‘I’m not involved’ – Jamaica Observer

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Minister of Science, Vitality, Telecommunications and Transport Daryl Vaz is condemning what he describes as lies and deceptive data concerning his involvement within the possession of a constructing that previously housed embattled brokerage Shares and Securities Restricted (SSL).

Vaz slammed people on social media whom he stated had tried to suggest impropriety by involving him within the switch of the constructing which reportedly belongs to his daughter-in-law collectively along with her brother.

The minister maintained that the constructing had been purchased by the younger girl’s father Christopher Borman in 2013, lengthy previous to her marriage to Vaz’s son.

In a press release on Thursday he stated: “After concluding the 2013 buy, Mr Borman had leased the constructing again to the house owners of SSL. SSL presently not operates from the constructing. Mr Borman final yr transferred the constructing to his daughter and son.”

“The 2023 switch of the constructing by Mr Borman to his kids was dealt with by a well known regulation agency wherein the present PNP president is and has been a long-standing senior companion. The referenced professional transactions have completely nothing to with me.” Vaz pressured

The minister stated he had solely discovered concerning the transactions when bloggers took to social media and maintained he was able to take authorized motion “towards any particular person who, attributable to a transparent political agenda, makes use of any platform to hunt to only counsel impropriety on my half.”

SSL was hit by fraud allegations following the invention that billions of {dollars} have been lacking from varied buyer accounts.

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