Implausible Budget Numbers, Undisclosed Names Raise Red Flags about Dominica’s Citizenship-By-Investment Program

OCCRP, 12 Oct 2023: gazette names vs budget naturalisation fees and CBI revenue (7,700 names 2007-2022; fees implying 19,000+; 1,664 names FY2017-18 vs ~4,000 implied; 382 names 2010-11 vs $15.6m revenue Jul 2009-Jul 2012; identical ~$6m in 2011 and 2012; PM: ~2,000 citizenships and ~$170m Jun 2018-Jul 2019 vs $80m in budget; ~4,000 gazetted Aug-Dec 2018; gazettes stopped naming citizens Mar 2019; 100+ names in leaks not gazetted; fee $750 -> $250 Oct 2017; base price $100,000; PM: NEP costs ~$5m a month). OCCRP's hypothetical "$38 million" (382 x $100,000) is a calculation, not recorded. All other figures now in data.