Mars posted:I resigned to avoid compromising confidentiality – SOCU’s Forensic Analyst
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Forensic Analyst of the police’s Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU), Sheronie James, says that her resignation recently had nothing to do with qualifications. Rather, it was to avoid compromising her personal and professional commitments to obligations of “Confidentiality and Non Disclosure”.
She insisted that her work at that entity which specializes in money laundering and fraud crimes was subjected to surveillance and there were threats against her and family.
The official, in a statement last evening, insisted that she has verifiable undergraduate and postgraduate degrees awarded by recognized UK universities.
“My academic qualifications meet and exceed the requirements for the work I was undertaking at SOCU.”
The official, said to be from the United Kingdom, had reportedly undertaken forensic work on the Guyana Rice Development Board shortly after the Coalition Government entered office in 2015. She was then hired by SOCU and afforded the rank of Special Superintendent of Police.
She was reportedly integral in several investigations of SOCU.
However, during the infamous contempt case against senior officials of the Guyana Bank For Trade and Industry last July, she was questioned about her qualifications and her being an expert witness.
She was deemed not to be an expert witness by the court after reportedly not producing her certificates. She also reportedly did not produce the certificates to her superiors at SOCU and the Ministry of Public Security, which hired her.
She resigned last week, after the matter reportedly came to a head.Below is the statement of Special Superintendent of Police, Sheronie James, about her resignation.
Resignation of SOCU’s Forensic Analyst
In light of the fervent speculation on social media and the mainstream media about the reason for me tendering my resignation from the Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) to the Minister of Public Security last week, I wish to begin and end my contribution to the whole matter with the following statement:
First, and foremost, I wish to make it clear that I possess verifiable undergraduate and postgraduate degrees awarded by recognized UK universities. My academic qualifications meet and exceed the requirements for the work I was undertaking at SOCU.
SOCU’s Head and the Minister of Public Security have both seen original evidence of my academic qualifications before my offer to resign and I have no reservations for their authenticity to be verified with the recognised British universities that awarded them.
To be clear: my resignation from SOCU, a carefully considered decision, is in no way related to my refusal to present my academic qualifications. To avoid compromising my personal and professional commitments to obligations of Confidentiality and Non Disclosure, I thought it best to tender my resignation from SOCU (effective 22 February 2019, inclusive of my contractual one (1) month’s notice).
In 2017, I was invited to assist SOCU’s forensic investigative capacity based on my solid international experience (spanning a number of countries). I never told anyone I worked concurrently in ‘22 countries’). My contract running to the end of January 2020 was renewed as recent as in November 2018.
Over the course of the intervening period, my skills and experience have enhanced the forensic investigative arm of SOCU to the point where it is now receiving significant Mutual Assistance Cooperation from three (3) countries in the pursuit of financial crimes committed against the people of Guyana.
Even in the face of reported surveillance and threats against me and my family, I have worked diligently to gather substantial and compelling evidence that led to the DPP instituting charges in several high profile matters currently engaging the courts.
My professionalism, impartiality, objectivity, completely apolitical and non-politically partisan manner to ensure clear conclusions to support fair justice have been hallmarks of all of the investigations I have dealt with at SOCU.
Anyone familiar with the pursuit of internationally complex financial crimes would readily recognise that its success requires diligence, an exceptional eye for detail, good understanding of how international banking systems and financial markets operate and last but not least enormous patience.
Notwithstanding this, my only concern now is that SOCU’s hard work is about to show fruit and SOCU is on the cusp of delivering hard financial evidence of a mind-blowing nature, this development has emerged that could very well affect the outcomes of several compelling matters presently engaging the courts.
It appears my relentless pursuit (with increasing success) of tracking the evidence of acts of international cross border financial crime does not sit well with my detractors as there appears to be an emerging high stakes, threatening and sinister plot beginning to be played out; of which I will play no part.
I wish to thank the many colleagues and stakeholders locally and internationally who have contributed to the SOCU’s fight against financial crimes and corruption and who have reached out to me to offer words of support and encouragement.
I will be making no further comments on this matter.
Ms. S. James
Special Superintendent
Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU)
It seems that she is in the wrong line of work. Because of the consequences to peoples' lives and properties, full disclosure is necessary in court proceedings. The judge can always call a sidebar for that disclosure which will shield it from the public.