Haiti telecom official sentenced to US prison
Published:Thursday | June 3, 2010 | 5:32 PM
A former official of Haiti\'s state-owned national telecommunications company has been sentenced to four years in US prison on charges related to a money laundering and bribery scheme.
Sixty-two year-old Robert Antoine, pleaded guilty earlier this year to charges of conspiracy to commit money laundering in the scheme, which took place when he was director of international affairs for Haiti Teleco from May 2001 to April 2003.
According to US prosecutors, Antoine, who lived in Miami and in Haiti, admitted that he accepted bribes from three US telecommunications companies.
He disguised the origin of these funds by laundering through intermediary companies.