Olympic champion and Jamaican sprinting legend Usain Bolt recently revealed he’s yet to be reimbursed after he lost $12 million in an investment fraud case that made headlines in his home nation.
During an interview on The Fix podcast on Monday, Bolt, 38, touched on the topic when he was responding to rumors that he wasn’t talking about the scam because he had been reimbursed, Loop Jamaica reported. Bolt, however, said that was not the case.
“And people, mi nuh get back mi money, so stop… If you know who I am, no matter wah gwaan inna mi life, you know say mi nuh say nutten ’bout it. I am always the person to make it float round till it leave,” Bolt explained.
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In January 2023, Face2Face Africa reported that Bolt was among several victims affected by a multi-million dollar fraud case that occurred at the Jamaican investment company, Stocks and Securities Limited (SSL).
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Face2Face Africa subsequently reported that Jamaican authorities had brought a slew of charges against Jean-Ann Panton, a former SSL employee who was implicated in the multimillion-dollar fraud at the investment company.
But Bolt said he finds it difficult to believe that Panton acted alone. “So yah go tell me all this money missing and a one person know ’bout it? One somebody can’t move round (that amount of money) and nobody else nuh know ’bout it in a big institution where it’s suppose to be regulated right,” said Bolt.
Bolt also revealed he was yet to meet an SSL executive to discuss the matter. He also stated that though he and government officials had discussed the case, “nothing has materialized.”
The 38-year-old also registered his displeasure with the slow pace of investigations. “The government alone really can do nothing big bout this,” Bolt stated. He also said he did not think authorities were putting in the required effort to get to the bottom of the case, Loop Jamaica reported.
“Personally, if they were doing enough, it would a reach certain level already. It’s been two years and… mi can’t come to you and say, ‘Alright, it reach yah so’, or ‘We a look up or we a look down’. It nuh deh no weh,” Bolt explained.
He also said he’s exploring the possibility of talking to the international media to bring more attention to the scam and as a way of putting those investigating the case on their toes.
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