In a startling revelation in response to Court action filed against the Government and the Police Force by Assistant Commissioner Calvin Brutus over the money laundering probe against him, the Head of the Special Organised Crime Unit, Asst. Commissioner Fazil Karimbaksh has told the Court that investigators discovered a total of $500 million in nine bank accounts linked to Mr. Brutus, his wife and their toddler son.

In Court documents, the Head of SOCU saaid the money laundering probe of Assistant Commissioner Calvin Brutus involves approximately $800 Million and encompasses 240 pending charges

In a sworn affidavits presented to the Court, the SOCU Head explained that the ongoing money laundering investigations against Mr. Brutus revealed nine bank accounts linked to the Assistant Commissioner, his wife, their son and companies owned by them.

The Head of SOCU indicated that eight of the nine accounts have since been frozen by the Court following an application by SOCU as part of its investigations.

The only account that was allowed to remain active is the account through which Mr. Brutus is paid a salary of just over $491,000 by the Guyana Police Force. He continues to receive that salary as he is on administrative leave, which was triggered by the probe.

The Head of SOCU revealed to the Court that one of the accounts was in the name of Kytus General Contracting and Holdings Incorporated, which is a company owned by Mr. Brutus. Two other accounts belonged to two companies owned by his wife, Adonika Aulder. There were two accounts listed in the name of his toddler son and two accounts listed in his wife’s name, while his name was attached to two accounts also.

The company owned by the Assistant Commissioner was first registered just over two years ago, while the companies owned by his wife were both registered last year.

The account carrying the name of the company owned by Mr. Brutus, Kytus General Contracting, had a balance of just over $56.6 million, while the accounts belonging to the two companies owned by his wife, South Quata Contracting and Triple A Depot, had a total balance of just over $352 million.

The two accounts bearing the name of the couple’s toddler son have a balance of just over $14 million.

According to the Head of the Special Organised Crime Unit, one of the companies owned by Mr. Brutus’ wife was used to provide goods to the Guyana Police Force and the Guyana Police Consumers Cooperative Society Limited.

The SOCU Head in his pleadings to the Court said the investigations have so far revealed that Mr. Brutus and his wife unlawfully utilized his office as an Assistant Commissioner in the Guyana Police Force to conduct illegal transactions in the names of the two companies owned by the wife.

It was also revealed in the Court documents that in June 2024, Mr. Brutus withdrew $63.7 million from the account that he receives his salary, and according to the Head of SOCU, it is believed that the withdrawal was used to make the payment towards the balance of the purchase price for a property acquired by Mr. Brutus at Lot 136 Alberttown. The property was sold for $85 million, according to the Agreement of Sale, which was also presented to the Court.

The property housed a popular bar, which was demolished just after the purchase. The lot remains empty.

The Affidavits filed by the Head of SOCU also revealed that as part of the investigations, Mr. Brutus provided signed statements to SOCU from two businessmen who allege to have provided him with monetary gifts. One of those gifts was in the sum of US$10,000, while the other was in the sum of G$1 million.

The SOCU Head in his statement to the Court said he believes that the monies in the bank accounts linked to Brutus, his wife, their son and their companies, are suspected of being proceeds of crime and he further suspects that the Assistant Commissioner colluded with his wife to commit serious offenses that have been found to be in contravention of the Anti Money Laundering Act.

Brutus has filed a Constitutional Motion in the Court against the Government, the Police Force, SOCU, and the Police Service Commission over the money laundering investigations against him.

Earlier this week, the Special Organized Crime Unit revealed that it has recommended dozens of charges in the matter, but continues to await the advice of the Director of Public Prosecutions.

This morning, the High Court denied a request by Mr. Brutus and his wife to leave the country for a medical trip to the United States.

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