Jamaican authorities launch investigation… “Looks like you’ve been victim of a large-scale fraud at a financial company”
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(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Kim Dong-ho = The British daily Guardian reported on the 12th (local time) that the authorities have launched an investigation into the disappearance of millions of dollars from the financial accounts of athletics legend Usain Bolt (37), who is called “the world’s fastest man.” ) reported, citing the Jamaican media Douglyner.
According to Douglyner, the problem occurred with Vault’s account managed by SSL, a Jamaican asset management company, and local financial authorities and police launched an investigation, said Nugent Walker, Vault’s manager.
Bolt noticed that his SSL account balance was not correct for the first time the day before, and it is known that the SSL side who received it immediately reported it to the police.
“Bolt has been doing business with this financial institution for over 10 years,” Walker said.
According to Douglyner, former SSL employees are under investigation for committing large-scale fraud while at the company, and it is possible that he may have tampered with Bolt’s account as well.
Details of the fraudulent incident were not disclosed.
In this regard, the lawyer of the employee in question only mentioned that “the client is discussing with the company’s lawyers.”
Bolt, considered one of the greatest track and field athletes in history, earned $33 million (approximately 41.05 billion won) in sponsorship, prize money, and appearance fees in 2016 alone, when he was at his peak, the Guardian introduced.
Bolt, who retired in 2017, broke various world athletics records during his active career. He still holds the men’s 100m (9.58) and 200m (19.19) and 400m relay records (36.84).
He won 8 gold medals in the Olympics alone, and 11 gold medals in the world championships.
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