Ex-Barbados Minister of Industry Sentenced for Laundering Bribes Through NY Bank

Donville Inniss, former Barbados minister of industry and Parliament member, was sentenced to two years in prison for helping launder bribe payments from an insurance company in his home country through bank accounts in New York, the Department of Justice announced in an April 27 news release. In 2015 and 2016, Inniss laundered around $36,000 in bribes from executives of Insurance Corporation of Barbados in exchange for contracts between the insurance company and the Barbados government. Inniss, who lived in Tampa, Florida, and Barbados, helped secure the contracts, worth over $100 million, due to his government position, DOJ said.