A 46-year-old man from Vanuatu has been sentenced to three years imprisonment after he was convicted of two counts of money laundering.
The first incident happened between the 6th to the 24th of August, 2009 in Suva where Johnny Albert Stephen received $17,420.90 and disposed off the same amount knowing that the money is from unlawful activity.
In the second incident, Stephen received $21,440.56 and also disposed the amount knowing that the money is from unlawful activity.
While sentencing the man, Justice Salesi Temo said the accused told the court that he was receiving money from a man from Nigeria and was sending it to a woman in America.
Justice Temo says Stephen is punished in a manner that is just to denounce would be offenders.
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