Promoter of popular entertainment events French Connection and beach fiesta Chug It, Andrew Wright was today slapped with a 10 year sentence, stemming from multiple fraud-related charges against him in a $222-million scheme uncovered at the Institute of Sports .

Wright who was the Financial controller at the government agency -INSPORTS, was sentenced to 10 years and 7 months in the Supreme Court, following the guilty verdict which was handed down on him and his co-accused, O’neil Hope and Rudolph Barnes, back in September .

Wright was convicted on 10 counts of conspiracy to defraud along with one count each of engaging in a criminal transaction, corruption, and facilitating the retention of criminal property. 

Barnes was found guilty of 10 counts of conspiracy to defraud and one count of corruption, while hope was convicted on six conspiracy charges and one count of acquiring criminal property. 

The details surrounding the sentences for Hope and Barnes were not immediately clear up to press time .

The case centred on allegations that the trio, as part of a wider network of current and former Insports employees, orchestrated the creation and encashment of fraudulent cheques made out to individuals who were neither employed by nor contracted to the agency.