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Money missing from JA ministry of finance

11/08/2007 21:52:49 / other

THE finance ministry last night confirmed the shocking discovery that at least $17 million is missing from a safe at its Financial Investigation Division (FID), prompting a decision to beef up security at the Heroes Circle offices in Kingston.

The money was being kept as an exhibit after it was seized from a person who had been under investigation, Finance Minister Audley Shaw and his deputy, Don Wehby, said.
Neither Shaw nor Wehby would give the name of the individual under investigation.

Shaw said the money was stolen between August and October this year and he suggested that investigators would start their search internally for the culprits, utilising lie detectors.

"We are taking this matter very seriously and polygraph tests will be conducted," the finance minister declared. "We now understand that it is not just one individual who is responsible for this heinous theft but a group acting in concert. I am now awaiting a detailed report on this matter from the financial secretary."

Shaw told the Observer he had since taken steps to ensure additional security measures at the Ministry of Finance in the future.

"I have issued instructions that all monies will now be held at the Bank of Jamaica's Nethersole Place headquarters for safekeeping," he added.

Wehby yesterday confirmed that an investigation had been launched into the theft, saying that the $17 million figure could go higher.

Investigators from the Police Fraud Squad were continuing their probe into the matter and Wehby is expected to brief journalists some time today after an update from the police.
"I must say, though, that something like this is very alarming. We are taking it very seriously," Wehby told the Observer.



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