SAINT LUCIA CITIZENSHIP BY INVESTMENT PROGRAM, CEO MCCLAUDE EMMANUEL, AND OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE BY THE CIU

Saint Lucia Citizenship by Investment (CIP) Chief Executive Officer MCCLAUDE EMMANUEL recently had a meeting in Washington, D.C., with federal prosecutors and law enforcement agents, where issues involving the sale of illegally-discounted citizenships by CARIBBEAN GALAXY, and administered by Emmanuel's CIU, were discussed. We are advised that he did not take responsibility for the actions of the unit, and blamed others in positions of leadership in Saint Lucia.  Immediately after that meeting, the CIU CEO returned to Saint Lucia, and his agency staff, which operates under his direct orders, took steps that appear to violate the U.S. Obstruction of Justice statute.

Reliable sources advise that these actions commenced immediately after Emmanuel's return:

(1) The CIU went into an operational frenzy, processing pending Galaxy citizenship applications as rapidly as possible. This involved longer working hours by staff, and swift completion of files, including

 clearly risky transactions, which were approved by Risk Manager, PATRICIA PHILIPPE. How much she shares with her father, the prime minister,  such that he must be aware of all the internal dealings of the CIU, is an issue which deserves further inquiry.

(2) Rumors abound that staff at the CIU commenced destroying and deleting all internal correspondence, communications and documents that connected the agency with Galaxy CEO LES KHAN, and several other Galaxy officials. We do know that all the information on the agency's website, was taken down and modified extensively, before being reposted.

(3) Emmanuel communicated to Les Khan the information that he learned at the D.C. meeting, where we believe information in the possession of American law enforcement regarding Khan's central role in the discounted citizenship sales was explained to him. Immediately thereafter, Khan disappeared from the Caribbean, and he has been concealing his whereabouts and location ever since he spoke with Emmanuel. Emmanuel also alerted Minister ERNEST HILAIRE and Galaxy' executive YING JIN about his meeting.

The Obstruction of Justice statute, 18 USC §1501 et seq, makes it a felony to destroy or alter evidence and to tamper or affect witness testimony. We interpret the CIU's wanton and thorough deletion of documents and files, and Emmanuel's tipping off of Khan, so he will not be available, as clear violations of Federal criminal law. The maximum punishment for this offense in five years in Federal Prison, with the possibility of a longer sentence if the offender is found to have obstructed justice by impeding the investigation or prosecution of his or her crimes.

Whether the aforesaid actions of the CIU constitute violations of Saint Lucia laws or regulations, civil or criminal, is outside the scope of this article, and should be directed to legal professionals there who are competent to render an opinion under those laws.

As information into ongoing criminal investigations conducted by Federal law enforcement agencies cannot be obtained, we are unable to advise the status of any and all investigations into the Saint Lucia CIP program, the CIU agency, or McClaude Emmanuel, but we shall closely monitor the situation, and update our readers on all developments regarding any public statements or press releases that may be issued in the future regarding criminal charges.

SOME OF THE SUSPECTS IN THE CARIBBEAN CBI SCANDAL ARE U.S.CITIZENS OR PERMANENT RESIDENTS; HOW WILL THAT WORK OUT FOR THEM?

SLC CIU Risk Officer Patricia Pierre, US citizen

One of the ways that corrupt Caribbean leaders game the system is to make very sure that they will, ultimately, be able to eventually reside in the Continental United States with their ill-gotten gains. Once their bribes & kickbacks have been artfully laundered into investments and bank accounts in America, they generally wish to fade into affluent oblivion somewhere in the U.S., far from the constituents that they purportedly served, while lining their pockets with filthy lucre. They can, of course, thank their money launderer for cleaning, and thereafter, investing in income-producing assets anonymously, somewhere in the world's biggest economy.

Former B of A VP, SKN CIU head Les Khan; US citizen

Their foresight, in positioning themselves through acquiring American citizenship or residential privileges, for their themselves or a close family member, so they can better facilitate their status later, may have now just come back to bite them, as individuals in Saint Kitts & Nevis, and in Saint Lucia, have unwittingly facilitated any eventual criminal indictment by doing so. Their own US citizenship, or legal residency, could actually facilitate charging decisions about venue. Every time these targets enter the U.S.A., spend their proceeds of crime while enjoying their illicit wealth, they potentially give Federal prosecutors an additional District to charge them, as well as a supplemental criminal act or two.

Confident to politicians and to China; Hartley Henry; lawful Permanent Resident

Whether US citizenship or Lawful Permanent Residency result in their earlier indictment, which might be in a District they won't be especially enthusiastic about being detained, or tried in, depends upon the individual, but they may quickly regret their pre-planning citizenship to grease in their eventual Miami residency, after being booted out of office.

ACCOUNTABILITY FOR CARIBBEAN CBI CORRUPTION; THE INEVITABILE OFAC SANCTIONS ARE COMING

As he stated in his most recent podcast, MSR Media's Philippe Martinez will be forwarding his list of fifty (50) individuals who evidence confirms are the primary bad actors responsible for fraud, money laundering and corruption, in the Caribbean Citizenship by Investment (CBI/CIP) scandal in Saint Kitts & Nevis and in Saint Lucia, in the coming week. Not only will the list, which reportedly includes a substantial number of senior government officials from those two East Caribbean states, but also others closely associated with them abroad, including in the United Arab Emirates, and China. Mr. Martinez asks that they be banned from ever entering the US again and be denied the use of the US dollar for any purpose, indefinitely. You can expect this to happen, swiftly and quietly, in 2025.

We note that the USDOJ is not the only U.S. Government agency slated to receive this information; the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, or FinCEN, a division of the Department of Treasury, is also a named recipient. FinCEN's original Advisory on Saint Kitts CBI, which warned of the potential for the abuse of the program for money laundering and financial crime, although published a decade ago, remains relevant, and was curiously never retracted. What precisely FinCEN will do with the information it receives is not known, but historically it has turned to what is probably the most effective tool in its enforcement arsenal, a referral to the Office of Foreign Asset Control, or OFAC, another Treasury division, which can specially designate some or all of the named individuals, effectively blocking them from the American financial structure, directly or indirectly and banning all Americans and US-based companies from any transactional contact or financial relationship.

We welcome OFAC SDN designation on these individuals, and their controlled entities, government or private, as they have for far too long infected the American banks that maintain correspondent relationships with them, with rampant money laundering. While denying them entry into the United States will be personally painful for them, OFAC sanctions will impact their illicit financial assets on a global basis, interfere with their ongoing laundering operations, and prevent any US investments, while blocking those that now exist, and are located. We wish the fifty a miserable and financial disastrous New Year, which we believe is not only well deserved, but the precursor to U.S. Federal criminal charges to come.

DON'T UNDERESTIMATE THE IMPACT OF THE CARIBBEAN CITIZENSHIP BY INVESTMENT SCANDAL

You should be aware that the American RICO case, which focused global attention on the rampant corruption which exists in two East Caribbean states that offer Citizenship by Investment (CBI/CIP) has been dismissed at the request of the plaintiffs, due to the fact that the immunity defenses advanced by the defendants would have taken years to resolve in the appeals courts, and would have been prohibitively expensive. We understand that this news has been met with glee in certain corrupt government offices in Saint Kitts & Nevis, and in Saint Lucia, but before those bad actors start celebrating, they might want to know what developments that case has spawned, how things in CBI have now forever changed, will now further evolve towards true reform, and that they may be in for a surprise.

Let's Analyze:
(1) While the case is no longer pending, the Government of Saint Kitts & Nevis, on 3 December, issued a National Security Directive, ordering all CBI citizenship holders who acquired their passports at an illegal discount to pay up the legal minimum balance by 31 December, or face summary revocation of their citizenship and cancellation of their SKN passport. You can expect that global pressure will force first Saint Lucia, and ultimately Dominica, Antigua & Grenada to follow suit. Look at how diplomatic pressure was employed to compel them to sign the Memorandum of Agreement on minimum pricing; The United States was behind that, and will be expected to do the same here.

(2) The scandal has had an effect on a global scale. Don't expect that the presentation of a Saint Kitts or Saint Lucia passport at account opening anywhere in the EU will be received with open arms. Bank compliance officers are painfully aware of the scandal, and they do not want to unwittingly facilitate money laundering by a bad actor with a CBI passport. They have read all about Chinese criminals arrested in the US & UK with their CBI or CIP passports.

(3) The US is starting to have a heightened level of awareness regarding the national security threats posed by China in the East Caribbean, and Uncle Sam's powerful influence will certainly be felt in those small EC states who feast on CBI cash flow.

(4) For all you non-lawyers out there; the RICO case was dismissed by the plaintiffs Without Prejudice, which means it can be refiled, if circumstances permit. Stranger things have happened.

(5) The most ominous issue, and one which was recently brought up, is the threat that Saint Kitts Government, as part of its reform program, will now demand that those consultants who sold discounted Galaxy CBI refund all their commission and advance fees received from applicants. Think how that will go over in Dubai; companies will abruptly shut down, only for the owners to find American collection firms appointed by Saint Kitts taking legal action against them individually.

Points to ponder.

SANCTIONED SYRIAN LEADERS, ASSAD RELATIVES AND INTELLIGENCE OFFICERS FLEE TO BEIRUT, WITH HEZBOLLAH ASSISTANCE, POSING INCREASED RISK FOR COMPLIANCE

Like Nazi leaders deserting Germany in 1945, Lebanese sources report that family members of the deposed Syrian president, together with a rogues' gallery of torturers, senior Syrian leaders and members of Syria's intelligence service, have all fled their country, in fear of retribution by not only the new regime, but the people of Syria, who wish to dispense swift justice for decades of oppression. There are credible reports that many of these bad actors, flush with their "flight capital," in Greenbanks of course, are arrogantly staying at some of the five-star hotels in Downtown Beirut.

One source claims that they were assisted by Hezbollah agents in Syria, who provided them with Lebanese license plates for their automobiles, so that they could blend in with legitimate traffic, and escape detection at the frontier and while in transit.

Compliance officers in not only the Middle East, but in the EU as well should expect some of them to pose as Lebanese, and using identification showing them as such, attempting to relocate, and open bank accounts with whatever wealth they managed to escape with. I would not want to be a compliance officer in Beirut in 2025, as they may find themselves forced to accept possibly sanctioned Syrians as Lebanese, and provide banking services, due to internal corruption at their bank, Hezbollah direct pressure, or just plain greed and avarice. Yesterday, I was a sanctioned Syrian, but today I am just a normal Lebanese national.

 fugitive Syrian intelligence officer hiding in Beirut

EU compliance officers had better staff their international New Accounts division with Arabic speakers who can tell the difference between Lebanese and Syrian accents, because all the identification in the world cannot change regional linguistic differences. People attempting to conceal the fact that they come from a country that was a State Sponsor of Terrorism cannot immediately refrain from the use of slang that is peculiar to their place of origin. Watch those new prospective "Lebanese" clients anxious to open a new account during the next two months."Things are seldom what they seem, skim milk masquerades as cream." Gilbert & Sullivan's wisdom should be the compliance industry's motto and watchword.

WATCH THE INTERVIEW WITH FORMER U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS CHIEF OF POLICE ABOUT CHINA IN THE CARIBBEAN

 

TIMOTHY HARRIS WAS PICKING UP A PAYOFF FOR CHINA'S MOST INFLUENTIAL AND EFFECTIVE CARIBBEAN PROPAGANDIST, IAN "PATCHES" LIBURD

Timothy Harris and Ian Liburd

Many of our readers inquired yesterday, asking why former Saint Kitts Prime Minister TIMOTHY HARRIS would risk a trip to Saint Lucia, to pick up a briefcase filled with cash (USD, of course), given that he is under not only 24-7 law enforcement surveillance, but certain Opposition elements are recording his movements as well. He had no choice, for he was tasked to act as "bagman" for a cash pickup for IAN LIBURD, the Kittitian social media commentator and talk show personality better known by his street name "Patches." Liburd artfully employs Kittitian media, on behalf of CARIBBEAN GALAXY and Harris, through disinformation, misinformation and obvious propaganda, in defense of China in general, and Galaxy specifically, with great effectiveness among the people of Saint Kitts & Nevis. Unfortunately, he tends to ignore painful truth when it comes to the corruption, money laundering and fraud of his Chinese sponsor, and his good friend Timo.There are reports that he is also under government investigation, regarding his wealth and assets, the results of which will certainly be a great surprise to his viewers.

Our readers should note that a similar pro-Galaxy role is also being carried out by the editor of the SAINT KITTS-NEVIS TIMES, who is also directly financially supported by the Chinese company, who is rumoured to be directly controlled by PRC leadership, as part of its scheme to dominate Caribbean politics. Don't look for truth within the SKN Times.

Formerly a member of the Harris administration, Liburd is a supporter and close friend of Harris. Patches has been receiving major cash payments for years from Galaxy and Harris to spread their greatness on social media and in his talk shows. There are reports that his association with Galaxy has made him extremely wealthy over the years that he has blatantly shilled for its programs. He is one of the strongest voices pushing back against the anti-corruption movement seeking to reform the Saint Kitts Citizenship by Investment (CBI) program, by inserting partisan politics into the equation, to divert public attention for the critical issues, and thereby further China's long-term goals of flexing its political, economic legal and military muscle in the East Caribbean.

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