7News has a Utah based freelance reporter in the courthouse, following everything very closely and she reports that nothing relating to Belize came out of Kingston's first day of testimony.

Remember, he is the key witness for the prosecution, in a much larger case against Lev Dermen. He's expected to tell the jury how Dermen pushed him to engage in the fraud scheme that sought more than $ 1 billion in biofuel grants from the U.S. government.

So today's testimony focussed on how Kingston, who is the head of Washakie Renewable Energy got into business with Dermen's company in Los Angeles, called NOIL energy. Kingston testified that he met Dermen in December of 2011, while trying to recoup losses on a large sale of fuels.

That's about as far as Kingston's testimony got today - and he is expected to be on the stand for 5 to 6 days.

So, again, there was no mention of Belize today, after the first two hours of testimony.

But, Belize did come up this morning - and in an interesting aside. Oregon businessman Joshua Wallace took the stand, and while he didn't say anything much about Belize, he did mention something important. Wallace - who has pleaded guilty to federal criminal charges in connection with the Kingstons - said he met with Dermen once in Portland, when Dermen travelled there to see the Belizean national soccer team play a match. That is of course, July of 2013, when John Saldivar was also there in Portland, reportedly traveling in a private jet with Lev Dermen. And - according to the testimony - Dermen was making some big money moves in Portland. Wallace said Dermen wanted to meet with him at a bank, so that he could collect the more than $2 million dollars Wallace owed. Wallace testified that he refused to go to the bank because he didn't have the money and was afraid to meet with Dermen.

Dermen, as we have reported was socializing with Saldivar and the Belize national football team in Portland, reportedly playing cash bonuses to national team players who had performed well.

Belize was also briefly mentioned on Tuesday as part of the recorded testimony of an Irish businessman who said he had attended a Miami, Florida meeting with Dermen and about 20 others, including someone he called, the "ex-president of Belize," although the name of that person was not stated. It is believed to be a former PUP Minister known to act as an investment consultant.

And while there's a lot pointed at Dermen, our reporter says that he remains relaxed in court, and his defence team argues that "all roads" in the alleged biofuels scheme lead through Jacob Kingston and his family, not their client.