Government is confident it will recover $34 million from president of Ebeam Interact Ltd Adolphus Daniell, who was paid the hefty sum for a contract under the Life Sport programme which never materialised.
Minister in the Office of the Prime Minister and Ministry of the Attorney General Stuart Young made the comment at a press conference yesterday, saying a civil suit was filed against Daniel to recover the money since “very little, if anything, was received for the payment of that $34 million.”
“We are pursuing a claim against Ebeam for failing to perform any of the adequate services and we are claiming there was a total failure of consideration for the contract. We are going against Ebeam for failing to provide any adequate deliverables. It is the State’s contention it is entitled to a repayment of the $34 million,” Young said.
He said at the outset of the contract there was “suspicious activity,” as the contract was also backdated and there were two payments of $17.5 million of which nothing was received in return.
In 2014, the Cabinet fired the former SporTT board after it decided to pay off a $34 million contract to Daniell’s EBeam Interact for work he did not do in the now defunct Life Sport programme.
The former board, which was chaired by Sebastien Paddington, included Reynold Bala, Norris Blanc, Anyl Gopeesingh, Sabrenah Khayyam, Matthew Quamina, Annan Ramnanansingh, Kent Samlal, Milton Siboo and Harnarine Seeransingh.
Young said all defendants had been served.
Young also said he will be going to Washington to meet with law enforcement experts in the coming weeks.
Speaking briefly on the Clico matter, he said Government was looking at this “very closely” and some decisions were expected to be taken.