During a heated Tuesday sitting of Jamaica’s Parliament Public Accounts Committee (PAC), the full list of four private companies that illegally exploited the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI)’s tax-exempt status was finally made public. The revelation came after pressure from PAC members, ending weeks of partial public disclosure that only named one of the entities involved. The four entities at the center of the scandal are Supreme Laundry Services, Willman Sales, Scientific Medical Services, and JACDEN Limited. Until this week’s committee meeting, only JACDEN had been identified in public discourse; the company is led by Dennis Gordon, an opposition Member of Parliament representing the St Andrew East Central constituency. The acting chief executive officer of UHWI, Eric Hosin, confirmed the full slate of companies after repeated prodding from PAC chair Julian Robinson and committee member Christopher Brown. The entire case stems from a damning audit investigation published by the Auditor General’s Department, which documented that UHWI’s repeated practice of allowing private third-party companies to leverage its tax-exempt import status directly violates the nation’s Customs Act. This illegal arrangement has cost the Jamaican public more than J$20 million in unpaid import duties that the government never collected, according to the official audit findings. Addressing committee members on Tuesday, Hosin provided new details on the ongoing probe into JACDEN’s activities, confirming that Jamaica’s Customs Department has already wrapped up its investigation into the firm. Hosin read out key findings from the completed investigation, which confirmed that the dialysis machines at the center of JACDEN’s case were ordered, paid for, and are currently held by the private company, not the public hospital. Third-party auditors cross-checked payment records provided by JACDEN’s CEO to confirm the value of the imported equipment, and verified full ownership of the goods rests with the private firm. In a final confirmation that the arrangement violated customs law, the company itself acknowledged that UHWI handled the import process on JACDEN’s behalf to avoid paying legally required duties. The PAC hearing has opened new questions about regulatory oversight of public institutional tax exemptions, and committee members have signaled they will push for full recovery of the lost public funds and potential legal action against the companies involved.