Two men and a woman will appear in the Lautoka Magistrates Court today, charged with the alleged theft of more than $1 million from a wholesale and distribution company between January 2017 and March 2022.
Police state two of the accused persons are an accounts clerk and an information technology officer.
The first accused was based at the company’s Lautoka branch while the second accused was based in Suva.
During this period, it is alleged that the first accused stole money and deposited it in a business account belonging to the third accused, who is married to the second accused.
“It is alleged that when the money was deposited into the third accused’s account, her husband, the second accused, would then transfer the money to his personal account,” said Fiji Police.
An audit of the Lautoka branch sales records in 2022 picked up the alleged discrepancies whereby a report was lodged.
All three accused persons are charged with six (6) counts of theft.
They will be produced at the Lautoka Magistrates Court today.