FORMER PRIME MINISTER FILES SUIT AGAINST INVESTMENT MINISTER HILAIRE AND CIU, SEEKING INJUNCTION AND REVOCATION OF ILLEGALLY-ISSUED SAINT LUCIA CIP PASSPORTS

ALLEN CHASTANET, the former Prime Minister of Saint Lucia, yesterday filed a civil action in the High Court of Justice, against Investment Minister and Deputy Prime Minister ERNEST HILAIRE, and the Board of the country's Citizenship by Investment (CIP) passport sales program, alleging that massive corruption, Malfeasance, fraud and violations of Saint Lucia's Citizenship by Investment Act law, and other agreements, have been committed by the defendants, in conjunction with the Chinese passport consultancy, CARIBBEAN GALAXY, and other individuals and entities, regarding the Infrastructure Option.

 The suit asks for injunctive relief against the defendants, to restrain them from further processing citizenships and issuing any additional passports, as they are in violation of Saint Lucia's laws and regulations regarding CIP. Exhibits and other supporting evidence have been attached to the Claim, documenting the Plaintiff's allegations. Those allegations implicate LATITUDE/RIF TRUST, BEMAX, REACH IMMIGRATION, and BLUEMINA, among others, in promoting "the illegally undersold investments."

Allen Chastanet

In addition to the FIXED DATE CLAIM of the Plaintiff, a NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR INTERLOCUTORY INJUNCTION has also been filed of record, as well as a supporting affidavit. The style of the case is: IN THE MATTER OF THE CITIZENSHIP BY INVESTMENT ACT, BETWEEN ALLEN CHASTANET, AND ERNEST HILAIRE AND CITIZENSHIP BY INVESTMENT BOARD, having Case Number SLUHCV2025/0072.

In a public announcement made by the Plaintiff yesterday, he warned about the significant threat that the illegal actions of the defendants are having upon the country's indispensable correspondent banking relationships with American financial institutions, as well as its domestic banking system. We will be detailing the extensive specific allegations of misconduct in further articles; it is to early to determine the global impact of this litigation upon the beleaguered Citizenship by Investment industry, already seriously damaged by the Saint Kitts and Nevis CBI scandal, but it is estimated that it will further increase calls for systemic reform, including implementing strict regulation of all stakeholders, governmental participants, and applicants.

ALLEN CHASTANET, the former Prime Minister of Saint Lucia, yesterday filed a civil action in the High Court of Justice, against Investment Minister and Deputy Prime Minister ERNEST HILAIRE, and the Board of the country's Citizenship by Investment (CIP) passport sales program, alleging that massive corruption, Malfeasance, fraud and violations of Saint Lucia's Citizenship by Investment Act law, and other agreements, have been committed by the defendants, in conjunction with the Chinese passport consultancy, CARIBBEAN GALAXY, and other individuals and entities, regarding the Infrastructure Option.. The suit asks for injunctive relief against the defendants, to restrain hem from further processing citizenships and issuing any additional passports, as they are in violation of Saint Lucia's laws and regulations regarding CIP. Exhibits and other supporting evidence have been attached to the Claim, documenting the Plaintiff's allegations. Those allegations implicate LATITUDE/RIF TRUST, BEMAX, REACH IMMIGRATION, and BLUEMINA, among others, in promoting "the illegally undersold investments."

In addition to the FIXED DATE CLAIM of the Plaintiff, a NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR INTERLOCUTORY INJUNCTION has also been filed of record. The style of the case is: IN THE MATTER OF THE CITIZENSHIP BY INVESTMENT ACT, BETWEEN ALLEN CHASTANET, AND ERNEST HILAIRE AND CITIZENSHIP BY INVESTMENT BOARD, having Case Number SLUHCV2025/0072.

In a public announcement made by the Plaintiff yesterday, he warned about the significant threat that the illegal actions of the defendants are having upon the country's indispensable correspondent banking relationships with American financial institutions, as well as its domestic banking system. We will be detailing the extensive specific allegations of misconduct in further articles; it is to early to determine the global impact of this litigation upon the beleaguered Citizenship by Investment industry, already seriously damaged by the Saint Kitts and Nevis CBI scandal, but it is estimated that it will further increase calls for systemic reform, including implementing strict regulation of all stakeholders, governmental participants, and applicants.