(Update): The Ministry of Information and Communications (MoIC) managed to recover the full amount, Nu 3.6 M, from the ministry’s accountant who is alleged to have misused the money through fraudulent practices.
As an administrative action, the accountant has been terminated from her service, according to the ministry.
The Royal Audit Authority had issued 14 audit memos to the ministry, amounting to over Nu 7 M in March, this year. The amount was dropped to Nu 3.6 M after the justifications from MoIC.
RAA had come across fraudulent practices while they were reviewing the ministry’s account and operations from July 2011 to June 2014. The accountant was the one responsible for managing and maintaining the account during that period.
