Less than one week after she was sent on administrative leave, Registrar Azeema Baksh has been reported to the police for allegedly making a fraudulent payment to herself of over $4M and waiving revenue due to the registry, according to the Chambers of the Attorney-General and Ministry of Legal Affairs Basil Williams SC.
A statement that was released by the ministry yesterday announced that it had referred complaints made by staff and their call for an investigation into alleged financial improprieties committed by Baksh to the Criminal Investigation Depart-ment (CID) of the police through Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum.
Contacted yesterday, Baksh, a lawyer by profession, told Stabroek News that she preferred to respond to the allegations through her attorney.