Ex housing board director denies insurance con

(CNS): The former deputy director of the National Housing Trust Board, Edlin Myles, pleaded not guilty to nine counts of fraud and deception on Friday in the Cayman Islands Grand Court. The insurance manager is accused of using his position on the government’s housing board last year to con people who had been allocated the low cost homes into buying insurance policies from him. The crown claims that Myles told the applicants for the homes in East End that they could not get an affordable home unless they bought the cover from him. He is accused of gaining less than $1,000 through the scam.

Myles was bailed by the judge to return to court for his trial, which is set for 22 April and is expected to last for two weeks.

The former board member was originally arrested last October under the anti-corruption law, when the alleged scam came to light after one of the tenants reported Myles to police. The Housing Trust was closed by police and computers seized as the investigation into accusations of corruption began.