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The Police are yet to visit City Hall in connection with the recent multi-million dollar fraud that was uncovered in the entity’s Treasury Department.However, Acting Town Clerk,Cincinnati Reds Drew Storen Jersey, Yonette Pluck-Cort, disclosed yesterday that Commissioner of Inquiry, Keith Burrowes,Tony Sanchez Jersey, has since sent a team of three persons to obtain and peruse documents within the department, related to tax matters. The team is being led by one Robert Arjune.The fraud,Omar Infante Jersey, according to the Acting Town Clerk, involves the payment of taxes for a property at Blygezight Gardens.She related that the team has been examining the vulnerability of the municipality’s tax programme in order to deduce how the fraud could have occurred.As a consequence, she noted that some action has also been taken by persons within the city entity’s Information Technology department.According to Pluck-Cort, a report of the fraud was made to the Fraud Squad of the Guyana Police Force,Minnesota Twins Matt Belisle Jersey, since Friday. This newspaper understands that no police officer has ventured to City Hall or has requested to question any employee of the council.The Acting Town Clerk,Houston Astros Carlos Beltran Jersey, said that those that are currently looking into the matter are yet to provide her with a report, adding that she had also requested a report on the situation from the Acting City Treasurer, but none has been forthcoming.City Mayor, Hamilton Green, noted his disbelief on Friday when he learnt that no police officer had visited City Hall,Will Middlebrooks Jersey, in the quest to investigate the allegations of the fraud.He has attributed the fraud to the mismanagement of the city, due to the fact that the Mayor and Councillors have limited authority to deal condignly and effectively with officers because of existing laws, regulations and systems.He had related that from all indications,San Diego Padres Trevor Cahill Jersey, council officers had brought the matter to the attention of the Commissioner of Inquiry,Colorado Rockies Ian Desmond Jersey, who has made some comments about the situation which the municipality shares in totality.City Treasurer, Andrew Meredith, on Friday, too,Trevor Plouffe Jersey, had disclosed that work continues as normal in the Treasury Department.He suggested that what is seen as fraud may be an incorrect record which may not necessarily be a monetary loss, but a change in a customer’s record.“We had to go through almost a 100 per cent of the payments that have occurred over the last three years, and it has been determined that at least three pages of a receipt book are missing,� Meredith admitted. |
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