ACC investigates after school officials dismissed over stolen funds
ACC is investigating three employees of a government school in Male' for fraudulent embezzlement of the school's budget. Salary payments were drawn in the name of a former expatriate employee for about five years after they left. The implicated employees are the school's administrator, HR manager, and budget officer. CSC dismissed them after internal inquiry. The expatriate's salary was illicitly deposited into accounts of individuals related to the budget officer since 2021. Embezzlement amounts to approximately MVR 1.5 million. The discrepancy was uncovered during a random audit after the Ministry of Education took over salary approval.
ACC is investigating three employees of a government school in Male' for fraudulent embezzlement of the school's budget. Salary payments were drawn in the name of a former expatriate employee for about five years after they left. The implicated employees are the school's administrator, HR manager, and budget officer. CSC dismissed them after internal inquiry. The expatriate's salary was illicitly deposited into accounts of individuals related to the budget officer since 2021. Embezzlement amounts to approximately MVR 1.5 million. The discrepancy was uncovered during a random audit after the Ministry of Education took over salary approval.
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ACC is investigating three employees of a government school in Male' for fraudulent embezzlement of the school's budget. Salary payments were drawn in the name of a former expatriate employee for about five years after they left. The implicated employees are the school's administrator, HR manager, and budget officer. CSC dismissed them after internal inquiry. The expatriate's salary was illicitly deposited into accounts of individuals related to the budget officer since 2021. Embezzlement amounts to approximately MVR 1.5 million. The discrepancy was uncovered during a random audit after the Ministry of Education took over salary approval.
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