"The prosecution’s case is that they committed the offences during each of the calendar years of 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015. They were not require to plea to the indictable charges."
"Anil Nandlall said the charge does not indicate that they defrauded the GRDB and the “clerical error” was so “minuscule” that it was not picked up by the Auditor General, the auditing firm Nizam Ali and Sons or the Public Accounts Committee of the National Assembly.
“They are charged not to defraud any sum of money. No sum of money is missing… That is a clerical function. If it is to be preferred, the omission to do so should not be placed at the feet of the Board of Directors,” said Nandlall.
He said a logical question that has to be asked is why only six of the 15 Board members were selected and identified for charges.
“These charges, you have, are selective, in my humble view, they are vindictive,” he added.
However, a senior SOCU official said the amounts connected to the charges were in a hidden bank account uncovered by forensic auditors."
The question is what was the motive for the money to be deposited in a hidden bank account and under who authorization.