall for that.

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Postby zoom rader » August 3rd, 2020, 12:44 pm

Redman wrote:Ok

I get your point-albeit I think it isnt taken to the conclusion

Have you read the Hansard that shows the details of how the act was in fact passed????

It was passed with Volney making promises and commitments that were reneged upon...

The UNC position that they complete a series actions and that changes th the Section 34 would be made before proclamation.
They lied.

The UNCabinet-voted to pass Section 34 for proclamation.
Volney took the fall for that.
PNM voted n favour to pass the bill.

PNM should have done their homework if they displeased and bring to the attention of the public.

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Re: State vs Contractors - Bid rigging at EMBD, EFCL & HDC

Postby De Dragon » August 3rd, 2020, 12:49 pm

Redman wrote:Ok

I get your point-albeit I think it isnt taken to the conclusion

Have you read the Hansard that shows the details of how the act was in fact passed????

It was passed with Volney making promises and commitments that were reneged upon...

The UNC position that they complete a series actions and that changes th the Section 34 would be made before proclamation.
They lied.

The UNCabinet-voted to pass Section 34 for proclamation.
Volney took the fall for that.

A law with nefarious intent surely, but your attempt to defend or justify pure PNM laziness although fully expected, is pathetic nonetheless.

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Re: State vs Contractors - Bid rigging at EMBD, EFCL & HDC

Postby The_Honourable » April 28th, 2022, 12:03 am

Things might pick up...

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Re: State vs Contractors - Bid rigging at EMBD, EFCL & HDC

Postby sMASH » April 28th, 2022, 12:47 am

That,, might fall apart. Cause the board ended up going along with what moonilal did organize.
The judge said that that action legitimized the decisions

The precedent is with Rowley and the ferries and port authority... He went ahead and secured contracts, when it wasn't his purview.

But Roda bar rat actually try to spin the reduction in fault from 1.3bn to 400m as a loss for namalco and a win for embd.
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Re: State vs Contractors - Bid rigging at EMBD, EFCL & HDC

Postby pugboy » April 28th, 2022, 5:40 am

them contractors smarter than that, woulda hve tight contracts in place

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Postby SR » April 28th, 2022, 9:12 am

All a pappy show for politics neither party cares about the country

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Postby Dizzy28 » April 28th, 2022, 9:29 am

SR wrote:All a pappy show for politics neither party cares about the country


This in a nutshell.
Would be nice to see come sawatees face consequences for their actions!!

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Re: State vs Contractors - Bid rigging at EMBD, EFCL & HDC

Postby Chimera » April 28th, 2022, 9:42 am

pugboy wrote:them contractors smarter than that, woulda hve tight contracts in place
The divisional managers were signing off on works that were never completed or even started

Contracts or not....its fraud

Thats why embd bring 4 companies/parties into it saying if they found liable to namalco....then those 4 people liable as they were the ones saying the work was completed.

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Postby Dizzy28 » April 28th, 2022, 10:33 am

^ Bai I glad I got out of contracting. During UWI and for the first few years out of it I worked for several contractors (including man like Hafeez Karamath). I also worked in a state agency involved in large construction projects.

I'm certain I saw lots of white collar crime take place which at the time I never bothered.

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Re: State vs Contractors - Bid rigging at EMBD, EFCL & HDC

Postby pugboy » April 28th, 2022, 1:05 pm

yeah that is separate from the normal
type contract bobol



Phone Surgeon wrote:
pugboy wrote:them contractors smarter than that, woulda hve tight contracts in place
The divisional managers were signing off on works that were never completed or even started

Contracts or not....its fraud

Thats why embd bring 4 companies/parties into it saying if they found liable to namalco....then those 4 people liable as they were the ones saying the work was completed.

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