Brutus’ wife, Adonika Aulder at Court
Attorney General Anil Nandlall has expressed concern over what he described as the excessive and questionable adjournments in the ongoing legal proceedings involving Adonika Aulder, the wife of former Assistant Police Commissioner Calvin Brutus.
Speaking during his weekly ‘Issues in the News’ programme on Tuesday night, Nandlall highlighted the repeated delays in the case, particularly related to Aulder’s failure to return to Guyana after being granted permission to travel overseas for medical treatment.
“This matter continues to attract national attention, not just for the volume of public funds involved, but because of how the case is proceeding,” said Nandlall.
“We are now being told the accused is awaiting a passport – several months after leaving the jurisdiction for what was supposed to be urgent medical care.”
Aulder left Guyana for the United States after the Magistrate’s Court granted her permission to do so, despite an earlier refusal from the High Court. She was required to return after treatment, but her prolonged stay has now prompted fresh concerns.
The matter was most recently addressed at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court on Thursday, April 17, where Aulder appeared virtually before Acting Chief Magistrate Faith McGusty.
During the hearing, Aulder informed the court that she had applied for a U.S. passport and was awaiting its issuance — a process her attorney, Dominic Bess, estimated could take up to two months. Magistrate McGusty requested a copy of the application receipt to verify the claim and adjourned the case until May 16, 2025.
Aulder is facing two charges of money laundering, with prosecutors alleging that she deposited $473 million in illicit funds between December 2023 and July 2024 into accounts linked to her businesses. She is also implicated in a broader fraud case involving her husband, in which 221 Guyana Police Force payment vouchers were allegedly used to defraud the state. She was put on $1 million bail and had been required to surrender her passport as part of the conditions.
Nandlall, while emphasising that he was not criticising the judiciary, noted that the delays risk undermining public confidenc.
“This case has received regional recognition for the quality of investigation, even being acknowledged by the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force. Yet we now face delay after delay over something as basic as a passport.”
“This is not a trivial matter,” he added. “Hundreds of millions of public dollars are involved. It is my duty to raise these issues on behalf of the public.”
The Attorney General reiterated his call for more timely and decisive handling of such high-profile matters, saying that justice delayed risks becoming justice denied.
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