schemes to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP).

In the House of Assembly on July 7, Home Affairs Minister Paula Cox said Police were expected to send the file to DPP Khamisi Tokunbo "within the week''.

But when The Royal Gazette asked Police spokeswoman Evelyn James-Barnett if Police had done this, she referred inquiries to Ms Cox and the DPP.

Controversy over the schemes surfaced in January, but it is not known if Police have sent their report to the DPP, who will decide whether anyone should face criminal prosecutions.

In January, former Crown counsel Peter Eccles gave a legal opinion that the schemes were illegal.

Attorney General Dame Lois Browne-Evans then announced she was "cracking open the books'' to give an opinion on the schemes to Premier Jennifer Smith and Cabinet, which she said would be made public. Nothing has been heard since.

In February, Police Commissioner Jean-Jacques Lemay said he was aware of complaints that Police officers were running some of the schemes out of Police headquarters in Prospect.

Two and a half months ago, a Police spokesman said the file was being prepared and the DPP would see it soon.

Since then, there has been no word as to when Mr. Tokunbo will finally get the report.

Meanwhile, Development and Opportunities Minister Terry Lister confirmed on Friday in a written Parliamentary answer that the Consumer Affairs Bureau had received complaints about pyramid schemes and had taken legal advice about them.