Jailed UK Businessman Faces Fresh Charges

14 January 2014
The Cambodia Daily
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The Banteay Meanchey Provincial Court laid fresh charges of money laundering on the detained chairman of an embattled British investment firm on Friday, the same day that a provincial official was arrested in relation to fraud charges the businessman was already facing, a court official said Monday. The court laid the new charges on Gregg Fryett—who has been detained in Phnom Penh’s Prey Sar prison since March on charges of forging public documents—under the Law on Anti-Money Laundering and Combating the Financing of Terrorism, provincial chief prosecutor Phann Vanrath said. … Mr. Fryett has been charged under articles 404, 405 and 409 of the anti-money laundering law, Mr. Vanrath explained, declining to provide further details about the alleged operation. Under the charges, the businessman faces two to five more years in jail and a 4 million riel (about $1,000) fine on top of the 15 years and 6 million riel (about $1,500) fine he already faces.

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