The Police and members of the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) have arrested and charged Nicolas Rene Philippe a national of France with theft, deception, fraud and money laundering under the Money Laundering Act of Dominica.
It is alleged that between Tuesday November 1, 2016 and Friday 10th February 2017, he unlawfully obtained $11,300.00 from National Cooperative Credit Union (NCCU) ATMs in Goodwill, Independence Street in Roseau and High Street. He did so with counterfeit “Apple ITunes gift cards.”
It is also alleged that on February 10th 2017, he did possess a card-making equipment, namely a Credit Card Reader, with the intention of using that equipment to manufacture counterfeit cards.
It is further alleged that between November 1, 2016 and February 10th 2017 at Goodwill, Independence Street Roseau and High Street did possess certain counterfeit cards namely 13 “Apple ITunes gift cards.
Philippe was also slapped with three charges under the Money Laundering Act.
It is reported that $25,470.00 was found in his room at a guest house in Dominica where he was residing, along with $US1, 845.00.
The police are also alleging that on two occasions, he sent out of Dominica: $4,500 via Western Union and via Money Gram, $1,000.00 (Euro 300.).
His lawyers, Wayne Norde and Tiyani Behanzin, raised certain preliminary objections under the Money Laundering Act and as a result, the magistrate said he will make his ruling on the matter on Thursday February 23, 2017.
Philippe is on remand at the Stock Farm Prison.
Is this really money laundering?
One thing our police really slack. The man should be charged under the Electronic Funds Transfer Act #17 of 2013. This law is there specifically to deal with crimes like this with stolen cards, counterfeit cards, card machines etc. http://www.dominica.gov.dm/laws/2013/Electronic%20Funds%20Transfer%20Act,%202013%20ACT%2017%20of%202013.pdf
The lawyers obviously know this and they will win their case if he is not properly charged. I am not a lawyer but a knowledgeable person. Time for the police to start doing proper police work!
Make him pay the price thanks to the great law enforcement .please give him time and hard time as they do to us in their country
Dca too small for dem kind of crime……Alwauysget caught….
Typical under todays climate, a land for criminals How I pity natures isle it is withoubt doubt yet another international point of interest bad, very bad news indeed Dominica can do without such skulduggery, but persons of such ilk appear to think that you can do whatever you want to in natures Isle,
Go Dominica Law Enforcement. Awesome job. Other islands in the Caribbean envy Dominica in regards to how quick it executes and bring these criminal to justice. D/A dont listen to all this foolishness going around. Dominica is getting better. It will take time. This is a very difficult island to develop based on its terrain. Think of it that way. England left Dominica and put its resources in other island in the Caribbean because of difficult it is to develop. You have something others envy.
Lol
We want the big Fish. . . Investigate your political leaders past and present!
I guess you think that you will not be caught in DA. Enjoy stocky!
Well done police. Now allu working!
While its true that solicitors should represent criminals at their trials but there’s a pattern for Wayne Norde’ and Tiyani Behanzin to be always ready to representing these types of clients also those big drug bust clients.
When they should be glad that theses criminals are caught, they are always running to their rescue
BEB, there are lawyers who’s practice are limited to representing accidents victims: There are lawyers who know how to represent criminals such as murderers; they specialize is such cases.
The duo in question might be able to represent a fraud, and thievery client better than the lawyer who specializes in defending murderers, and that is why they may take such cases.
You see that is one of the problems in Dominica, lawyers jump at every case, it is impossible for a lawyer to be knowledgeable to all laws pertaining to every legal issue which develops. I know a Lawyer who has argued certain cases and won millions of dollars for the person he represented, however, this same lawyer went into a divorce court: (Family law court) and loose a simply case.
The reason people die so often in Dominica from malpractice is because you have quacks treating every diseases, which they do not even how to diagnose, when such need the attention of a specialists!
@ AA are you a plunger or a plunker?how could you be such an ediot.
But all u does go in there country and vole them and still kill them.so now they doing all u to.raciste.like all u dominicain doesnt do nothing illegal in french country.lol.look 3 dominicain kill a guada man again for a woman and run da.so is money he take and nobody life.
Hope the law teaches him a lesson.
THEFT
I would hope there are cameras around all ATMs in Dominica.
Are the cards “chip and pin”. If not they should improve the security of those cards, otherwise they will alwys be vulnerable
Is foreigners that committing crime in Dominica these days man. First it was three Chinese and now is a French national? With our passports that are being sold to foreign crooks and criminals, I hope we not owing some foreigners and next thing they spray some powder in the face of their business partner here, similar to what happened to the half brother of King Kong UN’s.
Is it not strange there are Chines criminals who came to Dominica, and committed the same or a similar offence, and are now serving jail term, at Stock Farm: Now a French National came and did the same thing!
What is the pull; what attracts these criminals into our country?
Could it be they chose Dominica after learning that our head of the country is the most corrupt person alive, so they figure since corruption is tolerated in the country they will come in and commit crimes and get away with it since criminals as head of country are not prosecuted in Dominica!
Most probably he must have heard DOMINICA has oner $20 million dollars of CBI money and no one wants to bring the due diligence report so monies could be released, so instead of letting it sit at the bank he decides to help himself, make it worse he too is a French national.
What is wrong with these foreigners especially French nationals that keep thieving our money nou? If is not our iPassport they dealing is oil tanker, if not oil tanker money is our bank/ credit union. Leave our damn money alone you French nationals and go to New York for a visit. Hope this French does not find his way to Greece and fly straight to Guadalupe lol
Ha! Ha!Ha! Boy you are darn Good!!…So you mean Dominica had a Money Laundering Act?OMG!
Why are there so many thumbs down to this comment?
Dat was a nice piece of rubbish u typed. No connection.
Nice job by the DFP FIU Unit. About 15 years ago there was a wave of these guys targeting financial institutions in France and Spain. The operation seemed to have been similar. The perpetrators had CC making machines and would target random ATMs and withdraw sums of money up to 500 euros at each transaction.
Well done DFP FIU.
NICE DONE the Bank and Credit Union Workers also. Who do you think contacts the police and gives them the video footages? obviously FIU don’t have EYES(camera) in the town. it was a consolidated effort..
nice job..guys..
Yes nice Job now go after the high ups ‘We want to know how much Laundry the Pee M have in His matress!
They probably hear Dominica is a rich country with all those billions of dollars in the air. so they coming for. First was chinese now French.
They say the same about us when we break their laws…
For there to be money laundering there must be a predicate crime that have been committed, what is the crime that have been committed. The report did not state that there was a crime committed.
My thoughts exactly. This morning like a case of bank robbery.
….Looks more…
he unlawfully obtained $11,300.00 from National Cooperative Credit Union (NCCU) ATMs in Goodwill, Independence Street in Roseau and High Street. He did so with counterfeit “Apple ITunes gift cards.”
he did possess a card-making equipment, namely a Credit Card Reader, with the intention of using that equipment to manufacture counterfeit cards.
They have to SPELL out everything for Dominicans. I can add more charges to that Identity Theft, Impersonation, Electronic Fraud etc.
You didn’t pass comprehension .. no biggie.
OK Inspector Clouseau, I put you in charge of sniffing out that “predicate crime” for us. Keep us updated!
You are too smart………read the damn story again. Smart AS ….
“It is alleged that between Tuesday November 1, 2016 and Friday 10th February 2017, he unlawfully obtained $11,300.00 from National Cooperative Credit Union (NCCU) ATMs in Goodwill, Independence Street in Roseau and High Street. He did so with counterfeit “Apple ITunes gift cards.””
Read the news again its straight forward I didnt have to read twice to undertand.