Hi Welcome You can highlight texts in any article and it becomes audio news that you can hear
  • Mon. Sep 30th, 2024

Jamaica introduces scams probe after Bolt reports millions missing out on

ByRomeo Minalane

Jan 14, 2023
Jamaica introduces scams probe after Bolt reports millions missing out on

Countless dollars were reported missing out on from the Olympic champ’s account at a personal wealth management business.

Jamaican monetary authorities have actually introduced an examination into a business holding financial investments for eight-time Olympic gold medallist Usain Bolt after reports that he might have lost millions to massive scams.

Stocks & & Securities Ltd, a personal wealth management business based in the capital of Kingston, was positioned under “improved oversight” while the Financial Services Commission (FSC) performs the query.

Bolt’s supervisor, Nugent Walker, informed The Gleaner paper that the retired sprinter has actually had financial investments with the business for more than a years.

The daily stated countless dollars were reported missing out on from Bolt’s account.

“All the pertinent actions have actually been required to concern the bottom of this,” Walker informed the news outlet, stating the professional athlete had actually seen disparities with his account on Wednesday. “He’s been with this entity over 10 years … His whole portfolio is being evaluated.”

The FSC stated it was “knowledgeable about reports of accusations of scams at one of its licensees, Stocks and Securities Limited (SSL)”.

Bolt retired from sports in 2017 after a profession that, in addition to 8 Olympic golds, consisted of 11 World Championship titles.

He sprung to international popularity at the Beijing Olympics in 2008 when he won the 100 metres and 200m sprints, setting brand-new world records in both races.

The Jamaican went on to win both races in the 2012 London and 2016 Rio Games.

Bolt’s 100m time of 9.57 seconds, embeded in Berlin in 2009, stays the world record and he likewise keeps the fastest time in 200m.

He made his very first look as an expert footballer in a pre-season friendly in Australia in 2018, when he had fun with Australia’s A-League club Central Coast Mariners.

Source

:

Al Jazeera and news companies

Find out more

Click to listen highlighted text!