After being advised on three occasions to complete investigations, seven of the 24 files compiled on a multi-million-dollar fraud allegedly committed by former minister of public service Dr Jennifer Westford and an employee were last week returned to the Chambers of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) by the police. This was after police would have had the files in their possession for at least two weeks and represented the third sending of files back and forth between the two entities since the investigation was completed in September.
A press statement sent from the DPP chambers said that as of Friday, it was in possession of seven of the 24 police files regarding the investigation of fraud allegedly committed by Westford and Margaret Cummings. The seven files were received at the DPP’s Office on December 9.
The statement informed that on September 7, the Guyana Police Force had initially sent 24 files for