{"id":25121,"date":"2025-01-03T19:47:11","date_gmt":"2025-01-03T19:47:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=25121"},"modified":"2025-01-03T19:47:12","modified_gmt":"2025-01-03T19:47:12","slug":"assistant-police-commissioner-calvin-brutus-faces-21-new-charges-for-financial-crimes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/assistant-police-commissioner-calvin-brutus-faces-21-new-charges-for-financial-crimes\/","title":{"rendered":"Assistant Police Commissioner Calvin Brutus Faces 21 New Charges for Financial Crimes"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><strong>By Nakasia Logan<\/strong><br><strong>November 19, 2024<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Special Organized Crime Unit (SOCU) has filed 21 additional charges against Assistant Commissioner of Police Calvin Brutus, bringing the total allegations against him to a staggering sum of $100 million in financial crimes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Brutus was detained upon his arrival at SOCU\u2019s headquarters this morning, a visit initially intended to fulfill routine court-mandated reporting obligations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The charges include misconduct in public office, liability of public office, and conspiracy to defraud.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to his attorney, Earl Daniels, Brutus and his driver, Sergeant Kevin George, were unaware of the pending charges before their visit. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Both men had previously missed a scheduled report date earlier this month, which Daniels attributed to an honest scheduling error. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Acting Chief Magistrate Faith McGusty, presiding over related court proceedings, noted the importance of maintaining clear communication in such matters moving forward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Following the formal presentation of the charges, Brutus was released on his own recognizance and is scheduled to appear in court on Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The allegations against Brutus, his wife Adonika Aulder, his driver Kevin George, and businessman Asif Zafarally stem from financial activities during Brutus\u2019 tenure as Deputy Commissioner of Police (Administration). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This development marks a significant escalation in SOCU\u2019s ongoing investigation into alleged misconduct and corruption in public office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Brutus\u2019 legal representative, Yuborn Allicock, has indicated that further charges may be filed as the investigation progresses.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Nakasia LoganNovember 19, 2024 The Special Organized Crime Unit (SOCU) has filed 21 additional charges against Assistant Commissioner of Police Calvin Brutus, bringing the total allegations against him to&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":25096,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350,351],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25121","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-politics"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25121","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25121"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25121\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25122,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25121\/revisions\/25122"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25096"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25121"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25121"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25121"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}