SOCU files 21 more charges against ACP Brutus

Assistant Commissioner of Police, Calvin Brutus is expected to return to Court tomorrow to face 21 additional charges related to allegations of money laundering and other financial crimes.

The Special Organised Crime Unit filed the additional charges as it continues its probe into the finances and financial dealings of the Assistant Commissioner of Police.

Mr. Brutus is already facing 231 charges related to financial crimes. He was initially slapped with 30 charges and released on $6 million bail and earlier this week, another 201 charges were read to him. He was granted bail in the sum of $10.5 million for the 201 charges.

The new set of charges are reportedly all related to allegations of money laundering and fraud. The charges add up to more than $100 million in reported transactions that were allegedly carried out by Mr. Brutus and are related to the procurement of supplies and goods for the Police Force.

News Source understands that another Police Officer is also expected to appear in Court tomorrow to face charges in relation to the same claims.

The investigation against Mr. Brutus started back in June after queries were made about a large amount of money that was being deposited into his Police Credit Union account. It was during that probe, that the Financial Intelligence Unit provided SOCU with information about the bank accounts of the Assistant Commissioner of Police and other accounts linked to him.

SOCU in Court documents said it discovered over $500 million in bank accounts that were in the names of Mr. Brutus, his wife, their son and three companies registered in their names. Some of the companies reportedly supplied the Police Force with goods.

Eight of the nine bank accounts have already been frozen by the Court.