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Jamaican financial authorities launch probe after millions ‘Walk’ from Usain Bolt’s account

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"109460728"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<ul class&equals;"wp-block-list"><&sol;ul>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h1 class&equals;"has-text-color has-small-font-size wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;2b2424"><strong>Jamaican financial authorities launch investigation into SSL&comma; the company holding investments for eight-times Olympic gold medalist Usain Bolt <&sol;strong><&sol;h1>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h1 class&equals;"has-text-color has-small-font-size wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;2b2424"><strong>Probe began after millions was reported missing from Bolt’s account&comma; that has been attributed to large scale fraud <&sol;strong><&sol;h1>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h1 class&equals;"has-text-color has-small-font-size wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;2b2424"><strong>Jamaica’s Financial Services Commission said in a statement that it had placed the firm&comma; Stocks and Securities Limited &lpar;SSL&rpar;&comma; in &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;enhanced oversight” while it conducts the probe <&sol;strong><&sol;h1>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h1 class&equals;"has-text-color has-small-font-size wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;2b2424"><strong>An SSL employee has been implicated in widespread fraud at the company&comma; and may have been involved in the the developments surrounding Bolt&&num;8217&semi;s account&comma; according to reports<&sol;strong><&sol;h1>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h1 class&equals;"has-text-color has-small-font-size wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;2b2424"><strong>Bolt been &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;been with this entity &lbrack;SSL&rsqb;&comma; over 10 years… His entire portfolio is being reviewed&comma;” the Olympian&&num;8217&semi;s manager said <&sol;strong><&sol;h1>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2023&sol;01&sol;Usain-Bolt-5&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-427565"&sol;><figcaption class&equals;"wp-element-caption"><strong>Jamaican financial authorities launched probe of company holding investments for sprints world record holder and eight-times Olympic gold medalist Usain Bolt&comma; &lbrack;photo&rsqb;&comma; after he reportedly lost millions of dollars to large scale fraud<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Jamaican financial authorities have launched an investigation into a company holding investments for eight-times Olympic gold medalist Usain Bolt after reports that he may have lost millions to large scale fraud&period;<br>Jamaica’s Financial Services Commission &lpar;FSC&rpar; said in a statement that it had placed the firm&comma; Stocks and Securities Limited &lpar;SSL&rpar;&comma; in &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;enhanced oversight” while it conducts the probe&period;<br>Bolt’s manager Nugent Walker told the Jamaica Gleaner newspaper that the retired sprinter&comma; one of the greatest athletes of all time&comma; has had investments with the company for over a decade&period;<br>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;All the relevant steps have been taken to come to the bottom of this&comma;” Walker told the paper&comma; saying the athlete had noticed discrepancies with his account on Wednesday&period;<br>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;He’s been with this entity over 10 years… His entire portfolio is being reviewed&comma;” he added&period;<br>The newspaper said millions of dollars were reported missing from Bolt’s account&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2023&sol;01&sol;Usain-Bolt-6&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-427569" width&equals;"840" height&equals;"501"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">According to the Gleaner an SSL employee has been implicated in widespread fraud at the company&comma; and may have been involved in the the developments surrounding Bolt&period;<br>A lawyer representing the unnamed employee told the Gleaner that her client had been talking with legal representatives of SSL for two weeks&period;<br>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;My client is in discussion with SSL and the lawyers representing SSL&comma;” she said&period;<br>The FSC said it was &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;aware of reports of allegations of fraud at one of its licensees&comma; Stocks and Securities Limited &lpar;SSL&rpar;&period;” Related News&period;<br>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The FSC has issued Directions to SSL&period; These Directions which were dispatched to the company on Thursday January 12&comma; 2023 are a supervisory tool to allow the FSC to engage an entity in a process of enhanced oversight&comma;” the body said in their statement&period;<br>The FSC said the oversight process would allow them to have a &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;full view of the integrity of the transactions being conducted&comma; including the movement of funds&comma; and of securities into and out of SSL&period;”<br>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The FSC will simultaneously continue its investigations into matters related to SSL&comma;” they added&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;08&sol;usain-bolt-4x100-triple169&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-60438" width&equals;"780" height&equals;"438"&sol;><figcaption class&equals;"wp-element-caption"><strong>Former world100 meters record holder Usain Bolt retired from athletics in 2017 after a stellar career which in addition to eight Olympic golds included 11 World Championship gold medals&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Bolt retired from athletics in 2017 after a stellar career which in addition to eight Olympic golds included 11 World Championship gold medals&period;<br>Considered one of the greatest track athletes of all time&comma; Bolt sprung to global fame at the Beijing Olympics in 2008 when he won the 100m and 200m sprints&comma; setting new world records in both races<br>He holds world records in the 100m&comma; 200m and 4x100m relay&period; <br>The Bolt&comma; 36&comma; retired in 2017&comma; and has a number of lucrative sponsorship deals&period; In 2016 alone he earned &dollar;33m from sponsorship&comma; prize money and appearances fees&comma; making him easily the highest-earning track athlete in the world&period;<br><&sol;p>&NewLine;

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