by Elena Chong
AN AMERICAN businessman now in remand for overstaying was
accused on Wednesday of 20 charges of money-laundering.
Kamari Kenyada Charlton, 37, a former Florida State University
football player, was earlier accused of overstaying for 169 days
and cheating an Australian retiree of A$17,142 (S$21,645) in a
conspiracy with others.
The fresh charges accuse him of 20 counts of acquiring cash
ranging from A$4,769 to A$35,967 for no consideration, and having
reasonable grounds to believe that the property directly
represented another person's benefits from criminal conduct.
The alleged offences occurred from July 2008 to April this
year.
Charton's next pre-trial conference is in Dock 15.
The penalty for each of the money-laundering charge is a fine of
up to A$500,000 or up to seven years' jail or to both.