FICAC is now progressing in it's investigation on a complaint from a foreign investor in relation to an alleged fraud case involving a Suva lawyer and other accomplices.  

Fijivillage has been told that FICAC has conducted searches at a few people's homes over the past two weeks.

A couple of individuals have also been interviewed in relation to the case.

Fijivillage had earlier reported that a Suva based lawyer and her accomplice were allegedly misleading certain people by using the names of the Prime Minister and the Office of the Prime Minister.

It has been confirmed that the lawyer and individuals were doing this without the knowledge of the Prime Minister or his office.

Using the Prime Minister's name and the names of some government officials, the lawyer and her accomplice allegedly asked the investor to give hundreds of thousands of dollars for securing an exploration license, and other deals, without the knowledge of the Prime Minister.

At different times the amount of money asked was $150,000, $100,000 and even $30,000 where the lawyer allegedly claimed that it was for Christmas expenses for the Prime Minister.

They even got the investor to put dark tints on his vehicle windows and allegedly got the vehicle off him in the weekends saying the Prime Minister wanted to use it.

This again was being done without Commodore Bainimarama's knowledge.


Story by: Vijay Narayan