If you do not pay you are in trouble, and if you pay you are in trouble. so what is one to do?

What is one to do? "Follow the rules" birdie. Simple. There's a reason they don't accept large sums of money at the branch, the rule was not made up to foil PLPs or expose them to embarrassment. Monetary limits are typically in place to pick up on suspicious transactions. Such rules are commonly a part of international compliance treaties that we sign on to. Even the act of breaking the payment into smaller amounts would have been flagged as "suspicious", actually this would been an even bigger red flag.

Take this example birdie, you find yourself in a bind. You need 100,000 today and you do not have it. So, you go to a drug dealer to "borrow" the funds. He happens to have the money available because he just completed a major drug deal. He gives you the money and you agree to pay him 2000 per month until the "loan" is paid off. You win and the drug dealer wins, he has just successfully laundered 100,000 of his cash that he knows NO bank in the country would accept as a deposit. Further, you've just acted as his mule.

One is supposed to seek LEGITIMATE financing - that is what one is supposed to do. One is supposed to behave in accordance with conduct becoming of a member of Parliament and asking a BEC cashier to accept $100,000 in cash is NOT acceptable behavior. Surely you must understand this?

Why pay in cash? Must be a reason?

You are serious with this question??.

they were turned away from one location and went to another knowing what they were doing was wrong...is there no end to the law breaking

Comrades the most dangerous man to weaken any government's "majority mandate" could be a man who despite all the evidence pointing to him as a loose cannon with no desire to ever become a teammate of the PM but as someone who when alone, shouldn't be allowed to talk directly to the media, yet is permitted by the PM who appointed him, to actually think through what he really be’s thinking in he "Pot Cake" head, out loud and in front of reporters. And, Comrades, I ain’t even got’s the time now to dwell too much on that $100,000 CASH Light Bills Payment, reportedly made to a BEC cashier? If, the $100,000 hanging around your establishment is true, this is the same loose cannon who pulled off that; grabbed he loaded shotgun gimmick to chase down those alleged robbers, had better keep his shotgun loaded, after the broadcasting to would-be-robbers, how he establishments likes paying they big bills in CA$H. Comrades, you couldn’t make this Leslie long-running soap opera up, not even if you were to hire the top writers from all the Late Night US TV Talk Shows. Besides ... ‘tis so damn localized politically juicy to dare alter the Comrade Leslie script.

I'd say the most dangerous man is the one who appointed him in the first place. What other disastrous uninformed decisions is he making?

It is past time for those posing as wealthy, respectable, society members, no matter what their political stripe, to pay their damn bills. how many of them can actually run a "successful" business without government assistance- whether it's a loan they can't pay back, a government contract, or a political connection that allows them to not pay utility bills in a timely fashion? if they can't pay their own bills or run a successful business- why should we put them in charge of the people's purse? I am tired of Distractions by these unethical, entitled, and criminal spin doctors. their level of entitlement is despicable! these double and triple standards will be the end of this country.
And My Dear Lady P. I am a fan, but if you can't pay the property tax- DOWNSIZE- stop frontin' and paying for pride! And before we focus too much on this - she gat plenty company- we big on appearances in this country, too big!
Miller has no shame. Perry Christie if you don't do some housecleaning - QUICK FAST AND IN A HURRY you will become a historical joke- unfortunately the ultimate joke will be on the future of the country.

Money laundering

Against You, You only, I have sinned And done what is evil in Your sight, So that You are justified when You speak And blameless when You judge. 5Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, And in sin my mother conceived me. 6Behold, You desire truth in the innermost being, And in the hidden part You will make me know wisdom.…

Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions.

51:1-6 David, being convinced of his sin, poured out his soul to God in prayer for mercy and grace. Whither should backsliding children return, but to the Lord their God, who alone can heal them? he drew up, by Divine teaching, an account of the workings of his heart toward God. Those that truly repent of their sins, will not be ashamed to own their repentance. Also, he instructs others what to do, and what to say. David had not only done much, but suffered much in the cause of God; yet he flees to God's infinite mercy, and depends upon that alone for pardon and peace. He begs the pardon of sin. The blood of Christ, sprinkled upon the conscience, blots out the transgression, and, having reconciled us to God, reconciles us to ourselves. The believer longs to have the whole debt of his sins blotted out, and every stain cleansed; he would be thoroughly washed from all his sins; but the hypocrite always has some secret reserve, and would have some favorite lust spared. David had such a deep sense of his sin, that he was continually thinking of it, with sorrow and shame. His sin was committed against God, whose truth we deny by wilful sin; with him we deal deceitfully. And the truly penitent will ever trace back the streams of actual sin to the fountain of original depravity. He confesses his original corruption. This is that foolishness which is bound in the heart of a child, that proneness to evil, and that backwardness to good, which is the burden of the regenerate, and the ruin of the unregenerate

Wow. You even make the bible sound like rubbish.

Was wondering how exactly all of that fit...

It doesn't fit or corroborate with anything related to this story. It's just more of John's typical, nonsensical, foolish writing that he's quickly becoming known for. But this time (for whatever reason) he's decided to incorporate biblical scripture into his senseless jargon, that's left those of us with sense scratching our heads. Go figure.

and what is the meaning of cobalt? a blue element that spews arsenic poison

I'm confused at how they were allowed to get such a large bill in the first place. There needs to be an across the board policy of what amount for private residences and commercial buildings need to reach in arrears before they are cut off. This is ridiculous.

It is time for our LEADERS to GROW UP. What a bunch of snot nosed children we have as our supposed leaders! This is transparent as it comes, who is the potcakes son in law and what does he do? Ah-ha, Birdie, think on that one. WAKE UP BAHAMAS! GROW UP BAHAMAS! 1+1=2.

I think may warrant a Suspicious Transaction Report by BEC or BEC's Bankers under the Bahamian Money Laundering Laws and Guidelines.

Please remember however that under our legal system you are innocent until proven otherwise.

The link to the money laundering guidelines is as follows:

https://www.bahamas.gov.bs/wps/wcm/conn…

On large cash transactions the guidelines state in section 6.1 of a 90 guideline:

"There are three stages of laundering, which broadly speaking, occur in
sequence but often overlap.

6.1 I. .....In the case of many serious ....., the proceeds take the form of cash, which the ......wishes to place in the financial system. Placement may be achieved by a wide variety of means according to the opportunity afforded to and the ingenuity of the........., his advisers and network. Typically, it may include: -

• placing of cash on deposit at a bank (often intermingled with a
legitimate credit to obscure the audit trail), thus converting cash into a
readily recoverable debt; or

• physically moving cash between jurisdictions; or

• making loans in cash to businesses which seem to be legitimate or are
connected with legitimate businesses, thus also converting cash into
debt; or

• purchasing high-value goods for personal use or expensive presents to
reward existing or potential colleagues; or

• purchasing the services of high-value individuals; or

• purchasing negotiable assets in one-off transactions; or

• placing cash in the client account of a professional intermediary."

We have the laws, regulations, regulators and enforcement officers in place to review and ensure that this transaction was legitimate.

It is time for the voting public to really have a say at the constituency level of the candidates who will be put forward by the political parties to represent us in Parliament. It must be embarrassing for right-thinking and law abiding constituents to acknowledge some of their MPs ........... regardless of party affiliation. The mere fact that the vast majority of the MPs dont live or have full-time, engaged offices in their constituencies, tells us something about the quality of representation we are getting from these so-called politicians............. SMH

Voters must demand more for their vote ........... No taxation without representation!!!!!!!!!!!!!!