I will provide details regarding by immediate resignation from the Grafton Beach Resort & Le Grand Courlan in the not too distant future....trying to get it published. The Chairman of Grafton Beach Resort & Le Grand Courlan Ishwar Galbaransingh is currently wanted in the United States on bid-rigging and money laundering charges related to the Piarco Airport expansion project in 2001.... and is also facing prosecution in his criminal trials having failed to get the courts to deem as unconstitutional the amendment to the Administration of Justice (Indictable Proceedings) Act, which prevented the automatic dismissal of his case under the controversial Section 34 and is required to surrender his travel documents to the State. Galbaransingh is wanted in the United States to answer 95 fraud charges arising from the $1.6 billion Piarco Airport terminal project. How events unfolded May 4, 2006—A Florida grand jury returned an indictment against Galbaransingh, Ferguson and six others in relation to corrupt practices concerning Construction Packages 9 and 13 for the construction of the Piarco Airport terminal building. July 20, 2006—Galbaransingh and Ferguson were served with provisional warrants. Both men appeared before then Chief Magistrate Sherman Mc Nicholls and were each granted $1 million bail. December 13, 2007—Both applicants lost challenges at the Court of Appeal where they had sought to review the decision of then attorney general John Jeremie, who signed the authority to proceed with the extradition on July 20, 2006. July 14, 2008—Both applicants were committed to be extradited to the US, by Mc Nicholls. They were later granted bail at the High Court by Justice Ian Brook in the sum of $1 million each. July 24, 2008—They filed habeas corpus proceedings. May 6, 2009—Habeas corpus application dismissed at the High Court. May 3, 2010—Court of Appeal, by a 2-1 majority, ruled that Ferguson and Galbaransingh be extradited. Justice Rajendra Narine dissented in a 62-page judgment. June 7, 2010—An appeal of the Court of Appeal’s decision was dismissed by the Judicial Committee of the London Privy Council. June 15, 2010—Galbaransingh and Ferguson were arrested at Pt Lisas. June 16, 2010—An application for bail was dismissed by Justice Vasheist Kokaram. July 29, 2010—Kokaram dismissed a constitution motion brought by the incarcerated businessmen, challenging the constitutionality of the extradition (Commonwealth and Foreign Territories) Act 1985. October 9, 2010—Attorney General Anand Ramlogan signed off on the men’s extradition warrants. October 15, 2010—After a late night sitting, Justice Joan Charles dismissed an application to judicially review Ramlogan’s decision. December 17, 2010—Court of Appeal reversed Charles’ ruling and remitted the matter for determination before a High Court judge. An appeal to Kokaram’s ruling in the constitutional motion was dismissed.
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