George Wilson

Bahamas-based businessman George L. J. Wilson has been released from prison in the United States on a technicality three years into a 20-year prison sentence after being convicted in 1999 of multiple counts of conspiracy to commit money laundering, money laundering, mail fraud, and engaging in monetary transactions involving property derived from specified unlawful activity, following a jury trial at the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas.

Bahamian businessman George Wilson was this month sentenced to 20 years in prison by a Texas judge after previously being convicted of 18 offences relating to a $50 million dollar fraud.

Bahamian businessman George J. Wilson, who is accused of money laundering and other serious offences in the US, was released from prison on March 11 and is not allowed to leave the US pending the outcome of his trial in Texas. His co-defendant in the criminal action, Bahamas attorney Norwood Rolle, is in the Bahamas and is considered to be a fugitive by the US authorities.

Bermuda Housing Corporation vs. George Wilson et al. - Bermuda Supreme Court