Lawyers For Usain Bolt Respond To Nearly All of His $12M In Investment Acct Being Wiped Out, Jamaican Officials Turn To FBI
Lawyers of world-record sprinter Usain Bolt allege that almost all of his money from an account with a private investment firm is missing.
It was reported earlier last week that Bolt’s account is now allegedly at just $12,000 after originally holding $12.8 million. Bolt’s attorney, Linton P. Gordon, provided a comment to The Associated Press on this troubling situation.
“We are now frighteningly instructed that mysteriously our client’s said account has been depleted,” the attorney wrote. “If this is correct, and we are hoping it is not, then a serious act of fraud, larceny or a combination of both have been committed against our client.”
Jamaica’s government has turned to the FBI for help as well as other international partners it did not identify for help in investigating one of the island’s largest fraud cases, Finance Minister Nigel Clarke said Monday.
“The anger and unease we all feel have been magnified by the long duration – 13 years – over which the fraud was allegedly perpetrated, and the fact that the (suspects) seemed to have deliberately and heartlessly targeted elderly persons, as well as our much loved and respected national icon … Usain Bolt,” Clarke said.
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Stocks & Securities Limited addressed this situation on its website.
“We understand that clients are anxious to receive more information and assure you that we are closely monitoring the matter throughout all the required steps and will alert our clients of the resolution as soon as that information is available,” the company said.
The lawyers for the eight-time Olympic gold medalist say they will take civil and criminal action if the money is not returned within the next 10 days.
Bolt holds the records for the 100- and 200-meter and he is a part of the 4×100 team that ran a world record 36.84-second race at the London Olympics in 2012.
