Cayman Islands Forensic Service Ltd says it is owed $54,000 and interest at over 2% plus costs for an 18-page report it conducted for the Cayman Islands Department of Immigration into systems for individual background checks and unearthing fraudulent travel documents that could be used by immigration staff.

In the statement of claim filed by the company they say they had a contract with the immigration department for a report that was completed in 2008, but they have not been paid for their work. The company claims the immigration department agreed the job in July 2008 and the report that took 176 hours to complete was handed to immigration and signed for on 4 November 2008.

In the claim Cayman Islands Forensic Service said the department has “subsequently remained in possession of the report” and it has “been used and or referred to being in the possession of and or referred to by Members of the Government and Legislative Assembly of the Cayman Islands.”