by Larry Smith
The former state
minister for energy, Kern Spencer spent two nights in jail last week after being charged with fraud, corruption and money laundering in connection with the use of public funds to distribute four million energy-saving CFL light bulbs in Jamaica. The bulbs were actually a
gift from the Cuban government. Spencer was charged along with Rodney Chin, who was named as the sole director of both
Universal Management and Development Company and Caribbean
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