quote:

Originally posted by Mr.T:

quote:

Originally posted by Horse Man:
This is just a load of crock seriously, you guys do not believe that people can just buy influence with his Excellency right?

Come on now stop the nonsense.

You blind or what? Even on GNI there are a couple of ppl who bought influence with BJ.

yeah like who?

quote:

Originally posted by Horse Man:

quote:

Originally posted by Mr.T:

quote:

Originally posted by Horse Man:
This is just a load of crock seriously, you guys do not believe that people can just buy influence with his Excellency right?

Come on now stop the nonsense.

You blind or what? Even on GNI there are a couple of ppl who bought influence with BJ.

yeah like who?

caribj

A classic example of the govt. speaking with two tongues
AUGUST 19, 2011 | BY KNEWS | FILED UNDER LETTERS

Dear Editor,

It is a total shame to hear and read every living day about corruption and malpractices in this country. Dr. Cheddi Jagan and his wife would probably be ashamed and very disappointed about what is taking place both in the party and the country they struggled so hard for.

I am very disappointed to hear from Dr. Luncheon’s mouth that the transaction between an embattled New York businessman and President Jagdeo is a private arrangement. As far as I’m aware we have a fulltime president, so as long as a person is holding the office as president he is answerable to the people of this country, and there is nothing private about what he does. Are we to understand that, according to Dr. Luncheon, if a public officer transacts business which could compromise his /her office with any member of the public there is nothing wrong with that?

The public may recall and I hope Dr. Luncheon could remember that a certain member in the legal profession had applied many years ago to be appointed as a high court judge but was denied that appointment because this same administration said that he was not fit for that position, citing reasons along the lines of him defending drug barons and associating with criminal elements and socializing at all the night clubs which would compromise his office as a judge.

Mr. Editor, this is a classic example of the government speaking with two tongues. The President dealt with someone who we later found out is being investigated for alleged fraud in New York, the President claimed him to be his friend. So there should be nothing private about the President of this country. Let the truth prevail.

R. Singh

Source

Top drawer stuff

quote:

Originally posted by redux:
Top drawer stuff

Check out the comments on YouTube too.

quote:

Originally posted by the new yorker:

quote:

Originally posted by Mad Max:
Same flight doesn't mean you are in a plane seat.
Mike should give you a good busing down for your fassness!

i never said it was. i think you need to slow down and read a bit more carefully. you keep tripping over yourself by moving too "fass." i simply asked him HOW he knew which flight EA was on if Ahmad never made it on the plane, nor checked in. did he have a premonition? did a little birdie tell him? was it a part of his horoscope that day? hmmm?

oh rass i juss see dis....NY what diff will it make if i tell you the flight # and our first class seat number EH??? yall done try the Bruda and yall done noo he goin to jail....he will not go to jail....yall eezz off the man naa...The matter is in the hands of the relevant authorities so let justice takes it’s course.

quote:

Originally posted by SuperMike:

oh rass i juss see dis....NY what diff will it make if i tell you the flight # and our first class seat number EH??? yall done try the Bruda and yall done noo he goin to jail....he will not go to jail....yall eezz off the man naa...The matter is in the hands of the relevant authorities so let justice takes it’s course.

Bai, yuh wutliss, is datt the way you keep roja, cussing people 1:38am, wah happen, you wifey throw yuh in the bath tub to sleep? Isn't abstentian period 6am to 6pm?

Jagdeo defends purchases from Ahmad, tax-waivers
Written by Demerara Waves Sunday, 21 August 2011 09:13


President Bharrat Jagdeo

President Bharrat Jagdeo’s office has defended sourcing 29 tons of building materials from his friend, New York realtor Ed Ahmad, who has been indicted by the Federal Bureau of Investigators for fraud. “It is widely known and established that Mr. Ahmad is a businessman. The shipment was of goods bought by the president for his personal use and consigned to the president,” the Office of the President said in a statement.

As reported here on Friday, Ahmad has been an indicted by the FBI in a mortgage fraud scheme in which he and others fraudulently obtained more than $50 million in loans, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) said Friday. No mention was made of the cost of the items. Jagdeo, who leaves office before year-ned after serving two terms, is building a private mansion at Sparendaam village, East Coast Demerara near the Atlantic coast.

The Office of the President also assured that Jagdeo has not evaded taxes on the importation of the materials, saying that he is entitled to waivers as president. “Also already established was the fact that the waiver on the taxes due was based on an act of parliament enacted before president Jagdeo’s tenure and available to all the executive presidents of Guyana,” according to the statement. Concerns had been raised in some quarters about whether Jagdeo has paid customs duties and taxes on the items imported.

The President’s office also restated that Jagdeo and Ahmad have been friends for about 15 years but the Guyanese leader would at the same time not tolerate law-breaking or deny him. “I know this gentleman a long time, about 15 years now, I know many other people… if Ed Ahmad breaks the law in New York then he must face the consequences, and I cannot deny knowing somebody, I know him very well… I know this gentleman, and I have considered him all these years as a friend but, if he does anything illegal it does not mean that I will condone this, no I will not condone it,” the president has said.

The governing Peoples Progressive Party (PPP) has denied that Ahmad has helped finance its 2011 general election campaign. Ahmad, a former member of the Guyana Police Force, now owns a hardware store located at the Industrial Site premises that once housed the operations of the PPP-aligned Mirror Newspaper. He has been also sold several acres of land at Leonora, West Coast Demerara that once belonged to the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuco).

Source

quote:

Originally posted by SuperMike:
oh rass i juss see dis....NY what diff will it make if i tell you the flight # and our first class seat number EH??? yall done try the Bruda and yall done noo he goin to jail....he will not go to jail....yall eezz off the man naa...The matter is in the hands of the relevant authorities so let justice takes it’s course.

the point of asking was to point out that either YOU or the FRIENDS OF AHMAD were lying about him boarding the plane. you say he did, they say he didn't. That's all.

Building materials
By STABROEK STAFF | LETTERS | THURSDAY, AUGUST 25, 2011

Dear Editor,

Last week it was widely reported that a 29-tonne container of building materials shipped to President Jagdeo by businessman Ed Ahmad in 2009 was indeed cleared by Customs duty-free. The most important point of the news reports was that taxes on such a shipment could be waived under a law which had been available to previous presidents.

Perhaps the President could provide evidence that he paid Mr Ahmad for the imported materials and for the shipping costs. In most democratic societies there are laws placing restrictions on the receipt of gifts by all public officials including a heads of state. It should be recalled that in 2006 Mr Ahmad had made a cash gift of $40,000 to Congressman Gregory Meeks. When the FBI began investigating, Mr Meeks began a hasty scramble to legitimize the deal. The gift was allegedly converted to a loan three years after its receipt, and Mr Meeks provided proof that the loan had been repaid at 12 per cent interest. The FBI is not buying this, however, and is still investigating. Mr Meeks is also under investigation by the House Ethics Committee (House of Representatives).

Leader of the Opposition Robert Corbin has not called for an investigation, so is he satisfied that this 29-tonne transaction is sanctioned within the law?

Yours faithfully,
Mike Persaud

Source

quote:

Originally posted by Gerhard Ramsaroop:
Building materials
By STABROEK STAFF | LETTERS | THURSDAY, AUGUST 25, 2011

Dear Editor,

Last week it was widely reported that a 29-tonne container of building materials shipped to President Jagdeo by businessman Ed Ahmad in 2009 was indeed cleared by Customs duty-free. The most important point of the news reports was that taxes on such a shipment could be waived under a law which had been available to previous presidents.

Perhaps the President could provide evidence that he paid Mr Ahmad for the imported materials and for the shipping costs. In most democratic societies there are laws placing restrictions on the receipt of gifts by all public officials including a heads of state. It should be recalled that in 2006 Mr Ahmad had made a cash gift of $40,000 to Congressman Gregory Meeks. When the FBI began investigating, Mr Meeks began a hasty scramble to legitimize the deal. The gift was allegedly converted to a loan three years after its receipt, and Mr Meeks provided proof that the loan had been repaid at 12 per cent interest. The FBI is not buying this, however, and is still investigating. Mr Meeks is also under investigation by the House Ethics Committee (House of Representatives).

Leader of the Opposition Robert Corbin has not called for an investigation, so is he satisfied that this 29-tonne transaction is sanctioned within the law?

Yours faithfully,
Mike Persaud

Source

The PNC would not call for anything, they probably have their action going and a hoodwink arrangement with the PPP.

quote:

Originally posted by Gerhard Ramsaroop:
[FLASH_VIDEO]<object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000"
codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=8,0,0,0"
height="345"
width="420"
> value="transparent"
> value="never"
> name="movie"
/> /> /><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash"
wmode="transparent"
pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"
allowScriptAccess="never"
height="345"
width="420"
src="http://www.youtube.com/v/XmgqWYjyxZQ?version=3&hl=en_GB"
/>[/FLASH_VIDEO]

I wonder why this video has been removed by the user from you tube?

http://federalcrimesblog.com/2...rtgage-fraud-scheme/

Ed Ahmad likely to face more charges - US attorney
By STABROEK EDITOR | LOCAL | TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2011

US-based Guyanese businessman Ed Ahmad may likely face more mortgage fraud charges, US prosecutor Alexander Solomon told Judge Dora Irizarry today when the accused made an appearance before the judge in New York for a status conference. According to a document on the court proceedings, seen by this newspaper, the prosecutor said that the government is likely to “supersede to add new charges and/or additional defendants within approximately two months.” The government also said that it is preparing discovery material but pointed out that the evidence they have to go through is voluminous as there are about 58 boxes of mostly bank records to go through.


Ed Ahmad

“Discovery is being indexed and will be sent to copy center for defense within two weeks,” the court document said.The judge granted the prosecution’s request to designate the case as being a “complex” one. Last month a US federal grand jury in Brooklyn, New York had returned an indictment charging Ahmad with participating in a mortgage fraud scheme in which he and others fraudulently obtained more than US$50 million in loans.

The indictment alleged that Ahmad conspired to defraud financial institutions, including Bank of New York, JP Morgan Chase, Citibank, N.A., Countrywide Financial, Flushing Savings Bank, Fremont Investment and Loan, HSBC Bank USA, N.A., IndyMac Bank, One West Bank, U.S. Bank, and Wells Fargo & Company, and wholesale mortgage lenders, including New Century Mortgage Corporation and Ocwen Financial Corporation. Ahmad is charged with one count of conspiracy to commit bank and wire fraud and 10 counts of bank fraud. Ahmad had been arrested by the FBI in New York on July 22 as he was preparing to board a flight to Guyana. He is accused of a series of fraudulent practices including falsifying loan applications. He was later released on a bond of US$2.5M but the August 19 indictment superseded the previous case against him.

Guyanese journalist Duane Fowler, who was in court when Ahmad appeared today, told Stabroek News that Ahmad told him that he would be vindicated. He also denied local reports that he had been taken off a plane at the JFK airport but said he had met investigators at the airport. Ahmad will make another court appearance on October 28. Ahmad’s arrest has prompted both President Bharrat Jagdeo and the ruling PPP to defend their ties with him. Ahmad had shipped building material to President Jagdeo at State House and had been listed as a contact person for a PPP support group event put on in New York for presidential candidate Donald Ramotar.

Source

.

quote:

Ahmad’s arrest has prompted both President Bharrat Jagdeo and the ruling PPP to defend their ties with him. Ahmad had shipped building material to President Jagdeo at State House and had been listed as a contact person for a PPP support group event put on in New York for presidential candidate Donald Ramotar.

Has there been a verification that the shipment to BJ was not a gift?

..

quote:

Originally posted by asj:

..

= EQUALS

MORE 29 TONNES OF TILES FOR STATE HOUSE COMPLIMENTS OF EDUL.

Its only a matter of time before Jagdeo join his 'gifted' friends at the NY Hilton.
Panama comes to mind.