Staff members of the Upper Takutu/Upper Essequibo (Region Nine) administration have reportedly still not been paid salaries from the nearly $3 million that was stolen during the January, 2013 heist at the Lethem Post Office, when a security guard was killed.
The salaries in question related to the period of 2012 and 2013, according to the Auditor General’s 2015 report, and amount to $2,895,000. According to the report, the $2.8 million in salaries were among monies amounting to $5.002 million.
The total sum of money also included: