Former FNM’s Minister Fraud Case Delayed

NASSAU, BAHAMAS – The high-profile fraud case of former Senator and Minister of State for Immigration, Elma Campbell, and her son, Che Chase, has been delayed. 

Charges have been pending against the mother and son since 2020.

The trial was set to get underway before Magistrate Samuel McKinney, but it was put off because Chase’s lawyer Tai Pinder-Reckley had to travel abroad for a family emergency.

McKinney will hold a status hearing in the case on October 2.

Prosecutors allege that Chase illegally obtained $1.2 million on September 6, 2019, by cashing a forged Ministry of Tourism check made payable to Campbell Chase Law.

After getting the money, Campbell and Chase allegedly laundered a significant portion of that money by transferring $465,550 from their joint account to Bahamas Outdoor Media, a company owned by co-defendant Damalus Curry, on October 16, 2019.

Prosecutors also allege that they transferred $44,550 to the account of Chase’s girlfriend, Leah Davis, in September 2019.

The mother and son duo allegedly laundered the money through transfers between their accounts and to the accounts of others and the purchase of bank drafts. On September 10, they allegedly bought three drafts: $27,000 paid to Adrianna Fox; $4,500 to Pinder, Reckley & Co.; and $15,000 to the Public Treasury.