Published 20 October 2017
Buckie Got It, St. Kitts and Nevis News Source
PM Harris’ spokesman: Government still trying to get FINCEN lifted after paying out US$96,000
Basseterre, St. Kitts, October 20th 2017 – Nearly two years after St. Kitts and Nevis’ Prime Minister Dr. the Hon. Timothy Harris paid two American lobbying firms over US$96,000 (EC$259,000) to get the United States Treasury Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FINCEN) removed, the advisory is still in place.
“It is a work in progress and we are in fact actively engaged with the authorities to do all we can in an effort to have it lifted,” Valencia Grant, Prime Minister Harris’ press secretary told the Texas-based Caribbeannewsnow on Thursday.
