‘We Don’t Know Who Took the Money’’: Usain Bolt Frustrated Over Millions Stolen from His Account In Fraud Scandal As He Remains In the Dark

Track and field legend Usain Bolt, defrauded out of much of his savings, said he has been kept in the dark by investigators overseeing the probe into the scandal-ridden investment firm that stole more than $30 million — some 4.7 billion Jamaican dollars — from more than 30 clients, including the eight-time Olympic champion. “(Dr. Nigel) Clarke (Jamaica’s minister of finance and the public service) announced that investigators were coming from Canada, England from Timbuktu and from the United States,” Bolt’s lawyer, Linton Gordon, told The Gleaner. “We haven’t had one iota of information regarding the outcome of those investigations. So, we don’t know who took the money, who we can turn to, because everything is now under cover.” Usain Bolt set the 100-meter<iframe width=”560″ height=”315″ src=”https://www.youtube.com/embed/UnrGSQpqXRc?si=4VjRM0VZ8mLBEjiG” title=”YouTube video player” frameborder=”0″ allow=”accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share” referrerpolicy=”strict-origin-when-cross-origin” allowfullscreen></iframe> world record of 9.58 seconds in 2009. (Photo by Mustafa Yalcin/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images) It was in January 2023 when Clarke announced that investigators, led by the Financial Investigations Division, were “resolute and determined” to unravel the complex scheme orchestrated by Stocks and Securities Limited and bring those responsible to justice. Clarke said the SSL scandal risked staining Jamaica’s...