A senior official in the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service yesterday conceded that he had no evidence that the chief financial officers at the Caribbean Maritime University (CMU) failed to comply with the relevant financial laws governing the institution.

The admission came during proceedings in the multimillion-dollar fraud trial involving former Education Minister Ruel Reid, his wife Sharen Reid, daughter Sharelle Reid, former CMU President Fritz Pinnock, and Jamaica Labour Party councillor Kim Brown in the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court.

The accused are facing allegations that they conspired to defraud the Ministry of Education and CMU of more than $25 million.