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Attorney Arthur Saldivar is under pressure tonight – the Coye family whom he helped recover 1.6 million dollars – is now accusing him of helping himself to more than half the money!

It’s an extraordinary claim against the well-known attorney and politician, but it’s no rumour! 7News has learned that Melonie Coye has retained the law firm of Courtney Coye LLP to recover over nine hundred thousand dollars that she claims he helped himself to.

She alleges that on June 12th. she went with Saldivar to the Central Bank to recover 1.6 million dollars of her family’s money from the Financial Intelligence Unit.  It took them until 8:30 pm to finish counting the money, which was in cash. 

She says Saldivar left with nine hundred and four thousand dollars in a suitcase and since then he has refused to return the money.  Her attorney Eamon Courtenay says there is no lawful basis on which Saldivar is holding unto the nearly one million dollars. 

He was ordered to return it by last week Friday – which we understand he did not.  The Courtenay law firm has said it will institute legal proceedings to get it back.

We tried to text and call Saldivar today but he did not respond. …