Sierra Leone News: A Call to Business auditor testifies in a case of fraud
By Alimatu Jalloh
An auditor of A Call To Business, Hassanatu Kallon has over the weekend led evidence in a case of fraud involving two accused persons Beatrice Juliana Samai and Michael Ndoinje.
According to the particulars of the offense, the accused persons on a date between July 1, 2018 and January 14, 2019, at №1 Main Street in Kenema being staff of the A Call To Business, allegedly stole millions of Leones from at the Kenema branch.
Kallon recalled on diverse dates between July 18 and January 14, 2019, when she was on leave and got a call from the Chief Executive Officer Mr. David Kamara and the residence control officer about a case of fraud at the organization’s C branch in Kenema.
She said they further informed her of a customer Chernor Jalloh whose name was changed to Ramond George, and a withdrawer of Le 8, 000, 000 from the said account. She said that upon receiving the information, herself, the CEO together with the operations manager moved to Kenema for further investigation.
She said that upon their arrival in Kenema, she crosschecked the reason for the withdrawal of the money, but there was no document to trace the account because there was account opening form, adding that on further review, she observed that some back posted transactions were done from and into different accounts.
The auditor mentioned that during the exercise, she observed many discrepancies, and she then reduced her findings into a form of report. She added that she reported the matter at the Criminal Investigation Department.
At this juncture the matter was adjourned to October 30, 2019 for further hearing.
Prior to the her testimony, the police witness 145 Sesay M. attached to the Economic Fraud Unit, CID noted that he was the lead investigator of the matter.
He said that during the course of the investigation, the accused persons Beatrice Juliana Samai and Michael Ndoinje Mohamed Sesay requested to make undertakings that indeed they committed the offence and will pay back, adding that the two accused persons together with one Francis Fayia Gborie who is now on the run, made part payment of Le30 million.
