The Anti-Corruption Investigation Bureau (ACIB) has intensified its investigation into Urban Development Corporation of Trinidad and Tobago (UDeCOTT) and its former executive chairman, Calder Hart.Media reports in Trinidad say officers made a series of raids Wednesday and seized boxes of documents. However the reports said at attempt to search Hart's home was frustrated when police found no one at home and had to leave.
The searches concentrated on the Port of Spain office of chartered accountant David Montgomery and the local office of Malaysia-based Sunway, formerly CH Development Ltd. Montgomery’s company provided financial services to Sunway.
There are allegations that Hart had strong family connections to the firm at the time when he awarded CH development a million dollar contract to build the government's legal affairs tower. Sunway was subsequently awarded lucarative government contracts through UDeCOTT.
Police also searched the home of one Sunway director and also removed documents Sunway's offices and from and UDeCOTT’s main office in Port of Spain.
Some of the documents seized from UDeCOTT include records of the award of contracts, minutes of board meetings, computer records and financial records.
Investigators told media they plan to audit the documents. Canadian forensic investigator Robert Lindquist is assisting in that assignment.
The current police investigation was launched last September by Attorney General John Jeremie after UDeCOTT tried to block the Uff Commission of Enquiry from continuing its hearings.
Jeremie has said Hart will likely return to Trinidad by the end of March and explained to reporters last week that his office has contact information for Hart.
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