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THE man now being held by the police in connection with over $160 million which was allegedly siphoned off from the National Solid Waste Management Agency (NSWMA) has strong links to the Opposition Jamaica Labour Party, the Jamaica Observer has learnt.
The individual who was arrested Tuesday held a middle management position and was one of six managers reportedly booted by the authority in January this year.
The suspect, who is being questioned by detectives from the Organised Crime Division of the Jamaica Constabulary Force, is being held for "offences under the Corruption Prevention Act and Proceeds of Crime Act concerning illicit transactions exceeding $160 million", Local Government Minister Noel Arscott told the House of Representatives in a statement last Wednesday.
Arscott said a forensic audit was conducted to examine the procurement activities for the 2011/12 fiscal year as well as the bank, investment and other accounts of the NSWMA and to determine whether the income earned by the entity was properly receipted, recorded and deposited to its accounts.
Ahead of the audit, a fire, which the police pegged as the work of arsonists, on December 4 last year caused significant damage to the record-keeping sections of two separate floors at the NSWMA's Half-Way-Tree Road head office in St Andrew.
The blaze was, however, contained due to the quick action of the fire department. Armed individuals reportedly overpowered and tied up the security assigned to the premises before proceeding to remove computers and files and setting fire to the building.
The fire left an estimated $14-million worth of damage.
Read more: http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/...#ixzz1xTqkz7OU
The individual who was arrested Tuesday held a middle management position and was one of six managers reportedly booted by the authority in January this year.
The suspect, who is being questioned by detectives from the Organised Crime Division of the Jamaica Constabulary Force, is being held for "offences under the Corruption Prevention Act and Proceeds of Crime Act concerning illicit transactions exceeding $160 million", Local Government Minister Noel Arscott told the House of Representatives in a statement last Wednesday.
Arscott said a forensic audit was conducted to examine the procurement activities for the 2011/12 fiscal year as well as the bank, investment and other accounts of the NSWMA and to determine whether the income earned by the entity was properly receipted, recorded and deposited to its accounts.
Ahead of the audit, a fire, which the police pegged as the work of arsonists, on December 4 last year caused significant damage to the record-keeping sections of two separate floors at the NSWMA's Half-Way-Tree Road head office in St Andrew.
The blaze was, however, contained due to the quick action of the fire department. Armed individuals reportedly overpowered and tied up the security assigned to the premises before proceeding to remove computers and files and setting fire to the building.
The fire left an estimated $14-million worth of damage.
Read more: http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/...#ixzz1xTqkz7OU
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