By Jacqueline Hooftman

PHILIPSBURG–The judge tasked with determining whether former Member of Parliament Rolando Brison received dollar transfers as payment for cryptocurrency – or whether the funds were direct payments intended to bribe him – admitted on Monday that he is not an expert on cryptocurrency. “You know much more about this matter than I do,” the judge told Brison during the hearing.

Brison had to correct both the judge and the prosecution on several statements regarding his cryptocurrency activities. The prosecution, relying on a YouTube video Brison made with his St. Kitts-based friend and co-defendant S.G., a crypto promoter, claimed that he “only promotes Bitcoin” for St. Maarten.

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