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CARIB: Former Antigua finance watchdog CEO jailed for 10 years over $7BN investment fraud

The former head of Antigua’s national financial services watchdog has been sentenced to ten years in prison for his role in assisting the ringleader of a multi-billion-dollar fraud scheme.

Leroy King (74), who began his tenure at Antigua and Barbuda’s Financial Services Regulatory Commission (FSRC) in 2002, was handed down his the sentence in a Texas court Wednesday.

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