Dean Fuller’s Money Laundering Case Set for Preliminary Inquiry

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Dean Fuller’s Money Laundering Case Set for Preliminary Inquiry

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Thursday, 04 February 2010 00:00

In June 2009, Dean Fuller, a well-known businessman of Belize City who is attached to Omni Networks, and Fultec was charged with the money laundering of over $6 million. His arrest came just around the time that the Coye Family and associates of MoneyGram International Company, located at the corner of Mahogany Street and Central American Boulevard, were charged.

In December of 2009, the Coyes and their employees’ case was committed to the Supreme Court for trial in the next

session while Fuller’s case is still before the Belize City Magistrate’s Court and it has yet to be determined if there is sufficient evidence to send his case to the Supreme Court.

On Wednesday, the focus was to set a date for a preliminary inquiry to take place. The case was originally before Magistrate Dorothy Flowers, but on Wednesday, the Chief Magistrate presided because Magistrate Flowers is unavailable until March 1. Ashanti Martin represented Fuller in place of his attorney Eamon Courtney, while Senior Counsel Antoinette Moore represented the FIU.

Setting a date for the preliminary inquiry was a task. The presiding magistrate will not be available until March 1 and attorney for the defense will be tied up in cases at the Court of Appeals during that month. However, an adjournment date and the commencement of a preliminary inquiry were tentatively set for March 26.