Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar announced yesterday that a report has been made to the Fraud Squad to investigate Opposition MP Keith Scotland, SC, to determine if criminal charges should be laid for conspiracy to defraud, malfeasance and corruption.

In a statement to Parliament yesterday, the Prime Minister outlined a timeline involving Scotland and his chambers in a legal matter concerning the recovery of nearly $2.4 million in unpaid electricity bills owed to the Trinidad and Tobago Electricity Commission (T&TEC) by Flavorite Foods Ltd, whose chairman was former PNM treasurer Andre Monteil.

The Prime Minister alleged that Scotland and his firm falsely represented that legal action had been pursued against Flavorite when court records showed otherwise.