– remains in hidingA cashier attached to the Guyana Revenue Authority Accounting Department remains in hiding after disappearing with close to a million dollars which was supposed to be deposited into the entity’s Bank of Guyana account.Late yesterday, however, the situation took a turn. The cashier sent the money said to be $976,000 back to the GRA. He also sent a deposit book and a bag, all of which are now with the Criminal Investigations department.The cashier disappeared Tuesday afternoon after he left the GRA office for the bank to deposit cash estimated to be in the vicinity of $30 million.This newspaper had reported the incident in yesterday’s edition despite the reluctance of GRA officials to confirm it.Even senior police officers who were contacted by this newspaper on Tuesday night claimed that they had no knowledge of the incident.But in a statement issued yesterday,Cheap Jerseys Online, the Guyana Revenue Authority acknowledged that one of its employees had failed to deposit fully the daily takings into the Authority’s account.According to the GRA, a supervisor of the Revenue Accounting Department became suspicious when the staff who took the January 4,Wholesale Jerseys From China, takings to the Bank of Guyana did not return within reasonable time. After numerous calls to the employee’s mobile phone were not answered, the supervisor went to the bank where he discovered that a sum of $976,Wholesale Jerseys 2018,000 was not deposited.A source at the GRA informed this newspaper that the employee who hails from Plaisance,Cheap NFL Jerseys, and who operates a stereo system that was contracted by the Authority for a Christmas party, was under suspicion for some time.The source said that the cashier would normally go to the bank but would only deposit a fraction of the cash entrusted to him. He would however cover his tracks at a later time by returning the money after he would have turned it over in some other business transaction.According to the source, from all appearances,Wholesale China Jerseys, the cashier panicked when he learnt that his supervisor was checking on his daily transactions.The GRA said that several attempts by its Internal Affairs Unit to contact the staff on Tuesday afternoon proved futile and the matter was reported to the Brickdam Police Station.Meanwhile Kaieteur News understands that all ports of entry and exit have been sealed off to prevent the employee from fleeing the jurisdiction.This measure was taken following recent events relating to a previous fraud at the Authority.The GRA explained that it has already instituted charges against two staff who were involved in the $300M fraud which occurred last year.However, according to the GRA the High Court recently allowed a reduction in the $1M bail on which one of the accused was placed and also granted permission for the person to leave the country.The other accused has fled the jurisdiction and remains at large.This newspaper understands that Commissioner General Khurshid Sattuar was incensed when news of the disappearance of the cashier with the cash surfaced.The GRA said that since last year’s fraud it has strengthened controls in its revenue accounting systems to detect and prevent breach of procedure and fraud.Supervision of junior staff has been enhanced and greater emphasis is now placed on verification of source documents and cashier reports.It pointed out that the frequency and scope of audits done by the Internal Audit Division have been increased to capture more transactions within shorter intervals. But despite all of these efforts however, the Commissioner General expressed disgust with the occurrence of these incidents.“There would be increased emphasis on integrity, professionalism and honesty of the staff of the organisation and this has to start from the point of recruitment,Cheap Jerseys From China,” Sattaur said.He emphasized the role of the Integrity Committee launched in December 2009 in achieving this objective.The entity has been stern in dealing with employees implicated in frauds and reassured that once a person is found culpable they will be charged and dismissed from the job.