A woman was yesterday released on $200,000 bail after she denied six charges that she embezzled over $3.1 million from her place of employment.
Solana Wills, 31, who was employed as a supervisor at the Leibrands Financial Management and Tax Consultancy, was arraigned at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts, where Senior Magistrate Leron Daly read the charges to her.
The particulars of the six charges state that Wills, between August 1 and December 20, 2021, at D’Urban Street, Georgetown, while being a Clerk or Servant of Leibrands Financial Management and Tax Consultancy, fraudulently embezzled the sum of $3,134,290, in cash, received or taken into possession by her for or on account of her employer. Following her not guilty plea, she was released on $200,000 bail for one of the six charges and released on self-bail for the others. She is expected to return to court at a later date.
The woman, who was employed as a supervisor at the company, was responsible for receiving funds from clients on behalf of the company to pay their employees’ NIS and PAYE contributions, among other things.
The moneys mentioned were received from Elite Protection Service, Faizal imports\Faizal Alli, Kings Armed Guards Inc., Amanda’s Bridal and Jacobs Jewellery.
The woman reportedly stole the sums and it was later discovered that the funds were not paid for the intended reasons. The company’s clients complained that their employees’ contributions were not paid over to the relevant bodies, leading to an investigation being launched. Wills, it is alleged, confessed to taking the money for her own personal use and the matter was reported to police.
