SAINT KITTS, BRING BACK LES KHAN

SKN CIU Chairman Calvin St. Juste

For several years, we have chronicled the corrupt activities of LESLIE "LES" KHAN the former Chairman of the Saint Kitts & Nevis Citizenship by Investment CIU, the agency that administers the country's economic Passport program. Khan, who stole millions from the people of Saint Kitts for personal greed and avarice, symbolizes all that has gone wrong with Caribbean CBI, when corruption rears its angry head. But now, we must speak out about the troubling conduct of CALVIN ST. JUSTE, the current serving CIU Chairman, whose unbridled arrogance and unethical behavior have fatally damaged not only Saint Kitts' reputation, but the integrity of  the Citizenship by Investment program. 

Ex- Chairman Leslie "Les" Khan

A number of CBI sales agents involved in the program have openly complained about Chairman St. Juste; he has demanded commissions from agents as a precondition just to process them. Worse, he has not just limited his misconduct to agents; he is presently demanding outright bribes from developers who are bringing vital CBI projects to Saint Kitts. He makes it perfectly clear that, without an illegal advance payment to him, he will refuse to process or advance any CBI application files.

Agents based in the Middle East, the epicenter of CBI sales, have gone so far as to label him "worse than Les Khan," which speaks volumes about St. Juste's corrupt conduct. One of our sources have revealed that a senior executive one of the major players in the investment migration industry, speaking under condition of anonymity, disclosed that he is demanding commissions from their company, as a condition precedent for processing citizenship applications. 

St. Juste seems to hold the opinion that he is intellectually superior to everyone. including SKN Prime Minister TERRANCE DREW, whom he arrogantly considers beneath him. Alarmingly, he is known to have kept his prime minister in the dark, regarding key aspects of the CBI program. In truth and in fact, however, he knows nothing of substance, lacks professionalism, ethics, good conduct, and most importantly, honesty.

Saint Kitts & Nevis Prime Minister Terrance Drew

The situation at the CIU is deeply concerning, and demands immediate attention from the leaders of Saint Kitts, to restore trust in the program, which is already facing what amounts to an existential threat to its future viability, for a host of reasons. That is why the sales agents say, with a straight face,  Bring Back Les Khan, Saint Kitts.