Finance Minister Dr Nigel Clarke on Tuesday morning signed an agreement with Kroll Associates UK under which the company will assist local law enforcement agencies with their probe of the more than $3 billion fraud at Stocks and Securities Ltd (SSL).

“Kroll will bring to the table technology and expertise that will enable the investigators to unravel every aspect of this fraud,” Dr Clarke said in a short ceremony at his office in Kingston.

He pointed out that Kroll Associates is “a subsidiary of Kroll International, a firm known for their forensic auditing experience and expertise”.

In January, Clarke had announced the Government’s intention to engage international forensic auditors as well as the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation to help unravel the fraud which spanned more than a decade.

Jamaican sprint icon Usain Bolt is among 40 of SSL’s clients whose accounts have been raided in the fraud.

A former wealth advisor at the firm, Jean-Ann Panton has confessed to stealing from the clients and has been charged with three counts of larceny as a servant, five counts of forgery, five counts of uttering forged documents, three counts of engaging in transaction involving criminal property, and three counts of breaching the Cybercrimes Act.

When she appeared in court on February 24 her bail application was denied. She is set to return to court on April 19 when a new application for bail will be heard.