Haiti's anti-corruption unit alleged three transitional-council members demanded a 100 million-gourde payment from a state bank chief and received pre-approved credit cards
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A report dated October 2, 2024 by Haiti's Unité de Lutte Contre la Corruption (ULCC), as summarized by Rezo Nòdwès, alleges that three members of the Conseil Présidentiel de Transition (CPT) - Smith Augustin, Emmanuel Vertilaire and Louis Gérald Gilles - demanded 100 million gourdes from Banque Nationale de Crédit (BNC) board chair Raoul Pascal Pierre-Louis in exchange for keeping him in his post. The ULCC also said BNC issued the three men credit cards with 1,800,000-gourde (about $20,000) limits, in May 2024, on Pierre-Louis's direct instruction rather than the board's, which it called an abuse of power, and flagged suspicious transactions between May 27 and July 11, 2024. The ULCC recommended prosecuting the three and Pierre-Louis. These are allegations in an administrative report; the report as summarized does not record the men's responses.
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Augustin, Vertilaire et Gilles auraient exigé 100 millions de gourdes de Raoul Pascal Pierre-Louis pour le maintenir à la tête de la BNC
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- Rezo Nòdwès
Augustin, Vertilaire et Gilles auraient exigé 100 millions de gourdes de Raoul Pascal Pierre-Louis pour le maintenir à la tête de la BNC
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- Rezo Nòdwès
Augustin, Vertilaire et Gilles auraient exigé 100 millions de gourdes de Raoul Pascal Pierre-Louis pour le maintenir à la tête de la BNC
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