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Hon. Aldo, Rolling In the Deep With the FTC
posted (May 3, 2019)

UDP Senator Aldo Salazar is in trouble with the US Federal Trade Commission.  The attorney was returning form an official rip to Taiwan last week Saturday when he was stopped in Houston and questioned by US Authorities for at least an hour, we are told.  

He is on the radar of the Federal Trade Commission for his involvement as an attorney for Atlantic International Bank - which was forced to wind up operations after it was named in a suit by the Federal Trade Commission - known as the FTC.  The FTC alleged that Atlantic International had been complicit in the Sanctuary Belize land scam.  

Well, we understand it is that same FTC that questioned Senator Salazar.   It’s a delicate spot for the Senator - who is also chair of the Senate Inquiry into Immigration irregularities.  

So, it is a matter of political urgency, but, today, the acting Prime Minister Patrick Faber told us he didn’t know much:..

Hon. Patrick Faber - Minister of Education
"To be honest with you I have not had a chance to speak to senator Salazar in fact since that time I don’t think we have had an opportunity to discuss it in cabinet so I will not feel comfortable commenting on it at this time."

Salazar and others involved in Atlantic International are expected to be asked to cooperate with the US Investigation.  

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