Deputy Accountant General of the Ministry of Finance, Vladim Persaud, who was arrested on Wednesday by the Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) was released later that night on $400,000 bail and has since been sent on leave by his employer.
Sources close to Persaud told Stabroek News that while he was ordered to pay $400,000 in bail he was not told what matter the money was being posted in relation to.
“He is out on $400,000 bail but they didn’t charge him,” the source said.