Elmeade Jarvis, one of the three people found guilty in April for defrauding the Medical Benefits Scheme (MBS) during his tenure as accountant, has been granted bail pending his appeal against his conviction and two-year prison sentence.

Pardon us if we are not among those readily accepting as closure to the Medical Benefits Scheme (MBS) scandal the trial and eventual sentencing of the three out of a cast of many.

Amid expressions of disappointment from the public following the sentencing of the three remaining Medical Benefits Scheme (MBS) fraud convicts, High Court Judge Mario Michel yesterday said he was concerned about the comments but would stand by his ruling.

The final round has ended for the three remaining protagonists in the Medical Benefits Scheme (MBS) fraud case, with former MBS accountant Elmeade Jarvis receiving a jail sentence, while the other two – Hilroy Humphreys and Jennifer Joseph – have been ordered to remit monies defrauded from the scheme.

Former accountant at Medical Benefits Scheme (MBS) Elmeade Jarvis was this morning sentenced to two years on each of three counts of fraudulent conversion, a sentence that will run concurrently.

The United Progressive Party (UPP), in a press statement, has welcomed the guilty verdict for the trio that faced the court in the matter known as the Medical Benefits Scheme (MBS) case.

Hilroy Humphreys, guilty. Elmeade Jarvis, guilty. Jennifer Joseph, guilty.

Former Minister of Health Hilroy Humphreys yesterday testified during the Medical Benefits Scheme (MBS) trial, under oath, that he used government funds to pay the medical expenses for his co-accused Jennifer Joseph.

As the trial of the three accused in the Medical Benefits Scheme (MBS) fraud pushed into its second day, the scheme’s current accounts supervisor Louise Williams-Charles

The three remaining accused in the Medical Benefits Scheme (MBS) fraud may have to face two trials, the first of which begins tomorrow in relation to six offences.