Van Brink accomplice on US list

May 31, 2004

The Police have said the person arrested with the former president of the First International Bank of Grenada, Arthur Ziegler Van Brink, last week

By Felix Osike and Steven Candia

The Police have said the person arrested with the former president of the First International Bank of Grenada, Arthur Ziegler Van Brink, last week was also on the US wanted list for money laundering and bank fraud.

Police yesterday identified the man as Douglas Ferguson, 75, an American national who fled to Uganda after the arrest of their accomplices in the US on January 6.
“He was the brain behind the machinations and money laundering. Records show that he was more wanted than even Brink,” a Police source said.

The two were on Friday arrested in Luzira, handed over to the US government security agents and repatriated to USA for prosecution.
Brink faces 22 counts of mail fraud, 16 of wire fraud, 103 of engaging in monetary transactions with criminally derived properties and money laundering conspiracy.

During the arrest, a Saracen security guard was shot dead as he tried to obstruct Police entry into the premises where Van Brink was hiding.

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