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Enforcement Action Dataset

 

Initiation Date:    03/15/2018  Information

Prosecuting Agency:    U.S. Department of Justice

Type of Action:    DOJ Criminal Proceeding

Docket or Case Number:    18-cr-00134

Court:    E.D. New York

Name of Prosecuting Attorneys:   

  • Richard P. Donoghue, United States Attorney
  • Sandra L. Moser, Acting Chief, Fraud Section, Criminal Division
  • Sylvia S. Shweder, Assistant United States Attorney
  • Gerald M. Moody, Jr., Trial Attorney, Fraud Section, Criminal Division

US Assisting Agencies:   

  • Federal Bureau of Investigation

Foreign Enforcement Action/Investigation:    Unknown

Foreign Assistance:    Unknown

Origin of the Proceeding:    Voluntary disclosure

Whistleblower:    Unknown

Case Status:    Ongoing


Summary  Information

The Insurance Corporation of Barbados Limited ("ICBL") provided a variety of insurance services and products in Barbados and other countries.

Donville Inniss, who was a U.S. legal permanent resident, was a member of the Parliament as well as the Minister of Industry, International Business, Commerce, and Small Business Development of Barbados.

Ingrid Inniss, who was a citizen of Canada and resident of Barbados, was the CEO of ICBL.

Alex Tasker, who was a citizen and resident of Barbados, was a senior vice president of ICBL.

From August 2015 through April 2016, ICBL, through its employees and agents, paid approximately $36,000 in bribes to Donville Inniss in exchange for at least two insurance contracts resulting in approximately $686,827.50 in total premiums for the contracts and approximately $93,940.19 in net profits. According to the declination letter, Donville Inniss attempted to conceal the bribes by arranging to receive them through a U.S. bank account in the name of a dental company that was located in New York and owned by a friend. The bribes were then transferred from the dental company bank account to a bank account located in Florida in the name of Donville Inniss.

On March 15, 2018, the DOJ filed a three count indictment against Inniss in the Eastern District of New York alleging (1) conspiracy to launder money and (2-3) money laundering. In a superseding indictment filed on August 23, 2018, the DOJ added Ingrid Inniss and Tasker to the case alleging the same counts. On August 1, 2019, the DOJ filed a second superseding indictment against all three defendants alleging the same counts. Donville Inniss' trial began on January 13, 2020, and he was convicted on all counts on January 16, 2020. On April 27, 2021, the court sentenced Inniss to two years in prison to be followed by two years of supervised release and ordered him to forfet $36,536.73 and to pay a mandatory assessment of $300.

On May 6, 2021, Donville Inniss filed an appeal of the judgment in the Second Circuit Court of Appeals, and on October 5, 2022, the Second Circuit affirmed his conviction.

The cases against Ingrid Inniss and Alex Tasker remain ongoing.

In a related proceeding, on August 23, 2018, the DOJ issued to ICBL a letter pursuant to the agency's FCPA Corporate Enforcement Policy declining to prosecute the company for violations of the FCPA. As part of its decision not prosecute, the DOJ required ICBL to disgorge the $93,940.19 in illegaly obtained profits, and the agency's decision was influenced by the company's thorough cooperation in the investigation into ICBL as well as individuals involved in the misconduct as well as the company's remediation, which included enhanced compliance and accounting controls and the termination of executives and employees involved in the misconduct.

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