St. Martin News Network - Detectives Seized over One Million at Robbie’s Lottery --- Manager Remains in Custody for Illegal Possession of Firearm.

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Philipsburg:--- Police is yet to finish counting the monies they seized on Tuesday at Robbie's Lottery St. Maarten. Prosecutor Barth Den Hartigh said the RST officers assisted by the Intelligence and Investigations Team (TIO) of the Tax Accountants Bureau seized over one million dollars during the surprise raid that was conducted on Tuesday both on St. Maarten and Curacao. Den Hartigh said he does not know how much money was seized on Curacao but confirmed that a very large amount was seized on St. Maarten which he said surpassed a million dollars.
The Investigating officers are investigating the owner of Robbie's Lottery Robertico Dos Santos who is currently off island for tax evasion, money laundering and fraud. Sources close to Dos Santos said the businessman is currently in Miami and his wife who was at his Curacao residence flew out on Tuesday afternoon to meet her husband there. Curacao is reporting that Dos Santos left the island on Monday to go on vacation with his family.
It should be noted that Dos Santos is the half brother of Curacao's Finance Minister George Jamalodin who is also off island.
In the meantime, the manager of Robbie's Lottery St. Maarten remains in police custody as he was arrested on Tuesday for the illegal possession of a firearm. Den Hartigh said the suspect will be charged with the illegal possession of a firearm.